New Nation, 10 May 1976

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  • 18 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Monday May 10, 1976 No- 1636 Price 20 cents M C. (P) 428/76 NEW NATION COMMENT
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  • 1420 1  -  CHEONG YIP SENG Hongkong, Monday By lunchtlme today, barring the unlikely possibility of a delay, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew will be on a special train heading for Canton to begin the first-ever goodwill visit to China by a Singapore head of government. He is scheduled to
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  • 305 1  -  By Bharathi Mohan A man suspected to be the Queenstown sex fiend, has been detained by the police. He was cornered by workers from an engineering firm after he was found with a 10-year-old girl In some bushes in Tampines about 50 metres from her home, on
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    • 29 1 INSIDE $5500 jackpot won Page 12 Pre-U entry proposal Page 4 English series Page 13 IN THE OTHER PAGES: Cinemas 2; Moneywords and Stars 12; Crossword 15; Comics 17.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 294 2 Fatal accidents In Industries dropped by 25 per cent last year from the previous year, and Indications are that the decline will continue, according to the Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Labour), Mr. Fong Sip Chee. Last year, there were 67 fatal accidents in Industries compared with 88 in
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  • 39 2 Prof. David Slome, formerly of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, will conduct a three week refresher course In physiology at the School of Postgraduate Medical Studies, University of Singapore, from May 25 to June 11.
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  • 38 2 The Ministry of Culture will present the Herald Choral Society and the Echo Children, Women and Youth Choirs at the Victoria Theatre on Miy 23 at 8 p.m. Tickets at $1 are available at the theatre.
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  • 104 2 Old Chinatown has lost some of its fascination for the tourist because the Sago Lane death houses have nearly all gone. This is the opinion of Mr. Lim Kim Guan (right), a 61-year-old free-lance tourist guide. Born in a bicycle shop at the heart of Chinatown,
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  • 172 2 The Society for Aid to the Paralysed has a new games hall at Its Peng Nguan Road premises, the result of public donations over a several years. The president of the Bociety, Mr. Lee Boon Huat. said the $70,000 building which has a land
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  • 109 2 Quiet but steady market conditions prevailed at the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first 45 minutes today. Hume Industries (F.E.) rose 20 cents to $1.98 at press time In light trading following the company s announcement of a proposed one for four scrip Issue. Elsewhere, prices maintained
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  • 59 2 Mr. Han Hansen has been elected oresldent of the Port Officers' Union. Others elected are: Mr. J alii Jamil (vice-presi-dent). Mr. Willie Yeo (secretary), Mr. F. X. Aurol (asst. secretary), Mr. An* Kim Thiah (treasurer), Mr. Edward Fong (asst. treasurer), Messrs. Lawrence Khoo, Satlsh P. Dashl. C.T. Llm,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 740 2 AT THE CINEMA S.P.Y.S.: Douglas Griffin (Elliott Gould) and Eric Br u lard (Donald Sutherland) are two American CIA agents who decide to act as freelance spies after bungling a Job for the agency. Also appearing are Zou Zou and Joss Ackland. from a script written by Malcolm Marmorsteln. Lawrence
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  • 8 2 Police reported 57 accidents yesterday. Two were serious.
