Singapore Monitor, 4 July 1985

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  • 11 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 51/5/85 Thursday, July 4,1985 30cents
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  • 1012 1  - Civilian caterers win 11m contract to supply SAF meals By ROBERT CONCEICAO TWO CIVILIAN caterers have been awarded contracts totalling more than $11 million for the supply of precooked food to various camps in the Singapore Armed Forces. Cnanji International Airport Services (CIAS) will be supplying warm meals, cooked two
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  • 255 1 Lianhe Wanbao THE SKETCH above gives an artist's impression of how four Malaysian workers were trapped in a "cage" of steel bars while they were working in the Mass Rapid Transit system's Bishan Depot worksite in Ang Mo Kio two days ago.
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  • 945 1  -  Entertainment outlets packing them in at weekends ■y PAT D'ROSE DESPITE the gloomy economic situation, Singaporeans seem to be as determined as ever to live it up, especially on weekends. This is happening even as more private clubs and hotel lounges are being
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    • 12 1 TV GUIDE: P 20 TV HIGHLIGHTS: P 21 FILM GUIDE: P 22
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • home
    • 441 2  -  By YONG POW ANG "LITTLE INDIA" is becoming a haunt of pirate taxis. Small vans or trucks are ferrying tourists illegally, at fares lower than taxis. The latest incident was on Tuesday when the Registry of Vehicles arrested a 47-year-old driver and
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    • 298 2 Lianhe Wanbao SWIMSUITS sold very well in the past two months, thanks to the prolonged hot weather. Metro's swimwear sale has resulted in a 35 to 38 per cent rise in the sale of women's swimsuits and a 10-15 per cent rise in
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    • 389 2  -  By CATHARINE FERNANDO PLANS are being made to restore the medical faculty building to the state it was in when it was opened in 1926 by Sir Lawrence Guillemard. Tenders for restoration of the building have been sent out and contractors are now viewing the King Edward
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    • 229 3  -  By JOSEPH LEE THE WORLD'S most difficult problems of hunger, sickness and energy shortages could be resolved by new biotechnological techniques, says Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, Minister of State of Health and Foreign Affairs. At the official opening today of the first comprehensive
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    • 108 3 Lianhe Zaobao A MAN and a woman lost about $20,000 in cash and valuables in two break-ins on Tuesday. The first occurred at about 5 am in Jalan Ishak. A 43-year old restaurant owner, who wished to be identified only as Mr Ye, was woken
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    • 517 3  -  School buses and cars clogging up Coronation Rd are scourge to residents By CALVIN TAN SCHOOL buses and private cars picking up children from a school in Coronation Road have become the scourge of people living in the area. Sometimes there are so many vehicles
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    • 268 4 Lianhe Wanbao THE DAYS of cheap pork due to over-production may become a thing of the past. As the local pig farms are being phased out, the short supply of live pigs has pushed up the price of pore recently by about
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    • 268 4  -  By JOSEPH LEE TWO GIRLS who won the President's Scholarship this year said they did well in their studies because they enjoyed studying. Judith Cheang Ai Geok, 19, who confessed that she loved studying, said: "It's the best thing on earth.
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    • 336 4 DR YEOH Ghim Seng, acting Presi- dent, told the five President's Scholars for 1985 that they could "look forward to enriching and challenging careers in the Civil Service or the Singapore Armed Forces on completion of their studies." At the presentation ceremony for the
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    • 319 5  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO TENANTS at Colombo Court have been told that a noise nuisance caused by renovation work at the building should be over in about two weeks. The assurance was given in a circular distributed by the building's owners, the Development and Construction
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    • 338 5  -  By SURESH NAIR POLICE are out to woo young Singaporeans to join the force as junior officers. Senior police officers began making the rounds of some 40 secondary schools and junior colleges this week, in a recruitment campaign which is expected
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    • 137 5 A CLEANER who has three previous convictions for drug offences was yesterday sentenced to two years imprisonment for possessing cannabis. Hamid Omar, 2ft, was spotted by police officers behaving suspiciously at the void deck of Block 138 Jalan Bukit Merah on last month.
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    • 570 6  -  By YONG POW ANG THE 9500-MILLION Teleview project, currently under study by Telecoms, will have a large potential clientele if a survey on Singaporeans' desire for information is anything to go by. Three out of every four people chosen in the survey say
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    • OTHER HIGHLIGHTS...
