Singapore Monitor, 19 April 1985, Afternoon Edition

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  • 15 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR Ei/iassi* EDITION i M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Friday, April 19, 1985 30cents
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  • 320 1  -  200 questioned in efforts to seek illegal foreign workers By VICTOR SOH and JOSEPH LEE IMMIGRATION officials today raided two construction sites as part of a crackdown on illegal foreign workers which started this week. More than 200 workers have been questioned so far. This
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    • 581 2  -  Board clarifies its stand on attending to PAP constituencies first in maintenance services By OEI SIN GIOK HOUSING and Development Board area offices give priority to People's Action Party constituencies over opposition constituencies only for "non-routine" maintenance services. The board clarified today that its
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    • 171 2 ANSON constituency will be among the first group of constituencies where the Member for Parliament will take over the management and maintenance of Housing and Development Board estates within his constituency. The Minister for National Development, Mr Teh Cheang Wan, said in the last Parliament
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    • 94 2 PHOTOS show the scene today at the Holiday Ibb Parkview construction site, one of the two sites where immigration officials condoc ted raids on Illegal foreign workers. The other site was at the Hyatt Hotel. The swoops, part of a continning crackdown, were carried oat with
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    • 339 3  -  By MICHAEL LIEW NARCOTICS officers who have contributed outstanding efforts in anti-drug operations will have their efforts recognised tomorrow when the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) presents awards to them. A total of 24 CNB officers and 4 CNB teams will be receiving
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    • 93 3 FORTY-TWO persons were fined a total of $7,750 in a district court today with playing a game of "See Ki Phuay" at a house at Moon Beam Drive on April 17. The 22 men, aged between 17 and 46, and 20 women, aged
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    • 293 3  -  By IRENE TOH A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY of Singapore undergraduate and her boyfriend had pepper flung at them wnile they were being robbed, a district court heard today. Ho Wai Peng, 20, and her friend, Lee Kim Sung, 24, were walking along a dimly-lit
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    • 385 4  -  Woman beats the odds to bear 2 kids after reversing sterilisation SIT YIN FONG CHEN GUO Quan, 16 months old, played happily with his week-old baby sister, unaware of the stir they have caused in local medical circles. On Dec 30, 1983, Madam Lee Moy Chei,
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    • 462 4 Poor response from record companies and retailers to the scheme THE SCHEME to stamp out cassette tape piracy has failed because of a lack of response from record companies and retailers. The International Federation of Phonogram and Videogram Producers (IFPI) has also decided not
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    • NEWS SCAN
      • 108 4 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS MOTORISTS using public car parks at Empress Place and Parkway Parade are going to pay more for parking later this year. Among the private car parks, the rates at Plaza Singapura and Parkway Parade are considered low in relation to
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      • 71 4 A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK advertisement, boldly headlined "Treat Your Secretary As If She Was Your Mistress," has backfired. Outraged women demanded an apology and the advertiser inserted one today On Wednesday, the Bistro Toulouse Lautrec which tried to encourage bosses to treat their secretaries to a special lunch for "Secretaries
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      • 73 4 BARTLEY Primary School is unique about a third of its school population are children of Gurkha policemen. According to principal MR HUANG YONG CHEE, these Nepalese children have been attending the school for many years. The enrolment has been increasing ana tnis year, there are all together
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      • 86 4 LORRY-DRIVER Zheng Yuanfa parked his car near the Hoover Theatre, entered the theatre to buy tickets, and came out barely three minutes later to find his car being driven away by a stranger. Mr Zheng, who had not locked the car, quickly gave chase in
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      • 84 4 THE INDIAN High Commission plans to recommend to the Indian Government that strict rules be imposed on Singapore-bound Indian visitors to ensure that only bona fide tourists come here. The Indian High Commissioner, Mr A N Gopalakrishna Pillai, disclosed this yesterday as one of the steps
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    • 308 5  -  By SEAH MEI KIANG A NEWSVENDOR who has been holding a provisional riding licence for 20 years is hoping to be given a chance to take the new learner motorcyclist tests at the Ang Mo Kio riding circuit. But he faces one snag. The
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    • 554 5  - Chiam takes up Teh's offer with conditions By LOONG SWEE YIN THE WORDS were spoken quickly. "Do we want to take up this challenge? Of course we do." Mr Chiam See Tong paused. Tnere was silence. Someone started clapping. Then, as if suddenly realising what was happening, the rest followed
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    • 28 3 Latour Shang Palace Nadaman Waterfall Cafe Coffee Garden Peacock Bar Lobby Court Xanadu Shangri-La Hotel, Orange Grove Road, Singapore 1025. Tel: 737 3644. Telex: SHANGLA RS *****. jj
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    • 96 4 TWO DAY SEMINAR on THE LAW ft 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 Covering in detail all aspects on: Mr. R. Gunasilan 1) COLLECTIVE
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    • 288 5 down a grand dinner while our resident bands entertain. I Highlights include a fashion I presentation of Klasses new I clothes by models from Imp I V International, our cocktail and lots I fragrances j > J^a. i/fjfw given away daily at lunch f jfljH 4 yf/wf and dinner. Dance!
