The Straits Times, 9 August 1982

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    19 1 The Straits r Etnw Estd. 1845 MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1982 35 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 99/1/82 On the economic front
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    Security is the watchword
    756 1  -  Be prepared, says PM By PHILIP LEE Associate News Editor MR LEE KUAN YEW last night spoke of a Singapore economy facing a more difficult year than expected but said his deepest concern was how to make young Singaporeans more conscious of security and take military
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    Lock icon A dose of his own medicine
    88 1 HEUING, Sun. A young man showing off while selling snake bite remedy on the street in Yunnan, southern Uiina. stuck out his tongue at a cobra and suffered an unexpected bite, the China Youth News reported today Several companions, from south-east China's Jiangsi province,
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    Lock icon 646 released
    33 1 CAIRO, Sun. Egypt yesterday released 646 people arrested under the state of emergency declared last October following the assassination of President Anwar Sadat, the Middle East News Agency (Mena) reported. Reuter
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    QUOTES
    223 1 Learning to face and overcome adversity 6 IN A prolonged recession, or a depression, the younger generation, those between 18 and M, will find the going hard because they have never experienced unemployment and deprivation. The experience will be sobering, but not crippling, for they will learn to face
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    Honours for 757 men and women
    771 1  - Honours for 757 men and women NANCY KOH By SINGAPORE honours 757 people today for their years of loyalty or efficiency in their work with the government or their dedication in serving the community. These men and women, who have been named in the National Day Awards list, come from
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    Talks on National Health Plan
    171 1 DEFENCE and Second Health Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong, will meet members of Citizens' Consultative Committees of all 75 -constituencies next month to discuss the National Health Plrfn before it is put to Parliament for a vote. The meeting will be at Tiong Bahm community
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    Greatest honour of my life, says Junie
    727 1  -  BRIAN MILLER By EIGHT months ago, at the South-east Asia Games in Manila, I saw Junie Sng cry for the first time in all her years in the pool (see picture). That was after she had won the 800 m freestyle gold medal
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    52-PAGE NATIONAL DAY SPECIAL
    224 1 WHAT makes a Singaporean? Plenty. And they are all things to be proud of. la today's National Day Special In colour, The Straits Times devotes 52 pages to the Stagaporeaa Meattty. Today's aew Immigrants merely fellow the footsteps of many of our forefather*. Today, we feature
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    Lock icon 300 feared drowned when ferry sank
    201 1 JAKARTA, Sunday ABOUT 300 people were feared drowned when a ferry they were travelling in sank in the Macassar Straits between Celebes and Kalimantan, Antara news agency reported today. The tragedy occured on Thursday morning when the 251-tonne inter-island ferry Hasrat Mulia with more
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    Lock icon Drug addicts flogged
    50 1 LONDON, Sun. Five hundred drug addicts were publicly flogged in several districts of Teheran last Wednesday, a Teheran newspaper reported yesterday The Kayhan said the addicts each received between 40 and 70 lashes on the orders of Teheran courts which had found them guilty of addiction. Reuter
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      JORDAN 'YES' TO GUERILLAS
      59 1 AMMAN, Bu. Jordan announced today It wmiM take hdk of thr Palestinian gmerlllaa besieged la west Beirut. Prime Minister Modar Badraa made the announcement at an emergency sension of the Parliament. This was the first official statement «f Jordan's willingness to accept the guerillas since It
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  • IN SUMMARY...
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      HOME
      322 2 'Stress history' THE Education Ministry should lay greater stress on nistory in schools as the subject will show youths how to respond to crises, said the MP for Leng Kee, Dr Ow Chin Hock. He also referred to the controversy over Japan's rewriting of its history texts, where the
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      COMMENT
      305 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE Prime Minister's eve of National Day message is a serious and sober one. He reminds us again Just how vulnerable we are. We cannot take oar stability, growth and prosperity for granted. Hence his deep concern that young Singaporeans should be more conscious that
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      SPORTS
      270 2 Robson's journey BOBBY ROBSON has come a long way. Thirty-two years ago, as a raw 17-year-old, he set off from home to see if he could carve a football career with Fulham. And now, nearing 50, he will lead the English squad to the European Championship game apainst Denmark
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      TIMES BUSINESS
      355 2 AIRCRAFT COMPONENT OVERHAUL UNIT SET UP THE government has set up an aircraft component overhaul company called the Singapore Aero Components Overhaul (Saco). It was formed by merging the aviation division of Singapore Electronic Engineering Pte Ltd (Seel) and the components overhaul facility of Singapore Aerospace Maintenance Company
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      BACKGROUND
      83 2 DEBATE ON DEATH PENALTY THERE is a growing debate in the US on the death penalty amidst soaring public alarm about crime. At stake are the lives of 1,060 men and women, all on Death Row. Supporters of capital punishment cite the high crime rates (some 25,000 murders a
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      AROUND THE WORLD
      487 2 Airport attack AN Armenian "suicide squad" threw bombs and fired submachine guns at unsuspecting passengers at Ankara airport in a two-hour rampage on Saturday. Six people were killed and fl others wounded. The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (Asala) has claimed responsibility for this
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      ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
      224 2 120 Indians stranded ABOI'T 120 Indian workers who claim they paid between 9,000 and 12,000 rupees (about $3,450 to $4,600) for jobs in Malaysia are stranded here. A spokesman for the Labour and Manpower Department said they would try to find out whether the Indians' agent in
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      SECTION 2
      401 2 A Japanese day THE Japanese day is full of rush, the nights, of frolic (for the men, at least). But through it all there is an undercurrent of order, discovers RICHARD LIM who spent two months there under the sponsorship of The Japan Newspaper Editors and Publishers Association.
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      SECTION 3 (Spore edition)
      106 2 Money, money, money THE Stationery Fair at the World Trade Centre, on till tomorrow, features 16 coins that are among the oldest in the world. These were currencies used in ancient China. Some coins are as big as door keys. During the age of Confucius, coins
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      'Suicide squad' attack kills six
      77 3 ANKARA, Sun. Six people were killed and 72 wounded when an Armenian "suicide squad attacked unsuspecting passengers at Ankara airport's international terminal with bombs and submachine guns in a two-hour panic-ridden rampage yesterday. The «state radio said three police officials, an uniden Wed passenger and
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      Lock icon Armenian terrorists unleash revenge campaign in Turkey
      195 3 "Armenian guerillas on Turkish soil. Asala is the most prominent of several Armenian groups which have assassinated more than 20 Turks, mostly diplomats, to avenge what they call the massacre of 1.5 million of their people in eastern Turkey during World War I.
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      Lock icon Asala, the name on a very secret face
      191 3 Asala, the name on a very secret face PARIS, Sun. The Asala organisation, which claimed responsibility for the attack at Ankara International Airport, Is a* secretive that even It* acronym Is variously translated aa "Armenian Secret Liberation Army" or "Armenian Secret Army for the liberation of Armenia." Asala surfaced In
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      Lock icon Embargo set to 'safeguard Poles' freedom'
      298 3 Embargo set to 'safeguard Poles' freedom' SAN FRANCISCO, Sun. President Ronald Reagan's embargo on American equipment for the Siberian-West European gas pipeline was a vigorous response to a declaration of war by the Polish government on its own people. Mr Reagan's National Security Affairs adviser, Mr William Clark, said yesterday
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      43 3 QE II cruise LONDON, Sun. The worlds largest ocean liner, the Queen Elizabeth 11. converted back to luxury standards after serving as a troop transport during the FaOclands conflict, underwent successful tea trials yesterday and prepared to head for a tropical cruise. -AFP.
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      Lock icon Italian polls likely as coalition hopes dim
      256 3 Italian polls likely as coalition hopes dim ROME, Sun. Prime Minister Giovanni Spadolini s resignation yesterday ended one the longest of Italy's 41 post-war governments. Tomorrow, President Sandro Pertini starts talks with former presidents, parliamentary and party leaders to try to form a new government. But political observers said he
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      Lock icon Volcanic dust causes striking sunsets
      103 3 WASHINGTON, Sun. A gigantic volcanic dust and acid cloud encircling the earth has produced some striking sunsets but is unlikely to cause any noticeable climatic changes, government scientists say. The cloud, a mixture of dust and sulphuric acid droplets, was flung into the earth's stratosphere
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      Down but not out for tourists
      64 3 Down but not out for tourists TOURISTS board this bu can thank their lucky stars that no one was aeriowly Injured when the driver lo*t control and the vehicle plunged Into a ravine. The accident, which occurred In Olette, southern France, on Saturday, came one week after the fiery bos
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      'More arms for bases' in Pentagon 5-year plan
      482 3 'More arms for bases' in Pentagon 5-year plan WASHINGTON, Sun. sought to pre-empt the opposition by releasing reports contending that the Soviet Union has become the world's leading arms salesman. It has proposed big increases in credits for military sales next year to the following countries: South Korea, Thailand, Jordan,
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      Lock icon Reds used castle
      48 3 ROME, Sun. Fabrizlo Malatesta. 32, an Alitalia employee, was yesterday arrested on charges of letting the Red Brigades use his family's 90- room castle in Tufo Basso, 60 tun north-east of Rome. Police said Maltesta allowed the Red Brigades to meet and hide there. UPI.
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      450 3 Canon THE ILS.ICONOMIC I 4 RECOVERY? I "During the past few days signs of this recovery have r gathered additional momentum, aided and abetted by the iue green light teHs you legion of commentators who have been predicting just l?t3i^ ursi ssS sue 1 a development since early 1981. It
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      Lock icon UN takes time out to heal breach in consensus
      230 4 UN takes time out to heal breach in consensus UNITED NATIONS, Sun. Security Council members took time out yesterday from an acrimonious week-long public debate on the Lebanon war to consider how to restore consensus broken by a US veto of arms sanctions against Israel. Eleven members, including France, Japan
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      Lock icon Strike call
      39 4 AMMAN. Sun. Jordanian trade unions yesterday called for a general strike in their country to protest against the fighting in Lebanon and what they saw as the failure of Arab countries to do anything about it. AFP.
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      Lock icon Leaving in a hurry
      104 4 Leaving in a hurry REFUGEES in hundreds of cars waiting to leave west Beirut on Saturday after heavy fighting broke out the day before in yet another encounter between Israeli troops and Palestinian guerillas. The Israelis repeatedly warned west Beirut's 500,000 civilians to flee the city. The warning was heeded
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      Lock icon Soviets hold talks with King Hussein
      132 4 Soviets hold talks with King Hussein MOSCOW, Sun. A high-level Soviet delegation has met King Hussein of Jordan to discuss the Lebanese situation, Tass news agency reported today from Amman. The agency said the talks, the date of which was not given, "accorded a special importance to the dangerous situation
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      Lock icon US reviews its Mid-East ties
      425 4 THE United States government has undertaken a comprehensive assessment of its relations in the Middle East, and found very profound differences with Israel that could affect military and economic ties, US officials said yesterday. At the same time, they added that the US seeks "fundamental
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      Lock icon Gunners accurate says commander
      132 4 TEL AVTV. Sun. The commander of Israel's artillery corps yesterday defended the accuracy of his gunners against charges that indiscriminate shelling has hit embassies hospitals and other innocent targets in Beirut. "We are firing against defined terrorist targets," Brig-Gen A rye Mizrahi said. "If a 130-
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      Direct talks bid that fell through
      164 4 Direct talks bid that fell through WASHINGTON, Sun. Former White House adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski said yesterday that the United States came very close to holding direct talks with the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) between 1977 and 1978. But the initiative collapsed because of "unacceptable PLO conditions," he said in a
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      Lock icon Gulf Arabs are losing patience with Washington
      398 4 Gulf Arabs are losing patience with Washington BAHRAIN, Sun. Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies are growing impatient with what one senior Gulf politician described yesterday as the Reagan administration's shabby handling of the Lebanon crisis. Friday's United States veto in the United Nations Security Council of a Soviet proposal
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      Lock icon Algerian aid ship leaves
      49 4 ALGIERS, Sun. An Alrp rian ship carrying food, clothes and ambulances for victims of the fighting in Beirut left here yesterday for Lebanon, official sources said It was one of several shipments of aid sent by air and sea since the Israeli offensive bvgan. AFP.
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      Lock icon Peace march
      25 4 TEL AVTV, Sun. About 5,000 Jews and Arabs marched in 1 Tel Aviv yesterday calling for Israel to withdraw from Leba--1 non. UPI.
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      In other words...
