New Nation, 15 September 1976

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  • 22 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday, September 15, 1976 No. 1746 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 428/76 Nl IV (0) NATION 1 COMMENT j
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  • 65 1 THEY meet, young w man and woman; they exchange passwords, and they walk or sit and talk, for hoars on end To the easnal observer, they look like rouni lovers too shy to hold hands in public. But it la not love bot hate that a
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  • 74 1 SOME of the tricks W he did with the ball that night sent shivers down mr spine. In the dressing room afterwards I asked him why he had tamed his back on football. "My Ufe wasn't my own," he replied. "I couldn't go anywhere without a being
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  • 46 1 I HAD always w thought junior colleges were a luxury, an extravagance Singapore could ill afford. (But) I've ga been converted. 7 that's Education reporter Teresa Ooi talking about the elite schools in Part 6 of her series The State of Our Schools.
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  • 413 1 Singapore gets an SOS UPI Manila, Wednesday Tropical sto r ma over northern Philippines hampered searches for a missing light aircraft carrying six top diplomats and official? from the US, West Germany and Japan and last night hopes for their safe rescue were fading. When dusk
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  • 248 1 UPI New York, Wednesday Tennis superstar Evonne Goolagong Cawley was sued yesterday by her former manager and coach for firing him. Mr. Vic 2 d w a r d s is claiming U5534,800 ($87,000) damages for breach of contract. papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court showed
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  • 226 1 Reuter Tokyo, Wednesday The Japanese cabinet resigned yesterday to enable Prime Minister Takeo Mlkl to reshuffle his government, beleaguered b;' the shockwaves of the Lockheed bribery scandal. Mr. Mlkl, who has so far successfully resisted heavy pressure from within the ruling
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  • 100 1 Reuter Hong Kong, Wednesday The pro-Peking faction of the banned Indonesian Communist Party has sent a letter to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party expressing condolences on the death of Chairman Mao. The letter, quoted by the New China News Agency today, was signed
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 172 2 Godalmlng, England, Wednesday Sixteen year old Singapore boy, Mark Ironside, who was found dead outside the gates of a leading British private school here, was "so enthusiastic" when he Joined the school last week. "We are absolutely baffled by this. It Is very perplexing. I
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  • 74 2 A police officer who carried out Investigations on detained lawyer Subhas Anandan, has tendered his resignation from the force. Sources said the officer gave 24-hour noUce on Monday. The matter is believed to be under ?tudy by the Ministry of home Affairs. Lawyer Subhas Is
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  • 25 2 The Singapore Blood Transfusion Service mobile unit will be i.taitioned at the Kampung Kapor Methodist Church on Sunday from 8.45 a.m. to 12 noon.
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  • 262 2 An eight-month-old Nile hippopotamus named Susan began a journey by lorry and plane yesterday from the National Zoo In Washington to Singapore, where curators hope she will provide companianihip for a lonely male, reports UPI. The Singapore zoo has been looking for a
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  • 87 2 The Public Utilities Board will move Into Its new headquarters in Somerset Road In February next year. The 17-storey building, work on which started early last year, is at the finishing touches stage. Once the new headquarters is ready, the PUB will give up
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  • 116 2  -  By Conrad Raj The Bank of Japan has given the Singapore Gover oment approval to float a 10-billion yen (about SsB6 million) bond issue on the Japanese capital marker. Lead manager for the issue is Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd., which will
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  • 77 2 A wanted man was arrested by detectives after a chase up three floors Inside the Oolden Mile shopping centre at Beach Road yesterday. Two detectives from Central police station spotted the man. wanted for a series of armed robberies since early this year, while on their rounds
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  • 113 2 Trading turned quieter on the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first 45 minutes today following yesterday's bout of profittaking and the easier overnight Wall Street market. Though turnover was low. prices generally held steady. A wait-and-see attitude seemed to have prevailed before any fresh commitment is made.
