Singapore Monitor, 25 April 1985

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Thursday, April 25, 1985 30cents
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  • 308 1  -  By BENNY ORTEGA and ROBERT CONCEICAO SINGAPORE'S revision of its copyright laws will be finalised only after the authorities are satisfied that the public is ready to pay more for books, music and computer software and that the new laws will not result
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  • 526 1 SINGAPORE students are worried that the days of cheap, photocopied versions of expensive textbooks may soon be over. Before the High Court ruling, some lawyers argued that photocopying books was not an infringement as the books copied did
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  • 254 1  -  By MICHAEL LIEW RETRIBUTION can come in more ways than one as one young Thai construction worker-turned-robber discovered. It started with taxi-driver Sarkwan driving the Thai worker in the direction of Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, last Monday at 8.53 pm. The Thai suddenly pulled out a
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    • 11 1 m TV GUIDE: PAGE 16 MTV HIGHLIGHTS FILM GUIDE: PAGE 17
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  • home
    • 244 2 1A GIRL was electrocuted when she touched a corrugated zinc sheet in her bedroom. Her mother, who came to her aid, was also killed. The zinc sheet became "live" after a fan in the living room was switched on. The fault
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    • 351 2  -  By IRENE TOH RETAILERS of electrical appliances should have their goods tested for safety, says Dr Lee Ngak Siang, president of the Consumer Association of Singapore (Case). If they cannot get competent people to conduct the tests, then they should submit
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    • Article, Illustration
      258 2  -  Girl Friday captures 'Super Secretary' title By LEE KIT MUN SECRETARY Betty Ong yesterday proved that 6he is a cut above the rest when she won the title of "Super Secretary" for 1985 in a contest organised by the Singapore Association of Personal and Executive Secretaries fSAPRS* VO/\r
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    • 58 2 IN SOME copies of the midday issue of The Singapore Monitor yesterday, we wrongly said that Tiong Bahru beat Farrer Park United 4-1 in the National Football League Division One match played at Jalan Besar Stadium on Tuesday. The score should have read 4-1 in favour of
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    • 332 3 Principal alerts ministry to ill-treatment of schoolgirl, 10, by her mum Lianhe Wanbao A PATCH of burnt skin showed how a 10-year-old schoolgirl was ill-treated by her mother. She had to do most of the domestic chores, including washing all the clothes. When he( mother was in
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    • 286 3  -  By JULIE ANN SIT TAXI-DRIVERS were warned yesterday that soliciting for passengers is an offence. The Registry of Vehicles (ROV) issued this warning following a complaint by the Singapore Turf Club that taxis had invaded the club's premises during weekends since
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    • 155 3 A FASHIONABLY-DRESSED couple has been preying on courting couples on Mount Faber. The pair, both in their early twenties, are known to have robbed several people in the more secluded spots on the hill. But only one such incident at Mount Faber has
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    • 289 4  -  But the appointed manager of the firm refuses to give details $50 MILLION SWINDLE YAK MONG TRADING CASE Ng's house barred VISITORS to Ng Tai Soon's home in Jalan Arif, off Upper Serangoon Road, yesterday found his house barred. There was no response from
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    • 524 4 MILLIONAIRE businessman Ng Tai Soon will be treated like any other prisoner, Changi Prison authorities said yesterday. The former boss of the multi-mil-lion dollar trading company, Yak Mong Trading, arrived at the prison yesterday to begin a 10-year sen- tence. On Tuesday,
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    • 449 6 "THAT'S IT! that's where I spent three-and-a-half years of my life (during World War II.) I think I am going to cry," said MR KEITH STEVENS, pointing at Changi Prison. For Mr Stevens, a 68-year-old Australian, it was the first time he was back in Singapore after almost
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    • 170 6 THE EDUCATION Ministry said that the report on "Schoolboys beat up teacher" which apB eared in yesterday s lonitor was inaccurate. Its investigation showed that the teacher from Sembawang Hills Estate Primary School was accidentally hit by a dust-pan when he intervened in a scuffle
