New Nation, 21 April 1978

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    Masthead
    19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Friday, April 21. 1978 No. 2239 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1978
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    Lock icon Korean plane missing
    462 1 Forced down by Soviet jets; Paper Reuter AP Edmonton (Alberta), Friday A South Korean Boeing 707 with 113 people on board vanished over the (frozen wastes of the Arctic yesterday and there were fears that It had come down only 960 km from the North Pole. (In
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    Elite schools: 'Beware, the pitfalls'
    555 1 Several principals contacted this morning generally supported the proposal to establish 12 Chinese secondary schools for the elite but cautioned that there are many pitfalls involved In such a system. They were commenting on the suggestion made by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew during the
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    'Bosses are reluctant'
    82 1 Labour Minister Mr One Pang Boon today spoke of the reluctance of managements to form productivity committees. At the end of last month, there were only 32 productivity committees compared to the over 2500 manufacturing firms In the Republic, he said when he opened the National Conference
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    Cabbie who'll open the door for you
    145 1 The next time you hail Mr. Goh Ah Teck's taxi, don't be surprised if he opens the door for you. Yes, this is the sort of VIP treatment you will get and all at the pull of a lever. To help him do
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    Western classical music at centres
    182 2 Western classical orchestral performances will be Introduced to community centres for the first time next week. The Ooh Soon Tioe String Orchestra will make its first performance at the Joo Chiat Centre on Monday at S pm. Its second performance will be at Dux ton
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    Secretaries celebrate
    43 2 1 The Singapore Association of Personal and executive Secretaries will celebrate International Secretaries Week from tomorrow till April 28. The theme for this yasr's week of talks, educational film shows, social gatherings, and other activities Is "ZKAM" Zero Errors and Misunderstandings".
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    S'pore may sign accord
    356 2 Singapore and Sri Lanka may conclude an Investment guarantee agreement to encourage local manufacturers to Invest In country. This agreement, together with the avoidance of double taxation agreement already signed by the two countries, will be an attractive basis for Singapore manufacturers and investors to set'Up
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    STOCK MARKET
    199 2 Buyers streamed In when the Stock Exchange of Singapore opened today pushing share prices up across a broad front. Trading was active as speculation reached a new pitch. S. Darby continued Its upward spiral, to gain six cents to $4.50. Its main subsidiary, Consolidated Plantations which-went ex-bonus today,
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    Electricity
    22 2 The Maude Road community centre will organise a three month handyman course on electricity starting from May 20. Fee Is $20.
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    Wheelchair girl turns 21
    293 2  -  By Terry Ang Miss Tan Lay Chea (abord) tarns 21 today. Bat there wiU be M party, no celebration. She will vend the first and the remaining days of her womanhood in a wheelchair—for she Is paralysed fran the waist downwards. Aboat a year ai«, Lay
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    12 top Chinese schools for S'pore
    598 4 PM suggests this is one way to stop 'English school' trend The establishment of 12 top Chinese s e c on clary schools would help rectify the trend where an increasing number of parents are sending their children to English schools. Prime Minister Lee
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    MAKING OF A GOOD PRINCIPAL
    615 4 Lee lists qualities The good principal must not only be able to 8 p e a k a second language, but should also have personal qualities like good character and high ethics. He need not be a person of exceptional intelligence or inventive ness, but
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    How to improve cultural education
    421 4 The Prime Minister last night spoke of the possibility of using Chinese proverbs, common sayings, fables and folk tales in Englishmedium schools to strengthen cultural education in Singapore. Mr Lee Kuan Yew said If a student finds It easier to learn English because It Is
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    Six-session course
    52 4 The National Productivity Board will conduct a six-session course on How to design and improve information systems in wur company at NPB Tow&Training Centre from May 4. The course Introduces the basic skills of system analysis, the tools, techniques, procedures, and the orientation necessary to design an effective
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    The care of the aged
    55 4 The People's Association Regional Youth Council Boclal Education sub-committee will'hold a talk In Its last session on Social Education for Youth, at the Kampong Kapor community centre today at 8 p m. The topic is "The Care of the Aged, and will be conducted by
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    Sana to confer titles
    284 5  -  By Rav Dhaliwal The Singapore AnAi-'Narcotics Association will confer titles on people who contribute significantly towards the association. The titles. Governor and Friend of Sana, are designed to encourage more people to assist the association as well as honour those who have rendered noteworthy services in
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    Course on how to sell
    57 5 The National Productivity Board will organise a three-week course on professional salesmanship at NPB Town Training Centre, Hotel Royal Ramada from April 24 on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays from 7 p.m. to 9.15 p.m. Course fee Is $100 for NPA members and $120 for non-members.
