New Nation, 6 February 1978

Microfilm: NL9605
Total Pages: 18
1 20 New Nation
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • Title Section
    Masthead
    19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Monday, February 6, 1978 No. 2176 Price 25 cents MX. (P) 216/1/78 NfcW (0) NATION COMMENT
    19 words
  • Article
    $4 million 'ang pow'
    434 1  -  10,000 workers to get incentive payments By Ivan Lim The Labour Ministry has given clearance to 20 companies to pay 10,000 workers about $4 million In the form of ex-gratla payments. "The Ministry has checked the companies' payment proposals and Is satisfied that these payments are
    434 words
  • Article
    Jockey dies
    28 1 Jockey Mansor bin AfTandl, who fell from Man of Courage 111, in Race 6 at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, died in hospital at 5 o'clock this morning.
    28 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Carter: We'll step up pace of talks
    204 1 UPI Washington, Monday President Carter and Egyptian President Sadat will try to expand Middle East peace negotiations and step up the pace of the talks. At the end of two ciays of private talks. Mr Carter said late yesterday, "we are in complete
    UPI; Source: UPI picture  -  204 words
  • Article
    Lock icon HE COULDN'T STOMACH IT
    70 1 Reuter Lima, Monday.—A 20-year-old American died on a Los Angeles-bound flight on Saturday after plastic packets of cocaine he was smuggling in his stomach burst open, Peruvian police said Doctors said Allan Mc- Queen of Kansas City swallowed 45 packets of cocaine before leaving Lima. He
    Reuter  -  70 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 1
      52 1 New Nation wishes its Chinese readers a Happy New Year There will be no publication of New Nation tomorrow. Publication will resume on Wednesday. INSIDE Goalie Chuan Chin's night of glory Picture spread in Pages 16, 17 IN THE OTHER PAGES: Crossword 12; Moneywords 14; Stars 15; Comics 1«; What's
      52 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 2
      3 1 See Page 5
      3 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 3
      145 1 NTACT LENSES AND VISION CANE K.Li TAN F.1.0.A., F.S.M.C. (INOLANO) MAIUI 5l»|«»on Contocr L«n« Soci«tv S.A. TAN D.OFT. M.8.0.A. (ENCLAND) By Appointment to the Late Sultan of Johore, Sir Ibrahim TAN OPTICAL HOUSE PEACE CENTRE. SUITI 11*, 1* PL. SELEGIE/SOPHIA NO., TIL: 32M21 The voices of the world at your
      145 words
  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
Page thumbnail Page 2
  • Article
    New pension scheme for MPs proposed
    520 2 A Bill to Introduce a new pension scheme for Members of Parliament, both In ratoect of their service as members and as holders of ministerial and other offices, has been tabled In Parliament. Entitled the Parliamentary Pensions Bill, the proposed scheme treats service as
    520 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Show goes on — even for an audience of one
    144 2 Show goes on even for an audience of one The Roy Pellet Dixieland jazz band, who are used to audiences of thousands, found themselves playing to an audience of one at Paya Lebar airport. The band was giving an impromptu performance when this little boy, fascinated by the music, ambled
    144 words
  • Article
    STOCK MARKET
    137 2 Market sentiments Improved during the first 45 minutes of fairly active trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today BUSINESS DONE: Firat Section F. MERLIN (12)0.91 (35) 0.91 V*. Sett.: (1) 0.91 V». B. RAYA (3) 1.60 (2) 1.65 (1) 1.62 (6) 1.63. BEN (2) 0.63. J. MATHESON
    137 words
  • Article
    SBS 'go public' move welcomed
    290 2 Employees question benefits Many Singapore Bus Service employees have welcomed the news that their company is going public, but are doubtful whether they would be able to afford the shares offered to them. Those Interviewed said most of them would not benefit from the change.
    290 words
  • Page 2 Advertisements
  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 1
      93 2 Big Sweep and Toto BIG SWEEP drawr. in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday: First: *****2 Second: *****1 Third: *****0 Starters: *****1,*****3. *****9. *****3, *****4. *****6, *****1, *****5, *****3, *****7, *****1. Consolation: *****8, *****4, *****0, *****9, *****5, *****6, *****0. *****3. *****6, *****8. BIG SWEEP drawn yesterday: First: *****1 Second: *****0 Third: *****0
      93 words
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • Article
    Lock icon Shippers back S'pore move
    218 3 UPI Manila, Monday Two shippers' groups in South-east Asia yesterday backed Malaysia and Singapore In opposing new rate increases announced by shipping conferences In the US. A statement of support for the National Shippers' Councils of Malaysia and Singapore was issued by Philippine Trade Secretary Troadio
    UPI  -  218 words
  • Article
    Diplomacy
    35 3 The University of Singapore's department of extramural studies will conduct a 10-lectare course on diplomacy at the chemistry lecture theatre from Feb 10. Fee for the course is $30. Ring *****6 for more details.
