The Straits Times, 2 August 1981

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  • 13 1 The Sunday Times No. 2357 AUGUST 2, 1981 40 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 102/1/81
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  • 697 1  -  EVELYN NG Advice to parents on choosing care-giver By Social Services uurresponoem IT ISNT often that a ministry gets to play mother to parents. But the Ministry of Social Welfare has some cause to be worried about Singapore parents. Fifteen minutes was all it took
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  • 156 1 Muldoon may call snap election WELLINGTON, Sat. Prime Minister Robert Muldoon is considering an early election on a Taw-and-order issue after protests sparked violence over the South African rugby team's controversial New Zealand tour. He also said he would call a meeting on Monday to discuss shortening the tour in
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  • 301 1 PLAYING hast tor the day to Dr Ahmad Mattar, Mm here serving raests at hto home yesterday. Like other Masllms In Singapore, Dr Matter, acting Minister f»r Social Affairs, was holding an open boose to celebrate Hari Ray a Pnasa. Dr Matter aid Us wife,
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  • 451 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. CONVICTED former Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Harun Idris, who was released early this morning with a remission of sentence, said here today that his application to the Registrar of Societies to hold public office had N been rejected. He told a
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  • 119 1 HAMBURG, Sat. Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's Prime Minister, who arrived here yesterday, had a working dinner at the home of West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt last night. Mr Lee earlier met Federal Economics Minister Otto Lambsdorff for talks m Bonn. After their dinner
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  • 46 1 HARI RAYA TODAY IN MALAYSIA H ARI Ray* will be celebrated la Malaysia today. Tfce nma was righted at tw» places at Kunpug Pnlau Sayak, Koala Muda, Kedah at l.M p.m. and at Teluk Kemang, Negri SembUan at 7.57 p.m. It wm n«t righted at JobwcBarn.
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  • 315 1 EDB plan to evolve technology institutes THE Economic Development Board hopes to develop the industrial training institutes those already set up and others being established into institutes of technology in the future, its chairman, Mr Ngiam Tong Dow, said yesterday. He said the EDB will be able to achieve this
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  • 336 1  - Teng Cheong defends middle managers LIM HUI KIAU By LABOUR Minister Ong Teng Cheong last night put in a good word lor middle management, who are often caught in the crossfire between their superiors and the workers. "When the enterprise is not doing well, it is not right for employers
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  • 31 1 JEDDAH, Sat. Two people wee beheaded by sword m the Saudi capital of Riyadh yesterday after being convicted by a religious court of abducting and assaulting a boy. Rev-
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  • 70 1 LATEST MAHATHIR'S ASSURANCE KUALA LUMPUR, B*4. Malaysia^ Prime MlaUter Datak Serl Dr Mahathir Mohamad, la Us Harl Ray* moonce, saM that the aoa-MuUm ewtnuulty la the e*utry ■hiali act worry ver their aecarlty aithoagh the experience la ■•me coutrtea might stew that M«-Maauins had beec oppreord. They ohoaH also not
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    • 274 1 SdamatZHari THE Sunday Times wishes al its Musfcn readers Selamat Hari Raya Idul Frtri. It also takes this opportunity to inform non-Musfcre that Muslims consider this to be an occasion for an open house. So do be neighbourly and pop in to visit when you can. f T^ v' Singapore
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    • 335 2 Big firms to unleash blitz to sell home entertainment TOKYO, Saturday FOLLOWING their success with video tape recorders, the big names m Japan's electronics industry are planning a concerted drive on world markets to unleash even more sophisticated home entertainment devices. They are video disc players, combining the performance of
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    • 237 2 Polish economic architect gets the sack WARSAW, Sat IN THE face of mounting protests over food shortages, Polish Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski has sacked his chief economic strategist. The dismissal of Deputy Prime Minister Mieczyslaw Jagielski removed one of the last senior government economists associated with a disastrous decade under
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    • 69 2 THE destruction after a fighter plane af the Ro>al Belgian Air Farce hit the broadcasting tawer of Loxembanrg's radle «>nd television netwerk RTL at Dndelange an Friday. The Mlrage-3 fighter plane disintegrated an Impact, which kill ed tie pilot and toppled the SM-metre Kylon onto
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    • 164 2 IRA man Quinn ends fast on 47th day BELFAST, Sat. Irish Republican Army (IRA) hunger striker Patrick Quinn ended his fast yesterday in the Maze Prison here on the 47th day as riots erupted in Belfast over IRA man Kevin Lynch, who fasted to death. British troops and police were
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    • 263 3 Aussie pay no more tied to rise in CoL SYDNEY, Saturday AFTER a stormy six-year trial, Australia yesterday abandoned wage indexation, whereby pay is tied to increases in the cost of living. The Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, the central wage-fixing authority, sail since last April when guidelines were tightened, government,
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    • 414 3 TOKYO, Saturday JAPANESE refiners are demanding price cuts by Middle East Opec countries m the latest move m a buyers' campaign to bring down the cost of crude oil, according to industry sources here. The sources said that, spreading the buyers' revolt to
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    • 194 3 MANILA, Sat. The Philippine Ministry tt Jostle* ordered yesterday an Investigation Into the ease of a Filipino midwife who weat to Saudi Arabia as a housemaid bat ended up mentally deranged, one month pregnant and begging In Seoul, Korea. The Jostle* Ministry's
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    • 287 3 Saudis to review level of crude output LONDON. Sat. Saudi Arabia is ready to review its level of oil output and Opec nations are to meet later this month to tackle the world's oil surplus, Iraq Oil Minister Tayeh Abdul-Karim said here yesterday. >■ The minister added that all 13
