New Nation, 2 April 1978

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    10 1 Sunday Nation APRIL 2, 1978 30 CENTS M.C.(P) NO. 217/1/7S
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      59 1 Power to all our friends! Talks to begin on energy-sharing with Malaysia Page 3 w f 4 J&Lvl ■<> V* a* T! «2>~* < 9 Two haly^and^S F->- *t:r* V y> 5s< v ski v '.A? LITTLE MISS NAIVE Shopping fad spawns Page 2 Why Jeremy was chosen last week
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      109 1 Specialists in sports equipment accessories and leisure wear. PHONE 23 Orchard Boulevard Singapore 10. 'J* I X V N Going to work may be health hazard Page 6 IZJj d V V t VH V 9 5 > i surx 4 'v Ar\ Making whoopee the colonel's way Page 8
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  • THE WORLD YESTERDAY
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      Lock icon Indira: Don't hang Bhutto
      75 2 AFP FORMER Indian Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi said in Uttar Pradesh state she was against the death penalty awarded to former Pakistan Prime Minister Zulflkar All Bhutto by the Lahore high court, the Samachar news agency reported yesterday. Mrs Oandhl stated, in a brief statement
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      Lock icon Carter in Nigeria
      80 2 UPI PRESIDENT Carter officially began the first state visit by a US president to black Africa yesterday with talks on how to get Cuban troops to leave the continent and bring black rule to the remaining white ruled African nations. Thousands of Nlge■ rians chanting "Carter, Carter"
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      Lock icon Hua replies to Fukuda
      62 2 AFP CHINESE Premier Hua Kuo-feng in a message to Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda expressed the hope (or further development of Japan-China friendship. The message delivered to Mr Fukuda on Friday, was a reply to Mr Fukuda's congratulatory cable sent to the Chinese Eremler on his
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      Lock icon Leaf chewing habit banned
      54 2 AFP THE traditional Argentine habit of chewing coca leaves has been banned by the military government Coca-leaf c hewers, known as "coqueros", henceforth risk one to six years In prison, while dealers can be jailed for between three and 10 years, It was oglcially announced In
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      Lock icon Troops withdraw
      74 2 AFP TEN thousand armed soldiers and anti-riot police. backed by scores of armoured cars. hellcopters and police dogs staged an impressive "farewell roll c<»ll" in Jakarta marking the conclusion of their duty to safeguard the recent Congress sessions which returned Oen. Suharto to power for the next five
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      Lock icon Four hurt by bomb
      55 2 AP FOUR persons were injured when a homemade bomb exploded on a train shortly before it was scheduled to leave Bangkok's Hua Lampong Station. Railway police said they found leaflets, signed Jointly by the Pattani United Liberation Organisation and the Black December Movement, scattered in the
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      Lock icon Moro says he's well
      56 2 Reuter KIDNAPPED politician Aldo Moro has sent a letter to his family telling them he is In good health, Italian newspapers reported yesterday. The letter, addressed to his wife Eleonora, was given to his secretary in Rome on Wednesday. by an intermediary apparently chosen by his
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    Trainees must study politics
    245 2 It's part of diploma course at IE HTHE Institute of A Education has info r m e d university graduate trainee teachers that they are required to take political education as part of their diploma in education (Dip Ed) course. The July 1977 intake of trainee
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    STPB tells how we seem rude
    195 2 mHE chairman of the X Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, Mr. Tan I Tong. yesterday warned how certain actions by Singaporeans can easily be Interpreted as rudeness by visitors. He said with the rapid pace of development, the people have very little time to reflect
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    Lock icon Over 1 mil starving, homeless in Horn of Africa
    172 2 UPI MORE than a million people In the Horn of Africa are hungry or homeless because of famine, floods and war, relief officials said yesterday. Ethiopia was worst hit by both the ravages of the Ogaden War and by a new
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    PSA man charged with corruption
    86 2 A PURCHASING assistant with the Port of Singapore Authority, Tan Sing Wan, 49, was yesterday charged with eight counts of corruption involving $5680. Tan claimed trial to the charges which alleged that he committed the offences between Sept 12, 1976 and April 14. 1977. He
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    Shopping fad spawns freeloaders
    320 2  -  By Terry Tan fJTHE building of shop--i- ping complexes In Singapore has spawned two phenomena the visiting of half-finished shops and freeloadlng! These are most obvious at Lucky Plaza, the latest and, with 700 shops, largest complex yet to be completed. On a weekend, groups of
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    Lock icon PENTAGON'S SEX PROBLEMS
    79 2 Reuter rE Pentagon was clearly having sex problems last week. It censored pin-ups from one army publication, agreed to demands from women troopers to include male pin-ups in another and ordered that sex magazines be sold across the counted. An army spokesman said that, "in response to