      • 66 6 Here are other highlights of the survey on the $500-millioo Teleview project ABOUT half of the respondents visit the post office once a month or more, mainly to buy stamps or send regular mail. About 12 per cent said they go more than three times a month. One of
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      • 69 6 ABOUT half of the respondents say they go to banks two times or more a month. Bank visits are a regular activity for 10 per cent of the respondents who say they make more than five rounds a month. This may indicate good prospects for telebankine, whereby the Teleview
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      • 89 6 GROCERY shopping and visits to shopping centres are common activities in Singapore. Some 60 per cent of the respondents say they go for grocery shopping more than four times a month. Family visits to shopping centres are also common. More than half of the respondents say they visit shopping
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      • 70 6 TELEPHONES are most often used for social purposes at home. About seven per cent of the sample household own personal computers Dut only four per cent actually use them at home. However, more than 10 per cent of the respondents do make use of either personal computers
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    • 282 7  -  By JOSEPH LEE HANDICAPPED people will have access to all floors in the new Ang Mo Kio branch of the National Library. This is the first branch to offer them this facility. It will be provided by a lift serving the five floors of the
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    • 329 7  -  Story and picture: CHEW YEN FOOK ONE SINGAPOREAN did not find yesterday's shower a refreshing respite from the current hot spell. Madam'Salmah Abdullah, 65, of Block 11, Eunos Crescent says when it rains, the common corridor outside her four-room Housing and Development Board
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    • 125 7 Key fatiers to remember for IBM typewriters and IBM computer supplies. AA or Aaron Asher is where you find INTRODUCTORY OFFER the latest range of IBM typewriters, a Charles Jourdan watch worth ft I typewriter and computer supplies. Together 195 ™theveryWhee/wnter ordered. And a Charles Jourdan ff 1 r with
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  • world
    • 199 8 UPI SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday TWO GAY hostages from TWA Flight 847 hid their homosexuality from hijackers, fearing they would kill them because Muslims punish with death, one of the men in a» Interview yesterday. Jack McCarty, 40, also told the San Francisco
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    • 323 8 UPI BEIRUT, Thursday SMITE Muslim militia leader Nabih Berri yesterday called President Reagan's measures to close Beirut airport "a stab in the back" and said be will seek to fight tbe move at the World Court. Mr Berri said that in
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    • 56 8 AP PEMBREY (Wales), Thurs A SWARM of bees brought operations to a standstill at a Royal Air Force base yesterday, the British news agency Press Association reported. Hundreds of the insects attacked air traffic controllers who opened the doors to the control tower at Pembrey
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    • 172 8 Reuter LONDON, Thursday RACING driver David Purley, once called "The Luckiest Man Alive", was killed last night when his stunt plane crashed into the sea off the south coast of England, police said yesterday. The former Formula One driver, who lived for the thrills
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 257 8 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos (left) sang a love sons for his wife Imelda (right) on her 56th birthday and said the contrast between her youthful looks and his age probably caused the rumours that he is sick. "Imelda, you're my eternal sweetheart,
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      • 112 8 JACQUELINE Kimberly, the socialite accused of joining Roxanne Pulitzer in wild sexual escapades, filed for divorce from James Kimberly, the 78-year-old heir to the Kleenex fortune. In a petition filed in Palm Beach Circuit Court on Tuesday, Mrs Kimberly, 34, said her husband believes their 15-year
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      • 109 8 AS GOPHER on the "Love Boat" series, Fred Grandy {right) spends most of his time getting into funny situations with women. But now he wants to close the "Gopher Gap" and run for Congress. "1 think an actor has as much right to be a Congressman as
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      • 56 8 AS BRUCE Springsteen's fame as a hard-driv-ing rock sensation spread around the world, Sir Jeremiah Harman, a British judge, was among those who failed to notice. "Who is he? A pop star?" the bewigged jurist murmured at the start of a hearing yesterday over the alleged sale
