New Nation, 29 September 1977

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  • 20 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Thursday, September 29, 1977 No. 2067 Price 25 cents MC. (P) 262/1/77 W "1 I NEW NATION COMMENT
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  • 570 1 -threat by hijackers The JAL DOS sits on the runway at Dacca airport with 156 people* aboard postage by Red Army guerillas Agencies Dacca, Thursday Red Army hijackers holding 156 hostages on a Japan Airlines DC-8 at Dacca Airport said early today they were about to kill
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  • 75 1 AFP Tokyo, Tharsday. The Japanese Government today decided to free the nine Bed Army terrorists Jailed in Japan whose release is being sought by the hijackers of the JAL DC-i plane, now in Dacea, Bangladesh. The decision was notified to the hijackers. At an emergency
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  • 59 1 Reuter London, Thursday Britain'* trades union leadership yesterday criticised government sanctions against companies which break official pay guidelines. Mr. Len Murray, general secretary of the Trades Union congress, told reporters after the monthly meeting of Its general council that this was not the way to persuade
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  • 24 1 The Ministry of the Environment has confirmed a new case of cholera'on Tuesday. The patient, a 25-year-old woman, has recovered and under observation.
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  • 327 1 Reuter Jakarta, Thursday Electronic goods worth 50 million rupiahs ($264,000) which arrived from Singapore addressed to the Australian Embassy here have been seized by Customs at Jakarta International Airport' Embassy spokesman Brett Martin said the goods had never been ordered by the embassy
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    • 10 1 INSIDE JAL crash reports 'XpfetnMi Pages 3, 18 and 19
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 599 2 The Singapore Airlines Group contributed $366.4 million last year to the country's gross domestic product an Increase of 28.5 per cent over that of 1975. I SlA's share of the GDP last year was 2.6 per cent as against 2.3 per cent In
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  • 31 2 Mr. Hon Sul Sen. the Minister (or Finance, who li also MP for Havelock. will officially open the swimming pool at Outram Secondary School on Oct. 15 at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 144 2 Trading was slow and routine-like during the first 45 minutes at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today, with share prices hovering at yesterday's closing levels. Leong Hunt Industries, for days In a bearish spot, went cent higher to 0.98 cents. Seldom-traded Talplng Textiles fell 7V4 cents to 75%
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  • 21 2 The Mobile Blood Bank will be stationed at Raffles Place on Oct. 4 from 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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  • 407 2  -  By Teresa Ooi About 1200 accountancy and business administration students will move into the University of Singapore's new campus at Kent Ridge in July next year. They will Join the 1500 engineering, architecture, and building and estate students who are already studying there.
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  • 232 2 Singapore will change Its stand on Timor if the United Nations resolution on the issue is a "moderate" one, said Foreign Minister S. Rajaratnam last night. "We cannot prejudge the case, but If the resolution is a moderate one we will vote
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  • 178 3 Kuala Lumpur, Thursday Rescue teams searching for survivors and the dead among the wreckage of a Japan Airlines DC-8 plane which ploughed into a hillock on Tuesday, found a greeting card which said: "Goodbye and best of luck. If you
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  • 781 3  -  He phoned his wife in Tokyo and she cried... Survivors of the Japan Airlines DC-8 plane crash talk about their ordeal from their hospital beds... By Terry Ang Kuala Lumpur, Thursday A survivor of the Japan Airlines DC-8
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  • 103 3 Koala Lonpir, Thandajr Former Deputy Minister (Selenee and Technology) Datok Abdullah Ahmad, 19, was lined ***** for having a Browning automatic shotgun and also lined tSN for .having 22 rounds of ammunition after he pleaded guilty In the Senior Session! Court yesterday to two
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    • 76 3 A mellow evening with n» m at r >V* vN 4 t Hotel Malaysia FUNKIEST LIVE SHOW'DISCO t A f and THE GRADE Join in with New Blood and Canadian Club Whisky every Friday evening for exciting contests, fun and games. 1 //hole carton of Canadian Club Whisky to lucky
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  • 310 4 Japanese tourists In Singapore have Increased by more than 40 per cent. Singapore TOurist Promotion Board's statistics showe4 38,868 Japanese tourists came from April to June this year a 41 per cent increase compared with 17,665 for the same period last year. The Increase for
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  • 117 4 Reuter Jakarta, Thursday Chief of the Malaysian Armed Force* General Tan Sri Ibrahim bin Ismail said here yesterday there had been no plan to stage an ASIAN military exercise. "ABKAN member states will hold Joint military exercises on bllateral basis and there has been no
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  • 26 4 The Senior Minister of State (Communications), Mr. Ong Teng Cheong, will open the Rochor Post Office, Block 4, 560 Rochor Road, at 8 o'clock tonight.