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  • 256 3  -  By Eileen Tan There is nothing like first-hand knowledge as far as guider Helen Lee and girl guides Tan Siok Min, Peng Chiew Kiat and Michelle Tan are concerned. They are brimming with ideas for celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of
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  • 452 3  -  English stream By Teresa Ooi The system of taking ip pupils for English stream Preuniversity One classes on a provisional basis may be abolished. There is now a move to put back the admission of pupils who qualify for pre-university education until after the GCE "O"
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  • 121 3 Details of the planned merger between the Singapore Contractors Association (SCA) and the Singapore Building Contract ors Society (SBCS) have been finalised. According to Mr. Lee Tong Hoi. the SBCS secretary, all Internal matters relating to the merger have been agreed upon between the two
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    • 96 3 While you're checking in, taking off and winging your relaxed way to your destination enjoying the kind of service only oldfashioned Chinese hospitality can offer the men and women of China Airlines in the hangars, on the flight decks and conference rooms are working to make the best flight you
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  • 320 4  -  THEATRE by Violet Oon Susannah Scher's one-woman theatre presentation, of And Ain't I a Woman, at the National Museum Theatrette on Friday night gave us a fascinating insight into the development of the American woman's psyche. This flne actress's Intelligent choice of
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  • 319 4  -  By Wang Look Fung The Ministry of Health Is planning to provide free vaccination against measles for pre-school children. A mass immunisation programme willl be carried out this year. The date is expected to be announced soon, a Ministry spokesman said. Parents will be
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  • 304 4  -  By Eileen Tan When Michael Pontl was 20 years old, he wanted to be a singer. That was the only time he ever thought of being something other than a concert pianist. Now 38 and "wiser with the years," he is amused by
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  • 43 4 The National Museum will screen a film on folk dances of Korea and two other colour films on Korean traditional music at its Stamford Road premises on Wednesday at 7.30 p.m. Free tickets are available at the museum during office hours.
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  • 200 4 The Adult Education Board more than $4.8 million from April 1974 to March 1975, according to its annual report tabled in P a r 11 a m e nt last month. A Government subsidy of $1,974,000 was provided for Its operations. On development
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  • 259 4  -  in tup: hands of a master craftsman. By Nancy Koh This stone is barely I.scm in width. But after d 1 a mond cutter August Sen e 1 aer chips 57 facets to it, the going price is $12,000! Mr. Senelaer, who
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  • 19 4 Buddhists will Join In a Vesak Day celebration at the National Theatre on Thursday at 7 p.m.
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  • 181 4 Kuala Lumpur. Monday Malaysia will bring up specific matters particularly in the political and economic fields involving the cooperation of Muslim countries at the four-day Islamic foreign ministers conference in Istanbul, beginning on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen said yesterday. The matters of political Interest included
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  • 39 4 The St. John Ambulance Brigade (Jurong Town, division two), will hold a blood donation campaign at the Jurong Town Christian Church, Corporation Drive, on Sunday from 8 am. 3.30 p.m. Prize* will be awarded to donors.
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  • 416 5 Reuter Rome, Mondy Driving rain which turned the roads to mud and threatened landslides last night hindered salvage work in the earthquake disaster zone of Gemona and added to the despair of tens of thousands of homeless squatting under tents. Officials said 25,000 tents have
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  • 26 5 Reuter London, Monday—Londoners vesterday enjoyed their hottest May weekend for 23 years as tem peratures soared to around 27C for the third day running.—Reuter
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  • 488 5 Move to ensure fair and stable prices for the commodities Reuter Nairobi, Monday The world's rich and poor countries get down to hard bargaining at the UNCTAD conference this week to try and reconcile op p os ing views on the future world economic
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  • 323 5 Sarkis election a farce, they say Reuter Beirut, Monday Lebanon's leftwing leaders yesterday discussed what steps to take after their failure to prevent Saturday's presidential elections, held under a hail of mortar shells from leftist militiamen. Despite desperate leftwing attempts to prevent Parllamment from reaching
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  • 59 5 Reuter Tokyo, Monday. A 35-year-old Japanese has completed a solo dog sled trip across 12,000 kilometres of the Arctic from Greenland to Aluka, the Malnlchl newspaper said yesterday. Mr. Naomi Uemura, an accomplished mountalner who has conquered Everest arrived at a small Alaskan town on
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  • 25 5 Reuter New York, Monday Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrlk of Denmark arrived here yesterday for a month-long visit to the United States. Reuter.
