New Nation, 7 November 1977

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    Masthead
    19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Monday, November 7, 1977 No. 2100 Price 25 cents M C (P) 262/1/77 NIIV NATION COMMENT
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    Cabinet shake-up likely in KL
    153 1 Kuala Lumpur. Monday Datuk Hussein Onn Is expected to reshutlle the cabinet In tne near future as a result of a number of political developments In the past months. Originally, sources said, he had planned to make minor changes to accommodate some rearrangement of leadership
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    Lock icon Thais slam the door
    445 1 18 boatloads of refugees turned away UPI AP Bangkok, Monday The Thai Government has slammed the door on Vietnamese boat refugees who have been fleeing the communist country in record numbers. An Interior Ministry spokesman said refugees will be ordered to leave. In Songkhla, a senior
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    Lock icon 'Stevie wonder'
    109 1 American "wonder boy" Jockey Steve Canthen waves to cheering: racing fans after winning the US$2OO,OOO (S$480,000) Washington D.C. International on the 10-1 US entry Johnny D at Laurel Park, Maryland, yesterday. Canthen, 17, who recently became the first Jockey to win races worth more than US$5million (Ssl2 million)
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    Lock icon Talks on tanker hijacking threat
    120 1 AFP Teheran, Monday. The threat of terrorist hijackings of tankers In the Oulf and of ways to combat it dominated recent talks here between three of the world's largest oil producers, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, it was reported yesterday. The Teheran
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      170 1 CONTACT LENSES mi mm CUE K.L TAN P.8.0.A., F.S.M.C. (ENGLAND) Mimbtt Singapore Contact Lent Slcllh S.A. TAN o.orr. M.t.O.A. (INttiAND) By Appointment to the Late Sultan of Johore, Sir Ibrahim TM OPTICAL NOISE PIACI CINTM. SUITI lIS. let PL. SILK6IE/SOPNIA «D TIL: 33M21 INSIDE Holiday TV special for schools Rage
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    Schools' holiday specials
    217 2  -  By Teresa Ooi The Education Ministry has scheduled special educational television programmes for schoolchildren during their end-of year school holidays. The programmes have been specially selected for pupils In primary, secondary and pre-unl-verslty classes. There will be dally transmission of ETV programmes over Channel 8 from Nov
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    Lock icon Chemist among 7 held
    66 2 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Monday. Central Narcotics Bureau officers arrested seven people, including a chemist and a woman, and seized 2.3-kg of heroin In Petallng Jaya on Saturday night. They are believed to be members of an International drug trafficking ring. The seized heroin Is worth about
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    Lee talks to Bonn TV on S'pore's future
    177 2 German Radio TV inter viewed Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew last week for a 45-mi-nute special documentary film on Singapore. Dr Walter Hans Berg, leader of the four-man TV crew, who did the interview, said: "The Prime Minister talked of future plans
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    More new cars but fewer on the road
    321 2  -  By Richard Adhikari The number of new cars and station wagons registered in the first nine months of this year almost doubled that in the same period last year. But the number of these vehicles on the road decreased. This Is because
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    Only 1100 students in Bukit Timah campus
    189 2 The University of Singapore campus at Buklt Tim ah will house about 1100 law and science students only when the new academic s e s s 1 on begins in July next year. This is because some 2800 business administration, accountancy, arts and
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    STOCK MARKET
    192 2 Trading turned quiet but remained steady during the first 45 minutes at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. The strong speculative Interest in Nanyang Press has subsided somewhat, with the share price unchanged at $1.84. The new top performer was Malayan Flour which wa& traded 14 cents higher
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      85 2 SOS It always helps to talk to someone. Samaritans of Singapore exists to help those in despair or suicidal. Ring *****44. For authentic Japanese favourites... i 4* r w t •< ncwTSURUHO-m Welcome to our eating-house. We offer a wide variety of popular Japanese delicacies. Tempura, suki-yaki, sushi and yaki-tori.