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  • world
    • 181 6 Reuter NEW DELHI, Friday PALESTINIAN Liberation Organisation chairman Yasser Arafat (left in picture) and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi holding their hands up and beaming at Delhi Air Force station in New Delhi yesterday. Mr Arafat arrived yesterday to attend.the Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers
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    • 94 6 Reuter CAPE TOWN, Friday SOUTH AFRICAN President P Botha announced yesterday that his country would establish an interim government with limited powers in Namibia that would exclude the United Nations-recognised Swapo (South West Africa Peoples Organisation) guerillas. Mr Botha said South Africa
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    • 398 6 Reuter WELLINGTON, Friday CHINESE Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang said today China would cut the strength of its armed forces by one million men this year. Mr Hu told reporters the move to reduce conventional forces would not diminish China's ability to
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    • 183 6 LAT-WP like I couldn't," she said. LOS ANGELES, Friday A HIGH School girl whose hopes for college basketball stardom ended abruptly in a 1979 car accident that left her a quadriplegic was awarded US$6.5 million (5514.5 million) in damages on Wednesday
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    • 339 7 Reuter WASHINGTON, Friday THE US ECONOMY weakened dramatically in the first quarter of this year, with growth slowing to its most sluggish pace since the end of the 1981-82 recessionTthe Commerce Department reported yesterday. Gross National Product (GNP), the total US output of
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    • 64 7 FORMER Philippines Foreign Minister Carlos Romulo (left) cracked n Joke as his wife, American writer Beth Day (centre), received a ceramic plate gift from visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wa Xaeqiaa yesterday, daring a call shortly after his arrival in Manila for a four-day visit. Mr Wa
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    • 144 7 MANILA, Friday THE ECONOMIES of Asia's developing countries pew an average 5.5 per cent last year except for the Philippines which registered negative growth, the Asian Development Bank said today. The Manila-based Development Bank's annual report also said a stronger world economy
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    • 54 7 BANGKOK, Friday LAOS' DEPUTY Defence Minister and its army Chief of Staff were killed last month when their helicopter came under artillery fire from anti«overnment insurgents, the newspaper Bangkok forld reported yesterday. Western diplomats, Thai military officers and civilian officials contacted said they could
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    • 434 8 LAT-WP ATLANTA, Friday A STUDY of military personnel indicates that AIDS can be spread by heterosexual contact, supporting a growing belief that the deadly disease is moving into the mainstream of society, a researcher reported yesterday. "It is very clear that AIDS is
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    • 54 8 QIFU (Japan), Friday THE PROTOTYPE of Japan's new jet fighter trainer, XT-4, was unveiled at a Gifu plant of Kawasaki Heavy Industries yesterday. An Air Force spokesman said the plane was developed by the Defence Agency's Technical Research and Development Institutes and n gronp of
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    • 203 8 Agencies NEW YORK, Friday UNION CARBIDE Corporation yesterday offered to pay US$5 million (5511.2 million) to the Indian government for emergency aid to 200,000 victims suffering from the poison-gas disaster at Union Carbide's pesticide plant in Bhopal. The offer was
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    • 71 8 AP BEIJING, Friday PREMIER Zhao Ziyang missed two signatures when China and Belgium signed agreements on nuclear cooperation, taxes and loans yesterday. Pacts, protocols and agreements brought out at a brief ceremony required each man to sign his name more than 20 times, a Belgian diplomat said. Despite
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    • 451 9 Reuter UITENHAQE (South Africa), Friday A WHITE MAN WAS set ablaze by a crowd of Blacks who confronted him in the White section of this riot-hit Eastern Cape Province town yesterday evening, police said. The man, doused in petrol after being pulled from
