The Straits Times, 7 April 1985

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  • 392 1  -  RAV DHALIWAL Cabbies fare only slightly better after 20% rebate By THE taxi business, hit by the April 1 fares hike, picked up slightly yesterday. Some passengers, who gave taxis a miss because of the hefty increase, went back because of the 20 per cent discount
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  • 394 1  - Police arrest 11 in dynamite swoops NG WENG HOONG By POLICE have arrested 11 people and seized large amounts of dynamite and explosive devices during the past three days but they are going for a bigger catch. They are seeking evidence that may lead to a network trading m and
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  • 468 1  - JCs face the big squeeze HEDWIG ALFRED 1.600 students m the space for 1,200 By JUNIOR colleges, already bursting at the seams because of bumper pre-university enrolments m recent years, will be stretched even further from tomorrow. A record 9,530 students have qualified for junior colleges this year up 28.8
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  • 200 1 BABY EVA dark-haired, bine-eyed and 24 days old was born a junkie. She bawls not from hunger or discomfort but from the pains of withdrawal. Her knees have been rubbed raw by her legs jerking together; her little fists have been bandaged to keep
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  • 82 1 Property magnate fined $11,500 PROPERTY developer Ho Kok Cheong was yesterday fined $11,500 after he admitted violating the Companies Act. He was accused of increasing his stake m Leong Huat Industries Ltd without revealing this within a stipulated time and with making false statements to the company about his actual
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  • 430 1 Numeiry deposed in army takeover NAIROBI, Sat. The Sudanese army has deposed President Jaafar Numeiry and taken control of the country because of a worsening political situation, Sudan's Ambassador here announced today. Mr Numeiry, now m Cairo en route home from a visit to the United States, and his political
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • AT A GLANCE
      • 54 2 Up to 200 of the top 4000 pupils each year do poorly m their second language, Chinese. Recognising that this may hamper their progress m school and m their private lives, the government has launched a pilot remedial programme m three leading primary schools where the problem
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      • 55 2 An official delegation will leave Singapore this week to look into early childhood education m Israel. Government moves to improve day care centres here are believed to include plans to double the length of the training course for Kindergarten teachers from June and to licence operators
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      • 62 2 People who prefer privacy and living closer to the ground may find their dream fiat m a Bukit Batok block with only two fully-furnished flats. But the HDB is not accepting applications for the three-room unit nor the fourroom one. The block is a showcase for GTM
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      • 59 2 Journalists had a roaring good time cooking up April Fools' day stories: an oil find m Shenton Way, Britain's football team to train here, Singapore sinking, Malaysia's lost tribe. But the joke turned on other unsuspecting editors who splashed the stories m good faith and wavered between
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      • 48 2 That what the cabbies like this man (above) did when taxi fares were raised on April 1. But when relief came yesterday m the form of revised fares, many of them soon forgot the painful lesson of empty cabs and cheated their passengers. Page 9
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      • 51 2 The infamous red light district, Desker Road, is going green. Leafy baphia plants are being grown there not as a shade for nocturnal activities but as a screen so that residents of Block 642 m Roweil Road need not be affronted by seedy sights. Page
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      • 50 2 Indian Foreign Secretary Romesh Bhandari said he was reassured after talks with Pakistani leaders that relations between the two rival neighbours are improving. The two countries, which fought three wars since splitting at independence from Britain m 1947, had resumed talks broken off last July. Page 4
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      • 50 2 Gin and Lenin are out, Che could be a problem, but Pepsi-Carola is permissible. West Germans may use their imagination m naming their children but only up to a point. Registry offices reject names advertising the parents' political views and disregarding the child's personality. Page 5
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      • 55 2 Prime Minister Mahathir, m a rebuke to visiting British Prime Minister Thatcher, declared his extreme disaffection with the Commonwealth and said Malaysia had come to the bitter realisation that it would have to fight for itself after having been betrayed by lofty sentiments and the high ideals
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      • 54 2 $2.9 MILLION EXCLUSIVE John DeLorean (right), a former top General Motors executive who founded an unsuccessful motor company m Northern Ireland and was acquitted last year of charges of cocaine dealing, has sold film rights to his life story for $2.9 million to a new film company, the Los Angeles
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      • SPORTS
        • 47 2 Simon Loh survived the killer storm that slammed into 306 boats taking part m the Admiral's Cup of 1979. Undaunted, Simon will return to Cowes this year to skipper one of the boats m search of that elusive Cup, Janice Seah reports. Page 18
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        • 52 2 Goalkeepers are fashionable these days from Singapore's Lee and Lee to Arsenal's Pat Jennings and Everton's Neville Southall. Jennings, who retires soon, is the best of them all, says Alan Hubbard. But keep your eyes on Southall who has instincts of a genius, says Rob Hughes.
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        • 63 2 Coach Sgt Robin Chan will guard Singapore's first-ever gold medal all his life. His hand m winning it has been discounted by phonies who say it's no big deal winning the soccer gold medal at the Brunei Merdeka Games. But he has come to realise that cynicism might
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        • 52 2 Zainal Abidin reigns on the squash courts again after a devastating performance m Manila. This also won him The Sunday Times Coca Cola Sporting Achievement of the Month Award which, he says, is more precious than his other trophies because the Singapore sports fans nominated him fo- it.
