RLC Newsletter November - December 2018

Royal Lake Club KELAB TAMAN PERDANA DIRAJA KUALA LUMPUR FOUNDED 1890

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018

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GHOULS & GAMES A merry, scary time at the Halloween Kid’s Party The 2018 Halloween Kids’ Party was held on Sunday, 21 October at the Banquet Hall. The event saw 80 children registered for the event with most of them showing up in scary costumes to suit the theme.

Party Friends were selected once again to organise carnival-type games and activities which included crafting stick spiderwebs, gross fun with slime, bowling mummy pins, bean bag toss and Guess the Candy.

The kids were free to roam about and partake an activity of their choosing at any given time. The last item on the agenda that day was the Deadman’s Treasure Hunt.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD PUZZLE The Library Sub-Committee organised a Cryptic Crossword Workshop on Saturday 6 October 2018. Alas, the response was rather lukewarm. However, the few that attended benefitted from a session that outlined the various types of clues, how to identify them and also how to work the indicator with the fodder to get at the answer that corresponds with the definition.

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For RLC 228, you were required to create a clue for HUNTING. Most of the efforts were of the anagram type with Chew Yoke Lim (7906) with his entry of Stalking abnormally thin gnu (7) winning the RM100 F&B voucher.

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Consolation prizes of RM20 F&B vouchers are awarded for all-correct entries submitted by Dato’ Tan Seng Chee (8961), Maureen Mokhlis (10262), Wong Kok Heng (12035), Tunku Yahya (14189), T.V.Sekhar (15678) & David K.H.Lee (16061).

Please collect your vouchers from the Main Library.

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For RLC 229, solve the puzzle and create a clue for the answer to 18 Down. Please try and think away from the anagram. Place your entries in the box in the Main Library before noon, Friday November 30, 2018.

Uncle Yap wishes all readers and solvers a Merry Christmas and hope that peace and universal goodwill will prevail from this day and for evermore and may the New Year of 2019 continue the transformation of our beloved country to better governance, transparency, social justice and fairness for all Malaysians.

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Entry Form for RLC 229

Members who want an explanation for all the clues in last issue’s puzzle are invited to e-mail yfyap88@gmail.com with the subject “Crossword answers please” and you will be placed on the mail-list to receive by e-mail, explanations for all the clues.

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Answer Grid for RLC 228

ACROSS 1&4 Birthday greeting! (5,9) 9 Animal found in back of a shopping complex (5) 10 Feeling I suppressed during punishment (9) 11 Mixing it, a lesbian is incapable of being satisfied (10) 12 Tidy cattle (4) 14 Where birthday peace is on (5) 16 Part of Yorkshire, nice and peaceful (6) 20 Flag person imposing prohibition (6) 21 Birthday guiding lights (5) 24 Animal returning for grass (4) 25 see 19 Down 29 Nine tarts baked for a short time (9) 30 A puzzle to dumbfound (5) 31 Send yells reverberating non-stop (9) 32 Build before empty chalet (5) DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Sea mail arranged with feeling of uneasiness (7) Again declare rear sets adjusted (8) Agent of uprising (5) Termination upset canoeists (9) Learn somehow about kidney (5) Move prison (4) Heartless administrator producing accommodation for birthday boy (6) 8 Lee lets her dance (7) 13 Pine for girl (4) 15 Listen to the sound of this place (4) 17 Genuinely resent lay composition (9) *18 Vouch for girl, a companion (8) 19,23,25A Birthday song! (4,3,6,6,4) 22 FBI agents in fixed section (7) 23 see 19 26 Seen going up to protect first domestic requisites(5) 27 Odds are slim (5) 28 Remains the ultimate tennis champion (4)

SUDOKU CHALLENGE EDITED BY JEFF H. S. KEOW

Results/Worked Example of Sudoku Challenge: September/October 2018 Issue.

Adapted No. 04 (Hard) from Sudoku Hell by Tetsuya Nishio (Vertical, Inc. New York 2009).

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Initial analysis (IA): Get the 1st initial solution in R/C/B by OC/OD logic.

