Singapore Monitor, 4 July 1985, Afternoon Edition

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  • 19 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C (P) No 51 5 85 Thursday, July 4, 1985 J EVEmlmjm > EDITION; El. .J 30cents
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  • 193 1 HONG KONO, Thursday TRAFFIC POLICE here are expected to serve a traffic summons shortly to their commissioner, Mr Raymon Anning, for speeding. The Hong Kong Standard newspaper reported on Tuesday that Mr Anning was "caught" bv a radar for driving his car at
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  • 449 1  -  THE CASE OF THE CAGED SNIFFER fUport and picture by CHEW YEN FOOK JOHNSON SOH, the glue sniffer whom Eolice freed from a cage in which he was ept by his family to stop him from indulging in the habit, is now out of Woodbridge Hospital
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    • 325 2  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO IT USED to take between 10 to 12 hours to equip an armoured battle group in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). But in April this year, reservists from an armoured battalion, the 422 nd Battalion, Singapore Armoured Regiment
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    • 168 2 TOMORROW night, television viewers will be shown how a team from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) tracks and downs a target using a Rapier anti-aircraft missile. Viewers will be shown over Friday Background at 7.50 pm on Channel 5 how the Rapier missile brings
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    • 157 2  -  By CALVIN TAN TWO MEN who snatched a woman's handbag were each sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment today. The two accused, Balakrishnan Pomman, 21, and Sabu Visumparan, 22, pleaded guilty to snatching a handbag valued at $50 and containing $50 cash,
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    • 256 2  -  By IRENE TOH A GARDENER who made an obscene telephone call to a woman police constable learnt an expensive lesson when he was fined $2,000 in a district court today. Ang Kim Cheow alias Yeo Kee Huat, 38, of Devonshire Road, went to
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    • 208 2 A 36-YEAR-OLD school teacher received a rude shock when she returned home yesterday. Her apartment was ransacked and $10,000 in cash and valuables were missing. Madam Esah Daud said her husband, who was the last to leave the Bukit Purmei Road apartment, locked up
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    • 353 3  -  By CALVIN TAN AN OPIUM addict of 25 years was today sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment on three counts of trafficking, possession, and consumption of opium which are offences under the Misuse of Drug Act 1973. Acting on information received, Wee Twa Seah,
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    • 155 3  -  By IRENE TOH THREE Indonesian women were jailed and fined by a district judge today for shoplifting at the Tang's Department Store. Tan A Siu, 34, and Tan A Tjun, 25. pleaded guilty to stealing four dresses, a shirt, four pairs of earrings and a pair
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    • 261 3 Poor performance in first quarter as tonnage of cargo handled falls THE WORLDWIDE economic recession has taken its toll on the port of Singapore which recorded poor performance for the first quarter of this year, reports Port View, the monthly newsletter of the
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    • 52 3 TRAVEL Trade Gazette Asia has won an international editorial award for a destination guide on Australia. The Gold Award Special Commendation in the Supplements Category was presented by the Pacific Area Travel Association. Travel Trade Gazette Asia is the region's only weekly newspaper for the
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    • 171 4  -  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 jamming the street that residents cannot get to their homes.
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    • 491 4  -  By 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 Cvate clubs and hotel lounges are ng opened and in spite of the increase
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    • 407 4  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO TWO CIVILIAN caterers have been awarded contracts totalling more than $11 million for the supply of precooked rood to various camps in the Singapore Armed Forces. Changi International Airport Services (CIAS) will be supplying warm meals, cooked two to three hours
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    • 149 4  -  By YONG POW ANG THE 1500-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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    • NEWS SCAN
      • 114 4 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS THE SKETCH above gives an artist's impression of bow four Malaysian workers were trapped in a "cage" of steel bars while they were wonting at the Mass Rapid Transit system s Bishan Depot worksite in Ang Mo Kk> two
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      • 104 4 "LITnjC INDIA" is becoming a haunt of pirate taxis. Small vans or tracks 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 impounded his SZ-registered van. An SZ-registered
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      • 85 4 A GIRL who woo the President's Scholarship this year said she did well in their studies because she enjoyed studying. Judith Cheang Ai Geok (above), 19, who confessed that she loved studying, said: "It's the best thing on earth. You've got to like it. You've
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      • 76 4 THE DAYS of cheap pork due to over-produc-tion may become a thing of the past. As the local pic farms are being phased out, the short supply of live pigs has pushed up the price of pork recently by about 20 per cent Prom early
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      • 88 4 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 to continue until September. They say they do
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  • world
    • 306 5 Indian Govt in crackdown on tax dodgers using hidden wealth to buy gems and homes Reuter NEW DELHI, Thursday A HINDU 'demon' 'called Ketu has become a very real threat to Indians using hidden wealth to buy diamonds for their wives, construct luxury houses and hold
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    • 52 5 AUGUSTA FIORESCA, 52, a business executive, •hows to court photos he took moments before and after Benigno Aqalno't assassination. He testified on Monday that he taw alleged assassin Rolando Galman shoot the opposition leader hat said he did not take pictares of the IMS slaying.