      69 4 4 If President Reagan really wanted Israel to stop strangling west Beirut last week, how come he couldn't? ...One problem lies in those "Dear Menachem" letters that A "Your Friend, Ron" kept sending. Editorial la New York Times, saying thmt, la Israeli politics these letters have been
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      Lock icon Israel accused of using vacuum bomb
      225 4 Israel accused of using vacuum bomb BEIRUT, Son. A Halted States congressional delegation charged yesterday that Israel used a I S-bullt "vacuum bomb" to blow np an eight-storey west Beirut apartment Mock In which an estimated ZS» civilians were killed. The Soviet news agency, Tass, said that It was the
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      1092 5 proud to join the Government W X/^ 'if^J FMPr^°"'MTH?rf>?NQ^ and People in celebrating DcniCCi icir\M Singapore's 17th National Day. BuSineSS AS Usual Today! (LM^ EMPORIUM HOLDINGS c AT n I ItSdammc beecham SATELLITE PROGRAMME r— J BONUS BASKET Rediffusion will record "live" Ends 4 September 'B2 this hour-long Emporium Every
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    Lock icon Marcos warns of plot to stir national unrest
    306 7 PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand Marcos yesterday announced that intelligence officials have uncovered a nation-wide conspiracy to stage a campaign of strikes, assassinations and bombings next month. The campaign wou!- 1 probably be launched on Sept 1 or 11, when he celebrates his 65th
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    Lock icon 12 suspected – Muslim rebels killed
    120 7 12 suspected Muslim rebels killed MANILA, Sun. Government troops killed 12 suspected Muslim rebels in a clash in the southern Philippines with an armed band that raided a logging camp and took 40 workers hostage, the Philippine news agency reported today. An earlier Defence Ministry announcement on the Incident, which
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    Lock icon Germans on drug charge
    66 7 BANGKOK, Sun. Two German tourists have been arrested and charged here with possessing heroin for sale and attempting to smuggle the drug out of Thailand, immigration officials said today. Kuhlmann Karl Heinrich. 43, and Berthold Dronner, 25, were arrested at Bangkok International irport before boarding a
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    46 7 HONGKONG. Sun. After a year-long negotiation, the Bank of China is to buy a site in the central district for its new headquarters for HKJI.OOO million (***** million), a newspaper reported today. The 6.700 sq m site is used as a car park. AFP.
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    Lock icon More Chinese officials to leave Tibet, says journalist
    334 7 CHINA says it has withdrawn 11,000 native Chinese officials from Tibet and is planning further pullouts in efforts to give more autonomy to the "Roof of the World" it annexed 32 years ago. Another 10,000 Chinese in Tibet soon will be relocated
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    Lock icon HEROIN ON THE WING
    81 7 BANGKOK, Sun. A l»-yc»r-old youth was arrested here on Friday for Allegedly wring hemlag plgeeaa to deliver heroin to hi* Bangkok heme. Police said Pairej Phaaagaap was caaght at Us home, UUag the packets of heroin off a 1 1 peon's legs. I'ollce said that he
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    No sweat bicycle built by two
    78 7 No sweat bicycle built by two BRUNO Batorl (left) and Adelle GUnetti came out with a rather bright Ides when they attached an electric en>rine powered by solar energy onto a normal bicycle. The Inventors, who live at AssM In I mhria ReglM, Frarfce, say that the bicycle baa an
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    Lock icon Fraser leaves
    35 7 MANILA, Sun. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser left here today after a three-day visit to the Philippines during which he held talks with President Ferdinand Marcos on regional security and world issues. Reuter.
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    Mrs Gandhi visits injured star
    105 7 Mrs Gandhi visits injured star c ajit BHATTACHARJEA Our New Delhi Reporter NEW DELHI, Sun. Prime Minister Indira ("indhi flew to Bombay today to visit actor Amitabh Bachchan, a family friend, in hospital. Amitabh was injured on July 26 in Bangalore during the making of his new film, "Coolie." He
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    Lock icon Tass hits out at 'powers' behind Asean
    185 7 Tass hits out at 'powers' behind Asean MOSCOW, Sun TASS charged yesterday that unspecified powers were trying to "drag" Asean into a "military cooperation with the socalled coalition of motley traitors to the interests of the Cambodian people." Tass included in the "coalition" what it called "leaders of Pol Pot
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    Lock icon Rat disease confession
    62 7 TOKYO, Sun. Before dying, a former Japanese army doctor disclosed a bizarre World War II plot to spread pestilence in the United States by using rat-laden balloons, Kyodo news service reported today. The report said the physician, whose identity was withheld, disclosed the plot before his death
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  • WORLD BRIEFS
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      Lock icon OAU split deepens
      74 7 A SPLIT between radical and moderate African states deepened yesterday as the radicals decided to hold a separate summit, ending a fortnight of efforts to hold a formal conference of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The summit was boycotted by states that disagreed with last February's
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      Lock icon No effect on ties
      58 7 PAKISTANI PRESIDENT General Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq said yesterday that Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's talks in Washington last week had not affected Pakistan's own ties with the United States. Gen Zia, who was speaking at a news conference in Karachi, said he would be meeting President
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      Lock icon Not venue for summit
      51 7 INDIA BRUSHED aside yesterday reports quoting sources in Cuba as saving the nonaligned summit due to be held in Baghdad next month might be moved to New Delhi. A senior External Affairs Ministry official said: "We have offered to host the 1985 summit and no further."
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      Lock icon Russia 'bigger threat'
      89 7 CHINA STILL views the Soviet Union as more of a threat to world peace than the United States and seeks cooperation with all developing countries except Cuba and Vietnam, an official magazine Beijing Review said yesterday. Clarifying China's stance towards the superpowers, the magazine said both were
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      Lock icon Advice for coud men
      48 7 THE KENYAN government yesterday told all airmen who had not given themselves up after last Sunday's air force-led coup attempt to report to police by today. The Defence Ministry, in a broadcast on National Radio, pledged that the airmen would not be mistreated. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Space meeting opens
      81 7 THE SECOND United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (Unispace 82) opens in Vienna yesterday amid warnings of a new kind of arms race. The United States has announced that its space policy includes a national security programme and said it will
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      151 7 SMILE. ITS NATIONAL DAE Free Agfacolor film from Singapore Colour Centre Celebrate with a smile Singapore Colour Centre. They'll give you a free 5" x7" blow-up of your anti ca P ture it on brilliant To prove how brilliant Agfacolor film is and to favourite shot and the chance to
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    Where to watch N-day highlights
    177 8 THE highlights of the National Day festivities begin this evening with the parade at the Padang at 5 p.m. Ticket holders must be in their seats by 4 p.m. When the parade ends at 6.15 p.m. the marching contingents and the mobile column will move
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    Malays have made great strides for the better, says Ow
    547 8 MALAYS have overcome their psychological resistance and barrier to changes by accepting homes in Housing Board public flats, the MP (or Leng Kee, Mr Ow Chin Hock, said yesterday. Speaking at the Hari Raya and National Day celebrations at the
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    Dr Yeoh raps Joo Chiat litterbugs
    128 8 RESIDENTS of Joo ChiJ.t were last night taken to task for littering their constituency despite the i many keep-clean campaigns. Speaking at the National Day dinner, the MP, Dr Yeoh Ghim Seng said: "Here and there on my monthly visits I still find our
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      446 8 We Join The People And Government Of The Republic Of Singapore In Celebrating The 17th National Day JOgflH^H Flair For Recaptured I 1^ fl *f ;^^|^Hs Charming simplicity is captured in ■> *>'* -I^^^^HK^^^sl^Hßp! this pleasantly dotted shanzelle dress. l''*#*«* ■^^^^^Sm^^S^^^^^HSSS The solid-colour bow enhances the I. wide curved collar
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    Honours for 12 in Changi project team
    724 9  -  A NOTABLE number of civil servants involved in the development of Changi Airport have been honoured in this year's National Day awards. They took 12 out of a total 78 public administration gold, silver and bronze medals awarded. Mr Goh Keng Chew, deputy
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    Award recipients
    1706 9 Award rec ipients DAKJAH I tama Baktl Chemerlaas (Tbe DUtlantohed Bervfce Order) Mr Tan Teck Chwee, Chairman, Public Service Commission. Plant Jam Gemilaax (Tbr Meritortoaa Service Medal) Mr Goh Keng Chew, Deputy Director of Public Works (Airport). Blatant Baktl Maabarakat (Untaag) (Tbe PabUc Servi« Star) (Bar) Mr Chua Kirn Cheng,
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    Chairman with 20 years of service to residents
    289 9  - Chairman with 20 years of service to residents RAY DHALIWAL By THE chairman M one of the biggest stevedoring companies here, Mr (hua Kirn Cteag, SC, spends many hears tramping around Uln Pandan constituency, listening to residents' ptwme: And he hni been at It far tt years. Par his 29-year
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    Col Gill leads the awards for the SAF
    255 9 LEADING this year's National Day awards for Singapore Armed Forces officers is Colonel M. S. Gill, Commander of the 3rd Division, who will receive the Public Administration Medal (Gold) (Military) medal. For Col. Gill, 48, this will be his second National Day
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    Medal for service to the community
    176 9 FOR 13 years. Madam Saerah Haji Taris dedicated herself to community service with special attention given to the affairs of her own community. For her hard work and services, Madam Saerah. 46, a teacher since 1957, has been awarded the Public Services Star. A
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    PM: What we will have to do to get by
    1562 10 THE PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSES THE NATION 4 THIS time last year, most economists and bankers expected 1982 to be a year of economic recovery in America. Things have turned out differently. The global economic prospects are gloomy. High interest rates
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    from oasis to ruins
    253 10 LEBANON now all devastation LOOK at Lebanon and Cambodia. Up to 1975, Lebanon was a prosperous oasis in the Middle East Its capital, Beirut, was a jewel of cosmopolitan sophistication, a centre for banking and commerce, a glorious tourist resort. Now all is devastation. Up to
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    The lowest rate of increase since latter half of '76
    967 11 SOME EARLY WARNING SIGNS ON THE ECONOMY REAL GROWS DOMESTIC PRODUCT THE major industrialised economies which were in recession and had weakened further in the first quarter of this year, snowed little signs of improvement in the second quarter. World
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    50,000 to take part in ceremony
    110 11 50,000 to take part in ceremony MORE than 50,000 workers will take part in National Day Observance ceremonies to be held at 75 companies tomorrow and Wednesday. The 30-minute observance ceremony is being organised by the National Trade Union Council Task Force. The Task Force's first vicechairman, Mr Chin Ham
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    Students help to spread N-Day joy
    86 11 STUDENTS of Upper Serangoon Technical School celebrated National Day together with 20 newly adopted "grandparents on Friday. The "grandparents," aged between 64 and 82, were from the St Johns' Home (or the Aged. They were treated to a morning of entertainment, including a dance
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    2 foreign film crews to shoot highlights
    66 11 2 foreign film crews to shoot highlights FILM crews from the Philippines and South Korea will capture Singapore's National Day celebrations and newest tourist attractions. The nine-member Filipino team is from a private film company called Two-for-the-Road and produce 1 a weekly programme of the same name for national television.
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    N-Day dinner
    46 11 MR Ong Teng Cheong. Communications and Labour Minister and MP for Kirn Keat, will officiate at the National Day dinner and variety show which will be held at tJv car park between Block 45 and Boon Teck community centre on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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    John's raring to go
    112 11 THIS is Big J»hn the cockatoo expected large holiday crowd and getting set to da his bit (or Stnga- with his trainer Mr R. Raja beside pore's 17th birthday. \am, the 12-year-old cockatoo will With beak and claw working in do honours at the park's perfect
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    Figures that don't tell the whole story
    440 11 THE job creation figures look good. The productivity rate looks bad. But the first is not as good as it seems, and the second Is not as bad. Central Provident Fund records tell us that 51,300 jobs wpre created during the first half
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    Revision of history 'may cost Japan heavily'
    478 12 THE Japanese may have to pay a heavy price for its recent revision of history textbooks as it could arouse and revive the unpleasant memories of those who suffered during the Japanese Occupation. "It will be unwise for the Japanese to ignore all
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    Riding to their death
    131 12 AN average of two deaths involving cyclists and trishaw riders are recorded each month and they are moslty to be blamed for the accidents, Traffic Police say in their latest road safety message. Cyclists and trishaw riders frequently take short cuts by riding against the flow
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    'Old can learn from the young'
    192 12 'Old can learn from the young' DR YEO Nlmg Bn|, Minister of Statr (Drfeaoe) and MP fer Kirn Seng, yesterday spoke of hew a ia.yf*r-eld bey helped Ms graadmetaer hrf*k »n .Id h»Mt. Officiating at a children's party organised by the Kirn Seng cominanity centre last night, he told the
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    Bare SGH walls will get a dash of colour
    346 12 BARE walls at the new Singapore General Hospital will soon be dressed up with colourful bands, circles, and d'^eonal and racing bands to brighten up the hospital and make it less foreboding. Six geometric patterns have been chosen to grace the
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      New strategy being worked out for economy
      314 12 MALAYSIA is working out a strategy to restructure the nations economy to make it less vulnerable to the vagaries of the international economic climate. This was revealed by Finance Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah after laying the foundation stone of the Valuation Department's Training
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      Lock icon 120 Indian workers stranded
      228 12 JOHORE BARU, Sunday About 120 Indian workers who claim they paid between 9,000 and 12,000 rupees (about $3,450 to $4,600) for jobs in Malaysia are stranded here. A spokesman for the Labour and Manpower Department said that the department would try to contact their agent in
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      Lock icon Reds active in Malacca
      63 12 FOUR satellites of the Malayan Communist Party are actively operating in Malacca, the police assistant director of personnel and service, Mr Rahim Mohamad Noor, said on Saturday. However, the authorities have the situation under control. He was speaking at the opening of the new building of
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      King is recovering
      58 12 THE YANG Dipertuan Agung is making satisfactory progress following surgery for acute appendicitis on Thursday night, Bernama, quoting General Hospital Director, Datuk Dr Abdul Majid bin Tun Abdul Aziz, reported on Saturday. President Devan Nair of Singapore, Britain's Queen Elizabeth and President Honneger of Switzerland were among
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      Lock icon Drug banned
      44 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The government has banned the import, supply and sale of the drug CUoquinol used for treating diarrhoea Health Minister Tan Sri Chong Hon Nyan said the ban was ordered because adverse reactions follow prolonged use of the drug. NST.
