New Nation, 18 August 1976

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    20 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday August 18, 1976 No. 1722 Price 20 cents M C. (P) 428/76 r====^ NEW NATION COMMENT,
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    $90,000 a year —their wages of sin
    291 1  -  By Wang Look Fung A sma 11- time heroin pusher In Singapore can make a neat profit of as much as $90,000 a year, according to Mr. John Hanam, director of the Central Narcotics Bureau. In an Interview with New Nation, Mr. Hanam
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    Lock icon More than 2400 dead in Philippines quake
    355 1 UPI, Reuter Manila, Wednesday With the death toll already exceeding 2000 and still rising, authorities airlifted more relief supplies and rescue equipment today for survivors of an earthquake and tidal wave disaster in the southern Philippines. Combined c a s u a 1
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    Lock icon Naples, too
    26 1 AP Naples, Wednesday. An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Rlchtcr Scale jarred an area 80 km north-west of Naples yesterday, the Vesuvlan Observatory reported.
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    Lock icon Reagan aide concedes: He's lost it
    535 1 UPI, Reuter Kansas City, Wednesday President Ford held a slim but growing majority of the delegates to the Republican Party national convention last night, but Mr. Ronald Reagan manoeuvred to challenge Mr. jvora s ciaim on the party's presidential nomination. A close supporter of
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    Student athlete dies in training
    97 1 Tan Swee Pheng, 19, a student of the Singapore Technical Institute In Circuit Road, died while Jogging at the Institute's grounds yesterday. Swee Pheng, described by classmates as a keen sportsman, was training for the 100 metres race at the Institute's sports day on Friday.
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      122 1 RODEO Jeans INSIDE Guess who's glamour boy ot the summit —Find out in Page 2 The Arabs are coming! Page 4 e IN THE OTHER PAGEB: Cinemas 2; Moneywords 12; Comics 1(J; SUrc 17; Crossword 18. Our customers get real SOLID with us. Depositors like our conservative and careful approach
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    Mozambique blast at Indonesia over Timor
    1035 2 r f HI litu at the summit L= I Colombo, Wednesday Mozambique launched a blistering attack on Indonesia early this morning over the East Timor issue—the strongest, most direct blast at a fellow member at the fifth non-aligned summit conference. Even over the Lebanese
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    Lock icon 'Glamour boy' Gaddafi
    222 2 Reuter Colombo, Wednesday Droves of beautiful Sri Lanka girls clad In purple saris and who act as hostesses takingdocuments and messages to the delegates, have eyes for only one leader —Libya's 33-year-old p resident Muammar G add all. President Gaddafi, who sometimes wears his Army colonel's uniform,
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    STOCK MARKET
    118 2 Prices opened firmly In fairly active trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first 45 minutes today. 81gns of profit-taking however appeared towards press time. Typical examples were Central Sugars and Inchcape. FIRST SECTION INCHCAPE (28) 2.40, (12)2.41,(9)2.42.(12)2.39. 88. SETT.: (4) 2.42. C. SUGARS (4) 0.91,
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    S. Koreans play safe
    179 2 Colombo, Wednesday Sri Lanka police are said to have assured three Bouth Korean journalists of their personal safety, following an alleged death threat by North Koreans. But the South Korean journalists covering the non-aligned summit conference here appear to be taking no chsnces. Mr. Ryang Lee
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      598 2 AT THE CINEMA JAWS: Trie Academyaward winning, recordbreaking movie about a shark. Stars are Roy Schneider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfus*. Screenplay by Peftr Benchley and Carl Gottlieb, directed by Steven Spielberg. Prince: 1.30, 4.1% 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. SHOUT AT THE DEVIL: An unlikely couple of Ivory poachers. Lee
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      60 2 Today: (2m); 3.40 p.m. (2.3 m). Tomorrow: 4.45 am. (1.8 m); 433 p.m. (2.2 m). Friday: 8.41 ftjn. (1.7 m); 5.43 p.m. (2.1 m). Saturday: 8.42 a.m. (1.8 m); 7.09 pjn. (2.1 m). Sunday: 9 JO a.m. (2m). 8.22 p.m. (2.3 m). Monday: 10.05 ajn. (2.2 m); 10.15 p.m. (2.5
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    11 2 Police reported 78 accidents yesterday. One was serious and one fatal.