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    • 773 7 THE FEEDBACK Unit wants genuine feedback from the people on Government policies and issues of public interest feedback which actually reflects the people's views and reactions, rather than feedback which might be thought to please the authorities. This was stated by Dr Tan Cheng
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    • 70 4 The Chef carves at 8.15pm every Thursday at the I In the best European tradition of old, our chef will ceremoniously carve a succulent roast, done to a turn, on the one and only roast spit in town. IVeat yourself to a hearty slice of this roast, accompanied with all
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    • 270 5 OAS GOtDENE lENKRAD l ranwrni i>rmw JaMMBMMMMMMBMIIMBMBMMBMMBiI^MMWMi A /"V i*l O A jii ■mi sS^ fcj T I jw 'T w jL*~. JBWB B HI ,W: w Essgjs JiWll IMMSBB """iii y. J^p i|if And from just $3,265 downpaymerit, so will you. Mitsubishi is the only Japanese car maker Special
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    • 81 6 We're Singapore's biggest fans KDK are the biggest selling fans in Singapore and with good reason: we're the fan specialists That's all we make, and we I BHMH make them well WL I IWL We have models for the home, office and workplace. j m KDK For a breath of
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 60 7 f FOR THE HOME MP} 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. g| Every
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    • 300 7 Attention: All Singapore Retailers As you may be aware, EFT-POS (Electronic Fund Transfer at Point of Sale) is here and is about to take us by storm. What does it mean to you, the retailer, no matter what size your outfit is, when it happens? EFT-POS is for everyone As
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  • world
    • 233 8 UPI ATLANTA, Thursday THERE ARE nearly one million millionaires in the United States, But a researcher says some have so little money that they have to borrow their lunch money. Dr Thomas Stanley, a marketing professor at Georgia State University, said on Tuesday that millionaires are
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    • 301 8 AP JAKARTA, Thurs IN A BID to normalise relations with Indonesia, Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian reassured officials that China halted support for the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) 18 years ago In an interview with the English-language daily The Jakarta Post yesterday, the
      AP; PICTURES LIANHE BAO  -  301 words
    • 174 8  -  By JACKIE SAM in BANDUNG, Thursday INDONESIAN President Suharto is due to meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian tomorrow in yet another step forward in the rapidly improving relations between the two countries. The meeting is scheduled for 9 am. Mr Wu, leading
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    • 207 8 AP LIMA, Thursday SURGEONS removed bullets from the skull of critically wounded election board President Domingo Garcia Rada yesterday a few hours after he, his driver and a police bodyguard were raked with gunfire in a daring daylight attack police said was carried out
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    • 93 8 KLANG, Thurs A 15-YEAR-OLD student died at the General Hospital here on Tuesday where he was admitted in a coma after falling down while allegedly avoiding a slap from his teacher, according to police. Selangor CID chief ACP B D Henry said yesterday M
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 109 9 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS THE SECOND anniversary of the New York Pops orchestra looked like amateur night at the VFW Hall. New York Yankees outfielder Dave Winfield conducted the orchestra and ABC's Barbara Walters sang "For Me and My Gal" while Gloria Steinem
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      • 83 9 CODY VAN BELLE, who is 13 and suffering a rare form of cancer, headed from his home in Euless, Texas, to Los Angeles on Tuesday for a meeting with the mortal world's version of God George Burns. "He's just neat because he's lived so long
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      • 57 9 ACTOR Yves Montand has never run for office but is already behind in the polls. Thirty-three Kir cent of the French population would vote for ontand, but 47 per cent said they would vote against him, according to a survey of 1,000 people that was published
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      • 33 9 OLEG Belavensev, 36, Third Secretary at the Russian Embassy, leaving London's Heathrow Airport yesterday with wife Irene and sons Dimitri (left), eight, and Alexei, seven, following their expulsion from Britain.