    35 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Customs step up checks at JB end
    222 3 Malaysian Customs at the Causeway checkpoint have stepped up their checks to prevent people taking advantage of the Chinese New Year rush to evade duty. It has been a common sight during the past few days for people leturnlng from Singapore to celebrate
    222 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Poet who didn't fulfil his dream
    310 3  -  By Douglas Chan Drug expert, poet, blood donor, numls m a 11 st, philatelist, social worker, friend of the poor—all that in Just one man, Mr T.A. Mugan, the assistant Comptroller of Customs. Mr Mugan died when he was on the brink of realising
    310 words
  • Article
    Thai travel ruling
    80 3 Singaporean* who enter Thailand by train or tour buses must possess return tickets valid for 15 days to qualify for visa exemption. However, those who arrive by private car, rental bus or taxi can stay In the country for 15 days without visas, the First Secretary of
    80 words
  • Article
    No parking along Chingay route
    100 3 Motorists will not be allowed to park their cars along Marine Parade Road, Marine Terrace, Marine Crescent, Joo Chlat Road and Dunman Road on Wednesday during the Chingay procession from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. The procession will start from Marine Parade Road opposite St.
    100 words
  • Article
    Canoeing
    19 3 The Orchard Road YMCA will conduct a basic canoeing course at Ponggol Point on Feb 19 and 26.
    19 words
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 1
      61 3 LEOW HOCK MIN INTACT I INS PRACTITIONER MSc.f B.OA (England; OPTOMETRIST OPTICIAN Dip Opt FSM C (London; OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN F RSH F AA 0 1U S.A EYE OPTICS CONTACT LENS Head Office Tantjl n Shopping Centre" G'ound F- toor, Gl4, Singapore 10 Tel *****1 Branch "liat Towers" Ground Floor, Singapore
      61 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2
      55 3 Up to 50% discount on golf equipment and accessories. Fantastic bargains at never to be repeated discounts. Come early and avoid disappointment PAN-WEST CPTEI LTD. Pla/a S»nqapur<t UlCBu f-utrpatnokSupermarket U'V 22H-210 i fiO F<aja CMulan i r ;Fi -)Qr 1 3 L.o<ver Grouruj Floo? Kuala Lumpur T«; 3212ri r G
      55 words
Page thumbnail Page 4
  • Article, Illustration
    Tunnel of green' will lead to Changi airport
    449 4  -  By Judith Hale The road leading to Changl airport will be a "tunnel of green." And thousands of trees will surround the airport to give it that luscious atmosphere. Special emphasis will be placed on landscaping to enhance the archltertural splendour of
    449 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Viet refugee camp to close
    136 4 Reuter Bote Bbaru. Monday A temporary refugee camp near here will be closed on Thursday and the last group of ISO Vietnamese refugees remaining there will be sent to a central camp In .neighbouring Trengganu stale, an spokesman said here yesterday. The spokesman of the
    Reuter  -  136 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Hungary to step up trade with S'pore
    219 4 Hungary plans to set up trade and promote cultural exchanges with Singapore said its new Ambassador to Singapore. Mr Jonos Vertes. In an Interview on Saturday at Holiday Inn he said: "We hope to trade with Singapore on a bigger scale and achieve
    219 words
  • Article
    NN contest
    18 4 The closing date for New Nation Moneywords contest FR has been extended to Thursday 2 pjn.