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    • 131 9 Reuter NEW DELHI, Thura A GOVERNMENT official admitted yesterday that the Soviet Union had Questioned the quality of wheat imports from India but denied that shipments had been stopped. "We will be able to con-r vince the Soviets that Indian wheat is fit
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    • 112 9 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Thurt FIVE Malaysians have been hanged for murder, illegal possession of firearms and drugs, a Prison spokesman said yesterday. Two were hanged yesterday and the others were executed on Tuesday in Pudu Jail after their appeals against separate High Court convictions
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    • 341 9 Indonesia to urge members to stick to production levels and pricing VIENNA, Thursday ORGANISATION of Petroleum Exporting Countries' (Opec) ministers begin work today in the run-up to their latest conference. Opinion among the oil producers is apparently hardening as they believe they can avoid
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    • 87 9 AP SEATTLE, Thur* A KING County Superior Court judge vesterday sentenced Wai-Chu "Tony" Ng to seven consecutive life prison terms for his robbery and assault convictions in Seattle's 1983 Chinatown massacre. Judge Charles Johnson told tne 28-year-old Ng: "Your acts were not those of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • money
    • 132 10 Reuter NEW YORK, Thursday COLUMBIA broadcasting Station (CBS) yesterday devised a "poison pill" scheme to buy back its own shares in a move which analysts said would probably thwart cable television magnate Ted Turners US$5.4 billion (S$llM billion) takeover bid. CBS, in
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    • MUST TALK
      • 96 10 COMPILED BY THE MONEY DESK SOME people just don't have any luck. A colleague thought he had it when he won his fivst lucky draw prize. He was crestfallen, however, when he discovered that the time limit had passed for collecting the prize. Nevertheless, he
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      • 70 10 IN BEIJING, an American business representative was chastised by his home office for talking to an American newspaper correspondent there, mainly for admitting to turning a profit. It's the kind of thing that often shuts up US executives. In the meantime, a Chinese functionary, far
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      • 63 10 THE PHRASE "cold shoulder" came into use In mediaeval France. A chateau guest was served a cold shoulder of beef or mutton instead of a hot meal when he had overstayed his welcome. This was a hint that be should leave. -Good Reading. Tfet Mttta UM:
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    • 701 10  -  By ANG PENG HWA THE STOCK market is likely to perform better towards tne end of this year, three senior research analysts predicted. "The coming crop of interim corporate results are probably not going to be good," said a research manager. "The
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    • 212 10  -  By STEVEN GUO Special to The Monitor VICKERS Da Costa, one of London's bipgest stockbrokers, has come up with one of the brightest forecasts for the Singapore stock market in its latest quarterly review on the international investment outlook. "Singapore has the most bullish
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    • 283 11 HMimsr DOW JONES CLOSE: 1326.39 (-7.62) STOCK prices closed mixed in moderate trading vesterday as blue-chip issues sagged and profit-taking dragged down some stock groups. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 7.62 to 1326.39. News items affected half a dozen of the
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    • 162 11 DOLLAR GOLD THE AMERICAN dollar fell broadly in quiet pre-holiday trading yesterday, bufteted by rumors about oil price cuts and concern about the strength of the economy in the United States. The price of gold nudged higher. Republic National Bank 01 New York said gold bullion was bid at USI3IO
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    • 162 11 The Star PENANG, Thursday THE TANTALUM hunt is on again, this time with the Municipal Council's approval and involvement. Three companies have been given contracts to mine the tin slag in Lorong Kulit and around the City Stadium, ana the council is getting a
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    • 337 11  -  By JOYCE QUEK THE BANKS that recently put two companies into receivership will encounter different fortunes. The Bank of America, which put Sing Koon Seng into receivership, is unlikely to fully recover the $11 million it is said to have lent the company,
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    • 384 11 LAT SUNNYVALE (Calif), Thursday THE SEMICONDUCTOR followed a normal economic path to Fry's Electronics. But the recently opened retail store caused a stir in Silicon Valley when it began advertising US 66-cent (5f1.46) 64k rams and other high-tech bargains. "I think it's hilarious," says Mr
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous