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    Big clay for little Joyce
    133 3 It was a National Day to remember for eight-year-old Joyce Low. Here she is actually in an aeroplane and getting personal attention from First Officer D. Christensen. She was thrilled to see all the fancy gadgets in the aircraft cockpit, even though Mr. Christensen explanation
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    Birth rate up slightly
    372 3 Because of the post-war 'baby boom* Singapore's birth rate is slightly up this, year because of the post-war "baby boom." This Is not because women are having more children on the average, rather there are more women having two children each. Dr. Margaret Loh of the
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    Now car washers wear HDB tags
    212 3 AIJ car washers in HDB estate will soon wear laminated identification tags while at work. So far 200 of the 300 licensed car washers have been Issued with the tags. The exercise began two weeks and is expected to be completed soon. The laminated
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    Bands galore
    108 3 About 2000 boys and girls from 120 schools will take part in the Festival of Bands at Jurong Stadium on Saturday and at National Stadium on Aug- 28, both at 7 p.m. One of the highlights will be a Drum Extravaganza featuring 100 drummers beating a tattoo on
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    GALLERY PANEL IS BOMB – PROOF
    93 3 GALLERY PANEL IS BOMB PROOF Bullet-and bomb prog; armoured glass panelling will be installed at the public waving gallery at Paya Lebar Airport which will be reopened early next month. This is part of the new security measures at the airport. Closed circuit television will also be installed at the
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      85 3 m S i r n. > 1 1 A gracious traditional service Enjoy a vast array of delectable Peking cuisine in courtly splendour, with gentle, gracious service that stretches all the way back to Imperial China. And while you dine be treated with the finest wines, soothed by the softest
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    Dial... dial... dial a cab
    521 4  -  By K K. Fong If you are in a hurry, it is wiser to go down the road and hail a passing taxi instead of dialling for a radio-phone taxi at least for the time being. For, as a driver of the new cab service
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    The Arabs are coming
    341 4  -  S'pore tourism achieves a breakthrough By Peter Ong Singapore has made a major breakth rough in the tourist market of the Middle East. A big travel agency in Bahrain is to launch a series of Singapore tour programmes from next month. And In October, the Singapore
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    Speech day
    32 4 Mr. Chan Chee Seng, the Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Social Affairs), will attend the 42nd annual speech day and prise- giving ceremony at Victoria School on Aug. 26 at 10 a.m.
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    Taiwan food display
    90 4 Talpeh, Wednesday Taiwan will hold a food exhibition In Singapore In late January next year, the Central News Agency reported today. The Taiwan External Trade Development Council had cnosen Singapore (or the food display because most of Its people have great purchasing power and a preference for
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    Keppel takes control
    157 4  -  By Lee Yew Meng Keppel Shipyard has taken a controlling 82 per cent interest in a company manufacturing tug-boats ana barges. Singmarlne Shipyard of Jurong hM not been doing weu since It moved to the Industrial estate from Kallang Basin. An agreement to take over an 82
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    When boys learn to cook... the fun is only in the eating
    319 4 By Teresa Ooi House husbands in the making? "And why not, at least for a little while," said 17-year-old S a 1 i m Kutti of Commonwealth Secondary School. So together with 47 other Secondary Four boys, Salim
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    Beatty joy
    31 4 The Deputy Director of Education (Schools), Mr. Lim Kim Woon, will attend the 23rd annual speech and prize-giving day at Beatty Secondary School on Aug. 24 at 10 a.m.
