Singapore Monitor, 17 April 1985

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    12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Wednesday, April 17, 1985 30cents
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  • Article
    May Day rallies are for unions only, so Jeya and Chiam miss out
    329 1  -  ■y LOONG SWEE YIN THE WORKERS' PARTY (WP) and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) will not be allowed to hold Labour Day meetings, though the SDP has been given the green light to stage a public forum
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    Lock icon OFFICIALS TURN AWAY 51 'TOURISTS'
    570 1  -  Indians, Sri Lankans refused entry by Immigration Department By VICTOR SON and SURESH NAIR FIFTY-ONE Indian and Sri Lankan visitors went home yesterday after being refused entry into Singapore. They spent a night in the transit lounge of Changi International Airport after Immigration Departmnent officials
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      12 1 TV GUIDE: PAGE 16 M TV HIGHLIGHTS FILM GUIDE: PAGE 17 I
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      Lock icon Void-deck CCs for 12 areas
      411 2  -  By OEI SIN QIOK VOID-DECK community centres are about to make an appearance in 12 constituencies. The People's Association is considering having void decks of Housing and Development Board flats converted to community centres in Hong Kah, Ang Mo Kio, Chong Boon, Changkat Changi, Choa
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    • Article
      'Chilli Powder Gang' members caught, say Joo Chiat Police
      243 2  -  By rKKFONG JOO CHIAT police believe they have smashed a Sing of four snatch thieves, known to detectives as e Chilli Powder Gang. The four are known to be behind more than 50 cases of theft and robbery in recent months.
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    • Article
      Society seeks funds to set up music school for blind
      273 2  -  By CHEE LI CHOO THE PROGRESSIVE Society of the Blind intends to set up a music school for the blind by the end of the year. The school would offer courses in piano, electone organ, singing and songwriting. The courses
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    • Article
      HDB to build emporium in Geylang
      79 2 GEYLANG residents will soon get a two-sto-rey emporium and supermarket. The Housing and Development Board has built a shopping complex which will house the supermarket in Geylang East Town Centre. The emporium and supermarket are expected to be ready by November. About 2,577 sq
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      Lock icon Farrer area hit by power failure
      291 3 EXCAVATION work caused a two-hour power failure yesterday over a large area along Farrer Road, Coronation Road West, Second Avenue, Third Avenue, Namly Avenue, King's Walk and Duchess Road. An official of the Public Utilities Board (PUB) said the damage was caused by a
      PICTURES HAIRIS  -  291 words
    • Article
      10 per cent of fines now paid by cheque
      345 3  -  By IRENE TOH PEOPLE are paying their fines by cheque and so far only two of the cheques have "bounced". Fines totalling $325,225 have been paid by cheque to the Subordinate Courts since the cashless payment method was announced last month.
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      Officials to chat with managers on skills fund
      184 3 MORE THAN 800 personnel officers and management executives will be attending the Skills Development Fund's (SDF) second public forum today. Mr Foo Meng Tong, administrator of the fund, will speak on two issues "Approaches to training and criteria for SDF support" and
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      Old folk resist switch to tea bags
      359 4  -  By JULIE ANNE SIT USING tea bags instead of tea dust would raise productivity in coffee shops but elderly customers will not stand for it, says the chairman of the Foo Chow Coffee Shop Owners Association, Mr Thiam Yew Tong. The older generation's
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      Ward for AIDS patients
      290 4  -  By SIT YIN FONG THIS IS Ward 76 (right) in the Communicable Disease Centre in Moulmein Road which the Health Ministry has set aside for future patients of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It will figure in discussions today between the ministry and the nurses' union,
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      Proof needed to stop shops abusing credit cardholders
