Singapore Monitor, 27 June 1985

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    • 99 2 WHEN THE hot sun shines, some people uncover, others cover up. And the two ways of dealing with the heat were illustrated at East Coast beach yesterday. While two young women strip down to swimsuits and slop on suntan oil, another beachgoer prefers the protection
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    • 441 2 Lianhe Wanbao TWO MORE women said they had been cheated under similar circumstances as the woman hairdresser who lost more than 930,000 to three men offering to sell her cheap gold pen- dants. Both women echoed their grievances after reading reports of
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    • 162 2  -  By SURESH NAIR TWENTY-FIVE civil service officers were dismissed and another 11 had their services terminated by the Public Service Commission last year. Another three were retired in public interest. These were decisions of the 103 disciplinary cases dealt with by the commission
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    • 359 2  -  By JOSEPH LEE SHIPPERS were told yesterday to pay greater importance to freight costs as it could mean the difference between clinching an order or losing it. Mr N S Narula, managing director of a trading company, INC Enterprises Pte Ltd, told
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    • 248 3 Talking parrots from bird park to perform in Johor birthday bash Lianhe Zaobao EIGHT talking parrots from the Jurong Bird Park are going across the Causeway on Sunday to perform for the Sandson of the Sultan of Johor on his st birthday. This is the
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    • 330 3  -  By SURESH NAIR PLANS are under way to staff the Police Task Force entirely with regulars. At present more than half of the 400-strong crack unit is made up of National Servicemen. The police want a highly profes- sional task force, staffed by men
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    • 243 4  -  By EE BOON LEE A TRADE union leader yesterday urged the Public Utilities Board to consider taking two specific measures that would help improve the lot of the board's dailyrated workers. Mr Othman Haron Eusofe, assistant secretarygeneral, National Trades Union Congress, and MP
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    • 122 4  -  By NG MING MING A THREE-MAN team from the China Travel Service is here to study the needs of the Singaporean visitor to China. Mr Zhang Fu Xin, vicemanager of the Jingsu Province branch, said that Singaporeans usually visit China during
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    • 247 4  -  By SIT YIN FONG THE ELECTRONIC method of four-digit (4-D) betting, which is being planned, may gain wide acceptance among punters. But the move, which Singapore Pools expects to implement when it goes into the 4-D business, could be at the expense of
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    • 242 4  -  By SURESH NAIR INDIA'S award-winning Malayalam story reciter Kollam Babu will give two performances in Singapore later this week. Mr Babu, 45, won the All-India literary award in 1982 from the Indian Government for his recitals. He will give two performances with
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    • 274 6  -  By YONG POW ANG THE WATER supply of 900 families in Tanjong Pagar Plaza was cut. Thousands of litres of water in the five main tanks serving five blocks of flats had to be purged. The cause a foul smell in the water after
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    • 267 6  -  By JOSEPH LEE IMPORTERS of Japanese-made tyres plan to call for greater Government control over the import of tyres into Singapore. This follows reports that blemished and sub-standard tyres from Japan are being sold here. The importers say such tyres are a hazard
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    • 127 6 A BIRD enthusiast who stole another man's bird was jailed for six months yesterday. Yeong Hing Kwok, 49, unemployed, was also fined $500 or in default five days' jail for having in his possession three birds, including a Merbok, suspected of being stolen. The
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    • 53 6 TWO FIRE engines last night put out a fire at two makeshift shops at Sin Koh Street in Kallang. No one was injured in the blaze which started at 9.40 pm at Nam Huat Hardware and Tong Seng Engineering. Tne cause of the fire has