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    Raise tithe for mosque fund move
    240 4 The Government will consider a suggestion to double the 50-c en t s monthly contribution to the mosque fund when the economy improves, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew said at the National Day rally on Sunday. Mr. Lee said the suggestion was put forward by
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    Pay rise for 4000
    56 4 More than 4000 members of the Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation will receive salary Increases and better fringe benefits as a result of collective agreements concluded between the union and 12 firms. SILO has also been negotiating since June with managements of five firms for renewal of
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    Lock icon 'Sewer rats' strike again
    514 5 Paris bank is second victim Reuter Paris, Wednesday In a repeat performance of last month's spectacular "sewer rat" robbery on the French Riviera, thieves burrowed into the vault of a Paris bank during the weekend and emptied 191 safe deposit boxes, police said, yesterday. Working with
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    Lock icon Street of death
    75 5 A scene of death and carnage fills this street in the Palestinian stronghold of Tal Zaatar which was overrun by Christian forces last week. Lebanese President Suleiman Franjieh has called for a ceasefire to allow his successor "to build the foundations of a new regime.'* But even
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    Lock icon A place in history
    64 5 -AP. Bangkok, Wednesday —Vietnam has declared the US embassy building and grounds In Saigon "a historical «ite." A Vietnam news agency report on Monday said the large, white structure in the heart of Saigon was a "vestige of the aggression and criminal intervention of the US
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    Lock icon Vegetable shortage fear sparks panic buying
    205 5 Reuter London, Wednesday A wave of panic buying of frozen vegetables hit Britain yesterday after a warning by Agriculture Minister Fred Peart that the drought could cause serious shortages. An official of Be]am, a frozen food chain, said some shoppers were doubling their purchases
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    Lock icon Never on a Sunday order to shops
    235 5 Reuter Moscow, Wednesday Mos c o w's food stores, traditionally open seven days a week, have been ordered shut on Sundays, according to signs appearing yesterday. The order was not published in the central or local press and surprised Muscovites, who are accustomed
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    Lock icon No need to panic, it's just coincidence
    482 6 That's what scientists think of the recent spate of earthquakes Reuter London, Wednesday The d e v a stating earthquakes in Asia and the rumbling volcanoes In the Caribbean have sent a shudder of fear around the world. Are we in for a
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    Lock icon Tourism booms despite inflation
    104 6 Reuter Geneva, Wednesday World tourism Is booming despite inflation and economic recession, an International Labour Organisation (ILO) report said yesterday. The new veneration of tourists will be more discerning than their parents and the coming years could see a downward trend in package holidays. One result
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    Lock icon Big camp-out at quake city
    230 6 Reuter Cotabato City, Wednesday Thousands of people— many of them children—are sleeping out on hurriedly thrown-down mats in this southern Philippines city last night after the devastating earthquake and tidal wave which struck the country yesterday morning. Some lie down on their mats. others watch
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    Lock icon Peres: No blockade
    89 6 Reuter Tel Aviv, WednesdayIsrael reported last night that Its patrol boats have stopped six ships off the Lebanese coast but said It has not started a naval blockade of Its war-torn Arab neighbour. Defence Minister Shimon Peres told Israeli Radio that Israeli ships had been keeping a
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    Lock icon TODAY
    95 6 UPI TODAY is Wednesday, Aug. 18, the 231 st day of 1976 with 135 to follow. THE MOON Is between its last quarter and new phase. THE MORNING STARS are Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Venus, Mars and Mercury. Those born on this date are under the
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    44 6 AP Washington, Wednesday Four guests at a charity ball were treated at a hospital after being burned by dessert, firs officials say. Flaming brandy on top a tray of Baked Alaska singed them as a waiter strolled by their table AF.