      406 4  -  By LEE KIT MUN RETAILERS will continue to impose surcharges on purchases by charge and credit cards unless customers file official complaints with documentary proof. An official of the Consumers' Association of Singapore (Case) said the association had received several complaints over
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      School-leavers with a future
      687 6  -  4,500 'N' level students choose variety of skills training courses offered by VITB and two other boards By SEAH MEI KIANG KOO KAH HENG is 17 and among the first batch of Normal stream pupils who graduated last year. He obtained nine points at the 1984
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      What the Feedback Unit will do when it receives your suggestion
      391 6 WRITE TO the Feedback Unit of the Ministry of Community Development if you have a suggestion or a complaint about a certain aspect of a national issue or government policy. It's as simple as that. The task at the
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      310 3 The Dynasty Singapore Dusit Thani Hotel Bangkok invite you on a journey through Thailands exotic flavours. Here to take your palate on a trip Co sponsored by: crisp sweet egg yolk and mock of the most delicious that pomegranate seeds among our Thailand has to offer are three of pi
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      55 4 f FOB THE HOME Look out for the all-new "For The Home" section this Friday. It has everything you need to up-date and beautify your home. Ideas on interior decorating and furnishing, plus product news on kitchen and household appliances. "For The Home" has so much more. Every Friday. SI
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      111 4 HARD TO FIND AIDS CURE AS VIRUSES VARY WIDELY: SEE PAGE 9 TWO DAY SEMINAR on THE LAW PRACTICE RELATING TO THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS with Practical Case Studies ft Mock Court Trial 29TH AND 30TH APRIL 1985 EQUATORIAL HOTEL TIME: 9.00 a.m. 5.30 p.m. LECTURERS: TOPICS: Mr. Richard R. Magnus
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      79 6 INTRODUCTORY OFFER FOR A LIMITED PERIOD ONLY 1 OFFER: $219/400 mm 900 mm 850 mm 900 mm PLASTIC COATED SHELVES 1630 mm 1 OFFER: sT* Q2^£Sl= $230/- OFFER: cm »j. 390 mm y 355/390 M 850 M EX-STOCK: NEW USED UNITS nr> OFFER: OFFER: $1870 $4100 OFFER: mmmm* "1 fge,:
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      411 7 PA*.** PAte TRIBUTE TO SINGAPORE'S Deserving secreiaries. X X Bisque dc Crabc I'Armagnac Consomme Clair de Tortue Bisque de Crabc I'Armagnac \X X X X X Crab Bisque Flavoured with Armagnac Clear Turtle Consomme Crab Bisque Flavoured with Armagnac X X X ou/or ou/or ou/or X X Hors d'Oeuvre Varies
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  • world
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      Lock icon The 'problem' Thai babies
      295 8 Nation Review BANGKOK, Wednesday THE INCREASING number of abandoned infants who are overcrowding government-run orphanages is causing a serious social problem. Thailand's Puolic Welfare Department believes this can be solved only with private assistance. Deputy director general of the Public Welfare Department, Mr Amphol Singhakovin, said
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      Lock icon 'Viets deploy 600,000 troops near China's border'
      322 8 AP KUNMING (China), Wednesday VIETNAM deploys 600,000 of its 1 million soldiers along or near China's borders and has been shooting at Chinese targets daily for the past six years, a frontier commander said yesterday in an unusually detailed account of Hanoi's forces.
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      Terrorists sending messages by pigeon'
      154 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed COMMUNIST TERRORISTS on the Thai-Malay-sian border are turning to the age-old method of using carrier pigeons to send messages, the New Straits Times newspaper reported yesterday. In a despatch from Ipoh, the paper said this came to light recently when Thai security
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      Lock icon Crew try unplanned spacewalk
      130 8 Reuter CAPE CANAVERAL, Wednesday TWO CREWMEN of the space shuttle Discovery made an unrehearsed spacewalk yesterday, completing the first part of a two-day effort to salvage a malfunctioning satellite. Jeffrey Hoffman and David Griggs spent about three hours in Discovery's open cargo bay attaching two homemade
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    • PEOPLE WATCH
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        Imelda for president?