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    • 345 7  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO A COMPANY which has produced the first mini-submarine to be made in Singapore has a bigger one on the drawing board but is keeping the details secret. All the company, Metalock (Singapore), will say is
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    • 273 7 WOMEN outnumbered men by two to one in last year's public service recruitment exercise. This and other statistics are found in the commission's annual report for 1984. Among the 3,178 new civil servants, 2,037 were females as against 1,141 males. The
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  • world
    • 59 8 Reuter BANGKOK, Thurt ABOUT 25,000 members of two non-communist Cambodian guerilla groups will soon come under a unified command, a guerilla spokesmen said yesterday. The unifed command of the National Sihanoukian Army and Khmer People's National Liberation Front was needed to wage war more effectively
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    • 406 8 LAT TOKYO, Thursday AN INDIAN Sikh susKted of involvement in explosion in Tokyo Airport on Sunday may have flown to Manila via Tokyo that day, according to new disclosures here. He is also suspected to be linked to the destruction of an Air
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    • 277 8 Reuter BEIRUT, Thursday ONE OF the crew of the hijacked Trans World Airlines (TWA) jet at Beirut airport was taken off the plane for medical treatment last night but later went back on board, eye-witnesses said. Radio monitors listening to the Boeing
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    • 147 8 AP HARTFORD (Connecticut), Thursday A JURY award of US$2.3 million (555.15 million) to a battered wife "spoke more loudly than we will ever be able to" about police duty to protect women from domestic violence, a national organisation for women official said. In
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 82 8 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS POLITICIAN Geraldine Ferraro (above) gained US$5OO,OOO (551.12 million) for cnoosing the Pepsi side of the great cola commercial wars. So it's no wonder that Ms Ferraro. the former Democratic Party Vice-Presidential candidate, has little to say about Coke changing
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      • 93 8 A BRITISH actor who was chosen to portray John Lennon in a television film after a lengthy search has lost the pact after producers learned that he was bom with the same name as the late Beatle's assassin. NBC-TV and Carson Productions announced two days
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      • 100 8 A GAME ranger allowed himself to be sored by a charging black rhinoceros instead of shooting it because it belonged to an endangered species, the Natal Mercury newspaper reported yesterday. The rhino battered his legs, ripped open his right thigh and knocked him to the
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      • 88 8 HELEN REDDY (left) and about 60 other musicians most from Toronto have taped a benefit record and video to raise money for Ontario residents hit by a tornado. The twister swept through the eastern seaboard and central parts of the United States and Canada earlier this
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      • 69 8 KONRAD KUJAU, the admitted forger of the Adolf Hitler diaries, said on Tuesday he got so carried away with writing the volumes that he had to pinch himself to remember that he wasn't the World War II dictator. "I had to pinch myself," to remember
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      • 83 8 AN ISRAELI mayor has won his battle to keep his U5546,000 (Sf 103,000) official car after a campaign during which his opponents chained the white Volvo to a tree. "When Cabinet Ministers sell their Volvos, I'll sell mine," Ramat-Gan Mayor Uri Amit told a stormy
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    • 88 9 LOUISE the wild boar is West Germany's most unusual crime fighter. Her snout is as good as a trained Alsatian's when it comes to sniffing out hidden drugs. Her trainer proves that when he puts her through her paces at the Police Dog Training Centre in Hildesheim.