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    • Prime-time politics
      • 974 2 Jeya put on his best show but Chiam was ill at ease NO LONGER the new boy m the House, Mr J.B. Jeyaretnam put m what is generally regarded as his best performance m Parliament so far. His lone companion on the opposition side, Mr Chiam See Tong, marked his
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      • 1127 2  - Today In Parliament is over... but the public debate continues ALAN JOHN PHILIP LEE, LEE KIM CHEW WONG AI KWEI Stories by and W Ommmmmm^J^^^ Bar i Mb^bb^B Mmt mm^AAr m m\M f If j m m PARLIAMENT has changed. Not only has its proceedings been brought into living rooms
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      • 284 3 Trade and Industry Minister Dr Richard Hu, oldest of the new PAP MPs, impressed with the depth of his knowledge, his impeccable command of English and his ability to explain matters of the economy m simple, straightforward terms. Brigadier-General (Res) Lee Hsien Loong displayed a
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      • 505 3 Chiam stunned with his very own maths ONE notable feature at the end of the Budget debate has been Mr Chiam See Tong's increased use of figures to try to justify his arguments but his apparent unfamiliarity with the calculations has caused much amusement among backbenchers. His calculations have been
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      • 191 3  -  DAVID TAN Pictures by TRAFFIC lights have been installed. An overhead bridge has also been built. Bnt the MRT Corporation is not taking any chances. The result is this 3.1-metre-high wire fence put up by the MRTC at Avenue 8, Ang Mo Kio, to
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 137 2 UP TO 1 pm. Fair. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 32 max., 24 mm. SUNSET today: 7.10 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.02 am. TRAVELERS' WEATHER Adelaide 12 23 C Shove.-s Manila 23 33 C Sunny Amsterdam < Melbourne 16 23 c Sunny Bangkok 24 35C Sunny Moscow 1 5C
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
    • 268 4 Leaders to resume talks broken off m July ISLAMABAD, Sat. Indian Foreign Secretary Romesh Bhandari said today he was reassured aft^r talks here with Pakistani leaders that relations between the two neighbour's were improving. Mr Bhandari said that the two countries, which have fought three wars since
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    • 67 4 NEW DELHI, Sat. Indian Railway Minister Bansi Lai has ordered officials to prevent rooftop rail travel, which is illegal, following the death of at least 35 people m two accidents yesterday m northern India. A senior official of Northern Railway said today the minister had directed
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 53 4 A Chinese newspaper nas caiiea ior establishment of rat-meat restaurants to help rid the country of four billion "delicious and highly nourishing rodents". The China Daily described rat meat as "tasty and easy to cook", and said it was "particularly favourable to people who like high-protein food and
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      • Article, Illustration
        74 4 Supporters of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher see her as a sexual fantasy figure wearing a black corset and wielding a whip, according to top Labour politician Denis Healey. "She can lead the Conservative Party because she reminds the average public schoolboy of childhood fantasies," Mr Healey said
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      • 70 4 A new inflatable penis smiener io enable impotent men to enjoy intercourse has been unveiled m New York. Requiring only limited surgery and fitting inside the sex organ, it consists of two silicon tubes containing a saline solution and a system of internal chambers and valves. An erection
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      • 91 4 The American _ocieiy ior vie rrevenuon of Cruelty to Animals (Aspca) has called for a boycott of Ringling Bros and Barnum Bailey Circus because four animals (one pictured below) described as "living unicorns" appear to be farm goats with surgically-implanted horns. The mythical one-horned unicorn has
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      • 72 4 London's luxurious Savoy Hotel took a real bath when pop star Elton John caused extensive damage by accidentally leaving the water running m the bathtub while talking on the telephone to his wife m New York. "He just forgot the water was running," said a hotel spokesman.
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      • 78 4 Singer Frank Sina- tra has sued Capitol Records, claiming it authorised distribution of low-quality recordings of his work and used his name to promote them without permission. The suit, filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, alleged the recording company released recordings to other companies which
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      • 109 4 Seventeen years after Japan's first heart transplant ended m controversial failure, at least 30 medical institutions m the country say they will cautiously resume the operations m the future, according to a survey published by the country's largest daily newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun. But the newspaper said most
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      • 75 4 Three sons buried alive their ailing 76-year-old father after a self-proclaimed sorcerer' convinced them for a 107-yuan (SsB2) fee that the man's feverish ravings meant he was possessed by evil spirits, a Chinese newspaper reported. The Peasant Daily said a postmortem examination showed Li Xiachen, who had pneumonia,
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      • 91 4 Zynans are an obscure uentrai Asian tribe. But to Dr Robert Burchfield, they represent the end of a 28-year odyssey through the English language. As dictionaries go, "Zyrian" is truly the last word the final entry m the final supplement of what, for the foreseeable future, is the
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      • 62 4 "It's a competition m atrocity." Former Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr on the Gulf war. "We are faced with a special situation and nobody m the world is going to stop me from keeping order. South African President P.W. Botha on recent Black unrest. "I have never been anywhere really. I
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    • 151 4 'Vietnam Taiwanese boat' claim BANGKOK, Sat. The Vietnamese authorities have seized a Taiwanese motoi yacht with 16 people aboard, according to an American yachtsman freed on Thursday from eight months' imprisonment m Vietnam. Mr William Mathers, an ex-US navy officer, and five others aboard his schooner, So Fong, were arrested
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    • 356 4 Hanoi troops forced to retreat from Thai border Guerilla attacks up m Cambodia 1 BANGKOK, Sat. Vietnam has been forced to withdraw most of its troops positioned along the Thai-Cambodian border to cope with guerilla attacks m Cambodia, leaders of the anti-Vietnamese tripartite resistance coalition have said. Prince Norodom Sihanouk,
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    • 152 4 Youth admits starting Taiwan's worst hotel fire TAIPEI, Sat. Police said today an 18-year-old youth had confessed to starting Taiwan's worst hotel fire which killed M people this week. They told reporters Cheng Chili-Ping, one of six people who were detained for questioning, admitted the crime after he was identified
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    • 315 5 Paris urged to grant rapid independence to last territories LE MOULE (Guadeloupe), Sat. Separatists from France's last overseas possessions yesterday called on Paris to grant them rapid independence and avert a colonial war. The conference m this port town on the north-east coast of
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    • 213 5 WARSAW, Sat. Militant members of the dissolved Solidarity trade union have founded a "peaceful protest movement" m Krakow to defend human rights m Poland, they announced m a statement yesterday. The militants organised a rotating hunger strike m Krakow, Poland's historic old capital,
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    • 144 5 DeLorean sells film rights for $2.9 m LOS ANGELES, Sat. John DeLorean (above), a former top General Motors executive who founded an unsuccessful motor company m Northern Ireland and was acquitted last year of charges of cocaine dealing, has sold film rights to his life story for US$l.3 million (552.9
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    • 254 5 NEW YORK, Sat. Exhausted firefighters yesterday battled woodland blazes across eight south-eastern American states where fires have scorched nearly 28,300 hectares, killed one person and injured at least 23. Tanker planes dumped water on fires m some areas as hot weather and
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    • 248 5  -  LIAK TENG KIAT By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sat. Japan should do more to open up its market to imports, but this alone will not substantially reduce the United States trade deficit, a Japanese diplomat said here yesterday. The main reason for America's
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    • 145 5 Where Gin is out and Che is a problem STUTTGART, Sat. West Germans may use their imagination m naming their children, but only up to a point such first names as Gin and Lenin are out, and Che could be a problem, the authorities said yesterday. Mr Dietmar Schlee, Interior
