Singapore Monitor, 14 July 1985

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    13 1 the Sunday Monitor M.C.(P) No. 52/5/85 Sunday, July 14 f 1985 40 cents
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    Lock icon 474 China projects will soon be up for grabs in Singapore
    1187 1  -  by Toh Su Fen Monitor staff writer Top Chinese officials will be here this month to look for business partners for 474 projects all over China. They will also consider local proposals to sell professional services to the Chinese.
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  • Article
    Status Quo kicks off Live Aid
    267 1  -  by Masaki Watanabe Monitor staff writer Eager Singapore rock and pop fans tuned in to the BBC World Service last night to hear "live" segments of the star-studded Live Aid trans-Atlantic rock concert for African famine relief, joining an estimated worldwide audience of up
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Before we go...
      1448 2 The newsroom is quiet. A few reporters are scattered about, speaking softly to each other. Desk tops have been swept clear; the waste baskets are piled high. The room seems darker. On the wall are posters of Madonna, Alfred Hitchcock, and the Bangles, among others. There's a
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      Till emotions cool...
      150 2 Brushing off rampant speculation about the causes of the Monitor's demise. Deputy Chief Editor Toh Thian Ser focussed on the urgent need for jobs for displaced Monitor journalists in his farewell statement yesterday. "The post-mortems have begun even before the baby is buried." he noted. "In truth,
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      WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY
      1298 2 This story was reported by Bertilla Pereira, Fatimah Gous, Dawn Westerhoust and Catharine Fernando. An 11-year-old student and an 81-year-old retiree were among more than 100 callers who used The Monitor hotline yesterday to respond to the questions: Do you want the return of the New
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      Impotence fear keep men away
      407 3  -  STERILISATION FOR MEN by Dawn Westerhout Monitor staff writer Fear of impotence and men's attitude of leaving family planning matters to women are cited as the main reasons why fewer men had sterilisation over the years. According to the 1983 annual report of the now
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      Cadets cheer youth year with a bang
      123 3  -  by Suresh Nair Monitor staff writer Gun-shots were heard during the police cadets' celebration of the International Year of Youth at the Police Academy yesterday. No need to panic though. The trigger-happy mood prevailed when 800 15-year-old secondary school cadets pitted their skills
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      Small is beautiful
      58 3 The number of service clubs should be increased but the size should be kept small, says Dr Tay Eng Soon, Minister of State (Education and Communications and Information). Speaking at the installation dinner of the International Y's Men's Club (Beta Chapter) last night, Dr Tay said smaller
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    • Article
      Need to stamp out anti-social habits
      72 3 Singaporeans should stamp out anti-social habits, such as littering and urinating in lifts, to create a better living environment for everyone. Mr Teh Cheang Wan, Minister for National Development, at the opening of the Geylang West Zone C residents' committee centre last night, said:
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      Pharmacist undergoes vasectomy
      444 3  -  by Dawn Westerhout Monitor staff writer Pharmacist Peter Lau, underwent surgery for a vasectomy after five years of consideration. He made his move at 42. "I had considered it after the birth of my fourth child but it took me five years to decide if that was
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      What some MPs say...
      466 4 Lim Boon Heng, MP for Kebun Baru "I'm sad to see a paper like The Singapore Monitor close down. It had played a useful role in covering local events in Singapore. It was because of The Monitor that there was competition between the English language newspapers
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      BRIEFLY
      106 4 Veteran journalist Sit Yin Fong said he was misquoted in The Monitor yesterday as having said he was "scared" of the future. Typical of the tough newsman that he is, Sit said: "My head is unbowed." A group of students from the National University of Singapore will be holding
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      Hotel set to woo businessmen
      351 4  -  by Sit Yin Fong Monitor staff writer In throwing open his just-completed Far East City Hotel in the present glut of hotel rooms, millionaire developer Mr Ng Teng Fong, seems to have some kind of a "secret weapon" up his sleeve for solving what others
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      Apartheid key issue at women's meet
      344 4  -  by Catharine Fernando Monitor staff writer Apartheid and related issues clouded the United Nations World Women's Conference, which started earlier this week, according to a spokeswoman for the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations. The council has sent three representatives to the conference, held in
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      Civil Service does not favour only scholars
      549 6  -  by Sit Yin Fong Monitor staff writer The Singapore Government practises meritocracy, and there is "no way for favouritism or discrimination to take place." This assurance was given yesterday by Mr Lim Keok Meng for the Secretary of the Public Service Commission (PSC).
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      More students can sit for 'O' levels
      426 6  -  by Bertilla Pereira Monitor staff writer More students from the Normal stream in secondary school will be able to sit for the GCE "O" levels because the Education Ministry is further easing the promotion criteria. The move at yesterday's School's Council was the
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      Latest computer language named after woman
      190 6 The computer industry may be called the most male-dominated of all industries, but one of the latest programing languages, Ada, is named after a woman. Alarmed by the proliferation of incompatible software and hardware systems used by its different divisions, the United States Department
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      Cola War spills into Singapore
      831 7  -  by Masaki Watanabe Monitor staff writer The "Cola War" in the United States has spilled over into Singapore, with Coca-Cola vowing to bring in its "new taste of Coke" no matter what, and Pepsi bent on exploiting what they see as an emerging weakness in
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      Jeya calls for release of detainee
      386 7  -  by Gandhi Ambalam Monitor staff writer The secretary-general of the Workers' Party, Mr J B Jeyaretnam, has called for the immediate and unconditional release of political detainee Chia Thye Poh, arrested in November 1966 for his subversive activities. Mr Jeyaretnam, who is also the
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      Fans force Coke to bring back old flavour, with apologies
      134 7 LA Times Washington Post NEW ORK The Coca-Cola Company formally apologised on Thursday to the nation's die-hard Coke fans. "We're really sorry for any discontent we caused," Cola-Cola president Donald R Keough told a news conference beamed in on closed
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      616 5 I THE SINGAPORE I CLOSMO OF THE MOWTOR MONITOR I I HOW MONITOR STAFFERS REACTS) I A tale of dreams, crushed i— hopes and uncertainty I MONITOR staffers had this to say sure would lead to a monopoly of the have pot in to much effort and who tor, said:
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  • BUSINESS/MONEY
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      Bonds: Not as secure as they look
      1274 8  -  by Leon Richardson For the Monitor I first started investing in stocks, bonds and other financial instruments one half century agowhen I was a teenager. I came from a family that had been made poor by my father's failing health and the Great
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      Flat resale levy gives little leeway
      497 8  -  by Ng Loke Koon Monitor staff writer The recent waiver of the resale levy on HDB flats has the underlying intention of propping up the sagging private real estate market. By waiving the levy on the resale of HDB flats, it is hoped that
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      Dollar slide seen as a boon for US business
      331 8 Associated Press NEW YORK As the US dollar fell this past week in Wall Street to its lowest level since August 1984 in foreign exchange, stock prices climbed to record highs. The recent retreat of the dollar from the lofty levels
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  • ASEAN NEWS
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      Opposition head freed after three years in prison
      385 10 Associated Press CEBU CITY An opposition leader left his military prison after nearly three years yesterday, prayed over the graves of his parents and vowed to fellow politicians he would continue to fight President Ferdinand Marcos' regime. "But this may be temporary
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      Asean wants Cambodia in Reagan-Gorbachev summit
      307 10 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR The Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) has asked the United States to raise the Cambodian problem at high-level talks with the Soviet Union, including the Reagan-Gorbachev summit in November, a senior US State Department official said here yesterday. US Assistant
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      Manila angry over cuts in US aid
      531 10 PHILIPPINES Under mounting pressure from critics at home and the US Congress, President Ferdinand Marcos' government has reacted angrily to moves cutting military aid and channelling some assistance through the Roman Catholic Church. The twin decisions by the House of Representatives during final
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      266 held in Malaysia on drug charges
      137 10 KUALA LUMPUR Police have arrested 266 people in Malaysia during the first half of this year under a section of the dangerous drugs law which carries a mandatory death penalty if convicted, a report said yesterday. Also, 97 others were arrested under a
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      Farmer gets 9 years
      46 10 KANGAR The Sessions Court here yesterday sentenced a Thai farmer, Pen Premshoke, 35, to nine years' jail and ordered to be given six strokes of the cane for three charges of possessing a home-made shot gun, ammunition and trespassing a security area.