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 102 9 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS ULRIKE von Mengden (above) is a legend in Indonesia where she runs a successful orphanage for orangutans. Her house in central Jakarta Is also inhabited by 20 orangutans. She dedicates her life to caring for confiscated, neglected or abandoned
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      • 70 9 CBS ANCHORMAN Dan Rather is bad news as far as the readers of Conservative Digest are concerned. Rather was named as the most biased commentator on television by 73 per cent of those responding to a readers' poll and CBS was reviled as the most biased network
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      • 105 9 DOLLY PARTON (above) is going into the movie production business. She and ner manager, Sandy Gallin, formed Sandollar. They now are working on Brass Angels, an original story by Parton that also will feature Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin the three stars of the hit comedy
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    • 314 8 ToßeHeidAt I THEIMTISH COUNCIL THEATRETTE I sssr #r# l tlnHpdw 0104 I on Friday, 10th May, 1985 I at 3.00pm I 1. 10 BEGONIA DRIVE I SINGAPORE 2880 (MK 18 LOT 7916) TITLE: FREEHOLD I LAND AREA: 374 SO M I 2. 115 WEST COAST PARK- I SINGAPORE 0512 (MK
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    • 43 8 'AIDS-froo carts' ona way to curb its spraad Letters, Page 14 •Jr. S 'r Dancing all at the now look, ncv> y teH (Ylrhrilirs. Jk < apturt'o lave Kun W Jk 1 f ".OOfirti Dinner: (H)pni IIUXt/un I i'\r 12. ruin-point Kimt* alums:- 7.M5221
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    • 371 9 Btfrom the new Singer generation) THENEW SEWING SENSATION Like driving a BMW for the price of a Charade. 11 These sewing machines are mufc absolute to I lyUT\ >With adventurous features' to Capable a range including straight and holer-for perfect stretch stitches, zig-zag, b ""Z h u'"r'l'!:' blind hem stitch
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  • money
    • 858 10  -  $30 mil loss is not drastic, says head of Petrochemical Corporation By JANICE LIM "AFTER the storm is sunshine and fertile soil" this is how Mr Akio Kosai, the recently appointed managing director of the Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore, views the future of the $2-billion
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    • 68 10 HONG Leong Investment Holdings group's stake in Haw Par has been increased to 7.72 per cent or 11.509 million shares following the acquisition of 20,000 Haw Par shares by City Developments Realty. THE MALAYSIAN Multi-Purpose Co-op-erative Society Bhd's stake in Multi-Pur-pose Holdings Bhd
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    • 135 10 LONDON, Fri THE US dollar took a nosedive yesterday as the worst US quarterly growth figures since the end of 1982 confirmed a slowdown in the economy and sent foreign exchange investors scrambling out of the currency. It shed seven pfennigs in less than
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    • 413 10  -  Bv CATHERINE ONG TANDEM Computers, only three years in the Singapore market, is making big headway in local banking computer systems with over 30 machines installed. Expansion is under way as the company gears up to take on two prestigious contracts for the
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    • 204 11 THE LOCAL bourse opened quiet but steady and remained so for the greater part of the morning. Top volume stock Genting traded 201,000 to close at $5.70, followed by Promet's 170,000 at $1.50 and G Lumber's 120,000 at $1.62. Top riser Berjuntai was up
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    • 156 11 HHLLSTOEET WALL STREET stock prices closed sharply lower yesterday as investors were hit witn disappointing news about corporate profits and Dy government figures showing US economic growth has slowed to a crawl. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by 7.18 points to close
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    • 42 11 THE OUB Composite Share Price Index closed at 404.96, up 1.30 points from the previous day's close of 403.66. The OUB Singapore Dollar Trade-weighted Index was down 0.5159 point to 133.3197 in morning trading from the previous day's close of 133.8356.