    18 words
  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 4 Advertisements Column 1
      156 4 dbx 128 tape copies sound better than j your records Rrst. you play your favorite records, tapes or FM broadcasts through the expander section of our Model 128 to restore missing dynamics and recfcjce noise that's been robbing you of live performance Then, you preserve the dynamics of this vibrantly
      156 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 4 Advertisements Column 2
      19 4 Beat the heat rfsta lIS3 SUNSHIELD ALSOTHEFT/QLAHE/FADE PROOF Available Do-it-yoursalf kits, too. Q S PORE *****8 #aH- K.L. *****5
      19 words
Page thumbnail Page 5
  • Article
    Lock icon Arab call to Russians: Use influence in region
    342 5 AFP Reuter Algiers, Monday Arab leaders opposed to Egyptian President Sadat's Middl? East peace talks with Israel urged the Soviet Union at the weekend to reassert its influence in the region. Emerging from a three-day summit, they issued a long political declaration
    AFP; Reuter  -  342 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Klein talks to newsmen
    93 5 Fashion designer Calvin Klein speaks to newsmen at the FBI headquarters In New York City on Saturday after it was announced that three suspects had been arrested in connec- tion with the kidnapping of his daughter, Marcl. 11 on Friday. Police said the kidnappers used a
    Source: UPI radio picture  -  93 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Police uncover Al Fatah smuggling network
    164 5 AP Tel Avin, Monday Police have uncovered an exploslves-smu g g 1 i n g operation run by Palestinian agents in the occupied West Bank, it was announced yesterday. Three separate loads of explosives concealed in the walls of cargo crates arrived in Israel
    AP  -  164 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Koreagate: Few in Congress to face charges
    140 5 AP Washington, Monday Special counsel Leon Jaworskl yesterday said a few US Congressmen may face criminal charges In the South Korean influence-buying affair, while as many as two dozen may be punished or possibly expelled by their colleagues. Mr Jaworskl, a former Wat
    AP  -  140 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Aussie bid for meet
    66 5 Reuter Canberra, Monday Australian Prime Mlnlster*Malcolm Fraaer wants Australia to be the venue for the 1981 Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, government officials revealed here today. Mr Praser and other senior government officials have already raised the possibility with Commonwealth leaders and will do so again,
    Reuter  -  66 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Call for ban on nuclear satellites
    105 5 UPI New York, Monday A private committee, sending appeals to the Presidents of the Soviet Union and the United States, launched a campaign yesterday for a ban on all nuclear-powered satellites, such as the one that fell on Canada two week* ago. The "People
    UPI  -  105 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Vajpayee's visit to Pak hailed
    269 5 Reuter New Delhi, Monday Indian External Affairs Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee goes to Pakistan today for a three-day visit regarded here as one of the most significant diplomatic initiatives of the Janata Party government since it came to power last March. For nearly three decades
    Reuter  -  269 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Six Jakarta papers resume publication
    145 5 AP Jakarta, Monday One English and five Indonesian language newspapers are resuming publication after more than a two-week shut down Imposed by the government. The papers, were ordered to suspend publication on Jan. 20 until further notice In a crackdown on dissent. The reason was
    AP  -  145 words
  • Article
    Lock icon So slow
    35 5 UPI Washington, Monday President Carter's national security adviser, Mr Zblgniew Brzezinskl, yesterday said the pace of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks with the Soviet Union is going slower than officials had expected.'— UPI.
    UPI  -  35 words
  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 1
      398 5 One thing is common to these successful men... h v VI m LI? they speak Hokkien Effective communications, as these four successful Executives will teH you, is the keynote of success. And in their cases, being able to deal in Hokkien with the Hokkien business communities has paid off handsomely.
      398 words
Page thumbnail Page 6
  • Article
    Lock icon Reds will win in French polls forecast
    280 6 UPI Paris, Monday Weekend polls still predict that the communists and socialists will take power 4n France in the March legislative elections despite a reminder from President Valery discard d'Estalng that he could not stop their radical economic programme. The newspapers he Matin
    UPI  -  280 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Summit talks to centre on franc slide
    172 6 Reuter Paris. Monday The slide of the French franc and other currency upheavals are expected to preoccupy West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and President Volery discard d'Estaing of France In summit talks which open today. During Mr Schmidt's 24-hour visit, the two leaders
    Reuter  -  172 words
  • Article
    Lock icon 'CIA cuts oil output figure'
    327 6 Reuter Washington, Monday The US Central Intelligence Agency has sharply cut its estimate of Saudi Arabia's oil producing capacity, the Washington Post re-, ported yesterday. According to the ClA's latest calculations, the paper also said the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) Is pumping up
    Reuter  -  327 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Tank battle in Lebanon
    147 6 UPI Beirut), Monday. Fierce fighting flared yesterday between Lebanese rightists and Le-banese-Palestinian leftist forces along the southeast border with Israel. Leftist sources charged that a murder by the rightists had triggered the clashes. In Beirut. Itself the latest In a wave of some 100 bomb blasts
    UPI  -  147 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Available land for food crops
    155 6 Reuter Washington, Monday The World Bank estimates that about one billion hectares of virgin land in the developing world could be made arable to meet the world's growing need for food and fibres. But, in a paper entitled Agricultural Land Settlement to be published today,
    Reuter  -  155 words
  • Article
    Lock icon TODAY
    110 6 UPI TODAY Is Monday, Feb. 6, the 37th day of 1978 with 328 to follow. THE MOON Is approaching its new phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Venus, Jupiter and Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. Actresses
    UPI  -  110 words
  • Article
    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    81 6 Reuter Southampton, Monday A British judge has suggested that men who spend government-given unemployment money on drink should have their ears cut off. Judge lan Starforth Hill, who was trying a Jobless man said to have been drinking fc*for» he »>ole fur roaK told the court: "I
    Reuter  -  81 words
  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 6 Miscellaneous Column 1
      268 6 FW Qaikat J W<L Ah Fook: I am fed-up of this work, I want to change jobs. Mai Lin: You change jobs more often than you change clothes. Ah Fook: Soya sudah bosan dengan kerja ini, saya mahu bertukar kerja. z-N Mei Lin: Anda bertukar tukar kefja lebih sering dari
      268 words
Page thumbnail Page 7
  • Article
    Lock icon Peking all spruced up for the New Year joy
    247 7 UPI Hong Kong, Monday. —Peking is "dolled up" head to toe and has some new-iangled conveniences* like 44hour and home delivery supermarkets to celeorate the year's greatest holiday. Lunar New Year, tne New China News Agency reported yesterday. The report mon.tored
    UPI  -  247 words
  • Article
    Guns grab
    29 7 Bergen-Hohne, (West Germany) Monday. An armed gang overpowered sentries at a North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (Nato) base here early yesterday and seized four machine guns, police said.—Reuter.
