Singapore Monitor, 24 June 1985, Afternoon Edition

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  • 15 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR EVENING EDITION M C. (P) No. 51/5/85 Monday, June 24, 1985 30cents
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  • 376 1 DISASTER IN THE MR Reuter, LAT-WP NEW YORK, Monday THE LEADER of America's Sikhs last night disassociated themselves from a possible bomb attack on an Air India plane that crashed off Ireland yesterday, apparently killing all 329 people on board. Dr Ha dam
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  • 146 1 Reuter MONO KONG, Monday HONG KONG ground to a halt today as Typhoon Hal swept towards the territory after leaving a trail of destruction in Taiwan and the Philippines. Streets were deserted and offices and schools shut after Hal, packing winds of
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  • 463 1  -  Ministry expert tells of two more ways to alleviate the problem here •y YONG POW ANG AUTOMATION and robotics in Singapore may open up new areas of economic activity for more highly-skilled workers. But they may not be the answer to the labour shortage
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  • home
    • 388 2 THERE were fewer reported cases of infectious diseases in 1984 as compared to the previous year but the number of deaths arising from such diseases rose in the same period. In 1983, infectious diseases claimed 18 lives while last
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    • 296 2  -  By NG MING MING CO-OPERATION between residents and estate workers has resulted in a double first for the Hougang South area office. It came in first in the estates' cleanliness competition and the "Towards an Effective Area Office Management System" (TEAMS) annual assessment,
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    • 54 2 WATCH shops should disE»lav prices which they acually charge and not high prices on which they give discounts. The suggestion came from the president of the Singapore Clock and Watch Trade Association, Mr Tan Soo Khoon. Mr Tan was speaking at the association's 56th
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    • 214 2  -  By SURESH NAIR THIEVES got away with $75,000 in cash and valuables from two separate cases yesterday. THEFT NUMBER ONE: An assortment of jewellery, worth $36,000, was stolen from a showcase at the Thai Jewellery counter on the second floor of Metro Orchard in
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    • 181 2  -  By CALVIN TAN A CASUAL worker who went to a building to seek employment ended up stealing a colour television set from it and paid the penalty when he was sentenced in a subordinate court today. Lee Chee Wan, 25, went to the Port of
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    • 188 3 THE TOURIST Promotion Board is looking into the possibility of some form of international recognition for its tourist guide licence to encourage better qualified people to take up guiding as a full-time professional career. Speaking at a refresher seminar for tourist guides at
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    • 190 3 SURESH NAIR THREE Singaporeans were arrested after Customs officers seized a "sizeable*' quantity of Thailand-made cigarettes at the Woodlands Checkpoint today. A senior director of the department, Mr Tan Sin Ghee, said 196 cartons of cigarettes, weighing 51 kg, were confiscated after the occupants
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    • 224 3 IN A contentious world of conflict, it is the Red Cross and Red Crescent Organisations that governments and people invariably turn to for immediate relief and assistance without discrimination. The world is blessed on the one hand with the benefits of modern civilisation, scientific and
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    • 52 3 A JAPANESE food packaging and design expert is here to help local food companies upgrade and develop packaging and packaging designs to suit Japanese tastes and needs A seminar will be held tomorrow at the Trade Development Board, followed by individual consultations from
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    • 846 4  -  ?y CATHARINE FERNANDO WHEN A WOMAN is raped, the first question that comes to mina is: Did she ask for it? This attitude has not encouraged victims of rape and outrage of modesty to report the incident, let alone seek justice. In 1981, there
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    • 148 4 THE TRAFFIC Police will be taking action against cars belonging to the diplomatic corps which do not conform to traffic rules. An increasing number of these embassy or High Commission staff cars bearing registration plates with the CD series were found to