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    • 405 3 A GRACEFUL white Singapore orchid helped add to the pomp and pageantry of the British Royal Wedding on Wednesday when it #as used to decorate the 12 tables for dignitaries at the wedding breakfast. The 280 sprays of Dendrobium or Multico White a local hybrid
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 78 2 INDIA AND the United States on Friday failed to solve problems affecting an agreement to provide US nuclear fuel for an Indian atomic power plant and there were indications the agreement may be terminated soon. US and Indian officials ended two days of talks m new Delhi
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      • 70 2 TWO KAMPUCHEAN representatives to a Unesco conference in Paris were attacked and beaten by pro-Vietnamese Kampucheans as they left the meeting on Wednesday, the Khmer Rouge radio, Voice of Democratic Kampuchea, reported yesterday. The clandestine radio, monitored in Bangkok, said the two, Im Saroen and Ngo Hak
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      • 64 2 SENEGALESE TROOPS yesterday entered the centre of Banjul, capital of Gambia, which has been in the hands of a rebel "supreme revolutionary council" since a coup d'etat attempt in the West African state on Thursday, an authoritative source in Dakar said. The troops from Senegal intervened
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      • 78 2 CHINA'S DEFENCE Minister Geng Biao told an Army Day reception on Friday night that China must prepare "against war" and that China would not attack another country, but would strike back if attacked. China celebrated the 54th anniversary of the 4-miUion-member People's Liberation Army with Army Day
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      • 66 2 UNEXPLODED BOMBS under the rubble of the Iraqi nuclear plant attacked by Israeli aircraft on June 1 have prevented French technicians from fully assessing the damage, the Washington Post said yesterday. It quoted the nuclear attache at the French embassy m Washington as saying that France had
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      • 65 2 A PROMINENT South African nationalist guerilla leader was assassinated m a Salisbury suburb on Friday, the Zimbabwe Government announced yesterday. It accused South Africa of cdmmitting the killing. An official statement said Joe Gcabi, representative m Salisbury of the African Nationalist Congress (ANC), one of the two
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    • 103 2 BORDEAUX, Sat. P«Uee hen an trylag to stive the myatery M the vaatealaz KUatenlUUMChlld wine, whlck Ihi a retail value af ahaat UBSCM* (B*l*l,mj. The chatoaa hattled wtae la aae ef the neat prestirlMU c*ac«cted hen, aaa \JM battles eMtlag aaaat UBstt 6MI t#
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    • 341 2 Bid to build up Lebanon ceasefire into a settlement CANCUN (Mexico), Sat. A senior United States official said last night that the US was undertaking a broadened effort to try to build the present shaky ceasefire in Lebanon into a comprehensive peace settlement. The official told reporters accompanying Secretary of
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    • 149 2 Begin names Sharon as next Defence minister JERUSALEM, ~at. Israeli Premier Menachem Begin announced today that General Ariel Sharon will be Minister of Defence m his next government, Israeli radio said. In the outgoing cabinet, Mr Begin had himself run the Defence Ministry from the Premier's office after General Ezer
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    • 234 4 Keep out of 'sex mess' inquiry, cops told KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The inquiry into claims that police officers visit private messes for free sex should be conducted by an independent body and not the police themselves, DAP vice-chair-man, Mr Karpal Singh, said on Thursday. IGP Tan Sri Haniff Omar has
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    • 259 4 MAN ARRESTED AFTER TIP-OFF JOHORE BARU, Sat. POLICE believe they have stumbled onto a syndicate which issues false identification papers and passports to illegal Indonesian immigrants. This followed the arrest of a 25-year-old car salesman and recovery of some documents at a house m
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    • 206 4 finding missing wife SEREMBAN, Sat. A longer, Mr W*s Wlmg L**ag, 2f is *fferlag his alr-eoadltloaed D»tann IMV m ft reward to the person who can kelp him find ids missing wife. Mr W**'s wife weat missing after he started worklag In Sahah
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    • 223 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. THE deputy minister m the Prime Minister's department today firmly denied that the National Bureau of Investigation had failed to make any significant headway m eliminating corruption. "The NBI, though formed about seven years ago, had successfully brought
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    • 95 4 KUALA TRENGGANU, Sat. Angry villagers set ablaze two lorries In Kampung Kubang Dean near Chendering 12 km from here on Thursday. The lorries were involved In an accident which killed a cyclist. CyclLst Husin Mohamed, 32, from Kampung Keta- tang, was
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    • 108 4 Fugitives caught after 3-hour hunt PENANG, Sat. The tmu prtwatu who dag their way eat of the Peaaag Prbea were found hiding »Up a hill near a Hindu temple on Thusday morning and captured. Same 2M men (ram the CID, Federal Reserve Unit and antisecret Mciety branch tosh part la
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      12 4 OCPD Mokhtar Daud frisking the prisoners for any hidden weapons. Star picture.
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    • 28 4 Tapes seized KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Police raided several video tape distributors m Selangor on Thursday and seized 2,131 tapes worth MJUO.OOO under the Copyright Act. NST.
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    • 233 4 2,000 men needed to build Penang Bridge PENANG, Sun. About 2,000 workers will be needed to build the M 3500 million Penang Bridge when actual work begins. The projects resident engineer, Mr P. Venkatasen, said about 100 workers were at present doing reclamation work on the island and mainland. The
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  • 27 5 Old boys move to preserve facade of SJI building JOSEPHIAN George Thia shares with principal Brother Kevin Byrne Us plans to preserve the facade (m the background).