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      Lock icon 'No place in Umno for the self-seeker'
      256 12 'No place in Umno for the self-seeker' BANTING (Selangor), Sun. The United Malays National Organisation (Umno) has no place for self-seeking people who join the party to secure positions, Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today. The purpose behind the invitation to ail Malays, including Pas members, to
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      Lock icon Malays urged to copy aggressive Japanese
      162 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. In an all out campaign to promote the country's "look east policy", Minister of Trade and Industry Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen today called on the bumiputra (indiginous Malay) entrepreneurs to emulate the aggressive efforts of their Japanese. Taiwanese and South Korean counterparts.
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      Lock icon 'Sports meet to settle differences'
      157 12 KUALA KANGSAR, Sun. The ancient Greeks settled some of their differences In the sports arena Instead of the battlefield. This allowed them to release pentup tensions without trading punches with these they did not see eye-to-eye with. Prime Minister Datuk Serl Dr Mahathir Mohamad has
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      Lock icon Distillery found
      63 12 CUSTOMS officers from the Butterworth Preventive Branch discovered on Saturday an illicit distillery in a cave at Bukit Rapit, near Bukit Mertajam. The five-man Customs raiding party, who had taken two hours to climb a hill to reach the cave, smashed the distilling apparatus which they found together
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      Lock icon 40 hurt in bus crash
      53 12 TAIPING, Sun. All 40 people aboard a tourist bus bound for Haadyai were injured when it went off the road at Bukit Gantang. 20 km south of here early on Fiiday. The bus crashed into a three-metre deep ravine. The injured were treated at the
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    Govt to launch hygiene drive for hawkers
    292 13  -  THE government will soon launch a programme to further raise the standard of hygiene among hawkers to meet rising public expectations. Although hawkers here have generally improved in the way they handle food, the Environment Ministry has observed that some complaints about hawkers
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    Hawkes at Marine parade more patient
    233 13  - Hawkes at Marine parade more patient HAWKERB at Marine Parade who were recently criticised for being dlsconrteoas are now more patient and obliging, Marine Parade residents said. "There has been a remarkable Improvement. The residents tell me the hawkers are now more patient and courteous," said Mr Leonard Scow, chairman
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    Staff nurse gets 10 years of night allowance
    224 13 Staff nurse gets 10 years of night allowance FOR 10 years, a staff nurse worked on night shift without getting night duty allowance. It was only earlier his year that she compared her salary with a colleague and realised that she w.-* not getting the allowance. Now, the nurse, who
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    Military exercises
    46 13 MILITARY exercises will be held at the Urn Chu Kang. Hong Kah, Marsiling, Mandal. Tampines and Pulau Tekong areas from 8 a.m. tomorrow to midnight on Aug 15. The public is advised not to be alarmed as only blanks and thucierflashes will be used.
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    How to fight drug menace by an MP
    315 13 THE Malay Aftercare (Counselling) Services (MCS) should decentralise its activities and get more cooperation from various Malay bodies to fight the drug menace within the community more effectively. The MP for Kampong Kembangan, Mr Mansor Sukaimi, said MCS should decentralise because it
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    Garden hoses to the fore
    129 13 Garden hoses to the fore GARDEN hoses came to the rescue when fire broke out a foam mattress factory and a metal workshop at Plantation Avenue, near Lorong Chuan, on Saturday. While waiting for firemen to arrive, these three men rolled out their garden hoses and helped to fight the
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    More WITs set up than expected
    319 13 More WITs set up than expected ABOUT 500 Work Improvement Teams (WITs) have been formed in the civil service, the armed forces and statutory boards almost twice that expected. Mr John Chow, the head of management training at the Civil Service Institute, said the WITs development unit at the institute
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    Japanese story from two who know
    130 13 Japanese story from two who know TWO experts from Japan's largest "think tank" are to explain their country's highly success.'ul management style to executives and government officials here. Mr Masao Igarashi, director of the Nomura Research Institute's international business development division, and Mr Masanori Moritani, from the policy and management
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      Work to preserve our achievements ;
      462 14 Work to preserve our achievements THE Prime Minister's eve of National Day message is a serious and sober one. He reminds us again just how vulnerable we are to the economic ills of the industrialised countries and the economic problems of our Asean neighbours, and to the ambitions and arms
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    The two faces of Japan
    1527 14  -  BaPfl?ffT}TTafiTrn^^ MR W.G. Scheerer, who recently visited Japan for the second time in nine years, considers the Japanese the world's friendliest, most polite people. "Complete strangers from many walks of life and of many ages have been not only courteous but helpful and friendly to
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      Lock icon Wasted time
      266 14 AT A stage in our development process when there Is an accent on raising the productivity of our civil service, It Is pertinent to ask whether the social and political milieu In which the bureaucracy operates permits oar senior public officials to concentrate on their Jobs and to
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      Lock icon Thach's new tack?
      361 14 IS V letnam changing course aa Cambadla? Or la Mr Nguyen C Thach merely striking a flexible paw far the international com m v n Ity even aa Hanoi keeps Intact the substance of Ita policy of subjugating Indochina? There is a* doabt that the resumption of
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    HK's future rests on Britain and China's weaknesses
    490 14  - HK's future rests on Britain and China's weaknesses Thatcher's visit to Beijing next month a crucial step HAVING slapped Argentina's face and saved the Falkland Islands for what survives of the British empire, Mrs Margaret Thatcher may now believe that she could go down in history for saving Hongkong;. Her
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      Roll of film was missing from box
      114 15 Roll of film was missing from box I RECENTLY bought a camera from a shop for my son. It came in a box which stated clearly that there should be a camera, a roll of 24--exposure film, a wrist strap, instruction manual, etc. I was in a hurry and did
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      Different prices for the same goods
      145 15 ON JULY 21, I went to a shop in Circuit Road to buy shaving blades. The owner told me that a box of five blades cost $1. I was surprised because they normally cost 75 cents. I went to another shop in the same
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      Making a fast buck
      153 15 WE had an unpleasant experience at a food stall recently. A group of seven of us was at one of the seafood haunts along the East Coast on July 23. We ordered chilli crabs; steamed prawns, a plate of clams, "sotong balls" and two plates of
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      Employers not liable for illegal acts
      159 15 Employers not liable for illegal acts I REFER to my article "Shopping? Beware the Traps* (ST. July 30) which said: "The Act also prohibits the exclusion of liability for damage to property where the exclusion clause is unreasonable. "For instance, if car park owners say they will not be liable
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      Private cars should have speed devices
      240 15 I WOULD like to refer to the tetter "Speed limit device needs new features" by "Concerned Driver" (ST, July 24). I agree with his sugges tion that the speed warning device should trigger a 1-2 khz tone when a goods vehicle exceeds its speed
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      Deferment rejected
      61 15 I RECENTLY applied for a deferment from my next in-camp stint because I am sitting for my GCE 'A' level examination and need time to prepare for it. My application was rejected. I would like to know on what grounds then, will it be approved. After all it
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      ANTS COVERED FACE, BODY OF DECEASED
      122 15 MY father passed away in a private hospital on July 16. As the immediate members of the family were overseas arrangements were made to have the body kept in the hospital mortuary till the morning of the 18th. The same day (the 16th) his
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      Cards returned within a week
      174 15 I REFER to the letters from "Disappointed" (ST, July 26) and "Office Worker" (ST. July 30). I wish to inform "Disappointed" that it is the bank's practice to return retained Cash-On-Line cards as speedily as possible. Ordinarily, cards are returned within a week. However, it
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      Weaponry and strategy are as vital as men
      542 15 I REFER to the letter "Making invaders pay in blood" by Phua Bah Lee (ST, Aug 3). Based on the comments by the Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Defence), the official thinking reflects a defensive posture along Mao Zedong's concept of a people's war.
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      Refuse fee being increased in 2 stages
      289 15 tgggg PLEASE refer to the letter from "Economising" (ST, Aug 2) regarding the 33.3 per cent increase in the domestic refuse fee. On June 17, this ministry announced to the public that the refuse fee for domestic and non-domes-tic premises would be increased
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      Signals for junction
      75 15 WE thank "Civic-minded" for his suggestion to instal traffic lights at the junction of Kallang Pudding Road and Tannery Lane to improve traffic conditions there (ST. July 16 "and accident junction"). Your writer may be pleased to know that the Public Works Department in fact has finalised
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      Seat of the matte...
      99 16 Seat of the matte... ....and what it's like in the last seconds A noise, and the first burst of electricity hit him. His chest heaved, his right fist clenched and his left hand moved. The legs jerked. The flesh on his right leg seared, and smoke rose into the death
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      Debate in US over the death penalty
      1054 16 IF EVERYTHING goes according to his own desires, Frank Coppola, a white ex-policeman who battered a woman to death while robbing her home four years ago, will die in the electric chair tomorrow. He will have his head shaved, eat a meal of
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      Blackfly blindness is on the retreat in west Africa
      927 16 Blackfly blindness is on the retreat in west Africa FOR THE past eight years, former Vietnam war helicopter pilots have been diving every day over the rapids in the Volta River delta firing killer chemicals on to the tiny larvae of the female blackfly. Across seven west African countries, in
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        DBS cuts rate
        94 17 Another of the "Big Four" local banks has decided to lower its prime lending rate to 10 per cent. Development Bank of Singapore will be reducing its prime by 0.25 percentage points to 10 per cent from tomorrow. The Bank of China will also be quoting this
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        Lock icon Receiver named
        69 17 WASHINGTON, Sun. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said it has been named a recer'er for the Mount Pleasant Bank and Trust Co of Mount Pleasant, lowa, and hopes to begin paying off depositors next week. The FDIC said the bank, which has an estimated U5525.5 million (5J55.2 million)
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        Lock icon Ministry's new power
        88 17 ANKARA, Sun. Turkey's Council of Ministers cabinet said it empowered the Finance Ministry to dissolve, suspend and merge the country's financial brokerage houses and fix their interest rates. The brokerage houses, which have been in crisis since the largest of them collapsed in June, sell bonds and
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        Lock icon Brazilian rice export
        64 17 BRASILIA, Sun. The Brazilian government has this year authorised the export of up to 150,000 tonnes of rice, which could generate export earnings of US$45 million (5597.43 million), an Agriculture Ministry spokesman said. Brazil has been mainly a rice importer since 1978, but stocks are now sufficient
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        Lock icon July sales drop
        101 17 IX)NDON, Sun. British car sales in July (ell 4.2 per cent from last July to 46,000 and compared with 110,000 in June, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders figures show. The society said this was only about 3,000 above the previous low for July recorded in 1980.
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        Lock icon Sign of hard times
        86 17 SANTA CLARA, Sun. National Semiconductor Corporation, the world's second biggest manufacturer of electronic integrated circuits, on Friday announced the lay-off of 1,000 employees, onetenth of its United States workforce. The lay-off was regarded by business analysts as another sign that harder times are coming to Silicon
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        Lock icon Car imports down
        93 17 iuryu, sun. car imports from west Europe and the United States fell 11.8 per cent during the first seven months of 1982 compared to the same period last year, a spokesman for the Japan Automboile Importers Association said. Japan imported 20,562 cars during the sevenmonth period. The
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        Lock icon Mexico heads list
        90 17 NEW YORK, Sun. Mexico has supplanted Saudi Arabia as the United States' chief foreign supplier of oil for a second consecutive month, an energy industry journal reported. Energy User News reported that Mexico headed the list of US foreign oil suppliers in June, as it did in
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      Lock icon Major energy projects cancelled
      177 17 Major energy projects cancelled TOKYO. Sun. Western industrialised nations have cancelled major alternative energy development projects in the past year in the wake of a crude oil glut, the leading economic newspaper Xihon Keizai reported. The paper, citing government sources here, said the cancelled projects involved US$7O billion (SSISI billion),
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      Lock icon Russians receive nod for cement project in Philippines
      508 17  -  MANILA, Sun. The Soviet Union is on the verge of getting the door open into Philippines' industries and investments, after years of persistent trying. The Board of Investments (BOI) has cleared the way for the Soviets to begin feasibility studies for a
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      Aircraft components overhaul unit set up
      474 17 THE government has set up an aircraft components overhaul company called the Singapore Aero Components Overhaul (Saco). It was formed by merging the aviation division of Singapore Electronic Engineering Pte Ltd (Seel) and the components overhaul facility of Singapore Aerospace Maintenance Company (Samco). Both
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      30 US banks seeking help from Japan
      316 17  -  TOKYO, Sun. At least 30 American commercial banks, plagued by financial problems in recent months, have asked leading Japanese banks to rescue their debt-stricken institutions. According to senior bankers here, Japanese financial institutions have been either asked to assist the troubled US banks
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      Intraco sets up resort venture in Maldives
      383 17 Intraco sets up resort venture in Maldives INTRACO, the government-backed Internationa! trading company, is stepping up its business with the Republic of Maldives. Through Simalco Enterprise Pte Ltd, a joint venture with the State Trading Corporation of the Maldives, it has ventured into the resort business in the island nation.