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  • 150 5 London, Monday Indonesia. with 21 names, headed a list published yesterday by Amnesty International of 17 countries around the world where, it said, Journalists were detained for political reasons or had "disappeared." The Independent human rights organisation alleged that many of the 67 Journalists
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  • 60 5 Reuter Brussels, Monday. Antl-pollution protesters have dumped a huge block of concrete which they say contains radioactive radium on the doorstep of the Common Market Commission here. Police said yesterday the two metre cubed block was dumped in the middle of a roundabout outside building. The environmentalists
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  • 504 6 The right step to world recovery, says US official Reuter Teheran, Monday A top US olficial said yesterday "an absolute freeze" on oil prices for the rest of 1976 would be a correct step towards helping world economic recovery. Mr. Prank Zarb, the US
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  • 167 6 Reuter Paris, Monday Leaders from about 20 African and Indian Ocean states, as well as France, gather here today for a two-day summit which is expected to tackle the main problems now besetting the African continent. The meeting, officially entitled "Franco-African summit," will be
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  • 172 6 Reuter Cairo, Monday Egypt said yesterday six people were wounded in an Alexandria street by a bomb planted by saboteurs from Libya. The Deputy Interior Minister, Oen. Hassan Abu Basha, said at a press conference another bomb was defused in a theatre in Alexandria.
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  • 107 6 Reuter London, Monday. British Rail is to hold an inquiry into reports that hundreds of illegal immigrants are slipping into Britain on special temporary identity cards which it hands out for short trips to Europe. The cards can be used instead of passports for
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  • 192 6 Reuter Shanghai, Monday. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Crosland yesterday wound up his visit to China, describing It as a success which would be of long-term benefit to Sino-Brltlsh relations. Speaking shortly before leaving Shanghai for Japan, Mr. Crosland told reporters his six-day visit had
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  • 191 6 Inflation: Better watch out next yearBurns Reuter Washington, Monday, The Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank Board says there is little danger of significant Inflation in the US this year but "we'd better watch our step next year." In an interview published yesterday in the American magazine News and World
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  • 63 6 UPI Tokyo, Monday. North Vietnam has begun exploring for offshore crude oil In South Vietnam, the newspaper Mainichl Shimbun reported yesterday. Quoting travellers out of South Vietnam, the newspaper said the exploration had been under way since March in the South China Sea off Vung Tau,
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  • 95 6 Reuter London, Monday. Four men will face conspiracy charges involving the alleged distribution of heroin with a street value of £1.5 million ($6.8 million) when they appear in court today, police said yesterday. The four were among eight men detained in dawn raids in Central London
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  • 44 6  -  D.J. Women will be allowed to clean windows above street level if a move to change an old Scottish law is successful. They were "grounded" in 1892 because the Victorians thought it would be immodest for them to climb ladders. D.J
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  • 489 6 JANE GASKELL'S ■AMERICA What makes Barbara Walters worth one million dollars? Even she stayed awake all night worrying about the reason after ABC TV network offered her the gigantic salary to leave NBC. where she had been early morning newscaster for almost two decades. "The
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  • 133 6 UPI TODAY is Monday. May 10, the 131 st day oi 1976 with 235 to follow. This is Confederate Memorial Day. THE MOON is approaching its full phase. THE MORNING STARS are Venus and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Mars and Saturn Those born on this date are
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 155 6 WORLD WEATHER Moscow Variable, 4-12 C. Pravda's Headline: Army training. Tokyo Fair. 11-22 C. Headline: Sarkl voted new Lebanon President. London Sunny and warm, with rain possible later. 20-25 C. Headline: Quake toll 700 and still climbing. Rome 14-26 C. Headline: Dramatic race against time to save buried quake victims.
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  • 315 7 'It's causing anxiety in world' Reuter Washington, Monday French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing said in an interview published yesterday the apparent inability of the US to implement its foreign policy has created anxiety in the world. He told US News and World Report magazine
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  • 36 7 Reuter Lisbon, Monday Portugal's Army Chief of Staff. Gen. Antonio Ramalho Eanes, yesterday seemed certain to stand in next month's presidential election, with the prospects of enough party suooort to make him the likely winner.
