New Nation, 4 November 1977

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    Masthead
    21 1 New Nation Singapore: Friday, November 4, 1977 No. 2098 Price 25 cents M C (P) 262/1/77 NEW (0) NATION COMMENT i
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  • Article
    Lock icon UN slaps historic ban on Vorster
    221 1 UPI United Nations, Friday The UN security council will meet today officially to impose a mandatory arms embargo against Premier John Vorster's apartheid regime the first time it has evpr voted sanctions against a UN member state. Diplomatic sources said the vote will be
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    Lock icon Oil drums explode as fire sweeps city shops
    119 1 More than 50 firemen were thb morning battling to save a row of ■hophouses when a fire broke oat at f, motor workshop and warehouse at Palmer Rpad, off Shenton Way. At press time, two houses and the motor wo r k
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    Lock icon 20 held in Thailand
    42 1 AFP Bangkok, Friday Thai military authorities In eastern Prachln Burl province are holding 20 Cambodians suspected of being spies, official sources reported yesterday. The Cambodians were arrested In four Tillages about 300 kilometres east of Bangkok on Wednesday—AFP.
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    Lock icon Indira stoned at demo
    243 1 AFP New Delhi, Friday Former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was stoned by hostile demonstrators yesterday in Karnataka state, southern India, Samachar News Agency reported here. She was slightly hurt below her right ear. Mrs Oandhl, on a tour of the state during her political comeback
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    Lock icon Archbishop to be freed
    63 1 Reuter Vatican City, FridayGreek Catholic Archbishop Hllarlon Capuccl, serving a 12-year sentence tor smuggling arms to Palestinian guerillas, will be leaving Israel fof Rome In the next 48 hours. Informed Vatican sources said last night. The archbishop, whose health Is understood to have suffered In prison,
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    STOCK MARKET
    225 2 KShar« price* Unproved nerally further during >e first 46 minute* of moderately active trading this morning at the Stock Exchange of Singapore. But Nanyang Press came under profit-taking. Nanyang which has been a hot Issue since It was first listed on Monday, saw reduced activity and lost two
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    Insurance firms yield to doctors' demand
    293 2  -  By K.K. Fong Insurance companies have given in to doctors' demand for higher fees for medical check-ups of prospective policy holders. The 16 life Insurance firms are now paying between 830 and $35 for nvery medical examination, previously they paid only $25. An official
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    Xmas cards
    39 2 Christmas cards of six different designs will be sold by the Spastic Children's Association of Singapore at 30 cents each. The cards are on sale at the association 6 remises, 25 Gllstead oad. For details ring *****.
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    US happy with $ drop, he says
    338 2 US happy with drop, he says The Carter administration Is "happy" with the decline of the US dollar, a local economist said yesterday. This Is because the drop in value wllj give the US a relative export advantage against Japan which has a record trade surplus this year, he said.
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    Nasir off to Mecca
    94 2 National footballer Nasir Jalii left early today on a chartered Singapore Airlines' Jumbo on a pilgrimage to Mecca. The 21-year-old Farrer Park United striker recently withdrew from the national squad for the coming South-Bast Asia Games to make the pilgrimage. Also on the BIA flight were
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    Photo salon
    44 2 The Photographic Society of Nanyang University will hold its 16th international student salon of photography In March 1978. The salon is open to all students around the world and is divided into sections for black and white, colour prints and colour slides.
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    S'pore man goes Down Under, works down under
    233 2  -  By Richard Ho Former Singapore storekeeper Gregory Shimmen has made good on board a Royal Australian Navy submarine. Since Joining the RAN 10 years ago when he migrated to Australia, he has worked his way up from a recruit to leading seaman
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    Club dinner
    21 2 The Singapore Hilton Hotel apart* club will hold Its annual dinner and dance at the hotel grand ballroom tonight.
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    Six years in the writing —Thio's adventures
    544 3  -  'Because I have a photographic memory, I can visualise people and places and tell it as it is' By Teresa Ooi Dr Thlo Chan Bee, ex-poli-tician and distinguished educationist, spent six years writing his book, Extraordinary Adventures of an Ordinary Man. "I was
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    Dance Co.