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      KL says no special treatment for foreign drug offenders
      201 10 Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR Foreigners arrested in Malaysia for drug offences, including three Australians whose cases are pending, will be treated the same as Malaysian offenders. Deputy Prime Minister Musa Hitam said yesterday. "We mean business. I personally feel very strongly
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      Moro rebel leader killed
      90 10 Reuter COTABATO (The Philippines) Patrolling soldiers stumbled across Muslim rebels extorting money from residents on Friday in the southern Philippines, sparking a gun-battle that killed 14 people, the military said yesterday. Rebels killed A leader of the separatist Moro National Liberation Front was one of eight
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      Indonesian student plans to walk 650 km...backwards
      118 10 JAKARTA Backward he is not, but secondary school student Syaiful Bachri wants to prove that walking backwards all the way from Surabaya to Jakarta a distance of 649 km is no problem. He plans to begin the hike in early August. He's got
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      Brunei admitted to trade pact grouping Asean and Canada
      101 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR AseanCanada relations were given added impetus yesterday with the signing of an agreement admitting Brunei to the Economic Cooperation Agreement. The signatories to the agreement were Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs Joe Clark and Brunei Foreign
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      Thailand: Internal peace ringed by troubled borders
      612 13 Associated Press OBOK PASS, Thailand Two jungled hills guarding this strategic border pass bristle with Thai troops, bunkers and barbed wire, and daily patrols with mine-sniff-ing dogs. Below and not far away, Vietnamese forces are marshalled on the Cambodian plain. A few kilometres
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      Bribes exceed city's revenue
      543 13 JAKARTA Despite official antigraft campaigns, Jakarta's citizens are paying public employees "illegal levies" of over Rp 200 million (about S$400;000) a day. This, in annual terms, is three times as much as the city's targeted revenue for this fiscal year, according to the Indonesian daily Kompas.
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  • COMMENTARY
    • OBSERVATIONS
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        A source of pride
        322 14 Newspapers are not quite like other businesses. You know that best when they fail. We do not speak of them as being bankrupt, or defunct, or out-of-business. We say they die. The reason, perhaps, is that newspapers reflect a life of their own, even as they
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        A final word
        167 14 This Sunday Monitor is a product of many hands. It embodies the energies, the talents, and the dedication of many people in many departments news, advertising, circulation, production, security, service, promotion, and not least, the young man who hawks the paper every Sunday at the entrance to
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      TRAVELS WITH SAM
      429 14 The lawn was aglow in the light of the silvery moon. Just the night for whispering sweet nothings. The couple stepped out of the brilliantly lit Malacanang Palace. Hand-in-hand they strolled down the path. He: "Do you have anything you would like to tell me, dear?" She
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      The fight never really started
      428 14  -  by Seah Chiang Nee Chief Editor A group of bankers and newspaper executives from Nanyang Siang Pau and Sin Chew Jit Poh formed a feasibility group in 1979 to find out if a second English-lan-guage newspaper was viable in Singapore. The team identified a need
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      Solving problems without thinking
      715 14  -  by Jackie Sam Monitor staff writer Good Luck Garden is Yuppie Land. The young, upwardly mobile; with two children, one car, Filipina maid and secure jobs. They are upper middle-classy, living in a condominium with a swimming pool, squash courts, sauna, and barbecue pits. A handful
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      Man holds the key to his own survival
      555 14 The human species has never been one for restraint when there is a quick buck to be made. A seldom discussed area where there are big bucks to be made are the tropical rain forests on this planet. Our voracious hunger for
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    • LETTERS
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        Sad that paper has to end
        94 15 It is with much regret that 1 learnt this morning that the' Monitor will no longer he with us. come Monday. At the end of the day, when all has been said and done, you have lived out your declared manifesto to the fullest.
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        Pay interest on PUB deposits
        371 15 1 have $1,400 on deposit with Telecoms and $500 with the Public Utilities Board (PUB). That's $1,900 of my money tied up where I can't see it, feel it, or use it. While I understand the need, in some cases, for Telecoms and the PUB
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        Let the kids shop in peace
        156 15 I refer to two letters on Centrepoint kids (The Sunday Monitor, June 30 and July 7). In Agnes' letter, she disagreed that pupils in school uniforms should be banned from shopping centres. Most students are easily influenced by their peer group, and it is
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        'Hanging out' is a healthy activity
        86 15 Students in school uniforms should not be banned from shopping complexes. After five days at school, it isn't asking too much that kids should be allowed to go out and have some fun. In the public's eye, these kids are "no good" but not
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      Personal code could accidentally be revealed to others
      402 15 Two recent cases of unauthorised withdrawals of cash through the use of automated teller machine (ATM) cards have brought assurances from banks on the built-in safety aspects of the ATM card. But the Mystery of the Vanishing Cash remains unsolved. It leaves
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      Law of the day depends on the current world view
      643 15 If ever there was a nonsensical statement, it's the one that says one cannot legislate morality because one man's morality is another man's immorality. We keep hearing echoes of this trite remark whenever the public debates on socio-ethical issues such
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      Peeling away the banana dilemma
      651 15 A Chinese Singaporean undergraduate writes about his cultural identity crisis Yellow on the outside, white on the inside (June 26, Straits Times) and asks if any one has an answer to "this most intriguing dilemma." Mr Christopher Khoo raised a fundamental question which many of
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      Lively new bands popping up all over the place
      558 15 Blue isn't a synonym for sobriety anymore. At least not with our men in blue taking the first step to crack the ice with a solid swing of their batons, bridging the gap between young music fans and the police. What
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • AROUND THE WORLD
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        LEFTIST GUERILLAS ATTACKED
        169 16 El Salvador's lar- gest prison on Friday evening with grenades, mortars and rifle fire, and 104 prisoners escaped in the confusion, the prison commander said. Jose Vitelio Escobar, commander of the La Mariona prison, said the guerillas hit just before the evening lock up, when many prisoners
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        A SPOKESWOMAN FOR SINGER
        39 16 Frank Sinatra on Thursday denied several published reports that his marriage with Barbara Marx was on the verge of ending. The story of their marriage problems ironically broke on Thursday morning the couple's wedding anniversary.
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        GREEK TOURISM HAS SLIPPED
        59 16 a bit since the TWA hijacking and that's why George Skoulas, General Secretary of Tourism for Greece, will be in Washington this weekend. He'll hold a Press conference there and other briefings and meetings in an attempt to convince people that travel to or through Greece
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        MRS NANCY REAGAN OFTEN LUNCHES
        45 16 at the Jockey Club, but they have never seen her at the White House mess. On Thursday she went there for a birthday lunch of a Mexican platter and a cake with her staff. Her birthday was on July 6.