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  • opinion/letters
    • 146 12  -  REPLIES CHEW KING HWAN for Permanent Secretary (Education) WE WOULD like to thank Andrew Mak YenChen for his views in the letter "School subjects that can avoid unnecessary dissent" (SM, Jane 14). At secondary school, our students are already taught how to recognise
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    • 349 12  -  AMRISH THOMAS Marketing Director Citibank N A I REFER to the letter "The Quick Loan Offer That Wasn't" (SM, June 28). As a bank, we must not only protect our depositors, but must also be prudent in our lending policies in
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    • 63 12 A READER responded to a Citibank advertisement promising a personal loan of np to $M,OM within 24 hoars for "lnxnry holidays." According to the advertisement, no collateral was required as long as the borrower was above 21 years old and earned at least $1,500 a month. The reader applied
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    • 271 12  -  JOSEPHINE ONG (Miss) Public Relations Officer Singapore Bus Service WE REFER to Mr Yong Pow Ang's report headlined "SBS on massive recruitment drive" (SM, June 22). Some of the points made in the report are incorrect. We would be thankful if you could ensure that
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    • 139 12  -  JEANNE TAY Public Relations Officer Singapore Broadcasting Corporation I REFER to the letter "More sports in Chinese news, please" from Johnson Chan (SM, June 22). Sports items shown in the English, Malay and Tamil TV news usually appear in Mandarin news bulletins as well. During the period June
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    • 499 13 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR IF NOTHING else, the Moscow reshuffle has proved how firmly Mr Mikhail Gorbachev controls the Kremlin. Since he took over from the bumbling Konstantin Chernenko, he lias moved with uncharacteristic speed in placing his own men in critical positions both in the
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    • 102 13 THE National Courtesy Campaign month is here again. It's time for Singaporeans to remember that courtesy costs nothing. The government departments as well as the Singapore Bus Service and the Registry of Vehicles should hold contests to select the most courteous workers during the National
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    • 252 13 MY WIFE and I love ballroom dancing. Every Saturday, without fail, we will go to the promenade outside the wax museum at Sentosa to listen and dance to old hits. It is also the only place where we can meet our friends on
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    • 233 13 I WOULD like to say a few words in response to a letter from "Decency Please" (SM, June 27). She cited indecent behaviour and dressing of our youth, in particular the wearing of shorts by girls, as factors which encourage rape. Scantily-clad women may
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    • 163 13  -  ROBERT WOODWORTH Director Public Relations Department Singapore Police Force I REFER to the letter bv Christie headlined "Stab them with a needle and make them suffer" (SM t June The writer suggested that victims of molesters, in the absence of available help, should
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    • Article, Illustration
      74 13 LETTERS on any subject of pubflc interest wl be miplid tor puMortow. They should be typed and must be signed. They must also Indude the welter's name and eddreee even If the writer deddee to use a pseudonym in print. A contact telephone number wouM be ueeful. We
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 136 12 An invitation to the New Zealand Food Experience Lobsters, beef, sole, venison, Unkai Japanese Restaurant oysters, mussels, kiwi fruits... Special teppanyaki menu and chef's New Zealand wine and Steinlager beer, recommendations. Furama's tables will be laden with Heritaae Bar New Zealand s bounty from Juiy_s Rock oys t ers W
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  • leisure
    • 581 14  -  Battle of Bands final shows up talent By PAT D'ROSE THE Battle of the Bands, the first such competition among amateur local bands organised here, pulled a number of gutsy surprises at the final held last Sunday night at the Rainbow Lounge. First, three of the
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    • 81 14 Courtesy not just lip service IT'S not just lip service they are paying to the Courtesy campaign. The larger-than-life lips add a smack of humour and help mouth the courtesy concept better for the Goodwood Hotels Corporation sales team. Pictured from left to right are Danny Kwek (Goodwood Hotel), Lynn
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    • 73 14 GIVING is part of the courteous spirit, too. Staff members of the Royal Holiday Inn reach into their personal coffers to fill the Community Chest box placed at the hotel's staff entrance to mark Cour- tesy Month. Courteously queueing up to perform the good