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  • 57 2 City Hall was this morning affected by a black-out. The power failure Is believed to have occurred at about 8.10 a.m. According to a PUB spokesman, repair work was still In progress. Until press time, power had still not been restored to the first and second
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  • 35 2 The Singapore Institute of Management invites applications for the eighth intake of its two-year evening Diploma in Management Studies prog ram me commencing next January. The closing date for application is Oct. 23.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 52 2 Today: 2.09 p.m. (2.5 m). Tomorrow: 3.06 a.m. (2.1 m); 2.47 p.m. (2.4 m). Friday: 4.09 a.m. (1.9 m); 3.37 p.m. (2.2 m). Saturday: 5.50 a.m. (1.8 m): 4.49 p.m. (2.1 m). Sand a y 7.59 a.m. (1.9 m); 6.31 p.m. (2.1 m). Monday: 8.53 a.m. (2.1 m); 8 p.m.
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    • 622 2 [j AT THE CINEMA I] JAWS: t:le Academyaward winning, recordbreaking movie about a shark. Stars are Roy Schneider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss. Screenplay oy Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb, directed by Steven Spielberg. Prince: 1.30, 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. TIGER AND CRANE FISTS: A series of bloody battles
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  • 11 2 Police reported 90 accidents yesterday. Five were serious and two fatal.
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  • 231 3  -  By Rav Dhaliwal Health services in satellite towns are to be gradually centralised and located in one polyclinic for the public's convenience and for more e f f i c i e nt use of Health Ministry staff. Telok Blangah will be the first HDB
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  • 232 3  -  By Terry Ang Two Prim ary Six classes at Kampong Jagoh Malay Boys School in Telok Blangah Road were shifted to another part of the school building when cracks aDpeared in their classroom walls and collapse was feared. The cracks, about seven metres
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  • 140 3 .About 200,000 people visited the 10-day national health campaign exhibition on :.ix infectious diseases which ended at the Conference Hall on Sunday. During the last four days, there were an average of 25,000 visitors a day, said Dr. Margaret Loh, chairman of the campaign organising committee.
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  • 51 3 The Jurong Town Corporation will ballot 131 five-room flats, costing $35,000 each, at Blocks 198. 199 and 200, Boon Lay Drive tomorrow at 3 p.m. The MP for Jurong. Mr. Ho Kah Leong will attend the balloting ceremony at the car park between Blocks 198 and
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    • 173 3 go^hris The favourite duo is here to woo you with their nostalgic, country westerns! Nightly at the EQUATORIAL BAR From 7.15 p.m. till 1.00 a.m. ia/ Mill Sggggssi ill i UHiruajl a /C\ Reflective Glass Tinting Film keeps buildings cool by reflecting sun rays This tough transparent polyester plastic sheet
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  • 207 4 Two Slnfaporebuilt "floating hotels" were recently exported to Saudi Arabia to provide accommodation for 800 offshore construction workers. Each "hotel" was built on two bare barges at a cost of slightly over US$2 million ($4.96 million). The barge is 63 metres
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  • 330 4  -  How principals nominate teachers for junior training scheme... By Teresa Ooi Some principals drew lots, others picked their worst teachers, when asked by the Ministry of Education-to nominate a few teachers for training designed to teach the basic course which is to
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  • 125 4 Finance companies are planning a goodwill mis sion to China—the first by local money men, it was learnt today. It is understood the mission Is to be limited to about 20 members of the Singapore Finance House Association. The China trip is ex pected
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  • 150 4 The prospects of airlines getting permission to use Vietnamese airspace look good. A meeting is scheduled for later this month and the green light is expected to be given there. Government officials from Laos, Vietnam. Thailand, Hong Kong and possibly Cambodia are meeting "before
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  • 108 4 Reuter Bonn, Wednesday Possibilities for Improving cultural relations between Singapore and West Germany were discussed here yesterday between Mr. Lee Khoon Choy, Minister of State in the Singapore Foreign Ministry, and his counterpart In the Bonn Foreign Ministry, Mr. HansJuergen Wlschnewskl. In talks with Mr. Karl
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  • 216 4 Singa p o re will continue to benefit for years to come from the sale of suppiles and machinery for the expanding hotel and tourist trade in Indonesia. This is because Indonesia lacks quality hotel supplies and machinery and Singapore's
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  • 41 4 In yesterday's story headlined "Another midair crash" It was reported that the collision over Yugoslavia last week Involved a Yugoslav Airline DC-9. The airline concerned was Inex-adrla Avlopronet, a charter company and not Yugoslav Airline. The error is regretted.