        64 9 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS CONGRESSMAN Bill Richardson says he believes Mrs Imelda Marcos (above), the Philippines' First Lady, may seek the country's presidency. "In my judgement, she is making the moves to run for higher office, maybe the presidency," Mr Richardson said. He and two
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        No more China trips
        67 9 ANDREW RIDGELEY, guitarist of the rock group Wham!, says he's not keen to return to China, despite the good reception the group got on a two-concert tour. Ridgeley declined to elaborate. But last Monday, as the group flew from Beijing to Guangdong, a band member went
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        Holocaust nightmare relived
        83 9 LOLA BORKOWSKA LANSKY stood at the gates of Bergen-Belsen 40 years ago yesterday and wept as Allied troops rode into the death camp where 51,000 Jews including a Dutch girl named Anne Frank had died. Ms Lansky, 58, a Holocaust survivor living in Atlanta, recalled the nightmare
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        Lie detector test for Webb
        66 9 CATHLEEN CROWELL WEBB (above), who has recanted the rape account that put a man behind bars six years ago, took a lie detector test which indicates she was telling the truth when she denied that Gary Dotson raped her, her lawyer said. A judge in
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        A gift of 1,000 flags
        84 9 RODNEY DANGERFIELD may have bought himself some respect in his hometown of Westport, Connecticut, by donating US$4,OOO (S$8,880) for more than 1,000 flags to commemorate the town's 150 th birthday. Asked why he chose to live in Westport, which is also the home of Paul
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      Lock icon Hard to find AIDS cure as viruses vary widely
      388 9 Reuter ATLANTA, Wednesday THE VIRUS that causes the killer disease AIDS exists in 100 different forms and this could harm the hunt for a vaccine, researchers said yesterday at the world's first international conference on the disease. Mr Robert Gallo of
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      Lock icon Fresh Muslim-Tamil clashes erupt in Sri Lanka
      221 9 Reuter COLOMBO, Wednesday MUSLIMS and Tamils fought each other in fresh clashes in Sri Lanka's eastern province and scores of houses and shops were destroyed, the government said yesterday. The Information Ministry said in a statement that in one incident on Monday, 30
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      Lock icon Union Carbide told to set up fund for gas victims
      190 9 UPI NEW YORK, Wed A FEDERAL judge yesterday called on Union Carbide to set up an immediate emergency fund for survivors of a chemical spill that killed at least 1,700 people at the company's Bhopal plant. US District Judge John
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      109 8 Singapore's Ist professional eyebrow/eyelid tattooist Artemis Beauty Centre Ta Ta.wo J T V i Model: Top Taiwan TV artiste Miss Chiu Yi Teng H M v V Renowned for our fine and be slightly higher than others superb techniques in eyebrow/ but it's the reliability and high eyelid tattoos, we
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      122 9 Sharp ER-2908 electronic cash register. A cashier's delight. innovations an advanced clock VKtf|jr-j| MMs y/C -1" function that not only displays and prints the time, but also reports hourly totals. Plus a special sentinel enhances security. "^3 The ER-2908 has 8 department JBMB j expandable to 20. Delightful features the
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      Insurance scheme gets support
      335 10  -  Firms say CPF's new protection plan may bring them more business By ANG PENG HWA A NUMBER of insurance companies and brokers are looking forward to the proposed life insurance scheme by the Central Provident Fund The reason The fund's Dependents' Protection Insurance Scheme would create
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      ACB cuts prime and deposit rates
      120 10 ASIA Commercial Bank reduced its prime lending rate by a quarter percentage point to 8.75 per cent yesterday. Deposit rates are also cut by a quarter percent across the board. The new rates are: Savings accounts, 6.75 per cent; one-month fixed deposits, 5.5 per
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      Cheaper interest on DBS mortgage loans
      82 10 DBS BANK and DBS Finance have reduced their interest rates on mortgage loans for residential, commercial and industrial properties by a quarter-point. For residential properties, the new rates are 9.25 per cent per annum for loans up to 10 years and 9.5 per cent
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      Malaysian issue receiving poor response: Bankers
      306 10 MALAYSIA'S latest US$6OO million (551.32 billion) floating rate notes is receiving a poorer response than expected, say bankers. Market sources said the recently issued notes were first traded at around 99.60 per cent of the par value but had now settled at between 99.30
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      Lock icon Bank to handle bills for China's credit-card users
      418 10 AP BEIJING, Wed A FEW hundred specially selected Chinese will get a taste of credit-card shopping under an experiment in the southern special economic zone of Zhuhai. It is the latest capitalist innovation introduced in this reform-minded communist country. Bank of China
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      Lock icon Neptune in joint container service agreement
      194 10 Reuter HONQ KONG, Wed NEPTUNE Orient Lines Ltd (NOL) has signed a preliminary agreement with two other lines to establish a joint container service between the Far East and the east coast of North America, a NOL spokesman said. He said NOL reached an
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      Lock icon Modest gain in late turnaround
      151 11 HQfLLSTOEET Reuter WALL STREET stock prices posted another modest gain yesterday, with the market changing direction late in the trading session after hours of gradually lower prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 2.77 points to close at 1,269.55. Advancing issues led decliners by 781
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      INDICES
      55 11 THE STRAITS Times Industrial Index closed yesterday at 794.30, down 3.13 points from Monday. The OUB Composite Share Price Index closed yesterday at 403.35, up 1.31 points from Monday's close of 402.04. The OUB Trade-weighted Singapore Dollar Exchange Rate Index fell 0.0939 point to 133.4097 at the close, compared
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      Lock icon Dollar and Gold