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    Lock icon Volcano will blow up warning
    154 6 Reuter Pointe-a-pltre, Wednesday—Scientists yesterday got ready to fly by helicopter to peer into the flery crater of Soufriere volcano, which they say could blow up at any moment like a 30megatlon nuclear bomb. The scientists were waiting for good weather —the islands of this French
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    N. York is one huge cottage industry
    400 6  -  AMERICA JANE GASKELL'S New York Is like one huge-cottage Industry the product being the New Yorker, who always does-it-hlmself. I buy my pizza from a sort of hole In a wall where you'd think there'd be nothing more than a poster advertising a
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      176 6 WEATHER New York Fair, cool 27-15 C. Headline: Republicans meet in Kansas City, Ford Reagan race still In doubt Baker, keynoter, assails Carter. Tokyo—Sunny, 27 20C. Headline: China hit again by strong quake. Paris Sunny. 27 17C. Guadeloupe: La Soufriere —countdown under way. Rome Hazy, 30-14 C. Headline: Opposite pres>
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    Lock icon Pham demands aid from US
    425 7 'Honour pledge to help in Vietnam's re-construction* Reuter Colombo, Wednesday Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Van Dong yesterday made a stinging attack against the US interests in several parts of the world, but said at the same time his country was prepared to normalise relations. He
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    Lock icon Summit briefs
    177 7 AP Colombo, Wednesday— There are four languages of non-alignment: Ara blc, English, French and Spanish. Earphones to receive simultaneous translations are attached to each seat In the con ference hall where the delegates are meeting. THE traditional garb of diplomacy, the morn lng coat and striped trousers, was
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    Lock icon Arab call for ban on arms to S. Africa
    308 7 Reuter Colombo, Wednesday Six African countries have Introduced an amendment at the non-aligned summit conference here calling on the UN Security Council to impose a mandatory arms embargo against South Africa, conference sources said yesterday. The amendment urges the non-aligned countries
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    Lock icon Most barbaric power...
    200 7 Reuter Colombo, Wednesday A Cambodian leader, Mr. Khleu Samphan, last night attacked the US as the world's "most barbaric" power, which had used all kinds of weapons, except the atomic bomb, against his country. "In Its aggression against our small country, US imperialism, the E;atest and most
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    Lock icon IRAQ OFFER
    63 7 The nonaligned summit Reuter Colombo, Wednesday. Iraq last night offered Baghdad as the venae for the seventh non-aligned summit conference In 1982. The Invitation was extended by the Iraqi Vice President, Mr. Taha Mohieddeln Ma'rouf, when he addressed the plenary session of the fifth conference, which opened here
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    Lock icon Sadat to hold talks with Khaled
    118 7 UPI Cairo, Wednesday. President Sadat will fly from Colombo today to the Saudi Arabian summer resort of A 1 Taef for talks with King Khaled on the current situation In the Arab region. Riyadh Radio said yesterday. The radio gave no further details but
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      232 7 How to do business in m U- J *'A' Ask the Bank of New South Wales Doing business with people thousands of miles away can be difficult at the best of times... and in a market as large and varied as Australia it's easy to go wrong. The BANK OF
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    Indira looks back with pride
    461 8 Indian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi looked back with pride when she spoke on the occasion of Independence Day. India, she said, has never been so strong, progressive and determined thanks to emergency rule. Her claims will be challenged by her detractors, especially those in
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    From Chiengmai
    32 8 [whispers The advantage of being an airline was- amply demonstrated during the National Day parade. The huge yellow umbrellas used by the SIA girls were specially flown In from Chiengmai.