    32 3 The National Theatre Dance Company and not the National Theatre cultural troupe, as reported In yesterday's New Nation, will perform at the South-east Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur this month.
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    Raja to open conference
    153 3 Foreign Minister S. Rajaratnam, will open an International conference on economic relations between West Asia and South-east Asia on Nov 14. The two-day conference at Bhangrl-la Hotel 11 being organised by the Institute of South-east Asian Studies. The conference Is to exchange views of common concern,
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    Law course
    21 3 The Metropolitan YMCA will conduct a 10sesskm course on Business Law from Nov 14. Far more details ring *****66.
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    Scrub, scrub headache for homes
    427 4  -  Jurong residents complain of black smoke By Richard Adhikari Some flat dwellers in Boon Lay Drive, Jurong are complaining that their furniture and washing are being stained by grime. They claim that this is due to black smoke from the Jurong power station and a
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    14,000 essential service calls a month
    135 4 The Housing Board's Essential Maintenance Service Unit receives 14,000 calls a month, twice the number In 1073 when It merged with the former lift emergency unit. The unit, handles complaints on breakdown of lift, electricity and water supply. Members of the unit operate from
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    Lock icon Manila calls for clubs to boost ASEAN trading
    167 4 Reuter Manila, Friday The Philippine* yesterday called on ASEAN member countries to form commodity clubs to help boost the new preferential regional trading arrangement. The call was Issued by Trade Secretary Troadlo Qulazon Jr. In his address at the third conference and
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    Xmas sale
    39 4 A Christmas sale of work will be held at the Church of Bt. Francis Xavler in Serangoon Garden Estate on Sunday, from 7 a m to noon. Decoupage, clothes, macrame Items and food will be on sale.
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    'Interference Aussies' charge
    352 4 Militant trade unions In Australia and New Zealand are interfering In Fiji's Internal affairs by Influencing Fijian trade unionists. Mohammed Ramzan. FIJI Minister of Commerce and Industry, said here yesterday. He cited the example of a dock strike In FIJI four months ago, when many ships had
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    Lock icon Bonn official for S'pore visit
    91 4 AFP The West Qerman Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs HUdecard Hamm Bruecher, will atop over In Singapore during her tour of South-east Asian countries from Not 8 to 22. The tour Is aimed at strengthening political, economic and cultural relations with countries In
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    Lock icon Hanoi turns to the West
    433 5 Vietnam steps up activity on economic front AFP Hanoi, Friday Vietnam is turning more and more towards a many-sided cooperation with the Western world. This has not hindered It from keeping wellbalanced and close relations with Its two traditional allies, who have become mutual enemies,
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    Lock icon Russia gags Red Spanish chief
    385 5 Reuter Moscow, Friday Spanish Communist Party chief Santiago Carrillo said last night he had been barred from speaking at a Kremlin rally yesterday apparently because Soviet officials considered his planned address too militantly "Euro- communists." Mr. Carrillo. one of the arch-exponents of the moderate brand
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    Lock icon Set up a world court to try hijackers—Romulo
    199 5 Reuter Manila, Friday Philippines Foreign Secretary Carlos P. Romulo has called for the establishment of a world criminal court to try international bandits, particularly hijackers. The official Philippines news agency said he made the proposal on Wednesday to the United Nations special
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    Lock icon Carter still not decided on that trip
    202 5 Reuter Washington, Friday President Carter is still trying to decide if he should carry out, change or drop plans to undertake a nine-nation toUr beginning on Nov 22, White House Press Secretary Jody Powell said yesterday. A Boston newspaper, the Herald American, quoted
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    Lock icon Man dies in plane
    56 5 UPI Belgrade, Friday A passenger died yesterday when air pressure fell in the cabin of an Israeli El A 1 Jumbo jet flying over Yugoslavia, police said. The El A 1 Boeing 747 was on a flight from Tel Aviv to New York via Amsterdam. Officials
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    Lock icon Why the dollar value dropped —expert