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  • 349 5  -  RAYMOND MOSES By THE distinction between Singapore's economic build-up and her attempts at nation building must be made to prevent the "utter confusion" some of her citizens already feel. Singaporeans must sit back, observe and then decide for themselves what they want to be
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  • 57 5 A NATIONAL DAY parade rehearsal involving some 5,000 participants will De held today at the Queenstown sports complex from 8.30 a.m. The public are advised to avoid roads leading to the sports complex and Mci Chin Road and driving instructors are asked to avoid taking learner driven
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  • 424 5 Black sheep may hurt trade, say motor workshops WORKSHOP owners are worried that the "blacksheep" among them who make false insurance claims for damaged vehicles may give them a bad name. With the recent conviction of a workshop proprietor and the publicity that followed, bona-fide workshop owners feel their business
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  • 528 5  -  LIM HUI KIAU By PLANS are underway to save the familiar dome and crescentshaped facade of the 129-year-old St Joseph's Institution from demolition. The land on which the school is built has been earmarked for development and
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  • 424 6  - 'Scrap streaming at secondary level' call by teachers' union NGIAM TONG HAI By A TEACHERS' union yesterday urged the abolition of arts, science and technical streaming in secondary schools. This, said the 1,500member Singapore Chinese Middle School Teachers' Union last night at its annual general meeting, is because education in
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  • 159 6 EDUCATION in Singapore is moving towards one type of school in which students can learn both English and their mother tongue. And the sooner this type of school is established the better, Parliamentary Secretary (Education) Ho Kah Leong said last night at the 30th anniversary
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  • 253 6 MOTORISTS of this Housing Board car park face a perennial problem opening of multiple cracks and potholes in their car park which make driving a hazardous daily affair. On top of this, they have also to look out for humps and bumps and steer clear
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  • 107 6 No way to take a toddler for a ride A PRECARIOUS way to Uke child for rMe. Tke evrraized helmet •n tke bey's head could easily slip off m m accident, caaslag severe head Injuries. Tke toy could also be flung off the machine daring a sadden stop la aa
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  • 232 6 MOSQUITOES have been the No 2 nuisance on the Environment Ministry's list of complaints for the past two years. Hornets, bees and wasps topped the list. Sharing third place were complaints against hawkers and illegal dumping of refuse. Complaints about mosquitoes
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  • 193 6 THEY keep on coming back. More than half Singapore's overseas visitors m May were those who returned for a second look. A Singapore Tourist Promotion Board press release shows that of May's 220,442 visitors, 57.3 per cent were repeat visitors.
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  • 160 6 Killing of youth: Six held in police raid OFFICERS and men from CID's Homicide Squad conducted predawn raids yesterday and arrested six youths for questioning in connection with the murder of a youth and the stabbing of two of his friends. The murdered youth, Ang Tong Tze, 19, had stab
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  • 205 7 OTHER major cities have it, so why not Singapore? We're not talking about air pollution, an international airport or a maze of flyovers. We're telling you about this new "map of Singapore which should put us right m the world map of tourism and
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  • 650 7 h^bqm^h^b^^m^^t^ <m"^^%y» »*> THE all-round improvement in share prices last week indicates that the stock market is at last finding its feet after its round of panic selling. This is supported by technical analysts who say the market reached bottom when
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  • 61 7 MANJEET Singh, 21, unemployed, was charged m a magistrate's court yesterday with trafficking m dlamorphine on July 31. The charge accuses him of selling two straws of the drug to a Central Narcotics Bureau agent at the ground floor of Block 18, Bukh Merah View. He is
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  • 247 7 Police recover five letters from the Scully house POLICE have recovered five letters from the home of the Srully family, where former state cricketer Henry Victor Scully, hi* preg-n-nt wife and their two sons were found dead In a gas-filled room on Friday. A police spokesman, who confirmed this yesterday,
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  • 270 8 Hon on EDB's main task ahead THE Economic Development Board's main task ahead will be to lead Singapore into the forefront of newly industrialising or developed nations, said Finance Minister Hon Sui Sen yesterday. He observed that this task will not be easy because of world economic constraints. But he
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  • 88 8 Forms for studies in Britain APPLICATION forms for admission to first degree diploma course m Britain are now available from the Public Services Commission, second floor m City Hall on weekdays from 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. The closing date for applications, which include Oxford and Cambridge as the choice
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  • 27 8 THE Radln Mas community centre women sub-committee will hold a beauty cultre cum demonstration at the centre on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Admission is free.