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      • 64 9 JOHN HOUSEMAN says television has left him stereotyped as a crusty old law professor (in The Paper Cnase) and put him in "rather shameful pursuit" as an announcer on commercials. "I have found myself not reluctantly over the last 10 years condemned to represent myself as a
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    • 227 9 Bernama KOTA KINABALU, Thurs THE USNO and Berjaya Supreme Councils met separately last night to discuss the same issue the question of a vote of no confidence against their respective presidents. The Berjaya Supreme Council held its meeting at the party headquarters
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    • 85 9 S Korean diploma t's son commits suicide AP ANKARA (Turkey), Thursday THE SON of the South Korean ambassador to Turkey committed suicide yesterday by jumping from a fifth-storey window of the Embassy residence, an Embassy official said. The official, who asked that his name not be used, said Lee In-Yul,
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    • 271 9 Agencies WASHINGTON, Thursday THE US State Department said today Iran may have developed the ability to use chemical weapons in the Gulf war with Iraq. The United States has in the past accused Iraq of using chemical weapons and has
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 194 9 B Bfefc jSj^^l Ja^^l Jk l jj^^H I i*t W I .^V,^Sips «tL BL 1 in tor m an hour of pulsating, non-stop gala entertainment j||||^R^^H|^^HV at S.E. Asia's largest theatre restaurant. The rousing big band sounds of Tony Tze and 1 M The Neptune Orchestra set the pace as
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  • money
    • 883 10  -  How it all started By JANICE LIM BANKS have mounted an aggressive campaign to take professionals on the Silk Road with them. They, major local and foreign banks, want to promote their names in General and business opportunities in hina in particular.
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    • 141 10 SINGAPORE'S total trade deficit shot up by nearly $1 billion last month and was the highest in five months, according to latest statistics from the Department of Statistics. We imported slightly more than $5 billion worth of goods from overseas/'countries and Peninsular Malaysia
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    • 131 10 MIDLAND Bank SA reported a group post-tax profit of French francs 52.3 million (5512.40 million) for 1984 compared to 1983's profit of French francs 51.9 million. Trading profit rose by 23 per cent from French francs 93 million to French francs 114.5 million. But
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    • 131 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday PLANTATION and property group, Keck Seng (M) Bhd, recorded a group pre-tax profit of M 531.61 million (5527.8 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1984, up 74 per cent compared to M$ 18.16 million previously. This was registered on
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    • 217 11 The Star HONG LEONG Credit Bhd, a member of the Hong Leong group, has moved into the high technology market with the acquisition of the distributorship for Honeywell computers in Malaysia. This follows its acquisition of a 70 per cent stake in Montezuma Information Systems
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    • 391 11 SINGAPORE could act as a middleman in Pakistan's trade with other nations since she has the "trading strength and business contacts," the leader of a trade delegation team from Pakistan said yesterday. Mr M A Arshad, who led the team sponsored by
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    • 158 11 THE AMERICAN dollar nudged broadly higher yesterday, building on Tuesday's explosive rally, as a result of speculation that the recent decline in US interest rates may be over. In its advance over the East two days, the dollar as shot up more than sVfc cents against the
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    • 132 11 HHLLSTOEET STOCKS finished little changed yesterday as investors went into a "holding pattern" while waiting for a key speech by President Ronald Reagan on the US budget, analysts said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 0.22 points to close at
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    • 53 11 THE Straits Times Industrial Index closed yesterday at 796.06, up 1.02 points from Tuesday. TheOUB Composite Share Price Index closed yesterday at 405.22, up 1.51 points from Tuesday's close of 403.71. The OUB Trade-weighted Singapore Dollar Exchange Rate Index fell o.2soljpoints to 133.2497 at the close, compared with Tuesday's
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 212 11 Now, Suzuki makes even more sense >k^uK^ v jttßlk* <jjSy^^^B I Introducing SB3oB—successor to Japans bestselling car The new Suzuki SB3OB 5-door (CD 0.36) and smooth body sur- sai ®7®W iS: Y*w hatchback sedan, successor to face for better fuel economy jMri /1m 1W Japan's best selling car of the
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  • opinion/letters
    • 248 12  -  BRYAN PLUNKETT Singapore 2365 MY FAMILY and I would like to take this opportunity to commend the men of Jurong Police Station for the prompt and efficient service rendered on Sunday, April 21. About 5.00 pm on April 21, I discovered that my motorcycle
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    • 587 12  -  HENRY LIM Singapore 1545 AS THE proportion of elderly people in our population increases, the most serious of the problems that will arise in the next 15 years as a result of this demographic shift will be providing medical care for them.