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    Lock icon Govt staff who idle in canteens
    124 2 NST THE Malaysian government has been asked to lake drastic action against civil servants wno lall to toe the government policy in implementing the third Malaysia plan. /ine call came from the Air Itam branch of Penang UMNO which adopted a resolution on this
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    Lock icon Boeing unveils test craft
    54 2 UPI THE Boeing Company on Friday rolled out an experimental craft it said may be the forerunner of a new generation of quiet, short-haul Jet airplanes. The craft, dubbed the search aircraft <QSRA>, was built under a- US$2l million ($48.3 million) grant from the National Aeronautics
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    Lock icon Court told of secret cargo of humans
    162 2 NST Details of how "human cargo" is being smuggled into Penang by syndicates were given to Penang's magistrate's court by Immigration authorities yesterday. The smuggling of "human cargo" from India to Malaysia has become a racket in Penang and several syndicates are behind
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    Lock icon Haddad, 'Godfather' of plane hijacks, dies in Berlin
    227 2 AP UPI DR Wadi Haddad, who masterminded a series of spectacuiar aircraft hijackings, died In East Uermany on Tuesday, it was reported yesterday. Three Beirut newspapers said the body of tne 49-year-old paediatrician turned guerilla, will be flown back to Lebanon for
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      55 2 :iiiiiiiiiiic3iiiiiniiiNcsiiinmniK3imiuiNiic3iiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiii^ HBH STREET OOMMERCIALTRAINING CENTRE HmH Stmt Centre (Bth Floor) Singapore 6. Tel: *****1 *****3 Pre-Ul ENROLMENT S Subjects: General Paper, English, Maths, Management, Commercial Law, Prin. of Acctg, Economics. Sec. 4 ENROLMENT Subjects: Eng. Language, Literature, Maths, Prin. of Accts., Commerce. I CLASSES IN THE MORNING STARTING 3rd. APRIL
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    Power to all our friends...
    428 3 Talks with Malaysia on energy link-up MALAYSIA and iTI Singapore will begin discussions this week 011 the possibility. of supplying each other with electricity. In an emergency, this scheme, if it is implemented, would give powerhungry Singapore an extra source of supply. Officials of the
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    Probe into 'bad deal' in S'pore charge
    137 3 THE Malaysian Labour and Manpower Minis try is to investigate al legations that Malaysian workers in Singapore are getting a "bad deal," ac cording to Bernama news agency yesterday. "A decision to Investigate this report will most probably be taken after the Labour
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    First SIA freighter to US takes off
    125 3 SINGAPORE Airlinesfirst freighter service to the west coast of the United States left at 2 a.m. yesterday. The Boeing 707 allfreighter aircraft Inaugurates the first transpacific freighter service by a Southeast Asian airline. An SIA statement said this "is the realisation of a
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    Lock icon Aquino turned down pardon—Imelda
    185 3 AFP AP TCORMER Senator Be--T nigno Aquino Jr, in Jail for the last six years, has turned down an offer of pardon from President Marcos. According to Mrs. Marcos,. the President told him: "Friend, submit yourself to the court and if you are found innocent, then
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    Lock icon An air link now with Africa
    100 4 Reuter CHINA has opened its first International air service to Africa; the Peking-Karachi -Addis Ababa flight, the New China News Agency reported yesterday. A 21-member Chinese friendship delegation, led by Mr. Chang Jul-Lai, deputy director general of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of
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    Lock icon China breaks precedent
    342 4 Invitation to Thai King and Queen puts ties on a higher plane says paper UPI AP Reuter fHINA has Invited V the Thai King and Queen to visit Peking in what Thai newsmen in China called a precedentshattering event for the Chinese. The newsmen are accompanying Thai
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    Lock icon HK police take fight-crime message to streets
    90 4 Beat the Crime a young member of the Hong Kong Junior Police Call Club tells a mother how to be a member of the colony's crime-fighting force. Beat The Crime is the most intensive anti-crime campaign aimed at getting support from all sectors
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    Lock icon 'Vietnamese villagers massacred at border'
    362 4 AP A Japanese reporterphotographer team that recently visited Vietnam reported seeing evidence of a massacre of Vietnamese villagers by Cambodian troops along the border of the two countries. In a story yesterday In the Asahl Evening News. Katsulchi Honda wrote that the slaughtered villagers "were
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    12 operas to be held at Hong Lim Park
    182 4 TWELVE Chinese wa- yangs will be staged at the Hong Llm Park from April to June, the Ministry of Culture announced yesterday. The wayangs, organised by the Ministry and the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, are being staged to help preserve Singapore's
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    Lock icon Wayne: No operation yet
    42 4 Reuter NO operation was planned yesterday for film star John Wayne, a spokesman for Massachusetts General Hospital said. A Boston television station reported earlier that the 70-year-old actor was to undergo open-heart surgery on an aortic valve. —Reuter.