1. R5: [4] in B4, B6: 41, R5/B5, OC. Follow 41 up in its T1/T2 territories: No follow - up soln. Do 2nd initial analysis for 2nd initial solution.

2. 2nd Initial analysis: R9: [8] in B7, B8, C8: 82, R9/B9, OC. Follow 82 up in C7, C7: No soln. in 8; but follow 82 up using [682] in B9 and another [68] in B3 yields LS(68) in 2 blank cells in C7/B6 via C7 analysis by LS principle.

3. F. up LS(68), C7: [1] in B9, R1: 13, C7/B3, OC. Use follow-up strategy.

4. R3: [13] in B3; [1] in B1, C5: 14, R3/B2, OC. 5. C4: [14] in B2; [1] in B5, R7: 15, C4/B8, OC.

R9: [15] in B8; [1] in B9, C3: 16, R9/B7, OC 7. C1: [16] in B7; [1] in R5, B1: 17, C1/B4, OC. 8. R6: [17] in B4; [1] in B5. C9: 18, R6/B6, OC. No f. up soln. after 18. As there would be 2nd f. up of 13 – 17, we go back to these earlier f. up solns. to deduce their 2nd f. ups, if any.

9. 2nd F. up of 13, R2: [4] in B2, C9, C1: 49, R2/B1, OC. 10. C2: [49] in B1, [4] in B4: 410, C2/B7, OC 11. C2: [9] in B4, R1: 911, C2/B1, OC. 12. R2: [911] in B1, [9] in B2: 912, R2/B3, OC. 13. B6: [912] in C9; [9] in R4: 913, B6/B6, OC. 14. R9: [913] in C8; [9] in C6, C3: 914, R9/ B8, OC. 6.

Resume follow-up of 914 in Figure 2.

Figure 2: Resume 1st cycle of initial analysis/ follow-up analysis. F. up 914 in C4.

15. C4: [914] in B8; [9] in B2; [9] in R4; [913] in R5: 915, C4/B5. No more f. up.

16. 2nd F. up 914, R9: Missing [467]. [4107] in B7: 616, R6/B7, OD logic.

17. B1: [616] in C3; [6] in R1: 617, B1/B1, OC. 18. R3: [617] in B1; [6] in B3: 618, R3/B2, OC. 19 R3: [8] in B3: 819, R3/B1, OC. 20. C1: [819] in B1; [8] in B7: 820, C1/B4, OC. 21. C7: [820] in R5; [82] in B9; [8] in B1: 821, C7/B6, OC. 22. F. up 821, C7: [6] in B9, B3: 622, C7/B6, OC. No more f. up.

23. 2nd F. up 821, R6: [821] in B6; [8] in C6; [820] in B4: 823, R6/B5, OC.

24. C4: [823] in B5; [8] in B8, R2: 824, C4/B2, OC. 25. F. up 824, B2: [3] in R2: 325, B2/B2, OC. 26. F. up 325, R1: Missing [2457]. [257] in C7: 426, R1/B3, OD logic.

27. F. up 426, C8: [426] in B3; [4] in B6; [410] in R7: 427, C8/B9, OC. 28. F. up 427, R9: By last cell: 728, R9/B8, OC. 29. F. up 728, R8: [728] in B8; [7] in B7, C7: 729, R8/B9, OC. 30. F. up 729, B6: [729] in C9: 730, B6/B6, OC. 31. F. up 730, R5: [730] in R4; [728] in C6: 731, B5/B5, OC. 32. F. up 731, B4: [731] in R5; [730] in R4; [7] in C3: 732, B4/B4, OC.

It is clear that from the 33rd to the final 60th solution, the Sudoku is solved directly/easily.

SOLUT ION

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF SUDOKU CHALLENGE (September – October 2018 ISSUE) RM50/- Meal Voucher

Ms Maslina Abdullah Sani, M’ship No. 16170 (thanks for inserting solution sequence)

RM10/- Meal Voucher

Mr Tan Kean Hin, M/No: 13659; Mr Chua Giok Loon, M/No: 14678; Mr Soh Chee Gee; M/No: 15274

Judges’ Comments: Every soln. is deduced in a R/C/B; thus, specify the R/C/B you are analyzing. Every soln. must be deduced by OC/OD logic. Soln. 8 in B9 creates LS(68) in C7/B6 from C7 analysis – this is the only strategic LS required.

