New Nation, 15 October 1976

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  • 22 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Friday, October 15, 1976 No. 1772 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 428/76 r~ NEW NATION COMMENT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15. 1976
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  • 24 1 Reuter New Delhi. Friday A gang of forgers who were selling like university degrees has been smashed, the police said yesterday. Renter.
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  • 261 1 UPI and Reuter Bangkok, Friday Thailand's tourist industry has begun suffering from recent emits In Thailand, but the deputy dlAs tor of the ofISV Tourist Organisation of Thailand said: "Tourists have nothing to worry about hare, X can assure you." ■"tMf was quiet throughout the
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  • 689 1 UPI and AP Hong Kong, Friday Support from China's armed forces and provinces poured into Peking yesterday for the appointment of Mr. Hua Kuo-feng as new leader of the Chinese Communist Party and the apparent purge of radicals in the party. Backing also came from Shanghai,
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  • 251 1 AP Caracas, Friday A consensus is emerging among the member countries of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries for an oil !>rice increase of not ess than 15 per cent next year, Venezuela's Finance Minister Mr. Hector Hurtado said yesterday. The Minister made the remark to
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  • 109 1 New York, Friday. Democratic Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter •aid the US have "enough in hand now to rain at least 45 atomic bombs on every city In Russia with a population of 100,000 or more." He promised that as President he would seek
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  • 156 1  -  By Lee Yew Meng British shareholders in Haw Par Brothers International have sold about 0.25 million shares since Haw Par was relisted on the stock exchanges of Singapore and Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Atlantic Assets Trust said that it had sold
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  • 25 1 New. York. Friday jU A 20 90 caratTememid fetched *i wwkfc WcoM Pries of U*****,000 xlf million) In an auction hers yesterday.
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  • 105 1 Reuter Oeneva, Friday. A team or expert* nom the World Health Organisation said yesterday that only 150 essential drugs were needed to take care Of almost all ordinary Illnesses Instead of the thousands now available. They had drawn uo a lilt of tnt essential drugs,
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 152 2 Prices were fairly steady on the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first 45 minutes of trading this morning. Haw Par, which was depressed to 84 Mi cents at one stage recovered to 91 cents, one cent up. Boustead, on the other hand, dropped 12 cents to $3.30
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  • 29 2 A three day canoe cruise around Pulau Tekong will be held from Oct. 22 to 24 at 1 p.m. the starting point will be the Ponggol community centre.
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  • 21 2 A seminar on Export Financing will b« held at the Shangri-La Hotel from Nov. 11 to IS at 9 a.m.
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  • 352 2 Professor D. Carleton Qajdusek, who was named yesterday for the 1976 Nobel Prize for Medicine, has worked with medical scientists in many parts of the world, including a professor of microbiology in Singapore. Professor Llm Kolc Ann of the University of Singapore met Dr.
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  • 21 2 A symposium on Our Environment will be held at the Nanyang University from Oct. 38 to 30 at 9 a.m.
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  • 38 2 The mobile blood bank will be stationed at the Beletar Sports' Club, Durban Road, on Sunday from 9.30 am. to 12 noon. It will be at Llat Towers on Oct. 19 from 9.30 ajn. to 4 p.m.
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  • 180 2 There will be fierce competition in the ship-repairing industry in the next 10 years, according to Mr. Dennis Stonebridge of H.P. Drewery, a firm of shipping consultants. This will come not only from excess capacity In the yards but also from governments distorting competition *vlth
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    • 536 2 AT THE CINEMA JAWS: The Academyaward wnnlng, recordbreaking movie about a shark. Stars are Roy 8chelde. Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss. Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl GottUebb, directed by Steven Spielberg. Prince: 1.30, 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. SAVAGE MAN SAVAGE BEAST: A documentation of the grisly and by
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    • 59 2 Ted*?: 2.10 p m (2.5 m). Tomorrow: 3.45 a.m. (2.1 m); 2.58 p.m. (2.4 m). Sunday: 5.07 a.m. (2m); 4.09 p.m. (2.2 m). Monday: 6.51 a.m. (2m); 5.53 p.m. (2.2 m). Tuesday: 7.59 a.m. (2.2 m); 7.34 P m. (2 3m). Wednesday: 8.42 a.m. (2.4 m); 8.41 p.m. (2.5 m).