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    • 425 9 Reuter BONN, Thursday NAZI war criminal Josef Mengele's son Rolf told millions of West German television viewers in an emotional interview last night that he was relieved when he learned his fugitive father had died in Brazil. In his first television
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    • 44 9 Reuter LAUSANNE, Thur* SWITZERLAND'S top court ruled yesterday that a prostitute unable to work alter a traffic accident was entitled to compensation for lost pay. The world's oldest profession might be immoral but was not illegal, the federal court sai<T Reuter
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    • 110 8 FOR THE HOME Look out for the all-new "For The Home" section this Friday. It has everything you need to up-date and beautify your home. Ideas on interior decorating and furnishing, plus product news on kitchen and household appliances. "For The Home" has so much more. mm Every Friday p§i
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    • 178 9 The A 3 offers to Penang (fefimtdy worth packing for From now until July 31 you can enjoy the sun, the sea and the food at three of Penang's best known hotels. yu Golden Sands Hotel Accommodation in XXhJOO Mountain View rooms. lyiiP/w Reservations: (04) 811 911/(04) 811 799 Palm
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    • 150 9 If you're looking camera is your best bet. Buy any of these OLYMPUS cameras between now and 31st August 1985 and it could be your passport to the start of a wonderful Genting Highlands holiday Ist One Junior Suite for 4 days/3 nights stay at Genting Hotel inclusive of daily
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  • money
    • 57 10 THE PILOT scheme for cashless shopping will finally start today on a two-month trial basis. Known as Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale or EFTPOS in short, the scheme, implemented by the Network for Electronic Transfers (S) Pte Ltd, will involve 64 terminals installed at participating government
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    • 866 10  -  By JANICE LIM COLT COMPUTER, the stock recommended through long-distance calls by a broking firm in Amsterdam, is not going to be listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, an exchange official said yesterday. Mr J Huisman, assistant to the chairman of the exchange
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    • 261 10 MR B, a broker in Holland, calls Mr S in Singapore. He says he is from the company that sends Mr S newsletters regularly from Holland. The information and analysis of well known stocks like Apple, Wang Computers and Night Hawk Resources sound impressive and authentic; The caller
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    • MARKET TALK
      • 40 11 COMPILED BY MONEY DESK MALAYAN Breweries was reported to have invested USfIOO.OOO (5f222,000) in a campaign to promote Tiger Beer in the United States. Their target: College students. Last year, they sold 40,000 cases.
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      • 56 11 YOU can never tell about the side effects of advertising. A little boy said to his mother: "Let's play ABC." The delighted mother brought out a book and pencil. "!\o, no," said the little boy, who flexed his muscles instead and prepared to arm wrestle
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      • 47 11 PART of the Jardine Matheson group is popular with the Singapore government. In fact, it is responsible Tor an uplifting feeling. Jardine Parrish supplies the Telelift system for the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Port of Singapore Authority, Ministry of the Environment and Treasury Buildings.
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      • 25 11 "My mother used to say that if you can always do a job well, then it's beneath your capabilities. Linda Tsao Yang.
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    • 182 11 WALLSTREET DOW JONES CLOSE: 1323.81 (+0.78) THE STOCK market finished with a small gain yesterday after a lacklustre session that saw most stocks finish with little change. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained by 0.78 point to close at 1323.81. Volume on the New
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    • 169 11 DOLLAR GOLD THE US dollar drifted lower against most other major currencies in worldwide Toreign exchange trading yesterday. In US markets the dollar managed to finish above its worst levels of the session, however. Gold prices were mixed within a narrow range. Republic National Bank in New York quoted gold