    483 6 AP Tokyo, Friday Japan's failure to correct Its huge trade surplus is the main reason for the US dollar's rapid drop In value against the yen, according to one of Japan's top foreign exchange experts. Mr. Ichlno Takeuchi, a Bank of Tokyo counsellor, also
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    Ah Fook and Mei Lin
    112 6 Ah Fook: I was late for work agbin today, the boss was not happy Mai Lin: You must have run out of excuses now. I you cW!aap shanqsl hem Vx ilfl. A 3 n v/*- Ni XiaOMi* S. JZ- A *P(\s o.„ > zo\ we
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    Lock icon Tokyo paper raps US 'indifference'
    204 6 AP Tokyo, Friday The "Yomlurl Shlmbun, one of Japan's mass-circula-tion dally newspapers, has attacked as "irresponsible and dangerous" the Carter administration's "indifference" to the fate of the declining dollar. "The US should take action to stabilise its currency. And this is not Just the desire
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    Lock icon Two more Pakistan editors arrested
    120 6 Reuter Islamabad, Friday Two more newspaper editors have been arrested by Pakistan's martial law regime, bringing the number in custody to four, reliable sources said yesterday. Mr Syed Badruddin, editor of the Lahore edition of Musawat, and Mr Safar Lodhi, editor of the Rawalpindi newspaper
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    Lock icon Hijacking: Pilots' strike held in abeyance
    177 6 Reuter United Nations, Friday The International Federation of Air Line Pll o 18' Associations (IFALPA) announced last night that a walkout It had threatened In protest against aircraft hijacking was beng "held In abeyance." A 48-hour pilots' strike had originally been set to begin
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    Lock icon Congress 'yes' to N-bomb, cruise missile
    193 6 UPI Washington, Friday— Congress yesterday gave President Carter authorisation to go ahead with development of the neutron bomb and the cruise missile. The Senate passed a U*****.4 million ($1143.3 million) supplemental defence authorisation Bill and a US$2.6 billion military energy authorisation measure which also
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    Lock icon TODAY
    117 6 UPI TODAV is Friday, Nov. 4, the 308 th day of 19 <7 with 57 to follow. IHE MOON is between its last quarter and new phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mars, Venus. Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STAR is Mercury. Those born on this date are under the
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    53 6 Reuter Tel Aviv, Friday A Bedouin from the Israeli-occupied southern Sinai has been fined three camels after illegally catching lobsters. Officials of the Nature Preservation Society last month caught Eid Umm Rarik with a sackful of large lobs'era, a protected species which fetch high prices in Israel's
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      192 6 WORLD WEATHER Rome Sunny, 1019C. Headline: Christian Democratic regional councilman shot 11 times. London Showers, 1011C. Headline: Power men threaten even more cuts If today's talks fail. Paris Cloudy, 14-BC. Headline: French troops for Africa. New York Cloudy, 12-16 C. Headline: Brezhnev, in a shift, says he would halt civil
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    Lock icon Vorster backs down on 'hated symbol'
    388 7 Reuter UPI Pretoria, Friday Prime Minister John Vorster yesterday agreed to abolish "passbooks" for black South Africans, probably the most hated symbol of apartheid, in a move aimed at reducing racial friction. He also agreed that blacks working In white areas may bring their
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    Lock icon When PoWs may talk to the enemy
    189 7 Reuter Washington, Friday President Carter. yesterday announced that Americans taken prisoner in future wars need not feel they had betrayed their country If they give their captors information under torture. With the brainwashing and coercion of the Korean War in mind, the President
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      203 7 VTIAGEN the great breakthrough cultured milk drink. Vitagen is a unique milk-based drink for young and old. Years of scientific research led to the successful cultivation of Lactobacillus Acidophilus, the beneficial bacteria (LB Factor). Vitagen helps to improve intestinal function. Refrigerate Vitagen to retain its true nourishment and value. 1
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    Delay on the house
    478 8 We have heard a lot about unscrupulous housing developers. This week we are told about unscrupulous home buyers who exploit laws designed to protect them, thereby squeezing money from housing developers who claim they are already In a tight spot because of the depressed market. There
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      Missing mother
      42 8 A colie&fue arrived at work one morning looking a little down. When aaked what the nutter was, he aald' "My mother Is In hospital." £Di friends were sympathetic, until he lamented: "Yes, what are we going to do for meals!"