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      Lock icon HK garment factory folds up
      123 17 HONGKONG, Sun. A big Hongkong garment factory has suddenly closed down, leaving 400 workers and staff without employment, back wages or severance pay while bankers were anxious to get back loans amounting to US$l.7 million (Ss3 million). Zeiko (Jeans) Garment Factory Ltd, housed on seven
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      Containers Printers plans to build second factory
      277 17 CONTAINERS Printers Pte Ltd, a local tin can maker which started production in April, is planning to build a second factory to make other types of packaging. At least $6 million, including building cost, will be invested if it proceeds with the project.
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      Lock icon US Fed pushing for lower long-term rates
      269 17 US Fed pushing for lower long-term rates NEW YORK, Sub. The Federal Reserve la currently doinK Its best to engineer a drop In longterm interest rates, a number of I nited States economist* believe. Lsng-tenn Interest rates were static when shortterm rates tumbled in July, as the Fed eased Its
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      TOP TEN STOCKS
      104 17 THE (•llewtuK U lint of the II most wtlvelv traded stocks on the SUck Exchange of Singapore last »rek. It gives the turnover In thousands of units, closing prior* on Friday and the high and low for I*B2 Caaptay Tuwver ■M Prim Lw Sim* Duty OCBC Mill
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      Lock icon Vatican pressured to clarify role
      241 17 LONDON, Sun. Italian authorities appear more concerned with gaining some control over the Vatican in the wake of the Banco Ambrosiano affair than in safeguarding the credit rating of Italian borrowers, bankers here said. Last Friday's move by Italy's economic ministers to put the Ambrosiano
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      LOCAL STOCK INDICES
      162 17 SINGAPORE MALAYSIA "BT Indicator ••Industrials •finance •Hotel* ••Propertle* u«iMliung\ MPIMMIHi aOCBC: JjSESInd AM* *****7 656 52 1590 75 lOCS 06 5*620 229.45 ***** 576.85 ***** J 1K4113 649 03 -.5*9 06 564 61 229 58 570 20 470 98 183WH 645 75 1560 32 1024 563 14
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    WEEKLY SHARE ANALYSIS
    2562 18 WEEKLY detailed analysis of shares on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, with the year's high and low, followed by the week's movement in prices, the dividend, the net price earnings ratio and the volume of business. SECTION ONE IMU STHI M COMMERCIAL Cr-» IMS 1 ..< Div
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      DOMESTIC
      284 18 THE US Sing dollar opened last week at £2.1400 20 and was traded to a low of $2.1330 50 before moving to a high to close at $2.1650 GO in the Singapore forex market. Trading was fairly active during the week with some strong buying of the US dollar
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      OVERSEAS
      228 18 JAPANEBK TEN: The yen broke through the psychological barrier of 260 to a US dollar last week despite the Bank of Japan's Intervention to counteract the market's continuing pessimistic attitude towards the yen, says Manufacturers Hanover Trust, New York, in its weekly review of selected foreign currencies. Since mid-May,
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      DISCOUNT
      386 18 OVERNIGHT Interest rates (ell dramatically from the previous mt'i level l»st week The overnight rate* which opened at two per cent to 1 i per cent dropped sharply to 1 16 ncr rent on Wednesday, the last day before the change to the new system of compuution oT liabilities
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      ASIAN CURRENCY RATES
      192 18 ASIAN currency average deposit rates for the week ended Aug 6: UBf (Bis prim) Bigk Uw 7 days 117/16 11 1/16 1 month 111 l 16 us 2 months 1215/*****1/16 3 months 137/16 12-. 6 months 13 7/16 1215/16 months 13 '1/16 13--12 months 13<l 137/16 Swiss
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      Short-term money
      45 18 FOR THE week ended Saturday Aug 7. the range of call rates received from Short Deposit* (M) Bhd was as follows: ■nak (Bad: 3 to 7 per cent General rand: 5 to 5 IS per cent Mvveaaeats of funds totalled 51. 024 million
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      Bank's Prime Lending Rates
      405 18 BANK'S prime lending rates as at the close of business on Friday. Aug 6, 1982, BANK'S tPLB Algemene Bank 10% American Express 11 Am' Dam R'terdam Bank 11 Asia Commercial 10 A k NZ Banking Group 10 Ban Hin Lee Bank 11 Banca Commerriale 10 Banco
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    S'pore exchange
    548 19 THE SUKapare stock market last weVk registered •M al Its sharp <t weekly (alia la receat mUm as Investors awl peralatora grew lacrea singly aervaaa that prices were beading towards yet tower levels la the (ace grin fandamrntal (actors. The Straits Times iadastrlals Index alt new IW2 tows
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    Kuala Lumpur
    386 19 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market sank to successive new lows in all the five sessions last week as sellers continued to maintain a strong presence. The sustained selling hammered the market inJex. the NST industrials ordinary share index, to below the important 800 level on Monday. Thereafter the
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    423 19 Overseas markets LONDON: Equity prices showed no clear trend for most of last week but a setback on Friday after Wall Street's Dow Jones average fell below 800 points left most shares slightly easier. The FT index on Friday fell 10.9 to 548.8 for a loss of 7.7 points on
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      333 19 THE market was shaken out of its lethargy last week by an unexpected technical squeeze, particularly in the Malaysian sector, which took the price up b i cents from its low before profit-tak-ing pared the gain, says Holiday, Cutler, Bath and Company, in its weekly rubber
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      170 19 LONDON: Rubber Futures closed generally slightly steadier on Friday, between 0.30p a kilo above and unchanged from yesterday's close in traded position. Dealers said prices firmed slightly in late dealings on some pre-weekend snortcovering. But business was generally slack today and most prices were traded in a range
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      53 19 Aug 2 Aug3 Aug4 Aug S Aug 6 Aug 7 •Tin 29.15 29.15 29,15 29.15 29 15 Tonnes 310 266 190 317 230 Rubber (S) 173.50 174.50 180.00 178 25 179 00 Rubber (M) 195 50 198.00 202.00 200.00 199 00 •in Ml per kilo In
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      178 19 LONDON: The mornings higher levels were maintained in the afternoon on Friday, under short -covering and fresh speculative buying on a market still showing technical tightness after recent ITC buffer stock buying and borrowing operations. Three Months standard grade metal ended the Kerb trading at 1.7,090 to
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      37 19 UJNDON Copper prim on FrM»y ipn-viou» in brackets): Wirrtar. Spot buyrra UKTSO 1C152.001. irllrrt CS4S 00 (ISM SO i. Thrrr Months buyrn CISII 00 (CSMO9 v.Urn Uil SO (CSM.SO Mart* taw: Bsrrly Heady Sates: MM loom
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      276 19 TOKYO. Sat. Share prices closed lower for the fourth consecutive day depressed by the weakness of tht yen in New York and tie continued decline on W; 11 Street overnight, dealers said. The Dow Jones average fell 29 14 to close at 7039.14 points, with a volume of 130
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      330 19 NEW YORK, Fri. Stock prices closed at their lowest point in more than 27--months as a wave of selling by arbitragers hit the market on speculation that Gulf Oil would end its offer for Cities Service. The Dow Jones industrial average skidded 11.51 points to 784.34, the lowest
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      54 19 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Friday MB.B Thursday 559 7 Week Ago 556.5 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Friday 784.34 Thursday 795.85 Week Ago 808.80 H.K.HANG SENG Friday 1 189.62 Thursday 1 142.02 Week Ago 1182 75 AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIALS Friday 619.8 Thursday 821.4 Week Ago 618.7 ALL ORDINARIES Friday 467.4 Thursday
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    366 19 AMSTERDAM. Fri. Share prices were mixed in limited trading at the stock exchange, market sources said. A lower Wall Street last night with the Dow Jones index below the psychologically important 800 points level aid not influence the Dutch market as much as expected, they said, adding that the
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    415 19 ZURICH, Fri. Share prices closed lower in active trading, with industrials leading the decline, dealers said. They cited gloomy prospects for the domestic economy as the main negative factor. Overnight weakness on Wall Street and the US dollar's continued uptrend also depressed sentiment, one dealer said. Swiss bonds closed
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    373 19 CHINESE Proaaee Exefcaafte, SUn»p»rr, hn rl— tag price per IN k* •■> B*4artay. r I til: Bulk fob WOO sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob $101.00 ■tilers, new drum fob 1105.00 sellers C»»ra: Mixed (looar) $45.00 buyers. Ptfyar: Muntok white pepper fob Asta
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      227 19 CANTEENS for sale Yl XIU FACTORY BUILDING Canteen Area: 732.5 s.m. (7,882 s.f.) at 65, Sims Avenue. Yl GUANG FACTORY BUILDING Canteen Area: 562.4 s.m. (6,051 s.f.) at 180, Paya Lebar Road, Freehold The 2 Canteens will be sold subject to existing Tenancy. Enquiry Tel: *****6 or call Personally at
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    416 20 MR Michael Tan and Mr Tay Chin Hoat have been appointed to the board of directors of Dataprep Singapore Pte Ltd, an associate company of Transmarco Ltd. Mr Tan will assume the position of deputy chairman of Dataprep Singapore concurrently with his position as managing director of
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    499 20 NEW YORK, Sun. Gulf Oil Corp gave up its campaign to acquire the Cities Service Co for roughly US$5 billion (5510.83 billion), citing antitrust objections from the Federal Trade Commission as the principal reason. Gulf's retreat signified another failure of a major
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    203 20 Pertamina strikes oil, gas in wildcat well TOKYO, Sun. Indonesia's state-run oil company, Pertamina, and a Japanese oil developer have jointly struck oil and natural gas of "extremely good quality" at a wildcat well on Java island. The Japanese firm, Indonesia-Japan Oil Cooperation Coir.pany of Tokyo, said that the well
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    466 20 TOMY Slmgapere has joined the line of local companies in marketing personal computers. It will be marketing a personal-cum-graphlc computer known simply as PUTA. PUTA is developed by Tomy Corporation Inc of Japan and is designed to be different from all other personal computers available in the
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    536 20 PROMET Bhd is to participate in two oil and gas concessions as well as bid for new concessions in China under a US$5O million (SsloB million) agree ment with Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine (SNEA) of France. The group said that Peachtree Investment
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    442 20 DUNLOP Singapore Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dunlop Malaysian Industries, nas mapped out a two-pronged diversification plan to en- sure profit growth. General manager R. M. Burlison said one ap- proach is to diversify into the trading of non-Dunlop products. It has taken
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    273 20 BUENOS AIRES, Sun. Argentina will seek to renegotiate part of the US$l5 billion (5532.48 billion) service payments due on its external debt of U5536.6 billion by the end of this year. Central Bank governor Domingo Cavallo said. Mr Cavallo said that the
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      766 22 ill Q faiiptoyment 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical f Expanding advertising^\ I agency requires Apply stating salary I expected 81 contact tal no. I I Kreta Ay or p o Box 309 I V Singapore 9106 J EXKNENCED ACCOUNTS CLERK With knowledge of typing required PteaaecaM MELBMAT4ISZII «or »m
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      1008 22 ||iiJ| Q Emptoywant We have vacancsse tor foHowing electrical and instrumentation person not: A. PROJECT ENGINEER (E 4 I) B. INSTRUMENT ENGINEER C. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Candidates to have towowtng qualifications: a BSc Degree. HNC or equivalent c 10 years relevant experience In Installation work In refinery or offshore Industry Duration
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      417 22 a .ssav ff 11 P c toy" 11 VWCA ChaaDinUpmewtCawwo us, e» sis WMiCoMiDmt requires TEACMEP.-SASJE English Language with knowedge of Mandarin). 3OCE-O' level. tppiy m wnllnfl wttn cooUct teJe>hoo« number lo: Tha Chairman by 121fi Auguet 10SJ 12 HOUR SECURITY OUAROS Required urgently to work near :hangl Airport, Jalan
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      506 22 OUUNBTOWN BOWL MBBOJOS 1) COUNTER RECEmOMSTS 2) aOWUMO BBITRUCTORS 1) MECNAieCS c Experience not necessary, c For post (3), must complete or exempted from N.S Apoty penonatty to: OUEENSTOWN CENTRE COMMONWEALTH A VENUE SINGAPORE Wl4 TOKICO SPORE PTE LTD urgently requires: 1. SataaTectawalan Preferably with ITC 3 and knowledge of
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      810 22 IS MONTHS TOYOTA DX. new model, square light, alrcond. new sports rims and tyres, high power radio cassette, lady owner. showroom condition. $22,500 ono Te1: *****14 TITS. TOYOTA CORONA 1800 cc 2 private owners Alrcond, cassette, radio, sport rims Tip top condlUon. $18,300 Contacl *****2 IS7S TOYOTA CORONA 1800 Alrcon.