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    • 144 5 AP MUNICH, Tbursdny NAZI war criminal Joaef Mengele wrote letters after World War II defending the Nazi concentration camps where more than 6 million persons were killed, a weekly magazine reported yesterday. Mengele, known as the "Angel of Death," was held responsible for the deaths of
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    • 105 5 Reuter MOSCOW, Thursday POLICE and other law enforcemment bodies in the Soviet Union are not doing enough to combat crime, the country's law chief told Parliament yesterday. Although the rate of dangerous crimes, including murder and assault, was being steadily reduced. Procurator General Alexander Rekunkov
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    • 411 6 AP CAIRO, Thursday THE EGYPTIAN Press and opposition parties are demanding explanations for why a government company drowned 4.5 million clicks in the Nile. The uproar already har cost the lobs of the president and board of directors of the poultry company
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    • 74 6 AP SMOKE aad Hums billowiog from bars lag hornet to the Baldwia Hills seetioo of Los Aageles oa Taoiay. A fast-moviag brosh lire esgilfed at least M homes ui killed two. Ii the Baldwia HiOs neighbourhood, firelighters coded their search lor bodies the rdas of
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    • 196 6 AP LOS ANGELES, Thursday FIREFIGHTERS battled 17 stubborn fires in four western US states yesterday and arson investigators targeted three residential fires that destroyed 145 California homes at a cost of US$3O million (Ss66 million). The fireballs turned fashionable im ighbqurhoods in San Diego,
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    • 261 7 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Thurt THE FIRST test of a US anti-satellite weapon against a physical target in space has been delayed indefinitely because technical difficulties forced postponement of the target launching, the Pentagon said yesterday. Until the cause of the problem is found, Air Force
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    • 271 7 UPI LOS ANGELES, Thursday THE COMPANY that makes McDonald's hamburger patties is being investigated for a possible manslaughter charge in the grisly death of an employee who fell into a large meat blender, a prosecutor said yesterday. Golden State Food
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    • 490 7 LATWP WASHINGTON, Thurt RECORDS seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) indicate there may have been a fifth participant in the family spy ring allegedly beaded by John Walker Jr. it was learned yesterday. Government investigators are trying to pin down the
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    • 194 7 UPI LANSING (Michigan), Thursday AN APPEALS court ruled yesterday the scales of justice should not have been tipped against a man who grew too heavy for his civilian clothes while in jau. The Michigan Court of Appeals said Clarence Duane Turner should have been
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    • 199 8 UPI 3AN FRANCISCO, Thursday TWO GAY hostages from TWA Flight 847 hid their homosexuality from hijackers, fearing they would kill them because Muslims punish gays with death, one of the men said in a» interview yesterday. Jack McCarty, 40, also told the
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    • 322 8 UPI BEIRUT, Thursday SHIITE Muslim militia leader Nabita Berri yesterday called President Reagan's measures to close Beirut airport "a stab in the back" and said be will seek to fight the move at the World Court Mr Berri said that in
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    • 56 8 AP PEMBREY (Wates), Thurt 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 song 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 ioining Roxanne Pulitzer in wild sexual escaBdes, filed for divorce from James Kimberly, i 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. "I think an actor has as much right to be a Congressman as
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      • 57 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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    • 130 9 Reuter NEW DELHI, Thurs A GOVERNMENT official admitted yesterday that the Soviet Union had Questioned the quality of wneat imports from India but denied that shipments had been stopped. "We will be able to convince the Soviets that Indian wheat is fit for
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    • 112 9 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs 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, Thun A KING County Superior Court judge yesterday 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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  • money
    • MARKET TALK
      • 98 10 COMPILED BY THE MONEY DESK SOME people just don't have any luck. A colleague thought he had it when he won his first 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 uiere, 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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      • 64 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 he should leave. -Good Reading. TN BcttM UM:
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    • 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 analysb said would probably thwart cable television magnate Ted Turner's US$5.4 billion (SIII.BB billion) takeover bid. CBS, in
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    • 699 10  -  By ANG PENG HWA THE STOCK market is likely to perform better towards the end of this year, three senior research analysts predicted. "The coming crop of interim corporate results are probal>ly not going to be good," said a research manager. "The