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  • 349 4 The school where they use their hands and feet These pictures show two facets of life at Kaki Bukit Primary School—how the pupils use their feet and' their hands. Whenever it rains, pupils have to take oil their shoes and wade through ankle deep water to get into the school.
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  • 57 4 DSP Ylng Yoke Chang, the head of the CID Organised Crime Branch, will leave tomorrow for a 11-week course at the Bramshlll Police College in Britain. The course is for senior police officers and lays ,emphasis on professional and academic areas of command and management. It includes
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  • 38 4 A four-day seminar to expose church clergymen and other leaders of Christian organisations on the seriousness of the drug problem will be held at the Singapore Christian Con f e rence Centre in Changi from Nov. 18.
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  • 304 4  -  By Gerry de Silva The ASEAN Committee on Trade and Tourism started Its meeting yesterday—minus the Philippines de legation who failed to turn up. "We requested a postponement when we found out that the delegation could not make It on time," said an official of the
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  • 252 5 AFP Peking, Thursday A thaw appears to be under way between China and Indonesia, with a report from the official New China News Agency of a meeting on Tuesday between Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua and his Indonesian counterpart Mr. Adam Malik The agency gave
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  • 23 5 Reuter Bangkok, Thursday Thailand's former Prime Minister, Mr. Kukrlt PramoJ, has been' Invited to visit China, Informed sources said here yesterday. Reuter.
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  • 195 5 Manila, Thursday—The Secretary General of the 42-nation Islamic Conference has asked the Philippine government to end "every act of war" against Muslim secessionists In the country's southern provinces following the resumption of hostilities In the fiveyear rebellion. In a cable to President Ferdinand Marcos on
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  • Article, Illustration
    77 5 The swath of destruction... this half aero patch of broken fuselage and sheared trees tells a pin story of the last moments of the JAL plane that crashed on Tuesday evening. The DC-S ploughed through the rubber trees atop a hill at Mmlna Estate in Sun gel
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  • 181 5 UPI Bangkok, Thursday Laotian authorities in a harshly worded diplomatic note have protested against alleged Thai plane and boat attacks, official Vientiane Radio said yesterday. The radio, monitored in Bangkok, said a note delivered yesterday to the Thai Charge d'Affalres in Vientiane, claimed two
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  • 87 5 UPI Jakarta, Thursday. Serious food shortages threaten the existence of nearly 00,000 people in the Krawang District east of Jakarta, reports said yesterday. Local peasants and officials blamed the prevailing situaUon in this traditional surplus area on Insect plagues. According to the Jakarta newspaper Kompas,
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  • 143 5 Bangkok, Thursday The Thai government yesterday banned the carrying of arms in two southern provinces bordering Malaysia foil owing bomb explosions last week at a meeting attended by King Bhumibol AdulyadeJ. The government has ordered the Fourth Army region commander in southern Thailand
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  • 75 5 Reuter Karachi, Thursday Two leaders of the Pakistan people's Party (PPP) which Is led by detained former Prime Minister Zulflkar All Bhutto, were arrested yesterday and sentenced by a military court to 90 days' jail for alleged antl-government Incitement. Abdul Waheed Katpar, former Health Minister of Bind
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  • 236 5 Reuter Peking, Thursday.— A banquet toast In Peking last night confirmed speculation that visiting Premier Pol Pot Is the head of the Kampuchean (Cambodian) Communist Party and his country's leader. Chinese Communist Party Chairman Hua Kuo-feng referred In his toast at a state banquet
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    • 92 5 m* j V MARILYN RIVAS from the Philippines Now at the Act 1 and The Belvedere She has sung in Hong Kong. Performed in Guam. Held her own TV show in Bangkok. Cut records in the Philippines. And now, backed by the Beh Trio, she's here to sing foryou. With
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  • 167 6 Reuter Geneva, Thursday United States and Soviet delegations resumed work yesterday on a new Strategic Anns Limitation (SALT) agreement following Tuesday night's surprise meeting in Washington between President Carter and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Oromyko. It was their first re-' ported plenary session for nearly
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  • 20 6 Bonn, Thursday.—Weat Oerman Economics Minister Hans Priderlcha told Parliament yeaterday he would resign from the government on Oct 7.