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  • 208 4  -  By Bharathi Mohan Several learner drivers, responding to a newspaper advertisement recently, received a shojk when they were asKed to pay a $70 deposit in addition to a $4 hourly fee by a driving school. Learners who went to the school to take
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  • 90 4 Registration of new motor cars continued to be low in the first seven months of this year with an average of 576 cars registered a month. The monthly average is less than one-third that of 1973 when an average of 1841 cars were registered a
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  • 139 4 The chairman of Jurong Town Corporation, Mr. Woon Wah Siang, 60, is on nine months leave, and will be back at his job in June next year. A JTC spokesman said this when asked to comment on reports that Mr. Woon is on leave prior
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  • 347 5 UPI Moscow, Wednesday The Soviet Union denounced Japan yesterday for failing to return a Soviet pilot and his topsecret fighter plane, and criticised the US for granting the airman asylum. In the first Soviet reaction to the loss of the supersonic
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  • 417 5 To break MIA impasse Reuter Washington, Wednesday Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield said yesterday the US should seek normal re 1 a ti on s with Vietnam and Cambodia and support the admission of Vietnam to the UN. He was commenting on President Ford's decision
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  • 230 5 Reuter Moscow, Wednesday A Soviet pledge here Kterday to train Cuban, ngollan and East European cosmonauts may spell the end to the 80-vlet-American monopoly on manned space flights. The Soviet Tass news agency reported that would-be spacemen from all members of the communist Intereosmos space
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  • 176 5 Reuter Cairo, Wednesday Lebanese Premier Rashld Karaml yesterday conferred with Egyptian President sadat and other leaders as Egypt stepped up its part in renewed Arab efforts to end the Lebanese civil war. Mr. Pierre Oemayel, head of the Lebanese Falangist Party, the biggest bloc
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  • 167 5 UPI Washington. Wednesday. President Ford signed a bill yeserday eliminating emergency powers held by the White House for 40 years, although he said part of the measure was unconstitutional 1 support the purposes of the enrolled bIU," Mr. Ford said In a statement. "One of
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  • 561 6 ...as black boycott enters its third day Reuter UPI w Johannesburg Wednesday Thousands of black workers conttnued a three day protest strike here yesterday while elsewhere police used naw mass arrest tactics to deal with demonstrations. Riot police yesterday drove off militant* trying to
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  • 37 6 Reuter m Hailtbnry WodilWl day Nine black nationalist iwifllu MH five Rhodeiiaa jMMt' have been^kUM^^' 24 boors, useMWtty Fosr Afrioan aferftliana, one were also eldents at the aamsgserlllas attNM field brln<» tonW£
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  • 281 6 Reuter Wednesday hours of*:alks on his 'fc&u n try's wttb. South African FrtOke Minister John He said he was in a harry to return to Rhodesia, where today he attends the annual congress of the ruling Rohdesian Front Party in the border
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  • 200 6 -SAYS HANOI UPI Bangkok. Wedneedsj. —Vietnam hu pledged Its foreign poa«f %o world revolution Hone with lta own Internal growth. Radio Henri! Mid yesterday The radio broadcast on the official Voice of Viet nam. monitored here repeated rlew« expressed privately to the Nstkmal Assembly by Vietnam
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  • 116 6 Reuter Mexico City, Wednesday.—UN Secretary-Gen-eral Kurt Waldheim told the Third World nations here yesterday not to concentrate only on money for development but to turn more to the one resource they all have people. He told a conference on cooperation among developing countries it wduld be making
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  • 35 6 Reuter Belgrade. Saturday. Thai Foreign Minister Plchal Rattakul and Yugoslav Premier Dzemal Bijedic held talks here yesterday on a number of International questions and on means to improve bilateral relations, Yugoslav sources said.
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  • 32 6 Reuter Detroit, Wednesday.— "Hie Unite G*Auto Workers Union today called out on strike the 16&.000 workers at 1 v Ford Motor Company, ordering them to down tools at midnight Reuter.