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  • 233 8  - $9 m to make Kallang largest covered theatre in Singapore HEDWIG ALFRED By NINE million dollars wUI be spent to convert this to Singapore's largest covered theatre. The Kalian* Theatre m Stadium Walk at the moment screens Mandarin movies bat thin will stop once the date for the renovations is
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  • 338 8 New revenue collection system from Sept 1 THE Finance Ministry's Multi-Revenue Collection System (MRCS), under which the public can pay their income, property and road taxes and hospital bills in cash at decentralised centres, will be launched on Sept 1. For a start, seven centres will be opened to accept
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  • 1546 9  -  GEOFFREY MURRAY ■BY "FATHERS are in a state of crisis today because they literally don't know who they are, what their children expect of them nor what their wives want from them, says Dr James Dobson, an expert on the subject and
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  • Article, Illustration
    109 9 VINEGAR Ls derived from the Old French "vyn egre" or "vinalgre" combining "via" (wine) with "aigre" (sour). Vinegar Is "sour wine" formed by acetous fermentation of wine, and SOUR has Its root In the Sanskrit "sura" (brandy). Vinegar is sometimes called ACETIC ACID, baaed on the Latin "acer"
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  • 535 10 The Sunday Times SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1981 Right cultural foundation LAST week's announcement that the government is to take over a cinema and turn it into a cultural theatre is more than a case of poetic justice. Or classical arts reclaiming its rightful inheritance from the popular arts. It is
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    • 127 10 EARLY yesterday morning, D.P.C. 748, a Chinese, and D.P.C. 14, an Indian, were on patrol when they were attracted by three Javanese acting in a suspicious manner. These latter, however, ran away towards the jungle close by when the detectives walked their way, but they
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    • 99 10 ALTHOUGH a number of outsiders won on the first day of the Penang Races (Saturday, July 23), two readers of The Sunday Times succeeded m predicting six of the eight winners. Mr J. F. Loh, of 73, Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore, gave Gold Or, Short
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    • 51 10 LONDON.JuIy 30. A sensation has been caused m Paris by the discovery that a leading woman savante and a Doctor of Philosophy is also queen of the city's night life and dances m the nude every night at a famous cabaret. Sunday Times, July 31,
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  • 1604 10  -  QUEK PECK LIM By Trouble when shares traded exceeded 15m a day QUOTE IT took barely a month to accomplish the swift demolition of the pleasant figment of the popular imagina.ion that the stock market was a place where
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  • 581 10  -  JOHN ROCHE By THE Singapore workaholic has been in the news. He is that chap whose nocturnal, daytournai or w hatever-tur-nal habits keep his doctor busy, his wife worrying and his kids strangers to him. There are two main
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  • 710 11 Tying shoelaces is no more a basic skill to youngsters Is this phenomenon part of an unhealthy by-product of a modern society? Electric pencil sharpeners have replaced penknives and pocket calculators are used to solve maths problems. As life becomes more technology-laden, young children are becoming less able to cope
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  • 562 11 Embarrassed by your name? You can get it changed DO YOU know of people whose names have caused them acute embarrassment? They could be anyone from 'A Boy Named Sue', or 'Char Boh' for that matter, to the unfortunate child named 'Grand' by her parents Mr and Mrs Piano. Sometimes
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      284 13 mmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmM^MmWmWMmWMmmv W^^^^^^^^^^ KARUMATHI OBSERVANCE AM,.«Ua%.A...w GOVINDASAMY s/o Din I icari ittic KULLICrVU I I It NAIDU IF* HUS TFRROR mawai baseT NA¥ALBASt| DEPARTED 91 qt Mil V IQfli iiai.juLi iwi Karumathl Will be Observed on Monday 3rd. August 1981, first Pooja commencing 11p.m. at his residence, 31, Lorong
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  • SUNDAY TIMES SPORT 1
    • 187 14 FLYHALF BOTHA STEERS BGKS TO FINE VICTORY PALMERSTON NORTH, Sat. South Africa beat the New Zealand national rugby champions Manawatu by 31-19 today in the third match of the Springboks controversial New Zealand tour thanks to the kicking of flyhalf Haas Botha. Manawatu's forward pack kept the pressure on the
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    • 463 14 LONDON, Sat. Americans Mel Lattany and John Powell made light of torrential rain to set British All-Comers' records at an international athletics meeting at Crystal Palace here yesterday. Lattany, 21, confirmed his reputation as one of the best sprinters in the world by easily winning the 100 metres in
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    • 1256 14 ONCE The Greatest, Mohammad Ali is determined to box on, though he is fat and almost 41. ALAN HLBBARD, who has covered most of Ali's fights around the world, pleads with him to change his mind and reports how
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    • 366 14 Thompson sets course record to take lead GOLF ROUND-UP OAKVTLLE, Sat. Leonard Thompson shattered the Glen Abbey course record with a nine-under-par 62 to gain a four-stroke lead after two rounds of the Canadian Open golf championship here yesterday. Thompson finished on eight-under-par 134, four ahead of Peter Oosterhuis, of
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  • SUNDAY TIMES SPORT 2
    • 210 15 NFL Division One ties suspended until Aug. 15 ALL National Football League Division One matches will be suspended until Aug. 15 because the main stadiums Jalan Besar, Jurong, Toa Payoh and Queenstown are being reserved for the National Day celebrations, reports JOE DOBAI. The Division One League will commence on
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    • 60 15 TOKYO, Sat. Reigning world champion Tone Ling, of China, beat compatriot Zhang Deying 21-9, 13-zT 2113, 21-18 m the final to win the women's singles title m a one-day invitational table tennis tournament here today. But Japan's Junzo Nukazuka beat China's national champion. Chen Xinhua, 21-18.
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    • 121 15 SINGAPORE Malays Football Cub's appeal to lift the suspensions imposed on four of thenplayers will be considered by the Football Association of Singapore at their Council meeting on Aug. 12. The decision was made by the FAS Council on the recommendation of the Disciplinary Committee.