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  • 343 6 AP UPI Salisbury, Thursday Rhodesia announced last night it had Invited the United Nations and Britain to send representatives to Salisbury to discuss key points of the latest AngloAmerlcan peace proposals for the embattled territory. An unexpected statement from the white minority govern ment •aid on*
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  • 88 6 Reuter Zurich, Thursday The Central Telephone Exchange In Bwltserland's largest city broke down here under a storm of calls when a newspaper offered 13 free two-week tripe to the US, post office officials said "STtfe main Iw blew, putting the automatic exchange out of action, when an
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  • 148 6 UPI Paris, Thursday The Chinese who knifed and seriously wounded American businessman Richard Talmadge In Peking earlier this month was executed on Monday, the Paris dally Le Monde reported yesterpublished a dispatch from Its own correspondent In Peking quoting diplomatic sources. Le Monde said the attacker's name
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  • 124 6 AFP London, Thursday Britons are fascinated by the more lurid aspects of sex and the British Press has more sexual content than any press elsewhere In the world, a leading US sexologist said here yesterday. Professor Sol Gordon of Syracuse University In New York
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  • 42 6 Reuter Madrid, Thursday. Bpain's Minister for Parliamentary Relations, Mr. Ignado Camunaa, resigned yesterday, dramatising conflict within the ruling shouts of "Government resign" and "Army to power" marred the funeral of a police capjfti" shot by urban guerillas op Tuesday •--■R«uter.
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  • 197 6 Ruter Wsshlngton, Thursday The Securities and Exchange Commission (SBC) yesterday charged four shareholders of Washington's Diplomat National Bank, Including Indicted Korean buslnessmsn Tongsun Park, with violating anti-fraud provisions of the securities laws. The SBC said the violations were committed by Charles Kim, the Bank's Chairman.
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  • 167 6 UPI TODAY l« Thursday, Sept. 29, the 272 nd day of 1877 with 93 to follow. THE MOON U moving towards Its last quarter. THE MORNING BTABB are Mercury, Venus, Mars, J up 11 er and Saturn. THESE are no evening stars. Those born on this date are under
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  • 37 6  -  D.J. Dyer, last year's "Brain of Britain", has been anajble to find a Job for 20 months. Tom, a 44-year-old former teacher, says people dent want to employ someone more lntfingent than themsplves. DJ.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 279 6 Ah Fook and Mei Lin i i EK f 4 > V\\5I P s s\. Ah Fook: Horror movies frighten people to death. Mei Lin: And they pay to be frightened! Ah Fook: Filem-filem seram amat menakutkan orang. Mei Lin: Dan mereka membayar untuk ditakutkan! FOOTNOTE: Chinese it a tend
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  • 375 7 Reuter AFP United Nations, Thursday Egyptian Foreign Minister ismael Fahmy yesterday rejected the Americansponsored plan for overcoming the profa 1 e m of Palestine Liberation Organisation representation in Middle £ast peace talks. Addressing the UN General Assembly, he said Egypt disapproved of any formula
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  • 353 7 Reuter Tel Aviv, Thursday Jewish ultranationalists, pressing to spread their settlements over captured Arab territory, appeared to have suffered a setback yesterday following their first open clash with the government of Prime Minister Menachem Begin. During the night, Israeli soldiers arrested
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  • 179 7 Reuter Washington, Thursday Weary senators yesterday failed during a marathon session lasting 22 hours 13 minutes to break a deadlock over President Carter's energy programme. Taking occasional naps on beds set up outside the chamber, they went through the longest filibuster for 13 years
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  • 40 7 AFP Jakarta, Thursday—A written permit of the Defence Minister is now necessary for any Defence Ministry official going aboard for any purpose. The regulation, which came into effect on Monday, is applicable to both military and non-military ofllcfaisT
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  • 139 7 Reuter Upper Sher 1 n g ham (England), Thursday It is the soil beneath their feet that makes the villagers here live longer than their fellow Englishmen, according to a doctor who has been studying them. Dr. David Davles, a pathologist at a London hospital, says
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  • 147 7 UPI Beirut, Thursday Palestinian anti-aircraft gunners took pot shots at Israeli Jets flying over southern Lebanon yea-' terday marring a three-day-old cease-fire, according to witness reports. A Norwegian television cor re spondent and a Lebanese earner am an said Palestinian gunners near the town or Nabatiyeh,