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  • 125 6 UPI TODAY is Wednesday, Sept. 15, the «Wth day of I®7« #ith 107 to follow; THE MOON is between Its full and -test quarter iphases. 4 THE MOBMNG STARS '♦are Saturn «nd Jupiter, y THE EVENING STARS liare Mercury. Venus and vMars. Those born on this date in history
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  • 77 6 Reuter London, Wednesday.—A self-employed clothes r manufacturer has paid a £426 ($1830) tax bill with r a cheque written across the front of a pair of v ladies' knickers. Keith Allen, secretary of the Federation of Self-Employed, said yesterday a tax collector took the knickers away and
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  • 623 6  -  MtBIM JANE GASKELL'S It's four years since Eddie James Rave up ranching to go Into the motel business and he has prospered. Demand for accommodation In his two-hectare Bar-3 Motel at Red Bluff. California, has since It opened. The Bar-3 is for overnight
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    • 173 6 I Mil WEATHER New York t Sunny, J2-19C. Headline: US deto veto Vietnam's nest for member- Tokyo Cloudy, 27JOa Headline: US to veto Hanoi's UN entry v Rome t— Sonny. 29lIC. Headline: Frlull People terrorised by new "fchocks. v London Bain in place*. 15-11 C. Headline: Voriter will not dictate
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  • 172 7 Malayawata Steel suffered a big setback as predicted m its last annual report. The only surprise was the severity of the 75 per cent drop in net profits to M 53.54 million for the year ended March 19i6 as against M 514.1 million previously. The
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  • 41 7 India-Malaysia Textiles has sunk further into the red. with a trading loss of $2.77 million ior the year ended March 1978 This brought total accumulated losses to $6.28 million, reducing shareholders funds from $8.5 million to $2.24 million.
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 138 7 The threat of an auto strike and reports of layoffs in the steel industry raised questions about the economy and sent prices lower yesterday in sluggish trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Yesterday's prices followed by the difference In the previous session's close: AT T 60'/ 8
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    • 32 7 Dow Jones closing averages on the NYBE yesterday: 30 Industrial 978.64 (off 4.GS); 20 transport 217.18 (Off 0 94); 15 utilities 95.99 (off 0 03); 05 stock 307.69 (off 123).
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    • 197 7 Despite Monday's upsurge, the market slac- kened yesterday, due to anxiety oVer an economic slowdown. Lack of news aggravated the wait-and-see sentiment. T D J A 4,702.84 (-26.86) 76. Hi-low: 4,865.55 (7/1) 4,403.306 (1/5). T.S.E.: 352.90 (-2.02). Volume: 260 mil (+2O mil). Closing prices In yen on the Tokyo
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    • 73 7 Closing prices In francs on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Partbas 151.50 0 50 Fonder 303.50 —1.60 Prlntemps 55+2 Bull 33.20 +0.20 Royal Dutch 225 —3.50 Mlchelln 1331 26 COE 280 unch Thomson 186.50 +0.90 CFP 103.50 +1.40 Rhone 83.40 —0.20 Air 348 unch BSN (>40 +14 Philips 51.70 —0.45
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    • 86 7 Closing prices In Swiss francs on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS Bearer 3350 70 UBS Registered 1 495 2 SBC 455 25 Credit Suisse 2670 20 Swissair B. 618 8 Swiss Relnsur 2240 35 Winterthur B. 1780 5 Zurich lhsur 6475 Juvena B. 130 5 Nestle B. 3415
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  • 96 7 UPI Washington. Wednesday An increase in the price of oil is almost certain before the end of this year, and it would have a bad effect on recovery of the world economy, a State Department economist said yesterday. Mr. Julius K&tz told the senate foreign rela- tions
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  • 166 7 UPI Brussels, Wednesday— Gold tumbled on European bullion markets yesterday, a day before the scheduled International Monetary Fund auction of 7 8 0,0 0 0 ounces. The douar declined on most money markets. In London gold lost US$3 to close at US$lll.5O an ounce, for a
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  • 289 7 from the DOG HOUSE by PG The Ninth Limit Show staged by the SKC last Sunday was an outstanding victory for Mrs. Ursula Stracey who handled Mr. Collin's Alsatian puppy, Marcbael Fire Glo. Mrs. Stracey was superb and her energy, demonstrated in a nonstop run round the
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  • 204 7 Call to explore Himalayas Business News and Views Reuter New Delhi, Wednesday The G e o 1 o g i cal Survey of India has called for a coordinated national plan to explore the Himalayas for minerals saying there are attractive opportunities tor finding rich mineral deposits
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 174 7 The rough 'n' the tough blue jeans take a dip in our washing formula to emerge 'seasoned'. In addition to its 'seasoned' look, the jeans become casually soft, comfortable and highly fashionable yet most importantly, the durability of the jeans remains unchanged. Lea does great things to denims! Sole Agents
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  • 409 8 The move to Incorporate energy conservation in building regulations by early next year makes sense, though the fuel shortage of late 1913 has eased and oil producers are facing a glut. Cutting down on wastage will minimise the discomfort if not worse —of being caught
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 52 8 A conscientious newspaper executive is In the habit of bringing his work home much to the disappointment of his new bride. But, what really Infuriates her is that she often catches him bent over his type-writer sound asleep. Says a punning wag who knows him: "He looks
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    • 39 8 Someone who left a company and returned after one ytir la In a tight spot. His colleagues are demanding a treat aa they hid given him a lavish send-off and an exKnslte present when i resigned.