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    • 134 15 KENT remain on top of the table with 38 points from 19 games m the Raffles Darts League competition. Other results. Sunseekers 5 NCO Club 4, Chipbee 5 Cobras 4, Sundstrand 9 Promet 0, Scavengers 9 SAFSA 0, Sheb 9 C. J. 80. Cent
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    • 260 15 SANTA CLARA, Sat. Left-hander Ed Vosberg, of Arizona, pitched a fourhitter to lead the United States to a 4-2 victory over Korea to win a gold medal in the World Games baseball competition yesterday. Vosberg gave up both Korean runs in the opening
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    • 169 15 MILAN, Sat. It was all talk and no food on the second day of the conference of the Association of National Olympic Committees. A one-day strike by the hotel staff left delegates from 127 countries without meals, except for a few sandwiches
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    • 82 15 A 20-hour coaching course THE Singapore Sports Council will organise a 20hour course, designed to equip coaches with a knowledge of the basic sciences such as applied anatomy, physiology, principles and practice of first aid treatment of sports injuries, theory of coaching and learning general principles of coaching, training and
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    • 215 15  -  JANICE SEAH By OH, for a club to call home for a- place to hang our cape and sails, and to store the boats and engines, and to drink a cold draught beer after a gruelling day in the scorching sun out on
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    • 511 15 It's back to the ballparks with the end of baseball strike NEW YORK, Sat. JIM GANTNER can abandon his plumbing tools and take his place at second base m Milwaukee. Richie Hebner can drop his gravedigger's shovel and pick up his bat m Detroit. Boston lawyer Ken Wagner can forget
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    • 345 15  -  JOE DORAI Manager-coach and coach will handle each Singapore team By FOUR players of the 1980 squad, including skipper Abdul La tiff, are among 34 players selected for Singapore's two teams to take part in the 12- nation Lion City Cup under-16
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    • 288 15 TENNIS ROUND-UP NORTH CONWAY, Sat. Top seed Jimmy Connors was toppled by Spain's Jose Higueras 6-4, f>-l yesterday m the third round of a US$2OO,000 ($430,000) tennis tournament here m New Hampshire. Connors, a three-time winner of the tournament, fell victim to
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    • 130 15 Woon upsets No. 2 seed Ballard WOON WAI PHANG caused shock waves m the gallery when he defeated second-seed Stewart Ballard 9-4, 9-7, 9-7 m the men's A grade semi-finals of the Ovaltine individual squash championship at Kallang. It was his second triumph over Ballard this year Woon won the
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    • 30 15 THE Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association thrashed National University ot Singapore 7-0 at Toa Payon yesterday to finish third m the Singapore Amateur Swimming Aawdatkn't Open waterpolo champioMhlp
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  • SUNDAY TIMES SPORT 3 Racing special
    • 287 16  -  EPSOM JEEP By I He towers above all the others... KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. On official ratings, Siapa Rajah ffl (169) stands head and shouloers above anything else m training and at level weights, he will certainly take a lot of beating over any distance and
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    • 165 16  - Square Miss looks set TONTO By SQUARE MOSS, still without a win although finishing on board m all her four starts to date, looks m line for her first victory m Race 1. The three-year-old Australian mare by Square Boy made her debut m February, finishing fourth to Storming Home
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    • 320 16  -  TIPTOP By CUP specialist Ivan Allan can achieve a stable queue-up m the $100,000 Sultan of Selangor Gold Cup tomorrow. Nothing should separate his two candidates, BUna Rajah 111 and Tamaa aagapara. Both are classy runners and each has its own merits. Siapa Rajah m,
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    • 191 16  -  EQUESTRIENNE By FRENCH CONNECTION, an up-and-coming grey English horse by The Go-Between should take Race 3 for Class 1 Div 2 over 1,600m. He chalked up a win and two seconds last month. This consistent four-year-old was second in his first outing in July at Ipoh
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    • 107 16 RACE EPSOM JEEP FAIRWAY RACING ED GO Honour Square Miss Changing Time Changing Tim* G.O. Honour Taman Mas Q.O. Honour Square Miss Changing Time Sunny Smil* Bellus Domina Credentials B*ilu« Domina Sunny Smile Credentials B*llu* Domina Sunny Smile T. Producer Sharingham F. Connection Sharing ham My Favourite [Mima Snow
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    • 56 16 WATCH these horses If there U rain: RACE 1: Chancing Time, What's Enough. RACE 2: Bellas I k»mln», Credentials. RACE S: Tommy Jack, French Connection. RACE 4: Cherry Blas- ■•in, Stylish Prim*, SamedM. RACE S: SUp* R»J»h III, C*mberly, PaitlH ML RACE BUtxen SUr, Rosewing, 8tag*p*re sun. RACE 7:
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    • 915 16 RACE F> 4 25 CLASS 1 DIV 11,600 m 1,600 m ftAV/£i U (Weight-for-age) ($lOO,OOO $63,000 to winner) 1 l**ool Siapa Raja* II 57 HT Wee-Allan 5 nzg aCy-5 By Wharf -Spumante; kingpin m stayir-g class winning 2000 m Tunku Gold Cup with 56.5
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    • 2300 16 p*pp -I 2.15 CLASS 4 DIV 2 1,200 m itA^JL 1 (Rating* 70-58) ($12,000 $8,400 to winner) 1 s*3*2* G«*t Of Bmv (T») 57 Fame Fortune-G. Breukelen 4 irti au2 1 Due (or win; lost by neck with 56 to Lake Toba m Div 4 1200 m m
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  • SUNDAY TIMES SPORT 4 Racing special
    • 1809 17 Ahmad and Samsuri bag five Hari Raya winners FIRST: *****5 SECOND: *****3 THIRD: *****9 STARTERS: *****6, *****5, *****6, *****3, *****6, *****3, *****4, *****7, *****2. CONSOLATIONS: *****2, *****6, *****8, *****4, *****3, *****2, *****1, *****9, *****9, *****5. KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. With Hari Raya just a few hours away, trainers Ahmad Samad and
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    • 684 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Visiting jockey Chris McNab was fined $300 and warned of more severe action in future for allowing his mount, Jefferson D, to shift ground when not sufficiently clear of It's Terrific, causing the latter to check and bump Conquest in Race 4 today.