      189 11 AP THE US dollar, undermined by lower interest rates, fell against major foreign currencies yesterday. Gold prices also declined. "The dollar was relatively quiet for most of the day but closed on a weak note basically in reaction to lower short-term interest rates," said Mr David Arbesman,
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      Lock icon World Bank lends China $269 mil
      152 11 Ar WASHINGTON, Wednesday CHINA has been granted 50-year interest-free loans totalling US$l2O million (***** million) for developing village water systems and setting up seed production centres for major crops, the World Bank announced on Monday. One loan of US$BO million will help provide safe
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      Weak US indcators help mark, pound gain against dollar
      561 11 Foreign currency review by Manufacturers Hanover Trust THE DEUTSCHEMARK gained sharply against the US dollar in March, surpassing levels seen in December 1984. The shift in market sentiment which led to this correction was primarily the result of weaker US economic
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      Bat expects to have better results this year
      289 11 BRITISH-AMERICAN Tobacco Company (Singapore) Ltd (Bat) expects its results for the current year to improve despite the "volatility" of the export business, chairman M G C Bolsover said in his annual review. According to a Bernama report, Mr Bolsover's forecast was made
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      Costlier petrol puts price index up 0.2 pc
      170 11 DEARER petrol and higher road tax were largely responsible for pushing up the Consumer Price Index last March by 0.2 per cent over the previous month. According to the Department of Statistics, transportation costs rose by 3.9 per cent as a result
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      111 11 Now, you can get mora out of your Japanese car. Improved handling. Specific applications ovoihbt* for Plot a firm Stable ride. all popular Japon^can. With Monroe. The Premium I as ana rate conrrot rooay m Replacement Shock Absorber. shock ft automatically adjust and compensate for all loads, CflV roads and
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      Pseudonyms place doubt on credibility
      150 12  -  S Kl'MAR Singapore 1232 I HAVE observed that the letters that pour into your page to criticise the opposition have often carried pseudonyms to conceal the writers' names. "Shocked," "Disgusted," "Ashamed," "Insulted" and "Disgraceful" have put me in serious doubt about the writers' sincerity and
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      Plan to raise petrol prices is deplorable
      150 12 THE OIL companies" intention to increase pump prices, as reported in the front page story of The Singapore Monitor last Saturday, deserves to be deplored. It showed the money-faced instinct of the ugly Singaporean. These people are just emulating one another in having
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      Four questions for taxmen on extra annual property tax
      241 12  -  NICKY LAU Singapore 1953 I RECEIVED a notice from the Inland Revenue Department regarding amendments to the annual value of my house, which has been rented out since 1973. The re-assessment of the annual value was backdated 12 years and they
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      'East Meets West' item was a let-down
      157 12  -  TSTEO Singapore 2260 THE '.'East Meets West" item on the Community Chest Show was a disappointment. I agree with "Culture," whose letter was published on April 8. I have heard Mrs Joanna Wong sing on stage and have been quite impressed. Unfortunately, not
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      Community care involves aiding the troubled family
      769 12  -  HENRY LIM < > Singapore 1546 THE emphasis on "community care" as a way of meeting the needs of an increasing number of frail, elderly people is most welcome. It not only accords with the wishes of most elderly people themselves but is
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      The real loss if hikes were to go
      547 13 SIM BUS MANY parents have said that they will not allow their children to go on hikes after several youngsters were "lost" during the hike at Seletar Reservoir last weekend. Understandably, parents and Bedok North Secondary School's principal and teachers must have
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      SBS drivers need to use their discretion
      190 13  -  TSGOH Singapore 1955 ABOUT 7.10 am on April 10, I boarded a bus at Newton heading towards Bukit Timah A schoolgirl in full uniform, aged 12 or IS, boarded the bus at the same time. She slotted in 25 cents and waited to
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      Police have been acting against Circuit Rd betters
      194 13  -  REPLIES R W WOODWORTH Director Public Relations Department I REFER to the letter headlined "Appalling living conditions in Circuit Road" (SM, Mar 20). The police would like to assure "Appalled Resident" that they are aware of the presence of racehorse betters at
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      No let-up in guarding public health standard
      252 13  -  GRACIE WEE-LEE (MRS) Sr Public Relations Officer Ministry of the Environment I REFER to the letter of complaint, "Step up enforcement of public health rules," by "Concerned Citizen" (SM, Mar 18). I wish to thank the writer for sharing the Ministry of the
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  • leisure
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      Winners of HK Oscars
      735 14 STARSTRUCKI HOMECOMING, a movie about a cultural clash between two women from different social backgrounds, bagged the most number of awards at the Fourth Hong Kong movie awards presentation. Many of todays top performers in Hong Kong attended the award-giving ceremony which was televised live on
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      Lock icon Groan, it's Joan
      894 14  -  But the acid-sharp comedienne is really an old-fashioned girl By SARA BARRETT in London Daily Mail THAT fiendish tongue, thankfully, was curbed by a huge toffee bulging in a hollow cheek. Joan Rivers, acid-sharp American comedienne, had just come into her Claridges suite in black-wool Calvin Klein
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      Lock icon Making the most of a modern food counter
      533 14  -  *ljuisine By WONG AH YOKE AT every shopping centre, there will be some compact eating stall at a corner, discreet or otherwise. Most of these are rather stark-looking, consisting of the bare necessities a stall, a counter for eating and some seats.