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    • 193 12  -  PETER BOYD Singapore 1335 I RECENTLY read your report "Businessman loses $10,000 to pickpockets on bus" (SM, Apr 23) about a 32-year-old businessman who lost $10,000 to a pickpocket while riding on a bus. This problem will get out of hand if these pickpockets are not
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    • 408 13 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR I— IN URGING the medical profession to f»ut self-serving or parochial interests ast so as to maintain the integrity and credibility of the profession with the public, Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, Minister of State for Health, was reflecting the sentiments of
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    • 172 13  -  ft JOSEPHINE ONG (MISS) Public Relations Officer SBS I REFER to the letter, "Bus driver just walked off to tea," complaining against a Service 361 driver (SM, April 3). We wish to apologise to the writer and other passengers on board the bus for the driver's
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    • 200 13  -  FOO MENG TONG Administrator Skills Development Fund I REFER to the letter "Hard to see why skills fund application was rejected" by "Perplexed" (SM, April 2). He has correctly pointed out that the Skills Development Fund supports training undertaken by employers for
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    • 151 13  -  DR S DEVI Dy Director of Medical Services (Primary Health and Health Education) Ministry of Health I REFER to the letter "Fear that VD may be spread through clinic's instruments" by Lily Goh (SM, April 19). A decentralised programme to control venereal
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    • 224 13  -  CHEOK YEN AIK for General Manager Urban Redevelopment Authority PLEASE refer to the article "Rates at two car parks to rise" (SM, Apr 19). We have explained that through our control of parking rates, all private car parks in Singapore are
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 69 13 LETTERS on any sutjfect of public interest wUI be accepted tor publication They should be typed and must be signed. They must also include the writer's name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym in print *A contact telephone number would be useful We reserve the
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous

  • leisure
    • 1130 14 Hart Bochner takes on another role created by the American writer in The Sun Also Rises OPA ERNEST HEMINGWAY S The Sun Also Rises is a modern classic, but that does not mean it is immune to televisualisation. In turning the book into four hours
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    • 601 14  -  By WONG AH YOKE ERNEST HEMINGWAY purists will be disappointed to fina that the National Broadcasting Corporation's four-hour television version of The Sun Also Rises is not true to the novel. But then, how many movie versions of classic literature ever are? The bigger problem
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    • 545 14 UPI By FRANK SPOTNITZ in New York JACQUES-HENRI DJIAN, an urbane Frenchman with a taste for fine cigars and pink champagne, says the United States knows plenty about making movies, but could learn a thing or two about how to watch
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    • 455 16 Feature Special The Sun Also Riaea (Part one) (Chineae subtitles) (Ch 5, 9.20 pm) BASED on Ernest Hemingway's 1926 classic, this two-part TV adaptation stars Hart Bochner, Jane Seymour, Robert Carradine and Leonard Nimoy as disenchanted English and American expatriates
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    • 63 17 This column features social events or interesting happenings in and around town. If you have any such occasions on the calendar, our reporter will cover the function if possible. Please address your invitations to WONG SING YEONG, Faces in the Crowd, The Singapore Monitor, 2 Alexandra
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    • 319 17 THE French are prominent in town right now. The Metro Stores' Vision de France promotion shows off a great range of French products plus a visiting entourage of international beauty specialists, crafts people (from santon dollmaker to hurdy-gurdy performers) and a troupe of folkloric dancers. Picture A
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    • 63 17 AT THE ballroom of the Royal Holiday Inn, Singaporeans are paying tribute to local designers during the special Secretaries' Week buffet-cum-fashion snow, which ends on Saturday. In the picture is Yang Derong, one of seven designers featured, about to receive smacks of appreciation from two Carrie's models on
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    • 80 17 A SPECIAL Secretaries' Week buffet-cum-fashion show is also on at the Manhattan Grill, Boulevard Hotel, until Saturday. Miss Singapore 1984 Jenny Koh Li Peng, is seen here with Mrs Dora Khoo, assistant manager of Management Services Limited, Mr Khoo Ban Tian (right), chairman of
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 37 14 HffRLVPKMUX COFFEE HOUSE A delicious tribute to umbok-umbok tradition. For the month of April taxi m |£C §4 Ayam Bak-kut Samba I Timun/ Aml i dBMW iff Buah Keluak Sambal Belachan mm/ KiSm ChVe Mee h'T7 *12
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    • 201 14 r BEST U.S. STEAK Wk Direct from Harris Ranch in Central California The Number One Steak in California, and now in Singapore 'L T-- 7 A Only at Jack s Place Steak House you II find six different choices from only $16 you II get a tender juicy corn-ted ~J
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 1548 15 leisure 1 6 I -ffiWCl— 1 ■015 H I I 2.30 SBCTEXT Sample TH I I 3.00 Opening Programme followed by H Wild Bunch 9 I 4.30 Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion (Part one). >Jk M I I W jyvfl V I I Alec and Andy b«d farewell
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 192 17 ********************00 CATHAY: Tomorrow Sat. Midnight! EK* PEOPLE'S THEATRE: Saturday M'mite! o (NO FDEZ LIST) X IF YOU BEUEVE M FIGHTING g FOR THE WORKING MAN'S DIGNITY ft JUSTICE o THEN, YOU MUST BEUEVE 1N... O Tlio bost things In llto art THREE o Rob (Dudley Moore) a TV newsman (who
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 206 18 SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HORN QUARTET THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra Horn Quartet, comprising Gary Gardner, Low Tee Hong, Li Sheung Mi and Dixie Wong, will give a lunchtime concert at DBS Auditorium tomorrow from 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm. Included in the programme are works by Beethoven, Wagner, Tscherepnine, and Weber.