Prize and Recognition For this Sudoku Challenge, normally up to three (3) entries with the best answers will receive a food voucher worth RM50/- each valid at any food outlet of the Club for a period of 3 months. In addition, up to 5 or more entries will receive a food voucher of RM10/- each as consolation prizes.

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Submission of Entries Submit your entry by hand/by post to reach the Library by 2 weeks after release of Newsletter.

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Name of Member: (Mr/Ms/Mrs/En/Cik/Puan/Dr/Dato’ etc) _____________________________

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Membership No: __________ Tel/HP/Email: ____________ (Please state “spouse”) (wef March/April 2018, only 1 membership no. is eligible for a prize.)

Instructions a) a) Fill in the blank cells in the Sudoku with digits from 1 to 9 so that each row, column and block contains the digits from 1 to 9 without repeating any. b) b) Also, mark-in the strategic “locked” sets (LS) of candidate digits to break the Sudoku code in the grid itself. This is a required condition. c) c) Record your sequence of results in A4 paper. Attach your results to the solved Sudoku, showing R/C/B analysed, position, only OD used need be shown. Show the strategic LS in your table of results and in the grid. The LS can be LS(x) in a block along a R/C; LS(xy) in a block or in 2 blocks; LS(xyz) in a block or in 2/3 blocks; LS(wxyz) in a block or in 2/3 blocks. LS is deduced

by LS principle (not by OC/OD logic). d) The decision of the judges is final.

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Criteria for Winning Entries: Quality: Only strategic locked sets are valid; how LS are used in follow-up to deduce the solution should be shown. Digits as missing digits used to deduce the solution should be given. We look for simplest LS used; shortest path taken; easiest technique used; most elegant approach in deducing solutions systematically/sequentially.

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Adapted from SUDOKU HELL by Tetsuya Nishio (Vertical, Inc. New York; 2009) No. 005 Hard (Watch out for strategic LSs!)

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TRIBUTES The club extends its condolences to the family and friends of the following members who are no longer with us.

Our beloved Past President, Mr C. T. Annathurai passed away on 4 November 2018 at the age of 69. The late Mr C T Annathurai was elected as a Voting Member of the Royal Lake Club Kuala Lumpur on 12 September 1988. He was the President of the club in 2002/2203.

The late C T Annathurai leaves behind his beloved wife, Shyamala Balasandren. May God bless his soul. We will all miss him.

Datuk Rajasingam (JMN SMS PJN) passed away on 11 December 2017.

He had been a member since 22 January 1971.

Dr Skantha Rajah passed away on 27 August 2018 . He had been a member since 27 November 2013.

Mr Loh Fook Choy passed away on 20 December 2017. He had been a member since 16 January 1991.

Mr Amarjit Singh passed away on 13 September 2018. He had been a member since 9 March 1997.

Mr Ng Teng Cheng passed away on 2 June 2018. He had been a member since 14 December 1983.

Dr Justin Alexander Yong Vei-Sherng passed away on 4 October 2018. He had been a member since 23 May 2012.

Mr C. Kamalanathan A/L S. Chelliah passed away on 10 July 2018. He had been a member since 28 May 1975.

Dato’ Ir Allan Robert Goonting passed away on 9 October 2018. He had been a member since 10 August 1973.

Mr Lee Kwai Leong passed away on 16 July 2018. He had been a member since 9 December 1988.

Mr Kon Kee San passed away on 15 October 2018. He had been a member since 3 August 1978.

YBhg Dato’ Harron Baba passed away on 26 July 2018. He had been a member since 16 October 2002.

Dato Tan Chin Nam passed away on 21 October 2018 . He had been a member since 6 March 1968.

* The publication of these announcements are based on notifications within the last one month.

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