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  • Article, Illustration
    91 7 Sydney, Thar*d*y A cheering crowd of over 10,9 M people weleomed the London to Sydney car rally driven at the end of the marathon journey at the Sydney Opera House yesterday. The drivers were riven s civic reception snd were praised hy the Lord Mayor, Alderman Leo Tort,
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  • 211 7 Reuter Moscow, Thursday The Soviet Union yesterday published details of a resolution on preventing the risk of nuclear war which it has drafted for submission to the current United Nations uenerai Assembly session. The proposed resolution includes a call for all countries
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  • 423 8 The attempt by soft-drink bottlers to raise prices has not entirely fizzled out in the face of a threat by the NTUC to organise a massive boycott. They reportedly decided to postpone an Increase after conferring with one another during Tuesday's meeting with NTUC,
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  • 155 8 whispers £§> By t ISPY s. i y A colleague who had been constantly telling stories about the big one Chat got away finally landed a 4*kg fish which won him the first prise In the Sennett Estate community centre pond fishing competition last week. But he was
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  • 1111 8 Workers may get the axe as confectioneries face a tight squeeze Confectionery manufacturers are steeped In gloom, faced with plunginj exports, higher sugar prices and severe competition. This article first appeared In Singapore Business, September issue. It may be sweet to the tastebuds but the makers of
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  • 477 8 (BANGKOK 1 SSL— 7 V VOICE OF THE PRESS Headline: A common ASEAN language. The recent suggestion by the Malaysian Minister for Culture that the foundations should be laid for the creation of one language with an ASEAN identity (needless to say, Malay) to be widely
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  • 778 9  -  Student dissatisfactions: The "provisional parliament" set up by Indonesian student leaders was openly ridiculed by the authorities. But student unrest in the country is no laughing matter. New Nation discusses the significance of the latest agitations and what it can mean to Indonesia's political stability. By
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  • 589 9  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times Every day you near more and more stories about credit companies and computers invading people's privacy. The last one I heard has to do with my friends, the Sheldons. Mrs. Sheldon went Into a store to purchase some
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 306 9 «pi CHINESE CERAMICS EXHIBITION The Singapore Chinese Merchandfee lmp.& Exp. Association The Singapore Chinaware Merchants Association China's eggibell porcelain ii the unique porcelainware only produced in Chintechen of Kiangsi. The material used to make the eggshell porcelain i< a type of special day of high purity and finances with some
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  • trend 1 EDITED BY SYLVIA LEOW
    • 386 10  -  Violet Con speaks to Irene Yeh, expert on Cantonese and Peking cuisine. Violet Oon Good Cantonese cooking creates the type of food which poets rave about, according to Mrs. Irene Yeh, retired Chinese schoolteacher and author of a cookbook. She demonstrated three simple dishes for this column.
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    • 1061 10 Slew Neap (Cantonese Roast Duck) >> 1 duck weighing about 3.25 kg 'Milled', V"pun choy ngap" In Cantonese, 2 to 3 slices skinned ginger, 5 shallots, peeled, 5 small cloves garlic, peeled. 1 teaspoon salt. Content* A 2 tablespoons light soya bean sauce, l tablespoon soya
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    • 686 11  -  by Sylvia Leow "And do you know, she's wearing contact lens!" words said In a shocked tone. Those were the days when nice girls did not wear cantact, lens. Dubious beauty aids they were. You either continued to peer myoplcally at your surroundings
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    • Article, Illustration
      236 11  -  T r =3 Bargains Jennifer Schoun Kitchen gadgets always intrigue, but there are so many available at supermarkets that the mind boggles. The more ardent kitchen worker will end up acquiring at least a couple. This week we feature some of the more unusual ones, to add to
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    • 135 11 m »i IX iff '*%< 4 i a l, Nitdmin Eir F T0 New York S, 'OfTU** o, Creme I This luxurious moisturising creme, super sat urated with 14,000 units of Vitamin E moistens, i softens and beautifies all skin types. It's great for problem skin, rough-dry zones, lines, wrinkles