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    Primary school kids win $1500 jackpot
    213 3  -  By Richard Adhikari The Money words contest last week was won by two primary schoolch ildren with a little help from their mother. Chan Eng Tlong, 12. and his sister Lin LI. 10, won the Jackpot of $1500 and a colour television set. Their
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    NTUC enters inbound tours trade
    296 3 NTUC has gone into the inbound tours business. It has set up a travel subsidiary. NTUC Hollday, which was registered six weeks ago. The new company's offices at the Regional Language Centre in Orange Grove Road will open this week. It Is a subsidiary of
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    Stopover by minister
    50 3 The West German Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs HUdegard Hamm Bruecher, will stop over in Singapore during her tour of South-east Asian countries from Nov 8 to 22. She is not the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs as reported by AFP last week.
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    SIA food special
    86 3 Singapore Airlines Is extending Its restau-rant-ln-the-sky service to the Singapore-Syd-ney route this month. A cook from Hyatt Hotel's Hugo's Restaurant will be on board SlA's Boeing 747s which fly to Sydney three times a week from Nov 17. He will serve food pre- pared by the restaurant
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      115 3 A Really Good Copying Machine must be super functional to produce:*****14 clean, clear duplicates Duplicates even on ordinary paper and on both sides too Super savings on running cost. Space saving too when it comes to filing Multi-duplicates up to 20 duplicates with a mere touch of a button. Simple
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    She will surprise her parents with her laurels...
    132 4 When Laurel Leong's parents return from a holiday In Hong Kong, she will have a surprise for them. Laurel, 20, was crowned Miss SSTA 1977 at the Singapore Society of Tourist Agents annual dinner and dance last week. "My parents do not
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    Make the simpler ones here
    396 4 Hon's call to manufacturers The Finance Minister today urged the world's machine makers to make the simpler components In ASEAN countries because there are few import barriers on such goods. Opening the Machine Asia exhibition where $20 million worth of goods are on show, Mr
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    Airline to resume flights to S'pore
    143 4 Olympic Airways, the Creek state-owned airline is expected to resume Its flights to Singapore in April. The manager of the Slnt'2.:ore office, Mr N. Pelecanos, said that official confirmation would to come from the Grr?k government after the elections on Nov 20. "I have
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    Principal tipped for Ministry post
    83 4 Mr Wee Heng Tin, principal of Temasek Junior College, Is tipped to become the new assistant director of secondary schools In the Education Ministry. He is expected to assume his new post next year, when he returns from Britain after a four-month attachment scheme. Mr
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    Lock icon Israel denies uranium snatch charges
    255 5 UPI New York, Monday Israeli Prime Minister Begin said in a television interview charges that Israel received enriched uranium illegally from plants in the United States were "fantastic" and belonged to the James Bond stories. He also denied his country and the US were on
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    Lock icon Strike
    45 5 Reuter London, Monday A strike by technical staff over pay claim yesterday disrupted programmes in the overseas service of the British broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Transmitters In Britain and on Ascension Island In the Atlantic east of Brazil were affected when 100 employees stopped work.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Begin W to DMZ in Bank
    315 5 US plan for a 'free zone* is rejected Reuter Jerusalem, Monday Prime Minister Menachem Begin yesterday turned down an American suggestion to have the occupied West Bank of the River Jordan made into an autonomous, demilitarised zone. At the same time the Israel cabinet
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    Dream of Red Chamber pulls in HK crowds
    160 5 Hong Kong, Monday A rerun of an old historical film based on the Chinese novel, Dream of the Red Chamber is attracting big audiences here despite the simultaneous screening of two new versions, according to cinema sources yesterday. The sources said that
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    Lock icon Opium king fails in appeal
    137 5 Reuter Rangoon, Monday Lo Hslng-han, once known as the opium king of the so-called Golden Triangle, has lost his appeal to Burma's highest court to quash the death penalty passed on him for high treason. The 50-year-old Lo, the the country's best-known drug-runninK rebel leader,
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    Lock icon Bomb scare
    50 5 AP Salisbury, Monday A carrying case found outside Prime Minister lan Smith's official residence was blown up yesterday when nervous Salisbury officials became concerned that it concealed a bomb. The case turned Out to be a shoulder bag containing film equipment, belonging to an American television cameraman. AP.