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    • 118 4 A NUMBER of advertisers here are feeling uneasy about TVS's plan to transmit its programmes in Johor ana beaming them to Singapore because this may affect their multi-million-dollar business. The move is expected to have some dire implications for advertising agencies and the Singapore Broadcasting
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    • 107 4 Lianhe Wanbao A MOTHER-and-daughter pickpocket team is operating in the Bukit Merah Town Centre. The mother, said to be around 40 years old, carries a baby of about two in her arm and tows another child aged about five. The other member of the team is a
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    • NEWS SCAN
      • 101 4 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS HERE'S one hat (above) that won't mind the wet And when you're out at sea furiously rowing a dragon boat it sure helps to have something handy that will not onlv keep out the sun, but also the water from
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      • 76 4 A WELL-DRESSED thief snatched the briefcase of a sundry shop proprietor on Saturday nieht and escaped on a waiting motorcycle. The incident happened near Block 99 in Commonwealth Crescent. Mr Liang Ruiyuan. 44, who runs a shop in People's Park Centre, lost over $30,000 in cash
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      • 87 4 IMPATIENT motorists (above) who jumped queue and proceeded in the lane marked tor buses and motorcycles at the Causeway were stopped by Malaysian traffic policemen who ordered them to turn around and drive back to Singapore and rejoin the queue. By their actions, these impatient motorists
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      • 81 4 IF YOU live in the Kim Seng Road area, you will probably know that your community centre also offers a medical service which began in September 1981. The Community Clinic, which was started as a social service project by members of the Wesley Church, is still
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      • 67 4 FOR THE Residents' Committee members of Anson, the pedestrian bridge over busy Jalan Bukit Merah is tangible proof of the authorities' response to their urgent request for such a structure. Their request was channelled through their adviser, Mr Ng Pock Too, Political Secretary (Prime Minister's Office),
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  • world
    • 127 6 ANOTHER CRASH... AP RIO DE JANEIRO, Mon A TWIN-ENGINE Turboprop plane crashed yesterday while making an emergency landing in the Amazon state ot Mato Grosso, killing all 13 people on board, airport officials said The Brazilian-made Bandeirantes plane exploded while trying to land
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    • 247 6 A NEAR MISS. AP GRAND RAPIDS (Michigan), Mon AN AMERICAN Airlines jetliner with 70 people aboard dived suddenly to avoid an oncoming plane over Lake Michigan yesterday, injuring three flight attendants and a passenger, officials said. Flight 803 from Chicago's OTIare airport landed safely
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    • 588 6 DISASTER IN THE AIR AP CORK (Ireland), Monday AT ONE point during the rescue operation, the helicopter crewmen thought they were winching up the body of a cnild. It turned out to be a child's doll. The incident seemed to underline
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    • 598 6 Relatives of passengers begin the terrible wait for the bodies Reuter MONTREAL, Mon LESS than 14 hours after some of them had bid goodbye, shocked relatives of the 307 passengers feared killed on Air India Flight 182 filed into the airline's offices here to begin the
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    • 90 8 Reuter MOSCOW, Mon FOREIGNERS living in Moscow have been barred from receiving guests from abroad for a three-week period covering the International Youth Festival to be held at the end of July. A foreign ministry official said no visas would be issued for
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    • 53 8 Reuter KARACHI, Mon POLICE arrested 3,500 beggars who invaded Pakistan's largest city of Karachi for alms during the Muslim festival of Eid Al-Fitr last week, court officials said yesterday. They said the beggars were fined up to US$3O (SJ66) for defying a local ban
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    • 481 8 LAT LOS ANGELES. Monday SEVENTEEN years have passed since Senator Robert F Kennedy was shot dead at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, and Sirhan Sirhan says he still cannot remember pulling the trigger that night. But he takes full blame for the
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    • 239 8 VALENCIA (California), Monday SIX PEOPLE were stabbed, four security guards assaulted and 21 people arrested at the Six Flags Magic Moun- tain amusement park earlv Friday. This was the result of youth gang-related violence during an allnight party for high school students, authorities said.