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  • 11 2 Police reported 94 accidents yesterday. Nine were serious and one fataL
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  • 246 3 ...or progress is meaningless—Toh The Health Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, said last night economic progress by itself is meaningless if we do not cultivate social consciousness, like caring for the aged. Developing social consciousness is part of a nation-building process and this is an
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  • 169 3 Jolt for Deepavali Santa By Bhaiathi Mohan Deepavali Tuta, the Hindu equivalent of Santa Claus, will not be able to keep his date with children this Sunday. For Mr. Gepalsamy Nalda, M, whohas brought Joy and cheer aaaaaOy la children over the
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  • 43 3 A Children'! Soot Art contest will bo held at the Alexandra community centre on Oct. 31 at 9 ajß. It la open to children from six to 14 years. Registration will be at the centre from today till Oet 24.
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  • 185 3 Singapore Airlines Is to Introduce an 11-day package, tour to five cities In Indonesia next month. The Intlsarl Indonesia Java-Ball holiday tour. It Is understood, Is part of SIA efforts to develop and promote tourist traffic to Indonesia. The first tour will
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  • 50 3 The Ambassador for France, Mr. Jacques Oasseau, will open an exhibition of Modern Art at the Alliance Francalse, Scotts Road, today at 7 p.m. The exhibition will be open till Oct. 20 from 9JO ajn. to 1 pm. and from 4 p.m. to 2 p.m. each day.
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  • 48 3 The Mandarin Hotel has been appointed the official hotel for the Singapore international Boat Show to be held at the National Stadium from June 17 to 22 next year. Products on the marine field ran sing from engines, hulls and boating accessories will be on display.
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  • 29 3 Company director Chan Tai Poo yesterday reported to police that $12,800 cash and a Jade and diamond ring worth $1100 were stolen from his Balestler Road office.
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  • 192 3 The National Trades Union Congress will support the formation of a union representing all security guards here. This followed a meeting between an eightman delegation of securityguards and a senior NTUC official on Tuesday. The delegation of two observers and the sixman pro-tem committee of the proposed
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  • 275 4 The Economic Development Board has held talks with more than a dozen companies on the proposed ASEAN diesel engine project to be set up here. Industry sources said, however, that the project Is still In the feasibility study stage and the EDB, when contacted.
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  • 224 4 Teresa Ooi Pupils who sat for the QCE "O" and "A" level examinations last year, have Just been tola to collect their certificates from their schools after a delay of more than three weeks. Several secondary school principals have been swamped by telephone calls from
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  • 99 4 The Singapore Police Force administration Is to be reorganised, effective form Nor. 1. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Tan Teck Khlm. will hare two deputies. They ere Deputy Commissioner (Administration) Mr. VH. Ratna Singam and-De-puty commissioner (Operations) Mr. Ooh Yont Hong. Mr. Ratna Slngam win be
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  • 120 4 Women thieves are believed to be pinching handbags from guests in leading hotels in Orchard Road. Police have received three reports from victims In the past week. The thieves, it is believed, bring stolen handbags into crowded hotel lounges, coffee houses, night clubs and bars,
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  • 22 4 The Singapore Chess Federation will hold the lnter-clubs championships at the Queens town community centre from Oct 90 to Dec. S.
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  • 272 4  -  b l Joachin Tan The leader of Trio Indra is only nine years old flutistxylophonist Indra 8hakir. With alster Nora Khalzuran on the piano and brother Abdul Tallb Ma on drums, too Indra's rendition of Sonny won them top spot
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  • 262 4 A random survey to find out the public's attitude towards students and their opinion of the Singapore Bus Service will highlight the Ngee Ann Technical College Students' Union's week-long orientation DitMrramme. About 250 new stu- dents will take part in the survey which will
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  • 187 4  -  By Terry Ang Ninety three fulltime police national servicemen now undergoing training at the Police Academy will be posted to all the eight 'police land divisions as routine officers at the end of the year. The trainees will be the first batch of national
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  • 42 4 Air India has pointed out that the aircraft involved In an accident at Bombay's Santa Cruz airport on June 12 lasyear, was an Air France, not an Alr-Indla, aircraft as reported In New Nation on Tuesday. The error Is regretted.