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      Emmy-winning documentary on China
      321 16 The Heart of the Draaon Remembering (Debut) (Chinese subtitles) (Ch 12, 8 pm) FROM the splendour of the Forbidden City in Beijing, where the emperors lived and reigned with their courtiers and eunuchs, to the nightmare of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution, this episode looks at some
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      Growing joys
      510 17  -  School celebrates 20th year with dance By WONG AH YOKE TO CELEBRATE its 20th anniversary this year, the Practice Performing Arts School plans an extravaganza of dance and drama. On June 1 and 2, the school will present a programme of contemporary, ballet and ethnic dances entitled Myth
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      Three nights with the 'Royal Danish'
      410 17 BALLET lovers will be given a rare treat on April 23, 24 and 25 when the renowned Royal Danish Ballet performs at the Victoria Theatre. And so will some local dancers. The Royal Danish, as it is affectionately called, will be opening its company
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      88 14 QUEEN'S DISCO OPENS TONIGHT! The ultimate in LIGHT AND SOUND sophistication. Fashion Show by ST LOUIS MODELLING AGENCY Dance Performance by THE 3T DANCERS •Special Beer Price only $6 Nett ♦20% DISCOUNT on liquor purchases by the bottle ♦Light Snacks Lucky Dips NO COVER CHARGE from April 16 to June
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      98 14 Fbrfoima APRIL FILM PREMIERE GROUP PRODUCTIVITY (CRM-McGRAW Hill) On better teamwork and productivity PUTTING THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER TO WORK (CBS/Fox) Key applications of the three secrets of the One Minute Manager SELLING BENEFITS (Rank Aldis) The art of selling product benefits CLOSING THE SALE (Video Arts) How to close
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      672 15 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR I h I leisure wednesoay, april 17, isas I V/ Live Sample I I 3.00 Opening and Programme followed by Spice A I Life (C) (r) (English subtitles). I 4.00 The Richard Simmons I 7" I jßn J B Bk fl I This documentary about the North
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      641 16 Noon News-in-Brief followed by Programme Summary 12.05 Your Lunchdate 1.00 News 1.10 Your Lunchdate (Cont'd) 1.30 Mid-day Market Report 1.35 Your Lunchdate (Cont'd) 2.00 News-in-Brief 2.05 On the House 3.00 Newfe-in-Brief 3.05 On the House (Cont'd) 4.00 News-in-Brief 4.05 On the House (Cont'd) 4.30 Musical Treats 5.00 News-in-Brief 5.05 Music
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      537 16 fILM GUIO6 dian interpreter and friend, Dith Pran. REGAL (*****59) (1.30, 3.30, 7, 9.15): MISFft'l Mi 7 K 3 6 I I MirH 3 T°i 7 30, 9 30): MATCHED COUPLES (C) CAPITOL (*****59) (11, 1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.15): LCii a MAKE. LAUuH 11 (C) TIGHTROPE (E) (1 3 3
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      588 18 Theatre for the young DATE TIME PROGRAMME Today 5 pm/7 pm Peter and the Wolf by David Glass at DBS Auditorium. With the aid of narration and Prokofiev's music, David Glass recreates this tale. Admission by tickets at $5 (free seating). Friday 11 am Cinderella by Act 3 at Queenstown
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      98 18 SMORGASBORD SWEDISH delicacies such as smoked reindeer, pickled or smoked herring and loin of pork with prunes will be served at the Cafe-in-the-Park, Century Park Sheraton, until Saturday, from 7 pm to 10 pm today and tomorrow and from 7 pm to 11 pm on Friday and Saturday. Prices are
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      771 19 a THE SINGAPORE MONITOR 1 leisure comics WEDNESDAY, april 17,1985 L.U FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook uis,MV VW SO*RY,&OD,6UT UMKH THWS -60 y\*wv uio(tKtds\ /Tttfn. Not tftftl* WPARTWfNT ive UARHfP THAT otffc or tujo fAMWtfS oFfeM HARD To *^v/^v RCAM.V NEEDS I6MAIUR 6TXFFS ARC fcND UP DoiM*- NtoT of TH* IV