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    • 593 18 < )nr >works oo display at the Natiooal Museum from Saturday to Monday TANQ JUEY LEE Art Gallery. THERE will be an exhibition of paint- A result of the last two years' work, ines on orchids and lotuses by 31-year- the exhibition will feature 45 abstract old Tang Juey Lee,
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 788 19 leisure comics BgaKgyg&ra 20~] I FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook wP SfctAuSfc, TMtV P«iT OJAMf OOR ?1 WHY Do*i'T WOR6 YHtfY'RS C*lC«b«& TjUiR CHILDRfti BWoZtV f DAY CARS IH§Y MiAMT l»4 TH£ i VQv gWL*Yi*s wmt- about th* to A cphctaht baka** cwtw pocsht m*t of in* auiupoio-. vmw\\% Trt*lß KiDt>
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  • GO PLACES WITH Mansfield Holidays
    • 534 20  -  Without the tourists tranquility returns to Sri Lanka's old capital By PAUL WEDEL UPI ANURADHAPURA, Sri Lanka: It is a paradox the Buddhist rulers of Sri Lanka's ancient capital might have appreciated: The violence between the country's two main ethnic groups has brought a
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    • 153 20 UPI LEGEND says the city was founded in the 4th century BC and served as the capital for 118 kings before it was abandoned. It was reclaimed from the jungle in the early 19th century. The pride of Anuradhapura is the Sacred Bo Tree,
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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    • 140 20 HONEYMOON IN j- HONOLULU SID 1998 6 days at Sheraton Princess Kaiulani, American breakfasts, dinner, city tour, transfers and lei greeting on arrival. EXOTIC PATT AY A *****5 00 Jlrawv 5 days at the deluxe Royal Cliff inclusive of American breakfasts and Coral Island tour. CHINA SID 1580.00 8 days
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  • 348 21 ailMlEirorasßallß Elti ■S*leSp®*KaK®KP*^X®*B*o3|. THE modern executive needs more than just skills to be accepted in the increasingly sophisticated business world of today. An excellent personality and proper social graces are equally important factor to be taken into consideration. True enough. But how does one change his image,
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
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    • 41 21 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. For all the details about Monitor's Classified advertising call 273 9090
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  • sports
    • 409 23  -  By B KULA WITH a bit of luck and a lot of hard work, Singapore may just get a silver in the men's table tennis tourney in the South-east Asian Games in Bangkok this December. This was the somewhat optimistic outlook of
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    • 357 23  -  By JEREMY YEO WITH one infinitely better than the other, what happens when two good friends are drawn to meet in the first round of the Ascot Singapore Closed Squash Championship? Give a walkover or sportingly take to the court and try
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    • 140 23  -  By K SILVAM CHINESE coach Shao Guan Qun, who has been appointed the technical advisor of the Basketball Association of Singapore, will conduct a basic coaching course next month. The course, jointly organised by the Singapore Sports Council and the Basketball Association, will
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    • 117 23 Reuter BEIJING, Thursday CHINA and the Soviet Union are expected to dominate the World Cup Diving Competition which opens in Shanghai today, but East Germany and the United States could provide stiff competition. China are entering eight divers, all veterans of tne 1984 Los
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    • 197 23 Reuter MADRID, Thurs SAM TORRANCE of Britain will be eyeing the number one money winning spot for the season when ne makes his 1985 European debut in the £100,600 (5|277,000) Madrid Open golf championship at Puerta de Hierro. The genial 31-year-old Scot won three
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    • 378 24  -  Favourites fall to team they beat in earlier rounds IN WATERPOLO By DANIEL WEE SINGAPORE Technical Institute overpowered Raffles Junior College 13-4 to clinch the "A" Division National Schools All-Star Waterpolo League title at the Barker Road Pool yesterday. It was the first time