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    • 212 10  -  By STEVEN GUO Special to The Monitor VICKERS Da Costa, one of London's biggest stockbrokers, has come up witn one of the brightest forecasts for the Singapore stock market in its latest quarterly review- on the international investment outlook. "Singapore has the most bullish
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    • 274 11 SELECTED STOCKS AT MIDDAY MARKET TONE: SLIGHTLY. Boustead 1 53/154 Cold Storage 2.49/2.51 FAN 5.10/5.15 Gentlng 5 75/5.80 Gih 1.93/2.00 Haw Par 2.11/2.13 Keck Seng 199/2.07 Bono 2.60 B Inchcape 2.32/2.33 Keppel 1.47/1.49 Magnum 3 36/3.40 M Cement 1.18/1.22 MT C 3.88 S NBTSusp Pan Elec 2.26/2.27 Perils 3.24/3.28
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    • 63 11 WALL STREET DOW JONES CLOSE: 1326.39 (-7.62) Reuter STOCK prices closed mixed in moderate trading yesterday as blue-chip issues sagged and profit-taking dragged down some stock groups The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 7.62 to 1326.39. News items affected half a dozen of the
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    • 125 11 DOLLAR GOLD Reuter THE US dollar eased slightly against most major currencies on some commercial selling in quiet early trading following its fall in New York. It eased to an early 247.75/85 yen from New York's 247.85/95 close and to 3.0290/0300 marks compared with 3.0325/40 in the US. Sterling eased
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    • 61 11 Your 8$ toon* unM of foreign currency SeNng Buying TT/DO TT DO US$ 2 2385 2 2285 2 2205 sterling 2.9448 2.92X8 2.9128 Australian f 1.8087 1.4880 1.4758 New Zealand 8 1.0897 1.0897 1.0297 CURRENCY NOTES S$ to 100 units Deutsche marks 78.50 72 50 Hong Kong 8 29.00
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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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    • 207 11 SHARE prices on the local bourse opened mixed, with most sectors maintaining overnight levels. There was dim interest and buying activity was low. Top gainer Malayan Credit gained six cents to 91.45, followed by SPH and Genting, both up five cents each
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    • 222 11 LAT-WP SUNNYVALE (Calif), Thurs 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 (551.46) 64k rams and other high-tech bargains. "I think it's hilarious," says Mr
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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, Jane 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 n Citibank advertisement promising a personal loan of ap to *50,000 within 24 hoars for "laxary holidays." According to the advertisement, no collateral was reqaired 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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    • 270 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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    • 500 13 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR ESMBBI 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 has moved with uncharacteristic speed in placing his own men in critical positions both in
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    • Article, Illustration
      74 13 LETTERS on any sutyact of public interest yM be accepted for publication. They should be typed and must be signed. They must also include the writer's name and address even it me writer oectoes to use a pseudonym in print. A CTrtact telephone number would be useful. we
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    • 251 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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    • 163 13  -  ROBERT WOODWORTH Director Public Relations Department Singapore Police Force I REFER to the letter by Christie headlined "Stab them with a needle and make them suffer" (SM, Jane 8). The writer suggested that victims of molesters, in the absence of available help, should
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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 whicn encourage rape. Scantily-clad women may
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    • 102 13  -  PETER BOYD Singapore 1335 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
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  • AMERICAN SHOWCASE
    • 669 14  -  GASTON DE ROSAYRO By 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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    • 203 14 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 15 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 15 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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    • 169 15 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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    • 250 15 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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    • 228 15 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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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 169 14 Our Salute to The US. Government Our Best Wishes to The People of America on their 209 th Independence Day SHINE FAR INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD 1 Sophia Road, #05-24 Peace Centre, Singapore 0922. Tel: *****06/*****91 /*****75 Products Represented: Slip-X Safety Treads and Bath Mats Tar Gard Permanent Cigarette Filter Hallmark