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    • 88 8 Reuter JAKARTA, Mon SEVEN MEN and a woman trying to cross the Indian Ocean in a stone age boat hope to put to sea again today after patching their storm-battered vessel in the Cocos Islands and landing a seriously ill crew member. Briton
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 48 8 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS TWO early arrivals for the 34th Miss Universe Pageant posing beside a pool in sunny Maimi. They are Miss Philippines Joyce Burton (left) and Miss Norway Karen Moe. The new Miss Universe will be crowned on July 16.
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      • 100 8 TWO merchants in Charlotte, North Carolina, are cashing in on the anti-new Coke movement by selling stockpiled cases of original flavour CocaCola for US$l2 (5126.60) a case "I've created a monster," said Mr Mike Yates. "I sold 50 cases over the phone. They're coming in right and
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      • 96 8 BRITAIN'S most notorious spy, Harold "Kim" Philby, is seriously ill in Moscow and may be dying of cancer, a British newspaper said. The tabloid Sunday People quoted Alan Young, 46, as saying his father told nim the news in a recent telephone call from Moscow. Mr Young,
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      • 65 8 A MAN shot and seriously wounded a woman neighbour in Saint-Etienne, France, because she refused to dance with him at a discotheque and shot dead two men who were with her. Postal worker Jean-Luc Ville, 27, ambushed the 34-year-old woman with a hunting rifle after she
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      • 98 8 di AN UNPUBLISHED play written by Pope John Paul II in Nazi-occupied Poland when ne was 20 years old will be staged in a medieval Italian town next month. Organisers of the Institute of Popular Drama, which sponsors an annual outdoor theater festival, saia Polish director Krzysztof
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      • 106 8 A LITTLE-KNOWN British actor making his professional film debut and a young JapaneseAmerican actress have been cast in an American Television network s movie about the lives of former Beatle John Lennon and avant-garde artist Yoko Ono. Mark Lindsay will play Lennon, who was slain in
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 83 7 Top of the morning! Githay Pacific proudly announce a new,daily Super 747 Service from Singapore non-stop to Hong Kong, departing at 11.30 a.m. every morning. No other airline offers First Class, Business Class and Economy Class passengers y ym such a super service any morning, seven days a week. SJ
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 113 8 Savour all the exotic cuisine of the six Asean countries for only $12++ The most colourful and Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, varied Asean Buffet is now on at Indonesia, Brunei as well as the Cafe Plaza. popular local Singapore dishes! For only $12+ (lunch) or Indulge! Come by to the $14+
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    • 487 9 THE NATIONAL VCR TOURNEY TO lAPAN CONTEST vmM -wn 25 double tickets to Japan are the first of many card to us, at the Pana Tech Centre, 402 Orchard Road, prizes to be won in our Contest. And this year, no visit to #01-01 DeJfi Orchard, Singapore 0923; between now
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  • money
    • 929 10 THE ENTREPRENEURS CONTINUING OUR SERIES AT ONLY SO, Mr Paxton One already has (our companies to his credit and that's not bad for someone who left school at 14. His success is due to four simple principles he espoused in
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    • 362 10 MR L Q VAN ROODEN has been 1 appointed to head Fasson Self-Ad- i hesive Materials South-east Asia (Pte) Ltd. I A Dutch East-Indian by birth, i Mr "Bart" van Rooden has 18 < years of experience in marketing in the region and since 1978, has been General
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    • Article, Illustration
      174 10 MR K S LIN has been promoted to Senior Manager of Banque Indo suez's Banking Division. Mr Lin has been respcfhsible for business promotion among the local community. His portfolio is now expanded to include regional business promotion, including Indonesia and Malaysia, as well as consumer banking.