    29 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Israeli arms supply for Ethiopia?
    298 7 Silence from Tel Aviv Agencies Tel Aviv, Monday Israel maintained official silence yesterday oil Washington reports that Israeli arms had been flowing into Ethiopia. Asked whether It was true that as US government sources said, Israel was providing Ethiopia with arms to use against Ethiopian
    Agencies  -  298 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Backing for Carter's tax cuts plan
    273 7 Reuter Washlngton, Monday A new congressional study released yesterday backs President Carter's decision to end two major tax benefits for US companies which sell or operate overseas. The Library of Congress Research Service study was released by Senator Edward Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat, who
    Reuter  -  273 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Britain's race relations getting worse, says poll
    261 7 Reuter London, Monday Almost half the population of Britain believes race relations here are getting worse, according to a public Opinion poll published in yesterday's Sunday Telegraph. The "newspaper said the Gallup poll It commissioned found 46 per cent of the sample questioned
    Reuter  -  261 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Chinese praise for Nepal
    83 7 AFP Kathmandu, Monday. Chinese Vice-Premier Teng Hsiao-pins has said that he nad come to Nepal to convey the cordial friendship of the Chinese people and taking back the profound friendship of the Nepalese people to them. Speaking at his return banquet last night In honour of
    AFP  -  83 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Drug haul: Two held
    35 7 UPI Sydney, Monday—Two middle-aged American women are being held In connection with last Wednesday's US$l9 million ($43.7 million) drug haul on Sydney's north coast, a Federal Narcotics Bureau source said today.
    UPI  -  35 words
  • Article
    Lock icon US welcomes recall of Hanoi envoy
    183 7 Reuter Washington, Monday. The United States hopes that Saturday's recall of the Vietnamese ambassador to the United Nations will not affect talks on the normalisation of relations between Washington and Hanoi, a State Department spokesman said. Vietnam's Vlce-Mlnls-ter for Foreign Affairs, Nguyen Co Thach,
    Reuter  -  183 words
  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 1
      166 7 It 0 Iz 0 0 a o iz 0 0 a o h z 0 0 a o h K 0 h A precise, sophisticated system for memorable shots Compactly built Bright, easy-viewing finder field Newly-developed metal focal plane shutter Convenient built-in self-timer Battery checking shutter release actiori Wide range
      166 words
Page thumbnail Page 8
  • Article
    The fruits of discord
    361 8 As each poisoned Jaffa orange turns up like the proverbial bad apple to perhaps sour up the Middle East situation even further, the Israelis are understandably becoming emotional over what has been described as a particularly contemptible form of International terrorism. The latest faceless group In
    361 words
  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • Article
      Handsome harvest
      79 8 The pioneer ing spirit of our ancestors Is very much alive today. A 40-year-old exHong Kong farmer works 18 hours a day In darkness growing beansprouts In a row of cellars In the slum area of Manchester, England. At 12 pence a pound 75 per cent cheaper than
      79 words
    • Article
      Inflationary talk
      29 8 A woman's club in Berkshire, England, advertised a talk.snCtUetf: "Money still talks." To which someone added; "But these days It takes so much to say so Utile."