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  • 357 7 Reuter Stuttgart, Monday Urban guerrilla leader Ulrika Meinhoff hanged herself with a strip of towel in her prison cell here yesterday, and West Germany at once put its police on special alert for vengeance terror attacks. Official sources said last night security throughout the country had
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  • 222 7 Reuter Sanaa, Monday President Ibrahim Al-Hamdl < of the Yemen (Arab Republic) yesterday declined to comment on US press reports that Saudi Arabia would pay for t!>o purchase of US$2OO million ($5OO million) worth of American and French arms for this non« aligned
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  • 38 7 Reuter New Delhi, Monday— At least 12 people have so far been listed dead In a heat wave that has taken day temperatures to more than 45C In several parts of India In the past week.—Reuter.
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  • 90 7 Peking. Monday A meteor (bottom picture), a huge fireball with a velocity ot about 12 km per second fell, burned and glowed as It exploded in the sky over the Chlnchu people's commune on the outskirts here in North-east China recently. More than 100 meteorites
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  • 37 7 UPI Athens, Monday—American archaeologists excavating ai Istnmia In the Peleponnese have uncovered 19-ce\itu-ries-old mosaic floor depicting a giant female dragon and a male sea monster "one of the most remarkable finds of post-war years." UPI.
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  • 478 8 President Ford is a man of brave words. He has given the assurance that the political considerations of an election year are not going to force him to change course in foreign policy. Yet his two main rivals Republican Ronald Reagan and Democrat Jimmy
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 61 8 One office building In a neighbouring country, designed to save meter readers the trouble of climbing the floors to do their Job, has the electricity meters con- veniently together on the ground floor. This was fine, except that after taking the readings, the men had still to
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    • 49 8 A university graduate. who obtained his degree through self-study in a parttime course, mentioned the fact to a reporter in the course of an interview. TO his dismay. v£en the relevant article appeared In the newspaper. he saw his name In print: Mr. So-and-so BA Hons, (part-time).
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  • 125 8 It is, undoubtedly, good news for all the 18 Singapore swimmers, espe cially Justlna Tseng and Junie Snp, because Fina, the world controlling body for swimming, have lifted the two-year ban imposed on them as a penalty for competing in China last year. SNOC, who recently
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  • 31 8 The two bus stops along Lorong 1 In Oeylang, one on either side of the road, have no shelters. On rainy days, commuters will get drenched. wcs, Singapore, 12.
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  • 692 8  -  MONDAY WITH SONNY YAP SONNY YAP Spaghetti communism is more than likely to spring up from within the capitalist bosom of Western Europe. Short of a military takeover, there Is no way to check the Italians' cry for a wind of change that will bring
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  • 318 8 Washington Post Belgrade, Monday A group of Third World countries have created a Joint institute for training of industrial managers and administrators from developing nations. The venture is described as the first organised effort to deepen mutual assistance and practical cooperation within the
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  • 286 8 JAPAN TIMES f VOICE OF THE PRESS 'a Twenty-nine years ago today, Japan's post-war Constitution promulgated on November 3 of the preceding year, went Into effect During the three decades since then, the Constitution has gone through vicissitudes and been subjected to Intense scrutiny and
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  • 1587 9  -  In a remarkable series of articles in an army newspaper, North Vietnam's Army Chief of Staff, General Van 'Ren Dung, tells how he launched the campaign that led to the fall of Saigon to the communists a year ago. Jon Swain of the London
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  • 476 9  -  T J The Last Word b V J.J. A funny thing happened to me the other day. I saw a man lying semi-conscious in Orchard Road. He was bedraggled, had an unkempt beard and some blood on his head. I stopped to help him,
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  • trend
    • 181 10 / 11 You're all set for romance with your husband and are quite intent on making the packaging as attractive as the package. This means dressing up right and as our model Beatrix proves, long dresses need not be reserved for special goingout occasions. They look just as
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    • 487 10 / 11 Los Angeles Times Remember those midi protesters from 1970 who picketed for a cause called POOFF Preservation Of Our Feminity And Finances Via Miniskirts? One of the biggest names in French fashion has just brought back the mini. Remember those '50s fanciers who've never