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  • 249 5 AP Singapore, Friday "We are already close to the US, Malaysia and Japan, how much closer can you fet?" Former Thai o reign Minister Pichai Rattakul asked yesterday. "I do not know what Thanat Khoman means. He has been out of school for
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  • 41 5 UPI Moscow, Friday The Soviet Union yesterday launched two men into earth orbit aboard Soyuz 23, Tass announced. The Soviet news agency said the Soyuz 23 was piloted by commander Vyacheslav Zudov along with flight engineer Valery Rozhdestvensky.—UPl.
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  • 379 5 'They should not have listened to the mob* AP Bangkok, Friday The military reglne's top foreign policy adviser Thanat Khoman yesterday roundly criticised the previous governments of Kukrit and Seni Pramoj, brothers who were prime ministers at various times over the last two years,
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  • 265 5 AP New York, Friday About 250 workers In three electronics assembly plants have been stricken in recent weeks with Illnesses which have stumped health experts. The outbreaks occurred In western Pennsylyanla and Ohio. In each case, workers, complained of headaches, nausea and stomach pains. Some
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  • 217 5 UPI Detroit, Friday. University of Chicago Prof. Milton Friedman said yesterday he was pleased to receive the 1976 Nobel Prize for economics, but said it was not the highpolnt of his career. "My immediate reaction was pleasure, of course," Prof. Friedman
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  • 266 6 UPI London, Friday Dame Edith Evans, the veteran actress, died at her country home yesterday, her lawyers said. She was 88. The announcement said she died "peacefully" in her sleep after a short illness. At least three actresaes fought for the title of First
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  • 32 6 AP Johannesburg. Friday The bullet-riddled bodies of three black Rhodeslan nationalist*. Including a top aide of Bishop Abel Musorewa, were found yesterday in north-east Rh o d esiw; officials said—AP.
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  • 267 6 —says French minister UPI Paris, Friday Foreign Minister Louis de Guirlngaud said yesterday after extensive talks with his Chinese counterpart Mr. Chiao Kuannua that Peking's foreign policy is likely to remain unchanged despite the current political upheavals in China. Mr. de Oulrlngaud hinted that one of
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  • 228 6 UPI Washington, Friday Government sources predicted yesterday that the Isaells will never receive the new arms that President Ford has promised to sell them. The State Department gave Its assurance. In a public statement, It would give Congress a chance to review the offer
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  • 181 6 Reuter Lusaka, Friday Indian Pilme Minister Indira Gandhi opened talks with President Kenneth Kaunda here yesterday following an enthusiastic welcome to Lusaka from thousands of flag-waving Zamblans. A guard of honour fired a 19-gun salute as Mrs. Oandhl flew in from Dar Es Salaam to
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  • 30 6 Reuter Ankara; Friday—Turkish Communications Minister Nahit Mentese yesterday blamed a pilot's error for the crash of a Turkish airliner last month in which all 154 people aboard died.—Reuter.
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  • 630 6  -  AMERICA JANE GASKELL What on earth is it like to sit in your lowa basement and receive on a ham receiver pictures of the bona fide (although somewhat monotonous) Martian landscape 230 million miies away? "Fantastic," says Mr. Bob Walton, 59, a retired erlntlng
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  • 117 6 UPI TODAY Is Friday, Oct. 15, the 289 th day of 1976 with 77 to follow. THE MOON Is approaching Its last quarter. THE MORNING STABS are Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Venus and Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra.
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  • 40 6 Reuter Bonn, Friday Hans-Dieter Flees, S3, warned of a police radar speed, trap, slowed down almost to a crawl. But he overdid It. Police fined him five marks ($5) for driving too slowly and hindering traffic. Renter.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 202 6 WORLD WEATHER Tokyo Cloudy, 1715C. Headline: China radicals reported arrested while holding conspiracy meet. New York Mostly sunny, 19-10 C. Headline: UN report says rich-poor gap can be narrowed by the year 2000. San Francisco Pair, 24-13 C. Headline: Ford leads In California poll. Farls Rain. 10-10 C. Headline: New
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  • 409 7 ...in Indian Ocean, South Atlantic Reuter UPI Rome, Friday The Indian Ocean and the South Atlantic present dangerous and potentially disastrous problems for NATO, the alliance's senior military commander said yesterday. British Admiral of the Fleet Sir Peter HillNorton also described NATO's southern region as "in
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  • 200 7 Reuter UPI 'New York, Friday president Ford says that if he is elected he will want Dr. Henry Kissinger to remain as Secretary of State. Mr. Ford was asked by ABC's Barbara Walters In a telephone interview on Wednesday night whether
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  • 24 7 UPI Rome, Friday Former Premier Aldo Moro was elected president of Italy'* Christian Democratic Party yesterday to replace outgoing President Amlntore Fanfani.—UPl.