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 539 15 Heartiest Congratulations to The People and The Government of The United States of America on the occasion of their 209 th Independence Day With Compliments Rene Jon Associates 261 Waterloo Street 04-14 Waterloo Centre, Singapore 0718. Tel: *****90 Exclusive Sole Representative: South East Asia for health food (Mo M44M4 M
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  • leisure
    • 580 17  -  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 17 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 17 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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    • 56 17 This column features social events or interesting happenings in and around town. If you have any such occasions on the calendar, our reporter will cover the function if possible. Please address your invitations to WONQ SINQ YEONG, Faces in the Crowd, The Singapore Monitor, 2 Alexandra
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    • 51 17 ON the Orchard Road mall last Saturday, four fairies and a host of dancers in cabaret outfit greeted passers-by with biscuits, balloons, 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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    • 80 17 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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    • 84 17 "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 aIL-smiling Ryan Seet, with Mickey Mouse cap, shuffled up the stage and dipped his lucky hand into the box
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    • 195 17 "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 17 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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    • 1451 18 Leisure/tv ZUT I 2.30 BBCTEXT- Live Sample Pion. 5.45 Perspective Pictures in Patient y I I 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights (M) (English subtitles). I I (oHowad toy Tha Rastiass Yaars (C) Programme Highlights. I (r) (English subtitles). l5 I A Japanese social-drama series about Cultural Diary (E). Ky?v.^■ I
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    • 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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      • 109 19 Knight Rider Mouth of tho Snake (Part 2) (Malay subtitles) (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 Hoavon Going Homo, Going Homo (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 Tokong (C) (English 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 Final (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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    • 151 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 subtrees) (Ch 5, 9.50 pm) URSULA ANDEESS, 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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  • 882 20 leisure Time The following excerpt is from an article by Tima'a cinema critic, RICHARD CORLISS, in its currant special issue on Immiaranta: The Changing Face of America: "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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    • 482 21 DIARY A guide to what's happening Exhibitions Cultural shows Concerts FIRST ENCOUNTER PERA THE third yearatudents I I ™,Xe&ZTnt of the Nanyang Academy and the Singapore of Fine Arts will hold a Tourist Promotion r ?iP. Ifwi I I Board will stage a series I m I of Chinese operas
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    • 80 21 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 ductor Tham Chaik Kong, will give
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    • 187 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. a=±=a= ADVERTISEMENT COURSES AT CHINESE CHAMBER THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce And Industry will conduct the following courses in
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    • 400 25 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 183) AND IN THE MATTER OF POHHONQ COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated In the Republic of Singapore) (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
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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 for 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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    • 54 27 TIME CLOCKED (at International Invitational Meat): Oon Jin Gee (100 m free) 54. 96 sees Tay Khoon Hean (50m free) 24.91 sees David Lim (100m backstroke) 1 min, 00.30 sees. PAN PACIFIC QUALIFYING 100 m free-51.41 sees 50m free 23.83 sees 100
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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 have 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 AP ROUBAIX-TOURCOING (France), Thurs 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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    • 360 28 AP LONDON, Thursday THE CHAIRMEN of England's 92 professional soccer clubs yesterday officially rejected a call by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to introduce a national membership card scheme, intended to combat crowd violence. "It can't be done," Football League Secretary Graham Kelly said after
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    • 111 28 AP MILAN, Thura THE WORLD Boxing Association (WBA) junior welterweight title fignt between US holder Gene Hatcher and Argentine challenger Übaldo Sacco will be neld in a hall of the gambling house of Campione Dltalia on July 21. organisers announced here. The meeting, also
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    • 86 28 Bernama MIRI (Brunei), Thurs THE BORNEO Games will be revived this year after a lapse of 16 years, Television Brunei reported last night. The broadcast monitored here reported that a meeting of sports officials from Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak was held in Bandar Seri Begawan