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 322 11 Puzzles, riddles, crosswords, jokes to share? We pay $5 for every contribution. The address is Kids Only, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, Singapore 1. Don't forget to add your name, age and address. 1. Which is the odd one out? asks 11 -yearold Tan Wie Loon of 57, Trevose Crescent,
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  • 89 12 Business News and Views Reuter Paris, Thursday shipping expert* ended a two-day meeting here with Japanese and European delegates in persistent disagreement on how to measure shipbuilding output, conference sources said yesterday. Delegates attending the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) shipbuilding working party
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  • 488 12 —Reuter. Washington, Thursday Fears were expressed here yesterday about the possibility of lagglpg economic growth and more unemployment In the world, and West Germany said that, some of Its weaker partners must do more to help. During the third day of the International Monetary Fund
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  • 244 12 HERMAN LUDWIG, an international freight forwarder, has chosen Singapore as the base for the co-or-dination of Its regional airfreight activities in South-east Asia. It has appointed MR. RALF WITTENBURG and MR. RICHARD TAY as manager and deputy manager respectively. MR. LOW TEO PING has Joined the United
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  • 161 12 Reuter New York, Thursday— The director of the Congressional Budget Office yesterday predicted that the economy would expand by 4-5 per cent, adjusted for Inflation, In the second half of 1977. Mrs Alice M. Rlvlln told a luncheon sponsored by the Conference Board, a
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  • 319 12 Agencies Brussels, Thursday The American dollar closed generally lower yesterday and gold gained more than one us dollar to finish the day at a two-year high. The price of gold went up US$l.25 In London to U*****,875 an ounce and US$l.2O In Zurich to U*****,125. These were the
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 179 12 The Dow Jones Industrial average fell to a 21month low yesterday and the market finished mixed as institutional Investors maue portfolio adjustments. Trading was moderate. Dow Jones down nearly two points at the outset and ahead three points In the early afternoon lost l.is points to 834.72, the
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    • 34 12 UPI Dow Jones closing averages on the Mew York Btock Exchange yesterday: SO Industrials 834.73 (off 1.13), 30 transport 313.38 (up 0.19), 10 utilities 113.18 (up 0.33), 88 stocks 380.99 toff 0.03).
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    • 191 12 AFP Leading brokerage houses stepped up buying, heartened by a bullish Investor sentiment, sending prices higher for the second day running on the Tokyo stock market yesterday. The Dow-Jones average of 225 leading industrials rose 37.46 yen to a three-week high of 5,222.45 yen. The com- poslte Tokyo Stock
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    • 97 12 Closing pricc* at UJO ajn. toaay i Australian tune) on toe Hyaney atoc*. lucnangv: ACI 108 ltfO ADC 10 3a Anipol m 57 68 Am 130 136 Ai-M 112 113 Bank NSW *03 nil Brambles 147 163 BHP 633 nil Boral 336 330 CBA 373 280 C8B 293 203
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    • 72 12 Reuter Closing prices in francs on the Pub Bourse rwterdu: Puttee 173 +i JO FOncier 39S -4.8© I Prln temps MM JO Bull 30 50 unch Royal Dutch 273.50 —2.50 Mchelin 1380 5 C.QJC. 291 1 Thornton 188 2 C.F.P. 106.20 .20 Rhone 59 1 AIR 295.90 .10 B.8.N.
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    • 70 12 Union Bank of Switzerisland Closing prices on th£ Zurich Stock Ifcchange yesterday UBS Bearer 3230 5 UBS Registered 586 SBC 396 +2 Credit SUlne 3390 5 Swissair B. S40 +28 Swiss aetasur. 3675 Wlnterthur B. 3075 —1» Zurich msur. 7590 1 Anna B. 335 3 Nestle B. 3575 —J>
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 190 12 "V HI it ill i» iiilM ACROSS 1 Winter vehicle 5 Cook Hit and rebound 14 Neap or ebb 15 Hoarfrost 16 Hippodrome 17 Breakfast dish 18 Dhrm'i song 19 Ancient kingdom natlves 30 At any price r S3 Like aebras 94 Israeli airline 2ft Sign of agreement 3« Pol
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  • SIGHT & SOUND A New Nation Feature
    • 786 13 When It comes right down to it, what is the determining factor in the reproduction of fine stereo? It is the ability to deliver source sound with purity and fidelity. In the F5 Matching Stereo Component System, Sanyo has outdone Itself to provide „a system
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    • 541 14 Cassette tapes have grown so much in popularity that some believe they will eventually replace records, although It seems a remote possibility at this stage. Sophisticated technology has resulted in highly versatile tapes which incorporate new features to ensure reproduction of the original sound.