      29 words
  • Article, Illustration
    NOT CONTENT TO BE LOTUS-EATERS
    603 8  -  MONDAY WITH LU LIN REUTENS LU LIN REUTENS "Why should I work?" a lotuseater once asked. "So you ran earn enough to retire comfortably In your old age," was the reply. "But I'm already comfortable," he retorted. Most of us, at one time or another,
    603 words
  • Article
    China turns to Japan for help
    531 8 Modernising the steel industry ..is one big project From Swadesh de Roy, our Tokyo correspondent China has found in Japan a priceless collaborator in its desperate bid to attain technological parity with the Soviet Union. Industrial collaboration between Japan and China since the fall
    531 words
  • Article
    Unity threat to NF
    335 8 VOICE OF THE PRESS UTUSAN MELAYU Headline: Storm over seats. The desire of the Penang MCA to contest the next general election under its own symbol if the National Front allocated only two seats to it should be viewed with gravity. The desire which was expressed
    335 words
Page thumbnail Page 9
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon C'wealth meet at Sydney will be a test
    557 9 Its success may be followed by other regional gatherings AFP Canberra: The outcome of the first Commonwealth Heads Of Government Regional Meeting (CHOGRM) which opens in Sydney on Feb 13 will determine the future of other regional gatherings of Commonwealth leaders. It
    AFP  -  557 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Tet brings gaiety to Saigon
    325 9 UPI. Hong Kong: The people of Saigon, barely 80 km from where their country is fighting a border war with Cambodia, will spend most of this week eating sweets, sporting new clothes, frolicking at a fair and generally cnjoyjng themselves, according to the official Vietnam
    UPI.  -  325 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon No matter what they call it, to the one who's sick it's just flu
    653 9  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times Every year they give it a different name. One year they call it the Hong Kong Flu, the next year they call it Virus A 1, then Texas Flu. No matter
    Los Angeles Times  -  653 words
  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 9 Advertisements Column 1
      84 9 MARINE I m JFI MARINE RADIO EQUIPMENT RADIO RECEIVER MARINE VHF SSB RADIO EQUIPMENT m g SOLAS (PTE) LTD. -4-j MARINE ENGINEERS, RADIO SURVEYORS, I SATELLITE COMMUNICATION ENGINEERS. NO. 7 LORONtf 10. GEYLANG, SINGAPORE 14. TEL: *****1 (2 lines), *****46, *****7. CABLE ADDRESS: SOLEOUIP .TELEX: RS ***** We carry out
      84 words
Page thumbnail Page 10 / 11
  • trend
    • Article, Illustration
      On wings of fashion
      215 10 / 11 Sc his pare 111 has really come to the fashion front over the last couple of collections witn Serge Lepage as deslgnerJlut tnls spring/ summer he has outdone himself with his "Victory of Samothrace"—the winged woman, liberated and triumphant. Inspired by her, he's created a collection
      215 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Changing patterns of women in Asian countries
      756 10 / 11 AP Bangkok: Shunning the aggressive styles of some of their western sisters. women in Asia are making large strides out of the kitchens and nurseries and into former male preserves in executive boardrooms, government chambers and professional offices. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan
      AP  -  756 words
    • Grapevine
      • Article
        Lock icon Loving in step
        156 10 / 11 DJ A psychologist says sex is like dancing if you don't know the bs&lc steps, your love-life will flop. And the tragedy Is that too many couples never bother to learn. The psychologist, Paul Brown, was in charge of Britain's National Marriage Guidance Council's sexual disfunction clinic
        DJ  -  156 words
      • Article
        Windmills as gifts
        120 10 / 11 Talk about original gifts have you heard about the windmills which one store In the United States was promoting as presents? They cost US$l6,OOO a piece and can store enough energy to run appliances like your hairdryer, coffeepercolator and stereo. Then there's the pair of bison at
        120 words
      • Article
        Last supper in salt
        148 10 / 11 We've all heard of Ice and butter sculptures but surely not of the Last Supper carved In salt, or Chief Sitting Bull sculpt- Ed out of brown and white chocolate! If that sounds Incredible, read on: There's also a three-panel mosaic made from light and dark
        148 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Have one on me
        73 10 / 11 DJ The night-time hitchhiker who got a long lift from sports shop owner Barry Morley was grateful. As he said goodbye he pushed some crinkly paper Into Barry's shirt pocket and said: "Have a drink on me." Thirty seven year old Barry, of York, England, drove
        DJ  -  73 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Boxing clever
        59 10 / 11 D.J. Policemen who deal with football crowds and demos are to have their love-llves protected. Three hundred cricketers' protective "boxes" have been ordered by a police chief in Britain. A spokesman said: 'The most common form of attack on a policeman is a kick in the groin. This
        D.J.  -  59 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Bounce for horses
        35 10 / 11 D.J. Farmer Ron Saffron wants to give Britain's racehorses and showjumpers that extra bounce. He claims his new-style horseshoes with rubber shock absorbers will lengthen their stride and help them over fences.—D.J.-
        D.J.  -  35 words
    • Dear Ros
      • Article, Illustration
        Kissing and hugging—yet not a word on love
        242 10 / 11 Do you think my boyfriend is fooling around with me? He likes to hug, kiss and pet with me but he never says he loves me. Whenever I tell him that I love him, he just smiles. When I ask him his
        242 words
      • Article
        Temper is a problem
        209 10 / 11 More replies to your letters My problem Is my temper. It is aroused by the slightest thing. We are both 22 and have known each other for more than two years and our relationship has been smooth but for my bad temper. I know that It
        209 words
      • Article
        It's plain jealousy
        192 10 / 11 We have been married for three years. On our wedding day, my husband had his photograph taken with his sister-in-law who had her arm around him. I wouldn't have minded except that It was on my wedding day. She is a society girl and an unwed mother.
        192 words
      • Article
        Friendship setback
        241 10 / 11 Since my girlfriend of six months started work at my office, our friendship started to deteriorate. Incidentally I Introduced her to the lob. Some colleagues began to tease her whenever I am around and she became embarrassed. Now she keeps avoiding me and refuses to talk to me.