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        ONE HEARS HOURS
        106 16 of droning testimony at a Congres- sional hearing in the United States, but singer Tony Bennett went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to sing for Congress to pass a resolution to award Congressional gold medals to George and Ira Gershwin. Representative Sidney Y Yates and the Librarian
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        WHEN IRISH AMBASSADOR
        69 16 Tadhg O'Sullivan arrives at his new assignment in the Soviet Union after his tour in the United States, the Russians will understand clearly where his sport loyalities lie. Democratic Party activist Esther Coopersmith threw a going away party for him at her home on Wednesday and presented
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      Reagan under the knife
      418 16 Reuter WASHINGTON President Reagan underwent three hours of abdominal surgery yesterday to remove a large and possibly cancerous growth in his intestine. A large glandular polyp was discovered on Friday when doctors removed a smaller, benign polyp during routine surgery. Medical specialists said the chances of
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      Study decries Tokyo school system
      506 16 United Press International TOKYO Japan's vaunted school system turns out students who learn by rote and snuffs out creativity and independent thought along the way, a report to Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone says. The system produces graduates whose only goal is admission to "brand name
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      Nightmare marriage as groom discovers bride was a man
      369 16 The Washington Post BALTIMORE It all started out normally enough when M K Ofosu-Appiah, 28, a Liberian graduate student at John Hopkins University here, met Delores Buchanan, an American, and married her in March 1984. He found her "intelligent and attractive,"
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      Air India crash black box goes to Bombay for probe
      164 16 Reuter BOMBAY Two "black box" flight and voice recorders said to contain vital clues to the crash of a packed Air India jumbo jet arrived here today amid tight security. The boxes were taken to the airline's workshops near Bombay
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      Women's meet in shambles
      944 17 L A Times Washington Post NAIROBI The conferences marking the close of the United Nations Decade for Women got off to a less-than-smooth and premature start earlier this week, with thousands of women arriving here and finding problems with their accommodation. On Tuesday afternoon, three women,
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      Hirohito sets record for long life
      160 17 United Press International TOKYO Emperor Hirohito, the world's longest-reigning monarch, set a record for longevity among the country's 124 known rulers today, the Imperial Household Agency said. The frail bespectacled sovereign, who turned 84 on April 29, has lived 30,757 days one day longer
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      DOWN, BUT NOT OUT
      46 17 THE HEAT proved too much for a member of the Honour Guard but as he went down, he managed a salute as an officer came to his help. The soldier was awaiting the arrival of Britain's Queen Mother to Ottawa on Friday.
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      246 16 llßlMKaHrtfclggSar Wn :uc&2Eiia.~ *r. Si j WLf The The Sights, The Sounds, The Colours 24 hrs in lh e City. The author Lived it up Pizzazz of The Orient! m Grand Style! Read about it Ming Romulos's e a swmgiest D,scotheques and C,ubs ,n g O" 601 5 most fabulous
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      87 17 Without our figures, your media schedule is fuilofhoies. V" le p,oduC,< 7 ssi sMs 3*ggS. 2\ \'y j It's a feet JSy- > 'Lian He Zao Bao' is read by Tl JK'' vw half the Chinese adults in v /fV J|-*i V Singapore. t ■JJ f) Jy ...r-lj, Isn't it
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    Photo insight
    272 19 PHOTO INSIGHT Because of the closure of the Singapore Monitor, the Photo Insight photographic competition will be cancelled. We have, however, received numerous entries and selected several for you to see. Each participant who has submitted an entry to date will receive $100 and our thanks for participating.
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    ART/PHOTOS
    465 20 Notes of an expat editor What you see on this page are graphics and photographs of Monitor staff members. These are the people who don't get bylines over big stories, quite often they don't even get credit lines in the last minute effort to get a paper out. But
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  • RACING GUIDE
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      BIG SWEEP
      806 21 FIRST: *****9 SECOND: *****6 THIRD: *****3 STARTERS: *****3 *****8 *****4 *****2 *****6 *****8 CONSOLATION: *****9 *****3 *****5 *****5 *****5 *****0 *****5 *****1 *****1 *****3 CI 4 Div 2 1600 m 3Mr Nice Guy 54.5 Au-Yeung (2) 4 4 1 4 Lawmaker 54 Lucas (6) 112 6 Agreed 51.5
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      TIPSTERS' GUIDE
      286 21 RACE TET MA-ZHEN TAN MA-TAN (Monitor) (Zao Bao) (Wan Bao) 3 Julie's Gem 3 Julie's Gem 1 Lion City II 1 7 Pedro 1 Lion City II 3 j U lie* Gem 8 Chimbu 8 Chimbu 6 Punter's Pal 7 Southern Emperor 5 Sofia 0 Cili Padi 2
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      COMPUTER ANALYST
      105 21 BEST PICKS RACE 1 1 Lion Cttv II 10 Need Vou Badly h 9 House Of Jsde 2 SBmuCwImu* 8 Ciii P»d. 7 Southern Emperor 3 2 Without Hesitation 11 Opm Heart HI 1 Classic Unas 4 4TrabtaOnall 10 Focua 7 Peter Pen III 5 6 Da»hmg Commando'
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      TODAY'S RACES AT IPOH
      2104 21 Going: good RACE 1 1.00 CI 5 Div 3 1200 m Long Course Stakes: $11,500 1 ***** LION CITY II 1-14.2 2) 57.0 Nasir 1/2 3 mg Ismail GYSO/06-2G 39 3gThu 2 9-50 Knight Rider (7) 560 Yusoff 1/2 4ag Rodgers 0000 03-0 3 8-802 JULIE'S
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      Five top bets in today's races
      195 21  -  by Computer Analyst For the Monitor According to computer analysis, the five top bets in today's card of 10 races are Beau Cadeau, Dashing Commando, Lewis, Combat Hero, anti Addition. Beau Cadeau (No. 9) to be ridden by Graham Cook was on board in
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      Liz the horse trainer
      78 21 INGLEWOOD, California Actress Elizabeth Taylor made her debut as a horse trainer watching her recently purchased 3-year-old colt Basic Image finish second in the third race at Hollywood Park here. The colt, bumped and steadied after the start, moved to contention outside horses leaving the backstretch,
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      KEEPING TRACK
      130 21 Tipsters in our Sunday Monitor Guide tallied these results in last Sunday's races in Singapore. First Second Third Ma-Zhen Tan (Zao Bao) 3 2 3 Ma-Tan (Wan Bao) 7 2 5 Tet (Monitor) 5 3 2 Computer Analyst (Monitor) 2 5 1 Following is the tally of the
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      Get your fill of squid without even a net
      443 22  -  GOING FISHING by Aquarius For the Monitor Many of you have at one time or another been night fishing and have scooped live squid for bait. The usual way to catch them is with a fine net and a powerful pressure
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    • Article
      Angler wants to catch the big one
      448 22 LETTER I have been a keen angler ever since I took up the sport with a friend six years ago. But to date, the only "memorable" prize I hooked was a 25-centimetre fish (I didn't know its name) off the rocky beds in
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      TOTO TALLY
      613 22 Past performance can sometimes provide clues to future happenings. In random number games, patterns sometimes emerge wtiich may, or may not, repeat themselves. For fun and comparison, we analyze here the Toto results (based on number of times appeared) for the lest 10,15 and 20 draws. The odds
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      Suspensions are in, violence is out
      589 23 Banned. Suspended. Barred. They all add up to the same thing. Sportmen and women in Singapore must learn to face the music sportingly if they have misbehaved and not get "furious" at the sentence meted out for their unwarranted "fury" on the field. Take
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      TENNIS TIP OF THE WEEK
      185 23  -  It is better to hit crosscourt By STECA The down-the-middle drive is a safe shot. Since it crosses the net at the lowest point, it enjoys a big margin for error. Its disadvantage is that it often lands in the vicinity of your opponent and
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      Johor win Malaysia Cup final
      95 23  -  FT 0 JOHOR 2 by S Gulam in Kuala Lumpur Johor beat Federal Territory 2-0 in the Malaysia Cup soccer final at the Merdeka Stadium last night. For Johor, who reached the Cup final for the first time, it was a fairy-tale ending. The first
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    • Article
      Atomic Leow beefs up his muscle theory
      497 23  -  b y B Kula Monitor staff writer In St Andrew's Junior College, is big business with expert Dr Atomic Leow. He is a firm believer that muscles, no jnatter how large they may appear, will only make one fitter and more confident of
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    • Article
      Judge blocks South Africa tour
      244 23 Associated Press WELLINGTON A judge of the High Court has granted an injunction to prevent the New Zealand rugby team from leaving for a tour of South Afrioa, thereby putting the future of the tour in doubt. When told of the decision, chairman of the
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    • Article
      Fiji snatch late draw in opener
      131 23 Reuter SYDNEY Fiji, trailing by nine points with 10 minutes left, drew 27-27 with Sydney in the opening match of their Australian Rugby Union tour at the Sydney Sports Ground yesterday. Both sides scored two tries in a tense match dominated by the goalkicking
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    • Article
      The sea may be Watson's remedy
      811 23 United Press International SANDWICH (England) If ever golfer Tom Watson is to heal himself, this would seem to be the time and the place. A visit to this cozy seashore community on the south-east coast of England could provide the perfect cure for what
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      McCrory to make a meal out of Curry
      83 23 Reuter MONACO. Milton McCrory defends his World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight title against Panama's Carlos Trujillo here today, but his mind will also be on a man in the crowd his great rival Don Currv. "I want Curry," McCrory said after he
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    • SPORTS BRIEFS
      • Article
        A FRIENDLY SOCCER MATCH
        75 23 between the national teams of Syria and North Korea ended abruptly when the Koreans walked off the field during the second half with the score tied at 2-2. "This is very strange of our friends, the North Koreans," said Syrian sports broadcaster Adnan Bouzo, who narrated
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        JAPAN'S KAYOKO IKOMA
        50 23 shot a two-under-par 72 to maintain a one-stroke lead in the second round of the Hokkaido Women Open golf tournament. The 25-year-old Ikoma, winner ot this year's Malaysian Women's Open, carded three birdies and one bogey over the 5,796-m, par-74 Sapporo Country Club tor an eight-under-par 140.