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    • 69 5 THERE'S no way you can nip this plant m the bod. Give it six months and it will blossom nicely at about twice a person's height. And what a bloom all of 2.5 metres or more from a heavy flower bulb that can weigh between
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    • 58 5 BERLIN, Saturday. Construction workers digging up ground for a new apartment block uncovered petrified tree trunks estimated to be 250 million years old, the staterun East German news agency ADN said yesterday. It said the discovery of the tree fossils occurred recently m Karl-Marx-Stadt, a city
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    • 196 5 Call to improve refugee unit in S-E Asia UNITED NATIONS. Sat. A United Nations watchdog body has called for improvements m the administration of UN refugee operations m South-east Asia. A recent report by the UN's joint inspection unit said that between 1976 and 1983. close to one million Indochinese
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    • 38 5 LOS ANGELES, Saturday. Film actress Elizabeth Taylor is being treated m a hospital here for back trouble. They said Miss Tavlor, 52, was making good progress after entering St John's hospital on Wednesday. Reuter
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    • 299 6 $2.2 b more US aid for Africa Congress approves bigger sum than requested WASHINGTON, Sat. President Ronald Reagan signed legislation yesterday providing US$l billion (552.2 billion) extra aid for drought-stricken Africa, but he said it was substantially more than he asked for and that he would guard against spending more
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    • 146 6 Iran's jets hit back after Iraqi air raid TEHERAN, Sat. Iran said its warplanes hit the Iraqi town of Ranya today hours after an Iraqi air raid on Teheran killed at least one person and wounded four others. A military statement said the Iranian aircraft inflicted heavy damage on targets
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    • 354 6  -  LOUIS HEREN'S From London THE recent SundayTimes survey of how children eat produced some interesting comments when I showed it to people here, and they expressed surprise. All of them echoed a dietician, who asked: "Why should Singaporean children eat so badly when good Chinese
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    • 272 6 KHARTOUM, Sat. General Hassan Swareddahab, leader of the military coup which seized power m Sudan today, was the most trusted assistant of deposed President Jaafar Numeiry m the Sudanese army. He was the only soldier Gen Numeiry entrusted with command of the army,
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    • 267 6 Syria warns Gemayel of intervention unless he acts to end fighting BEIRUT, Sat. Syria was reported yesterday to have told President Amin Gemayel of Lebanon that he either act quickly and firmly to end three weeks of fighting around the port of Sidon m southern Lebanon or face Syrian military
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    • 68 6 JERUSALEM, Sat. Former Defence Minister Ariel Sharon, chief architect of Israel. 1982 invasion of Lebanon, said yesterday he intended to ran for Prime Minister m 1988 and hoped Jews would settle m Jordan some day. "Not now, but m three-and-a-half years wh n there will be a
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  • ASEAN NEWS ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 478 7 Mahathir voices disaffection with grouping KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, m a rebuke to visiting British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, has called the Commonwealth "a creature of the past" with no relevance m a "pragmatic and rather calculating -world". Declaring his extreme disaffection
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    • 240 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said today she was "horrified" that none of her predecessors had visited Malaysia, but added -she believed that she had chosen the right time to come here. I "I was horrified to learn that no British
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    • 207 7 Johor dealers deny selling adulterated petrol to Singaporeans JOHOR BARU, Sat. The Johor Petrol Dealers Association has denied what it called "wild accusations" that the petrol being sold by kiosks here is adulterated. "Reports claimed that Singapore motorists who had been queueing up here to buy petrol to beat the
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    • 205 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. A Singaporean, held m connection with the killing of a policeman, today escaped from the tuberculosis hospital where he was undergoing treatment. Police have mounted a big manhunt for Chua Chap Seng, alias Jimmy, 38, who disappeared after he asked permission from
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    • 166 7  -  HAN LING By Brunei reporter BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sat. They rarely talk chicken feed m oil-rich Brunei. But a poultry revolution is being quietly hatched m the land of fast bucks. And agriculture officials are starting to talk turkey. Now they are trying to find out
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    • 86 7 Canned water delivered to 'dry' households FOR man) resident, of Jakarta, these vendors are as precious as their ware. Here, the water vendors are filling ap their cans before setting out on their daily rounds to households which do not have piped water. A report m the Indonesian Observer said
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    • 211 7 US 'should play positive role' on Cambodia WASHINGTON, Sat. Asean wants the United States to "shed the Vietnam syndrome" that inhibits American involvement m South-east Asia. Singapore Ambassador Tommy Koh urged the US to play a positive role m resolving such problems as the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia. Mr Koh
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    • 90 7 Weinberger 'will not condone Vietnam's policies' In SAN FRANCISCO, US Defence Secretary Casper Weinberger said the United States would not condone Vietnam's policies of "aggression and colonialism" and was determined to protect US interests m South-east Asia. "We bear the Vietnamese people no ill-will," Mr Weinberger said m a speech
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 803 8  -  BEN DAVIDSON Arrangements being made to inject property into Leong Huat By THE man behind the People's Park developments is making arrangements to inject substantial property assets into a company which got him into trouble with the law. A Queen's Counsel, Mr Michael
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    • 359 8  - When a red-light area used to the dark turns green and bright GILLIAN POW CHONG By DESKER ROAD is going green. Reputed to be one of Singapore's most infamous red-light districts, the area is being spruced up with baphia plants. The purpose is not to provide more shade to the
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    • 220 8 TWO sisters who had admitted criminal breach of trust over 28 gold bars worth $452,1* have been placed on two years' probation. In pawning sentence on <Jamaliah blnti Yakob, 2s, and Radiah, 25, District Judge F. G. Remedios said: "You will understand that this dees
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    • 157 8 AN INDIAN expatriate drowned while swimming m the Sentosa Island lagoon on Friday. Mr R. Yegnaraman, 38, a manager with Tata Elxsi, was reported missing by his wife at about 6.30 pm. He was last seen by his nine-year-old son who was with him
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    • 115 8 MORE than 300 Thais will dine, lodge, shop and sightsee a la' Singapura m a shopping package that will be launched m Bangkok today. The group, made up of tour operators, incentive planners and the press, will be given return air fares, three nights' lodging with
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    • 508 9  -  HEDWIG ALFRED A few cabbies take customers for a ride over revised rates By THE painful lesson of fewer passengers since the April 1 price rise has obviously not been driven home to all cabbies. Yesterday, when relief came m revised fares and more passengers returned
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    • 130 9  - Cabby goes out to hail commuters SIMON KER Pictures by HOW is this for a reversal of roles? Previously, it was the passengers who hailed taxis often waving frantically. But, yesterday, it was this taxi-driver who had to hall and wave. The pictures (anticlockwise) show the cabby, who would only
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    • 126 9 SBC will run more finance reports THERE will be more financial news reports on radio and TV from April 15. Singapore Broadcasting Corporation will start a ltminute financial news report m Mandarin at 8 am and a brief report on financial news m the 8.45 pm English TV news bulletin.
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    • 89 9 THIEVES stole about $9,450 m goods and cash when they broke into Wansin Departmental store m Woodlands Road between Thursday and Friday. The store's proprietor, Mr T.C.Soh, 39, said he left the shop after locking up on Thursday evening. He returned the following day
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    • 25 9 THE Clementi Town Secondary School band will give a one-hour performance at the Macßitchie Reservoir Park at 5 pm today. Admission is free.