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    • 758 15 Keeping records clean is one of my chores because a large part of my reportorlal work involves listening to records. It has become almost a weekend ritual, but I still can't cope with vm collection of close to 4500 long-playing records. However, cleaning
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    • 396 15 inner sleeve, sometimes made of paper especially those imported from the United States, and sometimes made of vinyl. However, paper sleeves are not the ideal packaging because they leave pulp dust on the record, even newly-purchased ones. It would be wise to invest in those vinyl
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    • 858 17 Just what is it that makes music played on a good sound system so pleasurable? For one thing, there's the extended range at both the high and low ends. It lends weight and conviction to the bass and brings out the upper part of the
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    • 633 18 / 19  -  Report: Terry Ang The Elmina rubber plantation In the Sungei Btuoh valley was covered In darkness. All was quiet Just 27 km away at subang international Airport, the 111-fated Japan Air lines DC-8 with 79 passengers and crew on boardf circled overhead for a second Ume. Suddenly
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    • 119 18 / 19 The Imo Air Lines <JAL) DC-I Jetliner that crashed near Kislt Lampnr en Tuesday killing M people with a farther If mlsslnf was the airline's fifth fatal acel- x dent since flights started in IMI. All 17 people aboard a Martin Zs2 turboprop on a domestic
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    • 1111 20 Turntables and tuners can generally be regarded as rather "passive" sound sources they cqn only reproduce commercially recorded or broadcast sound. Tape equipment allows the listener to participate "actively" in the selection and even creation of music programmes. This great advantage, together with the
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    • 531 21 Setron formed 12 years ago, has a network of companies throughout South east Asia, manufacturing a wide range of products for the world market In addition to the manufacture of the whole range of television sets, both black and white and
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    • 360 22 Setton is an entirely new brand of audio product* utilising the very best of Trench, American, Japanese and British technology, around the leadership of Jack Setton, Harold Weinberg, Alain Cousin, Bernard Bertuol and Toshlro Yasamura. Today, Action's research team Is made up of over
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    • 339 22 Higher technology, improved methods of production and research andv studies in. hi-fi equipment have produced better quality sound transmission systems and enabled muslclovers to enjoy music almost anywhere and at anytime they like. Thus, yon can 'have music as you travel A cassette or cartridge stereo
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    • 1636 23 Other than an exclamatory remark, the word "wow" wouldn't mean much to the average chappie in the street. He would oe equally confusd by such terms as Impedance, anti-skatlng, bias, capacitor, channel separation, compliance, cross over frequency, polarity, rumble and suchlike superfluous-Bounding words. As'
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    • 452 24 Klark Teknlk, a firm specialising on equalisers for recording studios and broadcasting stations throughout the world has now added a professional preamplifier to their line of products. For the first time cross-talk in the phono input section has achieved with over 80db separation. Although it
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    • 353 24 The Dayton Wright electrostatic speakers are the only fourth generation electrostatic speaker manufactured in the world today. The speakers are ft-, nished in black and rosewood and stand 41 Inches tall to 39 Inches wide and 9} Inches deep. It Is a full range electrostatic speakers without
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    • 787 25 Among the most outstanding beltdrive turntables is the name Stanton which incorporates three exclusive features. Only Stanton Turntables have Oyropolse the patented frictionless magnetic suspension bearing- The "Oyropolse magnetic suspension features two opposing magnets which create a magnetic "bearing" on which
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    • 761 26 Colour television has become Increasingly popular because it brings increased viewing pleasure into the house, especially with more and more programmes telecast in colour. Many homes have relegated their black and white seta Into "second sets". They are normally placed
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    • 628 27 DEBEG GMBH, a subsidiary of AEGTelefunken and SIEMENS AG, the oldest German company specialising in marine electronics, was founded in Berlin in 1911. Prior to 1914 the company had Installed and was operating over 500 maritime radio stations. Since 1945 DEBBG has equipped maritime radio
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    • 821 28 When four-channel stereo arrived In the Singapore audio market, there was such a rave over it that everyone was talking quadraphonic. On the lips of hl-fl enthusiasts were such lavish praises as "I'm going to replace my two-channel with the latest quadraphonic equipment." "What a
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    • 723 29 Long before man understood the principles of acoustics (the science of sound), he was able to' exploit natural phenomena to achieve equalisation of sound. Archeoioglata have found indications, within a great dome-shaped cavern, that it was once Inhabited by a prehistoric
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    • 580 30 Let the day roll pn, let the sun go down, let music take him wherever he wants to go. The entire-orches-tra unfolds Inside his mind. The strings take him up and away. The polished power of the brass virtually explodes, woodwind vibrations tingle his body.