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      372 22 C.A.T.S. 184-4411 1 Classified Advertising Works. c) Rooats FULLY FURNISHED ROOM In Dlst 15 Food and laundry provided. Preferably foreign students Tel *****19 FURNISNED ROOM M Jurong available for respectable, quiet. 1 mature wording lady. Ring *****97 FURNISHED ROOM WITH celling fan Share household facilities Sembawang area Share with expat
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      894 24 GOVERNMENT OF BRUNEI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE requires MARINE OFFICER HOME TRADE I BS2O 820 27,360 pa tax tree. Salary is on on annual incremental scale. Starting salary will depend on qualifications ond experience. 100 Sterling Brunei $3.7550 but the rate of exchange fluctuates). Qualification* ana Experience: A United Kingdom Department
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      456 24 NOTICES IN THE HIGH COURT OP THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE C»iffaw Wteaiag-Up No. I M IW. la tke Matter «f tke CMnaaatos Act (Caa. 1») Ami ta tke Matter «f Pmmt Meeaaateal EleeMeal Pte LM ADVERTISEMENT OP PETITION Notice Is hereby given that a Petition for the Wlndlng-Up of the
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      275 24 GARFIELD B 7 ji m D.ns LGrARFIELP THE CAT, I /OM SURE, THE X I J BUT /V\V SHEER WILL (RESOLVE TO SPENP THE GrOINOr /VNAV ANP PETERAAI NAT ON 1 V ENTIRE WEEK IN BEC?/ GET TOUGH SHOULP RESIST THE V^ -A < y^A^-^ \AT TIMES.^y' VTEMPTATION TO&ETUPj STAR
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      791 25 APPOINTMENTS I MATTEL (M)SDN.BHD. I H MATTEL PHILIPPINES INCORPORATION, located in MANILA, wishes to invite suitably qualified candidates to apply for the position of: TOOL ROOM SUPERVISOR I Applicants must have several years experience in the fabrication and maintenance of PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDS plus extensive Toolroom supervisory experience. We welcome
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      227 25 PEANUTS By Schuiz KNOCK KNOCK By Andy Hold Dan Arnold ME^< MANAGER, YOU -^n=^=^j .jKiAfIT^HIIH I mhos therl?} I alec' 1 u)An'na see some real K^^Vy Xl I m BASEBALL BUBBLE 6UM V-^, vkM^^JW^ Kt^tl B^M THAT'S PRETTY GOOP.. I ALEC h/HO?i\ '((M"®\^ UJMAT IF YOU WERE ON /££\N*r^\. ImH
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      2041 26  -  By EQUESTRIENNE and FAIRWAY PENANG, Sun. Four-year-old Bold Punter swamped a Class 2 Div 1 field over 1,700 m (Race 5) with an eight-length win his fourth here today. With Terry Lucas astride, the Alvaro gelding made it a pillar-to-post affair, drawing away to win
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    823 26 PENANG, Sun. Jockey M.C. Lam was suspended for two months after the stewards concluded their inquiry into the running and handling of Moonlight Serenade in Race 2 of the second day. Apprentice A. Samsol was suspended for three race days for failing to ride
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    Andrews to go home
    45 26 PENANG, Sun. VUiUng jockey Brian Andrews will be returning to Australia In the next few days. Andrews first came to ride on the second weekend of the Perak Turf Club June Meeting and has since ridden a total of 10 winners.
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    37 26 SYDNEY, Sun. Jock«y» from a team, called the Real of the World, will compete against America's top riders in a two-day carnival at Bay Meadows racecourse in San Frandaco on Jan 28 and 8.
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      567 26 APPOINTMENTS I MULTI-CORPORATION (S) PTE LTD We are a leading and fast expanding company engaged in marketing, servicing and fabrication of automotive, heavy equipment and related accessories. We invite applications for the following positions: FINANCE EXECUTIVE •Candidates must possess an Accounting Degree or ACCA/ ICM A and 2-3 years' experience.
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      545 26 JJ.I.Tn REPRO BUSINESS MjJ^ MACHINES PTE LTD We are a young and growing company and are part of an East Asian group dealing in the marketing of office equipment and systems. In line with our expansion we have the following vacancy: I Requirement*: I M inimum GCE certificate I Fluency
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      292 27 LONDON, Sun. Australian Ken Lorraway produced the second best triple jump in the world this year when he leapt 17.46 metres at the Crystal Palace international athletics meeting yesterday. Lorraway, cheered on by a small but vociferous group of supporters, had an engrossing duel
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      859 27 BOBBY ROBSON has come a long way since he peered anxiously out of the window of a train pulling out of a station in County Durham to see tears rolling gently down his father's cheeks. Young Robson was off to the "smoke" to see if he could
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      63 27 LA LINEA DE LA CONCEPCION (Spain), Sun. Athletic Bilbao defeated Notingham Forest 3-1 in a stormy match yesterday to qualify for the final of the football tournament here. Justin Fashanu and John Robertson were both sent off In the first half and the match nearly ended
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      232 27 German Grand Prix field reduced to 25 H<M KKNHEIIH (West Germany), Son. The Ferrari team failed to withdraw Injured driver IMdler Plronl tram the official starting list for today's West German Grand Prix, forcing the organisers to cat the, field to 25 yesterday. Pironl broke both legs and an arm
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      182 27 Pironi's legs saved HEIDELBERG (West Germany), Sun. Surgeons fought for almost six hours yesterday to save French racing driver Didier Pironi from having both legs amputated, the operating hospital said. An official communique by the Heidelberg University clinic said Pironi had serious injuries to the lower parts of both legs,
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      Lock icon Coe slams British rule on two meets
      153 27 Coe slams British rule on two meets LONDON, Sun Britain's Olympic 1,500-metre champion Sebastian Coe I slammed his country's athletics chiefs at Crystal Palace yesterday after being told that his place in the European championship team in Athens next month was in jeopardy. He is a member of the British
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      442 27 EUROPE 3 THE REST 2 EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, Sun. Italy's Giancarlo Antognoni scored the winner in Europe's 3-2 victory over the Rest of the World in the FIFA All-Star match at Giants Stadium here last night. Antognoni's 88th-minute goal broke a 2-2 stalemate and
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      Lock icon Floyd in line to make golf history
      275 28 Floyd in line to make golf history TULSA, Sun. Ray Floyd, settling into one of the streaks of superlative golf for which he is famous, turned in his third straight steady performance yesterday to open a five-shot lead and virtually turn the 64th Professional Golfers Association championship into a one-man
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      188 28 Lloyd to Lanes' rescue LONDON, Sun. West Indian Clive Lloyd steered Lancashire out of trouble on the opening day of their English county cricket championship match against arch-rivals Yorkshire yesterday. After heavy rain delayed the start at Old Trafford, Lancashire were in dire straits when they tumbled to 79 for
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      ORA 46-3
      21 28 OLD Rafflesians' Association hammered Dune&m Lions 46-3 in the Singapore Rugby Union under-23 tournament at the Police Academy yesterday.
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        39 28 BASEBALL A ball struck five-year-old Jonathan Keane at Fenway Park, Boston, fracturing his skull as he was watching the match between Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox. White Sox won 7-3. Keane's condition is stable.
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        31 28 BASKETBALL Canada captured the World's Fair international tournament championship with a 114-78 win over China. The United States, who defeated Yugoslavia 96-75. were second in the round-robin tournament.
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        28 28 BOXING Dwight Braxton retained his World Boxing Council light-heavyweight title when the referee stopped his match against challenger Matthew Saad Muhammad in the sixth round.
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        31 28 4UDO Japan won the university World championships in Finland. The Japanese captured three individual gold and two silver medals and the team title, defeating Brazil 7-0 in the final.
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        57 28 MOTOR CYCLING Switzerland's Roland Freymond won the 250 cc event at the Swedish Grand Prix, the eighth leg of the world championship. fltmmit. <Mm: 1 Roland Freymond (Swi) I Anton Mang (WG) 1 Jean-Francois Balfe (Fra) Im<lm»wM rfcmnntaMhln staaduus: 1 Jean-Louis Toumadre (Fra) 82 pts I
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        33 28 MOTOR RACING Corrado Fabi. of Italy, clinched the European Formula Two championship when he won the 13th and final race of the season over the Santa Monica circuit. Agencies.
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      431 28 Sirch ends with world mark THE fourth world swimming championships ended in spectacular fashion last night as world records fell in the final two events. Cornelia Sirch, of East Germany, shattered the women's 200 metres backstroke mark by almost two seconds and the United States' men's relay team claimed their
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      189 28 GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), Sun. The Soviet Union won the water polo gold medal at the world swimming championships last night after a hotly-dis-puted contest in which they drew 7-7 with Hungary. The Russians needed only a draw for first place in the lft-nation competition.
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      Lock icon Louganis reaches new pinnacle in diving
      267 28 GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), Sun. Calif ornian Greg Louganis reached a new pinnacle in competition diving yesterday when he won the 10-metre platform event, and his second gold medal, of the 1982 world swimming championships. He produced the "perfect" dive on his fourth effort, winning the
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      241 28 Pivtag: Mea'i It-metre platform dlvtag: 1. Greg Lougani.s (US) 634.26 pts. 2. Vladimir Aleinik (Soy) ***** 3. Bruce Kimball (US) 619.68 4. Thomas Knuths (E. Ger) 597.21 5. Hongping U (C) 594.39 6 Kongzheng U (C) 588.81. Swunmhg: «Mn Individual medley: 1. Alexander Sidorenko (Sov i 2:03.30
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      Champagne flows at Folkestone Road
      788 28  - Champagne flows at Folkestone Road DEREK WILD By THE champagne was flowing at Folkestone Road yesterday afternoon but it wasn't just members of Warren Golf Club who were celebrating. Warren walloped Seletar 5-1 to clinch the F N League title for the second time in three years. But Seletar had
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      FAN-FARE No. 1 S. Koreans earn their supporters' applause
      426 29  - FAN-FARE No. 1 S. Koreans earn their supporters' applause By HAKIK AT RAI THERE were no tears, just remorse, in the Singapore camp as South Korea overwhelmed them 6-0 to qualify for the semi-finals of the Asian Youth Group Two soccer tournament at the National Stadium last night. And, with
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      FAN-FARE No. 2
      61 29  -  By JOE DORAI WHEN Singapore earn the cheers of Malaysian fans at the Merdeka Stadium, It Is not only heart-warming. It Is also an acknowledgement of a good performance. This vocal support for the Republic came during Saturday night's a.] defeat by Merdeka tournament favourites Ghana. It
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      Kapil provides the first shock in graded tournament
      420 29  - Kapil provides the first shock in graded tournament TAY CHENG KHOON By KAPIL KIiETAN provided the first shock of the Ovaltine F Grade squash championships when he beat Eu Choon Leng 9-1, 9-3, 9-3 at Kallang yesterday. Eu had established himself as a pre-toumament favourite after his impressive displays in
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      Fahim wins
      30 29 WORLD'S No. 17 squash player Fahim Gul beat his elder brother Rahim 9-5, 7-9. 6-9, 94. 9-1 in an exhibition match at the East Coast Recreation Centre yesterday.
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      Forces take two events
      361 29  -  SINGAPORE Armed Forces Sports Association made themselves felt on the final day of the Pesta Sukan rifles and pistols competition at the Mount Vernon Range yesterday. International Philip Goh landed SAFSA's first gold in the full-bore nfle individual event with a splendid 188 to push Hongkong's
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      48 29 FEDERAL TERRITORY imalified to meet Singapore in the Malaysian Cricket Association inter-state final when they beat Selangor by eight wickets on the last day of their threeday semi-final in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Brief mara: FT 434-7 and 63-2 Selangor 156 and 340 (Mike Shepherdson 124)
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      Trouncing
      48 29 CHANGI trounced Kreta Ayer 18-0 in an inter-constituency soccer match at Gloucester Barracks yesterday. Other results: Moulmein 3 Ulu Pandan 0. Kg Glam 3 Cheng San 2. Siglap 2 Telok Ayer 0, Tanah Merah 2 Pongfol 1. Tanglin 5 Kirn Seng 0. g Pagar 1 Tampines 0
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      Republic's title
      42 29 SINGAPORE A scored a convincing 7-2 win over Malaysia's SWIDA after the fourth singles in the Pesta Sukan darts final at the Ambassador Hotel yesterday. In the battle for third place. Penang A trounced Hongkong's PABST 6-0 after three singles.
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      Fright for champion
      79 29 NATIONAL champion Wong Shoon Keal was given a fright by national trainee Patrick Tan before winning 13-15. 18-17, 15-4 in the second national ranking league at Guillemard Road yesterday. Otkrr remit* Dtv. 1: Laii Wine Cheok bt Foo Khian Jin 15-12 15-11; Sulaiman Zaini bt KeUy Wee
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      Jansenites triumph
      34 29 JANSENITES beat Singapore Hockey Association's Juniors 3-0 in a Strobel Premier league match at Tanglin yesMruu Other results Div 2: Ang Mo Kio i Bedok 1. Boon Lay 1 Institute of Educational.