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    • 1074 11 g= SECURITY PACIFIC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES (PRINCIPAL SUBSIDIARY: SECURITY PACIFIC NATIONAL BANK, Raffles Quay #08-00, Denmark House, Singapore 0104) Consolidated Balance Sheet Consolidated Statement of Earnings December-31 Year Ended December 31 in thousands 1984 1983 in thousands 1984 1983 Assets Interest Income Cash and due from banks 3,832,089 3,098,516 Interest
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  • opinion/letters
    • 264 12 I REFER to your front-page article "Rape: Singaporeans tend to blame victims." (SM, June 24). Nowadays, young couples and teenagers tend to follow the way the Westerners court. I have seen youngsters kissing in broad daylight and in crowded places too. Once, I
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    • 80 12  -  CARY GOH Singapore 0315 PLEASE refer to my letter "Questions for organisers" (SM. May It). It's already one month and there is still no reply to my letter. I am puzzled why the organiser of Reynolds Word Building Contest has remained silent. Could it
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    • 180 12  -  CHIA SHI TECK Singapore 1440 I REFER to the replies, "Flat prices show HDB land not at market value" by Ms Khoo Soo Hoon (for Permanent Secretary, National Development) and "Of course, HDB flats can't be much too cheap" by Mr
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    • 87 12 I AM a full-time student at a private school. My schoolmates and I need a Singapore Bus Service bus pass. We are not rich. We have to pay $75 for school fees every month, $2.50 for lunch daily, and for those living far from
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    • 272 12  -  GOH SENG HOCK Singapore 1955 I REFER to the letter "Subsidies are needed to run govt bodies" by "Simple Simon" (SM, June 24). t)e says that the Health and Education Ministries and many others will not be able to exist without government subsidies. How
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    • 478 13 MONITOR flffl— WHY DO some people use lifts as lavatories? Who are these people? These Questions must have been asked thousands of times since the first highrise flats went up in Singapore. It is easy enough to put a label on such
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    • 346 13  -  REPLIES CHEOK YEN AIK for General Manager Urban Redevelopment Authority PLEASE refer to the various suggestions in response to my reply "Surcharge and excess parking time not an issue" (SM, May 30). Under the Coupon Parking System, surcharge is being and will continue
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    • 107 13  -  GRACIE WEE-LEE (MRS) Sr Public Relations Officer Ministry of the Environment I REFER to the letter in the Press, "Irksome sight of refuse at shopping complexes" by "TK (SM, Jane The Ministry of the Environment conducts regular checks to ensure cleanliness in shopping complexes along
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    • 417 13  -  ALAN LEE for Permanent Secretary National Development WE THANK T S Yee for his suggestions in "There should be more safety lanes for cyclists" (SM, April 19). We are pleased that the writer regards our roads to be on par with the best
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    • 51 13 0^ mutt be signed. They mutt mo include the water's name and addreai to uae a pseudonym in print A oontecttelaphone number would be uaeM. We reeerve the right to edit lettera. Address your lettara to: The Editor, The Singapore Monitor. 2 Alexandra WJ #03-01 A. Oatte Housa. Singapore 031$.
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous

  • leisure
    • 1045 14  -  From accident-prone youth to Hooker's hunk By RICK McGUIRE IPS SOME people get all the breaks. Take actor Adrian Zmed at 29, he has been in more casts than most Hollywood veterans. "I've broken just about every bone in my body," says Zmed, chuckling as he recalls
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    • 697 14  -  By VERNON SCOTT in Hollywood UPI WHEN Milton Berle and wrestling were the only shows on American television, viewers had only the initials TV and the call letters of the three major American networks to deal with. But since the arrival
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    • 827 14  -  By PAT D'ROSE THE hundreds who packed Shangri-La Hotel's ballroom at last Sunday's Class Acts Concert were in camps, each supporting its favourite local music group. If one listened, one would have heard the same question asked again and again: "Which group did