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    768 20  -  Areas in and fringing Orchard Road now command highest prices PROPERTY By ANNIE CHIA RAFFLES PLACE, which occupies pride of Blace in the Central usiness District (CBD), is no longer fetching the highest rental in town. This is, perhaps, a significant indication that the district
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      109 20 iTAnnouncing The I "First-Home-V Owner" scheme Credit POSB has a brand-new loan scheme to help more Singaporeans own their home: Now. if you're buying your first private home. you can get a five-year interest concession of V*%. You'll pay only B'/i% for a loan up to ten years or just
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      155 21 NOTICES PUBLIC AUCTION By Orcter Of Th« Official Receiver Re: Mount Fu|i Manufacturers Pte Ltd Office furniture, typewriters. and large quantity ot plastic cups, plates, containers, trays etc oo Friday, April 18, 1985 at 2.90 p.m. To bo hold at B* 28, Unit 07/18/07/17 Kaiong Place Singapore 1293 Viewing on
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      235 22 Caterer* DELICIOUS ROASTED INDONESIAN chicken $19.50 with delivery Indonesian buffet $8 per person. Mm 20 persons. 440-3255. INDONESIAN BUFFET 440 3255 MEMORY CATERER 481 9428 MRS. WAH Buffet Service 778 0532 WE SUPPLY FRESH and delicious food to your doorstep. Different menu everyday to whet your appetites Lunches 8 dinners
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      205 22 LEISURE SPORTS MART Health Clubs HC Reyes Health Centre ViJftJ #02-01/09 2nd Storey Guan Hua Building 133, Middle Road Singapore 0718 (above Borneo Motor Toyota Showroom) For every massage,patrons are entitled to a free Sauna bath. Te1:336 2582/5 SEA-VIEW HEALTH CENTRE. Sea-view Hotel provides Massage and sauna by experienced ladies.
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      S'pore take second spot in Thai Open
      254 23  -  By K SILVAM SINGAPORE finished second in the team event and top archer Bill Wee took the bronze in the individual section of the Thailand International Open Archery Championships in Bangkok over the weekend. Bill, the president of the Singapore Archery Association, said:
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      Lock icon Malaysia upset South Koreans to move into final with China
      291 23 vv "6 AP KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday DEFENDING champions China and third-seeded Malaysia advanced to the team final of the Asian Badminton Confederation championships, defeating their opponents in the semifinals last night. Top-seeded China managed to project a 3-1 victory over
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      Lock icon Three track stars at Coliseum meet
      361 24 AP LOS ANGELES, Wednesday OLYMPIC gold medallists Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses and Valerie Brisco-Hooks will be among the competitors in the first ARCO Coliseum Classic on June 8. The meet will be an international invitational affair featuring Olympians and world-class athletes competing in 20
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      Gam Seng sets new national record
      139 24 GOH GAM SENG, Singapore's top runner, set a national record of 2hr 24min 39sec in the Boston Marathon on Monday. In a long distance telephone call to his sponsor John Chan, Gam Seng said: "I finished the race with blisters and had to be
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      Singapore gets $112,000 aid for sports meet
      221 24  -  By ERNEST FRIDA THE International Amateur Athletic Federation (lAAF), in an unprecedented move, has donated $112,000 to the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association (SAAA) to organise the third Asian Youth Inter-City championships. The meet will be held at the National Stadium on Aug 24
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      Pique goes on production line
      70 24 HERE'S "Pique" the latest soccer hero. With a large sombrero and a typical Mexican moustache, this doll will be the mascot of the soccer World Cap to be played in Mexico. "Pique" is a Spanish name for gherkin, which means a young or small cucumber.