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    • 113 11 IN SINGAPORE, the US dollar rose slightly against most major currencies on some covering interest in very quiet trading, dealers said. The US dollar rose slightly to an early 247.20/30 yen from an initial 246.80 and New York's 246.90/247.00 close and to 2.9625/55 marks from 2.9525 and
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    • 286 11 Selected stocks at midday. Market toae: steady Boustead 1 68/1 69 Cold Storage 2.51/2.5S Ft N 500/510 Genting 5.M/5.70 GIH 1 74/1.75 Haw Par 2.25/2 26 Isetan 2.25/2 )5 Jurong Cement 1.90 S Keck Seng 2.24/2.25 Esao 2.54/2.55 Hume 5.28 S Inchcape 2.46/2.47 Intraco 2.00/2.01 M Cement 1.21/1.29 Metro
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    • 110 11 Your 8$ to on* unit of foreign currency Soiling Buying TT/DO TT DO USf ***** 2 2010 2.1920 sterling 2.8701 2.8480 2.8280 Australian 1.4271 1.4130 1.3980 Canadian 1 6460 1.6259 1.6159 New Zealand 1.0281 1 0080 0 9830 CURRENCY NOTES S$ to 1 unit US| 2.21 2.19 NZ9 1.05
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    • 291 11 DEPOSITS and loans of the Overseas Union Bank group Sew at a steady pace last year despite a slowdown in e economy. Group total deposits were up nearly 13 per cent to $6 billion while total loans (including bills) increased by .a tenth to
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    • 128 11 Royal Singapore < Your secretary deserves more than a pat on the shoulder. Show your appreciation and treat her to a sumptuous Buffet Lunch cum Fashion Show featuring the latest and most original creations by well known and extremely talented local designers. 9 ,t! APRIL 22 Lin \Mny-Kai of Maria
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    • 730 12 CONTINUING our series on careers. This week we focus on jobs in the hotel industry. Next week we will touch on a career in the Police Force. IN THE decade and a half since hotels began sprouting along Orchard Road, the hotel
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    • 139 12 IF VOU, like most new mothers, have puzzled over how to make your home as safe as possible for small children, here are some pointers on choosing a playpen your youngster will not climb out of as soon as he gets his
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    • HEALTH TIPS
      • 94 12 IF YOUR gums bleed when you brush your teeth, you may have periodontal 'disease, the major cause of tooth loss in adults, accot-ding to the American Dental Association. The majority of people of the age of 18 and above have this disorder. Periodontal disease sometimes
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      • 58 12 IT IS never too early for children to develop the habit of brushing and flossing their teeth after every meal. Youngsters should be introduced to regular brushing once the first teeth have appeared. Since most children have trouble manipulating a toothbrush properly before six or
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      • 62 12 NUMBNESS, tingling or weakness in an arm, leg or one side of the face, temporary blindness in one or both eyes or difficulty with 'speech any of these may be warning signals of an impending stroke. When they occur, get medical help as quickly as possible.
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    • ANSWER BOX
      • 400 13 THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUERIES PLEASE enlighten me oa what exactly a hotel sales executive does. Apart from securing sales, what else is iavolved? Is he or she required to make "cold" calls? What kiad of experience aid qualifications are needed? Also,
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      • 88 13 I WOULD like to kaow why when I sleep I always open my moath to breath aid when I wake ap my tongue and lips are dry. MOUTH-BREATHING during sleep is due mainly to the positioning of the head and the neck. People who sleep flat on
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      • 240 13 MY FATHER'S identity card shows only his year of birth. This was because when he applied for it he had already lost his birth certificate. Can yon please tell me how he can find oat the exact date of his birth and when the Central
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      • 55 13 SOMETHING troubling you. Need clarification on certain issues? Let us help. Send your queries to us and we will try to get the relevant authorities or organisations to provide the answers. Send your questions to: Open Line, The Singapore Monitor, 2 Alexandra Road, #03-01 Delta
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      • Article, Illustration
        141 13 MY NEIGHBOUR rear eight dogs of various breeds and every time someone passes his house, all the dogs would bark their lungs out at the person. This happens almost throughout the day. The dogs do not seem to be licensed as they do not carry a dog
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      • 75 13 DOES constant contact with water cause rheumatism? What actually causes rheumatism and Is there any cure? RHEUMATISM is a form of degenerative disease whose symptoms are pain in the muscles and/or bones. Although the exact cause is not known, water is not the cause of it. Treatment,
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      • 159 13 I HAVE haemorrhoids or piles for qsite a few years. In the past I had aot bothered to see a doctor because it was not always painful. It was only painfnl when I needed to go to the toilet a aamber of times n day. Later,
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    • 57 13 THE LENG KEE Women Sub-Committee is organising a talk on "Pre- and Post-Meno-pause stage." The speaker is Dr Goh Yong Chew, Registrar of Kandang Kerbau Hospital. The talk will be delivered in Mandarin on April 29 at 8 at Leng Kee Community Hall,
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    • 84 13 THE LENG KEE Community Centre will be organising a ThreeGeneration Social Nite on Saturday, May 11, at 7.30 pm at the premises of the community centre. The programme will include: BREAKDANCE performance, AEROBIC modern dance performance, FOLK dance, SPOT dance and games, and LUCKY draw.