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    • 213 11 THE LOCAL bourse opened firmer this morning in continuation of last week's technical rebound and short covering and closed steady at lunch-break. Volume leader Fed Cable traded 587,000 to close at 92 cents, followed by Pan-El's 178,000 at $2.46 and Fed Cable A's 131,000 at
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    • 254 11 SELECTED STOCKS AT MIDDAY MARKET TONE: HIGHER Boustead 1.10/1.62 CoM Storage 247 B F N 5 20/525 Genting 6.05/6.10 GIH 213/215 Haw Par 2M/228 Keck Seng 207/210 ESSO 2628 Inchcape 2.36/2.37 Keppel 1.53/ I.M Magnum 3.60/162 M Cement 1.2S B MTC3.708 Pan Bee 2.47/2 48 PerUs 3.26/228 Roths (M)
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    • 152 11 DOLLAR GOLD THE US dollar rose against most major currencies from last Friday's New York levels in quiet early trading. Dealers said a higher Federal funds rate, which reduced speculation of an early cut in the US discount rate,supported the dollar. The US unit rose to an earlv 248.50/60 yen
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    • 80 11 Your 8$ to ono unit of foreign currency 9oMing Buying TT/DD TT DO US| 2.2410 2.2310 2.2230 sterling 2.8665 2.8444 2.8344 Australian 1.4969 1.4769 1 4639 Canadian 1.6485 1 6285 1.6185 New Zealand 1 0598 1 0398 1.0298 CURRENCY NOTES 89 to 100 unit* Deutsche marks 73.27 72.30 French
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  • features
    • 337 12  -  US pushes for random lie-detector tests for those with access to secrets Hr JUDI HASSON United Press International WASHINGTON: Moving swiftly in the wake of. the alleged Walker family spy case, the Pentagon and members of Congress are supporting legislation to vastly expand
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    • 589 12  -  by MIKE CLANCY R*ut*r NEW YORK: Stand for 10 minutes in the soft drink section of a food store and you will see the truth of the adage that the only bad publicity is your own obituary. For weeks, Pepsi-Cola has been attacking
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  • opinion/letters
    • 515 13 THE SINGAPORE THE recent spate of violent incidents involving Singaporeans in Johor should be enough to give the shivers to anyone contemplating a trip north. In just the past month alone, a Singaporean was told that his wife would be harmed
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    • 61 13 THANK YOU, Telecoms, for replying to my letter, "Cutting phones will cause trouble to many" (SM, Jane 19) In the same context, may I propose that the Redhill Neighbourhood Police Post be built next to the hawker centre so that genuine phone users can use
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    • 117 13 MR GOH Seng Hock's generalised statement that "we have lived without subsidies and we have overcome our difficulties and prospered" is imponderable. I am not living in a Housing ajid development Board flat and neither do I consider myself prosperous by any measure.
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    • 86 13  -  GOH SENG HOCK Singapore 1955 "SITTING on the Fence," in his letter (SM Jane 21) which accused me of making a sweeping statement on subsidies vis-a-vis Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats, obviously did not read my letter carefully because I was referring to
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    • 336 13 I REFER to the letter "Newton HUDC flats rental unreasonable" (SM, June 15) by Pragmatist. I have taken a keen interest in the flats at Cairnhill and took the trouble to look them over very carefully some months ago. I found them
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    • 95 13 I FOLLOWED keenly the Mandarin lessons provided through the telephone. It is indeed an interesting and innovative way to learn a language. I believe that this is a unique way of giving lessons to those who do not speak Mandarin, including foreigners. It saddened
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous

  • leisure
    • 1053 14 Faerie Tale Theatre producer wants to be Cecilia B DeMille "WHEN I was in my twenties," actress-producer Shelley Duvall says, "my desire and dream was to be an actress and a star. Now that I'm setting older, my dream is being Cecilia B DeMille. I think
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    • 924 14  -  By VIOLET OON AFTER all the fuss made about the child prodigy from China recently, it emerges that we have one of our very own. She is Siow Lee Chin, 19, daughter of Mr Siow Hee Shun, a second violinist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. She