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    Miss S'pore semi-finals
    26 5 The semi-finals of Mlas Singapore Universe Beauty Pageant "78 will be held at the Dragon Palace Restaurant, Cock?lt Hotel, tomorrow lit JO pm.
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    Productivity: Pledge by bosses
    499 5 We'll pay higher wages for increased output The president ot the Singapore Employers Federation (SEF), Mr Jack Chia, has assured trade unions that employers In principle will pay higher wages for improved productivity. But increased productivity must come nrst and must result in more competitive prices
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    KITTY'S CHALLENGE
    221 5 Kathleen Muetlng, or Kitty as she is known to her friends, loves challenges and that's why she Is going all out to make her role as Miss World Trade 1978 a success. Her Job Involves a three-week round-the-world trip during which she wUI act as "ambassadoress" of Los
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    Lock icon Hush-hush Bilderberg talks are on
    173 6 AP New York, Friday— Rhroudcd by secrecy and a phalanx of security agents. 104 leaders of North America and- western Europe began gathering in Princeton yesterday for informal discussions of mutual problems. Figures such as N a to Commander Alexander Halg Jr., ftwediah Prime Minister
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    60 6 AFP Melbourne, Friday A giant termite which eats billiard balls Is munching Its way across northern Australia. It has also attacked bitumen, lead, ebonl'e, rubber, plastic and cow dung, but Its favourite dish Is railway sleepers. A government entomologist says the termite Is a primitive species found
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    Lock icon Dayan's trip a bid for talks again
    331 6 Reuter UPI Jerusalem. Friday Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan said last night he will visit Washing ton next Tuesday for talks with US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance In an effort to renew stalled Middle East peace talks. "We will try to get
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    Lock icon TODAY
    99 6 UPI TOD A is Friday, April 21, the 111 th day of 1978 with 254 to follow. THE MOON Is approaching its full phase. THE MORNING STAR Is Mercury. THE EVENING STARS are Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 753 BC, Rome was founded
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    Lock icon Pollution suit by victims
    173 6 AFP Osaka. Friday In a precedent setting move, 112 pollution victims yesterday filed a US$9.3 million damage suit In the Osaka district court charging the state. 10 firms and a public highway corporation with discharging harmful fumes into the air. The plaintiffs—ll2 offi-cially-recognised pollution disease patients
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    Lock icon It's on today — test flights at Narita
    142 6 It's on today test flights at Narita Reuter Tokyo, Friday—Japan's Transport Ministry said yesterday it would carry out test flights today at Tokyo's new International airport, now due to open on May 20 after being destroyed by a group of extremists. All damaged navigational aids in the control tower have
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    Lock icon Talks on Namibia
    82 6 Reuter London, Friday—United States, British, French, West German and Canadian foreign ministers will meet here on Sunday night to discuss western proposals for solving the Namibia (Southwest Africa) independence dispute, the foreign office yesterday said. Their urgent consultations follow talks US and British Secretaries of State Cyrus
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      406 6 WORLD WEATHER Parts Rain. 12 7C. Headline: Prime Minister outline* plan for social action. Rome Sunny, 18-3C. Headline: Sounding the lake (for Aldo Moro's body). Moscow Clear, 7-OC. Pravda a headline: Development of mass technical creative works. London Showers, 137C. Headline: France "teats neutron bomb." New York Showers, 14-5C. Headline:
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      91 6 Headline: United States mum on reports It has tested neutron bomb. Bangkok Cloudy, 3526C. Headline: Oil saving measures (In Thailand) will help ease traffic. Kuala Lumpur Rain, 32-23C. Headline: Neutron bomb blast in PaclAc secret French test report. 8ydney Sunny, 2314C. Headline: France reported to have tested neutron bomb In
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    Lock icon Cambodia killings may be 'Viet excuse to invade'
    425 7 Reuter Oslo, Friday Allegations that between one and two million people have been killed and atrocities committed under the communist regime in Cambodia may be used as a pretext for a Vietnamese invasion of the country, a former counsellor of Cambodian Head
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    Lock icon Viet bid for 'political virginity'
    140 7 AFP Bangkok, Friday—Vietnamese Intelligence services are recruiting former prostitutes for Cambodian missions in return for "political virginity", a Vietnamese girl captured Inside Cambodia said today on Radio Phnom Penh. Miss Nguyen Thl Hue, 22, said in an Interview. She was a former prostitute who had
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    Lock icon China to step into that vacuum
    107 7 AFP Peking, Friday.—China will take over work on aid projects begun by Soviet experts before their expulsion from Somalia last year, a Somali source said here yesterday at the 6nd of Somali President Mohamed Said Barre's official visit. During Mr. Barre's four-day visit which
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    Lock icon Indonesian pledge on Concorde