        241 words
  • Page 10 / 11 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 / 11 Advertisements Column 1
      50 10 / 11 Get on the right track with Swish. Curtain Track Assemblies and Accessories j From England Sole Distributor for Singapore, Hongkong and the rest of S.E. Asia I KTI Phil Mart Pta. Ltd. j r 243 Hotel Merlin, M Floor, U Bw'A Beach Road, Sinf opore, 7 MM TKL: M3M4I 1
      50 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 / 11 Advertisements Column 2
      179 10 / 11 West Cabot's Vitamin E Skin Care is The one thing your skin may have always needed! This luxurious moisturising creme, super saturated with 14,000 units of Vitamin E moistens, softens and beautifies all skin types. Marvellous for rough-dry zones and delicate eye areas. Use under makeup, as a night creme,
      179 words
Page thumbnail Page 12
  • Article
    Business News and Views
    142 12 Prices at 11.80 am. today (Australian time) on tne Uyaney block kxchange: AOI 167 170 Acmll 74 76 ADC 30 30 Ampol Pet 71 90 ANI 162 API! 135 Bank NSW 514 515 Brambles 150 153 BHP 535 530 Boral 335 335 CBA 343 345 CBR
    142 words
  • Article
    Abundant liquidity boosts trading
    489 12 SYDNEY The positive stock market trend of last week continued even more strongly under the influence of the abundant liquidity on the money and stock market. The average share price level rose by 1.6 p.c. and the market closed at .a new 1977/78 high. Due to
    489 words
  • Article
    ZURICH
    170 12 After the previous week's little changes In price levels the market started weak with prices declining In generally calm trading. Vvlth the wage negotiations in the Industry getting tougher buyers adopted a wait-and-see attitude. After the market had reached a low point by Wednesday, prices started to recover wiping
    170 words
  • Article
    PARIS
    90 12 Political fears have continued to depress the market whlclv.fell again. The fall of the franc at the end of the week increased the pessimism generally felt. The market Is going to continue to be dependent on these two factors. Closing prices on the Parte Bourse: (87/1/78) (I/t/78) Aqultalne 3J0.50
    90 words
  • Article
    Pay claims dominate sentiment
    387 12 FT index off 15.9 points on the week LONDON Stock market sentiment this week was dominated by a large number of pay claims, (with possible strike implications) chiefly from the public sector, which threaten the government's 10 p.c. pay guidelines. These negotiations took place during the
    387 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Shanghai sales up
    76 12 AFP Hong Kong, Monday Retail sales at the biggest food and department stores in Shanghai are up more than 20 per cent over last year's spring festival, the New China News Agency reported yesterday. A local authority on city commerce attributed this to full stocks, steady prices,
    AFP  -  76 words
  • Article
    Lock icon A record
    34 12 AP Washington, Monday, The US Agriculture Department said yesterday meat production in major Importing countries may be a record this year of about 47.3 million tonnes, up 1.2 per cent from 1977.AP.
    AP  -  34 words
  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 12 Miscellaneous Column 1
      271 12 V Crossword > iIM HMIiUHB ilHttl ACROBS 1 Field: Lat. 5 Portend 9 Arias 14 Dress Insert 15 Cuckoos 16 Praying figure, In art 17 Certain cars 19 Strong point 20 Roadside signs 21 Struggle 23 Lace, for short 24 Parry 25 Getaway 27 Indian and Antarctic 30 Czech city,
      271 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 12 Miscellaneous Column 2
      471 12 Moneywords results > No entrant submitted a solution which corresponded in all respects with the set of answers held by the judges to be the most apt in the New Nation Money-words Puzzle PQ. One entrant submitted a solution which differed at two points from .the solution which the Judges
      471 words
Page thumbnail Page 13
  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 13 Advertisements Column 1
      432 13 ISo^L Socce *78" ;s^ I W^MOStßE^Ogoe p Co"^°v^sPfl S AA tS V; •afc Around the world Pepsi is associated with soccer. So W what better idea than a series of Pepsi Soccer Contests here in Singapore, where the Mr sport is so popular! Pepsi and New Nation have joined together
      432 words
Page thumbnail Page 14
  • Article, Illustration
    A good buy for a small car
    457 14  -  Motoring Nick van Nugteren The Honda Civic was designed to fulfil a basic purpose, it is a means of transportation suitable for dense city traffic as well as for smooth operation on highways and on country roads. Designed over five yean ago. the
    457 words
  • Article
    A new bike that's a sound buy...