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    • 661 14  -  Violet Oon LAST week, back home in Singapore, violinist Siow Lee Chin was candidly realistic about her hopes for the future. She has to be after imbibing a musical atmosphere of the highest order for the past three years. Lee Chin, 19, has been studying at
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    • Series
      • 88 16 Son of Pulau Tekong (C) (English subtitles) (Ch 8, 9.30 pm) LIANG, having gone through a period of depression after his proposal was rejected by Huimin, finally reconciles himself to reality. He summons up his courage and tells Huimin that, they will still be good friends
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      • 133 16 Family Hour Oshin (C) (English subtitlss) (Ch 8, 7.05 pm) AXIN's brother, Zhuang, visits her. He informs her that his eldest son will soon be going to the battlefront. Seeing the harm the war has done to her brother and his family, the ill feelings she
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      • 67 16 Jessie McLaughlin's Flame (Ch 5, 11.10 pm) AFTER being severely burnt during the performance of his duty, Pat McLaughlin (Asher Brauner) loses all interest in life. But with the emotional support of Ascoli (Tony Lo Bianco) and Jessie (Lindsay Wagner), he realises what he really wants
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    • 738 16 Highlights FOR THOSE who are still fascinated by the saga of the Kennedy family after seeing the recent portrayals of John F on television, tonight sees the debut of yet another mini-series based on the life of one of its members. Robert Kennedy and His
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    • 241 16 LATE night movie buffs must be feeling the loss of the Saturday Night Movie slot on Channel 5. "Replacing it for the last few weeks has been the Fox Mystery Theatre, each episode of which is about one hour and 15 minutes long, close to the
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    • 631 17  -  By FRANK SPOTNITZ In New York THE creator of Rambo, the hulking Vietnam vet who destroyed a backwater town in First Blood and liberates a Prisoner of War (PoW) camp in the sequel, is a mild-mannered college professor who says he'd be
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    • 221 17 FRANKFURT: King Kong is on the banks of the river, glaring at Frankfurt's skyline on the far shore as if poised to climb a local equivalent of the Empire State Building. Actually, it's a likeness of the fabled Hollywood ape fastened to the ornate facade of the
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 116 14 AN INVITATION to MOSCOW &3,600imEs T AEROFLOT operates i O weekly flights from A O Singapore to Moscow 11 Europe IK every Mondays, M Wednesdays and Fridays. A The Spassky Tower Moscow Whether you are flying direct to Moscow or enroute to Europe, we invite you to visit the USSR
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 1528 15 Leisure/tv 2.30 SBCTEXT Live Sample Paget 5.55 Tomorrow's World. 900 Opening and Programmo Highlights r:, ™gniigm». foNowed by Princeea Chang Ping (C) 15 N w *< c >- (r) (Engliah mMMos). 5.25 Tho Now Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show (cartoon). 1 3.50 UvingTomorrow. A sacret fuel formula is stolen. Soooby
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 945 17 Film Guide Boraao ruem OrgiilMtl— Eng Wall Organisation DALIT (*****16) (1.30,3.39, 7.30,9.30): THOSE MER- EMPRESS (*****67) (1.15, 3.15, 7.15, 9.15): THOSE RY SOULS (C) MERRY SOULS (C) Starriag: Ymen Blao, Eric MANDARIN (*****01) (1.15, 3.15, 7.15, 9.15): THOSE Synopsis: A story of two great friends, Lung and Ng, MERRY SOULS
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 132 18 ********************0 ORCHARD: HURRYI SEE IT NOWI (*****88) 4 SHOWS 1.30. 4.00, 8.30 8 8.15pm Always Together Yet Always Apart Only tor a moment, at sunrise and sunset, can they touch each other CATHAY: 24th BIG DAYI (*****00) 11.00 am, 1.30, 4.00,8.30 8 8.15pm They risk their lives to reunite Baby'
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    • 180 18 S y*.?" B *SPB Painting the Town exhibition MOW SHOWMI6 at 4IHUHIES CAPtTOL-UVOY-CMNGt-ONENTU PRICES: $3.00 1 4 00-CASH BOOKMQS ONLY NO FREE LIST CAPITOL: 11.1.45.4,6.30.9.15 ORI: 11.1.30.4.7.00.9.15 CHANGI S SAVOY Boft ThaatW at 11.145.4.00.6.45. 15 Tickrts CASH BOOKABLE ONE DAY IN AOVANCE at CAPITOt ONLY RAMBONANIA HITS SINGAPORE! THE HIGHEST