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    • 51 13 TOA PAYOH Community Centre Adventure Club will be holding an Orientation for new members this Sunday at 1 pm at the community centre. Programmes include slide show, photo and gadget displays. If you are interested in joining the club, you can attend the orientation at the
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  • opinion / letters
    • 177 14  -  JIMMY FONG Singapore OSI4 ADVICE is given not to share toothbrush, among other things, with AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) victims. But I note that most dental surgeons/dentists do not sterilise their instruments, drills, rinsing mugs, etc. Disposable needles are also
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    • 122 14  -  LILY GOH Singapore 0820 WHILE accompanying my daughter to see the doctor at the Kelantan Road Polyclinic, I was surprised to discover that a group of women waiting outside an adjoining room were prostitutes from Desker Road who attend this clinic
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    • 606 14 dadandnlka AN EXTENSIVE and in-depth Government study of the setback the ruling party suffered in the last general elections is still under way and official Government views have yet to be revealed. However, there have been no lack of pertinent views among the people in recent
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  • 851 14  -  features ■v JOHN LEO Time Psychologist Paul Ekman ran the film over and over until he found the clue. Mary, a housewife who had attempted suicide three times and had been confined to a mental institution, appeared chipper and confident onscreen as she asked
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  • opinion / letters
    • 465 15 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT NOTHING is more disconcerting to a normal traveller than to arrive at a destination after a long flight just to be told by an unbending immigration officer that he is refused entry into the country. It could be
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    • 80 15  -  FLORENCE TAN Singapore 2260 I REFER to the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's reply to Mr Charles Joseph Peter's letter on the dubbing of Japanese variety shows (SM, Apr 16).' Since you have no plans to dub it in English, is it possible for you to at
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    • 54 15 ISNT it safer for the prison van to use Alexandra Road and River Valley Road to transport criminal suspects from the Queenstown Remand Prison to the court instead of Tiong Bahru Road which is narrow, has many traffic lights and runs through densely populated
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    • 259 15  -  T S YEE Singapore 2057 MUCH had been said in the recent parliamentary debates by the Minister of Communications on road building and costs. The minister also mentioned that further road extension and construction will cease in about four to five years'
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    • 270 15 I HAVE written before regarding my efforts to get a Thai cook for my restaurant and I am writing again in view of recent Press reports that our Government is trying to help smaller companies. «i was amazed when I was told recently
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous

  • leisure
    • 1173 16  -  A dose of Bugs Bunny is comic relief By BOB PORTER in Dallas LAT-WP "THE first time thev saw Bugs Bunny in the studio home offices in New York City, they hated him. It was the same with the Roadrunner. In fact, they never liked anything new,"
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    • 396 16  -  By PHIL HAGEN in London UPI A THREE-WEEK celebration of American arts and entertainment set to open next month is aimed at exposing Britons to United States culture beyond the television series Dallas and rock superstar Michael Jackson. The American Festival is
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    • 580 16  -  By JOSEPH McLELLAN in Washington LAT-WP THERE are still people around who play 78 rpm records with cactus needles and, no doubt, 20 or 30 years from now, some people will still be playing records Sressed on vinyl discs and rotating at 3 rpm.
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    • 487 18 Friday Background (Ch 8, 7.55 pm) THIS year is the 30th anniversary of the historic Bandung Conference, held in April 1955 to mark Afro-Asian solidarity and the emergence of the Third World Non-Aligned Movement. Besides discussing the circumstances which prompted the conference and the political developments
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    • 667 19 AT THE LOUNGES A DRINK goes down better with a bit of music to accompany it, or is it the other way around sometimes? For those who are planning a night out, here is an ample selection at the lounges this week: BODY 'N' SOUL entertains at The
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    • 238 19 YOU could find yourself Joining in the chorus of We Are the world tomorrow night with a few hundred other people. "roe bid to help the starving in Africa has not lost its momentum, and the dark continent, especially Ethiopia, will have received by the end of