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    ADVENTURE IN THE JOBS MARKET
    770 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON As a country indus t r 1 alises, It needs fewer people to actually make things, releasing more people to meet society's less tangible needs in the so-called service sector. Only at the first stage of industrialisation do the
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    Paving the way for greater bilateral trade
    420 8 f 1 VOICE OF THE PRESS NANYANG SIANG PAU The Singapore trade mission which visited Thailand recently has obtained better results than expected. The visit of tne mission, comprising men from four chambers of commerce in Singapore and Singapore Manufacturers' Asoclation has §aved
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    Move now to improve POSB services
    128 8 BERITA MINGGU The Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) is constantly making efforts to improve its services. Now members of the public who have accounts in the POSB can pay their PUB bills through the POSB and they can apply for loans to the POSB
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    Lock icon Kennan takes a critical look at US
    380 8  -  By C. L. Sulzberger NYT Athens, Wednesday In a provocative Interview to be published shortly by the London magazine, En c o u nter, George Kennan, American diplomat and historian. laments the lndequacy of the US political system, the concepts and methods of
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    Lock icon The golden borders of S.E. Asia
    849 9 Smugglers rake in millions of dollars Los Angeles Times Bangkok, Wednesday In the rough border areas of Burma, smugglers still find elephants handy. In Thailand, they travel in armed convoys escorted by corrupt cops. Apart from farming and fishing, smuggling in one form or
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    Lock icon INTRIGUE IN BANGLADESH
    465 9 Los Angeles Times Dacca, Wednesday The tumultuous politics of this hapless country, which has had four governments In less than a year, are still filled with Intrigue and uncertainty. The military triumvirate in power since last Nov. 7 Is working hard to keep the nation intact, and
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      Singapore girl—the way you look...
      99 10 / 11 The way you dress, the way you look. Today we're devoting the page to you, the reader and the clothes you wear. We're featuring a secretary, a public relations officer and an execu- tive whose fashion choices could be yours and whose fashion tips just
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      SIMPLE, NEAT AS WELL AS CRISP
      395 10 / 11 Terry Chan, 21, a secretary in a trading firm has the kind of figure most girls dream off. Tall, she's 1.65 m tipping the scales at Just over 45 kg with good proportions and a faultless complexion. In fact with her figure, Terry could
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      Nothing loud or kinky for her...
      512 10 / 11 Winnie Chua, 25, public relations officer for Metro is a girl who is sold on accessories. To her, they're as Important as the outfit. Winnie even wear accessories at the beach! But she manages to carry them off so that you could not Imagine
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      SHE GOES 'KOOKY' AT TIMES TOO
      377 10 / 11 Palpma Nair is a girl who dresses "sensibly" for the most part, but is also prone to "mood dressing." "That's when I get crazes and go a little kooky. Choosing and buying outfits that probably won't be in fashion for more than a season
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      Midweek
      931 10 / 11  -  Wednesday, August 18,1976. by H.L.Lim A telex message from Straits Times Foreign Editor Seah Chiang Nee said: "Psychologically be prepared to meet hotel room below your expectation. A couple bars of toilet soap will be helpful." I do not normally have high expectations about hot el accommodation and was
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    Two old boys in a hilarious take-off
    486 12  -  CINEMA by J.Holmberg THE SUNSHINE BOYS: Stars Walter Matthau, Qeorge Burns, Richard Be n j amin, Lee Meredith, Carol Arthur, Rosetta Le Noire and F. Murray Abraham. Screenplay by Nell Simon, directed by Herbert Ross. The Sunshine Boys was one of the most
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    Lock icon THE MAN WHO LOVES THE SEA
    961 12 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, Wednesday Jacques Cousteau he never stays long in one place, it seems, except in or under his beloved sea, where "man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free." On land, though, Capt. Cousteau Is hard
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      556 12 xaasze Wednesday wVh! ■■4 Cut out and pin with other couDons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW ■mmmmmm mm m Cut along dotted lines ■mm mmm mm mm m CLUES FOR CT-3 1. Usually white taa-Mrd 2. Certain item* of footwear
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  • ENGLISH
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      The use of connectives
      1814 13 9 This series is compiled by a panel of three English Language experts Dr. Lee Ko k Cheo n g, Mr. Arthur Yap and Miss Ngoh Geok Lun. Words and word groups (we may call them sentence elements) are connected by linking elements. These linking elements
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      25 13 GRILL BAR 5-7 daily 30% off The Cage Grill Bar is the perfect place ma PHMIV Lower Ground Floor, Orchard/Somerset Roads, Singapore 9 Tel: *****6
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      87 13 Reliable, profitable, that's Australian automotive parts and accessories Because Australia is a highly motorised country, it has developed a large automotive industry. It makes products that perform efficiently, and their reliability has been proven in some of the most rugged conditions in the world. You can see the inbuilt quality
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    Lock icon Boost for aged and businessmen
    511 14 3 Business News and Views BUT BUDGET GIVES LITTLE RELIEF TO AVERAGE AUSSIE Reuter Canberra, Wednesday Businessmen and the aged received a boost to their pockets last night when Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser's coalition government introduced Its first annual Budget in Parliament since sweeping to
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    Lock icon 'Major hikes in OPEC oil prices' forecast
    293 14 UPI Caracas. Wednesday.— Argentina's Mines Minister Valentin Hernandez yesterday predicted OPEC would make "significant" increases lh crude prices In 1977. Mr. Hernandez said OPEC was attempting to prepare a "mechanism" to allow for automatic crude price Increases In relation to the rise In
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    Lock icon Japan trade US $720 m in the black...