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        THE UNITED STATES,
        71 23 one of the two teams remaining undefeated in the Ninth William Jones Cup Men's International Basketball Tournament, won its fifth straight game by beating Canada 55-47 on Fridav. The Philippines, the other hitherto invincible team, beat Taiwan No. 1 Team 80-66 in the Friday finals. It was
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        A TOTAL OF 85
        37 23 countries have submitted their entries for the student Olympics. 1985 Universiade to take place in Kobe in August. Thailand. Bolivia, Afghanistan, Bhutan and the Solomon Islands were the latest to file for entry.
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    • Article, Illustration
      Another revolutionary racket is in the offing
      434 24  -  by P Francis Monitor staff writer Last year, a sensational tennis racket made its appearance in the United States. Called the Ergonom, it captured the imagination of the tennis public and received rave reviews in tennis magazines. The Ergonom has an unusual shape.
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      Iraq pull out of Merdeka tourney
      148 24 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Iraq have withdrawn from the Merdeka soccer tournament which begins here on July 24 and the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) is making efforts to bring in a substitute from Europe, the association's deputy president Tan Sri Hamzah Abu Samah said.
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      Thailand team take Putra Cup for the first time
      584 24  -  by Ernest Frida in Kuala Lumpur Thailand played champagne golf to win the South-east Asia Amateur Team Golf Championship title the first time they have done so since the inauguration of the event 25 years ago at the Royal Selangor Golf
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      8 1 LIVING SUNDAY JULY 14, 1985 THE SUNDAY MONITOR
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      Heroes in the shadow of Superman
      1546 1 During the height of the Vietnam War, Hollywood made a flag-waving pro-Vietnam War movie called The Green Berets. They hauled in John Wavne to play the starring role. It had lots of blood and guts and ended on an optimistic note. However, it bombed
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    • MUSIC
      • Article
        OUTTAKES
        123 2 Commiserations to Kevin Curren, who was outgunned by a determined young Boris Becker in the men's singles final of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships last Sunday. Perhaps one reason why Curren lost was that he was apparently at one of Bruce Springsteen's marathon concerts the previous night? Unlike the Boss,
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      • Article
        SHORTTAKES
        232 2 Radio M.U.S.C. Man Womack and Womack: Another candidate for any SBC radio slot, Womack and Womack's smooth soul pop belies some real hard truths. Since their debut, Love Wars, Radio M.U.S.C. Man once again covers love and betrayal with the chill of experience. Both Linda and Cecil Womack are
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      • Article
        You are the yardstick by which others are measured
        500 2 Dear Philip, The news is heartbreaking and disgraceful. Last week I wrote to Jacintha Abisheganaden (in the United States) at some length about the extraordinary consistency of your Music pages. I wondered idly why I did not have the generosity to
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        Spreading rock's message right
        265 2 Waking up on a Sunday to read The Monitor's music section has been a joy these past months. A joy not because I'd often seen my name mentioned if anything I'm more nervous about that because I can just hear others saying "There goes Philip Cheah
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        Robert Plant uproots past to go pop
        421 2  -  REVIEW by Carl Skadian Monitor staff writer Shaken 'n' Stirred Robert Plant: Despite the title, Robert Plant's third solo LP disappoints. One expects a record of hard-driv-ing rock 'n' roll and heart-tugging ballads but is instead served with songs that seem unlikely to
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      • VOICEBOX
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          No surrender!
          549 2  -  by Philip Cheah Monitor staff writer I've always wrestled with the notion that pop is a foreign form of music. This is not America, right? But now, all I can think about is that line from Bruce Springsteen's The River which asks: "Is a dream a lie if
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        • Article
          A pop fan muses...
          474 2  -  by Lim Teck Lin For the Monitor It's a sweltering night outside. There's dead calm, the air just sitting still. Inside, running like a freight train through my head, is Bruce Springsteen's I'm On Fire. I may have got a fever but heck, why am I
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        Let's Talk
        68 3 This is your column to express yourself about music. Send us your views about the music scene, the groups, the records and also the reviews that you read here. Love them or hate them, we want to 'know. Make sure your letters have all your personal particulars and
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        Embarrassed by no-show of local talent
        264 3 A Canadian visitor once asked my friend innocuously, "What are the top bands here?" "Uh?" came the embarrassing reply. Many of our local bands have never stopped playing. After spending years (at least for some of them) plugging away every night in lounges and
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        Rebel rock in Singapore
        183 3 I agree wholeheartedly with the heavy metal fan who wrote to Let's Talk (Sunday Monitor, July 7) saying that heavy metal is unique because of its adamant resistance to change. I believe that heavy metal may just be the only relevant form of rebel rock in
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        I listened with a fever to Dylan and lived...
        428 3  -  by Ho Keen Fi For the Monitor Two weeks ago, I achieved a personal record. I slogged through a day at work and then waded through a Saturday crowd to buy a copy of Bob Dylan's Empire Burlesque. All this with
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        Start a chart based on sales
        201 3 Without fail, followers of the music scene will rush to check the pop charts to see how their favourites have fared. We get all sorts of charts in Singapore, from the British Top 20 to the American Country Countdown. But in charts-crazy Singapore, there
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        All for obscure bands
        262 3 M am an avid reader of the New Musical Express and Melody Maker which regularly feature obscure groups. Inevitably, I prefer such groups like the Cocteau Twins, New Model Army, Meat Puppets, The Fall and Violent Femmes which your reader Zippo (SM, June 6) believes will
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    • FOOD
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        What we need is more of the real thing
        747 4 VIOLET OON rediscovers her roots in Katong in our final article The Right Stuff. Heroes have to be made of it. And apparently, tourist attractions have to be made of the Right Stuff as well. Just what the Right Stuff is,
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        Where to get delicious 'otak otak' in East Coast
        287 4 Shanghai Restaurant at 107 East Coast Road has now begun making fresh "otak otak" on-the-spot with each order. Two dollars buys you a banana-wrapped parcel of mixed pounded spices with coconut milk and prawns, fish, fish head, fish roe or cuttlefish.