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    • 482 19  -  By WONG SING YEONG NO variety in Singapore's nightlife? Only if you suffer from night blindness. There are more ways of spending the evening than you may think. This month alone, our compact little island will be experiencing some new facets of entertainment: THEATREWORKS, our first
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    • 247 16 BEST U.S. STEAK f£ Direct from Harris Ranch in Central California The Number One Steak in California, and now in Singapore Ljf "V A A Only at Jack s Place Steak House you'll find six different choices from only $16. you'll get a tender juicy, corn-fed premium U S Steak
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    • 63 16 FREEt 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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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 1124 17 loisuro 18 -±m±— I khiis^h I 2.30 SBCTEXT Live ij^^Hl I 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by The Passenger (C) V«| WB Kids world.' ||r M M I Featured are interviews with The Fall Guy co-star Doug I Barr and a music group called Junkyard Band, soap-box V W
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    • 180 17 j Noon Newsdesk 12.30 Country Music Profile 12.4S Financial News 12.55 Reflections 1.00 World News 1.09 Twenty-four Hours: News Summary 1.90 The Pleasures of Seeking 1.45 The World Today 2.00 Newsdesk 2.90 Brain of Britain 1985 9.00 World News 9.09 Twenty-four Hours: News Summary 9.90 Land of a Thousand Dances
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 221 18 Hsfricby f SECRETARIES' WEEK LUNCH AT TGIF s $15 April 22 April 27, 1985 Have lunch with us and get a complimentary coupon whicfi entitles you to a "no cover charge first drink" during disco hours (weekdays only)! Mnin Frifcy Consomme CekstiM Itthaa Minestrone Soup Cream of Celery or Greet
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    • 568 18 fIUMOUIOC 1 v v V MANDARIN (*****01) (1.15, 3.15, 7.15, 9.15): MY name is woman WO&NIQ* 1 a m m NAME B liY MV UWAQU (*****90) (1.39, 3.39, 7.39, 9.38): MISSING (1SI S M 7 M M): m NAME IN ACTION n (E) K woman W Starring: Check Norris, M
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 646 20 Theatre for the young DATE TIME PROGRAMME Today 11 am Cinderella by Act 3 at Queenstown Library. Admission is free. 3 pm Cinderella by Act 3 at Bukit Merah Library. Admission is free. Tomorrow 11 am/3 pm Cinderella by Act 3 at Marine Parade Library. Admission is free. 3.40 pm
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    • 97 20 ASEAN YOUTH MUSICIANS THE Asean Youth Musicians will present a chamber music concert at the Shell Theatrette, Shell Tower, today from 12.45 pm to 1.30 pm. Admission is free. EDUARD ORACH THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra's concerts today and tomorrow, at 8.15 pm at the Victoria Concert Hall, will feature Soviet
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    • 439 21 leisure comics ARIES March 21 to April 20 LIBRA The element of luck plays a September 23 to October 22 role and helps you to earn You gain valuable information greater popularity. You'll re- concerning the financial receive answers to inquiries, sources of others. The exciteYou'll also get calls which
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    • 175 21 FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook p e«®,fwst MTkMM* swmsY".m r* tuni utVMfr/ N Xthat mm Bt AKI ft*AUV A PAN/ NffuMfr IDO Eve*V l**K I ATTEMPT V«*,*UD..\ PART Of «A>UR 1 CAH MAKE TAtU EXECUTIVES vTo CONVERT THE* *R> THE W, 1*) 1 I PGP&LEM. J B*U*VE irt IHE PotfEfc OF
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  • FOR THE HOME
    • 678 22 WHY use a designer to design your own home? Because many people know what they like, but don't know how to create a flat which provides it. Designers help people create homes which express their own personalities. Mr Peter Seah said: "Many people
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    • 310 22 HOUSING Board flat owners now support a flourishing group of interior designers, said Mr Peter Seah of Simon Dale, a company specialising in providing professional design services for residents in this type of accommodation. Thit demand is recent. "Ten years back, it was almost
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    • 611 23 A GOOD many factors have to be considered when selecting a floor covering for the home. Proper planning will not only save you time but will also minimise the possibility of getting materials that won't live up to your expectations.
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    • 333 23 For impressive interiors the secret is in the colour scheme IMPROVING the interior of your home does not necessarily mean having to spend a lot of money. But it certainly will need a lot of thought and careful preparation. Your decor scheme will look more impressive if you make enough
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    • 217 24 TRY out this old home-made decoction to remove spots and rings from polished wooden surfaces. Make a paste compounded from tobacco, cigarette ash and water. Rub it into the stain slowly and watch it disappear without affecting the polish in any way. HERE'S a neat sheath for