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  • 234 8 New York, Wednesday Clothes maketh the man, but they're unlikely to make a president or vicepresident this year, according to a couple of prominent American designers. "All four, with the exception of Mr. Carter, are comparatively lnnoc u o us, bland-looking American executives."
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  • 693 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON When the nonaligned na 11 ons opened their series of summit conferences in Belgrade 15 year 3 ago the western press was Intrigued, but hardly bowled over. How different was the reaction to the fifth non- a 11 gned
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  • 205 8  -  BENJAMIN CHUA Public Relations Officer, Singapore Bus Service Limited, Singapore 9. I refer to "Nightmare Goes On" by Mrs. Paul T.L. Cheah (NN. Aug. 27) When part of the Commonwealth Avenue Terminal was acquired for road development purposes, we had to set up a
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  • 127 8 I am attending a commercial course at the Adult Education Board's Kim Keat centre from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. dally, and am therefore entitled to a bus pass like any other student. However, as I am working as a clerk in the mornings, I have
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  • 206 8 NYT to wear the right things In terms of the right occasion." he said, noting, as did Weltz, Carter's down-home Image, often photographed In open-necked shirts and denim at his Oeorgla home. "I think Carter Is very contemporary," Lauren said. "He weacs jeans .when he goes out
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  • 625 9 But mission fraught with dangers Gemini London, Wedneaday The Kissinger diplomatic drive to deluge southern Africa ie fraught with danMfc 1 By bringing the United States into play there the U8 Secretary of State has finally brought abtout a situation the African leaders in the
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  • 88 9 AP andthf Soviet Union v&iniM I it has been since World War Two, the greattiikpfogle threat to ABiexlcan well-being, according to a new booK published by the Brookings InstiIteays the US can and SfnMMTaog* Union especially {he area of arms controls, but soda the
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  • trend
    • 956 10 / 11  -  Wednesday, Sept. 15,1976. by H.L.Lim A surprising number of people asked me, when they heard that one of my sistefrs was getting married, whether I gave her some big-brotherly advice before the wedding. No, I had to admit, what should I have said? I could have helped the cause-
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    • Article, Illustration
      476 10 / 11  -  SOLDIER GIRLS TURN ON THEIR CHARMS WORDS: Joachin Tan The stage is eight three-tonner trucks parked side by side. C a m o u f 1 age nets form a back-drop while spotlights of red, blue, green, yellow and white bathe the entire stage. This is the scene
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  • Page 10 / 11 Advertisements
    • 254 10 / 11 "V cabinet models for entertaining people These Hostess cabinet models are a neat way of using a little space to save a lot of time. They'll stand elegantly on a sideboard or table, keeping a big meal hot fdr hours. If you're expecting guests, just cook the dinner before-hand and
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  • ENGLISH
    • 1508 12 THIS series Is compiled i>y panel of three English Language experts Dr. Lee Kok Cheong, Mr. Arthur Tap and Miss Ngoh Geok Lun. At the beginning of the last lesson we said that an adjective clause usually begins with that, which, who, whom or whose. Let
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    • 20 12 mm HOUR r Bon cat ZSMUSSI S w, P*wJ $38 ft Al FvTfn COLOR J >- LAB. a k .T; ■4*
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  • Industrial equipment
    • 743 13 ...and distribution centre for handling machines Singapore has become the distribution centre for industrial machines with the rapid growth of manufacturing and building Industries in the South-east Asian region. The island Itself Is a major market for all kinds of handling equipment because of the rising
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    • 355 13 Manufacturers and exporters from 42 nations have been invited to participate in a materials handling and construction machinery exhibition at the National Stadium In October next year. It is the fifth in the series of International trade exhibition organised by International