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    • 57 14 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 WONQ SING YEONQ, Faces in the Crowd, The Singapore Monitor, 2 Alexandra
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    • 51 14 ON the Orchard Road mall last Saturday, four fairies and a host of dancers in cabaret outfit greeted Kssers-by with biscuits, lloons, stickers, badges and smiles. Revelling in the meet-the-crowd courtesy binge were staff members of the Mandarin Hotel and Marina Mandarin, which will open next
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    • 84 14 "AND now, the grateful winner of our first draw will pick the winner for this week," announced David Wong, operations manager of MPH Bookstores. An all-smiling Ryan Seet, with Mickey Mouse cap, shuffled up the stage and dipped his lucky hand into the box
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    • 195 14 "WE couldn't ask for more. This contest was our stepping stone to turning professional," said Sluggo Thomas, the lead singer of the winning band, Igta (acronym for It's Goofing Time Again). "We're a band against hypocrisy. We believe in telling it like it is. You see,
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    • 114 14 w/ IT WAS a vintage wedding last Sunday for Thomas Lim and Grace Goh but with modern lights fitted. The picture below shows bride and groom, both directors of Disco World Singapore, celebrating with champagne, complete with a Rolls Royce Twenty Connaught Tourer, the first of
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    • 80 14 PICTURED left is, Mrs Dewi Rais Abin, wife of the Indonesian Ambassador to Singapore, cutting the ribbon at the opening of the 12-day West Java food festival at Hilton's Orchard Cafe last Wednesday. Lending a helping hand is Oskar von Kretschmann, general manager of the hotel. On
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    • 330 14 WINDOW ON YOUTH A book on real life experiences of youths today. "After national service, what happens then? Would have crossed the line that divides a youth from an adult? National Serviceman 20 years "But what am I to be? What wou,d end U P w 'th? The only A
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  • AMERICAN SHOWCASE
    • 670 15  -  By GASTON DE ROSAYRO THE regional office in Singapore of the US Agricultural Trade Office (ATO) is among the first of a series of these overseas centres established by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to facilitate trade activities for businessmen and help them
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    • 204 15 SINGAPORE today ranks among the top twenty trading nations with the United States of America, said Mr Robert Marro, Commercial Attache, of the US Foreign Commercial Service, of the US Embassy in Singapore. "Since the upturn in the US economy in the first half
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    • 96 16 THE last few years have seen an increasing variety of American products finding their way to the shelves of Singapore's supermarkets and department stores. Frozen meats, fresh fruits and vegetables, health foods, confectionery and cotton fabrics are among the major US commodities
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    • 255 16 THE story of the noodle is as old as China's civilisation, and that's certainly going a long way back. Over the years, the migrant masses from the mainland introduced the stringy strips of paste to the rest of the world. So popular are
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    • 168 16 SINGAPOREANS are great lovers of snacks and tid-bits, and many popular American brands are among their favourites. Peerless Foods (Singapore) Pte Ltd produces and markets some of the most popular among these products including the Planters and Nabisco brands. The
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    • 228 16 SOLAR Gas buyers can be assured of better purchases with the recent $2 million revamp of the Jurong plant belonging to Summit Gas Systems Pte Ltd, an Ameri-can-based company, a member of the Oceanic Petroleum Group, which fills the cylinders of Solar
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    • 250 16 MOVING experiences are sometimes just that literally moving. The matriarch of the household is moved to tears from the beginning of the packing operation. And the situation becomes worse when she finds a few pieces of her prized China dinner set in pieces,
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 1428 18 lelwir»/tv 2 30 80CTEXT- Live templi Pagn. 5W Perspective Pictures in a Patient s!oo Opining and ProaraSmmellgMlghta W(Englleh»ub^>. foNowed by The IteMleoe Yeera (C) 6.10 Programme Highlights. (r) (Engßsh nMMn). Jft? fL A Japanese social-drama series about 8.28 Cultural Oiary (E). the adventures and aspirations Htghway to Heaven doing Home,
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  • leisure/tv