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      127 5 La-corner Basement 43 Peivnsula Shopping Comple* Singapore 6 14 STOCK CLEARANCE Specialize in readymade garments Men Exclusive patterns printed T shirts Fancy Design Collar T shirts Collar Shirts with 2 flip pockets Imported collar T shirts Imported material shirts Imported knitted sweaters and pull overs Popular brand Jeans 1 Wide
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      45 5 and is fantovrear, Aailafckncwinkadii^stt^andboutiqiies 1 £Xaxks Made in England rC in Mens Shoes The latest exciting innovations from Clarks are in now. Original superb stylingbased on important newshoemaking techniques m r y'A u W 2 CAMARO COUGAR Sole Agent: S.G. Parrett Son (Pte) Ltd. Singapore
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    Lock icon Japan boats bribe Soviet inspectors —newspaper
    215 6 AP Tokyo, Monday Japanese fishing boats operating In the Soviet 320-km zone often set out with more than US$4 0 0 ($9 6 0) worth of gifts for Soviet Inspectors In hopes df avoiding heavy fines for errors In their fishing logs, the newspaper
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    Lock icon 33 KILLED IN DAM DISASTER
    298 6 Reuter New York, Monday At least 33 people mapy of them children were killed yesterday when a dam burst, sending tonnes of water cascading through a small bible study college and a caravan site in a town in President Carter's home state of Georgia. About
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    Lock icon TODAY
    103 6 UPI TODAY Is Monday. Nov. 7, the 311 th day of 1977 with 54 to follow. THE MOON is between its last quarter and new phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mara, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STAR is Mercury. Those born on this date are under the sign
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    Lock icon Did pilot nosedive to save Desai?
    210 6 AP New Delhi, Monday The five Indian Air Force officers who died in the crash of Prime Minister Morarjl Desai's special plane may have sacrlfied their own safety to save their passengers, Mr Desai and other Indians said yesterday. They died "probably In order
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    61 6 Reuter Boston (England), Monday Harry Fountain, 75, is worried abont Inflation so he has ordered his gravestone already. Harry wUI pay £175 ($750) for the stone, which he believes will cost 10 times as much by the year 2000. "I am not planning to go any sooner,"
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      256 6 Crossword I "V J. m «i j •i 7 Veritable 8 Gross 9 Politician Harold 10 Mediterranean Island 11 Soothe 12 Board or card 13 Felt extreme enmity 21 Something lacking 25 Look for 28 Pate de fole 27 React to yeast 28 Idl 29 Matter of Interest 31 Jewelry-making
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      264 6 Ah Fook and Mei Lin I 'Nonquai tianzai idochu do J hen yonqu f'jAt 4 7 mf, M r •7 1 5^ V Ss i tAh Fook: Singapore's population is now 2.3 million. Mei Lin: No wonder it's so crowded everywhere these days. Ah Fook: Penduduk Singapura kini ialah 2.3
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    Lock icon 'Good chance' OPEC will hold prices
    557 7 Reuter AFP AP Washington, Monday US Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal said yesterday there was a good chance that the oil exporting na 11 ons would hold their prices steady through 1973. Mr Blumenthal, who recently returned from a two-week trip which included Saudi Arabia,
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    Lock icon Vietnam gives pledge on border integrity
    206 7 UPI Hong Kong, Monday. A senior member of the Vietnamese communist party on Saturday said Vietnam respects the territorial Integrity of Cambodia and Laos but Is resolved to defend Its own borders, the Vietnam news agency reported. Truong Chlnh, member of the political bureau
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    Lock icon Welcome in Rome for Archbishop Capucci set free by Israelis
    278 7 Reuter Rome, Monday Greek Catholic Archbishop Hllarlon Capucci arrived here last night after being released from an Israeli jail where he had served three years of a 12-year sentence for smuggling arms to Arab guerillas. The archbishop, set frea after
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    Lock icon 'US is obliged to defend Iran'
    181 7 UPI New York, Monday The Shah of Iran says the United States Is obligated to defend Iran In the event of a communist attack, but he doubts whether Washington can be relied on to live up to that obligation. Interviewed In the Nov. 6
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      138 7 IF YOU LIKE YOUR CAR SMALL RUT LUXURIOUS, PEUGEOT 304 IS DEFINITELY YOUR REST RET! Nothing touches it for sheer luxury Peugeot 304 otters biq car comfort PARF j«rrc«-» of $2'.' *140 with Hitacni in the 1300 cc class With theqood with small car advantaqes car :ur-con<lition« i r tree
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    Soldiers not martyrs
    427 8 Prisoners of war who refuse to divulge more than their names, ranks, service numbers and dates of birth are by conventional military codes honourable. Those who do are dishonourable. This assumes that people wage wars according to the Geneva Convention. The Swiss founder of the International Red
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      'French' souvenir
      33 8 A Singaporean visiting Prance discovered for herself how enterprising the Japanese are. She bought a China plaque Inscribed with a French poem. On the back was a label Made In Japan.