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    • 275 24 THERE'S French fashion, French perfumes and now French furniture. Anavil Furniture is a new company at #0436 Plaza Singapura which was recently established to distribute the Culifrance range of furniture, probably the first completely French-made range available in Singapore today. A spokesman for the
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 138 22 The Longest and fairest parquet floor tiles in town! BAIM* BIBCHWOOP PARQUET y> i i #No hacking No polishing 0 Do it- yourself I \m 0 Light Coloured 0 Various sizes and designs i d mm NO MORE HACKING ON WALLS AND FLOORS WITH fcfrt WALL FLOOR VINYL COVERINGS. i/l
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    • 131 23 ijfll U I, package 1 TH tory""* coon* 1 If;VSSS*-S fIBSC& Bil dr«p»®. hqß futs. interior mpartrnont*, otc \4n MSOCUTC* aw j£s~ Business Hours 1V oommtmmms FOR Wm FLAT Running into problems —["["511decorating your HDB flat? Call in the professionals, call Domain. Our /[fiHKJW > TTlHllr- V designs are imaginative,
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 176 24 The New BRAUN Coffee Makers Braun now offers a new range of coffee makers: New in a combination of practical features and U new in an appealing compact design. And all these are offered to you at an attractive price. Pivoting filter i The filter holder is pivot-hinged to swing
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    • 1323 25 VAN Situations Vacant u Situations Vacant i* Situations Vacant DC st. LOUSMODa a i AGENCY R«Mr« a RJU/fAHT-TIME MODELS (Male/ Female) 5 Requrad to Faahon Shows 5 Photography. Presi and T V Ada. Maga/nas. Caienden, Cow On etc J (MMM a (mriei a femdetk. Oaves 6 a tmmmmet on aa
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    • 176 25 Eating Spots t Modeling CATZ 'The' modal agency 734 4756. FASHION STAGE 732 3808/7 STEPS MOOELS 235 2997 HOBBIES ARE YOU INTERESTED In fishing, picnics, barbecue, camping, disco, island tours and ovier social gathering? Join us nowl The second generation Friendship Bureau In Town. Experienced since 1960. As registered member,
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  • Article, Illustration
    68 26 MDM SON QUAT ENQ (Aged: 61) Passed away peacefully on 17 April 1985 leaving behind Son Chew Siong Keng Daughters Son-in-law Chew Lee Ching Eric Ng Jwee Phuan Chew Pee Que Grandson Grand-Daughter Ng Chad-Son Ng Sandy Adopted Sons, adopted daughters and grandchildren. Cortege will leave Bedok South Avenue
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    • 221 26 PEN PALS ARE YOU FEELING lonety. bored or having no time to get friends? Please cal personally at: Choo Huay Friendship Agency, Unit: 04-51, 4th floor, Sultan Plaza, JaJan Sultan Road, Singapore 0719. (Ba.m. to 10p.m.). Tel: 292-1137/ 292-7285 Miss Katherine. Reg no. *****7/00 W. CHONQ KUAN Sang, Marriage-Aid Bureau.
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    • 162 26 CONFIDENTIAL INTRODUCTIONS. Btodata: Palmate, Singapore Shopping Centre. #05-27, 190 Clemenceau Ave (0922). Jennifer: 339 0406. (*****8/00 A). THROUGH RED LADY'S Introduce First, pay Later, scheme get your marriage partner. Thomson P.O. Box 112, Singapore 9157. CHOO HUAY Friendship Agency 292 1137/ 292 7285 DATA SAMPLING SERVICES Search for your ideal
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    • 215 26 NOTICES SSANOYONQ CCMINT (MNOANM) LNHTKO I' *r Iftt ntyiifclir nf ttogapnrs LOSS OF SHARK CCItTIFICATVS The undermentioned there certificates have been reported lost, mislaid or iJeeliuyed Cert no. Www of sharehotder No. of eharee *****56-3 Mr Tan Kock Poh 1,000 *****57-2 -do- 1.000 *****58-1 -do- 1.000 *****50-0 -do- 1,000 *****80-7
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 194 27 classified 273-9090 NOTICES #PWD] TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from CIDB Registered Contractors for the following:(A) CQB/22/85 Improvement and Widening of Jaian Um Tai See and Unnamed Road off Jalan Urn Tai See (B) MAE T 32/85 Supply of Expreeaway Patrol Cars to Ministry of Home Affairs Nominated Sub-Contract for
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    • 359 27 PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY FOODSTALLS TO LET BY TENDER 1 Tenders are invited for the tenancy of foodstalls at canteens located with the following Port Area Tenjong Pagar Container Terminal (1 stall) Finger Pier Building (1 stall) 2 A non refundable sum of $30.00 being administrative charge must be paid
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    • 381 27 O.J. SINGAPORE PTE LTD (Msmbsrs 1 Voluntary Winding-Up) Liquidators' Office: 11 CoWyer Quay #15-00 The Arcade Singapore 0104 NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 185, that the Final Meeting of the Company will be held at 11 Collyer Quay,
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    • 303 27 Tenders are invited for the following I works:- H 1. REWIRING AND I ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION OF WOODWORKING MACHINES AT SINGAPORE VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE. Tender No VITB/SVI/8/85 I Tender Deposit $300.00 Showround Date 23 April 1985 H at 1000 hours Meeting Place Canteen, Singapore H Vocational Institute. H Balestier Road, Singapore 1232
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  • sports