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      117 4 Now Learn French in a NEW French Atmosphere ALLIANCE FRANCAISE No. 4, Lorong Langsir Singapore 10. New Beginners Classes start on 17th and 18th April. TWICE or THRICE A WEEK Mornings: 10.30 am to 12 noon. 9.00 am to 10.30 am. Evenings: —5.30pm to 7.00pm 7.00pm to 8.30pm Brush up
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      617 4 In and around town TALK on marriage and family by Mrs M. Medora. Buklt Merah community centre 8 p.m. Admission free. SUNDAY SCIENCE FILM SHOWS: Electronics In Harness (Illustrates fields in which electronics plays a vital part) and House of Science (graphic presentation of the development of science and natural
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    Lock icon It's just an open sesame
    275 5 Sadat believes Israeli intransigence will further Soviet aims Reuter UPI PRESIDENT Anwar Sadat believes Israel's lack of flexibility in Middle East peace moves may further the alms of the Soviet Union in the region. The Egyptian leader told a visiting delegation of United States businessmen
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    Lock icon 'Turn Narita into fortress with moat' call
    224 5 UPI JAPAN'S National Police Agency yesteraay proposed to turn Narita airport Into a castle-llke fortress, with a moat and drawbridge to prevent hostile demonstrators from attacking it. The proposals were made bv the agency's director-general Seltaro Asanuma In a meeting with airport officials
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    Gloomy news for US economy
    125 5 rpoTAL US economic A output showed little or no growth in the first three months of this year, informed administration sources said on Friday. The gloomy news, based on preliminary government estimates, followed a Commerce De- partment announcement that the United States suffered the worst
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    Lock icon $1bil gas plant
    39 5 AP THE National Petroleum Corporation (Petroil as) Shell and Mitsubishi Corporation signed a joint venture" agreement on Friday to set up a on e-bilUon-d 011 a r liquid natural gas (LNO) project in Blntulu, Sarawak. AP.
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    Lock icon Russians and Chinese slap each other...
    155 5 UPI rE Soviet Union unleashed another ideological broad side against China on Friday, accusing its leaders of actively aligning themselves with the Utnted States. The criticism came In the magazine Kommu* nist, one of the chief media outlets of the central committee, In an
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    Lock icon Paper's sack threat over pay demand
    159 5 Reuter rE Times of London yesterday threatened to sack its entire staff unless engineers dropped a pay demand which has stopped production for six successive days. The engineers are seeking a 20 per cent rise to bring their average weekly wage up to £159
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      79 5 What better way to wash down an houi% squash than f^BBACARDI Tonic m* %i Wm Pour a generous measure of light, dry Bacardi rum over ice cubes in a tall glass. Top up with tonic and a slice of lime. Spot on! '«u t ri k m »x* ACARDI Mf'lW
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    No winners in this game
    250 6 COMMENT The Football Association of Singapore, after two years, has decided to dribble further towards the goal of eliminating communal football. In 1078, it first restricted the three communal clubs to two friendly matches a year for gate collections. They were allowed to use national
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    Lock icon Going to work may be a hazard to health
    570 6  -  By Charles Fraser Features International rpHE dally struggle to get to work and home again Is fast becoming perhaps the biggest health hazard that modern man has to face, according to a commuting research scheme Just conducted by the University of
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    Lock icon Scary bangs linked to Concorde boom
    388 6 Observer /CANADA has persuaded Britain and France to change Concorde's flight path to New York because the supersonic plane has been linked to mysterious Atlantic explosions. Concorde wUI fly no closer than 45 nautical miles to the Canadian coast. It had prerlously been reported
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      166 6 TOMORROW'S TECHNOLOGY. TODAY'S FASHION. THE LADY SEIKO SPORTS WATCH. A Lady Seiko sports watch offers many advanced features that until today were found chiefly in men's watches, including self-winding, day/date calendar, sweep second hand and water resistance. They're the features today's active women demand in a watch. Not only do
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    Why not be kind to S'poreans too?
    241 7  -  GLORIA CHANDY rpHE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board's courtesy campaign will probably hit home, thanks to its extensive reach. They've got hotels, stores, schools, transport workers and lots of others participating. In fact they've had foresight enough to have practically the whole population involved.