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    • 400 9 Few youths realise danger of bad eating habits VERY few young people m Singapore know how their eating habits and lifestyles can make them prime targets of the No. 1 killer m modern society, heart disease. A recent national survey showed that only 13 per cent of those between 15
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    • Schools Council meeting
      • 180 10 We'll honour pledge Dr Tay THE Government will stand by its commitment to highly-educated mothers who were encouraged last year to have a third child even though it is changing the priority scheme for school registration. The Minister of State (Education, Communications and Information), Dr Tay Eng Soon, yesterday reaffirmed
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      • 491 10 Mother tongue brings some high-fliers back to earth UP TO 200 of the top 4,000 pupils each year do poorly m their second language, Chinese. Brilliant m all subjects except their mother tongue, these children may be hampered m their school progress and
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      • 309 10 The lessons that help pupils score above 80 in Chinese ABOUT four months ago, Melvin Kuan's score m Chinese, his second language, m the Primary 3 streaming examinations was less than the above 81 per cent achieved by fellow top pupils m his school. Today, nine-year-old Melvin, a Primary 4
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      • 111 10 Standard Mandarin to stay SCHOOLS will continue to teach standard Mandarin despite a consultant's advice that educationists should be more tolerant towards variations of the Chinese language found m Singapore. A ministry official said yesterday Singaporeans must be able to understand those from other Mandarin-speaking countries. Professor Robert Cheng, from
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      • 520 10 THE GCE 0 level results are expected to take a plunge this year and to fall even further next year. With the generally weaker Secondary 5 normal course pupils taking the O levels for the first time this year, it is feared
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      • 75 10 A step closer to new technical education plan SCHOOLS will soon be one step closer to getting a new technical education programme. A STEP team Secondary Technical Education Project is being set up at the Curriculum Development Institute of Singapore to develop materials for the programme. To be introduced m
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      • 119 10 Refresher course for maths teachers gets top marks A MATHEMATICS refresher course for about 2,000 primary school teachers, most of whom do not have an O level pass m the subject, has been given full marks by schools. Principals have found that after attending the course, teachers are better at
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    • 586 11  - Team to study Israel's child education GILLIAN POW CHONG Move by government to upgrade— standard of day care centres By A THREE-MEMBER Singapore delegation will leave on Thursday to study Israel's early childhood education system. This can be seen as yet another move by the government to upgrade the standard
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    • 191 11 ISRAEL'S exchange programme with the National University of Singapore and the Science Council has been extended for another two years. An Israeli Embassy spokesman said the exchange programme was initiated at the end of 1963 and focuses on three fields: Bone marrow transplants, biotechnology and robotics.
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    • 427 11  - No tears as residents say goodbye to their kampung AHMAD OSMAN By IT is hard saying goodbye to the kampung that has been your home for years. But there were no tears at yesterday's meeting m Kampong Kembangan, attended by a group of about SC Malay residents af Kampong Paehltaa.
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    • 89 11 MR SALLEH ALI. 51, died m hospital yesterday morning from injuries he received when the lorry he was on rolled on its side along Lentor Avenue m Seletar on Friday. The lorry, driven by Mr K. Rajendran, 27, hit the back of another lorry and rolled,
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    • 410 11  -  TAN LIAN CHOO By FRANCE and Singapore are both agreed that Europe needs to be more united and "speaking with one voice" so that economic and political stability can be maintained, French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius said yesterday. Mr Fabius said his talks with
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    • 190 11 FRENCH Prime Minister Laurent Fabius yesterday indicated bis government was ready to do more to promote the study of the French language here. Mr Fabius said he had asked Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew to consider extending facilities for the Alliance Francaise here
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    • 327 11 Fabius sees Sream flat that is down to earth HOUSING Board residents who prefer living closer to the ground and who yearn for privacy may find their dream flat m this block at Bukit Batok. It contains just two fullyfurnished Housing Board-type flats, a three-room unit and a four -room
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    • 592 12  - Newspapers are a fools' paradise Gillian Pow Chong April 1 catches many out no joke By SO you've been fooled? So too were many others last Monday. From the man m the street to editors and film directors. They took certain stories carried m newspapers on April Fool's Day as
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    • 575 12  -  GERRY de SILVA Optimism over Senate approval of aid to Cambodians By THERE is quiet optimism here that the mood m the United States on the Cambodia issue is changing. Yesterday, Senator Frank Murkowski of Alaska provided yet another reason to believe that a
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    • 302 12 SINGAPOREANS cannot afford to go for the "soft-head-ed" view of life which includes the notion that the Government owes its citizens a living, Mr Lee Kuan Yew again warned yesterday. Interviewed by the BBC World Service, the Prime Minister said it was
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    • 135 10 "Japan is one happy^% memory for me and my^ femily, thanks to Diners" Mrs Koh and her family bought the Diners 10-Day All Japan Tour which includes a whole day of fun and entertainment at Tokyo Disneyland. With plenty to see and do m the day and night sightseeing, eating,
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  • FOCUS
    • 301 13 The Sunday Times VIEW Lessons from taxi fare rise "The bus ride is not that bad after all. I have also found that I can save quite a bit of money by giving the taxi a miss. Of course, there is the inconvenience of jostling m the sweaty crowd at
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    • 139 13 What The Sunday Times reported on April 3. 1960 THE average Malayan youth does not give any thought to making proper provision or preparation for his future married life. This is the conclusion reached by the Young Christian Workers Movement of Malaya, which has just completed a
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    • 1209 13 With President Ferdinand Marcos ailing, three women his wife and two opposition leaders will play a critical role m the next election. ABBY TAN reports from Manila 1933: Born to landowners m Tarlac Province. 1954: Married journalist Benigno Aquino Jr. 1983: Widowed. Catapulted to the
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  • FOCUS/Viewpoints
    • 823 14  -  Michael Chiang S It's perilous to stand along the road if you have no intention of hailing a cab. The slightest twitch of a facial muscle can be misinterpreted by anxious cabbies. I sneezed and two taxis screeched to a fl halt
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    • 827 14  - Those immoral' grads who should pay for their fun Li Siewpeng It really got to me when I heard someone say: 'Go, lah. Don't tell them you have a steady. It's so cheap. What is the point of having brilliant children if they possess so little integrity? LET me add
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    • Confucius / Abortion
      • 341 14 If we took the Master at his word IT was interesting to have a People's Action Party Member of Parliament quote Confucius m support of Government policies. For if we are going to take Master Kung at his word, life m Singapore would be very different. For example, the Sage
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      • 519 14 AS a medical student, I cannot but agree with another reader (Sunday Times, March 24), that human life begins at conception and therefore abortion is murder. One need only witness the result of a day's abortions at Kandang Kerbau Hospital a pile of dead,
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    • 471 14 EARLY this morning I climbed Bukit Timah for that is where the Singapore Easter Bunny has his secret hideaway. I turned right at the third waterfall, crawled through the fourth cave after that, turned around three times at the giant shorea tree and slid
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 443 14 APRIL 1985 24 APRIL 1985 25 APRIL 1985 Singapore Singapore Partner Arthur Andersen A Co TAX PLANNING REVIEW 1984/85 San Jose, California, USA Sidney C Roll TAX AND FINANCIAL STRATEGIES Singapore FOR INVESTING AND OPERATING TAX TREATIES AND THE WITHHOLDOVERSEAS ING TAX USES AND ABUSES CURRENT CONCEPTS AND TECH- M
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  • FOCUS/Interview
    • 1729 15 Use your head, kid and Dad, stop worrying SOMETIMES people can be too logical, says Dr Edward de Bono. This prevents them from coming up with new ways of looking at things. So he invented the term "lateral thinking" to describe a deliberate escape from our normal patterns of thought.