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      Athletes may get chance to train in Philippines
      335 24 POTENTIAL athletes for the South-east Asia Games will have to attend a threemonth centralised training here. Top athletes may even get a chance to attend the famous Gintong Alay training camp in the Philippines. This was announced yesterday by Loh Lin Kok,
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      Lock icon West Indies go after clean sweep
      271 24 AP TRINIDAD, Wednesday THE WEST INDIES, seeking to atone for their shock defeat by Pakistan in the recent world championships in Australia, are going after a clean sweep of their series of five one-day internationals against New Zealand. They have already won the first
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      Soldiers win game that was nearly footbrawl
      578 25  -  Armed Forces 1 Farrer Park United 0 By S GULAM IT IS KNOWN IN soccer circles that there is no love lost between Farrer Park United and Armed Forces. The rivalry between the two teams was so intense that, for a while, last
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      Hashim may miss Penang game
      183 25  -  By S GULAM HASHIM HOSNI'S availability for Singapore's last preliminary-round Malaysia Cup match against Penang on Saturday is in question. Hashim, who was voted as Milo Man-of-the-Match against Kedah last Sunday, had to leave for hospital midway through his club's Farrer Park United's league match
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      Lock icon No action yet on seizing Zico's wages
      143 25 AP UDINE (Italy), Wednesday A LOCAL COURT heard an appeal on Tuesday asking that it stop investigators from seizing the salary of Brazilian soccer star Zico, who is being investigated for alleged tax evasion. After a closed-door session, during which magistrates considered an
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      REFS' SEMINAR IS OFF
      266 26  -  Men in black will be available to umpire games this Sunday By K SILVAM matches for Sunday at such short notice." THE MEN in black will be available as match officials this Sunday because a seminar they were supposed to attend has been postponed. The Football
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      Lock icon Qamar fights his way to victory
      134 26 Keuter EAST QRINSTEAD (England), Wednesday NUMBER TWO seed Qamar Zaman of Pakistan stared defeat in the face before staging a magnificent fightback to reach the second round of the British Open Squash championship last night. Qamar dropped the first two games to Sweden's Leif
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      David still has many years of good goalkeeping in him
      451 26  -  WPCIwfER By SGULAM GOALKEEPERS often stay the longest in soccer. Unlike the other outfield footballers, the men who play between the posts reach their peak only around the age of 30. So it must have come as a nasty (or
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      Commonwealth edge ACS 4-3
      365 26 r Sports m Schools j NATIONAL Schools Waterpolo B Division semifinal hopefuls Commonwealth Secondary, beat Anglo Chinese School (ACS) 4-3, at the Toa Payoh Pool, yesterday. The young and inexperienced ACS seemed set to win after an impressive start. The first quarter ended with ACS leading
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      Lock icon Everton open up 7-point lead at top
      265 27 Reuter LONDON, Wednesday EVERTON extended their lead at the lop of the English First Division to seven points with an emphatic 4-1 home win over west Bromwich Albion last night. Two goals by Graeme Sharp, who is expected to make his Scotland debut
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      RUSH IS ON FOR PLACE IN LAST 8
      487 27  -  Six teams battle for five remaining quarterfinal berths By SGULAM THE SCRAMBLE to make it to the Malaysia Cup quarterfinals is on among six teams after Johor and Perlis joined Singapore as qualifiers for the next stage of the competition. Pahang, Trengganu,
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      142 27 P WD L F A Pta »lwn»0f 1411 1 2 27 6 34 Johor 13 8 2 3 30 11 26 Perks 13 7 3 3 20 19 24 Pahang 12 7 2 3 22 10 23 Trengganu 12 7 2 3 21 11 23 Forces 14 7 2
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      'LIVE'
      41 27 SOCCER fans will get a chance to a#e the FA Cup aemHfnal replay between Manchester United and Liverpool "live" over RTM's Channel 3 at 1.4S am tomorrow morning. The replay will *>e played at Manchester City's Maine Road ground. J
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      88 27 Four of the six teams still in the running for quarterfinal places in the Malaysia Cap competition have ex-Singapore players in their line-ops. More importantly, the ex-Singapore stalwarts are now key players in the teams for which they play. Midfield aces T Pathmanathan and R Suriamoorthy play for Pahang, while
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