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  • 95 7 Rescuers work amid the debris of a Miamibound cargo plane that crashed Into an elementary ich 00l field In the centre of Santa Crus, shortly after take-off on Wednesday. The American Boeing 707 killed at least 100 people after smashing into build-' tags along
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  • 103 7 UPI Jerusalem, Friday A magistrate sent a Jordanian tourist and his female companion to Jail for six months yesterday for having sexual relations inside the tomb of the Holy Sepulchre. They were also fined US$6OO ((1440) each. Police said the two, both aged 36, were
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  • 432 8 It is hardly surprising that Dr. Kurt Waldheim appears unchallenged for a second term as United Nations SecretaryGeneral. He fits the job well and is widely supported. His candidature is expected to be endorsed by the Security Council next month as even China, a
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 60 8 VIP car owners going to the National Stadium could learn a lesson here. When Baltimore's Governor Marvin Mandel went to a football game, his official limousine was broken Into when It was left parked In the stadium's VIP parkins lot According to the chauffeur, the only
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    • 48 8 A Job-weary senior executive picked up last week* Sunday Nation and read his horoscope: "Guard against your authority being undermined by a colleague .who may be after your Job." He announced to the office In general: "Whoever you are, you can have It"
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  • 487 8  -  FRIDAY WITH EDGAR KOH EDGAR KOH I wrote in this column two months ago about what I believed was the embryonic third force in Thailand, represented by a group of youths I met in an ancient mountain temple in northern Thailand earlier this
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  • 785 8  -  NOVOSTI PRESS AGENCY r f VOICE OF THE PRESS iL By K. Smirnov APN political analyst Soviet-Chinese relations attract the close attention of the public in various countries since they are an important factor of international links that seriously influence many aspects of
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  • 97 8 I refer to the report, Talentime Lacks That Sparkle, by Miss Judith Holm berg (NN, Oct. 2). I was surprised and annoyed by her statements. To say that Airskay acted as though someone was holding them at gunpoint was an exaggeration. And TKfi's "bortd" look was one of
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  • 85 8 This la in reply to Mr. Wade Griffin (NN, Oct. 2). RTB pro cram mint caters for a wide range of ages. Programmes specially meant for young people must necessarily occupy early transmission slots. It Is not feasible always to allocate peak viewing periods for series like
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  • 46 8  -  SOON ENG SAM Sr. PRO, Ministry of the Environment, Singapore 3. I refer to the letter by Scared Puss (NN, Sept. 22) and would like to inform the writer that our workers are cleaning the streets and sidewalks of Opera Estate and Slglap Road daily.
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  • 31 8  -  JOHN NG The public lighting at Cooling Close playground in Serangoon Gardens has been out of order for two weeks. It is unsafe for residents to take a stroll.
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  • 40 8  -  MRS. CHONG WEE LIAN Ag. Asst. Secretary, Poblic Belations Unit, Housing and Development Board, Singapore 2. Would B.OJS. (NN. Sept. 25) please give his area office with his address so that his complaint about leaky pipes may be Investigated.
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    • 24 8 —< MAIL BAG 1 WRITE TO THE EDITOR. NEW NATION. LOCKED BAG 15. SINGAPORE 1. Only letter* with correspondents' names and addresses will be published.