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    • 265 30 Modular, compact sound systems have been around for 10 years or so, but their popularity has gained Impetus only In the last couple of years. These high quality systems have found their way Into the budget-con-scious homes. One reason Is that in this age of
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 236 13 Highlights in this 16-page New 4 Nation supplement are: Touchstone of true sound reproduction Page 17 A 'iirst" for Singapore in radio-cassette technology Page 21 The turntable that's a "true rarity" Page 22 The Why's and How's of sound response Page 29 Speakers for pure listening pleasure Page 30 Arriving
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 156 14 SILVER produces quality sounds faithfully. THE SILVER STBOB has just arrived in Singapore! Hear It. You'll love it. You'll buy it off the shelf. A power-packed sound machine that'll surely please all discerning ears. Radio- cassette and tape recorder in one. Latest sound technology in this beautifullydesigned music box. Makes
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    • 99 14 Feast your ears If you're starving for great sound, it's time to more up to MAGNEPLANAftS. Our technical features will turn even ordinary ears into audio gourmets. We give you: woofer, tweeter, diaphragm and voice grids all in the same plane for excellent phase response. 500 square inch midrange/ bass
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    • 148 14 i HERE'S HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR HI-FI SYSTEM WITHOUT SPENDING A CENT Would you tike to know of a way to fine tnno four equipment to achieve milw ioak Ml* nitioa «wt aiaiaai distortion, etpedally at the inner groove* of records? Would you want to mitt this opportunity etpedaUy when
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    • 103 15 SHARP IN TUNE WITH THE FUTURE r: SiawMusit Cmm UieMmttk i-inrl \\ith the Hi-H m -j "\z r V tfK ..•a 309 X 3-in-1 M W/SWI /SW2/FM-Stereo 4-band tuner amplifier with 4-track 2-channel Stereo cassette tape deck, Record player. Match log 2-way dynamic speaker system. ■MS''. *V"-' »:A: m iXJT*
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  • SPORT STARTS HERE
    • 277 31 jßJsqu^ Reuter Perth, Thursday Australia's world squash champion, Geoff Hunt, took only 30 minutes to eliminate 8 i n g apore Open champion Rahim Qui and advance to the quarter finals of the Beneficial Classic here last night. Although Oul, a Pakistani based In Singapore, matched
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    • 404 31  -  BOWLING by Brian Miller In recent months, controversies within the Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress have been cropping up with amazing regularity, leaving an ugly stigma on the organisation and the sport In Singapore. The worst of the lot Is the "big psych" Involving Ruby Chang sod Irene
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    • 349 31 A tournament with a difference will be launched next week by the Jackie's Bowl Group. Known as the "Mafic 140-game" competition, this unique event will be open to all bowlers Irrespective of their averages with the hope of attracting the lower-average bowlers. The
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    • 458 32 Ponggol fight back to make 3rd round PRESIDENT S CUP SOCCER] Three late goals enabled Ponggol Constituency SC to brush aside the challenge of Kampong Java FC by 4-1 in their President's Cup tie at Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Third Division Kampong Java did well to
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    • 271 32  -  MM Table- tennis TONY KOH Lim Beng Ouan, one of the favourites for the men's singles title In the Junior table tennis championships, last night brushed aside his second and third round opponents with straight set victories at Chung Cheng High School. Bene Ouan,
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    • 521 32  -  I£9 Rugby By PHILIP TAN The Singapore rugby team for the Malaysian Rugby Union (MRU) Cup semi-final with Selangor on Saturday have chalked up four "firsts." Prop forward Song Koon Poh will be captaining the team for the first time. Natahar Bava, in his first year
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    • 100 32 JPUpfennis Reuter San Francisco, Thursday Seeded players Manuel Aran tea, Harold Solomon, Stan Smith and Phil Dent scored firstround wins as expected here last night In the U*****,000 (about *****,000) Transamerica Open tennis tournament. Orantes beat American Tim Oullllkson 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, Solomon defeated John'.