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      The lesser evil
      37 8 A woman friend who has a weight problem has found a way of reducing. In- stead of dieting, she started smoking again and in her opinion, "it is the lesser of the two evils."
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    Lock icon Desai's move to 'dry up' India sparks a debate
    762 8  -  By Mohammed Aslam Gemini The new Indian government had decided to enforce total prohibition in the country within the next four years. Premier Morarji Desai said New Delhi would be the first to go "dry". He has told the country that
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    Lock icon Russian bid to lease an island is turned down
    515 8 Washington Post Washington: For several years, the Republic of Maldives has been leasing bits of its tropical Island paradise to anybody with the cash. A group of West German nudists snapped up one deserted island, and another went to several European
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    The Accord is fun to drive
    492 9  -  It's nippy and solid even on rough roads Motoring »)V Nickvan Nugteren The New Honda Accord is fast becoming a familiar sight around town. It's the big brother of the already popular Honda Civic, which overnight captured a large following of motoring enthusiasts. The
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      141 9 mix with GORDON'S HB* r m r* V JVk v k THE BORNEO COMF^ANY (A Member at the lochcape Group) Walking the Indian Straats: Ved Mehta Veh Mehta's vivid and parcaptiva account of his raturn to India aftar ten years of study in England and America, in an attempt to
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      450 9 1 2 3 •ii: The jackpot is broken Housewife wins $1500, TV set One entrant sub- NEW contents; only the yes, whether PURE or a mitted a solution Quantity changes. Pre- mild one. Preference for which corresponded for NET Sl £sf''* in all resDects with FD-2:2: NOT too „J D4:
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  • USSR National Day
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      Role of science in future of economy
      212 10 When pondering the future, we attach much importance to science. It has to make a tremendous contribution to fulfilling the most Important tasks of communist construction, including the discovery of new sources of energy and substitutes for many types of natural resources, the
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      'PER CAPITA REAL INCOMES DOUBLED EVERY 15 YEARS'
      439 11  -  By Vadlm Lebedev The Soviet economy is one of high-level stable growth rates and enormous scale. The UBBR at present produces more than the whole world did In 1950. The volume of Its Industrial output surpasses that of France, Oreat Britain, West
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      60 years of progress...