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    • 22 24 A DIVISION STI 13 RJC 4 B DIVISION BOUNA VISTA 6 QUEENSWAY 2 C DIVISION BOUNA VISTA 7 ST ANDREW'S 6
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    • 187 24  -  ACJC 11 St Andrew's JC 0 By B KULA IT WAS more like a final than a third and fourth placing match. The manner in which both AN-GLO-CHINESE JUNIOR COLLEGE and ST ANDREW'S JUNIOR COLLEGE played gave the impression that they were
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    • 137 24 The pitch at Dover Road was suited for anything but soccer when Bukit Merah took on Dunearn yesterday. The overgrown grass, besides making the field look like a patch of eleChant grass in the jungle, made accurate passig of the'ball more a matter of luck than skill. To
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    • 320 24  -  BUKIT MERAH 2 DUNEARN SEC 1 By K SILVAM A GOAL in each half was enough to give BUKIT MERAH VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE a semifinal berth when they beat DUNEARN SECONDARY 21 in the National Schools' "A" Division soccer match at Dover Road yesterday. Playing
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    • 403 25  -  By S GULAM ARCH-RIVALS Singapore and Selangor may meet in the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Cup. But it will all depend on luck when the draw is made on Monday in Kuala Lumpur. The defending champions have no chance at all of finishing runners-up to
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    • 139 25 P W 0 L F A Pt. Singapore 15 11 2 2 27 6 35 Johor 14 9 2 3 31 11 29 Trengganu 14 9 2 3 27 12 29 Pahang 13 8 2 3 26 11 26 Pedis 15 7 4 4 24 25 25 F. Territory
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    • 439 25 V SUNDRAMOORTHY'S return to the national team mav see either Hashim Hosni or Yahya Madon being dropped for Saturday's friendly match against Sarawak at the National Stadium. It is certainly a piece of bad news for Hashim, twice winner of the Milo
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    • 256 25 THE SINGAPORE Armed Forces should have second thoughts about withdrawing from the Premier Hockey League this season, especially after their superb performance in the Civil Service League at the Tanglin Oval yesterday. They crushed PSA Police 10-0. And the people who made that feat
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    • WORLDFRONT
      • 95 25 A QUICK UPDATE AROUND THE WORLD FORMER CHINESE tennis star Hu Na (above), who defected to the United States in 1982, will arrive in Taiwan tomorrow to play a series of exhibition matches, the Taiwan Tennis Association said yesterday. It will be her first
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      • 68 25 WEST GERMAN international midfielder Rudi Bommer is being transferred from Fortuna Duesseldorf to Cup finalists Bayer Uerdingen next season, the clubs said yesterday. No fee was disclosed but Bommer, 28, who won the last of his six caps against Argentina last September, is thought to be
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      • 97 25 BELGIAN RIDER Eddy Plankaert won yesterday the first leg of the 40th Tour of Spain cycling race and a Dutchman, Bert Oosterbosch, kept the yellow jersey of overall leader. Plankaert won the leg of 177 kilometres from Valladolid in a mass sprint on the finish
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      • 90 25 UNDEFEATED HEAVYWEIGHT champion Larry Holmes (above) will take another step towards matching Rocky Marciano's perfect 49-0 record when he meets Carl "The Trutn" Williams in a scheduled 15-round International Boxing Federation title bout on May 20. The site has not been determined. The 35-year-old Holmes, who
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      • 113 25 DUTCH TRAINER Leo Beenhakker yesterday named an initial 17-man squad for The Netherlands' World Cup qualifying match against Austria in Rotterdam on May 1. Beenhakker made a few changes to the line-up, which beat Cyprus 7-1 in a European Group Five match in Amsterdam in February.