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    • 503 16 Highlights Thursday Feature Special The Towering Inferno (Ch 5, 9.50 pm) PAUL NEWMAN and Steve McQueen were each paid US$l million (552.2 million) for their roles in this 1974 movie, and this ingenious stroke of casting in the right vehicle paid off handsomely
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    • Series
      • 142 16 Cosmopolitan Theatre: Elizabeth R The Enterprise of England (Ch 12, 9.05 pm) GLENDA JACKSON continues to rule England and every scene in this absorbing series. In the year 1587, King Philip of Spain, determined to avenge the death of Mary, Queen of Scots, (whose corpse was clearly
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      • 148 16 Knight Rider Mouth of the Snake (Part 1) (Malay subtitles) (Ch 5, 7.50 pm) FANS who remain faithful to this series either love Kitt the Car (it talks, steers itself and rescues its hero) or baby-faced David Hasselhoff. Chances are it's the car. It certainly isn't
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      • 117 16 Highway to Heaven One Winged Angel (Ch 5, 6.25 pm) SAY whatever you like about Michael Landon's goody-guy image, series like this are a rarity in today's world of crime and more crime on television. And this one is definitely more engrossing than the average dime-a-dozen action
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      • 95 16 Son of Pulau Tekong (C) (English subtitles) (Ch 8, 9.30 pm) WHEN Yu's mother asks Huimin to advise her son to continue his studies in the States. Yu agrees and wants Huimin to go with him, but she turns him down. Meanwhile, Zhen's mother appeals
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    • 374 17 TITLE: MATA HARI STARRING: Sylvia Kristel, Oliver Tobias, Christopher Cazenove DIRECTOR: Curtis Harrington COMING: Cathay cinemas Reviewed by WONG AH YOKE SOME people will be attracted to this movie because of the reputation of its two leading stars. Sylvia Kristel achieved fame
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 1358 15 2.90 SBCTEXT- Live Sample Pmn. regions could melt and cause flooding 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights on a scale hardly conceivable. X m rtl lohowsd by The Restfess Years (C) In Britain, the Natural Environment (r). funding A social drsma series about the ad- groups of scientists throughout the MNMMMMMHHr
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    • 171 15 i\iXiV Noon Newsdesk 12.30 Wimbledon Report 12.45 Financial News 12.SS Reflections 1.00 World News 1.09 Twenty-four Hours: News Summary 1.30 Peebles' Choice 1.45 The World Today 2.00 Newsdesk 2.30 Nature Notebook 2.40 The Farming World 3.00 World News 3.09 Twenty-four Hours: News Summary 3.30 Kings of Swing 3.45 Network UK
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 788 17 Film Guide evil bisbop who has cursed them to eternal Baraai PUen OrftalurtlM separation ««w Organisation DALIT (*****16) (1.39, 3.39, 7.30, 9.30): CmCAPITOL (*****59) (11, 1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.15): THOSE MERRY SOULS (C) A RAMBO FIRST BLOOD PART II (E) Starriag: Yaea Blao, Eric Tsaag Starriag: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Creaaa
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 148 18 DIARY Contest YOUTH LOOKING AT SINGAPORE THE Singapore Monitor will hold a Photo Insight competition. Youths between the ages of 15 and 24 may submit pictures on any subject based on the theme, Youth Looking at Singapore, and must write in not more than 50 words what each photo means
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    • 786 18 A guide to what's happening Concerts I M&A ft •> |w* m r r> iißlMfßTnwlr"'^« Taipeh City Symphony Orchestra performing at Victoria Concert Hall tomorrow and on Saturday CONCERT OF THE CENTURY Piano and Orchestra Opus 11 and THE Singapore Youth Choir, led by Symphony No 5 in C conductors
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 459 19 leisure comics ARIES March 21 to April 20 BRA^ Plans, instructions, correc- September 23 to October 22 tions are subject to sudden Stress individuality, willingchange. Know it, be ready for nets to pay heed to solid inrevisions and keep options vestment proposal. Exciteopen. You'll learn a secret ment of discovery
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    • 151 19 FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook Wfc 5H* r <(bu ft!*), *o*. V 3*#6 6H* SAY PofAWZH/ T MP SfVttAL T I HS.TkHI!& HAS MWWS M HtR MI#O»RS MHO SHI IAfHTioNS UAfbRTAtfT 1 J &**URPLfVU**L Hot fWJ MPOf 15 Ufftf I HKQfIW.Hf* I I For we.- a MHft4 S«fMA4 i i Dr