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      Big worries amidst joy
      231 29  -  THERE was much conviviality and celebration in the Singapore camp after last week's Pesta Sukan trap and skeet championships despite the fact that they were able to retain only two of their three titles. The reason was obvious Singapore, despite surrendering their skeet team title to
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      249 29 COLUMBUS (Ohio). Sun. Top-seeded Jimmy Connors and fourth-seeded fellow American Brian Gottfried will clash in today's final of the I'SJIOO.OOO ($213,000) National Revenue tennis tournament. Connors beat Chip Hooper 6-4. 6-4 and Gottfried defeated Bruce Manson 6-1, 6-0 in all-Amencan semi-finals. In the doubles semi-finals. Hank Pfister
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      Brazilians power past the Thais
      142 29 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Brazil selection powered past hapless Thailand 4-0 in a Group B match in the Merdeka soccer tournament here today. The Brazilians led 1-0 at the interval. They got the first goal in the 10th minute when Roberto Paes slotted in a
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      Jayamani on the threshold of better times
      373 29  -  HAKIK AT RAI By ITr»iTf. to: r !■).< MM A SUB 10-minute run for the women's 3,000 metres is well within the reach of Singapore's Jayamani Kandasamy (right), who is currently on a three-month training and competition tour of West Germany. This is
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      Loh bounces back to top pre-qualifying
      345 29  - Loh bounces back to top pre- qualifying By I -EONARD KING VETERAN S.Y LOH (right), after some disappointing scores earlier in the week, bounced to life over the weekend to top the Singapore International pre-qualifying Masters Open at the Kirn Seng Bowl. Left-handed Loh rolled a 24-game total of 5,011
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      Republic's side earn Malaysian fans' cheers
      177 29 Of course, the faas were focussing their attention on striker Fandi Ahmad; whose fabulous displays in Amsterdam with AJax earned him an offer of a professional contract. And 21-year-old Fandl did not disappoint the more than &,»M fans though he was unhappy with South
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    44 30 MADRID, Sun. Two small bombs exploded near U.S.owned businesses in Madrid and Barcelona today and police believe the blasts may have been the work of Palestinian groups angered by American support of Israei in the Beirut conflict. No injuries were reported. UPI
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    32 30 MASERU, Sun. Lesotho. Minister of Works Jobo Rampeta and two other people were shot dead in an ambush in the northern district of Berea yesterday. Radio Lesotho reported today. Reuter
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    The man with a big say in hiring and firing civil servants
    421 30 HE IS the man who has a big say in recruiting, promoting or sacking civil servants. He even has a say in determining whether they deserve scholarships or to go for further studies abroad. With all that power
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    China protests against new war film that glorifies Japan
    476 30  -  ADDING FUEL TO TEXTBOOKS UPROAR TOKYO, Sunday A NEW popular film which depicts Japan in a favourable light during the Pacific War opened to packed houses across the country this weekend, raising fears that right-wing nationalism is gaining ground. The release
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    Dengue sweeps all but two states
    193 30 Dengue sweeps all but two states KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Dengue ha«morrhagir fever ha* spread to every state except Sabah and Perils and the official flgure for the country now stands at 755 cases, Including 22 deaths, Bernama reported yesterday. Deputy Health Minister K. Pathmanaban, who held a five-hoar meeting at
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    303 30 Evacuation of guerillas plan hits snag BEIRUT, Sunday A PLAN by US Middle East envoy Philip Habib to evacuate trapped Palestinian guerillas from West Beirut has been thrown into doubt by indications that Israel may reject one of its central planks. I While Radio Lebanon ~Z^ said the first group
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      132 30 UP TO 1 p.m. TODAY: Fair. TEMP. (C) up to C».m. tomor.ow: S3 max., 24 mln. SUNSET today: 7.14 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.M a.m. GLOBAL WEATHER AteteMe 6 22C Fine MmIU 23 29 C Rain AaatMbNß 16/2SC Cloudy Melbaane 7. 18 C Fine BMgkak 24 31C Cloudy Hmtmm 10 19
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      A day in Tokyo
      1534 1  -  IT IS already light at 4.30 a.m. On the road, the occasional van rumbles past, and on the sidewalk along blocks of small, squat shophouses, several hostesses who have finished a long night's work in the kairoke bars are click-clacking in a brisk march to the
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      OUTLOOK
      73 2  -  The average modern child is an electronics wizard, easily at home with gadgets undreamed of even in his father's Dan Dare comics. He's familiar with computer readouts, digital and liquid crystal displays and the workings of mini computers that have turned the playroom into a miniature Cape Canaveral. Linda
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      Child's play
      785 2 ANITA EVANS visits the Toy Fair WHAT'S in a toy? Twenty five years ago, for me at least, it was a sandpit, a box of bricks and a Dinky car. That's all I had. But I wasn't deprived. Those three things, plus a few old tin spoons and
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      Home is where the chaos is
      847 2 AMANDA STUART MACKENZIE of Britain settled for office life because ONE version of the future much favoured by those who know, goes something like this: We have all managed to avoid being pulverised by six tonnes of TNT per head and we sit at
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    • LEISURE
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        Winning sisters
        807 3 ON THE 15th floor of a certain block of apartments, four sleepy pet terrapins Donny and Marie, Herby and Cristie lie contentedly in their green plastic home and a neighbour's poodle prances lightly on you at the front door. A riot of Asian folk tales, children's encyclopaedias and
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        All set for delight of the year
        434 3 THE purse strings were loose. Absolutely glamorous sets was the order. After all, National Day comes but once a year. So with about $9,900, the largest budget for set design and construction so far this year, SBC's principal designer, Philip Chee and his
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        A reggae all our own
        501 3 A reggae all our own Us singing happy birthday to our nation We no denying roots, brother roots foundation We want to raise kids with a good education Raise them to be real men, hey how about it? Sing, sing, sing, sing Singapore Reggae WHAT? Singapore Reggae? Well, why not!
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        SBC 5
        350 4 8.50 AM Opening folowed by Together We Celebrate: Children from the Peter Low Choir, SBC Children's Choir and students from Keng Cheng School and Swiss Cottage Primary School celebrate National Day. 9.40 The Wacky World Of Mother Goose: Familiar Mother Goose characters are brought together in an animated
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        272 4 2.45 PM Opening followed by Storybook International Nkkorima: An eccentric warrior. Nickonma, is left behind to guard his village when a hostile war party arrives. Nickonma uses logic to ward off the attackers. 3.15 The Prime Minister's National Day Message In Mandarin Presented By Mr Ong Teng Cheong,
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        A mixed bag of treats on SBC
        427 4 A mixed bag of treats on SBC OUR BELOVED NATION POETS' FORIM (Radio 4, a.m.): Six prominent local poets will recite Tamil poems on Singapore depicting the Republic's progress, harmony, beauty and achievements. ONE FAMILY (Radio 4, 7.15 p.m.): This is a 30--minute special play in Tamil about the much-talked-about
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        MALAYSIA 3
        203 4 5.02 PM Qurcn Heading 5.10 Programme Summary 5.12 The New Adventures Of Batman 5.30 Cumi And Ciki 5.55 Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah 6.00 News 6.11 Programme Summary 6.14 Shirt's Neighbourhood 6.39 Documentary Harvest At Nong Lub 6.57 Programme Summary 7.02 Ibadat Haji 7.22 Science International 7.29 Azan Maghrib
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        83 4 6.02 PM Quran Reading 6.10 Programme Summary 6.11 Kebun Kita (r) 6.38 The New Heckle And Jeckle Show 7.00 News in Tamil 7.15 Documentary Eva 200U 7.34 Tales Front 1001 Days 8.00 News And Weather Forecast 8.20 News Roundup 8.31 Lembaran Minggu 9.00 News in Mandarin 9.15 Lagu-Lagu
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      218 2 t^»^4"L' HALL 2 (LOWER LEVEL) 1982^8>*****08 STATIONERY FAIR SINGAPORE BOOKSELLERS ifL^^/X STATIONERS ASSOCIATION I II W~ 6-10 AUGUST 1982 11.00 AM —9.00 PM P^JJX* jSaV WORLD TRADE CENTRE Jy/2*S^r^n HALL 2 (LOWER LEVEL) T^S f fpADDINGTON v V A AND V OJJ fflfl SIATWWRVfair /^N WORLDTRADE /J"\ #TOY SAFETY QUIZ\
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      56 2 National Day Celebration EPOH HENG Jewellery Pte Ltd We are closed today Main Branch People's Park Branch Katong Branch Toa Payoh Branch Boon Lay Branch Paul Jewellery r^& RENOVATION Jl IV V \N. dn^ man V more bargains. 71 I v_?n_L.i_.f\ elegance boutique Blk 1 338 A Balestier Hill Shopping
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      555 3 THANK YOU from MS The Board of Directors, management and staff thank all friends, associates and account holders for their support and participation at our Hougang Branch opening. PCSES Hougang Branch 01 -1 340/2 Blk 1 21 1 lougang Avenue 1 Singapore 1 953 Tel: ***** 33/4 Educational advancement? Read
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      155 3 Straits Times Crossword ACRO§B 6 Shakespearean half of artist •sassr- -gresrs...U Mar** a. a boy. like «ingular g aetuilorily 0 n audJ H gi v, n(t sone cone- VSSfiESVftT .5 SSirBS back Ben,,- 22 Paaed out like lfefs) "W I«U (4) 23 In the nng there's an epitaph mMt^ rJ
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      223 3 YOUTH Mountbatten Road, Kai FESTIVAL ART E.VHIBI- l»r.g Road, Lavender TION Works of art Street, Serangoon Road, from schools. National Jalan Toa Payoh, Toa Museum Art Gallery. 9 Payoh Lor 2, 4, 3 and 1, a.m. 5 p.m. Toa Payoh Central, BradSINGAPORE CIVIL dell Road. Thomson Road, AVIATION PAST AND
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      397 4 Selected speeches and writings of C.V Devan Nair ■^■^■V^^B^B^^B^B^l^^^^^B^B^BW B^C^9^^l /kE#ONK witt-« a FouMfc'Ortl try I>f Albeit Wms« ioit*», IMil >(!-...«>">. M«»n CrtLU%<M%q*#por«H FcofHunlc Advtsor to tr\e Qovmnment ot Sir»a<aporo ABOUT THE MAN ABOUT THE BOOK 41 We know him as the outstanding leader of labour; (but) there is "NOT
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      790 4 5.58 AM National Anthem noun^PnK ISkKLtto Ml Good Morning Singapore ly Music Magazine ZM Star RriS ™tls in^r win Food for Tfiought Ytt Watch J.M Weekly Music Bnef •.15 Another Morn- Positive Thinkinc 1 N Magazine 4.M The Practical ing Another Show I.* Art™ pos inve imnKm^ h News and
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      Yes, it's money
      559 5  -  CHONG WING HONG By THE GREAT sage Confucius could not do without it, for all the contempt which he showed for money. But, being someone who lived five centuries before Christ, he had no colourful dollar notes or coins decorated with fish or seahorses with which to
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      money, money
      304 5 money, money All coins were to be round with square holes. And this was the norm throughout the dynasties until Qing, about 2,100 years after. Besides coins, Chinese aristocrats used gold and silver as currency too. But the first "dollar" notes were not seen until the Song Dynasty (960--1280 A.D*.
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        262 6 Let's Learn Mandarin THIS programme Is compiled by Redlffnsion and broadcast daily in Teochew, Hokkien and Cantonese over both RediHusion and SBC's Radio Three and Four Radio Three: Mon Son: 1.15 a.m. Radio Four: Mon Sat: 9.45 p.m.). The English notes are provided by us. Lesson 150: Confucianism VOCABULARY: 1)
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        Effective reading
        121 6 THIS essay will be broadcast over Radio Three on Tuesday 1.1 l a.m. and 8.95 p.m. and repeated oo Thursday at the same time. *»Sft DA GONG WU SI •gA(nw*a° *SA dWJL"f 'ttAiKife' «t -t*ii*ftWA7 H Explanatory notes: This passage cites two anecdotes Confucius spoke well of as
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        Crowning glories
        145 6 Crowning glories The royal headw ear of the Qlng Dynasty, established by the Manchu in 1644, is different from the traditional Chinese style. Pictured on the extreme right is the helmet the emperor used while reviewing troops. It was made of patent leather inlaid with gold, pearls and precious stones.
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        Kesan Islam atas sastera dan budaya
        836 8 Kesan Islam atas sastera dan budaya PART THREE KEDATANGAN Islam ke Kepulauan Melayu atau Nusantara 13 abad lalu bukan saja telah merobah sistem kepercayaan dan pandangan hidup masyarakat Melayu, ma la ha n juga telah meninggalkan kesan yang begitu mendalam terhadap kebudayaan, termasuk kesusasteraan, kita. Pengaruh Islam bukan saja masih
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        Islamic influence on Malay literature
        852 8  -  THE coming of Islam to the Malay Archipelago, or what is commonly known as Nusantara, has not only changed the system of beliefs and views of the Malays but also caused a great impact on their culture which includes literature. Today, Islam has exerted its
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      349 6 HH CONGRATULATIONS BEST WISHES r^i I TO THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF SINGAPORE I I hmrni ON THEIR 17th NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS. F^H 1 1 Bfl You don't have to wait long for BoHoH P^^* I^^F ,81 |<L— j your color prints at U.P.S. photo service, I 1 I l^KKlflU?