    181 7 Reuter Jakarta, Friday—lndonesia has pledged continuing support for Malaysia In Its negotiations with Britain to setUe the question of overflight rights for the supersonic Concorde airline, Communications Minister AirMarshal Rusmln Nuryadln said yesterday. The minister made the statement to newsmen following talks here with his Malaysian
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    Lock icon Getting a little closer to cut $2080 million bill
    169 7 AFP Canberra, Friday—All Australian public servants are well aware that the government has a very tight policy on public spending, but they think the latest stricture is ridiculous. The government has decreed that public servants have over-large offices and too much
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    Lock icon Captured Thais now used as spies
    122 7 AFP Bangkok, Friday Thai villagers who have been abducted and still being detained by Thai communist rebels, and Khmer Rouge forces Inside Cambodian territory, are being forced to act as spies under threat of death a high ranking military official told the Bangkok World
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    Lock icon Census with security as target
    91 7 Reuter Kangar (Malaysia), Friday Malaysia and Thailand will carry out a two-week census of squatters Jiving along their common border In Padang Besar to create a security fence. The census would be conducted by a 10-man party comprising senior land, Immigration and police officers of
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    Third day
    39 7 Tokyo, Friday Japan's air traffic continued to be disrupted today as union employees of Japan Air Lines (JAL) entered Into their third consecutive day of strike demanding higher pay. Approx. 18,000 passengers were expected to be affected.
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    Premium on the standards
    389 8 Which business has been In existence for 70 years In Singapore, Is still selfadmlttedly lacking In expertise and has great potential for expansion? Life Insurance, of course. Within the last week, two concerned officials used the same set of statistics to describe the tremendous potential to
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      More or less...
      54 8 Some executives were looking at preliminary reports of two companies published in the dally papers. One made lm--Bresslve profits, while tie other Incurred substantial losses. One executive ask- Ed: "How do they compare?" Replied another: "About the same, except for the parentheses." (Note: Figures that Indicate a
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      Faded local colour
      42 8 Singapore English, which may seem charming and colourful to visitors, somehow turns a sickly shade In print. A newspaper ad for a movie, promising intrigue, reading: "Can the two tigers agree? If cant, how they settle? find out yourself..."
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    Lock icon We beg to differ
    921 8  -  reasons for the rift between Brzezinski and the State Dept By Richard Hurt NYT Washington: On the long flight home from Africa on Air Force One earlier this month, Dr Zbignlew Brzezlnski, the President's National Becurlty Adviser, finally cornered Mr Hoddlng Carter, the State Department spokesman,
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    Lock icon Electronics —now THE Hong Kong industry
    380 8 Reuter Honf Kong: With Hong Kong's textile Industry still under the shadow of protectionism, electronics has become the colony's single biggest growth industry. Radios, calculators, quarts watches, and a host of electronic and computer components are the staple products of Hong Kong s Dooming
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    Lock icon Pulitzer mistake
    67 9 UPI New York, Friday—The Pulitzer Prize Advisory Board announced yesterday that the 1978 award lor spot news photog r apn y, mistakenly awarded to the wrong person, will be awarded to Mr John Blair, 31. a freelance photographer. Mr Richard Baker, administrator for the Pulitzer prizes, said Mr
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    Lock icon Deadly cloud claims man
    72 9 UPI Rio De Janeiro, Friday —A mysterious gas cloud that has killed sea lions, tlsh, horses, cow.s and dogs along a 440-km stretch of the Brazilian and Uruguayan coasts' has apparently taken its lirst human life. Authorities from both countries sent specialists to determine if the
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    Lock icon Cento on detente
    68 9 AFP London, Friday Security in the region covered by the Central Treaty organi satlon (Cento) grouping Iran, Pakistan, Turkey and Britain, is linked to detente, a communique issued after a two-day Cento ministerial meeting here said yesterday. The meeting, which Included America as an associate member, stressed
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    Lock icon Treasurer vanishes
    67 9 Reuter Jakarta, Friday The treasurer of the direc-torate-general for law and constitution of Indonesia's Jus tic Ministry has disappeared, allegedly after embazzllng 63 million rupiahs ($350,000) of the department's money. Antara news agency reported last night the suspect haul been sacked after failing to report for work for
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    Lock icon US army weak, says study
    272 9 AP Washington, Friday A study conducted for a US congressman contends that the US army is not as strong, well-trained or effective as it was live years ago, before the draft was abolished. The stuay, disputing official conclusions about the all-volunteer army, was done for
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    Lock icon Gromyko, Vance renew bid for Salt pact