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 1240 18 TITARY A JKm JL A guide to what's happening Concerts CONCERT OF THE CENTURY THE SINGAPORE Youth Choir, conducted by David Llm and assistant conductor Suzannah Paul, will E resent Concert of the Century on Friday, 12.45 pm 1.30 pm at the Shell Theatrette, Shell Tower. The programme will include
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    • 88 18 Exhibitions PAINTING THE TOWN THE BRITISH Council will hold an exhibition called Painting the Town at the British Council Exhibition Hall until Saturday; 8.30 am to 8 pm on weekdays and 10 am to 2 pm on Saturdays. Admission is free. ACRYLIC ON METAL AND BATIKS BY THOMAS TAN LOCAL
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 771 19 leisure comics I FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook P"JUP, UMV 50 100 V tlo/M fWT, "v' 1 FanXD MT Id HIOH U ~7"~X I Nfftß THi CfitNPMW HWAAHS AKS SCHOOL THAT Pttflf AfU K UKt JfAW; Of AAACKIf4eS OVfR f JUST A3 RWD Alto iM UK* Mf UP IN CYM. I
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  • open line
    • ANSWER BOX
      • 446 20 THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUERIES Q: I AM a teen gardener and I love the Golden Sbower orchid. Bat my Golden Showers do not grow well especially after they have been re-potted. How do I re-pot them properly to ensure good blooms.
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      • 152 20 Q: I HAVE heard that dollar notes bearing Dr Goh Keng Swee's signature is worth more than the notes' face value. Can yon tell me if It 1s true? If so, what is the actual value of such dollar notes? A: ALL currency
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      • 225 20 Q: .1 AM a first-year "A" level student. I would like to know the list of subjects offered in the Arts and Social Science faculty in the National University of Singapore. What are the career options available to a graduate from this faculty and what
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      • 103 20 Q: I WISH to slim down, and I wonder if slimming tablets will help besides exercise. Will the tablets have any side effects and be harmful to the body? Please recommend some brands of slimming tablets which will not affect the health. A: MANUFACTURERS and sellers of slimming
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      • 90 20 Q: MY MOTHER experiences headaches every month whenever she has her period. Why is this so? I wonder whether this is dangerous to her health. She is 48 years old but dismisses the idea of consulting a doctor as she thinks these monthly headaches are normal. But I
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      • 69 20 Q: CAN you please tell me how to make my custard apple plant bear fruits. A: THE custard apple plant should not be planted too deep in the soil so that its roots can get sufficient air. Healthy plants are better able to produce fruits. To keep
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      • 72 20 Q: I HAVE misplaced the copy of The Monitor which ran an article on speech therapy as a career in the "Open Line" section and would appreciate it if you could either let me have a copy of this article of tell me how I might obtain a
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      • 58 20 Is something troubling you? Do 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
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    • Protect your home with an insurance policy
      • 312 20 A HOUSEOWNER insurance policy is one which protects the owner against the loss, Eartial or complete, of his ouse or flat. A comprehensive policy usually covers fire, lightning, flood, damage from aircraft, road vehicles and explosion of domestic appliances. It can include loss of use while the house
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      • 292 20 IF YOU are a tenant of a house or flat do not assume that if fire or other disaster strikes, your landlord's houseowner insurance will cover your personal property. Your landlord's policy covers only the building, not your furniture, hi-fi system, appliances, clothes and other personal belongings. If
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  • 810 21  -  THE CHEF RECOMMENDS FOR CARD ENQUIRIES, CALL*****22 By LEE CHIU SAN WITH the hot weather we have been experiencing recently, I have developed a great liking for cold dishes, and Sushi is one of my favourites. These cold cuts piled on rice and mustard are just