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      419 7 QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Q UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF V 0 THE ACTING MINISTER FOR SOCIAL AFFAIRS t> DR. AHMAD MATTER 2 I ->^| SINGAPORE SPORTS COUNCIL J BRAND FfL ce M n PREMIERE Q IN AID OF O THE SPORTS AID FUND 5, ODEON: Wed.. Sept. 1, f B2 at 9.15pm
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      245 7 X V^ SHHUI ORGANISATION CAPITOL-REPUBLIC: Now Showing (CAP *****59) 5 SHOWS: 11, 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.1S No Fra* List (REP *****02) 5 SHOWS: 11. 1.45. 4, 7.00. 9.00 No Fraa List CHUCK NORRIS DOESNT NEED AWEAPON... .aHVw —-Jl*" >-c_- AWEAPON 1 B%:*V^ Ibb^bb^bb^bb^bbßbb^bbb^bblbbV««^bb^^^vßtlb^bb^B^ CHUCK NORRIS L ""EWE® EVE^ U aW
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      265 7 MAJULAH SWCAPURA Golden v ClementV Palace Q town and New Town MORNINO SHOWS TOOA VI a rOOam REST: 11am s 4b^mmb mftAxsa p w«i Am i NEW CROWN"^" TODAY at 1 JO. 3, 7 30. 9.30 "KUNGFU EMPEROR Mjrxl TODAY at 10 30am "HELL HAB No BOUNOAR Y NEW CITY
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      491 7 QOOOOOOOOOOOG I < > V^ SJNG>»PUR>« C 0 VSE/ OfiGANtSAION <] 1 1 NOW SHOWING' > V 11am 1 30 4 00 6 30 9 ISpntV |i[iwMi;rAMiw:«r-w:wji 1 NOW SHOWING! 4 ,I Oim Tofilmi Langth I V Plaasa Nota Timaa V (J 10 30am 200 530 9 00pm C PATRONS
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      274 7 *IVS^M MAJULAH VVP^^SINGAPURA 'i 8 I *y\ ORGANISATION I "Hall Has No Boundary I B S a >jf^aWaW*7TTT'm I I "Kabul Uno.u Or Bib.r i ll p 1 i I NOW SHOWING N. Fr^e t isl a Mom 14b 400 6J 1 "Hall Has Mo Boundary" MANI^RIN m COLOfi NOW
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      127 8 Congratulations Singapore on your 17th National Day We are proud to have been awarded the honour of constructing the National Day Floats for the People's Association, Singapore Food Industries, SAFE Travel (SAF Enterprises Pte Ltd) and the National Trade Union Congress. We also wish to express our deep appreciation for
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      235 8 \m liAJA LLKUK Hlustrator: Alisan Story by Haron A.R. 18a) "Oh, rumah Abanj Samad. Tahulah saya. Kebanyakan want di sin b) "Sebenarnya. saya bdum pun kenal dia U;i. Tetapi saya ada membawa memanf tahu benar rumah itu. Abant Samad hi terkenal juja oranfnya di gambi.nya bersama sama saya untuk menotoof
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      94 9 NATIONAI DAY SPECIAL The new citizens: Five who chose to be S'porean 2 The music score: 82 years in tune. A history of local musicmaking and listening 36 More than a spot of nature in the city. A guide to relaxing walks and ways c\n Your son the shark. More
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      We are Singaporean
      102 9 Labour: Why we need to get those working skills n Tourism: They help sell Singapore O Lifestyle: Five into one will go. Update on the e-x-t-e-n-d-e-d family in Ang Mo Kio \Q Career: Asians who cook -j western cuisine well 14 Productivity: The manager is also a
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      Why they chose to be Singaporean
      1285 10  - Why they chose to be Singaporean Sonny Yap C By He lost a country and found another (N DECEMBER 1974, black-uni-formed Khmer Rouge insurgents were putting the heat on the proAmeriran government of President Lon Nol in Phnom Penh. The talk was not whether, but when, the regime would fall.
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      608 10 Why he doesn't go Dutch DIRTY streets and grimy buildings, the return of a war- weary colonial administration, an impoverished population these inauspicious sights confronted Dutch national Ben Kioezeman on arriving here just after the war. The Singapore of 1945 was by no stretch of the imagination a land of
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        146 11 A year of progress to look back on with pride We salute the Republic of Singapore on her 1 7th National Day I v <s£y^ 9th Au 9 ust 1 982 rs^m^T anc s iare c P e °P' e s reflection on how we JIfMLJ. reached this shore. I
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      He came, he saw — and he chose to stay
      315 12 He came, he saw and he chose to stay PROFESSOR Philip Motha reads Nostradamus, Herman Kahn and other "futurologists." He is often asked by the press and lunchtime audiences for his forecast of the property market. The property valuation expert is certainly a man who believes in looking forward. But
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      Home + Hearth = Spore
      603 12 Home Hearth Spore SENIOR mathematics lecturer Dr Woo Kai Yuen did not have to do much calculation to decide whether to make Singapore his home. His reasons had more to do with the heart than with the head. In late 1975, he came to the University of Singapore as a
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      He headed south — with bags of confidence
      330 12 He headed south with bags of confidence AT WORK, James Loh, 37, looks the picture of a typical, neatly groomed Singapore executive. But when he reaches home, he can't wait to shed his tie and executive wear for the traditional sarong. Yes, the sarong that is the customary wear of
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        397 13 H PHILIPS Philips congratulates the government and people of Singapore, on the occasion of our National day. Symbiosis How Philips helps Singapore, and Singapore, Philips. I^. Bk;. JOE *t. Hr Mi^l ™JI «>J<fc—^<— —»>«■»■> —jBIMI I E* S »*■•*> ii wPsSJ' *^r i» ir k* New ideas from Philips are
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      Putting our skills to work
      862 14  - Putting our skills to work KENNETH MOK, By Deputy Director for Productivity, National Trades Union Congress THE greatness of a nation depends on the quality of its people. Natural resources, technology and economic opportunities are important only when they are discovered and harnessed by the people. •'Quality" in a people
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      They help
      1503 16  -  JUDITH HALE By GIRL Guides have done it. So have the St Patrick's School band, Peter Low's junior choir and the handicapped. They have all helped to "sell" Singapore as a tourist destination in the past year. The band and Peter Low's "little ambassadors" have performed in several
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        104 17 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 17TH NATIONAL DAY RANGE OF SERVICES^^^ FIXED DEPOSITS SAVINGS DEPOSITS V HOUSING LOANS W MORTGAGE LOANS HIRE PURCHASE FINANCIAL LEASING J GIFT VOUCHERS I SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES j TRAVELLERS CHEQUES I US DOLLARS* POUND
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      Five into
      372 18 A visit with the Chua clan one The Chuas at their new family horn* which stretches over a row of four three-room flats and on* four-room unit in Ang Mo Kio (left). The adults, at least, prefer it to their former kampung house (below). "We have more privacy
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        440 18 >. Congratulations Best Wishes to (^*~\i v^s r -^jjffc, Tne Government People of The Republic of Singapore ~^j|^g^ on the occasion of their 17th National Day (^^B^V r ioy Architects, Engineers, Realtors, General Contractor j m shimizu CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD. SINCE 180* Room 1 1 1 4, 1 1 th
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      773 19 year after their move to Ang Mo Kio ONE year after moving to Ang Mo Kio. the men of the Chua family still start work at 3 a.m., the women continue to market together, the children remain playmates and festivals and birthdays are everybody's concern. Their unofficial
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        156 19 Congratulations Best Wishes to The People and Government of TVe Republic of Singapore on the occasion of their 17th National Day HP IGIANAZZAI Machinery for the marble tile industry Plants for the edible oil industry. v J tLLIOT I Industrias KIM, s. a. Loss monitor for the edible oil Rotogravure
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      876 20  - Quiet streets lead into bright, busy highwa Teo Lian Huay ROADS yea walk on them, ride on them, drive over them. Yea ase them every day bat yea take them for granted because they are there when you need them miles* there Is a major calamity like an earthquake er
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        282 20 A flying salute I to the Government I and people of the I Republic of Singapore I on their I k 17th National Day, I --^1 BM> I <^Thqi S4S I Smooth as silk SCA/VDf/VAMA* 4tNU*£S E I I old Storage has wanned hearts and made mouths '^K I a
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      250 21  -  Michael liew i cone has that little trees along fie right of c shaped to BBSBSi 'Hi to the left ellas folded ably raved i seen from the viaduct of the FanIsland Kxpresswa.Y as it runs from Shenton Way to Changi airport. But look closer at the lamp posts,
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      233 21 Making our roads pretty safe WHILE the American army and the punkrackers have their B-525, we have our «wn B-Mb. That's the name of the new-look concrete overhead bridges the Pnbllr Works Department Is building. Yon most have seen them before bridges with troughs along the sides, filled with soil
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        392 21 SINGAPORE Strategically located at the crossroads of East and West, Singapore is rapidly gaining a reputation as the leading exhibition centre in South East Asia. Singapore's drive towards higher technology and an efficient reliable service industry have made Singapore the selected venue for many international exhibitions. Singapore Exhibition Services have
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      Two who are Asian and
      1171 22 MANY of them start off not having eaten a western meal before, but this does not seem to be a setback to our young chefs, who are enthusiastic about cooking as a career. Today, banishment to the cookhouse seems to be a privilege rather than
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        151 23 M m W f v m A seventeen short years, we've turned this small ft JpMßfc Mm Mm I island into one of the worU's most successful nations 4 \M MM I and one of the most beautiful and charming cities. A mtmwm I We're proud to have been part
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        354 24 (ST Congratulations to the People Government F* of Singapore on their 17th National Day. Vs^ ttt .^bblbb^bW M.^aV^^ .^■ffflVflVflVflVflVflVflVflVflVflVflVflVfli ...-^^P^** 3 ff fea fashion books! LADY BOUTIQUE No. 108 •••AvJ^^^Blß^ Delicate florals or v^>- "^W^Ti^Bm splashy stripes. A new H line up of exciting ask jB dresses and HbBI CCK)rd
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      1033 25 Why a manager is like a fisherman WHEN you go fishing, you need a fishing rod and line, hooks, tackle, a net and bait. Knowing which pond or part of the sea to go to, when to pull in the line and which bait to use are some of the
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      Your son
      864 26 YOUR son may be a marlin, a shark or a killer whale in disguise. Not just fishy names these, they're awards which will indicate how well he can swim at school. Yes, at school. The schools swimming scheme, launched this year, has made quite a splash and it
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        66 26 t Condratulations and oest wishes to the government and people of the Republic of Singapore on the occasion bf their National Day Celebration. THISIS SiriGAPORES! CENTURY A W /t^ Century Pttrk Slioif item A kX^/ Singapore Where style surrounds you. V T~ McCann CP/3441/82 j i BEST WISHES TO SINGAPORE
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        26 26 A warm-up before the cool dip First the boys start with push-ups followed by some sit-ups dons in pairs and star-jumps to round up the session
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        199 26 MAJULAH H SINGAPURA Paris De Beaute SALON FOR A MORE BEAUTIFUL YOU Experienced London Pans trained Beauticians will be in attendance. BEAUTY SERVICES AVAILABLE: FACIAL TREATMENT EYEBROW TRIMMING BRIDAL MAKE-UP EVENING MAKE-UP WAXING MANICURE PEDICURE BEAUTY COURSES SLIMMING BODY TREATMENT WELCOME TO 04-05, 2nd Floor, Orchard Plazo Orchard Rood, Singapore
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      the shark
      755 27 handful can swim at one time. "Then there are times when students feign illness and ask to be excused. Others produce letters from parents week after week." A Commonwealth Secondary schoolteacher told of one student who produced a letter from his father, explaining that the boy couldn't attend
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        208 27 WORKING SMARTER VS. WORKING HARDER Throughout Singapore higher prod uctivity has become the watchword AW^, in meeting the challenge of the 80s. Vv^aV But merely working harder might not 7^ One of the ways of achieving higher P^l^ productivity is working smarter TMt^/MB^ Applying that hard work in more ■KCJH^
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        588 28 Introducing the phonesitter P-70 The automatic telephone answering system that will never have you miss another call again. It's easy to install And if s simple to operate No more waiting by telephone in your Phonesitter: incoming messages, each up to 32 home or office for that important call. Answers
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      322 29 TEST MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TYPE OF AWARD SYMBOLIC EXPLANATION Marlin (Proficiency) Class Three Able to swim two breadths twice. Once with a 30-second rest in between and the other without any rest. Class Two Able to swim 50 metres (two breadths), for five minutes continuously
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      Young sun
      644 30 Just one of many reasons why FOR close on half a year I used to wake up in London, ears primed for the weather report delivered by my (and seven million other listeners') favourite morning man, Terry Wogan. On the rare occasion, Wogan would sight the hint of
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        61 30 Congratulations Best Wishes to the People Government of the Republic of Singapore on the occasion of our 17th National Day from REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS' ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE Congratulations Best Wishes to The People Government of Singapore n the occasion of their 17th National D< from INDONESIAN RESTAURANT 6th Floor, Plaza
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      311 31 Paik Choo likes living here so much were supposed to be much, uh, older people." Editors are anybody, courtesy of the small mercy known as Equal Opportunity in Singapore. My neighbours run law practices, fruit stalls, dispensaries, taxis, dental surgeries, ice cream stands and, till they were wiped
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      Lock icon Batik look that's all our own