    294 14 UPI Tokyo, Wednesday Japan reported Its largest balance of payments surplus of the year yesterday, and the Bank of Japan intervened in the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market to keep the yen's price from rising above 200 per American dollar. Preliminary figures Issued
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    Are these really necessary?
    290 14 from the Doq House 1.*. Many more people are showing more interest in the National Junior Handling Championship. This Is no proof that there will be an increase in the number of entries, but Judging from the number of queries, it seems many youngsters will come
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    Lock icon Bangla offer to ADB
    30 14 AP Manila, Wednesday The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday accepted a Bangladesh offer to contribute about U5562,000 ($130,000) to the bank's special fund for technical assistance.
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    Bandung mission
    48 14 A trade mission of about 46 traders and manufacturers from the West Java Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Bandung will visit Singapore from Friday to "fee mission will promote trade between Singapore and Indonesia. They will call on the Director of Trade, Mr. Rldzwan Dzaflr.
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      Dow Jones
      30 14 Dow Jones closing average on the NYSE yesterday: 30 Industrial 999.34 (up 6.57); 20 transport 222.24 (up 0.33); 15 utilities 93.50 (up 0.29); 65 stock 312.24 (up 1.47).
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      NEW YORK
      178 14 Selected blue-chip buying pushed the Dow Jones industrial average towards the 1000 level yesterday in fairly active trading on the New York Stock Exchange, although Wall Street continued to watch the Republican convention. Dividend and earnings news, along with bargain hunting, were factors that drove the Dow average
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      219 14 DBS-Daiwa Securities Int'l Ltd. Gradual stabilisation of yen rate In the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market fostered an upsurge of blue chips with good prospects. The market became weaker early In the afternoon, but closed higher. In the morning, export- oriented Issues including Toyota and Victor gained ground In spite
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      SYDNEY
      98 14 Closing prices at 11.30 ajn. this morning (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACI 170 172 ADC 25 30 Ampol Pet 76 77 AN1 118 120 AMP 170 172 Bank NSW 608 610 Brambles 186 nil BHP 920 924 Boral 228 230 CBA 290 296 C8R 542 644
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      PARIS
      77 14 Closing prices In francs on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Paribas 1M.80 +0.30 Fonder 309.20 +0.20 Prlntemps 63 +0.50 Bull 33.S0 unch. Royal Dutch 234.40 —3.60 Mlchelln 1319 —8 COB 244.90 +1.90 Thomson 190 —0.90 C P P 108.90 +0.80 Rhone 87.10 —1.40 Air 347.40 —0.60 B 8 N 644
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      Lock icon ZURICH
      83 14 Union Bank of Switzerland Closing prices in Swiss francs on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. UBS Bearer 3386 +25 UBS Registered 514 1 SBC 477 17 Credit Suisse 2685 +25 Swissair B. 638 a Swiss Relnsur. 2280 —20 Wlnterthur B. 1775 5 Zurich Insur. 6450 —40 Juvena B. 115
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    Lock icon German mark soars as dollar dips
    214 14 UPI Brussels, Wednesday— A strong, widespread demand for the German mafic, sparked by rumours of a possible revaluation upward, propelled European currencies higher In hectic trading yesterday to the detriment of the dollar. The speculative pressure drove the mark to its highest limits in
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    Lock icon Law, order in Kerala now
    888 15 Back-of-the-paper backgrounder NYT Trivandrum, Wednesday Discipline and law and order are the words that recur in discus slons with people of all political colourations in this city of political hues as varied as any in India. The key words are approvingly spoken by a range
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      Cup final: Call for probe
      226 16  -  CHUA SENG YAM Congratulations to Selangor who surely deserved to retain the Malaysia Cup. The disappointment and frustration In Singapore after a super year must be indescribable but we must not stop to cry. The Singapore campshould take a hard look into the reasons, injuries