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      Switch,Switch
      36 8 RTB humour was much In evident last Tuesday when a sweet voice announced a favourite programme —B*f!tch. "We have also made a switch. Next week the programme will be on at 935 instead of 8J0."
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    WHY SINGAPORE BEGS TO DIFFER
    496 8  -  FRIDAY WITH ISMAIL KASSIM ISMAIL KASSIM Singapore's position on the presence of the big powers in this region appears to be much misunderstood by certain circles in other ASEAN countries. The reason is, of course, debatable. The mlsunders tandlng could be due to an unwillingness
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    Hijacking: World action is needed
    693 8 T r VOICE OF THE PRESS L. J JAPAN TIMES Diet action afainst hijacking In the wake of the recent series of incidents Involving international t e r r orists. the government has been studying counter measures Including legislation. As of last week, the plan
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    Lock icon Fat? Wire your jaws
    475 8 Los Angeles Times Bethesda, (Maryland): Temporarily wiring the jaws closed of grossly over weight persons so that they canpot eat solid foods may become a popular method of treating obesity, a panel of experts agreed recently. Such Individuals would set their nutrition in a liquid formula
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    Lock icon Vandalism and the desire to possess
    666 9  -  A firl in a train was killed in August by a stone thrown by a group of youngsters. Vandals in the Republic wreck public telephones and lifts and other public property. In Britain, the annual- bill is £100 million. What causes hooligans to go
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    Lock icon The search for new sources of energy
    525 9  -  By Tony Cozier Gemini Bridgetown: Within the next few months, the prototypes of two small wind-driven pumps will be sent to the Caribbean from Britain. They will be put to work on irrigation schemes in Barbados and St. Lucia. At the same time,
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      Bringing in culture for the people
      709 10 / 11  -  The Arts NATIONAL THBATRK TRUST AS AN IMPRESSARIO By Jane Chew The National Theatre Trust is the biggest promoter of cultural events in Singapore, yet it has been grappling .with a money problem ever since it started. According to Mr. Lim Slam Kim, director
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      THE ITALIAN IN HIS SOUL
      456 10 / 11  -  Sundown see 111' u 11 h Jennifer Schoon If you want really good music while downing your drinks, then you should catch Marcello' Saccucci at the Club Bar, Hilton Hotel. Marcello plays the piano and synthesiser and he coaxes some beautiful full sounds out of
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      Food with an Olympic touch
      447 10 / 11 Eating out Remember that story In last week's New Nation about Tan Howe Liang, Olympic silver medallist weightlifter, turning to cooking and opening a restaurant called Mongolian House at Glutton Square? I decided to try the food there. It specialises in Peking food. It Is
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    Lock icon Enter—Crown Prince and princesses
    1000 12 Reuter Bangkok: Thailand's Crown Prince Vajlralongkorn and his two younger sisters, both out of their teens and In the final stages of higher education, are gradually taking a more prominent role In public life. It may be presiding over Royal Command concert performances by notable pop
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    Lock icon Indian exports of sophisticated goods increasing very rapidly
    642 12 NYT New Delhi: In the wet tropical forest lands of southern India, a sprawling new factory Is producing thousands of steel ball bearings for buyers m Nigeria and Malaysia. From the booming Industrial belt west of Calcutta, millions of dollars worth of
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      280 12 Crossword ilililil A 5 Pranks 6 Employ* 7 Declaim 8 Actress Mary 9 West Indies Island 10 Shut oft suddenly 11 Voracious fishes 12 Sea eagle 13 Leo 18 Electrical pressure unit 23 Presently 24 River in Italy. 25 Makes stick in mud 26 Division of a poem 27 NY
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    Lock icon Malaysia to up spending