      511 11 Mttugi from Mr Yuri Razdukhov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of tha USSR in Singapore. Sixty years ago, on Nov 7, 1917, the victory of the Great October Socialist Revolution marked a historical turning i-ulns in the destinies of the peoples of our country. That victory put
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      Working for peace
      216 14 Novostl correspondent Edgar Cheporov asked the iLabour Monthly editor, Pat Sloan, to describe the role of the USBR's peace-see clng policy. Below Is Sloan's report. Working for peace has been at the basis of Soviet International policy since the early decrees to the present drive for the
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      Exports showed big rise last year
      487 14 The first year of the Tenth Five-Year Plan was marked by a further expansion of the USSR's foreign trade ties. Soviet foreign trade Increased from 50,700 million roubles In 1975 to 56,800 million roubles In 1976. Fast rates were shown by exports, which registered
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      Lock icon Computer helps cargo flow
      298 15 Novosti Press Every day there are over two thousand cargo vessels on the domestic and international sea lanes ou all the oceans of the world. They are carrying tens of thousands of items of various values. Every day an average of over one million tonnes of
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      The rugged Russian car
      60 16 This is the Volga, a rugged 2112 cc car built for use on the roughest roads and in the heaviest traffic. It can easily accommodate six adults and is less of a petrol guzzler than most other cars in its range, giving 50-52 kilometres to the
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      Lock icon Cooperation in shipping
      405 16  -  By Sergei Kulinich Novosti Press Nowadays shipping is an efficient and Indispensable factor for developing commercial relations. The legal principles underlying this cooperation include the multilateral agreement of the CMEA countries on cooperation in merchant shipping, the first in the history of sailing, which came into force
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      Pilots reach new heights
      352 16 Preliminary materials on new outstand ing achievements of Soviet pilots have been sent to Paris to the headquarters of the FAI (International Aeronautical Federation). Svetlana Savltskaya, merited Master of Sport of the USSR, has reached an altitude of 21 kilometres 140 metres in the E-133 supersonic
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      Lock icon Moscow today, tomorrow
      483 17 Novosti Press The today and tomorrow of the Soviet capital is determined and regulated by the Master Plan of Moscow's development which has been In effect since 1971. Implementation of Its provisions will radically change the outer aspect or the Soviet capital. First of all, the Master
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      24 10 C ongra tulations to the Government People of the USSR on the < 60th Anniversary of their Great October Socialist Revolution From: FAR EAST ORGANIZATION
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      117 11 With Best Wishes to the Government and People of U.S.S.R. on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of their Great October Socialist Rewlution. .V V A M> %SMi %Mh m y' K.M- 'i f 'V< -4 i*M teu j< *1 >, A** V k rw- V' Mm. A k V>
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  • trend EDITED BY SYLVIA LEOW
    • Dear Ros
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        DOES HE LOVE HER OR HER MONEY?
        228 12 / 13 I discovered after month's overseas course that my husband Is deeply Involved with a single girl. After going through a terribly difficult period he realises his folly and has come back to me and the children. He says he •till loves us and
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        20 but still nothing
        111 12 / 13 I am 20 years old but I still have not menstruated. I have seen doctors about this since I was 16 and each time they reassured me that it would come. Please help. LATE-COMER Dear Late-comer, According to Dr. David Reuben, the age at which menstruation
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        Time to decide
        101 12 / 13 I am 25, he Is 29. We have been going out for more than two years. I love him but he doesn't seem to take me lyOnce, on one of our dates, I asked him If he would ever take me seriously but he avoided the question.
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        Father's in a hurry
        150 12 / 13 My father want us to marry as soon as possible. He has even hinted to my boyfriend's parents about this. I am very embarrassed about this because we are nor ready for it although we love each other. I am 18 and he is 22. I
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        A chance missed
        160 12 / 13 I knew this Rlrl for nearly a year. We used to go out together and enjoyed each other's company very much. Our parents knew little or our rel a 11 onshlp though I did visit her home before. I felt deeply for her though I never expressed
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        Short problem
        172 12 / 13 I have written to you often but you have not replied. Please answer me this time. I want to be a policewoman but the minimum height requirement Is 1.57 m tall. I am a Secondary Three student, weigh 48 kg and 1.5 m. tall only. Will I grow
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      Ole!
      90 12 / 13 Skirts for a swish The platform seems a trifle small to do the Spanish flamenco on but the skirt's ample enough. Indeed there's nothing like a wide, wide skirt to swish around In a dance, and not necessarily the flamenco. The versions shown here are attached to a low-waisted
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    • GRAPEVINE
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        She's the chief
        89 12 / 13 A woman at the head of a police force? Yea, that's the case In Connecticut where Lt. Doris M. Hughes Is commander of a state police troops, reports UPI. Doris, who will supervise 36 men and a woman in her new Job, foresees no special problems. "Many
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        Rag trade jolts
        140 12 / 13 The vagaries of fashion seem to have extended to boutiques as we 11.... at least in Kuala Lumpur. As fast as a shopping complex comes up, a boutique would open.... and close with equal rapidity. The longest life for a boutique is six months while many close
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        Divorcee's delight!