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    • 747 17 course to get clear ran at top of straight when 4th with 55 to Sokitomi II m Div 4 1200 m last week; goes over right distance; ran couple of good races earlier m year finishing 4th with SO to Turf Ruler m C 3-2 1900 m m
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    • 392 17 14 top horses for Arlington Million CHICAGO, Saturday FIVE top European horses, one from South Africa and one from New Zealand, were named today in a field of 14 for the inaugural Arlington Million, billed as the world's richest thoroughbred race. The race, worth US$600,000 (S$l,290,000) to the winner, will
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    • 490 17 Major Building/Civil Engineering Company m Brunei has vacancies for key personnels m the various develop ment projects now m progress. (A) PROJECT MANAGER (around $46,000 p.a.) Degree m Building/Civil Engineering plus at least 5 years on site project management, especially m earthworks and R.C. Works. (B) 2 SITE ENGINEERS (around
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    • 389 17 A well-established Bank has vacanies for BANK CLERKS/TELLERS Requirements: 1 Singapore Citizens below 25 years of age; 2 Minimum GCE 'O' Level Cert with 4 credits including Maths and English. Those with GCE A' Level Cert are also invited to apply; 3 Male applicants should have completed I or be
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  • SUNDAY TIMES SPORT 5
    • 300 18  -  JANICE BEAH By FOR the 28 boys of the St. Andrew's Secondary School's rugby side, the next nine days hold the promise of being filled with fun m the sun as they head for Bangkok for their annual clash with the Royal Vajiravudh
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    • 81 18 Late CLASSIFIED DEATH MR. CWONO HAT KONG, aged 75 years old. passed away peacefully on 18 81 leaving behind beloved wife Madam Yeoh Slew Khooo. sons: Mln Tet. Mln Foot. Mln Choy. daughter: Port Ylng daughters-in-law: Son Chin. Peck Kens. Jessie, son-in-law, Khoo Kok Chalng and 11 grandchildren to mourn
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    • 146 18 Yamaguchi to officiate in Goju-kai tournament GOGEN YAMAGUCHI, master of Goju-kai karate, will be in Singapore for the Goju-kai Karate Club's first tournament at the Gay World Stadium on Aug. 15, reports PETER SIOW. Nicknamed "The Cat" for his swift movements on the mat, the 74-year-old pugilist is best known
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    • 111 18 ENGLAND Ist Ibm ISt AUSTRALIA Ist bua (OvenUgstlM) W«*d run out 38 DysMbCHd 1 Differ c Taylor b Old 2 Brlgfct lbw Botham 27 Hashes lbw Old 47 Yaltop b Eraburey 30 Heat c Willis b Emburey 46 Manh b Emburey 2 LUlee b Emburey 18 Han run out
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    • 132 18 TODAY'S EVENTS BASKETBALL SEIRA men's/women's competition (Thomson Secondary School, 3 45 4.45). CRICKET BCA (ester Umm: IA v CSC A (Balestier Rd, U). Junior: Civil Services v Hell Orient (Seletar, 1.30). Junior knock-out: IA v SRC (Padanc.ll). FENCING Pesta Sukan meet (Duxton Plain CC). GOLF BOA Le*gwt: Warren v SICC,
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    • 167 18 England plod on third day BIRMINGHAM, Sat. Australia snapped up David Gower's wicket cheaply and contained England effectively on the third day of the Fourth cricket Test at Edgbaston here today. England, 69 behind on first Innings, added only 37 m an uneventful two hours this morning and were 86
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    • 278 18 Leicester turn formbook upside down LONDON, Sat. Leicestershire, bottom of the county championship table, turned the formbook upside down when they beat leaders Nottinghamshire by four wickets at Hinckley yesterday. Set the daunting task of scoring 124 in only 14 overs, Leicestershire got home with one ball to spare thanks
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    • 110 18 BOURNEMOUTH, Sat. The Sri Lankan cricketers' match against Hampshire fizzled out to a tame draw when bad light prevented any play after tea yesterday. Hampshire, m danger of a heavy defeat earlier m the day, had made 189 for eight m their second innings a lead of
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    • 82 18 PrcUmlaary r*ud rcmUte. Xie Saike (C) bt Aristides Franka (Bra) a-9, 21-12: Seiji Ono (Jpn) b» Zoran Kosanovic (Can) 21-11, 21-17; Guo Yuehua (C) bt Paul Pinkewlch Ausi 21-10. 21-11; Tibor Klampar (Hun) bt Park Lee Hee (SK) 21-16. 21-17; Shi Zhlhao (C) bt Tay Tone Kee (Mai)
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    • 478 18 PERTH, Sat THERE IS now a "living lunatic" in Terry Alderman's home in the Perth suburb of Wembley. The words are those of his mother, Mrs Joan Alderman, since Terry made his debut in Test cricket at Trent Bridge, England, in June. "I'm
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    • 380 18  -  ALAN HUBBARD By UBIQUITOUSLY played but often casually regarded, table tennis may well emerge as the activity that changes the face of sport in the eighties. At the height of the political scuffling during the Moscow Olympics last year, an almost unnoticed
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      312 18  -  PETER SIOW By Three Chinese players through to semi-finals KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The joyous mood of China's table tennis players Guo Yue Hua Xie Saike and Shi Zhi Hao was tonight written on their faces like a road sign. The reason was obvious. All three went through to
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    • 293 18  -  R. MANOR A J By SINGAPORE were eliminated from the Gurdwara Cup hockey tournament when they went down 0-1 to Selangor in the semifinals at Balestier Road yesterday. Singapore lost to Selangor by the same margin last year but in the final. Singapore
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    • 102 18 KARACHI, Sat. Australia will be more formidable m hockey and Pakistan will have to play harder if they hope to win the World Cup hockey tournament m Bombay this December. This warning to the Pakistani hockey team was made by their former Olympian Khursheed Aslam, who has just
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    • 133 18 UP TO 1p.m. TODAY: Showers in a few places. TEMP. (C) up to S a.m. tomorrow: SI max., 25 mia. SUNSET today: 8.45 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: f.35 a.m. GLOBAL WEATHER Amaterfem %C t L» Aifeta %C t Atheas XC t Ma4rM tC t Bakraln *C t MulU 24/34C Fair tUagkvk
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      100 1 A DRAMATIC APPEAL PAGE THREE In the ARTS page ****> MAX LE BLOND LOOKS AT THE STATE OF THEATRE, compares It to the official support for music sad poses the question: What more can we do to boost Drama la Singapore. His vision to on Pan Three. MUST THE
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    • 1155 1  -  PAUL JACOB Four guys and an old watering hole By THE PEBBLES BAR has gained a certain dubious fame as the centre of a gayly clad crowd. Every night and especially over the weekend, they gather, to sway to the beat, to oggle each other. At the
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      • 686 2  -  ROGER YUE HEAVEN'S GATE Reviewed by WHEN Michael (The Deer Hunter) Cimino's US$35 million (S|75 million) new movie, HEAVEN'S GATE, was released in the United States early this year, it was greeted by adverse comments regarding its length (it ran for three-and-a-half hours).