    346 13 r Business Neus and Views L A Why we are changing priorities—by Musa AFP Kuala Lumpur, Friday The Malaysian government Is re-orien-tatlng its investment priorities by upgrading public sector expenditure in view of the global slowdown in investment, Minister of Primary Industries Datuk Musa Hitam said
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    Lock icon Another $145 m for IMF fund
    124 13 Reuter Washington, Friday. The International Monetary Fund raised about US$63 million ($145 million) to finance a special trust fund for the world's neediest nations at its latest public gold auction. Since the auctions started in June of last year, the IMF has raised US$9O2
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    Lock icon Money market
    148 13 UPI Brussels, Friday—The US dollar got a mixed reception on European money markets yesterday". Gold jumped US$3 per ounce In London and U552.25 in Zurich. Bullion dealers In London said gold market followers increasingly believe the price of gold will reach UBJI7O per ounce by the first of
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    Lock icon 'Deficit no danger to US economy'
    106 13 UPI Washington, Friday The Carter- administration attempted yesterday to reassure Congress that the United States' escalating foreign trade deficit. which could reach US$3O billion In 1977 does not pose a danger to the American economy. The main causes of the trade deficit, several administration
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      237 13 The Dow Jones Industrial average rallied to hold above the 800 level yesterday as the stock market closed mixed In the face of a sharp rise in wholesale prices, Trading was moderate. The Dow average closed at 802.67, up 1.82 points. It had been off three points at
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      36 13 UPI New Irark, Friday. Dow Jones closing averages on the NYBB yesterday: 30 Industrials 803.67 (up 1.62). 30 transport 301J6 (off 0.63). 15 utilities 107 S3 (off 0.33), 65 stocks 374.58 (up 6.06). UPI.
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      PARIS
      42 13 Ifichelln IMS —I CO* 386.80 —JO Thomson 177.60 —4.60 CFP 100 +.20 Rhone 64.80—.40 Air 278 —1.60 B8N 487 —6 Philips 61.60 +.10 Suez 236 unch PMigeot-Cltroen 397.60 —.80 Pechlnejr 83.10 —.80 CSP 179.00 +1 Uslnor 31.80 +.46 Hachette 170.90 3.40
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      ZURICH
      71 13 Closing prices on the Zurich 8tock Exchange yesterday: UBS Bearer 5185 5 UBS Registered 683 —1 SBC IBS 1 Credit Suisse 2370 —10 Swissair B 798 8 Swiss Reinsur. 2750 —15 Wlnterthur a. 2195 —6 Juvena a. 235 Nestle B. 3530 Interfood B. 3175 Clba-Oeigy B. Baby Roche 1330
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      SYDNEY
      116 13 PtIom at 11.30 a m. today (Australian time) on tbe Sydney Stock Exchange ACI 176 171 ADC 16 30 Ampol Pet 66 M ANI 143 146 APM 116 lit Bunk NSW 630 636 Brambles 161 BHP 600 602 Boral 260 -r OBA 266 287 CSR 207 206 CIO 312
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      Lock icon Price cuts
      30 13 Reuter Paris, Friday.—French Prime Minister Raymond Barre lastnlght announced a series of food price reductions and controls in a new attempt to beat the country's troublesome inflation problem.
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    Lock icon Korea, HK threat to trade
    198 13 Reuter Avlemore, (Scotland), Friday The head of Britain's development office warned yesterday that Britain faced a growing trade threat from up to 20 semi Industrialised countries, including Korea and Hong Kong. Sir Ronald Mcintosh, director of the National Economic Development Office, said a host of
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    Lock icon Peking 'first' in ship export
    111 13 Reuter Hong Kong, Friday China }ia* ottered a 17.500-tonne multi-pur-pose ocean-going frelgh-\ ter for export for the first time, the procommunist Ta Kung Pao newspaper reported yesterday. The English-language weekly said a shipping company in Hong Kong had made a bid for the ship at
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  • SPORT STARTS HERE
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      Lock icon India look set for flying start
      285 14 Reuter Adelaide, Friday With the exception of Brljesh Patel and Srlnlvas Venkataraghavan, India will field a near Test team against South Australia in the opening first class match of their tour at Adelaide Oval today. The Indians have included their three ace spin bowlers
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      Lock icon Belgium in 1988?