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    Husband-beating, the crime to a man's ego
    172 7 A RECENT newspaper report estimated that some 12 million American men are physically abused by their wives at some point during their marriages. Another (me million are severely beaten. Victims tended to fall Into specific categories. And the husband-beaters turned out to be
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    Neither tea nor sympathy
    101 7 FTOOK Just a simple conversation to make one Manaarin student realise that his command of the language wasn't as strong as he thought It was. Leading a party of friends into a Chinese restaurant, he took it upon himself to manage the order. He spoke to
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    Count who was a nightbird
    133 7 TT WAS one of those x typical old horror movies that I happened to catch on TV the other night Typical enough to have you guessing what was afoot? Not SO years ago apparently, from the way this film went. Enter one young man In
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    Like French fries, this singer is an incidental
    172 7 I WISH hotels would be more discerning about providing entertainment In their various food and beverage outlets. One sidewalk cafe that Is actually quite a way off the throughfare, but which aspires to the tradition of the Parisian version, features a solo
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    Star quality
    77 7 PONDERING over a I pen-pal letter, one wag thought he would write to his new-found friend that h'e "had what the movie stars have." Sure way to impress a small-town girl, he thought. He neglected of course to qualify that by admitting that he has Burl Ives's physique,
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      78 7 mw« 55^ L A -5© tfeg '■>. •< SWK ijap; *3 P «i «s& sis s m tffj 'X O •>' ft* 1 •V. sk: *-i H *>•; X.: ft T S i V'k' Ms. *?i V wTV" >\<r 'aKSL, >.>. j X ESHRH? v -f >, japs®p!^i <»• vv
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    Lock icon He masterminds the biggest birthday parties
    841 8  -  By Tom Hughes Gemini A RETIRED British A Army officer who combines military precision with quiet diplomacy has arrived in the Solomon Islands' capital of Honiara to carry out a mission that borders on the unique. For more than 15 years. Colonel Eric Hefford
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    Lock icon Bohemian-looking Viktor controls voice of 260 million Russians
    432 8 Guardian A LEAN and athletic A 55-year-old with thick grey hair over his collar and a casual style in dress, Viktor Afanasyev resembles a slightly bohemlan college lecturer and not one of the world's most Influential opinion-makers. But Mr Afanasyev, a doctor
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      49 8 PHOENIX RESTAURANT OUTRAM PARK, BLK 26 6th STORIY (K) Avail* M« n*w «f •<anomic«4 rat* Chitf cook Mr. Hoi Kok Nil WELCOME TO TASTE OUR Hot Plate Deer Meat Japan Roast Pork Rib Hongkong Roast Chicken Fresh Prawns (from Ipoh) Fried Shredded Chicken with Yam PHONE:*****88 *****29 EASY PARKING
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    Little Miss Naive
    845 9  -  ...is the girl who thinks the foreigner dazzling in comparison If you ask me... Our local boys are football-mad, TV-drugged, sex-obsessed? By C. H. Ho IF THE younger generation of women are as shallow and impressionable as Sylvia Leow implied they are in her New Nation article,
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      90 9 IF YOU have something to say which 70a think oar readers would like to know why not put it on paper and send it to as. We welcome contribators to this eohunn. Articles can ha on any sahject hat should preferably he opinion pleaaa of about SM words each. They
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      59 9 At Shangri-La's 0) rn V DANCE, DANCE, DANCE TO THE GREAT SOUNDS OF > V. f Si IIIEC o AMD HIS X-PERIMENT A -j Singapore's top I 'swing-with-it band ALSO STARRING The sensational DISCOVERY .A Shaiuiri La r~ Sirf i |!rT i W r j v/4MB Y-S* V- 1 w
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    Two who were saved
    3659 10 / 11  -  LAST wwk, we profiled four areas in Singapore which —as official records show —had the highest density of drug abuse and trafficking. Our own investigations and interviews with the Minister of Home Affairs and Central Narcotics Bureau uncovered another five drugprone areas which averaged 17 anti-drug
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      754 12 Sunday Nation Your 12-page TV pullou TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS MULLIG> COLOUR A football struggles t added resp phans. TODAY TV SINGAPORE 5 8 TV MALAYSIA 3 10 10.00 A.M. Open 10.03 CARTOON CORNER 10.30 WARN A WARNI 10.SS SUNDAY MATINEE Around The World UiUm The Sm (1966 Andrew Marton). Stars Lloyd
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      302 12 PRE-WORLD CUP SOCCER on Ch. 5 at 12.45 p.m. in COLOUR A 78th minute penalty by captain Don Masson set Scotland on the road to Argentina and a brilliant effort by Kenny Dalglish, four minutes from time, clinched the win over Wales. During the match at Liverpool's An» field ground,