    • 450 19  -  Highlights By WONG SING YEONG THE 28-minute documentary, When the Bough Breaks (Ch 5, 9.15 pm) faces the heart-breaking problem of child abuse right here in Singapore, cases of which have been increasing of late. The programme takes off with a visual reminder of the ultimate horror
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    • Series
      • 110 19 Knight Rider Mouth of the Snake (Part 2) (Malay aubtitlea) (Ch 5, 7.50 pm) CONTINUATION of last week's adventure. Michael and Kitt are sent to investigate the murder of a Federal Attorney working for the District Attorney's office. They form an alliance with David
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      • 91 19 Highway to Heaven Going Home, Going Home (Ch 5, 6.30 pm) TIME travel is brought into Michael Landon's fantasy of a heaven-sent helper. Thanks to a freak car accident, angel Jonathan and pal Mark travel back in time to help Mark's grandfather save his Oklahoma
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      • 92 19 Son of Pulau Tekong (C) (Engliah subtitles) (Ch 8, 9.30 pm) ZHEN, who is staying with Huimin's family, tries to show her appreciation by preparing breakfast. But Mei picks on the food, depressing Zhen. Meanwhile, air hostess Na tries to date Qi again. After
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    • 68 19 Debate '85 3rd Quarter Finel (Ch 12, 8 pm) IF you think our media is too Western in format, tune in to tonight's debate. The proposer, St Joseph's Institution, meets Raffles Institution in the 3rd Quarter Final of Debate '85 (English) to argue the motion: "That our
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    • 150 19 Cosmopolitan Theatre: Elizabeth R Sweet England's Pride (Last episode) (Ch 12, 9 pm) THE entertaining fits and starts of Elizabeth I as delivered by Oscar-winner Glenda Jackson (A Touch of Class) come to an end tonight. In the final episode, the monarch sends the Earl
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    • 147 19 Thursday Feature Special Fun in Acapulco (Chinese subtitles) (Ch 5, 9.50 pm) URSULA ANDRESS, fresh from her exposure in the first Bond movie, teams up with the King of rock 'n roll to put the wrapping on one of his musical packages, but fortunately wasn't
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  • 883 20 leisure Time The following exoarpt is from an article by Time's cinema critic, RICHARD CORLISS, in its currant special issue on Immigrants: The Changing Face of Amenca: "WE are not a nation," Herman Melville said of this country of immigrants, "so much as a world." That judgement is
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 833 20 Film Guide t MANDARIN (*****01) (1.15, 3.15, 7.15, 9.15): LET US Baraao Fllem Organisation FLIRT, PARTNER (C) TOA PAYOH (*****34) (1.15, 3.15, 7.15, 9.15): LET DALIT (*****19) (1.39, 3.39, 7.30, 9.30): LET US US FLIRT, PARTNER (C) a% Ptao.ctarti.zta. SKffißffifr* IXI w Synopsis: A boy and a girl meet at
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    • 471 21 diaryEirhlMllimt Cultural shows FIRST ENCOUNTER MBWP—— PERA THE third year students I I tDI m J rihiwlfi I I Tourist 16 Promotion SmPm All I I Board will sUge a series ?2??!?»Srw,SSwi I m I of Chinese operas by 1985 at theGoethe-Insu- m ama t eur g ro ups at
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    • 86 21 A guide to what's happening Concerts MELODIES OF HWA CHONG IV The programme includes traditional THE Hwa Chong Junior College Chin- pieces for both orchestra and solo inese Orchestra and the Hwa Chong struments. Local composer Phoon Alumni Chinese Orchestra, led by con- Yew Tien's Memories of March will be
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    • 659 22 leisure comics FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook I "Y f~7«a^»A t ihtftote jrl w/^ ARIES March 21 to April 20 LIBRA 1 I VK*t3* TH TWJgJfcaii Sudden surge of good fortune September 23 to October 22 (ft 7f) <Yj wXWmIi I I UK makes exciting scenario. Lu- Spotlight on affecUon, diplo-
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  • GO PLACES WITH Mansfield Holidays
    • 135 23 IF it's your first time in Australia you ought to know that you are in the world's only single nation to completely inhabit one continent. And within its vast borders, you'll find some of the world's unique attractions to suit all tastes from the general business
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    • 278 23 HOW TO GET THERE: Over 23 international airlines fly to Australia from around the world. Qantas Airways, the national airline, offers frequent services to major airports, while Ansett Airlines, Trans Australia Airlines'and East-West Airlines as well as modern and efficient rail and motorcoach services link
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  • 358 25 fe?l2J SEZIEJi SUSS £SS* »*>• 252 t KSS TTTTZ SSSS £SSS iSHSSS £21ZZ ZZ% THE very word examination usually strikes fear in the hearts of even the most well-prepared students. But there is no cause for panic if you know how to