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  • 721 9 ...but without heady illusions of changing the world Los Angeles Times Washington, Friday Forget the obituaries. The Peace Cor p s' illness was not terminal. The volunteer agency, bom 15 years ago from the idealistic visions of youth, is off the sick list
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  • 327 9 New York Times New York, Friday Half the world's people live In just four countries China, India, the Soviet Union and the United States. The other half are divided Into more than 160 smaller countries. Those facts, along with many others of doubtful utility but startling Implication,
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  • 1411 10 / 11  -  EPISODES OF TREACHERY, INTRIGUE AND WAR IN A TURBULENT PERIOD IN ANCIENT CHINA From Tuesday on your TV screen, a new serial based on a Chinese epic Bp J Judith Holmberg The Intrigue and treachery of one of the more tuurbulent periods in Chinese history
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  • 642 10 / 11 A star-s t u d d e d cast piays the illustrious historical figures In the series, some of whom were instrumental in moulding Chinese history. Among them are: CHU-KO LIANG: Played by veteran actor Cheong Ying, who has often played a crook in his films. Chu-Ko Liang
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    • 704 12  -  The Arts by Tow Theow-Huang The creative process of au artist as much concerned with social themes as with artistic ones. That's what Teo Eng Seng's series of three oil pointings now being exhibited at the National Gallery's exhibition "Colour" shows. His subject
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    • 741 12  -  By Eileen Tan VIOLINIST Chan Yew Shlng who will give a recital at the Singapore Conference Hall on Oct 21 at 8.15 pjn. comes from a musical family. His father plays the guitar and his six brothers and sisters among them play
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    • 717 13  -  Sundown scene vi i tli Jennifer Schoon BACH YEN, the curvy pint-sized Vietnamese vocalist playing at the Tiara Supper Club could well have made it to the centrefold of Playboy. Not by choice but through a mlsun derstanding. It happened at a party soon after
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    • 553 13  -  Eating Out l»v Violet Oon The stretch of Upper East Coast Road just before Bedok Road is a veritable seafood lover's paradise. There are no less than 10 restaurants indoor and outdoor to choose from. The newest is Islands Inn which started business about a month
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  • 185 14 New slide Business Neu/s and Views UPI Brussels, Friday The pound came under renewed selling pressure yesterday after publication of new British trade figures and the dollar slumped against the German mark. Gold was unchanged In London and Zurich at U*****.85 In quiet trading. The pound closed at U551.6400 compared
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  • 176 14 Reuter London. Friday Prime Minister James Callaghan yesterday hinted that the Labour government Is moving towards tougher restrictions against some Imports to protect home industries hit by foreign competition. But government action la likely to be more In the nature of anti-dumping measures rather than full-scale Import
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  • 201 14 Reuter London, Friday Britain's International trade went deeper Into the red last month with Imports increasing twice as fast as exports, the government reported yesterday. Latest official figures showed the September gap in visible trade standing at £365 million (1460 million) an in- crease of
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  • 94 14 UPI Tokyo, Friday—Cuba's shrinking foreign exchange reserves have forced* postponement of shipments of Japanese goods valued atUB|oo million ($216 million) to that country, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported. Kyodo said Japanese trading firms and manufacturers have been experiencing pileups of the exports such as machlhery, iron
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 226 14 Prices took another nosedive on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, almost erasing the gains posted In Wednesday's rebound from the market's severe ulump In the past two and a half weeks. Trading was moderate. Wall Street observers said investors were disturbed by the markets Inability to extend
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    • 35 14 UPI Dow Jones dosing stock averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: SO Industrlala 935.92 (off 12.38), 30 transport 304.87 (off 3.13), Ift utilities 07.39 (off 0.33), Bft stocks 39ft.88 (off 3.33),
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    • 82 14 Closing prices in francs on the Perls Bourse yesterday. Paribus 141.70 +1.80 Ponder 296 +3 Prlntemps 49 unch. Bull 28.80 unch. Royal Dutch 328 30 5.80 Mlchelln 1190 +22 C O B 252 +7 Thomson 160.10 +3.10 C P P 94 +.90 Rhone 69 +1.20 Air S19 +6 B
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    • 65 14 n •WfrWW 111 CBA MS nil C8R 432 435 CIO nil 340 Coal Allied 216 225 Dunlop nil 110 Ik Ind 320 330 Acmll nil M Herald 199 200 Hooker 104 108 ICI 183 165 Lend Lease 255 258 Myer 210 218 New* Ltd nil 225 Oakbridge 98 97
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    • 88 14 Closing prices In Swiss trancs on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS Bearer 3290 —10 UB8 Registered 508 BBC 480 3 Credit Suisse 2530 —10 Swissair B. 583 5 Swiss Relnsur. 2210 —10 Wlnterthur B. 1785 16 Zurich Insur. 8400 —50 J u veil a B. 185 11 Nestle