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      • 431 2  - A worthy film depicting how current values affect the 'New Malay' MOHD ISMAIL ABDULLAH ABANG (now showing at Bedok) Reviewed by SINCE the revival of the Malay movie industry m the last few years, no other local film among the 30-odd produced during that period has ever made a mark
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      • 504 2 IT IS the aaklßdeat eat of all. The mind-blowing scene la SCANNERS (now showing at the Odeon) was chopped off. Pictare the aeeae... Two men seated at a table before aa audience. They are giving a public demonstration of telepathy. One man asks the other
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      • 821 3 Have a heart. C Criticism is so easy and art so hard poet/novelist Thomas Hardy IN The life of Thomas Hardy, the English poet, better known in some circles as a novelist, we read that Hardy was much influenced by works of the distinguished English man of letters, Leslie Stephen.
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      • 908 3  - How are we supporting local talent? MAX LE BLOND By IN a Straits Times "Section Two" column last week (July 23), writer Xu Jin took exception to some of the material I included in last fortnight's article on Chandra n Lingam. In the light of what he had to say,
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      • 237 3 The drops trickle down the window slowly Outside, the wet world glistens from rain The dripping hordes of pedestrians And the trees of dark foliage Flash by. The vapour on the glass condenses The methodical tick of the windscreen wiper The squeak of rubber against
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      • 674 3  - With Rodgers as entree and Verdi for dessert ADRIAN JOHNSON By JOHN Darreakamp gently twirled the glass of champagne la a muscular yet manicured hand. "I don't think of myself as a missionary," he said In aa equally muscular, manicured voice when he considered my point that he was blailng
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      • 911 4  - When the lady brought her puppets to the library... JOHN ROCHE By 1 3Ap4i WHAT do the following have in common: A lady from Louisiana, a French banker, a library and a puppet in the shape of a pineapple? Answer: The live theatre in Singapore. Certainly, any positive movement to
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      • 871 4  -  FRANCISC A SIOW By THE thing that strikes a person most when he first meets Lee Man Feme, the artist, is his firm handshake. At the age of 68, he still displavs a firm grip. After dispensing with all the
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      • 220 6  -  KANNAN CHANDRAN By Belafonte in Carmen THE rage of last week was the nupital knotting of the year, starring Lady Di and Prince Charles. There was another sort of rage, involving a number of you who phoned in asking whether SBC would be televising the event.