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    • 701 15  -  M.G.G. PILLAI By POLITICS m Sarawak and Sabah being what it is, it is not uncommon for retired politicians and governors to attempt a comeback when the mood suits them. Tun Mustapha bin Datuk Harun, the hardy perennial of Sabah politics,
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  • RACING
    • 309 16  -  LUCKY LEO By our man rjn the track MUDLARKS RACE 1: Glorious Victory, Rainbow Wonders 11, Lucius Quintus 11, Lisa Dale, Raja Kopi, Get The Message RACE 1: Sir Toby 11, Be My Love, Tron, Ten Hugs II RACE 3: Falcon 11, Blaze
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    • 359 16 RACE RACING ED LUCKY LEO MARKSMAN PEDIGREE WENG SOOK 2 Glorious Victory 1 Dendrobium 10 Raja Kopi 10 Raja Kopi 9 Lisa Dal* 1 6 Noble Ambition 12 Get The Message 2 Glorious Victory 2 Glorious Victory 1 Dendrobium 10 Raja Kopi 9 Lisa Dale 6
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    • 200 16  -  PEDIGREE By SPEEDY Ten Hugs 11, winner of three races and two seconds m as many starts, will take a lot of beating m Race 2 for Class 1 Div 3 horses over 1.600 m. An all-weather galloper, this three-year-old by Ruling made
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    • 4944 16 J m !f mmm g u 1.45 CLASS 2 DIV 4 1,200 m 1 *****1 Dendrobium ID 57 (lt2) Olympia-Loh 4agpc +1 (1200 m) Useful sort won with plenty m hand from Trumps m C 3-4 Pg 1200 m Feb 9. F F— 1 2 *****1
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    • 2095 17  -  OUR RACING TEAM By Tiley catches up as Johnston again has a ulBriK u3y BIG SWEEP FIRST *****5 SECOND *****1 THIRD *****2 STARTERS *****2, *****2, *****6, *****0, *****1, *****3, *****1. CONSOLATIONS *****6, *****8, *****6, *****7, *****5, *****2, *****7, *****1, *****5, *****0. KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Four-year-old
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    • 514 17 STIPE'S REPORT KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. After Race 9 here today, the stewards decided to review the running of the race tomorrow. The Stipendiary Steward's report on the races: RACE 1: Satellite IV (W. Liew was difficult to be boxed and is required to
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    • 167 16 Jane's authoritative yearbooks a tradition of reliability NHS** JANE'S ALL THE WORLD'S AIRCRAFT 1984-85 Edited by John W R Taylor FRAeS; FRHistS; 1 FSLAET 1984 is the seventyfifth year of publication of Jane's All the World's Aircraft, the internationally acknowledged standard aviation reference work, and the twenty-fifth year of its
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    • 282 17 m AVIONICS Edited by Michael Wilson MRAeS Jane's Avionics is a recent addition to Jane's list of definitive reference books on aviation and complements the long-established and highlyregarded Jane's AH the World's Aircraft Aviation electronics, avionics, particularly as affected by micro-electronics, is dramatically affecting aircraft: their form, their original and
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 113 18 MRS LOW CHUCK SONG AND FAMILY OF THE LATE LOW CHUCK SONG express thier heartfelt thanks and gratitude to Member of Parliament, People's Association, Police Volunteer Special Constabulary, Whampoa Community Centre, Clementi Methodist Church, personal doctor, Applied Magnetics Family, relatives, business associates and friends
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    • 169 18 A. SEBASTIAN FERNANDEZ Age: 65 passsd away peacefully on 6th April '85 Deeply mourned by: WW*. Cecily Fernandez Sens: Daughters-ln-Law: Edmund Helen Joseph Catherine Daughters: Sons-ln-Law: Margaret Vincent Cross Mercy John Chadderton Jude David Cross Dawn Cecilia Fernandez Deborah Ann Fernandez Body tying at #10-296 Apt.
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      33 18 In Loving Memory Of MR. LEE JOO CHUAN Departed: 13-3-1982 We've been lonely since Home has not been the same. Always remembered by wife, sons, daugh-ters-in-law, daughters, son-in-law ft grandchildren.
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    • 65 18 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE JOHNNIE LAU FOOK HENG express their sincere thanks and appreciation to members ol tha Church ol Riean Christ, relatives, and friends for their condolences, kind attendance, wreaths and donations during thair recant ba- SUNDAY TIMES RATES FOR OBITUARIES $15.00 for 3 lines Sjn-on
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    • 58 18 IN HONOUR OF THE LATE MR. MANGHANMAL UDHARAM CHAIRMAN CHOTIRMALL-INTRA GROUP MARKA CEREMONY (Condolence Meeting) WILL BE HELD MONDAY BTH APRIL, 1985 SRI GURU SAT SANGH SABAH 17 WILKINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE 1543 AT 5.00 P.M. LADIES MARKA WILL BE HELD ON THE SAME DAY AT 4.30
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    • 37 18 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MR SHING KIAN KONG Departed: 2 April 1985 wish to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives and friends for their kind assistance, condolences, wreaths, donations during their recent bereavement.
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  • SPORT
    • 944 18  - Unco wed by Cowes JANICE SEAH SAD AND DONE Simon to sail o'er stormy seas m search of the elusive Cup T HE salty inhabitants of 1 the quiet little English seaside resort of Cowes do not, as its name suggests, spend their days lazily contemplating life on mouthfuls of
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    • 423 18 DEPENDING on how you look at it, you could say that France and Singapore are at the same stage of sports development. By that, I do not mean Auyeong Pak Kuan, Ang Peng Siong and company are about to start winning the international soccer championships
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    • 857 18  -  DERMOT PURGAVIE Eye on America mini Drugs link m basketball scandal IT was an historic conquest, a classic bit of Goliath slaying that thrilled and enchanted the populace. Somehow, Villanova had survived from 62 other contending universities only to face annihilation by the awesome
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    • 1911 19  -  ALAN HUBBARD ALWAYS ON SUNDAY PAT JENNINGS, arguably the world's No. 1 goalkeeper, plans to retire at the end of the season, and Singapore's David Lee is among those who worship at his teet (or is it his hands?). Neville Southall, whose brilliance has helped
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    • 547 19  -  ROB HUGHES TALK OF SOCCER pool are more different than others. With Everton and Liverpool occupying the same quarter mile, it throbs with football power. Everton gallop after the League, FA Cup and Cup-Winners' Cup, Liverpool refuse to throw m the League towel
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    • SOCCER SHORTS
      • 637 19 A Latin first for Mexico URUGUAY or opponents Chile will become the first country to gain a place m the World Cup finals. A home win today will give Uruguay a place m Mexico next year while a draw would be sufficient for Chile, who are the South American qualifying
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    • 651 20  -  TAY CHENG KHOON Squash supremo says it's great to be back By 4 What I treasure more are the many friends I have made because of squash. ..real friends not only from the Asean countries but from further away places such as Japan, England and New
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    • 655 20  -  J. RAJENDRAN Andrew says m only nine words... ...what Tai Lim took 186 words to say Story by Grace under pressure, executed with style and a smile. .it's the Rocky principle. You have a champ. Then he loses and people say he can't do
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    • SPORTS WORLDWIDE
      • 553 20 CHINA'S reputation of near-invincibility was maintained at the World table tennis championships m Gothenburg. Sweden, yesterday with five men and seven women through to the quarter-finals of the singles. European players were completely humiliated not one reached the closing stages. Only Kirn Xi