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    • 86 14 UPI Colombo, Friday. Sri Lanka, once the world's largest tea producer. dropped to second place, It was reported yesterday. The decline came two years after Implementation of the country's land celling laws, nationalising all plantations of over 20 hectares owned by any Individual
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    • 232 14 Sharp rise on Wall Street boosted the market and Investors puchased both export- and-domes-tlc-oriented Issues In the morning, pushing the NDJA upward. Suzuki Motor gathered the largest buy order and pulled other auto-related Issues such Daihatsu, Isuzu and Oyoda loom up with It. However, the advance lost stream In
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  • 99 14 Reuter Kuala Lumpur. Friday. Malaysia's trade surplus In the first half of this year totalled M *****.1 million, more than double the Ms7ls million surplus recorded In the whole of last year, the Statistics Department said yesterday. Preliminary figures released here said exports In the six
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  • 154 14 AP Sydney, Friday.—Australia was advised yesterday to set up an International capital market once domestic and International economic problems were settled. Sir Peter Tennant, Industrial adviser to Britain's Barclays Bank International, told the Financial Times conference In Sydney there were two prerequisites for such
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    • 536 15 NAM HO TRAVIL Service (Singapore) Pte. Limited. Weat Malaysia tour (Inclusive denting, Cameron Highlands) by deluxe alr-condl-tloned coach seven days *****/-, six days *****/-, departure every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, denting, Cameron Highlands four days *****/-, Oentlng Highlands four days *****/-, by deluxe alr-condltloned coach departure every Wednesday. Bangkok/ Chlengmal/ Pattaya
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    • 65 15 REV. HONG HAN KENG aged 84, passed away peacefully at 6.05 pm on 14.10.76. A service will be held at Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church today at B.QP pm Cortege will leave Church on 16/10/76 at 2.00pm for Mount Vernon Crematorium. No wreaths or scrolls please. All donations to the
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    • 386 15 r—mncisßM! APPOINTMENT Girl Friday required by our Singapore Office. Should be at least 25 years old; experienced in typing, filling, stock control and accounting and able to work without supervision. Salary is negotiable. Only Singaporeans need apply. Applicants can writ* to: HRIADA (M) SDN. BHD. 122, Jalan Kasah, Damansara Heights,
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  • 470 16  -  TEE-UP with Lim Kee Chan Australian Alan Murray, the Singapore Island Country dub head professional, will be among a record 314 compe- t 1 to r 8 for the A 5162,000 (about 8$500,000) Australian Open to be played In Sydney from Oct. 28 to 31.
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  • 677 16 The Keppel Club fourball best ball stroke competition for the Bah Chee Cup will be played at Buklt Chermln on Bunday. The draw: 8 a.m. John Martens (10) and B.C. Llm (24) Teo Boon Thong (U) and Tan Slan Sit (24);8.06 8. Burchfleid (10) and Tan 800 Seng
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  • 34 16 Parts, Friday. —.Defending champion Gary Player of South Africa and lfc-year-old Spaniard Severiano Ballesteros shared the lead with one-over-par 73s in the Lancome Trophy golf tournament at Bt. WomLarßreteche yesterday..
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  • 199 16 Penlna (Portugal), Friday Britain and Ireland were gripped In a fierce struggle with South Africa lor supremacy in the world amateur team golf championship for the Elsennower 'iTophy alter both teams were tied on 443 for first place after the second round yesterday. They were
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 425 16 YOUR LUCKY CI f;l; C IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those exceptionally good friends or, when crossed completely, one of those formidable foes. Ingenious, highly original In your approach to life, whether events be of a routine nature or Inherently bizarre, you are never put
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  • 362 17  -  By PHILIP TAN All National soccer players in the two training squads are planning to petition Football Association of Singapore chairman Mr. N. Ganesan jointly for a reduction in the twoyear suspension on Qtiah Kim Song. A National player, who declined to be Identified, said that
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  • 452 17  -  By BRIAN MILLER Singapore's to p squash player, Hussein Ibrahim, has accepted sponsorship by Cathay Pacific Airways to conduct a series of demonstrations and coaching clinics in five Asian countries. Hussein, who is the resident professional at the Island Club, will be Join ed on
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  • 122 17 Theresians are assured of fourth place in the women's Division One League hockey tournament with a 1-0 win over Olrls Sports Club at the Padang on Wednesday. Yesterday's victory was the result of good luck. Against the run of Siy, Monica Loy beat e OBC
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  • 176 17 The Insurance Institute of Singapore's bowling team beat their Malaysian counterparts by 376 pins at their 3rd annual Inter-Institute Games held In Kuala Lumpur recently. The five-member Singapore team notched up 12.482 plnfalls while the Malaysians could only manage 12.100. 1 William ooh
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  • 16 17 Mexico City. FridaySingapore beat Ivory Coast 5-0 the International table tennis tournament here yesterday.