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    • 186 25 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. ADVERTISEMENT COURSES AT CHINESE CHAMBER THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce And Industry will conduct the following courses in English
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    • 401 25 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER ISS) AND IN THE MATTER OF PON HONG COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated In the (IN LIQUIDATION) MEMBERS'VOLUNTARY WINDING UP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, (Chapter 185) that the Final General Meeting of the Members of
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    • 429 25 In the Matter of the Companies Act, Cap. 185 THING TOM KIT! SONS PTE LTD (IncorDoratftd In |avfWi|PVW%wW W* Singapore) SPECIAL RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary Genera) Meeting of the members of the abovenamed company, duly convened and held at 4 Battery Road #12-00 Bank of China Building, Singapore 0104 on
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    • 240 26 HIGH-SCORING Alfonso Dy yesterday shot himself from the fourth to the first position in the roll-off for selection of bowlers to represent Singapore in the World Games in London from Aug 1-5. At the Bowler-Drome, he rolled seven 200 games. A 1
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    • 165 26 Reuter ROME, Thursday POLISH international striker Zbigniew Boniek has left European Cup holders Juventus and joined Roma for an undisclosed fee. The player and Roma chairman Dino Viola announced the move at a news conference yesterday. Boniek, 29, captain of Poland, has signed a
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    • 153 26 Reuter GENOA, Thursday SAMPDORIA beat AC Milan 2-1 last night to win the Italian Cup 3-1 on aggregate. Genoa-based Sampdoria took the first leg match in Milan last week 1-0 and were winning the Cup for the first time. But it could have
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  • sports
    • 412 27  -  Player under probation heads team to defend title at Malacca tourney By ALFONSO CHAN MAHADER Hassan, under a three-year probation (or fighting with national trainee Frederick Lim last month, will lead a seven-member team to Malacca for the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaysia championship from July 15-17.
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    • 55 27 TIME CLOCKED (at International Invitational Meet): Oon Jin Gee (100 m free) 54. 96 sees Tay Khoon Hean (50m free) 24.91 sees David Lim (100 m backstroke) 1 min, 00.30 sees. PAN PACIFIC QUALIFYING 100 m free-51.41 sees 50m free 23.83 sees
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    • 629 27  -  By K SILVAM THREE Singapore swimmers will be taking on some of the best in the world if they are given the privilege to enter the Pan Pacific swimming championships in Tokyo on Aug 15-18. Winning is out of the question.
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    • 180 27  -  By HSU CHIEN TEH FIVE of the 21 sports bodies affected by the Sports House fire last month nave accepted the offer of temporary relocation at the National Stadium, occupying the space of a former restaurant. Though no deadlines have been set,
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    • 89 27 ROUBAIX-TOURCOING (France), Thurs AP HENRI MANDERS of the Netherlands won the fifth leg of the Tour de France on Monday, and Denmark's Kim Andersen retained the overall lead. Manders finished the stage alone, 25 seconds ahead of the pack's sprint after a long two-man
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    • 355 28  -  By S GULAM FANDI AHMAD may line up against his former club FC Groningen if negotiations between the Dutch club and the Football Association of Singapore come through. The Groningen-based Premier Division team has expressed an inter- est to come here for some
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    • 108 28 CONTROLLING the ball with your chest is an important technique in soccer, as demonstrated by Chia Miang Yong, during yesterday's session of the Football Association of Singapore coaching course. In this series of pictures by CHRISTINE CHEW, Miang Yong shows just how to bring the
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    • 275 28  -  By S GULAM BUILD UP your players' fitness and refine their skills if you want them to avoid injuries, Dr S Krishnamoorthy told a group of trainee coaches in a session on "sports injury." The chairman, medical committee, of the Football Association of
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    • 105 28 AP TAIPEH, Thursday DEFENDING champions the United States scored a 96-50 victory over Saudi Arabia yesterday in a preliminary round match of the William Jones Cup men's basketball tournament. In other action, Canada beat West Germany 60-51 while South Korea
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    • 532 28 TCROHnB COMPILED BY THE SPORTS DESK DAY ONE of the soccer coaches' course was "no sweat" at all it was all theory. Day Two was all sweat, as the trainees were made to run and dribble and play brief matches.