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      • 583 20 CURT BYRUM, of the US, shot a two-under-par 70 m the third round of the Indonesian Open golf championship at Jakarta's Pondok Indah Course to increase his lead to three strokes. Byrum made a poor start by bogeying the eighth hole. But he
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      • 202 20 SWEDISH defending champion Henrik Sundstrom and Czechoslovak top seed Ivan Lendl showed admirable control on a blustery day to reach the semi-finals of the Monte Carlo Open tennis tournment yesterday. Sundstrom, who defeated Lendl m the quarter-finals on his way to the title here last year, dispatched
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      • 117 20 SWEDEN'S Bjorn Waldegaard, driving a Toyota Celica. extended his lead m the Safari Rally last night as the survivors swapped the dust and sand of the first leg for rain and mud on the second section. Waldegaard, winner for the second time last year, stretched
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      • 105 20 AMERICANS Randy Dickison and Lucy Wardle set world records for men's and women's high dives m Hongkong yesterday but Dickison fractured his leg m the process. Dickison, 25, of Minneapolis, was reported m satisfactory condition at a hospital. Doctors said he had a multiple fracture m his
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      • 114 20 JAPAN rallied from a 10-5 deficit m the third game to beat the United States 3--1 m the fourth and final match this week between the national women's volleyball teams m Billings, Montana. A crowd of 3,515 turned out as Japan won the series 3-1, claiming
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    • 576 21  -  PETER SIOW Chinese coach to salvage Republic's sinking fortunes By SHAO GU AN QUN does not look like a messiah. He is neat, cleanshaven and without piercing eyes, a pie-requisite of most saviours. Yet, the 54-year-old Chinese basketball coach will be asked to perform exactly that task salvaging
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    • 1518 21  -  JEFFREY LOW Soccer Cinderella turns into golden coach and goes to the ball Lowdown on Sport When you've got nothing to lose, nothing is too big for you. All you want is just the chance to prove you can fight. And I learned that from
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    • 51 18 RAHMAN DATUK SHEIK ABDUL LATIF Passed away suddenly m Hong Kong on 1 April 1985. Beloved Husband of Mariam, devoted father of Latifa, Hafiza, Zarina (New Zealand) and Junior, father-in-law of John, Jay and Frank, and grandfather of Shareen, Daniel, Geoffrey, Derek and Calum. Funeral took place on the same
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    • 70 18 "In Memoriam" is for the loved ones whom you remember Now available the Bookshop -tttif _J_tl_____Hr mm mw /<fc h_^^H_al*Mh( yAA\ w: v^BPaSHf^^^Wl __k_L 8_»" jBk oa i.W'^'SS IPill _^_y. —fl K^__nL_ ___^*____Sm _R_r____ Hh J__ H vx. <^mM _7 ________!VH_B^__.. ____J__r iiSiisi 3_b 7HE BOOKSHOP DECOR GUIDE /OfrVv^^ A
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 411 19 APPOINTMENT Major offshore oil producing company m I the Arabian Gulf has immediate vacancies I for the following: E GEOLOGICAL DRAFTSMAN 1 WITH OIL COMPANY EXPERIENCE. I Basic duties will include: fe Plotting and contouring of reservoir base f maps and structure maps §> c Plotting and drafting polyconic projec-
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    • 657 19 NOTICE i wmmm i—^—^— IN THE HIGH COURT OF MALAYA AT JOHORE 3AHRU ORIGINATING SUMMONS NO 8 OF 1982 In the matter of the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act 1958 And In the matter of a Judgment of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore obtained m Civil Suit
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 158 20 YOUR SPORTING SUNDAY CRICKET SCA Senior League: Div 2: Changi CSC v Pioneer Arsenal SAFSA v SCC Ist XI (Tanglin). UWC v (Geylang). Jurong Town v Sembawang Tanglin Taverners (Dover Road), IA v (Jurong), Kaki Bukit v Jubilee SRC. CSC v SCRC (Both at Balestier (Bedok). Telok Blangah Aver Rajah
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    • 218 21 m I /I T¥I^TI%TII II H Time: 7.30 am HI I Iwl II l\ l\ |j\\ Start/Finish: Clementi Sports Complex 111 >^1 iww/i^ Distance: 10 km W^ I II i Ilil lit I wl\ M M Registration fee: $2.00 per person IAAAmM—JJKULm^^XUSI Registration closes: Wednesday April 10, 1985 Time's running
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  • The Sunday Times
    • 600 22  -  ALAN HUBBARD Achievement of Month award draws record field of contenders By Kian Tom: missed the cut THERE can be no more popular choice than Zainal Abidin for the Sunday Times CocaCola Sporting Achievement of the Month Award. At last, sport's "Nearly Man"
      JERRY SEH  -  600 words
    • 630 22  -  TAY CHENG KHOON DFGDFS Regulation changes put golf club captain m rough By JOE GOH, Singapore's longest serving golf club captain, may have worked himself out of a job by trying to promote the amateur game m the Republic. This was the interpretation of several members
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    • 460 22 British Soccer LONDON, Sat. It may be a painful prospect, but Liverpool can begin preparations for the delivery of the English soccer Championship trophy to neighbours Everton. "The Blues", who have grown m stature since they took over at the top of the First Division on
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    • 283 22 Queen s Park 1 Arbroath Siranraer 1 Queen OSth 2 East Stirling 1 Cowdenbeeth 2 Alloa v Berwick. Dunierny line v Raith, Montrose v Aibion. Stenhousemuir Stirling postponed. Reuter. SCOTTISH TWO Airdne 2 Forfar 4 (Hyde 2 Brechin Wilmarnock C Falkirk Motherwell 5 East Fife 0 Partirk
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    • 115 22 Malaysia Cup LUMUT, Sat. Two quick goals m the dying minutes of the game gave Armed Forces a 2-1 victory over Sabah m a Malaysia cup soccer match here tonight After leading 1-0 at a half-time, through a 38th-minute goal by Hendry Anjun, Sabah looked set to
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    • 429 22  - Defeat was timely tonic Hussein JOE DORAI By SINGAPORE'S defeat by Johor m Friday night's Malaysia Cup tie does not put end to the Republic's finals hopes, according to coach Hussein Aljunied. Rather, Hussein sees the almost unprecedented 3-1 humiliation at the National Stadium as a timely tonic to remedy
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    • 40 22 The inside story dfgdgdfgdfg HE was soccer's Cinderella-fella, but last week he turned into a golden coach and Singapore had a ball. It's no fairy story, either, as JEFFREY LOW reveals on Page 21. soccer s saving graces Page 19
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    • 158 22 prasi THE MOST POPULAR MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AT EVERY TOURNAMENT. Tournament golfers make their living A showing even more impressive when you on their own two feet. They aren't allowed consider that we don't pay any ol them to to ride m carts. They have to walk. They wear our
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  • SUNDAY PLUS
    • 9 2 SUNDAY PLUS The Sunday Tunes. April 7, 1965 m
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    • MIND & BODY
      • 471 2  -  A. S. YEONG TALKING POINT By EVER vying for the consumer's dollar, some advertisers are using grab-all-or-lose contests where participants can hope to take home fabulous prizes to peddle their wares. The creative minds m advertising agencies are hardly satisfied with the mundane, such
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      • 622 2 FOR three days and nights, two groups of women were locked away m sealed rooms at Queen Elizabeth College, London. They were observed for 24 hours by "minders" who noted everything that went on every single breath they took and everything they ate.