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  • sports
    • 393 23 WIMBLEDON, Monday AMERICAN John McEnroe begins the drive towards his third consecutive Wimbledon title today when he steps onto Centre Court at the All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club to face Peter McNamara of Australia. The defending women's champion, Martina Navratilova, is
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    • 116 23 MEN'S SINGLES (x denotes seeds): (x) John McEnroe (US) vs Peter McNamara (Australia), (x) Mats Wilander (Sweden) vs Slobodan Zivojinovich (Yugoslavia), (x) Ivan Lendl (Czech) vs Mel Purcell (US), (x) Anders Jarryd (Sweden) vs Claudio Panatta (Italy), (x) Johan Kriek (US) vs Victor Pecci (Paraguay), (x) Eliot Teltscher
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    • 224 23 AP LONDON, Monday PLAYERS at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, including defending champion John McEnroe, will donate some of their winnings to help African famine victims, it was learned yesterday. More than half of the men competing in this year's tournament agreed to
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    • 588 23 Ban will hit Liverpool where it hurts most in the pocket Reuter LONDON, Monday LIVERPOOL, for 10 years the proud standard bearers of British soccer, today face up to the possibility that their glory days are over. For the decision by the European Football Union (UEFA) to impose an additional
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    • 578 23 RACE 1 Ctett ID* 4 1700 m B Chirpy 56.5 Oante (2) 4 3 1 2 JuMe'a Own 54.5 Johnston (1) 112 Pulou SembMan 54 Subion (4) 2 9 9 12 Boyorioy Turk 52 Choo (3) 7 7 4 Ownor F.LY Trainer E Breukolen Won by: 1-2-I*-Time: 1:14.5
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    • 396 24 IT WAS double joy for Rahmat Ahmad and his wife Narisa Prateep. Both made it to the Masters step-ladder finals. Rahmat took third place in the men's section while Narisa came out tops in the the women's. For Rahmat, his third placing is likely
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    • 284 24 By ALFONSO CHAN VETERAN bowler Peter Lew won the National Bowling Championship Masters step-ladder final at Kim Sens Bowl yesterday. With the experience of five World Cups behind him, Peter was more than a match for step-ladder run-ner-up Mike Wee. The victory marked
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    • 91 24 MEN Finals: Peter Lew bt Mike Wee 396-358 (2 games), Mike Wee bt Rahmat Ahmad 229-201, Rahmat Ahmad bt Jack Wong 235-182. Masters qualifiers (12 games) 1 Peter Lew 4747, 2 Mike Wee 4673, 3 Rahmat Ahmad 4659, 4 Jack Wong 4620. 5 Sam Ho 4571. WOMEN Finals: Narisa
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    • 266 24 BOWLING coaches Henry Tan and Victor Tham have just returned from a two-week coaching clinic in Beijing. The Chinese were so impressed that they have asked them to return to China for another spell of coaching next year. In Beijing, the two coaches taught the basics
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    • 229 24 DOWN THE LJUKES ALLEY CHAT WITH ALFONSO CHAN THE WEES Singapore's most famous bowling family are chalking up high scores in team bowling at Jackie's Bowl Katong Anchor Beer League every Monday. The team John's Special is led by John, the father, and Lucy, the
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    • 327 25  -  By B KULA SINGAPORE will have to go to Johor for the Malaysian Hockey Federation Under--23 tournament (July 17-21) without some key players. International Kevin Ng has already dropped out because of work commitments. And now, two more internationals, Nordin Manaf and Mohd
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    • 186 25 By B KULA TELEREC'S Samuel Joseph will want to forget yesterday's match against Police Sports AssociaUon. He came so close to Cing his team ahead in final of the Civil Service Hockey League yesterday afternoon. But with only two metres separating him from the
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    • 66 25 AP TAIPEI, Monday THE UNITED STATES, defending champion, beat the West German team from the Agon 08 Sport Club in Dusseldorf 67-54 (45-27) yesterday to notch its third straight victory in the winner's round of the William Jones Cup women's basketball tournament.