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      118 13 A H EAD OF OUR TIME OKI «l 'hOI llf < H<ti» II .1' !>'. 11. i 1 v I '".I A !■•••.»-i.I .li. 1,. r,.» f.. I't.LS I'' I 'H ~l! I'M I I.il V <1.1, AKAI-THF MOST LISTENABLE FASHION TODAY Enquiries Tel 363/11 AKAI BECAUSE GOOD TRAaONGBNT 1
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      1280 13 MONDAY A speaker unlike any other 3.00 P.M. Open 3.01 SIRUVAR ULAGAM(r) 3.30 Diary Of Events (T) 3.35 Afternoon Matinee: The Blue Lamp, Ist of 2 (1950 British Basil Oearden). Scotland Yard investigator's relentless, suspense-filled manhunt for an armed robber who had killed a cop. Stars Dirk Bogarde, Jack Warner,
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      143 14 The Super Boy (The Big Boy in drahing Console) KV-202QES.. Sony's 20" (51.8 cm) New Trinitron colour tv system with 60% brighter and sharper plus instant picture make him the best colour tv system in town. warranty >24 months' cover for free labour 124 months' cover for all parts >24
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      1122 14 WEDNESDAY A speaker unlike any other 3.00 PM. Open 3.03 SERBANIKA (r) 3.30 Diary Of Events (M) 3.35 BONANZA: Tho Luck of P«pp«r Shannon 4.25 Intermission 6.05 Open 6.08 ELECTRIC COMPANY 6.30 NEWS IN BRIEF 6.35 WILD. WILD WORLD OF ANIMALS: What the Dolphin Know* 7.00 SAMUDRA 7.30 NEWS AND
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      109 15 0° ge closer shave with the BraUn micron.The thin micron foil Q«t» The secret lies in the closer to your .km. thinness of this new foil which gets close to your skin. In the way we've angled the 1.900 openings to immediately trap and corner each whisker so that the
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      743 15 FRIDAY A speaker unlike any other 3 a> w wm GREAT COM Ch S at 6.35 LOUR *.30 NEWS AND PARLIAMENTARY REPORT (E) 10.00 CROWN COURT: TH« G«»«wa V A middle-aged bank officer took a 14-year-old girl to Scotland in a car rally. On his return, he is accused of
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      367 16 M BUZZ J Do You Love Me by R.D. Laing, an entertainrrient in conversation and verse is an astonishing, funny, savage and entertaining book. It explores all the resonances of that painful question 'Do you really love me?'. A wise and witty book. From Penguin naturally. Other books published by
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      94 16 WHAT'9 tue MATTfg. tonev ikzl u m > m m m m I V, m c. iJ 55 WE'VE GOT HIM. GIAJTU.MW "THE5E FQOTfWUTS WILL I LEAD US RIGHT TO "THE y DUMB JEWc HJHO LEFT "THEM I KB a 1 is m r»t &a kVHATtS "THAT 7 THE THE
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      150 17 / 18 ,v.> n.'Ti IN APRIL ISSUE OF YIPP€€I MAGAZINE $S,OOOWORTH OF PRIZES i'WKrtW/; =-£T- J/ %3 Second Prize A set of Sharp Optonica If fiJuJTJJLJLmmmm\ System Component model 2000 con's®' sisting of Amplifier, Tuner, Turntable, First Prize A Shanghai Piano from The Speakers, Tape Deck and Rack from Roxy Eagle Piano
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      115 17 / 18 r rm i m -N 25i %N 1 OKAY, SONNY/ tt n i ESS 2 at A& m m CO •.a I BROUGHT ALONG SOME OF MY COOKIES \yi \jM mm r A GRANNY OWNED TH|S &EAUTY AN' NEVER DROVE IT OVER 30 MILES AN HOUR/ y -< HMMM/ CARE
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      74 17 / 18 m mm 9 Wtioo* Be SLO^P U ,l T A-r r At /gfljßE FOROHCE. .b fjcTrtlNG W«&Ssft It \jOlZtf KEEPS AT RAY three 6REAT EVILS: BOREDOM, Vice, AkJd JJEED VotDURg Cfe i > L- 2 &l£sS6o IS HE WMo HAS foOtJD MIS WoRKT; LBT |4IM ASK fOO ower si&sewex CARtYLE
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      132 17 / 18 Krj 4> r L THIS 15 TM' KINDA CAV A FELLA OUGHTA GET OFF BY HIMSELF AND COMMUNE WITH NATURE.' YESSIR, I THINK I'LL GO OUT T'HiDDEN SPRINGS AN' GO, SWIMMIN'..... OH i OH.' ...LOOKS LIKE TH'CREEK'S ]...GUESS I'LL RISEN AND WASHED AWAY J HAFTA SWING TH' CROSSIN' LOG.' A
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      404 19 Spring Snow: Yukio Mi shims In November 1970, Yukio Mishima committted suicide. Hi« last years were devoted to the completion of a tetralogy. The Sea of Fertility, of which Spring Snow is the first volume. It is a tragic and beautiful story of a doomed love affair and nowhere has
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      33 19 LIFE STP DISTRIBUTORS SDN T H <'35i?88 3; 1?! 1 fILV >V^ I H BHD i>'i tr*' ll* t2i i 47 r vfuiH <* n \0 Sfc'.A T»'« *.V£ MAMMA! s ir *t 9
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      347 19 GARTH Next day, in the Bridewell.. ifrt WBk Of* w *+> ®i »/<* ;?> 1/ I *0» R v N? J V/ !'M >\'V < >5 *N I* %3 a ar* w\. 7* what hrppcncd, POMPEY? METHINKS R ROOF BERM FELL ON ME/ ,'/~S 6 E w m Drake calls
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    Blessings come by mouthfuls in Jordan
    1009 21  -  k. By Anna Leong IT WAS summer of 1 1965 in London. With a long vacation ahead of me and all by myself, I could not resist an Invitation to go on an exotic holiday to Jordan. My Jordanian friends, a brother and sister
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    Striking Canada beats Britain
    556 21  -  IVAN FERNANDEZ TOOKING at the Sunday paper is a lot like gazing at a bevv of young women. A cursory glance Just won't do. On the other. hand, if you take time to study it closely, you're likely to come across some very interesting items. I