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    • 798 33  -  LIM KEE CHAN, whose world heavyweight fight predictions since 1974 have all been accurate, says of tonight's Big Fight... LIM KEE CHAN Ear n i e Shavers wop't hurt Muhammad Ali more than George Foreman, Oscar Bonavena or Ron Lyle did when
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    • 163 33 Rugby Reuter Gloucester, (England), Thursday The US Eagles Rugby Union team soared to victory In the opening match of their short tour of England, beating a Civil Service XV IS points to six here last night. It was the first time the American National side
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    • 297 33 jj^^Cricket GRIEG'S COMPLAINT Reuter London, Thursday England cricketer Ton* Grieg yesterday complained that Test players' wives could only spend 21 nights witn them on tour. "We are human beings and expect to be treated as sueh," the former England captain told the High Court here
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    • 137 34 K3 Soccer UPI Paris, Thursday Three-time winner Ajax of Amsterdam salvaged their soccer pride in front of their fans yesterday reach the second --round of the European Champions Cup at the expense of Norwegian part-tim-ers Lilies troem. The Dutch masters, trailing 0-2 from the first-leg
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    • 276 34 AFP IDBORAN COP At Wroclaw: Slaak WrocUv a Lmkl Spartak Sofia 3. LmU Bpartak H on ■oregal*. At iCocnelMnilail- Ijich: Borusela uocnchcngladbach 1 Vuaa Budapest 1. ISosnchongladbach 4-1 on aggregate. At Innsbruck: sSw Innsbruck 0 Basel (Switzerland) 1. Innabruek Mon aggregate. At SUgo: BUgo Boven 0 Bed Star Belgrade
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    • Article, Illustration
      356 34  -  Serjit (work commitments) and Sandra (exams) opt out of SEA Games squad $3 Athletics By PHILIP TAN Serjit Singh, the top middle and long distance athlete In Singapore, is out of the South East Asia Games because he failed to submit his entry form in time. Singapore Amateur Athletic
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    • 115 34 Reuter Bonn, Thursday. A former West German sprint champion told a parliamentary committee on sport here yesterday that the West German women's 4 x IN metres relay team at the Montreal Olympics took anakohe steroids. The team won the silver medal, coming second to East Germany.
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      540 34 Teng Cheong, Junie show class Swimming Khoo Teng Cheong looks set for a gold In the 1500 m freestyle swimming event at the South East Asia Games in November. And so does diminutive swimming sensation Junle Sng in the 200 metres freestyle. Both set new records In their events
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 491 32 Thursday NEW NATION Cut out and pin with ether coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address N.R.I.C. No: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW iaa mM*Cut along dotted linos CLUKS FOR EZ-4 1. One of many In the night eky 2. When H*a almost done, a tow
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    • 476 33 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you have been gifted by, perhaps, an embarrassment of riches where talents are concerned. As a result. It may be extremely difficult for you to settle on a single career. You may find yourself well Into middle age before you are
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    • 720 35  -  A childhood fantasy has just been lost Sonny Yap 800-hoo. This is the sound of anguish made by characters in comic strips. This was also the %ound heard in a Queenstown flat last Thursday evening when Its source collapsed in a heap in his deckchalr
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    • 212 35 Amid hugs. Hues and a few tear*, Lim Siauw Chong, the tenor in Talentime winners. Vintage, left for London last Thursday. Siauw Chong, 23, will be away for four years, at the end of which he hopes to realise one of two ambitions: to
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 616 35 In and around town TALK on learning Chinese as a second language by Mr. Lee Shaw Chang at Bennett community centre at 8 p.m. The talk Is In English. Admission Is free. NIGHT MARKETS: Clementl Road. Commonwealth Avenue, Jalan Eunos, Macpherson Road and Lorong Chuan. Time: 8.30 p.m: to 10
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    • 866 35 At the cinema THE DEEP: Based on several train robberies the novel by Peter Ben- Involving his clients' chley. Three people go In search of sunken treasure and meet with unspeakable terror on the ocean's bed. Stars Robert Shaw. Jacqueline gold. Stars Bud Spencer and Terence Hill. Rex: 1.30, 4.
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  • 30 36 AH FOOK: Was the JAL crtuh a miracle or tragedy? MEI LIN: Well, It depends on whether you are a survivor or a family member of the dead.
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    • 856 36 TV M AND RADIO C SINGAPORE 5 J I Ml OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS fol- lowed by The Beverly Hillbillies: Hired Qun (r). Sitcom. 1.50 D1ABY OF EVENTS (O US EIGHT HEROES Or SHOU LIN (r). Mandarin serial. ttJ?2W5fi5S N ANNOUNOBMENT8 followed by Lassie: fly «.MTSW8 I |N BRIEF "MT II N
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    • 243 36 Today's top shows 1 WONDER WOMAN: The Last of the Two Dollar Bills. (Ch. 5 at 7.45 p.m. in colour). Wonder Woman thwarts a treacherous plan to destroy the country's economy. Quest appearances by James Olson, Barbara Anderson and David Cryer. YOUTH. (Ch. 8 at 7.10 p.m. In colour). Presented
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