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    • 313 28  -  GEYLANG 1 TOA PAYOH O By S GULAM GEYLANG International came out winners in the battle of the giant-killers when they narrowly defeated Toa Payoh United in a National Football League Division One match at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Toa Payoh looked likely
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    • 733 29 Wimbledon McEnroe admits that Curren took him to the cleaners WIMBLEDON, Thursday DEFENDING champion John McEnroe crashed out of the Wimbledon tennis championships in straight sets yesterday, beaten 62, 6-2, 6-4 in the quarter-finals by Kevin Curren, the No. 8 seed. The tall, broad-shoulder Curren, who
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    • 299 29 Reuter LONDON, Thursday ANDERS JARRYD, the forgotten man of Swedish tennis, issued a timely reminder of his outstanding talent when he reached the semi-finals of the Wimbledon championship yesterday with an effortless 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Switzerland's Heinz Guenthardt. Even
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    • 230 29 Reuter LONDON, Thursday KATHY EINALDI is a prime candidate for tennis's latest affliction "Teenage burn-out" but she showed at Wimbledon yesterday that she is unlikely to Become a sufferer. Both in the manner of her quarter-final victory over seventh-seeded Helena Sukova and
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    • 220 29 Reuter LONDON, Thursday DEFENDING champion Martina Navratilova survived a spirited challenge to beat her doubles partner Pam Shriver 7-6,6-3 yesterday to reach the Wimbledon semifinal for the eighth consecutive year. Navratilova Began like a runaway truck, but Shriver's gritty determination ensured it remained a contest
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    • 104 29 WOMEN'S 3INQLES: Kathy RinafcJi (US) bt Helena Sukova (Czechoslovakia) 6-1, 1-6, 61; Zina Garrison (US) bt Molly van Nostrand (US) 2-6, 6-3. 6-0, Chris Evert Lloyd (US) bt Barbara Potter (US) 6-2, 6-1; Martina Navratilova (US) bt Pam Shriver (US) 7-6,6-3. Men's: Anders Jarryd (Sweden) bt Heinz
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 399 30 Wimbledon /m'B s UPI LONDON, Thursday AT LEAST half a down times, in a 10minute stretch, John McEnroe spoke of being old. He sounded tired, admitted to being worn out, and woodered out loud if he had it within himself to find once
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    • SEEN & HEARD
      • 47 30 OFF-COURT ACTION AT WIMBLEDON AFTER knocking out champion John McEnroe, Kevin Curren took a tumble nimself. Playing in the mixed doubles on an outside court, he went sliding into a- woman line judge, knocking her off her chair. The two Were tangled but unhurt.
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      • 62 30 JIMMY CONNORS holds something of a unique record at Wimbledon. He has ended the hopes of the only three qualifiers to have reached the quarter-finals since the start of the Open era in IMS. In 1977, he beat John McEnroe in the semifinals. Last year, he knocked
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      • 72 30 LOUD hissing interrupted the first game of yesterday's quarter-final match between Anders Jarryd and Heinz Guenthardt It wasn't the crowd showing its disapproval. But the noise bothered the players, fans and officials alike for a few minutes. The hissing was finally traced to a fire extinguisher under
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      • 75 30 MAYBE he wished he was playing golf instead. After completely missing two erratic bounces in his quarter-final match against Boris Becker of West Germany, Frenchman Henri Leconte took a philosophical view of things. He inspected the patch of lawn where the ball bounced, sized up
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      • 62 30 LAST week, rumours abounded that Frank Sinatra was about to grace Wimbledon with a visit to Centre Court This week, the attention switched to Bruce Springsteen, who was supposed to be visiting the All-England Club. Neither star has been seen within a mile of the
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      • 73 30 TENNIS is gaining popularity in the Soviet Union and (or the second successive year, the last three days of Wimbledon will be shown on Soviet television. Olga Moroxova, who lost to Chris Evert in the 1974 women's singles final and is now a coach, said facilities are
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    • 88 30 BORIS "Boom Boom" Becker of West Germany Is the new favourite with a leading firm of London bookmakers to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon. After his defeat of France's Henri Leconte, Becker was q no ted last night at 7-4, followed by former
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    • 371 30 LONDON, Thursday r AS KEVIN CURREN ended John McEnroe's reign at Wimbledon champion in the quarter-finals yesterday, Boris Becker moved closer to inheriting his crown. Becker, the 17-year-old West German sensation, became the ninth unseeded semi-finalist in successive years and the youngest ever by plundering
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