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      Not shameful
      134 16  -  WONG WEI SHU I would like to assure our boys that their performance at this year's Malaysia Cup final was up to expectation and we are still proud of them, although we lost to a state team. I would like to remind everybody that the Selangor state team
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      FANS REACTED QUITE MILDLY
      322 16  -  LAU GUAN KIM I happened to have had one of the best $9 seats on Saturday. July 17, and can vouch that the Pahang players were accorded all the due considerations until onesided umpiring was more than obvious. Matters were not made more amiable by the
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      Tribute to RTS for 'live' show efforts
      143 16  -  P Y YUEN I must heartily commend the superb performance of our National soccer team in the 1976 Malaysian Cup final match against Selangor at the Merdeka Stadium. This display of grit at an 'away' fixture shows the true colours of the team.
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      'If all were Kim Songs'
      271 16 Singapore's hope to win the Malaysia Cup was shattered by the Selangor team, the team which defeated them last year. Our players must never let this terrible second defeat destroy their hope to win the Cup. They are a very strong team, a team which
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      No one to be blamed for defeat
      143 16  -  K.C SIM Soccer fans, don't be discouraged. Be loyal to our home team and do not desert them What they need now is consolations and encouragement. As the Chinese saying goes: "Failure is the foundation of success." At least they tried their level
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      Owen misses record by a stroke
      200 17 Gleneagles, Wednesday Simon Owen, New Zealand World Cup player, swept into the lead at the start of the £10.000 (about 5545,000) Double Diamond golf tournament here yesterday with a flve-under-par first round 65. Owen, 25. from Wanganui, snatched a onestroke lead over Britain's Brian
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      Vilas' gift
      34 17 Toronto, Wednesday Top seeded Guillermo Vilas celebrated his 24th birthday yesterday with a hard-to-nail-down win over stubborn American John Whitlinger, 8-2, 6-4 in the first round of the Canadian Open tennis championship.
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      Lock icon Raymond is second in Masters line-up
      580 17  -  By BRIAN MILLER Raymond Kan g. who failed to gain a berth in the National squad when the scheme was inaugurated two months ago, shot back into the limelight when he rolled a six-game series of 1264 pinfalls at the Singapore International Open bowling
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      Rugby: S'pore have a 50-50 chance
      579 17  -  By PHILIP TAN Singapore rugby team will have an even chance of beating Malaysia In their annual international match In Kuala Lumpur on August 28. The team have been training under coach Joseph Danker for over a month and are all set for the
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      SPLENDID TRIAL BY FU TYECHER
      363 18  -  ON THE TRACK u/ith Brian Miller Last start winner, Fu Tyecher, gave notice of his chances in Sunday's Class 3 sprint when he turned in a good workout at Buklt Tlmah this morning. With Masruhen Masjuay In the saddle this three-year-old St. Alphage gelding went
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      Lock icon Willow by a length
      134 18 Reuter London, Wednesday Wollow, beaten favourite In the Epsom Derby, redeemed his reputation by winning the Benson and Hedges Gold Cup at York yesterday. Wollow, a nine-to-four chance, hit the front 400 m from home and galloped on resolutely to win by a length from strong-finishing
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      Lock icon England lack pacemen
      677 18 They are Test match winners—Greig Reuter London, Wednesday The most disturbing thing for English cricket is that no fast bowlers are emerging. Until they do, West Indies with Michael Holding and Andy Roberts and Australia with Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson will continue to rule world cricket.