      69 14 UPI Brussels, Friday Belgium will bid for the 1988 summer Olympics. Mr. Raoul Mollet, president of the Belgian National Olympic Committee, said yesterday. He said Belgium would apply to have the Games spread out around the country rather than In one city. Bids for the 1984 games
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      Why we may lose...
      908 15  -  Sport by sport run-up to the SEA Games. Today: Basketball by TONY KOH TONY KOH Lack of foresight by the Basketball Association of Singapore's Selection Committee may well rob our men's team o* a medal in this month's South East Asia Games in Kuala Lumpur. The
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      Lock icon Spotlight on Doc, Ramsey
      345 15 Soccer Reuter London. Friday—Scotland captain Bruce Rioch, an Everton player until last Tuesday, piays for Derby County against Everton In what cou.d be the most fascinating match on Saturday's English League football programme. Derby manager Tommy Docherty bought Rioch this week for £150 000 (SS66O 000)
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      Lock icon TV 'slave' Ali...
      79 15 UPI Hollywood, Friday Heavyweight chimplon Mohammad All will make his debot as a dramatic television star In Freedom Road, a six-hoar mini-series based on Howard Fast's best-selling novel, the National Broadcasting Company announced yesterday. Mr John MeMahon, a network programme executive, said All will play a slave
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      On the track at Ipoh — after 6 weeks
      202 16 On the track at Ipoh after 6 weeks Ipoh, Friday The first batch of horses from Singapore three floats of them arrived here early this morning. The rest of the horses are due In the next two or three days. Kuala Lumpur based hones will be ferried here on Sunday.
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      Lock icon Tapper leads by a stroke
      394 16 Reuter AP Sydney, Friday Australltfh Mark Tapper took the first round lead in the New South Wales Open golf championship here yesterday after mastering a rain swept Pymble Course with a flve-under-par 67. Tapper, 28, carded eight birdies and three bogeys to finish a shot
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      John leads Philip into final
      118 16 Favourite John Foo leads into the Anal round of the 72-hole Changi golf championship tomorrow by one stroke from Philip Lim. He leads with a total of 227 (74, 79, 74). Five strokes farther behind in a tie are One Ah Loh and lim Chin
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      Lock icon Rookie Debbie triumphs
      258 16 Reuter Tokyo, Friday Rookie American Debbie Massey won the US$lOO,OOO (about *****,000) Mizuno golf Classic, an official tournament of the US Ladies Professional Golfers' Association, at Yoshikawa yesterday. Overnight leader Massey, 26, captured the first prize money of US$l5,OOO by carding a one-over-par 75 for a two-under-par
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      Civil Services golf match
      565 16 The annual Singapore Civil Services versus their counterSarts in Johore golf series i being revived tomorrow at the Tasek Utara Golf Club Course in Johore Bahru. The match was not played since Singapore won the Dr. Toh Chin Chye Trophy outright in 1970-1973 The new home-and-away
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      The Empress and the China Doll
      450 17  -  TEE-HP Asia's two top challengers for the Far East championship with Lim Kee Chan Hlsako "Chako" Higuchl of Japan and Taiwan's Tu Al-Yu are undoubtedly the two top Asian challengers for the US$lOO,OOO (about *****,000) Colgate Far East championship to be played at the
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      Straits Times Trophy
      919 17 Singapore Golf Asooclstion Indiiidtftl Handicap oocmpetition for the Straits Times Trophy at the Keppd Ceoroo In Bnktt Chermln on Bon4ay. 6.45 am. Danny Tan (9) (I) B. Coulter (7) (T) Chen Yew Ping (8) (J): 6.51 M Seklya (11) (ST) Ong Ah Loh (6) (C) Tay Joo
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      RAJAGOPAL SHOCK
      324 18  -  Soccer Problems problems j By JEFFREY LOW Star left-winger 8. Rajagopal Is considered out of the National soccer team for the South Ea*t Asia Games as there Is a "slim chance" of him recovering from a groin injury In time for the Kuala Lumpur assignment. Twenty eight-year-old Rajagopal,