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      • MEDICAL BRIEFING
        • 136 2 scans may create months of anxiety for parents. Deciding how severe a defect is and what surgery may be needed is impossible until after the birth. If doctors are unsure of the outcome, parents are more likely to be confused than reassured. These doubts have
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        • Article, Illustration
          129 2 TEACHING a child who cannot read to differentiate between harmless and dangerous products such as lemonade and bleach is difficult, although manufacturers have made attempts to overcome the temptations by printing warning lables. Red triangles, crosses, snakes and skulls have all been tried. The problem is that young
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        • 194 2 THE lung disease, emphysema, can be devastating. Around 2 per cent of emphysemics inherit the disease and a tiny proportion develops it as a complication of other problems such as asthma. But it is mostly caused by smoking. The smoker is usually aged 50 or 60 before the
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        • 151 2 WOMEN who delay having a family until they are over 35 years old when they have the option of having children earlier are putting themselves and their children at unnecessary risk says a medical adviser to the British Family Planning Assocition. The first problem is
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      • 552 2 DATING Jim complains that his dates never work; Paul insists that they are wonderful. Both are young businessmen with promising careers. Both are handsome by conventional standards. Both are congenial, friendly and courteous. Both occasionally think of marriage. Still, each has
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    • ARTS & BOOKS
      • 1133 3 Was Mozart really a callow youth with an obscene giggle? GEORGINA EMMANUEL sorts out the fact from the fiction about this contradictory composer, a central figure in the film Amadeus. THE film Amadeus should have been titled Antonio, for it is Antonio Salieri who is the
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      • 610 3 "DOES he see us as something to treasure?" mused Ved Mehta, the distinguished Indian writer, in his tiny cell at The New Yorker magazine. The question arises as The New Yorker, the idiosyncratic haven for writers of style and wit, is being
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    • HABITAT
      • 247 4 Four hazardous spots at home YOU'VE always kept it spick and span, comfortable and inviting. But can you be sure that your home is safe? Experts have identified the four biggest safety hazards around your house. STAIRS: When using stairways, be alert to loose handrails, slippery conditions, loose carpeting, poor
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      • 1349 4 ANNE-MARIE CURRAN spoke to the experts to find out after recent complaints THE truth is that marble floors are not all that they are cracked up to be. The difficulties of working with and maintaining this luxurious, prized stone seem to far outweigh its
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        165 4  -  CHEN GUOXIAN Alternative J THE Kaymet heat trolley from England is a useful item for parties and other social functions. With the mobile trolley, food and beverages can be kept warm and palatable anywhere, as long as there is an electrical point nearby. The Kaymet, with its twin
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      • 50 4 Though they look "■"""S very similar, the white piece is real while the black is man-made marble. The real stone /r is very dense, its edges don't crumble easily and it has a better finish. Manmade marble is more durable but comes m limited designs
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      • 78 4 2 If you wipe up the liquid a before it dries, it's unlikely to leave a stain. 1 Unsightly ring stains can be left on marble by spilled liquids or wet glasses. If there is a stain, sponge it 3 with a solution of one dessertspoonful of
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    • FASHION
      • 947 5  -  LIM PHAY-LING By WHAT will be the hottest looks for hair m 1985? Short hair is going feminine with assymmetric fringes and soft feathery face-framing styles. So now more than ever, hair is easy on the eye and on maintenance. Another trend long hair is making
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    • FOOD
      • 760 6  - Ice-cream parlour treats in Orchard Road MARGARET CHAN EAT OUT By Swensen's Ice Cream Restaurant, 400 Orchard Road Orchard Towers, #02-43, tel *****55 Hours: Daily 8 am to 11 pm with extension to 1 am on Saturdays Recommended: Swensen's burger, $5; croissant with ham and cheese, $6.50; fish and chips,
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      • 682 6  -  LEE GEOK BOI EAT IN By MORE four-dollar meals, and this time on ways to cook dhall (lentils). Dhall is a cheap source of protein and may even be more nutritious than meat because you don't have to worry about cholesterol levels when eating dhall.
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        • 156 6 I WERE you, as a child. forbidden to eat 'dirty ice-cream' 1 "Dirty" meaning it wasn't Magnolia which, a few decades ago. was regarded as the only "hygienic' producer of ice-cream o Remember lumps of redbean, coconut, corn, durian and attap chee (a kind of date)
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        • 120 6 I A FAST food joint is one where the minute steak is ready m 59 seconds; or so humorist Paik Choo thought. But Orchard Road's speedy eateries can do better than that. Four teenage foodies and Paik Choo spent one public holiday m a race for
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        • 86 6 I THE next time you feel up to eating a horse say. "I could eat an elephant" instead. According to An Explorer's Handbook ty Christina Dodwell. the elephant's trunk is a delicacy. Assuming that first you've found the trunk of an elephant, here's how to treat it: "Cook
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      • 487 6  -  LEE GEOK BOI BETTER BUY By AN APPLE a day keeps the doctor away but I am not sure if you can say the same for apple juice. The processing involved m making apple juice probably robs the fruit of much of the
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      • 982 7 Dogs may be man's best friend but it's a friendship that's not often reciprocated. With more people being resettled into HDB flats over 10,000 cases in 1983/84 compared with 8,000 in 1982/83 more dogs have been left to fend for themselves, more unwanted litters born.
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      • 206 7 JAPAN'S old friend, the mulberry-chomping silkworm, may have a new job providing mankind with one of medicine's prime candidates for a cancer cure, interferon. A Japanese drugs company has introduced a method which uses silkworms to produce alpha-interfer-on apparently identical to that in
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      • 254 7 Women too may rise to the occasion Q: I AM the only female senior manager in my company, which makes for some awkwardness when it comes to acknowledging introductions. Do 1 rise from my seat like the others (who are all men) or do I stay seated? A: A woman
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    • TRAVEL
      • 1417 8  -  WENDY HUTTON By I WENT back to Bali recently for the first time m eight years, apprehensive that all those stories I'd been hearing about Bali being "spoiled" might be true. Has Bali been ruined? When I think of the hawkers who pounce upon tourists
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      • 202 8 1 Travel notes GETTING THERE: Garuda Indone sian Airways fly direct to Bali for $560 return. But if you shop around. you can find Bali travel packages for as low as $690 for five days. VISA: You don't need a visa if you are from
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      • 260 8 Holiday news IF YOU have always thought Hawaii was expensive, the Sheraton hotels' savings programme for this summer might change your mind. Between May 15 and Sept 15 this year, all the five deluxe Sheratons m Honolulu will offer their rooms and suites at a
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    • 117 7 V jS bAeak DANCING w/// stretch you to the limit! It's exhausting, it's spectacular and it's fun It's called BREAKDANCING and this book will show you how AH the action! Illustrated with superb photographs, many m fuil colour, plus step-by-step, how-to-do-it instructions. Horn to do the Electric Boogie! Body Hopping.