        61 12 / 13 A sign of the times? In the past, it would be the mother who worries whether her daughter is going to get married, but in this case, the teenaged daughters of a 46-year-old divorcee, determined that she should not miss out on the delights of male company, took
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        Headache syndrome
        150 12 / 13 Three-quarters of all the headaches In this world are suffered by women. The man who found that out is James W. Lance MD head of the division of neurology at Prince Henry and Prince of Wales Hospitals in Sydney, Australia and author of "Headache." Dr Lance said female
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        Nailing it to trend
        52 12 / 13 Remember the "paku" which nonya ladles of old used to decorate their buns with? Well, It had w> happen —the paku" Is probably In fashion today. According to a report,, models In New York now wear their hair kinked, knotted and Impaled with various bones, even
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        Need any money?
        139 12 / 13 Finally, financial help specially for the female —at least In England. And enterprising female has set up a company whose title Is self-expla-natory: Female Financial Advisors Ltd. Most of them are either women on their own (single, divorced, separated) who have a career and want a mortgage
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        Second round
        50 12 / 13 Surely there's an easier way to ask for seconds. One chap who had eaten a set lunch at a coffee-house still felt hungry but was embarrassed at ordering another. So what he did was walk once round the shopping complex; reenter the coffee-house to order his second lunch.
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      Lock icon Too much of a good thing can be bad
      920 12 / 13 NYT New York: Estrogens in menopause linked to uterine cancer. Birth pill said to increase heart attack risk. 40 per cent more deaths indicated for users of the Pill. The Federal Food and Drugs Administration orders warning on estrogen. In the
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      330 12 / 13 J Get on the right track with Swish. Curtain Track Assemblies and Accessories From England Sole Distributor for Singapore, Hongkong and the rest of S.E. As WIM Phil Mart Pte. Ltd. 24J Hotol Merlin, M Floor, ■ooch RoW, Singopor*. 7 TEL: 2****** SCOTLAND'S TOP HAIRSTYLIST IS NOW AT JUNE'S HAIRDRESSING
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      102 15 The Russian Solution to diesel v-i m ii ?N. X. ■Wi' T, •>-. x mM JmSt .#>• 1/ '>'&%£*- x E T'«te ,u i W -m v'-> WHS#*•'■..... •..•vjy-.W' •V *V* .-.rmLA. V-< V. ■< .'*s£ .1 Most taxi drivers are professionally drivers. They need to hriruj people and luggages
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      56 17 Confratulations and host wishes to the Govemwit and People of the U.S.S.R. on their 60th Anniversery of the Greet October Socialist Revolution r J V J OLLEI BOOK GALLERY PIE LTO Choon Im luHdinf 333 Nocth Bridg* Rwd, Sin«opor« 7 T«l: ***** SOVIET OAUEIY (Th« Russian SKop) Shop 117, Shew
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    506 18 F.T. index down 51.1 points in 10 days LONDON Lloyds Bank International London Equities fell everyday last week and the F.T. index has now fallen by 51.1 points over the last 10 trading days. The ••floating" of the pound on Monday in response to market pressures
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    52 18 New Delhi, Monday— India will be required to invest 114.200 million rupees or ($28.8 billion) a year if its housing problem was to be solved satisfactorily within the next ten years. This was the estimate made in a study conducted of the problem by the Economic and Scientific Research
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    121 18 The Commenbank At the Oct/Nov turn, the upward trend in the German stock market persisted Irrespective of occasional profit-taking. Trading, being at times quite brisk, shifted several times. Frankfurt stock exchange closing prices: (27.1C.77) (3.11.77) AEO 86.—. 90.20 B ASP 148.90 150.50 Bayer 137.80 139.80 BMW 231.— 242.— Daimler
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    434 18 ZURICH During the period under rqyiew, the trend on the Swiss stock market reflected a stronger wait-and-see attitude on the part of investoy; amid relatively small price fluctuations. With turnover declining somewhat from the preceding week's volume, the average level of quotations edged off
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    396 18 NEW YORK UPI New York, Monday Stocks suffered a sizable loss last week, but the Dow Jones industrial average managed to hold above the 800 level as uie Federal Reserve Board dominated Wall Street's thoughts. Trading was moderate. The Dow average fell to a
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      Unruly fans put clubs in dilemma
      391 19  -  Soccer By SURESH NAIR The two clubs Involved In yesterday's National Double Knockout soccer tournament match, which was suspended because of unruly spectators. are In a dilemma how to organise a replay before Sunday. Officials from Commonwealth Palace FC and East Coast Marinas FC