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        Hints of the Week
        473 4  -  by Ee Chwee Cheng For the Monitor How to smell fresh Don't worry if you have body odour occasionally. It may be caused by garlic or onion in your perspiration. But when the body odour is frequent or constant, it could be due to the dry
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        AROUND HOTELS
        277 5  -  BY FATIMAH GOUS Hyatt Regency: A Diamond Fair will be held at the Magnolia Room from 11 am to 7pm today. Organised by De Beers, the fair will show the latest diamond creations by H. Sena (Pte) Ltd, Larry Jewelry, and Tribsons Jewellers. Scotts Rd, *****88. Crown Prince:
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        Cook adds a touch of love to dishes
        501 5  -  by Violet Oon For the Monitor Mrs Annie Lavcock is a housewife who cooks with love. Fortunately for her many devoted fans, she decided to start a small restaurant a year ago in Roxy Square. It is tucked away in a corner,
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        Restaurant still retains its fine Indonesian fare
        353 5 Katong also means Parkway Parade where eating out is fun but with a higher price tag to it than at the older coffee shops. There, you can also get all manner of hawker and other foods in airconditioned comfort. While in Katong, I
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        Roast pork with a difference
        373 5 "Babi panggang" or roast pork, is a Baba speciality which seems to have died out completely. Prepared by the Hainanese for the Babas, it is a subtly different version from the usual Chinese roast belly of pork with skin. This version incorporates the use of
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    • FILM
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        Lone officer stands up to protect a pacifist town
        311 6 THE STORY !HcHE}{EHI}®HIHcHI}iNHE Shortly after the death of her husband, Rachel Lapp (Kelly McGillis) takes her young son Samuel (Lukas Haas) from their remote farming home on a rare trip to visit her sister. Travelling by train, they are waiting at
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        THE COMMENT
        351 6 Hollywood critics seem to have a soft spot for Australian director Peter Weir (Gallipoli, The Year of Living Dangerously), judging by the many favourable comments made about his first proper American film, Witness. Most see a continuity of style for director Peter Weir in the similarity between the
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        CELEBRITIES
        706 6 NEWS ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THE NEWS John Huston, the 78-year-old filmmaker, does have projects in the works. In addition to the Sea of Cortez documentary he'll produce and direct, there's The Name of the Rose. Huston has been asked to play one of the leads in the film
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        THE NAME OF THE GAME
        127 6 SO YOU WANT to be a celebrity do you? For Tahnee Welch (left), daughter of Raquel, she couldn't have asked for a bigger break. Endowed with her mother's riveting good looks, Tahnee stars in this summer's biggest hit movie, Cocoon, about aliens and humans on
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        SCREEN VIEWS
        270 6 Rappin' When you watch a Cannon film, you know it's going to bomb. After two breakdances and one Mata Hari, Rappin' will not go off with just a whimper. It tries to fashion a modern Robin Hood story (have you heard of Rappin' Hood), it tries to fuse
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    • FILM/COMICS
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        Two good films that local cinemas gave a miss
        715 7 VIDEO UPDATE REVIEWED BY ADALINE SCHEERDER Thank goodness for video! 1 say this because we seem to miss out on a lot of good, entertaining films which don't make it to our cinemas for one reason or another. A case in
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        Comics highlight kids' drug problem
        478 7  -  by Sam Ng For the Monitor The problem of drug abuse was addressed in comics as far back as 1970. In their classic Green Lantern/Green Arrow series, Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams introduced to readers the dark and desperate world of the "snowbirds" teenage addicts
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      • COMICSVIEW
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          Not worth paying for half a page
          121 7  -  edited by Stephen Tan Below is a conversation I overheard between two comics readers: A: How's your comics collection? B: Growing. A: Down to get The Sunday Monitor? B: No. A: How come? I thought you were interested in Comics View? B: Yes,
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          The 'Incredible Shrinking Column'
          150 7 To any reader who has been following Comics View, the ever decreasing size of this column is very obvious. Is Comics View the Incredible Shrinking Newspaper Column? Your column has been a refreshing change from the usual offerings in most newspapers. If you wish to make
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          Results of our Secret Wars Contest
          184 7 Two weeks ago, we ran our first Comics View contest. Were we gladden by your response. We received more than 70 entries to our quietly announced contest. The unlucky ones sent their entries in too late and were disqualified. Others found question three a
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          Why the column may fade away
          181 7 A few weeks ago, I was thinking of writing you a letter of praise. But now, I think I ought to give some criticisms. In the beginning, Comics View was more than a page. Now, it has shrunk so much it does not even
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        Vigilantes wage war on drug pushers
        433 7  -  by Bock For the Monitor Two teenaged runaways, Tandy Bowen, a white middle-class girl, and Tyrone Johnson, a poor black from the ghettos, are used by unscrupulous drug peddlers as guinea pigs for an experimental addictive drug. The drug, however, reacts strangely with the
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        Fun, frolic like falling in love is a sure thing
        425 7  -  by Adaline Scheerder For the Monitor After watching the actions and antics of Bond and Rambo, The Sure Thing comes across like a breath of fresh air. No superheroes here, no daring feats, just a simple story of two first-year
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    • TV REVIEW
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        THIS WEEK ON THE BOX
        879 8  -  "TV HIGHLIGHTS COMPILED BY PHILIP CHEAH FILMS Thursday Feature Special: Arch of Triumph Ch 5, 9.15 p.m. In post-war Paris, an embittered refugee seeks his former Nazi tormentor and has a tragic romance with a beautiful singer. This is a remake of the 1948 Lewis
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        TV COMMENT
        33 8 This week, the motion was "That the new generation of young Singaporeans is not sufficiently aware of the country's limitations." National Junior College proposes the motion and Raffles Girls' School opposes.
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        Refreshing change from other debates
        963 8  -  by Lim Teck Lin For the Monitor The fourth quarter-final of Debate '85 might well be remembered as the upset of the series. Many in the audience, Raffles Girls' School students included, were taken aback when the RGS team made it through at the expense
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    • TODAY'S TV
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        Realism in Indian cinema
        348 10  -  COMING ATTRACTIONS by Philip Cheah Monitor staff writer For fans of Asian film. September is a promising month. SBC's Channel 12 has lined up The Apu Trilogy. The Apu Trilogy is Satyajit Ray's most famous set of films. These were the first films that Rav made
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        HOT SHORTS
        297 10 TV NEWS COMPILED BY PHILIP CHEAH It's confirmed. Fans of Hiromi Iwasaki can see her when she arrives for the first Asia-Pacific Popular Song Contest. Iwasaki, a regular on the annual Red and White Show, will sing two English songs and one Japanese song. Iwasaki is popular for
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        SBC to telecast Live Aid
        421 10  -  SUNDAY'S PICK by Philip Cheah Monitor staff writer Live Aid Ch 5, 10.15 p.m. The much-heralded benefit concert takes a bow in this edited two-and-a-half-hour version. Appearing are Wham!, Hall and Oates, Elton John, Paul McCartney and a cast of thousands who didn't make it