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      144 21 Do you have a travel tale to tell? Here's a chance to tell it. And to a much wider audience than you'd ever have thought possible. Sunday Nation is running a weekly travellers' column written by our readers. It can be a travelogue type story or just a little incident
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    Shades of Wang Yu
    434 22  -  Returned Vietnam PoW wreaks vengeance with the one arm left him jJO Jliiid By Tan Bah Bah T*HE returned Viet- nam pri so n er-of-war will be making his appearance In American Alms, at least while there are those who remember the war. He will, I
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    GWTW at Cultural Centre
    60 22 GONE WITH THE WIND clr e a 1939 makes it* umpteenth rMppeartnce today at the Cultural Centre as the Singapore Film's Society's first offer fer the month. Screening starts at S pm and 7 pm. Film baf f s can savour once more Clark Gable telling
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      112 22 Tomorrow British airways Rolls-Royce powered 747w0r1d record holder will moke its first visit to Singapore llrilish i^irvvuv British airways is inaugurating a new service between Singapore, London ond Sydney. With its Rolls-Royce poweredquiet and fuel efficient engine, it is the world record holder for the heaviest weight ever lifted by
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    Lock icon What Katie did at 18 —fact or fiction?
    741 23 Book Pagg Fleur Adcock on Katherine Mansfield's journals and letters Guardian 1 SPENT my last year iat Wellington Girls' College In Katherine Mansfleld's old classroom; two of her childhood homes still stood nearby. The wooden school and both houses have gone now.
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    Be your own detective
    270 23 "yOU can't rent more for your money than this house/' said Tilford, the real estate agent. "It has charm, fancy brickwork, half-timber-ing, casement windows, three terraces, and a lady gnost." "Ghost?" you Inquired, pushing open a bedroom window. "The ghost Is Jennifer Codley," explained TUford. "This
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    How cavemen used bone and stone for fish hooks
    617 23  -  A HISTORY OF THE FISH HOOK by Hans Jor g en Hurum. A C Black. 1977 1488 pp. £3.95. By Alex Josey /COMPANY histories are now recognised as being part of the contemporary scene. They contribute a great deal of useful
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    Lock icon Cartland opens up a psychic bag of carnations
    413 23  -  I SEEK THE MIRACULOUS. By Barbara Cartland. Sheldon Press 1978. £3.95 By Brian Inglis Guardian AS Barbara Cartland climbed down the A hillside from Delphi, a couple of years ago, the plot for her next book was suddenly there, "waiting only for
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        Lock icon Wildcats dump Devils
        76 25 AP Explosive Jack oivena fired In 41 points on Monday night as Kentucky's wildcats scored a 94-88 victory over the Duke Blue Devils in the championship game of the 40th US National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament In St. Louis, Missouri. Oiven's performance was just three points
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        Lock icon Chinese fencer wins silver
        55 25 AFP rE 29th World Under--20 fencing chamEionships which finished i Madrid, Spain, on Monday, saw a Chinese athlete win a world championship medal for the first time in a sport other than table tennis. Luan Chu Chlen, 17th at last year's champion' ships in Vienna, won
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        Lock icon Champs held to draw
        44 25 AFP rE US college baseball champions, Arizona State University were held to a 9-9 draw by Tokal University of Tokyo In Tokyo on Wednesday, stopping their winning streak at four games in the last of their fivegame series In Japan.—
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      The Jeremy gamble
      602 25  -  Peter Lo all squash enthusiasts ill Singapore were still celebrating S1 ng a pore's stunning victory over Hong Kong, and particularly Jeremy Yeo's lightning th re e-set triumph over Hong Kong's Lai Yau Chuen, I took the opportunity to interview Dr. Teoh Hoon Cheow, the Singapore team
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      Stop violence in schools
      323 25 INSIDE TRACK T»HE violence which 1 marred the National schools (Secondary division) soccer game between Sang NUa and Tanjong Katong must not be allowed to happen again. The Combined Schools Sports Council must take action to curb hooliganism on and off the field. Our schoolboys, who
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      Lock icon How Misha will help US athletes pay way to Moscow
      638 26 Selling the 1980 Olympic Games UPI itfISHA, a toy bear with big ears and shiny black eyes, is the official mascot of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. American ath 1 e tes hope he will help pay their way
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      Champs set to keep titles
      330 26  -  BASKETBALL Tony Koh rpHIS year's se--1 condary schools tournament, which started on Feb 14. attracted 98 teams. There are 28 teams In the post-secondary tournament. By April 14. when the tournament* end, the 122 teams from both divisions would have played total of 395 matches.