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      380 20 MBodiq Agencies Las Vegas, Monday What will be the status of Ken Norton, the No. 1 contender who some say Is the world's No. 3 heavyweight, when the days dwindle down? In the aftermath of Norton's hard-earned 15round spilt decision victory over Jimmy Young
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      202 20 E9 Boxing Reuter Maracay (Venezuela), Monday Antonio Cervantes of Colombia hammered out a 15-round unanimous decision against Adrlano Marrero or the Dominican Republic to retain his world Boxing Association Junior welterweight tide here last night. Cervantes, 34, used lightning Jabs and leftright combinations to keep his constantly
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      276 20 |^jjpfennis Cologne (West Germany) Monday Wimbledon champion BJorn Borg of Sweden won his fourth successive Grand Prix tennis tournament in a tough match against Poland's Woltek Flbak here last night. Borg won the US$5O,OOO (*****.000) Cologne men's singles title with a 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory
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      112 20 AFP Moscow, Monday Dynamo Kiev yesterday won the Soviet Union football championships for the ninth time In the club's history. Kiev's 4-0 Win over Kairat Alma brought their points total to 40 from 29 matches, and with one game to go they cannot be overtaken
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      Too heavy for him
      42 20 Perth, Monday British champion powerlifter Paul Jordan, 23, collapsed under the huge weight of 345 kg trying to set a new world record on Saturday. Jordan was rushed to hospital with badly torn thigh muscles and torn ligaments.
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      They have the toughest job
      475 20  -  Concluding the SLA Games run up. Today: Suimming by PHILIP TAN. PHILIP TAN Winning medals is supreme in the minds of nearly all sportsmen- and women in any competition and tnis month's South East Asia Games is no exception. But our swimmers to the Kuala
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      JUNIE SET FOR REVENGE
      194 20 Singapore's swimming sensation, 10-year-old Junie Sng, stands a good chance of emerging as THE athlete of this month's South East Asia Games. Down for nine events, Junie could well end the Games with the biggest haul of gold medals on an individual basis and her tussle
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      Philip wins Changi title by 5 strokes
      574 21  -  Roger coasts home to a brilliant par-69 a little too late WEEKEND GOLF BY 1 LIM KEE CHAN Philip Lim won the Changi championship by five strokes from Johji Foo when he returned a flve-over-par 74 in the final round on Saturday. Philip
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      106 21 Lul Pao Sum (handicap 18) of Keppel won the Singapore Golf Association Individual competition for the Straits Times Trophy by one stroke from Gordon Lim (23) of Singapore Island Country Club when he returned a nett 59 at Buklt Chermln yesterday. The best gross of 74
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      Eugene's medal at SICC
      505 21 Eugene Yeo won the Singapore Island Country Club "A" Division medal stroke competition on countback from Ong Choon Bee and Peter Ho, all returning on nett 68s at the Buklt Course on Saturday. Choon Bee was declared the runner up also on countback. The best gross
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      C'wealth Cup qualifiers
      137 21 Bheng Nam Chin and Tony Thong tied In the lead with David Hack and B. J. Miller among the qualifiers In the Singapore Island Country Club Commonwealth Cap competition with a two-round nett total of 145 at the New Course yesterday. One stroke behind were T. Kamltakehara
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      437 22 Soccer Reuter Bangkok, Monday Malaysia, sparked by two brilliant goals by striker Isa Bakar, humbled hosts Thailand with a 2-1 victory In the Seventh King's Cup soccer tournament here yesterday. The Malaysians, even without inalde-left Tajul Arlffln and left-back D. Devendran sidelined
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      114 22 Soccer UPI Kuwait, Monday The Kuwaiti press yesterday criticised South Korea's soccer team for the Koreans' 10-mlnute mldfleld sit-down strike on Saturday In their World Cup Asian group playoff match with Kuwait "Angry, upset South Koreans indulge in rough, foul play," read the banner headline In one
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      Seven officials quit in protest storm
      535 22  -  SEA team selected on whims and fancies —founder member By BRIAN MILLER Seven judo officials have resigned from the Malaysian Judo Federation in protest against the alleged haphazard way in which selection trials for next month's 8 o u th East Asia Games team
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      Have SRU spoilt hopes for gold?