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      3434 9 THE SUNDAY TV MONITOR W JULY 14, 1985 MONDAY 15 1985 TUESDAY JIJLY 18, isss WEDNESDAY t7 1985 2.30 SBCtext 'Live' Sample Page*. 6.55 Candid Camera. 2.20 SBCText 'Live' Sample Pages. that he has a great deal to offer. 2.30 SBCtext 'Live' Sample Pagea. group. As a result, his friendship
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      8 1 SPECTRUM THE SUNDAY MONITOR SUNDAY JULY 14, 1985
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      Batik: The long haul to beauty
      634 1  -  by Satish Menon For the Monitor No one seems to know the exact origins of batik some say it started in India, others say Java or Bali and so on. The batik styles found in East Africa, India Indonesia and Malaysia are distinctly different
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    • BASTILLE DAY SUPPLEMENT
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        France is booming with business too
        861 2  -  'BASTILIEIW, B^l LEE CHIU SAN France is not just fashion, wines and holidays. It's industry, investment opportunities and high technology too. It's time to recognise this other side of the French character, said Arflbassador Jacques Berniere in a recent interview. While wanting Singaporeans to
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        Stepping up its bid to increase trade activities with Singapore
        485 2 France is stepping up its efforts to increase commercial activities and make its economic presence felt in Singapore said Mr Yves Cadilhon, the French Trade Commissioner here. Last year, French trade with Singapore amounted to 551.66 billion, and this country,
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        Alliance, grand patron of the arts
        651 3  -  By GASTON DE ROSAYRO There's more to Alliance Francaise De Singapour's activities than its popular French language courses. The French Cultural Centre of Singapore is, without a doubt, one of the biggest patrons of the arts in the Republic. Its favours extend far beyond
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        An envoy's quotes on the joys of cultural interchange
        95 3 One of the joys of being Singapore's am- bassador to France is the opportunity to encourage cultural interchange. We in Singapore have learned fairly fast how to work well. Now we would like to learn how to live well and France
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        300 million Chinese viewers get a chance to learn French
        177 3 Since October last year, China's television audiences, amounting to some 300 million, are being given an opportunity to learn French. Three 25 minute programmes of language study are being screened by Chinese television every week. In addition a special 45
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        Appealing portrait of the French lifestyle
        812 4  -  By JEAN-MICHEL MARCHIONI Cultural Attache, Embassy of France The pleasures of the table, have always played a great part in French life. Even in modest households a certain formality accompanies the setting and animated conversation that enlivens a couple of hours spent over luncji
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        Taking real pride in a rich artistic heritage
        595 4 Art plays, as it always has, an essential part in French life and the people of even the tiniest hamlet or the most remote French village take proper pride in their artistic heritage, perhaps an ancient fountain, a multi-coloured statue or an
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      A shower of bathroom ideas
      578 6  -  DECOR GUIDE by Valerie Trevor For the Monitor hen we recall the great pleasure the Greeks and Romans took in bathing, and the exuberance of bathroom designers in the beginning of this century, it is hard to understand why so few people pay attention to
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    • FEATURES
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        287 7 The healthy family Communicates and listens Affirms and supports one another Teaches respect for others Develops a sense of trust Has a sense of play and humour Exhibits a sense of shared responsibility Ask yourself Would you be willing to give up some event you really cared
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        908 7 The research manager of a large newspaper organisation leaped to the defence of newspapers as an advertising medium in a controversy sparked off by a June 30 Adlines report on media advertising expenditure. Mr Ng Ah Kan. research manager with the corporate planning division of the Singapore News and
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        231 7  -  COMPUTER BULLETIN BOARD by Fong Weng Fatt Monitor staff writer With the Singapore Monitor ceasing publication, the newspaper will not be operating the bulletin board any more. But we are making efforts to get the board going under a different operator and perhaps with a different
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        Set guideposts to help you reach your goal
        473 7  -  by Kenneth Blanchard Universal Press Syndicate Dear Dr Blanchard: Our newly appointed personnel manager's primary goal was to develop a personnel handbook, which would include policies for vacations, sick leave, retirement, and profit sharing. Six months have passed and we still do
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        370 8 A test of your knowledge of current events Faces in the News 1. The next sitting of Parliament will be: A. January 1986 B. September 1985 C. July 23 D. August 1 2. Dr Goh Keng Swee, former First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, has been appointed:
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        327 8 When one or many hor d oeu vre spells the same The town's best cook was on the phone. Please, she said, do something about hors d'oeuvre. Everyone, she said, even many dictionaries, wants to put an V on the end of the plural form and good cooks like
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        599 9  -  by Linda Chan Monitor staff writer An old Chinese temple is slowing down the development of a huge plot of land near Tampines earmarked for a private residential project. Since mid-June, Trimos Properties, which owns the piece of land, has tried unsuccessfully to get the
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        Security systems go high-technology
        647 9  -  by Linda Chan Monitor staff writer A Singapore company and a world innovator in security systems have teamed up to promote high-tech security systems in Singapore. The Japanese Takenaka Opesate Group of companies has appointed Asia Radio, the sole agent for their latest inventions in passive
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      46 2 w*' i i <k Congratulations to the people and government of France on Bastille Day." 4'^'->'' I >*■ '<WlM^m■ i i M 1f1 iui^^MWl^^W^^M HE THOMSON^ Advancing Europe s dialogue with the future P European Standard Electronics Pte Ltd, 164 Kallang Way, #07-01/39, Singapore 1334. Tel: *****33.
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      123 3 .X Bk On August 1, 1984, VUARNET- VUARNET-FRANCE. long a leader FRANCE launched its "protection in high optical quality sport sunglasses, campaign in conjunction with Martina is very much a part of today's concern Navratilova, the world's number one for "visual protection and for the female tennis player. Martina's protection
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      132 4 CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF FRANCE ON THEIR NATIONAL DAY 1 ifl r Dragages et Travaux Publics 18, rue Paul-Lafargue L. La Defense 10 ***** PUTEAUX-France Tel: (1) 762 21 00 Postal Address: Cedex 32 ***** PARIS LA DEFENSE Telex: SFDTP *****6F Dragages Sembawang HvW
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      86 5 NESPRAY. PLAY PAGE CAN YOU FIND I K THE MISTAKE /< TO IN THE PICTURE f ■Jp .mm* il 1 Ci sV r CONNECT THE ,42 2 .2? 10 l 9« THIS PACHYDERM *n *8 *> 24 28 41 •25 .29 38 26 3 4 "*4 26 35 13 M
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      105 5 Colouring Pun by Anna Soong The darlings of Dessertland were called in as an emergency replacement for a birthday cake who failed to show up for a little girl's 7th birthday. The Cherry Sisters leaped out of their milkshakes, Miss Strawberry and her cousin Mrs. Raspberry left their jam jars,
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      208 6 J"" HP j I J i n V. /V%F 3MF3I ■aM kL x' v v BSkt Jffp^ l Tfck". v How do you transform the bare walls of your flat info a boudoir fit for a Princess? With style. From any of Homestead's 17 designs. Now, at affordable prices. Wall-to-wail