    561 14  -  Motorcycling by Lee Chiu San Every now and then some motorcycle manufacturer gets the idea that he is going to build a machine that will bring cheap transport to the masses who will buy up his product by the millions. But the truth
    561 words
  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 14 Advertisements Column 1
      139 14 What makes your car sag or droop? Heavy loads? Weak springs? Load-levelers*heip compensate those sagging springs Monroe Rear Load-leveler*stabilizes the car for better road holding, greatly increases MV road-carrying capacity. Combines a variable-rate steel cotl-spring with a heavy duty automatic adjusting shock absorber Gives your vehicle added spring weight tor
      139 words
  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 14 Miscellaneous Column 1
      563 14 NEW NATION MONEYWORDS Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss.): Addres>: N.R.I.C. No: Tel: i FILLIN ART missing r- LETTERS k_ across A S E USING B R N CLUES _AAJi ,ILOW rnmm mm mam amm m Cut along dotted lines m CLUES FOR
      563 words
Page thumbnail Page 15
  • SPORT STARTS HERE
    • Article
      Veronica nets 3 in GSC win
      198 15 Girls Sports Club moved closer to the National Women's Double Knockout hockey final with another thumping win at Balestier Road yesterday beating Dunearn 5-1. Veronica Sim (3), Phllomena Goh and Angeline Ee were the scorers. They meet the winners of the SCC-Thereslans tie in
      198 words
    • Article
      S. AFRICAN WANTS A CRACK AT ALI
      104 15 Eg Boxing Johannesburg. Monday Kallie Knoetze, South Africa's punching policeman, has his eyes on a match with world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad All after his third-round knockout win over American Duane Boblck here last night. Knoetze and his manager Billy Lotter are expected
      104 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon SAVED by Chuan Chin
      634 16 / 17  -  Man of the match v By SURESH NAIR He was the stumbling block who thwarted the blue-shirted players, frustrated the goai-hun-gry 50,000 crowd, upset the bookies, but was the toast of his team-mates and New Nation's Man of the Match. His name Is Lim Chuan Chin
      Pictures by JERRY SEH  -  634 words
    • Article
      High hopes turn into laborious win for S'pore
      676 16 / 17  -  Match report By JEFFREY LOW Who had the last laugh? Perak, of course, because they were so grossly under-rated in prematch predictions, predictions, that boasted of another goal avalanche by Singapore. That Singapore only managed to score a 2-0 win simply served
      676 words
    • Article, Illustration
      ...but not these two State of the states
      428 16 / 17  -  by SURESH NAIR Seasoned campaigners and top contenders for the 1978 Malaysia Cupholders Singapore, Penang (last year's losing Anallsts) and Selangor scored their third victories over the weekend, maintaining an unblemished goals-against record. Penang, playing in their Arst away match at Darulaman
      428 words
    • Article
      Tables
      99 16 / 17 NORTH ZONE P W D l r A P 8'pore 3 3 0 0 11 0 Penang 3 3 0 0 0 Reltan 3 2 0 1 5 4 Kedah 4 2 0 2 3 7 Perils 3 1 0 2 3 6 MAP 4 0 1 3 f
      99 words
    • Article
      Charles Street Lad a threat in Tunku's Gold Cup
      499 18 Jfcjj Racing Charles Street Lad, a newcomer trained by Lee Beng Hap, bounced into the Tunku's Gold Cup picture with a fine showing in the Cup trial over 1800 m at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The four-year-old Irish gelding by Gala Performance
      499 words
    • Article, Illustration
      How they finished at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday
      471 18 Coooa Producer led paat the 800 m but swung out wide at the home turn. Coort Belle shot out In front, with Attraction starting his run. Foreign Cent and Tlkku made up ground. Finishing stronglf Attraction swept past Court Belle at the
      471 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Title to Swee Chew at last
      712 18  -  WEEKEND GOLE by Lim Kee Chan Lim Swee Chew, former Singapore World Cup representative, has Anally shot Into the limelight In the Local Circuit by winning the $5000 Sembawang Tiger Open championship yesterday." Bwee Chew shot a three-over-par 74 In the final round to
      712 words
    • Article
      US men on the decline
      83 18 Swimming Columbus. Monday. American supremacy in men's swimming will decline by the 1980 Moscow Olympics but the American women should challenge the East Germans at Moscow. This was the point of view expressed by Jim Montgomery, triple gold medallist at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, here
      83 words
  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 15 Advertisements Column 1
      768 15 AT YOUR SERVICE Telephone Service Weekdays 8.30 a.m. 5.00 p.m. Saturdays 8.30 a.m. 3.00 p.m. Public Holidays 9.00 a.m. —1.00 p.m. Counter Service Regular of/ice hours Ansafone Service After office hours r i ELBA YEO'S SPECIAL Deportment Fashion Oroomlng Course is designed to help every girl In all aspects of
      768 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 15 Advertisements Column 2
      83 15 *****515L51 HAPPY NEW YEAR PNOENIX RESTAURANT OUTRAM park BLK. 26 6th STOREY (E) Available now at economical rata Our restaurant will be closed from February 7, 8 9,1978 Business will resume on February 10,1978 WELCOME TO TASTE OUR SPECIAL RAW ¥T3TT For your dining pleasure our 'Garden' hall and 'Groat'
      83 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 15 Advertisements Column 3
      801 15 NOTICES PUBLIC AU CHAPTER 222 (PAWNBROKERS) Unredeemed pledges made up to July 1977 consisting of gold and sliver ornaments, Jewelleries etc. pledged with the following pawnshops will be sold by public auction:- No. 255 South Bridge Road Heng D pte No. 287 South Bridge Road Nam Cheong Pawnshop Fte No.