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    • 459 10 / 11  -  GIRL-TALK by J.Schoon The Chinese look has been around for a while and even if it does become passe in the next few months, Chinese face look should still be tops with local girls. After all, with natural assets like shiny straight hair and sloe
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    • Dear Ros
      • 297 10 / 11 I'm 16, and met Mr. X who Is 21 at a function. We went off on a date after that and enjoyed each other's company. He asked me out for another date the follow lng week end and named a meeting place which
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      • 327 10 / 11 Myjsister has told me that Tny parents Intend to introduce a boy, my neighbour, to me as they wish him to be their sonIn law. The boy's mother also hopes to have me as a daughter In law. I have heard that this
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      • 175 10 / 11 I have known a girl for about five months and am interested in her. I would like to know her better but am shy to approach her openly. Her brother Is my class friend and I am afraid that if he knows of my interest In his sister, our relationship
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      • 189 10 / 11 I've been a pen pal of Ed's for more than a year and we correspond regularly. He has expressed his feelings for me In most letters. We have been out together several times and enjoy each other's company but the problem Is that he keeps quiet all the time. I
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      • 222 10 / 11 I am working from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. but I would like to study for my O.C.E. "A" Level examinations on a parttime basis either by attending night classes or through correspondence. Do you think lt' s possible for me to do so as I'm not sure If I
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  • 469 12 POPULAR AS A FARM ANIMAL UPI United Nations, Monday Once the terror of tropical swamps and then slaughtered almost to extinction, the crocodile is now on the way to becoming an ordinary farm animal. The ferocious reptiles are already being raised In several underdeveloped countries for
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 534 12 £>: Monday -J Cut out and pin with other coupons Posting instructions oppear below Nome (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address ■Cut olortg dotted lir CLUCS FOR CM 1. Traffic iiwvm along it 2. In en emergency, e smell one will probtUy suffice for the moment 3. A connection of soma tort 4. The
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  • ENGLISH
    • 1424 13 In last Wednesday's article on basic sentence patterns we have learnt about various types of verbs. These verbs help us tell one type of sentence from another. In this article we will discuss other types of basic patterns and the verbs used. Subject Transitive Verb
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  • 273 13 A reader writes: My name is Roy. aged 11 years. I am a student of Anglo-Chinese School. I am now in Primary Six. From yesterday, I started buying New Nation from my own pocket money. Your first lesson "The Order of Words" I learned
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  • 466 14 ZURICH Influenced by the consolidation ph~se on the NYSE, quotations on the Zurich Stock Exchange just barely held their own. Amid average trading, the general level of prices remained practically unchanged (-0.7%). Apart from some negative reports Issuing from the economy, the unstable situation
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  • 382 14 r > Business News and Views L> Miner fluctuations over labour, economic news LONDON Low turnover and an absence of any definite trend in price have characterised the equity market this week. The minor fluctuations in market levels were linked mainly to news and expectations on
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  • 231 14 FRANKFURT Bargain hunters caused share prices to rise sharply at the beginning of the week. Outstanding perlormers were Mannesmann in the wake of a higher dividend 14 2 against 14 and a share split and the three big chemical stores. On Thursday prices reversed their
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  • 129 14 AP Seoul, Monday South Korea's shipbuilding industry has begun to recover this year from a year-long deep slump by receiving US$235 million ($587.5 million) worth of orders from overseas. The Commerce and Industry Ministry reported on Saturday that Korean shipbuilders signed contracts with Kuwait,
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  • 133 14 Prices in Australian cents at 11.30 a.m today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: A C I 134 13S ADC 42 48X Ampol Pet 57 58 ANI 112 A P M 135 Bank NSW 602 608 Brambles 160 163 BHP 744 nil Boral 209 215 C B A