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      • 144 6 THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY THE STRONGEST MAN Di THE WORLD (PART TWO) (Ch i, 11.45 p.m.): This is the concluding episode about the s&ly Medfield students who manage to think up more and more zany ideas, with a lot of help from the Walt Disney scriptwriters. Today, the
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        211 6 JOE'S WORLD (Ch 5, 5.2» p.m.): Obviously not interested in family planning, or not knowing how babies are made, Katie finds herself pregnant again. She is advised by her doctor to have an abortion for health reason. THE TIMELESS LAND A DECLARATION OF WAR (Ch 5, 11 p.m.): Conor
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        223 6 ME AND MAXX (Ch S, 7 p.m.): Maxx draws Norman a picture to show her affection and desire to make things better between them. Just before leaving for school, she places the picture next to Norman while he is asleep. When Maxx returns, she discovers that Norman has crumpled
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      • 376 6 CHI CK CONNOR'S GREAT WESTERN THEATRE (Cfc 5, I.M p.m.): Today's stories are the Reunion, in which a young rancher, who intends to murder Jim Sonnett, passes himself off as his son, Jeff. The second story, Where There's Hope, finds Will and Jeff befriending a ten-year-old,
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        230 6 AFTERNOON MATINEE THE TOAST OF NEW ORLEANS (Ch S, 4.M p.m.): A young fisherman is discovered by an opera singer and her manager. He is taken to New Orleans where they transform him into an opera star. The highlight of the movie is the Madame Butterfly ending and the
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        145 6 THE FACTS OF LIFE (Ch 5, 4.M p.m.): Much to Mrs Garrett's chagrin, Mr Bradley's uses underhand means to retain the State Track Championship. He pits the gir'-- against each other and friends soon turn to enemies. THE Ml PPKT SHOW (Ch S, 7 p.m.): Popular folk singer, Joan
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      • 93 6 TV MOVIE McMlLLAN: DARK SUNRISE (Ch 5, 11.35 p.m.): While on a weekend fishing trip, McMillan stumbles on a newspaper report that he and his secretary were killed in a bombing incident in his apartment. He returns pronto to find out what all the racket is about. Guest stars:
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      • 117 6 SATURDAY MATINEE HALF A SIXPENCE (Ch 5 2.t5 p.m.): Arthur Kipps, an ill-paid draper's assistant gives his girlfriend, Ann, half a sixpence as a lovetoken. But when he comes into money, he gets engaged to socialite, Helen Walsingam. VEGAS HEIST (Ch 5, 7.5* p.m.): Because of a rash of
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      • 751 7 THE Hollywood TV strike is over and shipment of the fall series of shows to foreign markets is now assured. But don't be too surprised if that eagerly -awaited opening episode of Dallas or WKRP is behind schedule. Producers and studio owners are breathing easier
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      • 480 7 CHUCK MANGIONE: TARANTELLA (A ft M Records); Various players: WE have had concerts against war, for Bangladesh, Kampuchean refugees and for profit. And now there is a concert for Italy's Neapolitan earthquake victims. Chock Manglone must have thumbed through jazz's who's who to put together
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        207 7 E9HIHI THE BROTHERS JOHNSON: WINNERS (AftM): A perfect title, this. Short, sweet and appropriate; no waste of wonts. The Brothers Johnson's latest album, to be sore, Is a gold medal winner they've even got their faces embossed on gold medals on the front and back covers. Like
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      • 185 7 THIS is the most captivating and superbly recorded disc of three piano concertos by Alicia de Larrocha with the London Sinfonietta. Alicia de Larrocha is a spirited and brilliant player m Mozart's A major concerto, K414. The work has a crystalline lucidity, poise and a special degree
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      • 177 7 Light. youthful songs B_ a _£J i^2— iJ-ii-LiJl SHEN VAN: A SERIES OP HEARTS ARE JUMPING (WEA): Those who like to listen to light and youthful songs with slower tempos may find this disc right up their sleeves. Shen Yan, or better known as Jean Sim, is a young film
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    • nostalgia
      • 1031 12 Architecturally, it has some significance but it is not all that representative of buildings constructed in that period. There are also competing priorities to be considered and we cant have our way all the time, much as we want to. Preservation of Monuments Board The point
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      • 1260 13 An aeroplane is coming to town He walked to the front of the machine 9 and started the engine by turning the propeller with all his might. After three or four attempts the engine exploded into a mighty roar. He climbed into the front cockpit and as the tiny plane
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      • 274 13 I AM prompted by your article "This Great Heritage, legacy to keep and treasure" which appeared in the Sunday Times on July 12. The pictures of the Memorial Hall with the statue of Sir Stamford Raffles in the foreground are good, taken from the
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      • 610 14  - Our pick for Hari Raya NGHAI CHEE WAH Story by LIM PHAY-LING Pictures by HARI RAY A PUASA is as good a time as any to have a rethink about your wardrobe. Especially if you celebrate this occasion. If not, seize this excuse to weed out your wardrobe anyway. Whether
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        286 15  -  LIM PH AY-LING Story by Pictures by NGHAI CHEE w ah Gold or brass, natural or polished, seashells are going to heads SEA-SHELLS are going to fashionable heads these days. And on a newer, bolder scale. Natural or polished to an opalescent lustre. Dipped in gold or brass.
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      • 561 15 Boggle Challenge How many words can you make? HOW TO PLAY: Write down as many words as you can from these letters m 3 minutes. Letters must adjoin, horizontally, vertically or diagonally m sequence, and cannot be used twice m the same word. HOW TO SCORE: Score I point for
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    • food
      • 391 16 EARLY this week, I had the sudden urge to eat Nasi Beryani and headed for my childhood favourite, the Islamic of 791-797 North Bridge Road. I had last eaten there some three years ago and wanted to relive a memory through my tastebuds.
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      • 89 16 CUISINE Exrfqae Is the name of the Brasserie's newest promotion which starts tomorrow and ends on Ang 12. Utilising exotic local and imported fralta, the chefs nave come up with soaps, starters, main dishes and desserte which the quality of freshness and lightness.
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      • 143 16 INGREDIENTS: 120 gm roasted chicken meat 3 tablespoons mayonnaise (you can buy the bottled variety) 1 i tablespoons whipped cream 1 cantaloupe melon 1 tablespoon diced pineapples 6 grapes, peeled salt and pepper to taste 1 shredded Australian lettuce leaf to garnish METHOD: 1) Cut the
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      • 255 16 INGREDIENTS: 120 qms fresh, uncooked lobster meat 2 tablespoons melted butter Vk teaspoon salt A dash of pepper 1 tablespoon brandy For sauce: 1 tablesoon melted butter 1 teaspoon chopped shallots 1 teaspoon curry pow der 3 tablespoons white wine 1 1.2 del whipped cream M teaspoon
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      • 453 16 THE invitation was tempting enough. "Come and have some nonya food with us," said the PR manager of Goodwood Park Hotel. And we came willingly remembering their Chef Abdullah's delicious skills, and drooling all the way. Little did we realise we had to "sing for
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