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    • 8 1 TV PLUS The Sunday Times, April 7, 1985
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    • 599 1 He was once Russia's prized possession. Not only was he part of the Soviet team which successfully developed the hydrogen bomb m 1953, he became the youngest man elected to the Soviet Academy of Sciences. But his was a short-lived success story. Andrei Sakharov
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      • 1580 1 Lil Sifcl U HIGHW AY TO HEAVEN. Michael Lan OhT U^ Ilh'^B I M \\m\m\mnKSSfw\m 1 I ETJ don stars as an an el sent down t0 eartn t0 |a I I M rm W^^^^i %W^i I ummm help mankind m this pilot feature for a new ifl| I J|
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      • 532 2 L* HOLLYWOOD]*] The long-time friend and personal manager of Stacy Keaeh (below). Jay Bernstein, received a letter from the actor, now m his last three months m a prison cell m England. The letter revealed that Keach has lost more than six kg. but
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      • 648 2  -  LIM KAY TONG TV REVIEW By BY THE time the telecast of Community Chest Show ended last weekend (Saturday, Ch 5, 9.15 pm), more than $2.9 million had been collected and more pledges were being made days after. The key to the programme's success lay
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      • 393 2  -  LIM KAY TONG TV PREVIEW Cover Up Friday, Ch 5, 9. 1 5 pm By JON-ERIK Hexum, who stars as protagonist Marc Harper m this new series, recently killed himself while toying around with a gun on the set. And with his tragic death, television
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      • 371 2  -  TEO LI AN HUAY LOOK EAST By THE Shaolin saga continues. Plans are underway for a Chinese martial arts training institute that will also double as a tourist attraction and an open-air studio for gongfu films. Actor Li Lianjie, the overnight box-office sensation from
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      • 634 5 It's not enough that they invade your living rooms at night. Hollywood's TV stars now want to have their presence felt even when the telly's off. More and more prime-time faces are nipping into recording studios, m a bid to expand the boundaries of their
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      • 561 5  -  GEORGINA EMMANUEL THE COMPLETE MOZART PIANO CONCERTOS Murray Perahia and the English Chamber Orchestra (CBS Master works) CLASSICAL REVIEW By IMAGINE a sweet shop exploding with all those enormous delectable-looking lollipops and candy sticks. Imagine the ooh!-ah!--whi ch-shall-I-choose-can-I-have-more-than-one conversation that might follow, and you
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      • 434 5 IT WAS a decade ago that a freshfaced 24-year-old was the biggest solo pop star m the world. Girls fainted at the mere mention of his name. Records like Could It Be Forever 0 Daydreamer, and Cherish sold millions all around the world. David Cassidy's face appeared
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      • 390 5  -  CHOW SOOK YIN CHINESE REVIEW By THERE IS SOMEONE Qi Yu (Philips) MENTION Qi Yu and one thinks immediately of Li Taixiang's music. Whether it's Qi's singing which brings out Li's music, or Li's music Qi's voice, one cannot help but marvel at the
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      • 489 5 How to master electronics For whatever reason C\4~ W% The 'Microprocessoi -career, interest or 1. II 1 I Ifr"* course, Th,s course covers hobby -you can master CAIU 1 i H 1 M W Tr c t>asic theory electronics within months processors, plus practical through home-study work and programming y
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    • Young Life
      • 241 6 today is Baster Sunday At unt' time, hlasiei was a big festival m Singapoir because of the long stretch of holidays. Uood Friday (just over) was, and stiii is, a public- holiday, so was Hoi> Saturday (yesterday* and Baster Monday what a pity, you most be saying, tnat
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      • 62 6 Do you know What is the difference between American and British football? In American football, players can cai i y the bail and run with it, like m rugby. In British football, playeis must kick the bail as only the goalkeepei is allowed to touch it. The shape of ihe
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      • 415 6 ALFRED BERNHARD NOBEL HE was looked upon as a mad scientist and like the absent-minded professor you see m cartoon strips, he even blew up his factory accidentally, killing his brother and four other people. Today, we don't think of Alfred Bernhard Nobel when we speak of war
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        38 6 There are eight things m drawing A that are missing from drawing B. How many can you find? »Moy c pue inuoaoo-jieq c 'S3i|j aajqj joo} s,A3)(uouj '«a s.Aaifioui |ie} sAa^uow 'leaf 3ui||Bj 'aaj) uo jeai
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      • 325 6 We don't get much variation m the weather here, unlike m temperate countries, but keeping a weather chart is still interesting. That way you will notice changes m the weather. Draw appropriate symbols m your chart as the key to the weather. Divide your
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      • 86 6 QUILL f-T^r —^q (noun): a \f large feather, j£s**A especially the I I /fi^ztz^^r^ feather of a goose or other bird made \T^x^ into a pen \Ly (see picture) I >-^ 1 one of the sharp spines of certain animals, for example, the porcupine. QUILT (noun): a
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      • 89 6 Meili: I would like you better if you were tall, dark and handsome. tiuoxiang: If I were tall, dark and handsome, I wouldn't be going out with you. Mrs Guo: Please don't bring your dog into the house. Its full of fleas. Mrs Li: Well, all right. Bui
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      • 190 8 IJijf cw, reAllY He probablY feels «j> j- BY GOLIV, TIFFANY, I S^FE WITM ME- Jhl PACT I'M A LITTLE. MA/BE THAT'S BECAUSE AI^D MaYBE (T's A 2 EMBARRASSED TO MENTION IT, HE. KWOWS PA THE BOSS BECAUSE OF THE- _-m /O?Nn 1 BUT HE'D PROBABLY FOLLOW PORKCHOP HE CIZX
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      • 1615 12 90 For Sale: Toyota 90 For Sale: Toyota MAKE IT A SMOOTH SUNDAY Test drive the smooth -R^^^k new 1 2-valve Toyota ftgf»rtj Corolla today. BORNEO MOTORS H For a great deal more 8 236 Upper Thomson Road *****66 Almmed Road *****32 Bukit Timah Road *****556 7 89 East Coast
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      • 450 12 91 For Sale: Mitsubishi 1981 MIT. LANCER, full accessories, new paintwork, tip top condition Tel: *****41, Mr. Lee. 1982 MIT TREDIA GLX. S/rims, expensive cassette, tip-top condition. $19,200 o.n.o. Tel: *****92. 1982 MIT. GALANT 1600 GLS. 1 company owner. Beautiful condition Tel: *****98. 1984 LANCER GLX with full accessories for
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