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    • 109 28 AP LOMMN, Thuradcy MEXICAN aad British diplomats Hicassed mdlo4i of preveatiag British soccer kooUpalun at the World Dip competitloi la Mexico aext year, the Poreiga OlBce said yesterday. At the roaaest of Foreiga Office Uader■ecretary Timothy Reatoa, Mexicaa Ambassador Francisco Caevas-Oaaciao weal
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    • 539 28 Reuter BONN, Thursday BIRDS of a lesser feather have to pause for a breather from time to time, but the "Albatross" just keeps on flyWest Germany's swimming superman Michael Gross, known as the "Albatross" because of his huge arm span, was indulging in his favourite pastime again
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    • 318 28  -  GEYLANG 1 TOA PAYOH 0 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 to take
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    • 534 28 MntawTß 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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    • 493 29 Reuter LONDON, Thursday "I FELT real old out there," ...the sad, weary words of John McEnroe after his two-year reign as King of Wimbledon came to an end yesterday. Even McEnroe himself found it difficult to pin- point the reason for his
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    • BRIEFLY
      • 51 29 SPORTS IN SHORT ANDERS JARRYD, who has never been beyond the last 16 in a Grand Slam event, must be quietly Jubilant that, for once, be has overshadowed fellowSwedes Jarryd reached the semi-finals of the Wimbledon championships when he defeated Swiss Heinz Guenthardt 6-4, 6-3,
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      • 33 29 DEFENDING champion Martina Navratilova survived a spirited challenge to beat her doubles partner Pam Shriver 7-6, 6-3 yesterday to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the eight consecutive year.
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      • 40 29 WHEN the tournament began last week. West German Boris "Boom Boom" Becker was 12-1, the fourth favourite. After defeating Prance's Henri Leconte, he is now the new favourite and was quoted last night at 7-4.
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    • 232 29 AP WIMBLEDON, Thursday CHRIS EVERT LLOYD is among the least flamboyant of the world's leading tennis players. In almost every tournament, she scythes her way efficiently through the early rounds and it is not until someone beats her unexpectedly or she inevitably
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    • 142 29 Reuter LONDON, Thursday KEVIN CURREN says he lacks "champion quality" but still believes ne can win the Wimbledon men's tennis title. The South African-born American also remains engagingly modest and despite beating McEnroe so com- prehensively readily admits he is not in the
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    • SEEN & HEARD
      • 47 29 OFF-COURT ACTION AT WIMBLEDON AFTER knocking out champion John McEnroe, Kevin Curren took a tumble himself. Playing in the mixed doubles on an outside court, he went sliding into a woman line judge, knocking her off her chair. Tne two were tangled but unhurt.
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      • 62 29 JIMMY CONNORS holds something of a unique record at Wimbledon. He has ehded the hopes of the only three qualifiers to have reached the quarter-finals since the start of the Open era in 1968. In 1977, he beat John McEnroe in the semifinals. Last year, he knocked
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      • 72 29 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 29 MAYBE he wished he was playing golf instead. After completely missing two erratic bounces in his auarter-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 29 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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      • 55 29 TENNIS is gaining popularity in the Soviet Union and for the second successive year, the last three days of Wimbledon will be shown on Soviet television. Olga Morozova, who lost to Chris Evert in the 1974 women's singles final and is now a coach, said facilities are
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      • 76 29 IN THE interview room and on the court, wise-cracking Pam Shriver has been in excellent form. She came out with some gems after playing Anne White and her all-white bodysuit last week. And after losing to doubles partner Martina Navratilova in the quarter-finals yesterday, Shriver said she'd
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    • 332 30 Zola tells all about infamous clash with Decker in LA UPI SEATTLE, Thursday WORLD class runner Zola Budd deliberately held back to avoid winning a medal after she collided with Mary Decker in the 3,000-metre race daring the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, a Seattle television
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    • 466 30 UPI WIMBLEDON, Thurs THE DRAMA of the final rounds at Wimbledon might define the importance of this Grand Slam event, but not all the action during the second week has been packed with pressure. While McEnroe, Connors and Navratilova gripe, grieve and
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    • 90 30 "I just felt bad about the whole incident, because it ruined my race as well." "While I was running, I just felt I didn't want to stand on the rostrum. "I knew I could have won a medal. "But I didn't want to stand there, and I
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