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  • 60 14 Reuter Abidjan, (Ivory Coast), Monday.—Shipping companies from 10 Central and East African countries meeting here have agreed to form an association to streamline and coordinate their merchant shipping activities. A communique issued after a five-day meeting said the new organisation would provide a framework for interAfrican cooperation in
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  • 395 14 PARIS As a result of the uncertainty as to the future treatment for tax purposes of stock market transactions, the market is qul£t and appears to be resigned to waiting for some weeks for definitive news on the taxation of capital gains. The
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  • 243 14 Recession, but no retreat to protective policies —GATT Geneva, Monday The overseer of world commerce the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)—said yesterday economic recession last year brought the first significant setback to international trade since 1948 But In its annual report for 1975, GATT said there were no
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    • 36 14 Supplying this service are the Lloyds Bank International of London, the Commcnbank of West Germany, the Union Bank of Switxerland and the Credit Lyonnaise of France. Round-up of stock markets for the week ending May 7-
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  • 582 15  -  Tips on how you can do the minor repairs Motoring by Nick van Nugteren There's no th ing more frustrating than a car breaking down en route to the office or a weekend outing, and not knowing how to repair it. Most times
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  • 161 15 Renault has just released a new super car called the Renault 5 Alpine (above) powered with a 1397 c.c. engine, producing 93 broke horse power. It's one of the most potent cars in the Renault range with regards to the power weight ratio. However, Its price
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  • 72 15 UPI New York, Monday. West German auto parts makers are planning to move into the US to supply not only Volkswagen's American plant but Detroit carmakers as well, according to the Business Week magazine. Business Week said Volkswagen has not promised the Oerman companies preferential treatment,
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  • 681 15  -  =3 Motorcycling by I Lee Chiu San An era in local series production racing comes to a close this week. The two-year Yamaha/ Honda tussle has come to an end. Series-production racing fans will remember the pitched battles which the RD-350 Yamahas had with the
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 279 15 I Crossword HHHH I mmmm HI itiuaiiai hi ill HI lUlilH HI mum Mmmammmmm ■hhhh mmmm HI HI ACROSS 1 Peerage members 7 Chemical salt 13 Zealot < 14 Small convex molding 16 High spirits 17 City of Sherman's march 18 Face value 19 Done by fits and starts 21
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    • 579 16 NAM HO TRAVEL Service (Singapore) Pte. Limited. West Malaysia Tour (Inclusive Oentlng, Cameron Highlands) by deluxe alrcondltloned bus seven days SJI7S/-, departure every Sunday, Monday. Six days 5»155/-. departure every Tuesday During S pore School Holidays departure everyday, denting, Cameron Highlands (our days SJIOS/-, A/Cond. bus S*l2o'-, Gentlng Highlands four
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    • 211 16 NOTICES OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE A SHIP'S NAME I, Joseph K.S. Yeo of Sealion Shipping (S) Pte. Ltd., Public Officer for East Gate Shipping Company Limited of No. 80 Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia, the owners of the m.v. Bristol Lake of Singapore Registry Official Number *****5 of gross tonnage
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  • 473 17  -  Selectors to try out newcomers By PHILIP TAN The S i n g a p ore Schools soccer selection v c o m mlttee will use this evening's match against the Sri Lanka Youth side at- the Farrer Park Athletic Centre to try out promising
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  • 361 17 Reuter London, Monday West Indian maestro Rohan Kanhal and Kenyan "basher" Hassan were In big hitting form 'In John Player cricket League matches yesterday. Kanhal smashed two i sixes in a punishing I knock of 75 for War- wickshlre who amassed 249 for five at
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  • 404 17  -  fMARTIAL ARTS by Wilfred Shimmen The true meaning of the various forms of martial arts has never really been explained sufficiently enough for exponents and the general public to understand its significance as an "art". This is a tragedy when we realise that martial arts
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  • 562 18 RACING with I Scrutineer By Scrutineer Several horses that ran at Bukit Tlmah on Saturday will be winning races soon. One among »hem is Phantom Acc. Phantom Ace, who made his debut here in March and started three more times since, showed splendid Improvement
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  • 414 18 Expectations made the running, leading past the 800 m and Into the straight from Tender Kisses and Senor Rapido. Bendlgo and Imagine made up ground: Expectations kept up a bright gallop in the straight to win by (our lengths from Tender Kisses.