      381 22  -  Rugby By PHILIP TAN The 81 n g a p o re Rugby Union may well have destroyed team morale built up since the Malaysian Rugby Union Cup tournament with the selection of the squad of 23 for the South East Asia Games. There
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      Defence win
      27 22 Defence retained the Inter-Ministry badminton championship for the K. R. Chandra Cup when they beat Education 5-0 at the SBA Hall, Gulllemard Road last night.
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      154 21 THE ITALIAN SHOE COMPANY Makes You An Offer You Can't Refuse S > A r The Most Comfortable Jogging Shoe in the World for $20! Italy's leading sports shoe man- Cushioned inner sole and arch ufacturer Lotto, introduces the support. Foam padded ankle colStramilano jogging shoe de- lar and tongue.
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      Focus on the heart this week
      411 23  -  By Judith Holmberg A series of lectures on heart at tacks and films on how to prevent them will be broadcast over radio and TV Singapore dur 1 ng National Heart Week which begins today. Radio Singapore will broadcast a series of 10-minute talks
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      The treadmill test
      318 23 If you wish to find out the chances of your having a heart attack, visit the National Heart Week exhibition at the Singapore Conference Hall In Shenton Way and ask for a test on the treadmill. This machine, which Is used to detect coronary artery disease, consists
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      194 23 6.00 a.m. Opening anncts. followed by At Daybreak with Music for Dining Len Stevens and His Orch. 6.30 News (E) 6.40 Morning Concert: Brandenburg Concerto In D (Bach), Stuttgart Chamber Orch/Karl Munchlnger; Quintet in D (Mozart) Danish String Quartet, Serge Collot (viola); Polonaise Fantasle Op. 61 (Chopin), Variations Br 11lantes,
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      457 23 In and around town AST EXHIBITION featuring works of Mr Lau Puay Hua at Sentosa Art Centre, ground floor, Block 4, opposite the cable car station. Exhibits Include works of sculpture, seal carving, portrait sketching, batik painting and ceramics. From 10.15 a.m. to 6 p.m. dally until Nov 13. Free
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      133 23 Sin bad (Patrick Warn*) and Farah (Ian* Bejmanr) In Slnbad and the Eye of the Tiger. THE SENTIMENTAL SWORDSMAN: T1 Lung stars as an honest Beltsacrificing w o rdsman forced to kill Yueh Hua who saved his life earlier. Sky, Boxy, President: 1.45, 4, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. MONET CRAZY
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      394 23 harnesses the belp of a torn boy lih female coach driver. A pair of fumbling robbers hardly help the situation, A Walt Disney production starrlngBlll Blxby, Susan Clark, Tim Conway, Don Knotts. Cathay: 1.30. 4, 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. (Mandarin): Shaw Brothers' answer to King Kong Is an exact duplicate
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    63 24 AH FOOK: Our growing garden city appears to be a mixed blessing, at least for residents of Redhill estate yesterday as they were plagued by thousands of migratory birds. MEI LIN: It's unfortunate, but it has nothing to do with our tree-p 1 a n 11 n g
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      887 24 AND RADIO 5 K"« Mi ti IN OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by RUDUMBA MALAR (T/r). Features on how to make rich sponge cake, a talk on burins furniture, an Interview with a motorist who uses a seat-belt and a halrstyllng demonstration. IN DIARY OF EVENTS (T). IN AFTERNOON MALG TINEE: Sequoia.
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      262 24 INQUIRY: Living Together. (Ch. 5. 6.05 p.m. In colour). Through panel dig* cuss ions and simulated situation*, this programme emphasises the positive aspects of family life, and provokes a realisation of the intrinsic value of the family. Students are prompted to look more closely at the strengths of the traditional
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