      1534 32 Batik look that's all our own THINK batik and think not only of Indonesia and Malaysia but also Singapore. Singapore batik exists it is a selfstyled art different from the traditional Indonesian and Malaysian forms. Emerging about eight years ago, it draws upon Javanese block printing. This makes use of
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        41 33 \r\L/- /^r ational Da y J^^^SINGAPORE! I^V^ flat Visionhire wishes all Singaporeans I\\ I 3BC a National Day billed with colour /A M joy and much celebration _Aw Pmb*mtr— Hit lotnio* Colour TV tnd Video I\\ /4BBm -jviiionmiri IJI 1 ccxoutrvivoto
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      518 34 •k From Pages Twelve and Thirteen from which rises the airport s control tower. At the airport itself, the systematic floral arrange* ments give way to a riot of colour here ...at the car park, there beneath the vehicular bridge outside the departure hall, and everywhere
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      420 34 From Page Four no permanent residency scheme for professionals. In fact he started here as an employment pass holder. Subsequently, when the scheme was introduced, he was among the first to be offered permanent residency.. He became a Singapore citizen in 1977. He pointed out that
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      318 34 Getting away from political chaos From Page Four sity of London, Prof Motha confessed that even before he became a Singaporean, he never felt at home in Sri Lanka. With a pensive look, he said: "I don't know why. Singapore and Sri Lanka are similar in some ways and yet
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        214 34 S METRO V^B^a^anPt^k fZ^aUVFM JJhBBV^^? IbT^JJt A^fuUal ES&atejfißr'* IK r**T^ -/C>» jflP^H L^H *t LBKLH LHL^a 'W \^^W2^B^B a^al A 1H aflat V^JjSr^ W V Ever since Sir Stamford Raffles stepped foot on Singapore island there was cause for celebration. And M a^ er ears °f De n 9 ne
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      More than a spot of nature in the city
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        228 35 W^GUIDE TO THE NATIONAL DAY CEI^BR/OTONSn^W What's happening at your end. major housing estates and city areas on mmmmm Anchor's the one when you're watching the floats the evenings of August 9, 10 and 11. Check when All and sizes from private, government and \^£fQjBt* -"^STJ^ i break out a
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        1129 36 I Congratulations and Best Wishes to I I the people Government of the Republic of 1 Singapore on the occasion of her I 1 7th National Day I \/(ecentudrden\ WM f v f Condominium I _V. West Coast Road I I f /A C fIOXCC Combining the A I g-y
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        95 37 Promet Celebrates the 17th National Day off Singapore /■^^a^^^aß^^S ft t^ ll\ B I I pL»™^ I i B^^B^^ ft] att^MH Miy^?B a^^SS mi 808 MB w&^m- J V *vl M "I VbW I taT QmIH Haw vl B^^Ll I I mk I c 4 Ufa 3UTS SsSLd gH 3U^b^^^S)bWHb^^b^b?l
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      Bringing up Father
      1867 38 Or when 'Born Loser' TERRY TAN learns a few lessons from his son MUCH as I would like to give kudos to the chap who came up with the gem of an adage, "the child is the father of the man", I hesitate, with the wisdom of
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        43 38 THE BOH N LOSER By Art Sansom CMI'T TELL jOY gJHAT W SHQULP\ OMLV JOU (Ab MAKE IKAT Ps6EiOto! /!.|lMlllAt> VOO 3 "-^s■"766 WH&O HOC £$CW WSil //M FATH6R VuAMTEP MB J§^\. lAAA6UOEM£, A > [Q'j UP, MVepV.-jr^ |U'? V?? SB A PHARAAAOST... Xj^RMER?^
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        315 39 v^fctegcttci Witt. 7i B^^^l m^^^^ c *—^^^^flT^^L R^R^^^K I R^ BR^R^-^*^*Mk -4--! JTtt \!f^\ fi I I ioi .^R^R^R^HRp j 'v^^^K A B I J^' {t^ '^^^R^l^B^^ r* H'^B' '^flMHwßtti^^^ 7^Sj|^B^E''B^Kw Stf^^|^^^B^^^^ are P r °ud to celebrate this memorable day with our loyal citizens \V W- 0 f 7lB^
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      1039 40  - The economy: Slower growth ahead DR LINDA LIM By FOR three years, from 1979 to 1981, our economy grew strongly despite the second oil crisis and the recession in industrial countries. We maintained full employment, enjoyed high wage increases and achieved significant productivity gains. Our fine performance led some observers
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        244 40 Congratulations Best Wishes to The People Government of the Republic of Singapore on occasion of their 17th National Day ■OUSHINE POUSHINE CLEANING SERVICE (PTE) LTD P.O. BOX 193, Serangoon Road Post Office, Singapore 9132 Tel: *****28/9 SERVICE -PROMPT AND DEPENDABLE, IS ONE OF OUR SPECIALITIES We are proud to be
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        129 41 FLYAEROFLOT THE FAST ECONOMICAL ■< ia/a\/ ta m inr.Dc Congratulations Best Wishes WAY IO tUKUKt t0 the Government People of Singapore on your National Day H«lilnki S t o c k ho I m>*v Copanha9y^^^~J^***^-J^'^* > >»^ Amsterdam^ w rtaw /fmXQ^*~" Tf* m London -J--^^Brusi«u Prague Btn M Parl*» Luxtmbourg^^vienna
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      769 42  -  CONTEMPORARY art in Singapore is less than 50 years old. "Contemporary" is used here to cover all styles and not necessarily restricted to avant-garde art as is the case in western countries. There are four categories in painting: Traditional and modem Chinese ink and brush painting Naturalistic oil
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      267 44 Alex Abisheganaden traces our musical history H EARLY Singapore, vestern music was per brmed in the churches )y the British comnunity and in the lotels by European nusicians contracted rom abroad. The first "local" profeslionals were probnbly the ioanese immigrants from Portuguese) India and "ilipinos from (Spanish)
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      537 45 Alex Abisheganaden, retired Senior Adviser (N usic), Ministry of Education. Also a well-known actor qnd musician. Soliano Sr was the patriach of the famous Solianos and father of our brilliant all-rounder Jerry S. Originally denied employment in the hotels (where the European musicians were entrenched),
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        17 45 Best Wishes to The People Government of Singapore on their REGAL® SINCE 1880 RENOWNED IN AMERICA CANADA&JAPAN
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      328 46 Unlocking of yea CONSIDER this stereotype. An old person is someone physically disabled, dribbling and slowly losing his mind. If you believe it, then you, too, are a victim of a myth about ageing. Medical studies have shown there is a great diversity in the health of people aged 60
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      293 46 FOOD for thought. Ignorance sometimes shapes a child's pictore of the eld senile, sickly, dependent. One reason may be reduced contact of the young with the old. As a result, youthful reactions include a great deal of buried awe and even fear. To dent this monolith
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      199 46 LEARNING and memory remain unimpaired until our '80s, say medical reports. In fact, the amount of information stored can actually increase with age, along with our skill at taking in new information. If you are clever now, you may be even more clever when you grow old,
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      236 47 ng the wealth sars disables; that old people need what all other leed personal autonomy, dignity and a ile in society. is the troublesome truth. The quicker we his, the better. y, we are a young country, vibrant and But the tramp of senior feet is getting now have about
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      196 47 AGE does net take the fire out of the belly of men like Mr Wong Ban Leong (right). Instead, it stones the fierce energy and aspiration to live a useful life. Mr Wong, 11, Is a blacksmith. He has been one for 44 years. Rain or shine, every day,
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      173 47 FUN dees net step at 5« (right). Folk-dancing, fashion shews, excursions, Chinese opera, martial arts and numerous ether activities organised by the Singapore Action Group of Elders fer its members are en Its calender. Most of the group's members are 55 and ever. If yen think these folk are
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      239 48  -  Jogging heads the list of favourites with swimming second and soccer third By WILFRED YEO SPORTS is alive and well in Singapore. Indeed, it is just what the good doctors both in medicine and in government ordered for the people's health. Gone are the days of "Take two
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        41 48 Badminton was the moat popular sport with non-participants (who made up 933 of the people in the Toa Payoh survey) —22 per cent i A\ wantad to take it up as opposed to the 13 per cant who actually played it
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      918 49 sports that keep us fighting £it swimming and jogging (both 14 per cent), tennis and squash (both 9 per cent) as the sports nonparticipants wished to take up. Among the reasons given for taking up sports were health, fitness, doctor's advice, and pleasure. Those who gave up sports cited such
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      733 50 FROM the *****, the music scene wide .-went a great transformation brought about by the government, the mass media and a second wave of foreign musicians who came to Singapore. In 1935, the Education Department engaged Giaa Williams, the first Master of Music to
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      669 50 SUPPORT for the arts was at its lowest in the 15 years before Singapore became independent. That was the era of private enterprise. Music was in the care of private studios, voluntary groups and lone entrepreneurs; yet it survived. The British left us the examination structure
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        241 51 May we continue in cxir task of j 1 1^ further beautifying the Nation j \fl HM rr» f j igPoijrmotor ffe^Mfr The General Insurance On this auspicious day. we ptedge our combined efforts to atwaysremain at your kindservice W HHIMIH)E'[I]H(H[M) |2| PEyiMr3M£SKp Tfo Insurance TT fK^^ Association of Singapore
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      767 52  -  ARE compwters about to change our lives? In fyt. they already have online bank tellers, globe-spanning airline reservations, surprisingly early tax forms and mind-constricting Pac-Man. But are they not just simple creatures? Strip away the packaging and you will find a routine collection of logic circuits,*memory and
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        451 52 Melco Sales Singapore (Subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric, Japan) extends its heartiest congratulations to the People and Government of the Republic of Singapore on the occasion of their 17th National Day. I Now every family can eat better and... i save electricity at the same time. No one keeps food Mitsubishi
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      779 53 eye-hand coordination but often need little judgement or creativity. There could be no more dedicated and untiring factory worker than a robot. In such jobs, robots benefit society by doing dull, dirty, dangerous and demeaning, but necessary tasks. They also reduce the cost of manufactured goods. But
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      557 53 From Pag* Thirty-three We need to be more selective in awarding investment incentives and pay more attention to dynamic non-manufactur-ing industries, especially those concerned with the creation and transfer of information. Increased emphasis on non-manufacturing a c t i v ities implies changes in
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        106 53 BEST WISHES TO THE GOVERNMENT PEOPLE OF SINGAPORE ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR NATIONAL DAY jflß CMNAAMJNES Fly DAILY JUMBO 8747s to HONG KONG and TAIPEI DEPARTS SINGAPORE AT 9.30 a.m. MO, TU, TH, SA SINGAPORE to HONG KONG and TAIPEI WE, FR, SU SINGAPORE to BANGKOK, HONG KONG and
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        292 54 MARK "STC" STANDS FOR SATISFACTION TO CUSTOMERS 3 VISIT \]f KALANIKETAN EMPORIUM W' Q^CU-^ 156 158 PENINSULA PLAZA f 4 £1 s SINGAPORE 0617 Congratulations PHONE: *****19 *ff to ,he People BRANCH AT -"^rfHW Government o( G4 HIGH STREET CENTRE Singapore on their SINGAPORE 0617 .ft WL. 17th National Day
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      Sweet sounds of success
      925 55 Sweet sounds of success THE first step in music taken by the newly independent Singapore government was to choose a national anthem Zubir Said's Majullah Singapura. The government also reawakened our polyglot community to its several cultural heritages which may have been lost or neglected in the colonial past and
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      New ways with ink and brush
      1277 56 •k From Page Thirty-four western origin. He had considerble influence over Singapore's water-colour painters. Liv Kang did not teach at the Nanyang Academy but he was (and still is) highly respected for his work with the two main art societies In Singapore the Society
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        238 56 Congratulations Best Wishes to The People Government of The Republic of Singapore on occasion of their 17th National Day. WHEREVER, WHATEVER, HYUNDAI CAN HANDLE IT. Hyundai, the largest construe- V diverse and sophisticated tion company in Korea, has j plant projects. over the past 35 years sue- g^ Hyunda. pndes
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      A boost £or our artists
      468 58 From Pag* Forty-eight ety, took the first and only Singapore Art Society exhibition to London in 1955. Kok Hoe architect, artist, and art patron was the driving force behind many of the society's activities and is still very much the helmsman today. In April 1969,
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        230 58 A^zHnnioersant ((Jo/yrarubrbns Z^ihezJlwpleandGcmrnmeni of(Qingapore "What the mind of man can conceive and believe.... it can achieve" V^y //his nation stands monument .o the idea that dreams can JJ become reality. Blazing a remarkable trail down history, v another chapter of glory is written. Prosperity and patriotism reigns. A nation is
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        133 58 I Congratulations I I Best Wishes I I to the Government I and I People of Singapore I on the occasion I of the I 17TH ANNIVERSARY 1 of the Republic I from I SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING L I CO. PRIVATE LTD. I GENERAL AGENTS FOR ALL SOVIET VESSELS 1
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      With thanks to our music people
      241 59 From Page Forty-seven Vlvteane (ioh, conductor, trainer of the Singapore Youth Orchestra; Tec Lay N»h of the Education Ministry who oversees the music elective (secondary) and Kodalybased (primary) school programmes; Joe Peters, (hoo Hwee Urn, <Vroh Slew Uu and Samuel Uew who train the
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