    • 829 28 HACK 1 1.30 Restricted Term* Div C 1200 m 1 Divide And Rule 57 Azhar 12 2 Swinger 87 M Rahman 10 3 Steel ChaSangar 57 Cook 7 4- Peraovorenco IN 87 Wadi S 5 MMan's 55% Khoo 8 S ThoroM 53 THey 11 7 Caiabrtty 111 53
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    • 339 28 Reuter BONN, Friday THE PORTUGUESE Grand Prix motor race in Estoril on Sunday marks the debut of one of the most unusual cars ever seen on the Formula One circuit the West German Za Its peed. Unlike such expensive constructions as the McLarens with
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    • 99 28 Reuter WEST BERLIN, Fri EUROPEAN silver medallist Michael Whitaker of Britain took the lead after the first World Cup showjumping event at tne West Berlin norse show on a night which saw the hopes of two major contenders for the title dashed. Whitaker,
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    • 419 29  -  TOA PAYOH UTD 1 QEYLANQ INT'L 0 By S GULAM TOA PAYOH United gained their first win of the season in the National Football League Division One when they edged out Geylang International through a penalty at tne Jalan Besar Stadium last night. The
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    • 562 29  -  By K SILVAM SUPPORT from the community and reward for the talented performer are factors necessary for the development of international champions. These were among the points raised by Mr S Dhanabalan, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Community Development, at
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    • 330 29  -  By B KULA TO LIM SEOK HUI, 1984 s sportswoman and sportsgirl of the year, competing in the men's squash world is no new challenge. Her winning ways in several men's championships earlier have now earned her the right to wear
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    • 205 29 TOP SEEDS Tampines and Bukit Panjang had easy first-round victories and are confident of making it to the last four in this year's Inter-Constituency volleyball tournament, which started early this month. Of the 49 teams that entered for the double knockout competition,
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    • 205 29  -  By DANIEL WEE NEW TOWN Secondary beat St Andrews 16-7 in their last league fixture to virtually clinch a semi- final berth in the National Schools AllStars Waterpolo Championship at Barker Road yesterday. New Town combined well to overrun an inexperienced and unfit
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    • Lend beats McEnroe in 'warm-up'
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        165 30 Reuter OSAKA, Friday IVAN LENDL of Czechoslovakia beat World Number One John McEnroe 62 7-6 in an exhibition tennis match yesterday. The match was a warm-up for the U*****,000 (5|562,000) Suntory Cup men's singles tennis tournament starting in Tokyo tomorrow, in which McEnroe plays Frenchman Yannick Noah and
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      • 175 30 Reuter AMELIA ISLAND (Florida), Friday ARGENTINA'S teeenage sensation Gabriela Sabatini upset fifth-seeded Carling Bassett of Canada 6-4, 6-3 yesterday in the third round of the U*****,000 Women's Tennis Association Championships. Sabatini's triumph avenged a 6-0,6-4 loss to Bassett two months ago and continues her blistering pace, which last
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      • 163 30 Reuter HOUSTON, Friday SWEDEN'S Mats Wilander and Anders Jarryd, the two top seeds, advanced to the quarterfinals of the US$2OO,OOO (*****,000) River Oaks International Tennis tournament last night. Wilander defeated unseeded Boris Becker of West Germany in straight sets 6-3 7-6 (9-7), and Jarryd beat Guillermo Vilas
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    • 608 30 Reuter LONDON, Friday WEST GERMAN League leaders BAYERN MUNICH embark on a crucial week, starting tomorrow, which could spell the end of their remarkable treble-chasing ambitions. Bayern travel to fourth-placed HAMBURG for the eagerly-awaited clash between the country's two biggest clubs and
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    • 252 30 Reuter LONDON, Friday HOPES of a world best in Sunday's fifth London marathon received a further boost this week with the announcement that Kenya's Wilson Waigwa is to take part. Waigwa, a specialist over 1,500 and 5,000 metres, flew into London on Wednesday
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    • 563 28 classified NOTICES TENDER NOTICE Separate tenders are invited for:1 CONSTRUCTION OF TRAINING RIG AT KEPPEL ROAD Oost of Documents Drawings Ss4s/C losing Date 30 Apr 85 Site Snowround 23 Apr 85 at 10.00 am Meet at PSA Pass Office, 2nd Storey, Tanjong Pagar Complex 2 REPAIRS AND REDECORATION TO NO
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    • 731 31 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday STRIKER K Kannan wants to be out of Federal Territory next season and three possible destinations have caught his roving eye, egged on by his dearth of goals. And according to the report in yesterday's Malaysian daily, The Malay Mail, 23-year-old kannan
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    • 20 31 TODAY: Trangganu vs Sarawak TOMORROW: Partis v Forcat, Johor v F Territory, Penang vs Singapore SUNDAY: Salangor v Kadah
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