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  • 697 18  -  Mat Noh in top form for Toa Pay oh By BRIAN MILLER Ponggol, making their debut in the top division of the National League, were mercilessly cut down to size by a fit and fast Toa Payoh who beat them 4-1 at Jalan Besar yesterday. For
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  • 199 18 Reuter Dresden (East Germany), Monday East German women athletes broke world records In the high Jump, long jump, and the 400 metres during a weekend club competition here Eighteen-year old East Berlin girl Christina Brehmer, running the 400 metres, was clocked ele£' tronically
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  • 756 19  -  By JEFFREY LOW Tampines Rovers created only a fair impression In beating Jalan Besar 1-0 In the ope(i 1 n g match of their First Division debut at the National Stadium yesterday. Much could not be said of the Tampines midfield in the absence of Quah Kim
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  • 21 19 The athletics results published last Saturday were that of Raffles Institution and not ACS. The error is regTetted.
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  • 434 19  -  By PHILIP TAN Queenstown, who made a late surge to finish third in the Football Association of Singapore's First Division last season, kicked off to a fine start when they scored a 2-0 home win over Changi yesterday. Architect of Queenstown's victory was their second half
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  • 63 19 London. Monday British drivers John Fltzpatrlck and Tom Walklnshaw drove a BMW to victory in the World Manufacturers six hours motor car race at Sliverstone yesterday after a thrilling tussle. Their BMW Just held on for victory by 1.3 sec as the Turbo-charged Forsche of Bob
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  • 155 19 London, Monday Australia, Egypt), Pakistan and Britain moved Into the final stages of the World amateur team squash championships yesterday. The Australians won Pool "A" and looked strong favourites to retain their title after beating a talented Swedish squad 3-0 at Coventry. Kevin Shawcross,
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  • 339 19 Reuter Granada (Spain), Monday Real Madrid, who were banned last week from the three European Cup competitions for one seaqpn, had the bjtter consolation yesterday of winning the Spanish League title with one game In hand. A 2-1 away victory over lowly placed Oranada, with goals
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  • 59 19 Paris, Monday Vincent Tahabalaia, a 35-year-old Black South African, won the French Open golf championship here yesterday with a nnal round or 67 for a 16-under-par 272 total. Second on 274 was Spain's Salvador Bal-' buena, who scored 72 yesterday. Britain's Nell Coles (70) Andsam Torrance (70) and
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    • 902 20 TV RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by Kedumba Malar, (r). Magazine series presented In Tamil. 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS. (T) 3.35 GENERAL HOSPITAL 4.15 ISAI AMUTHAM ir). a selection of Indian classical music featuring Mrs Krishnak u m a r 1 Panicker (vocalist). Gopalkrlshnan (violin), Ourus a m
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    • 210 20 Todays top shows THE NEW LAND: The Word la Persistence. (Ch. 5 at 8.35 p.m. In colour.) The weather affects the pioneers. Lightning strikes the barn of Anna and Christian Larsen (Bonnie Bedella and Scott Thomas), Igniting a crisis that threatens to spilt the Immigrant community of Solan Minn. A"
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