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    • 398 25 AP DETROIT, Monday KEKE ROSBERG of Finland, overcoming an unscheduled stop for fresh tyres 14 laps from the end, drove a Honda-powered Williams through the downtown streets yesterday to victory in the Detroit Grand Prix. Rosberg. 36, winning his fourth Formula One
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    • 124 25 Reuter DUBLIN, Monday SEVERIANO Ballesteros beat Bernhard Langer in a suddendeath battle of the giants of European golf at Royal Dublin yesterday. The Spaniard overcame his West German rival by stroking home a 35-foot birdie putt at the second extra hole of a play-off for
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    • 560 25 Mil awn COMPILED BY THE SPORTS DESK WANT YO know why European and South American strikers put in more goals than their Asian counterparts? After a recent study, the Football Association of Malaysia is of the view that it has found the answer. The survey
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    • 205 25  -  By LEE CHIU SAN VETERAN Nissan driver William Lyou again demonstrated his mechanical mastery when he easily won the second round of this year's Castrol/Alpine Autotest Series organised by the Singapore Motor Sports Club at the National Stadium yesterday The event was a test of
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    • 421 26 BRAZIL 1 PARAGUAY 1 WOULD CUP 86 RIO DE JANEIRO, Monday BRAZIL WERE held to a 1-1 draw by Paraguay in a World Cup soccer South American Group Three match at a packed Maracana Stadium here yesterday but it was enough to clinch a
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    • 56 26 Rwwtntwg match: Brazil vs Bolivia (Sao Paulo. Juno 30). Paraguay quaWy lor play-offs with Group Two runnarvup and taoond and third placad laama m Group Ona. P W D C F A Pt» Brazil 3 2 1 0 5 1 5 Paraguay 4 12 15 4 4
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    • 189 26 VENEZUELA 2 COLOMBIA 2 SAN CRISTOBAL (Venezuela), Monday COLOMBIA DREW 2-2 with Venezuela in a World Cup South American Group One match here yesterday to clinch a place in playoffs for next year's soccer finals in Mexico. Venezuela, bottom of the group table with
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    • 43 26 P W D L F A Pb Argentina 5 4 0 1 10 4 8 Poni 5 3 1 1 6 2 7 Colombia 5 1 2 2 4 6 4 Vonozuola 5 0 1 4 5 13 1
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    • 144 26  -  By ALFONSO CHAN TIMPLY have been doing wonderfully well and is the commercial firm currently leading the Kallang Inter-Business League. They are in front by virtue of a massive 22,999 pinfalls, accumulated since the start of the league on April 10. Timply are also second
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    • 56 26 Bernama MALACCA, Monday HONG KONG emerged champions in the Por Yen Cup Football Tournament after drawing 0-0 with Malaysia at Kubu Stadium here yesterday. Hong Kong secured three points after beating Singapore 2-0 in an earlier match. Malaysia and Singapore also played to a scoreless draw
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 297 27 Strong drive down the right finds crucial chink in Argentine armour WORLD CUP QUALIFIER: PERU 1 ARGENTINA 0 Reuter LIMA, Mon PERU beat Argentina 1-0 (1-0) in a World Cup soccer qualifying match here yesterday, fuelling their hopes of winning South American Group One. Argentina, aiming
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    • 270 27 KUALA TRENGGANU, Monday THE VICE-president of the Football Association of Malaysia, Datuk Bakar Daud, said that it was unfair and unethical for the police to charge a fee to ensure public safety at soccer matches. In an interview with Malaysian
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    • 162 27 South American Group On*: Peru 1 Argentina 0 Venezuela 2 Colombia 2 South American Group Three: Brazil 3 Paraguay 1 For the Peru-Argentina game: Scorer Ofctas (Bth minute) Attendance: 43,000 Remaining matches: June 30, in Buenos Aires, Argentina vs Peru, in Bogota, Colombia vs Venezuela. Group
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