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      Brooking may play in Europe
      320 26 WOULD SOCCER qiREVOR Brooking, showing superb form with struggling West Ham United, may play in Europe after the epd of this season. Agents acting for a number of top European clubs are studying Brooking clbsely. Last year, PC Zurich approached Brooking, but the England International
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      From boom to gloom?
      489 27  -  TDnUS TALK Alfred Tong rpZNNIS equipment A manufacturers in the US admit the tennis boom in that country is fading. They disagree, however, with a recent re- E>rt by the Sports Tralng Institute of Chicago which claimed that 10 million erstwhile participants have hung up their
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      Lock icon The Teaching Pro
      79 27  -  RACQUET TURNING HAND? By Don J. Leary Mtai CM. NtafOt fctck. Ct 1. Your racquet grip probably is not too big or too small. Nor does it need new leather. 2. Usually, if your racquet turns, it means you are hitting the ball off center, not in
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      Superb ball players but can they win?
      1697 28 Brazil's Europe tour will give pointers Eric Batty's World Cup Spotlight AUTRIOHT wln- ners of the first World Cup trophy and the only country to win the World Cup three times, Brazil's best ever team was probably In 1950 when they failed In
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      Lock icon Look out—Here come Brazil!
      805 29  - Look out— Here come Brazil! World Cup Golden Goals By Brian Glanville IPS UAVING flattered to deceive in the 1938 World Cup, the story of the first few post-war World Cups was of Brazil again hinting at greatness then discovering Pele and 4-2-4, and at last taking wing. They were
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      One chance was all he needed
      256 29 pERD MULLER of West Germany, one of the greatest goalscorers In football history, would make the average chameleon look a very conspicuous fellow indeed. "Gerd's reputation for scoring goals made him the most marked manMn football," recalls former West Germany captain Franz Beckenbauer. "But
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      Getting ready for the marathon jog
      341 30  -  ATHLETICS Tan Kim Seng Hundreds of runners preparing for the .second Singapore marathon Jog are expected to turn up for the quartermarathon Jog this coming Sunday. Intending participants are reminded that there will be no registration. They only have to be at the National
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      Kita Suka pips pacemaker
      1327 30 Ba n g-in-form Jockey Keith Watson scored another double on KITA SUKA and EYE OPENER at Buklt Tlmah yesterday. The flve-year-old by Oold Sovereign. Kita Suka, came with a late run to pip pacemaker OLYMPIC CHAMP (Doug Messing ham) by 11 lengths in Race Three to
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      Maya to challenge Nona
      379 30  -  CHESS Lim Kok Ann ]Y|Y PREDICTION a iTI month ago that Maya Chlburdanldze would become the Challenger 111 the Women's World chess championship match proved right when Maya recently defeated Alia Kushnlr In the Candidates' Finals by the score of 74-64 points. Maya, 16, Is the
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      Sweating it out for tour
      370 30  -  Joyce Tan THE SWNA have started serious preparations to get the national team Into toD condition for the forthcoming tour of Australia. "We are working on the fitness aspect for the moment and when we have them in shape we shall spend more time on
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      ABC guide
      447 31 AmuMflwnl IX Rao* 8 ArtMtc Anti-Corruption 3 Aylmor Road 4 Abov* All II t Adelaide fctar II 8 Agitator 8 AIM 10 All**! II Arbitrator 2 Aspiration 7 Satu Karang Race 8 Bayonet 8 Bit O'Fun Blue Star Breve Panthar 7 Bright Futur* Big Ttm* 4 Bamboo II
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      Yangtze's at his best
      145 31  -  By SCRUTINEER Trainer Teh Choon Beng's YANGTZE KIANG 111 and trainer Ivan Allan's PURPLE PEARL are likely to fight out .the finish of the $82,500 Singapore Derby (Race 5) run over 2400 m at Bukit Timah today. Both have equally strong claims. Purple Pearl, who comes
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      SELECTIONS
      166 31 SCRUTINEER BRIAN MILLER FAIRWAY BLUEGRASR Km* It Sawadee Red Dart Red Dart Royal Romeo Sawadee Red Dart. Mick The Miller Red Dart Kmc ft: Nicobar Sltl Payong Aspiration Pride of Nell SIU Pay one Nicobar SIU Favoog Aspiration Im ft: Baas Fee Rlffelalp laas Fee Credit Centre Saaa Fee
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      BUKIT TIMAH CARD AND FORM GUIDE FOR TODAY
      3822 31 M 1.30 CLASS 3, DIV 2 1350m Mm (313,000 33.100 to rinntr) 1 MOO Ln |M (Start Lucky) Kan« 7 67 <dd 3) 1 Chan 11 a 1970 Ban Mm N a (Bamboo) Tulloh 5 M »dd+3) Mr! S 8402 M Oart
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      Watch out for Bakri
      405 32  -  SPORTS NATION By Philip Tan pERLIS will be no push overs for Singapore In the Malaysia Cup match at the National Stadium tonight (kickoff: 7.30 p.m.). The first leg encounter at Kangar was a hardfought affair, with both teams sharing the points In a scoreless draw.