      801 words
  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 15 Miscellaneous Column 1
      358 15 YOUR LUCKY IF IT'S YOUR BORN today, you are sentimental, and may have trouble keeping sentiment from distorting reality. You tend to see things as you wish, rather than as they are. You often fall to prepare adequately for upcoming c 1 r c umstances, and thus, though you may
      358 words
Page thumbnail Page 16 / 17
  • Page 16 / 17 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 16 / 17 Advertisements Column 1
      204 16 / 17 Si St «piAiA m Chinese New Year's Eve (6-2-78) 8 p.m. 3 a.m. V Wishing you "Kong Hee Fatt Choy" Attractive prizes to be wo Sponsors Tanita Lighters Echolac Travelling Cases Sii Titoni Watches M Perfumes of Singapore 6i Lindeteves-Jacoberg Si General Electric Co. Leon's Pro Shop M Happiness Home
      204 words
  • Page 16 / 17 Miscellaneous
Page thumbnail Page 18
Page thumbnail Page 19
  • What's On A page that tells you everything you want to know of what's happening in town
    • Article, Illustration
      A sad story that ends with smiles
      418 19  -  By Judith Holmberg Pollyanna, Sieanor H. Porter's heartwarming story of an orphan girl who puts the smiles back on the faces of the inhabitants of a little American town, begins on TV this evening. It will be telecast in six parts, the first
      418 words
    • Article
      Greeting the New Year with music
      215 19 The Chinese section of Radio Singapore has lined up a series of special musical programme* over the Chinese New Year holidays. Listeners have ample opportunities to send Lunar New Year greetings to friends as musical requests will be played between 12.05 and 12.30 p.m.
      215 words
  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 19 Miscellaneous Column 1
      201 19 6.00 a.m. Opening Announcements followed by At Daybreak wltn Kenny Burrell—Guitar Forms 6.30 News (E> 6.40 Morning Concert: String Quartet No. 12 In F "The American" (Dvorak), Prague String Quartet; Peter and the Wolf (Prokofiev), narrator: Hermlone Glngold, Alloys and Alfons Kontar sky (pianos). Wolfgang Herzer (cello), Vienna Phil/Karl Bohm;
      201 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 19 Miscellaneous Column 2
      1248 19 At the cinema SPIDER-MAN: Along the lines of the famed Superman. Spider-Man la actually a student scientist, who while experimenting with highly radioactive material. Is bitten by a spider that has been exposed to it. He becomes endowed with super-human powers and uses them to battle the forces of evil.
      1,248 words
Page thumbnail Page 20
  • Article
    Talking Point
    81 20 AH FOOK: First, local manufacturers denied that their goods were not competitive as alleged by a buyer from a British supermarket chain. Then our music teachers hit back at criticisms from a music examiner who commented on Singaporeans' attitude towards musical education. Foreign experts should be more careful
    81 words
  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 20 Advertisements Column 1
      149 20 ii ATLASI Component Music System No. 2 SOUND <■ V h >V' With us, it's for batter speakers Since loudspeakers are the weakest link of any music system, alternatives are provided for your personal choice. SONY STR-11S Receiver SONY PC-11 Turntable 589.00 STUDIOCRAFT (USA) SC-220 Loudspeakers 350.00 SU-111 Metal Rack
      149 words
  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 20 Miscellaneous Column 1
      622 20 TV ANO RADIO (SINGAPORE 5] Happy NBwVtar SHARRCTV S.M OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by VALARPIRAI (T/r). This edition Includes the stories Hen's Sacrifice and The Cleverness of a Reindeer, two dances. the songs Thlrupsthl Main Vashum Vengadesa ftnd Thftylr Slrftthft Kayllumllftl. ftnd «n explanatlon of ft Thlrukurftl verse. S.M DIARY Or
      622 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 20 Miscellaneous Column 2
      238 20 PEGGY FLEMING IN HOLIDAY ON ICE. (Ch. 5, 10 p.m. In colour). Figureskating champion, Peggy Fleming, hosts and performs In this Ice show filmed at the Madison Square Gardens In New York. LUNAR NEW YEAR SPECIAL. (Ch. 8, 7.20 p.m. In colour). Comedian Wang Bar hosts this musical variety special
      238 words