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  • 407 17 A fine hattrick toy Norlizah Abdullah gave Singapore Malays a deserving 3-2 win over General Hospital's Nurses In their Division Two women's hockey League match at Balestler Road yesterday. Playing at centre-for-ward, Norlizah showed good stlckwork and read the game well. When Muna Bujay put Nurses
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    • 529 17 Friday |PB-5| Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW ■BMaßaaaCut along dotted lines CLUEB FOR DB-5 I. Can bo useful for loading goods on board ship I. Handod ovsr as a praaant I. Raduca by
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  • 345 18  -  By ALFRED TONG Just m it It traditional for a politician to start hit speech by rattling off statistics, so It la usual for an aficionado to play a guessing game before the start of a tennis tournament. It's called "Gums who'll
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  • 69 18 Hilton Head Island (South Carolina), Friday. AlMlUlllll gtai Irann* Ooolagong announced vesterdsv Aha win quit competition for almost all of next year —to hare a baby. Svonne, S6, and her husband, British bustnmmaa Soctr Cawley, 17, said atthelr resort home hart thai they wars expecting their flm
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  • 487 18 By BRIAN MILLER Trainer Colin Tulloh't Gold Cup candidate, Cinema IX, looked a lively threat to the big guns in Sunday's classic when he did an impressive trial on good going at Bukit Tlmah this morning. With Oeorge Pod more in the saddle, this
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  • 669 19  -  Says Australia's football coach JEFFREY LOW Australian National soccer coach Jim Shoulder is extremely confident that his team will beat Singapore in a friendly clash at the National Stadium on Oct. 22. In fact, Sydney-based Bhoulder thinks that "we should easily beat a weak side like Singapore."
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  • 939 19 T«M Clarke, 28. second choice goalie. Club: Hakoahfestern Suburbs (New South Wsles). Height: iJSm. Weight: 83 kilos. Occupation: Sales rep. International cape: Nine. After touring with the Under-235, he came into prominence during the two matches against Russia last year. Allan Maker, 26, first choice
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  • 379 19 Reuter AP London, Friday If Middlesbrough are to retain the lead they took in the English soccer championship last weekend they may need to break a habit and score away from home tomorrow. Six hours of League football on alien grounds have so far brought them no
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 73 19 THE BORN LOSER by Art Sansom 'HOU DON'T KNOW ME, nwwcro m v*3ZL m 4 W H fli fil 511 50 511 1 9 1 SHORT RIBS SiRE. 1 WAVENtHADA THREE PAYS ?f THAT YOU (?EALLV SHOULD ftTE TO SAT IN THREE DAYS. ISNY OOOD R)R >OUR HEAUH FORCE YOURSELF
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  • 73 20 MEI LIN: How did those employers and trade unionists e o n c lude that elderly Singaporeans are weaker than old people in Japan and the West? AH FOOK: You must admit retiring them at 85 is one way of getting rid of dead wood. Unfortunately, those nearlng
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    • 839 20 SINGAPORE 5 3.99 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE: Goddess of Mercy (r). Part Two of Teochew film. IN DIABY OF EVENTS (C). 4.14 WINDOW (r). Among the Item* In this edition are film showing an Iranian carpet w e a v 1 ng family at work and an Interview
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    • 163 20 Today's top shows DAD'S ARMY: Ring Them Bella. (Ch. 5. 8.55 p.m. in colour). Dad's Army returns to, the screen with more hilarious misunderstandings. Captain MalnwarlnR and his men are asked to assist, much to their dellgnt, In making a film. But they are told to play the role oI
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