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 596 20 Win $1000 cash plus a $1000 Nikon gift voucher! If you are between the VIB ages of 15 and 24, we would like to \Vhb9 8 know how you look at our country. yBl j Take a photo on any subject based on Kra»M| than 50 words, what the photo
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  • 331 21 GO PLACES WITH LATWP NEW YORK: Wildlife enthusiasts looking for a rugged vacation in the American wilderness can now do so safari style. More than 400 refuges on 90 million acres form the National Wildlife Refuge System, created in 1903 to protect the egrets and herons
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 240 21 Clothes for Winter Holidays j Why spend a lot on new winter clothes j when travelling abroad? Seasoned winter gear in top condition, I some almost brand new, available. Coats and jackets from only $10 to $60. j CASA FADED BEAUTY 3rd level, #0319 Coronation Plaza, j 587, Bukit Timah
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    • 273 21 6 Day»V«Malaysia Coach Tour. U9IUXO now accommogarion UHiwron wwiin 9 Penug Orchard Sun Genting (Casino) Hotel Malacca Ramada Renaissance. 60 MateccaCamefon/Penang/Genhrig By Coach (dep Sun) Hit 30 tfttoca heritage coach {dep. Sun) fIM Matewa/CamefarVPewtf foch/Air (dep Sun} MM 40 PanangfaenSng Coach/air {dep. TUBS) $409 welcome dWnk, room with daiy, oompSmentary
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  • 385 22 HalgllHTll rnifVtlmmiWlißT A GOOD many Asian students aspiring to study abroad are often faced with a language setback. Those not proficient in English are at a distinct disadvantage when the time comes for their qualifying tests. Students intending to upgrade their English proficiency skills,
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 621 22 ADVERTISEMENT SIX COURSES AT CHINESE CHAMBER The Singapore Chinese Chamber of fee is $140. Commerce and Industry will con- (4) The E f fe ctive Oral English duct the following courses in Eng- Communications course, conlish at its Hill Street premises sisting of 10 lectures, will be--800n: gin from July
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    • 25 24 The results of the International Invitational Meet heats, which were held this morning, will be published in our Evening Edition today.
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    • 499 24 INl£AfttfibNAL INVITATIONAL SWIMMING MEET SIXTY-nine swimmers representing Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan and hosts Singapore will vie for top honours in the International Invitation Swimming Meet The heats began this morning at 9 at the Toa Payoh Swimming Pool. Singapore will rely
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    • 358 24  -  Training in Chinese province part of plan to win SEA Games medal By K SILVAM A ONE month training stint in the Chinese province of Fujian for our women's volleyball team and the subsequent appointment of a Chinese coach are part of plans by the Volleyball
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    • 160 24  -  By B KULA AS MANY as seven expatriates may be in Singapore's squad of 23 for the Asian Rugby Football Union championship in Bangkok next year Explaining his decision to include non-Singaporeans, the union's president, Howard Cashin, said: "Singaporeans
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    • 614 24 Kerry gets what he wants goals lIUBEJ mhTb SHOOTING KERRY DIXON was limited to two shots and scored from one of them! That is quality finishing by any standards. The Chelsea striker's 54th minute goal which dragged England back into the game with a 21 deficit was a tribute to
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    • 345 25  -  By S GULAM REFEREES who fail to turn up for matches repeatedly are in for deep trouble. The Football Association of Singapore Referees' Committee is planning to take tough disciplinary action against them. A referee who is absent from a game will be
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    • 159 25  -  By B KULA HOCKEY internationals Nordin Manaf and Mohd Noor have got the green light from their parents to represent Singapore in the coming Under-23 Malaysian Hockey Federation tourney in Johor from July 17-21. Their parents, who initially disapproved their sons'
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    • 161 25 Reuter MONTE CARLO, Thursday BERNHAED LANGER, beaten in a sudden death play-off for the Irish Open title last Sunday, will be pleased that Severiano Ballesteros is not competing in the Monte Carlo Open Golf championship, which starts tomorrow. The West German, reigning US Masters