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    • 716 14 Indus trial machines are increasingly being custombuilt here to suit local conditions and requirements. Manufacturers are designing machinery according to customers' specifications instead of producing standard machines, as In the past. This has resulted in savings on capital expenditure and enabled firms to introduce some form of mechanisation to
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    • 533 14 Savings can be effected by using the correct materials handling equipment between successive production stages. Some equipment are built for specific purposes only and cannot be utilised for different Jobs, like storage, shipment and delivery. Others are more versatile and can be
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    • 358 15 The Mitsubishi lift truck comes in different capacities, ranging from th* easily manoevrable one-ton class to the multi-purpose heavy load she-ton class. The different type* can be used suitably for specified Jobs. In addition. various types of attachments are arranged for
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    • 288 15 .Singapore Industrialists are participating in foreign development projects in a big way by hiring out equipment and services. number of firms here are supplying skilled workers and machinery to support both private and government projects In neighbouring countries. Their specialist services, backed by years of
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    • 178 15 4 |H ol .J 1 1 |jkU ftKf >:*'' K ,sr k fear* parts dm js^srswarss v energy -consumed, ij*nd ,'thls 14 readily available Horn portable blower or plant air jntftAy. Aero Caster handling products comprise of Mgfa strength. nylon-re-tnloreed matertafytttrieb
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    • 236 16  -  w BJ PHILIP TAN If present conditk>nfl |tr» any guide, Singapore may not to** ablft< to field a ■Cfor the Mtouuf rugby >li*m p! otoSecml m November. advance to ensure Chat South Hum, this cannot be 1 taid for Stnc*por«. rWhrt* the Ongapore Rugby
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    • 30 16 UPI seeded CU& Rlcbey came i*%ie second round on Wednesday. Btx more IktoKlee matches and were scheNo, 4 MMt Mark TSu mondson, fifth-seeded eSrth Mrlca Cranier
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    • 380 17 It's good to hear that Indonesia's badminton Idol Rudy H&rtono is due to visit Singapore from September 16 to 18 to conduct coaching clinics. This is a tremendous boost to local players, fans, and officials of the Singapore Badminton Association. His visit should serve as an
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    • 134 17 Admittedly, football fans will be looking forward to the World Cup preliminary rounds in February. But. what are our chances? Reluctantly, I say none. TO start with, all is not well In the National coaching panel. In order that and I quote an PAS official—"the pace
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    • 234 17  -  MANJIT KAUR (Miss) I refer to the article in "Soccet Scene" (NN, 31.8.76) under the heading "Dispute over Gate Receipts.* The Oornoration wishes to state that there are about 12,800 linear feet of bench seating and 116 bucket seats. Allowing ah average of 18"
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    • 482 17 Controversy over the recent appointment of chief National soccer coach, Choo Seng Quee, has hit Singapore soccer fans like a storm in a tea cup. Let ui not cast judgment on the PAS move without first finding out the facts. It was not unprecedented
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    • 145 17 Allow me to suggest that from next year, the FAS Youth committee should make things easy for everyone by confining the To to and Pepsi Cups to Armed Forces and Combined Schools only Forces "A" play Schools "Red"' for the Pepsi Cup and Forces "B play Schools "White*
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    • 262 18 ...if World Cup is played in Argentina The Hague, Wednesday Holland, losing finalists to West Germany in 1974, will withdraw from the 1978 World soccer Cup if the finals are not switched from Argentina, a top Dutch soccer official said yesterday. Max Triples, member of the executive
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    • 270 18 Burma score their 1st Park Cup win Associated Press Seoul, Wednesday Burma beat Indonesia 2-0 yesterday for their first win in two matches In fourth day of the nine- nation President Park Chung-Hee Cup soccer tournament. They led 1-0 at half-time. It was Indonesia's second defeat in the Group "B"
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    • 23 18 Johannesburg. Wednesday The New Zealand All-Blacks Rugby Union team defeated Orlqualand West 26-3 at Klmne yesterday after leading 8-0 at half-time.