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      962 8 ANNOUNCEMENT PERSONAL Personal i Personal m peh j Unfailing Prayer to St. Anthony lilessed be (iod in His Antfels and in His Saints 0 HOLY ST. ANTHONY, gentlest of Saints your love for God and Charity for His creatures, made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers Miracles
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      221 8 CROSSWORD PUZZLE i I 12 13 I* I I 7 I I 1 Across 15. Correct Down 8. Withdraw 1- Put to practical use j® Generous 2 e,com€ ,<XKI,y 15. Understanding clearly •~~n n n n 9. Choked up .21- 3. Mostly J^atebelieve "~-■■J 10. Distinguished 24. Point m dispute
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      142 9 The Recreational East Coast. Almost as near as your Amber Park balcony. The twin towers of Amber Park. or towering above, in unique apartDesigned to tower 27 storeys above ments and double-storey penthouses the recreational East Coast, with its that enjoy panoramic vistas of the breath taking sea views and
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      410 10 Sheridan. A New Agent, An Exciting New Range. Sheridan Textiles is proud to announce the Sheridan Textiles looks forward to a long and appointment of F.J. Benjamin Sons Pte Ltd as happy relationship with F.J. Benjamin Sons sole agent for Sheridan bedlinen in Singapore. Pte Ltd in their new role
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      ORCHARD ROAD
      228 1 Orchard Road. To those who have never been to Singapore, the name might call to mind bucolic scenes of trees and fields. A westerner would surely think of rows of blossoming fruit trees. While this was once the true nature of the area, it has now blossomed with
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      51 2 The Sunday Monitor offers readers of the Special Report on Orchard Road opportunities to win double cinema passes to the movie The Falcon and the Snowman. Souvenirs, discount coupons, posters, and lucky draw prizes are also on the cards. For more details, see Page 12 of the Main
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      Young trendsetters go for live sounds
      1921 2  -  ORCHARD ROAD Nightlife by Pat D'Rose and Masaki Watanabe Monitor staff writers The Orchard Road night scene used to mean hotel lounges and casual beer joints for middle-in-come revellers, and exclusive members-only clubs for the rich or pseudo-rich. But today's crowd, especially the young,
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        134 2 This Special Report on Orchard Road is brought to you by: Project Editor Thamu Veerappan Design Colour Editor Phil Nesbitt Subeditors P Francis May Poon Promotions Executive Omeeta Pannu Page one photos: View of Orchard Road, Spencer Loh; Outdoor cafe and Nightclub scene, Mohd Ishak; Slippers, Spencer Loh; Sidewalk and
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        398 3 Join in METRO'S JUNE 28TO JULY 28. celebrations and you could win a brand new Nissan Car. f .^■MfS^SztfME-liE&^HH^^-MHB-J&k^-JH^H-^^HEHMQ. SIX NISSAN MARCH CARSAND OTHER FABULOUS PRIZES TO BE WON WITH EVERY $20 TOU SPEND, IN METROS 28TH ANNIVERSARY CONTEST. Celebration's in the air at all Metro Blender sets (model 327)
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      Traders who ply under the cover of darkness
      682 4  -  ORCHARD ROAD The "Other" Side by Masaki Watanabe Monitor staff writer Though "cleaner" than entertainment districts in most Asian capitals due to strict regulations and efficient enforcement by the police, Orchard Road has its share of those who make a living by
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        287 4 ROPPONGI*** YAKINIKU/INDOOR BAR-B-Q RESTAURANT For your comfort, we introduce "ROASTER MACHINES" in our restaurant, "for your enjoyment to grill your food the way you want. ABSOLUTELY SMOKELESS We are the first in ASEAN Our menu -> The World's Renowned Quality Beef from Japan Fresh Seafood and Unique Delicacies Opening Hour:
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        98 4 fcRMAMUjI Pure Nashville Music byTHEDONNONKBAND<«^^^^ Cmon down pardners to Singapore's newly-opened Country Music Lounge mm singing thru the night with popular U desert parched throats with cold. H frothy beer and all kinds of 'firewater*. [J And especially for you city-slickers out there, we'll also be serving normal jj So
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      These unique buys will raise eyebrows
      643 5  -  Qrchard road Shopping by Chandra Nair Monitor staff writer With a more affluent society, not everyone in Singapore will be content with saving on shopping all the time. Some want to throw all caution to the wind in a fit of generosity and simply
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        50 5 fr/rqus fafaxws, j (pur //fef&s //Iz/tyrwrrv, I w drat? cf/ri/rtqr rtoms am I mn UX/r/7fftsoyreat 1 I outc/cors. /fa/fr//V fflsa</ a I -ford fo%tf/scca/rc> I I #02-41, Tanglin Shopping Centre, [jffl Ist Floor, 19 Tanglin Road \|l j|||||y I Singapore 1024 Te1:*****74,*****15 \HIH!I# I f j r■■ i L h
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        34 5 <o«« TO E j V- 1 Y\ V I i IKalLflOff fl I %J| With Live Music Entertainment By Bachelor Hang Loose See and hear Anita Sarawak New Joy band from San Diego H
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      Some items cost below a dollar
      683 6  -  ORCHARD ROAD Shopping by Chandra Nair Monitor staff writer What price value these days in Orchard Road, that seemingly foreboding but dazzling shopping street? Does everything that looks expensive have to be priced that wav? Au contraire. I found that Orchard Road can be
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        237 6 I Traditional Indonesian cooking j I in the warmth, and comfort of a j I home away from home. j I At good prices. I I Tambuah Mas serves the best of Padang And presenting the other side of Indonesian 2 food in Singapore. For four years our cuisine is
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        237 6 Tkxrk Cod WII *M C We did some sole searching... and found MISSISSIPPI'S FINEST CATFISH His name was Mister Catfish. (It was easy to guess he's popular bait for the town's most discriminating gourmets.) He is extremely well-bred. They say this US Channel Catfish is farm-raised, grainfed. high in protein,
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        230 7 MARVELLOUS MOMENTS AT THE MANDARIN Top of the 'M' Observation Lounge —39th floor —38th floor I An elegant revolving Kr^J Enjoy a cocktail over a restaurant with the finest picturesque view of the Continental and a 1 sunset or an evening sky. panoramic HHI Kasbah floor Mf The Belvedere floor
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      Bargain hunting is an experience
      2029 8  -  ORCHARD ROAD Shopping by Jamie Kirkland For the Monitor In this day and age, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find a bargain in the shops of Singapore i which is why on a recent trip to the island, I was determined to re- turn
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        90 8 (iyr I GAJOEN I Japanese Restaurant I (Boulevard Hotel) MOOOQQQQ9flfi99S999«y:;:s?.;.;.:.;.;.SSft^SSgSSBBBBKttftflflflffHl H BOOOQOOQQQQQCO J > v u > VV.*.*.***»'. -*-'-*-*»*»*»*«VVNs<s<soooonnnnnnnnon I A tempting range of authentic I Japanese cuisine sukiyaki, I shabu-shabu (steamboats), I sushi and full-course dinners I all served in traditional I Japanese style. Special set I lunches from
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        58 8 Pal-Computer' Pal-Computer in IBM and APPLE COMPATIBLES We offer a complete specialised service, with the right professional personnel to give you a comprehensive demonstration and guide to personal computers. Pal-Computer No. 19 Tanglin Rpjxi #03-59 Tanglin Shoppings entre Singapore 1024 Te1:*****31 31 l Pjjj@ irn^lt r T~/7( TANOUN shopwno A
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        40 8 J1«Ml HOLLY INTERIORS IMPORTERS STOCKISTS Office/Warehouse Showrooms: Jalan Rama Rama #01-26 Tanglin Shopping Centre #Ql-jQ3 Golden Wall Flatted Factory Ground Floor (Next to Pizza Hut) Singapore 1232 Singapore 1024 Tel: *****25 (4lines) Tlx: R*****1 Holly Te1:*****90, *****66 MlWMfflffE 20% j
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      Shoppers' paradise on our doorstep
      440 9  -  ORCHARD ROAD Shopping by Phil Nesbitt Monitor staff writer First impressions mean a great deal. I recall the first time I and my wife entered the world of Orchard Road. We had flown 27 hours from Chicago, the previous day, hut were still eager to
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        120 9 MM i If you love Italian, don't let this pasta you by I v Fresh egg-rich homemade pasta. With a variety zesty fillings that provide an endless entertainment for the palate. Piping hot pizzas. Cheesey lasagne. All the best that Italy has to offer osso l buco,cannelloni,insalata, antipasta, zabaglione. Date.