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        Lock icon Andretti most popular
        102 32 Reuter THE International Racing Press Association 011 Friday named American driver Mario Andretti as their most popular driver and Britain's James Hunt as the most unpopular. Andretti, last year's Long Beach grand prlx winner and leader in this year's International championship, said the 154 members of the
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        Lock icon Sick King pulls out
        51 32 Reuter BILUE JEAN KING withdrew on Friday from the US$l5O,OOO ($345,000) Virginia Slims championship tournament because of illness. Mrs King, who said she had a case of influenza, played only one match in the eightwoman tournament, losing 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, to Britain's Virginia Wade on Thursday.
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        Lock icon Brunei joins the IHF
        47 32 AP THE International Hockey Federation on Friday admitted Brunei and Venezuela as full members and Luxembourg as an associate member. Zaire and Malawi were dropped from the federation's membership roll for lack of evidence that Held hockey is still played in those countries.
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        Lock icon Olga calls it a day
        60 32 Reuter AP OLGA KORBUT, who became the world's best known gymnast at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, formally retired from the sport on Friday. A sports official announced that she would now wofk as a gymnastics coach, but hfer husband, a pop music star, said
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      154 25 We're one of Singapore's youngest banks! Considering that the first account, established with us. is Just four years old. we have already become a sturdy plant, firmly rooted in our garden city. Fertilised by satisfied customers, who entrust their business to us and who come to us for advice and
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      103 26 Trim Your Midsection th* Fun Way! Voul tova IN* fui. aaay. affecttva way to ha* alraamtoa yw» (Igura and kaap »that wayfJuat turn on your •avortta music, and twtat IwW .MMloyowhwt'i contant and altt>a wttfla. yo«r walattna •nd Nplna an twtng anarctaad and I k •hapad into a fkmar contour
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      231 27 Too Expensive? Some people cpmplaln that charges at Singapore Tennis Centre are too expensive. Just a very simple comparison can prove them wrong A tennis court could easily accommodate twenty cars at 50* per car fee. We would collect $10 per hour Instead of court rental of $3/5. So our
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      70 28 Being young should be fun. There is no need to miss out on all the fun just because of a few embarrassing "blemishes". pHisoAc is the pimple fighter that will help you regain your healthy complexion. Use pHiscAc before bed and while you sleep,pHisoAc will work deep down killing bacteria
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      101 29 A BREITLING CHRONOGRAPH can multiply divide,convert currencies, calculate fuel consumption, check factory production rates and do much more... than just tell the time Not everybody would need to use all the features built into the Breitling chronographs. But sportsmen, professional people, pilots, scientists, engineers and businessmen find them indispensable for
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      174 32 An invitation to gracious living Gas Cooker Washing Machine Cooker Hood Kkkk &UO. I SiiL. r fc'** IB MS. Available at all electrical gas dealers or Tel: *****22 FREE GIFTS Queen sue Bed Srieef Washing Machine Imperial cari' hot tie opener Fnber Cooker Hood VIP Lighter Imperial can.' Bottle opener
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      152 32 Sports Diary SOCCER: Malaysia Cup (Nprtn Zone)—Sinpore v Perils (National Stadium, 7."0 p.m.). National Football League Division Three Queenstown CSA v Tlong B a n r u (Queenstown AC), Tamplnes CSA v Brickworks (Oeylang Stadium), Whampoa v Fairer park Dynamos (Toa Payoh AC), Jubilee v Moulmeln (Gloucester Barracks 1), Tanjong
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