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      164 18 AFP Strdtni (Malaysia). Friday Two blind masseurs hare ken •miced to attend to tike Malaysian Soath East Asia Gamoa sqaad, training committee chairman Ahmad Sabkl Jahldln ■aid hero yesterday. said the two Yeap Ah Kow and Mohammed Khalrl ware recommended by the Malaysian Association
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      Big test for S'pore SEA cagers
      279 18 Basketball Singapore's men's and women's basketball teams for the South East Asia Games will be put to the test on Nov 12 when they take on the teams from China at the Gay World Stadium. Since their return from China early In September, most
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      127 18 E^H^adnrinhm Reuter Pen&ng, Friday Four Thai players have' confirmed their participation In the four-day Penang Open badminton championship beginning on Not 28, just after the South East Asia Games. Penang Badminton Association secretary, Mr Yeoh Thean Hoe. said yesterday the Thai team would be led
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      Woman player may miss the Games
      348 18  -  By BRIAN MILLER Singapore's woman shuttle* Tan Chor Klang may miss the South East Asia Games at Kuala t Lumpur later this month. And all because of that age-old problem leave. Her employers. Tung Yuang Enterprises, recently turned down her request for leave during
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      232 18 j^JvbUeyfaall And yet another leave problem. Fortunately, it only affects centralised training this time. The player Involved Is the skipper of the men' 6 volleyball team, Chla Seow Mens. But to boost his team's morale, he has taken unpaid leave from Nbv 10* 15 to Join
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      415 19  -  —one of literary history's greatest 'tecs goes on TV By Judith Holmberg A cup of tea in One hand and a book in the other, eager autograph hunters waited for the arrival of the man they considered one of the greatest detectives in literary history Ellery Queen. At
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      865 19 and around town EXHIBITION OF SEALCAR viwu, calligraphy and Chinese painting at the Chinese Chamber of Comme r c e exhibition hall, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY exnlbitlon of the Siaw-To society, featuring works by Its members In the various media. Free admission. ROAD SAFETY EXHIBITION at
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      482 19 At the cinema LET'S FALL IN LOVE (Mandarin): A young man falls in love with one girl. But his parents have other plans for him. Stars Y1 Ming, Hua Lun, Chang Feng. Prince 1.45. 4, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. Jurong: 1.45, 4.15, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. THE SENTIMENTAL SWORDSMAN: Ti
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      250 19 •i) 0 a.m. Opining AnncU, followed by At Daybreak with The Great Waltxee of the World Vol. I—Freddy Martin and his Orch. 6.90 Newt (B) 0.40 Morning Concert: Quintet In B Flat (Mosart), Danish String Quartet, Jacky Magnardl (horn); Triumphal March from Caractacus (Elgar), Carillon Op. 75 (Elgar), Dream Children,
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    57 20 AH FOOK: The cause of the outbreak of mass hysteria at the Exeter Road Telecoms exchange two weeks ago remains a mystery, but a report says that 'TAS Is continuing investlga-t tion." MEI LIN: I wonder If it Is within the technical competence of TAS officials. Perhaps, it
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      860 20 TV AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 Wtf,. S.M OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS folbJ HOUSE WIVES MATINEE: The World of Lore (r). Mandarin movie. «.M INTERMISSION. AM OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT8 followed by EXERCISE WITH GLORIA. AM NEWS IN BRIEF. AM THE FIRST MS DATS IN A CHILD'S LIFE. Part Bern. By the end of six
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      270 20 Today's top shows THE CHILD IN NEED. (Ch. 5. 7.55 p.m. In colour). It Is easier to define and meet the physical needs or feeding and clothing a child, than its psychological complex and complicating. It has been suggested that almost 50 per cent of a child's personal attitudes and
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