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    • 329 18 Johore Bahru, Wednesday The Johore Bahru FA are to be blamed for the controversy arising from the suspension of Malaysia Cup players, goalkeeper Zainoldin Ahmad and centre-back Lee Seng Kar. A Johore FA official, who didn't want to be named, claimed that Johore Bahru FA
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    • 250 18 Reuter AP Copenhagen, Wednes-day-Bayern Munich of West Germany began their lourth successive defence of the European soccer Cup with an Impressive 5-0 victory over Koege B.K. of Denmark In a first leg match in here last night. The German team's victory was the biggest
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    • 64 18 Goalkeeper John Barridge dives as Quees's Park Rangers' Star Bowles (right in stripes) is tackled by Aston Villa defender Garden Smith daring a Firts Division match at Banters' (round in Loftus Road, London, over the weekend. QPR won 2-1 with coals by Don Maaroon and Dave Clement, cancelling an early
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    • 699 19  -  There were enough players to start the match on time By PHILIP TAN Many fans arriving at Jalan Besar Stadium an hour before yesterday's Youth knockout soccer matches found themselves 1 o c k ed out. And even at kickoff time the stadium turnstiles remained closed. It was
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    • 664 19 SQUASH Bridging a gap of 16 years his last tournament win was the West of Scotland championship in 1960 Claude Brown low won the men's event in the Singapore Island Country Club squash championship which was played last week at the Bukit courts. Beeded No.
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    • 51 19 A new constituency soccer team. Boon Teck East Rangers, won their first friendly game yester d a y when they trounced Falrchlld Electronics 5-0 at Paya Lebar Road. SharlfT Jan tan netted a hattrlck for Rangers, while Darul Kalam and Salleh Adam scored the other two
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    • 331 19 ON THE TRACK with V.liruav Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday Full of Fun, with Hassan Ahmad astride, did a stylish workout in good going here this morning. The five-year-old by Sucaryl reeled off 600 m in 37.8 sees with plenty in hand. Pull of Pun
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    • 44 19 London, Wednesday. Result* of Rugby matches played last night: Rugby League (preliminary round) Hull Kingston Rovers 19 Dewsbury 12; Leigh 11 Warrington 10; Wakefield Trinity 20 ttramley 5; Whitehaven 25 Barrow 11. Rugby Union Huddersfleld 4 Halifax 18; Tredegar 0 Brlgend 30.
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    • 537 18 Wednesday CX-3 NEW NATION MONEYWORDS Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES M mb m Cut along dotted lines mmm < CLUES FOR CX-3 1. Nourishing seeds of a grassy plant 2. A new may
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    • 386 19 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you possess an inquiring mind that keeps you forever poking and prying Into questions both serious and otherwise. There Is nothing too academic or too frivolous for you to deal with both Intellectually and emotionally, for there is no end to
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  • 42 20 MEN LIN: I agree with the educationist who said teachers should not use the term dropout on those who fall their primary school examinations. AH FOOK: Shouldn't we also ban words like mud-head, block-head, Idiot, fool, stupid from the classroom?
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    • 702 20 TV AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.0# OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by LEN8A 35 (r). Magazine series presented In Malay. 3.3# DIABY OP EVENTS (M). 3.35 GENERAL HOSPITAL. Soap opera. 4. If DENDANG REMAJA (r). Features songs by Junaldah 8ulalman and Mohd. Maneh. 4.25 INTERMISSION. 5.55 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by LAND OF
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    • 236 20 Today's top shows WHO'S AFBAID OF OPERA: La Travlata. (Ch. 5. 7 p.m. In colour). The opera Is set in Paris, where Violetta Vaiey, a beautiful courtesan, fai) a In love with a penniless young man. They live together, but their idyll is shattered when his father begs them to
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