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    • 268 26 DYNAMO 1 RAPID 1 (Rapid win 4-2 on aggregate) EUROPEAN CLUBS SOCCER SEMI-FINALS Reuter MOSCOW, Thursday RAPID VIENNA enjoyed their greatest moment in European soccer yesterday when tney held Dynamo Moscow to a 1-1 draw to qualify for tne Cup-Winners' Cup final in Rotterdam next
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    • 247 26 Reuter LONDON, Thurs IRISH international Dave Langan repaid Oxford for rescuing him from the soccer scrap heap when he scored the goal which took the club into the English First Division last nignt. Langan's career looked to be over this time last year following
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    • 367 26 REAL MADRID 3 INTER MILAN 0 (Real Madrid win 3-2 on aggregate) Reuter MADRID, Thursday REAL MADRID resurrected a season which had seen the club stumble from one disaster to another by reaching the final of the UEFA Cup last night. Trailing
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    • 246 26 ZELJEZNICAR 2 VIDEOTON 1 (Videoton win 4-3 on aggregate) SARAJEVO (Yugoslavia), Thursday A GOAL three minutes from the end by defender Csuhay put Videoton of Hungary through to the UEFA Cup soccer final despite losing 2-1 to Zelieznicar Sarajevo of Yugoslavia in last night's semi-final
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    • 337 26 CUP-WINNERS' CUP EVERTON 3 BAYERN 1 (Everton win 3-1 on aggregate) Reuter LIVERPOOL, Thursday EVERTON, trailing 1-0 at halftime, produced an irresistible second-half performance to sweep aside Bayern Munich 3-1 in the European Cup-Winners' Cup soccer semi-final here last night. Graeme Sharp, Andy Gray and
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  • MONITOR sports
    • IT'S LIVERPOOL vs JUVENTUS
      • 303 27 (Liverpool win 5-0 on aggregate) Reuter ATHENS, Thursday HOLDERS Liverpool showed their love of the big occasion yet again in Athens last night when they progressed to their fifth European Cup final appearance by outclassing Greek soccer champions Panathinaikos. Liverpool arrived in Greece with a 4-0
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      • 234 27 (Juventus win 3-2 on aggregate) Reuter BORDEAUX (France), Thursday ITALIAN champions Juventus last night qualified for the European Cup final, surviving the passionate and brave challenge of Bordeaux but only just. Juventus lost 2-0 on a night of excitement but scraped home on a 3-2 aggregate
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    • 108 27 Reuter BORDEAUX, Thurs SIX PLAYERS were booked in the red-blooded contest between Bordeaux of France and Juventus of Italy here last night. At one stage, four players were booked by Spanish referee Jose Lamo-Castillo in the space of 10 minutes. In the first half, Rene
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    • 108 27 In ATHENS: Panathinaikos (Greece) 0 Liverpool (England) 1 (Half-time 00). Liverpool win 5-0 on aggregate. In BORDEAUX: Bordeaux (France) 2 Juventus (Italy) 0 (Half-time: 10). Juventus win 3-2 on aggregate. In MOSCOW: Dynamo Moscow (Soviet Union) 1 Rapid Vienna (Austria) 1 (Half-time: 1-1). Rapid Vienna win 4-2
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    • 36 27 EUROPEAN CUP Liverpool v Juventus (Brussels, May 29) CUP WtMMUr COP Rapid Vienna v Everton (Rotterdam, May 15) UIFA CUP Videoton v Real Madrid (2-leg final, May 8 and May 22)
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    • 93 27 Sports Performance P'tJv ision GOLF, TENNIS, SQUASH, RACQUETBALL, FISHING, ARCHERY, WINDSURF, HUNTING KNIVES, BOOTS ACCESSORIES. Weyiold' showroom Pla/a Smgapurd Tel- .11,*4088 EUROPEAN CLUB SOCCER SEMIFINALS INSIDE: Bayern bow to Everton's second half raids Rapid Vienna's greatest moment Real Madrid rise from the ashes to beat Inter Mi lan Videoton smile
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