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      Lock icon COUNTY SCORES
      238 18 Reuter At NORTHAMPTON: Nothamptonshlre bt Hampshire by an inns 197 runs. Hampshire 107 In 29.4 overs and 193 (Jeaty 84, Murtagh 47). Northamptonshire 497-4 dec. Northamptonshire 18 pts. Hampshire 1. At SWANSEA: Middlesex bt Olamorgan by 180 runs. Middlesex 389 In 90.3 overs and 180 (Allln 5-59 Richards
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      HK's Helen is fancied to retain S'pore title
      761 18  -  SQUASH by Eric Cooper Helen Cooper of Hong Kong will defend her title In the Singapore Open championships which begin on August 30 at the Singapore Cricket Club courts and must be an oddson favourite to retain It despite strong opposition from
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      Lock icon MUELLER LEADS BAYERN TO 2-1 VICTORY
      521 19 Reuter Munich, Wednesday Two second half goals from Gerd Mueller gave Bayern Munich a slender 2-1 win over Anderlecht of Belgium in last night's first leg match of the Europe an "Supercup" event and at least temporarily maintained the West German club's reputation as
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      Ban on Guna for six months
      123 19 The Football Association of Singapore Disciplinary Committee headed by Mr. John Hamill suspended two players and hit out at the three referees connected in some of the six cases heard yesterday for not turning up at the meeting. The two suspended were Calrnhlll's Gunaseelan
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      Protest by Rovers
      315 19 Tampines Rovers have protested to the Football Association of Singapore youth committee for the 1 n c 1 u slon of two Combined Schools teams In the Pepsi Cup tournament, reports PHILIP TAN. Tampines coach Justin Morals said: "When the date for the submission of photographs of
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      Lock icon Filipinos set records in bowling sweep
      195 19 Reuter Jakarta, Wednesday. The Philippines dominated the Individual events of the Asian ■one tenpin bowling championships here yesterday, taking the men and women's titles In record style. Paens Nepomnceno won the men's overall title with 5704 pins. 204 ahead of Japan's Tatsuyuki Sal to
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      Lock icon FAS give early start to youths
      541 19  -  Tampines keep hopes alive with 2-1 victory By PHILIP TAN The Football Association of Singapore will be making early preparations for next year's Asian Youth tournament. They will be holding their first trial match tomorrow at the Institute of Education ground at 4.30 p.m.
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      455 17 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, yoa are one of those Instinctively fair and Just persons who derives his happiness and his strength from the satisfaction that comes from knowing that whether he has been a failure or a success, he has at least been unbiased and
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      272 18 Crossword 1 II m m mm m m 8 Article 9 Patriotic org. 10 Kind of pigeon 11 Angelic aura 12 Indians 13 Fresh 16 Fight 20 Decree 23 Military groups 24 Striker 25 Uncles: Scot. 26 Charlotte 27 Harass 28 Speed contests 29 Fruit 30 Try one's patience 31
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    Talking Point
    54 20 MEI LIN: It's a shame. At least a few commuters In the 8BS bus should have taken up the plea by the ticket Inspector to give evidence against a conductor suspected of cheating the company. AH FOOK: I suppose commuters are only In the habit of airing their
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      801 20 rage zu TV AND RADIO li SINGAPORE 5 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by LENS A 35 (M/r). Among the Items In this Malay magazine series, Is a film on the various aspects of running a co-operative store. 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS <M>. 3.35 GENERAL HOSPITAL. 4.15 DENDANG REMAJA (r). Peatured
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      203 20 Todays top shows ACCENT ON YOUTH: No. 2 (Ch. 8, 6 p.m. in colour). Selected Items from the Singapore Youth Festival 1976 are featured, and this week they are Bukit Ho 8wee Secondary School with Our Young Lion City, the Telok Kurau Malay Oirls' School with Menampi Padi. Norfolk Primary
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