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        265 9 'Opening Special% No 111 Free and free drinks, 11^ on the house for all ladies on \yj Ladies' Nite and gents on Gents' Nite before pm A free bottle of champagne for the best X Messed lady on Ladies' NMe aad Ike bed gin t teman os Geats* JNGfcr. fhon
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      Men who carved financial dynasties
      1480 10  -  ORCHARD ROAD Enterpreneurs by Jackie Sam Monitor staff writer Some time in the late Fifties a soya sauce seller -changed his somewhat pedestrian name. With that the past became a closed book. The new name subsequently appeared in big, bold cement script on a high
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        117 10 AS YOU CAN SEE. W£ WROTE OUR OWMAPVERt MS not a pretty But what cWae bpue we At -the price we sell our products we simply owvnct*<*fifeitt to employ dm advertising agency. T<tfce our breakfast set below, for example. They are made 'from the finest materials we can lay ouur
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        120 10 /EffiTlßG I I GEM MINE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY FINEST SELECTION OF GEMSTONES OVER 100 DIFFERENT COLOURS 4* I SEATRO GEMS (S) PTE LTD. J ORCHARD C E SHOPPING CENTRE 220 ORCHARD ROAD #02-07 J SINGAPORE 0923 TEL: *****56 s FEDERAL-OPTIEK PTE LTD OPTOMETRISTS OPTICIANS CONTACT LENS PRACTITIONERS
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        41 10 TODAY'S 1 EXCHANGE MTEf 1 Kindly Contact I LUCKY PUU #01-78 I MONEY CHANGER I Mr. M.A. Yacob Tel: *****36/*****72 (Next to Benjamin Gift Shop) tub MOTMBBt to. TREE 19 TANGLIN ROAD #03-09 TANGLIN SHOPPING CENTRE SINGAPORE 1024 o TEL *****96
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      Galadaris and Rahardja take on shoppers' paradise
      832 11  -  ROAD J Enterpreneurs by Jackie Sam Monitor staff writer Of all the foreigners to come to Orchard Road in recent times, possibly the richest and, certainly, the ones making the biggest waves are the three Abduls Wahab, Karim and Latif. Collectively known as
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        67 11 COOKifis A PERFECT WAY TO EXPRESS YOUR GIFT FEELINGS X t HAVE A NICE COOKIE DAY 2 4 T Mrs. Fields Cookies Singapore f 304 Orchard Road #01-11/15 J Lucky Plaza Singapore 0923 Tel: *****66 lul l TAILOR MEN'S WEAR Exclusive Men's Safari Suits to suit your taste, ready within
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        203 11 —4*—v C H f J Revisited At the Maya Ranimahal, the choice of Northern Indian, Kashmiri and Moghlai specialities, is endless. I The most exquisite Tandoori Chicken, delicate I Samosas, the finest selection of Naans and tantalising I Kulfis for dessert await you in luxurious hotel I comfort. I But
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      287 12 fYRCHARn V-r r-o-a-d MJ DAZZLING MIXTURE: From the highrise to the jsmall shop, both can be found on Orchard Road. Monitor photo by Spencer Loh {SIDEWALK TRADE: If you can't find it in a store pne of the sidewalk hawkers might have it. Monitor photo by Spencer Loh ISO
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      Making way for pedestrians
      1358 13  -  ORCHARD ROAD Environment by Dr Norman Edwards For the Monitor The substantial amount of investment in shopping centres in Orchard Road suggests the need and opportunity for this street to be Singapore's major pedestrian retail mall. At least part of the street should be converted to
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        12 13 d jjr^^k V*" is m ill lm tfl i. '"V Ik-«w" R
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        110 13 Luxury 25% IeSS mmirn Ming Blue offers you the finest luxury lighting. Classic or contemporary lamps. c Crafted from fine porcelain. Or intricately M decorated in enamel. Each a masterpiece At Ming Blue, turn favourite vase or jar into a lamp. We'll even fit a custom-made lampshade to your R
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        250 13 J (rKiwiatj OiibLika THE HOME OF TRADITIONAL IMYOIMYA CUISINE Try our Buboh-Puteh (porridge) with dishes like Tau-Cheo Crayfish, Chilli Fish-Roe, Coriander Chicken, Chin-Cha-Lok Omelette and refreshing Cheng-Teng for dessert. We now offer 'Tiffin-Carrier' Dinners directly to your home for only $180.00 per month (each person). Unit 05-22/23, Far East" PtaS,
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      Fight for shopping supremacy
      1103 14  -  Qrchard road Business Monitor staff writer by Annie Chia By the year 2000, property consultants Jones Lang Wootton estimates that the total retail space in Orchard Road will be five times more than Marina Square and Raffles City put together. Orchard Road has not been spared
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        247 14 to authentic Mexican and j^j .»> |HH rfW Join the lunch or dinner crowd vSft and enjoy the "South of the Border f surroundings. Our Margaritas fl already famous (traditional or f-frozen Add those spicey house salsas (sauces) to any Mexican Wourites, to meet your own taste preference. i,'; SEE
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        65 14 aooooooooooooooooo® I^l CHERIE HAIR DESIGN An even greater way to fly Singapore—London. Rick brings you on a flight of fantasy icith fashionable cuts direct from London. Hell create the ultimate look for your personality. Note isn't that a greater way to fly? Call now for an appointment *****23 PERM: (WeUa
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        254 15 Wintamffimump RESTAURANT r V The traditional Malay Cuisine you've all been waiting for. So, come on in and let us spice up your life! OyjOc add 'p f:rt(] (jr(rt^v. BINTANG TIMUR RESTAURANT 14 Scotts Road #02-08/13 Far East Plaza Singapore 0922 Tel: *****39 Business Hours: 10.00 a.m. 10.00 p.m. beautician
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        151 16 Traditional Japanese Restaurant Suntory spans the World Restaurant Suntory seeks tq# introduce Japanese cuisine all over the world.Counting its Singapore Restaurant, it now operates a total REST A URANT of ten restaurants worldwide, and T T2 \F plans to open more in major OL/J. V J- \SJ. V J. overseas
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        307 16 EI9DGI9DEI9OEI9GI9DEI9QBI9DEI9DJ* ******9 Cl«f r EXPERIENCE 88. 9-23 Days from $1690 The most comprehensive 4(1 tours to China Mjp* B*ifing/Shaiiffhai/Nfln}faifr/ZlMmjUnf/Ynwj*lwi../S««hnn/ Hangshou/Wujd/ fi«riHn/Giiiinf»hon/Chiing-San/ fapanfr«..h.K« Expo 'BS/Houg Eflf When )im cnm to China, yon aaad nliblc tov MMiton to Urn ctwiciit pi »gi —■1 at tha fcart pmtmh prtea we oners in© oesi
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        113 16 Precious, handcrafted pieces you'll treasure Exquisite examples of superb craftmanship await you at Shanghai Trading Gifts Centre. Sparkling crystal,from Waterford. Delicate porcelain figurines and sculptures from Lladro and Hummel. Fine bone China figurines from Royal Doulton. And a wide selection of other exclusive gift items ranging from cultured pearls to
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        123 17 R E NO ELEGANT MENSWEAR SHOP 176, Orchard Road, #02-24 Centre Point, Tel: *****07 Mrs Muis Delights #02-66 Far East Plaza* 14 Scotts Road. Singapore 0922 Te1:*****15 Yes, 'Mrs Muis delights indeed, with mouthwatering favourites for breakfast, lunch or dinner. 1 I A delightful menu featuring Putu Mayam Junior Plate:
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        156 17 176 Orchard Road Centrepoint #01-13 Tel: *****91 Open 10.30 am to 9pm daily JSksL Jro,esS, lab COLOUR lab in the region Enlargements Colour transparencies Duplicate trans Poster prints Ektachrome processing 1-hour service available B Also available a wide range of cameras B accessories at Orchard Towers Tanglin Shopping Centre branches.
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        69 17 The Best Bargains in Watches CORTINA Wm^m Cortina Watch Centre offers a wide range of Swiss quality watches. All at very reasonable prices. Backea by our after-sale service and trade reputation, built over a space of 14 years. Call us or drop by and have a chat for your ne/t
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      Counter culture: The big snack bar boom
      760 18  -  by Violet Oon For the Monitor Holes-in-the-walls are fast becoming the best places for a meal in the Orchard Road belt. Called variously canteens, cafetarias, fast food joints, cafes and snack bars, these holes-in-the-walls are the cooked food outlets that have sprung up
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        68 18 Enjoy a combination of the delight fulness of Apartment and the luxury of Hotel. It is more luxurious than an apartment but eosts less than living in a hotel, Ffiß EfiST PLfiZfi imi.snu 4- LUXURIOUS fiPfiRTMENTS jIJM At the junction of Scotts/Orchard Roads. Next to Hyatt Hotel. y fi9 Far
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        103 19 COMICS MONITOR JULY 14, 1985 LET'S SEE, IT'S OVER i |"\J\NP ONPER,,THEN THROQGMy I'M TAKING VOO 00T TO EAT GARFIELP. IllL HAVE A STEAK AMP MV CA...ER... ITMIS 16 AN EXCLUSIVE VOO'LL HAVE TO WEAR THIS TO GET INTO SON HERE WILL HAVE A TRIPLE ORPER RESTAURANT GARFIELP. PI <■
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        222 20 FULL HOUSE by 808 JONES IrSWH Em nrCVJfeiQ IsOMEONe L£FT TMIS GASS&POL6 ON 11 THERE'S A NcSTE ATTAGHEp-| s l^jgo^ r gT'OQP>Aiyt ITSAY?] I tuct' <0 1 |"P6ARMPS.UJI66IIOS,TMOO(SW 11 HOU) f AMP AFTER vmBP-Z'LL WASH"TH£ 5BB"- YOUMI6KTWK£ A NulfcfliCNAlD/i PUT IT/MTHE Ji PISH AMP YOU CAk) RETURN /TI&VWP. BAIAMCEPMEAUiawiertT J
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        156 21 r I'LL 6E A HERO I C/ANT^THINK IT OKAY, LET'S GO POWN Tol you've got my worp how can M W jerry/ Tljffy.^W anc? 1 FOR IT/ I'LL SUP you TRUST M ME OUT/ X 1 BROOM HILDA by RUSSELL MYERS O.- I TIME I [f*RUNft RAPINKA, PAILV VOO THROW
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