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    • 313 25 MR MIR COMPILED BY THE SPORTS DESK WITH SOCCER violence apparently on the rise, uniformed policemen are an increasingly common sight at league matches. There were cops at Jalan Besar last night, but they were not in their uniform. They were
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    • 165 25 Police 2 Toa Payoh Utd 0 REFEREE Seah Tien Cheng came under fire from all quarters for his Roor handling of last night's ational Football League Division One matth between Toa Payoh United and Police Sports Association at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
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    • 865 26 Unknown Yugoslav dispatches Wilander in first major upset Reuter LONDON, Thursday SLOBODAN Zivojin'ovic of Yugoslavia became the first Cot-killer of Wimbledon tennis championships by ousting French Open champion Mats Wilander of Sweden 6-2 5-7 7-5 6-0 yesterday. The stunning first round victory by the huge 21-year-old from Belgrade,
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    • 359 26 AP LONDON, Thursday THIRD-SEEDED American Jimmy Connors, in the twilight of his long career seeking a third Wimbledon title, battled his way to a win over Sweden's Stefan Simonsson. Connors, playing his usual attacking game, easily cruised past Simonsson 6-1, 63,
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    • 349 26 MIN'S SINGLES! First Round Jimmy Connors beat Stefan Simonsson, Sweden, 6-16-3 64; Slobodan Zivojinovic bt Mats Wilander 6-2 5-7 7-5 6-0; Anders Jarryd bt Claudk) Panatta 4-6 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-3; Joakim Nystroem bt Jason GoodaH 63 6-3 3-6 6-0. Johan Kriek bt Victor Peed 6-4 6-0 4-6 7-5;
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    • 206 26 AP LONDON, Thursday BARBARA POTTER answered the Wimbledon seedings committee, who dropped her from the list at this year's championships, by beating Sweden's Catarina Lindqvist, seeded 12, in the first round of the women's singles yesterday. The 25-year-old lefthander triumphed 6-0, 7-5
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  • MONITOR sports
    • SEEN & HEARD
      • 102 27 OFF-COURT ACTION AT WIMBLEDON A BIG ISSUE at Wimbledon this week, following a newspaper article by US Davis Cup captain Arthur Ashe, is whether grass has become outdated at Wimbledon. Ashe wrote that he thought the grass soon would be replaced by another surface, but Buzzer Haddingham,
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      • 72 27 THE TOPIC of instituting a Similar surface for all tennis tournaments was discussed by Jimmy Connors yesterday after his opening round victory over Stefan Simonsson at Wimbledon. ,r A one-surface game would make it fair for everybody," Connors said. "But a clay court player would want it slow,
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      • 132 27 ONE OF THE few people to benefit from the rain which has deluged Wimbledon is Chris Evert Lloyd. Evert Lloyd, seeded No 1 with Martina Navratilova, injured her neck last week and is grateful for the extended opportunity to recover. "Chris is much better now and is
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      • 59 27 UPI BECAUSE dl the rain which has played havoc with the Wimbledon schedule during the first three days of the Championships, the starting times on all courts are being moved up to noon. Play on Centre Court and Court One normally begins at 2 pm
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      407 27 LONDON, Thurs SWEDEN'S band of tennis Vikings suffered mixed fortunes at the 99th Wimbledon Championships yesterday. The most serious loss was the Centre Court defeat of fourth-seeded Mats Wilander the "One million dollar man" by little-known Yugoslav Slobodan Zivojinovic. Wilander, winner of the Australian and French Open
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    • 205 27 Reuter THE INTERNATIONAL Tennis Federation have plenty of reasons to be thankful to Slobodan Zivojinovic. One million dollars worth of reasons, that is. Nicknamed "Bodo," the awesomely-built Czech destroyed fourth-seeded Mats Wilander yesterday, thus preventing the Swede from collecting the million-dollar
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    • 93 27 L -ntf. > new balance B Soct.f.v Boots U*>vvlop(>d t)y Bry.m KK Jimbo still has it in him The first giant-killing act Unseeded Potter drops a hint All the results and today's order of play ALL REPORTS ON PAGE 27 ONE war CH LETERON* SIGN SYSTEMS for sales charts and
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