    176 9 Reuter Moscow, Friday —US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance yesterday had seven hours of talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko at the start of a new effort to conclude a strategic arms limitation agreement. An American spokesman described the atmosphere as businesslike
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    Lock icon Hard drink: Russia acts
    196 9 Reuter Moscow, Friday The Kremlin yesterday announced new regulations for vodka ana liquor sales as part of a programme to combat the "social evil" of drunkenness. A governmental decree IsAied by Tass news agency said the sale of hard drink would gradually be restricted this year
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    Lock icon Kriangsak to visit the US
    76 9 AP Bangkok, Friday—Thai Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanan plans to visit the United States "in the near future" and possibly the Soviet Union at a later date, a Foreign Ministry source said yesterday. The highly placed source said the specific date will be fixed later. The
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      No rest for Yit Kin
      911 10 / 11 'My life seems to be trying to keep up with my own self' The Arts In the competitive world of music in Condon, most -musicians have to teach to supplement their Income but not Singapore's Seow Yit Kin. He lives, he says, "very comfortably off
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      Scratch the make-up and you will get music
      615 10 / 11  -  Sundoun scene Uk Richard Lim The scene, baby, Is the Pebbles Bar. Like it's packed every night and if you are late you won't find a seat and you'll be turned away. And the crowd, I tell you, are way out. All
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      French cooking that you will dream about
      1055 10 / 11  -  Eatiny Out »H Violet Oon All last week I waited in increasing anticipation to get a taste -of leading French chef Jean Vettard's cooking. As I entered the Marco Polo Restaurant on Wednesday night (where Mr. Vettard is presenting his cuisine till April
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      Lock icon Warhol to create label for vintage wine
      256 10 / 11 NYT New York: One of the events of the wine world Is the release, every year at about this time, of the newest label for Chateau Mouton-Rothschlld. Each year since IMS Baron Philippe de Rothschild, the owner of the Bordeaux vineyard, has commissioned
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    Lock icon IF FISH BE THE FOOD OF LIFE...
    570 12 ...then HK officer foresees lots of trouble ahead UPI Hons Kong: Pish is "a main source of animal protein" to the masses who live within the Asia-Pacific region, re d re senting about two-thirds of mankind, said Hong Kong's top fishery officer. Edward
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    Lock icon JOURNALISTS ARE NOW GUERILLA TARGETS
    626 12 UPI Washington,. Friday Journalists increasingly have become the targets of terrorist acts, including murder and kidnapping, and the global death toll has reached at least 24 since Jan 1, 1977, More magazine reports. In addition to the deaths, 37 Journalists have either been tortured by
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    Lock icon US decision to sell gold pushers up dollar
    368 13 Reuter UPI Washington, FridayAmerica's decision to reopen its gold vaults and resume sales to the public pushed up the value of the doUar in world money markets yesterday. The move was described by a senior administration official as part of an overall
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    Lock icon Money Market
    223 13 UPI London, Friday The dollar, ailing for so long on European markets, staged a significant recovery in reaction to the US gold move an action which Washington hopes will aid in supporting the dollar. Dealers, however, again said they doubted the action would have a lasting effect on
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    Lock icon Buying shares in the future
    390 13 London Exchange joins speculative dealing fad Business News and Views Reuter London, Friday The London Stock Exchange, Euro pe'« biggest, today starts a new type of highly speculative dealing in what is the latest American fashion to have hit Europe. Critics have condemned it as
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    Economic briefs
    240 13 MALACCA: Malacca industrialists hope to hold a dialogue session with the Minister for Communications. Tan 8ri Manickavasagam. over the cancellation of MAS flights between here and Singapore since Nov 1 last year. The industrialists have sought the help of the Member of Parliament for Batu Berendam, Tan Sri
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    Lock icon Jakarta imports up: US
    61 13 AP Washington, Friday United states Imports from Indonesia reached US$3.5 billion ($8.05 billion) In 1977—a record total and some 16 per cent above the previous year, the U8 Department of Commerce said yesterday. Petroleum imports increased to about US$2.7 billion from U552.53 billion In 1976, and
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      211 13 Stocks climbed to a three-month high yesterday during the fourth heaviest trading session in the market's 186-year history alter ine government took steps to aid the dollar abroad and curb inflation at home. Late profit-taking left the Dow Jones industrial average, up nearly 13 points at the outset,
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      35 13 UPI New York. Ftlday Dow Jones closing averages on the NYSE yesterday: 30 industrials 814.54 (up 6.50); 20 transport 220.49 (up 2.77); 15 utilities 105.75 (up 0.40); 65 stocks 282.44 (up 2.39). —UPI.
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      192 13 AFP Profit taking erased early gains on the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday, steering prices toward a moderately lower close in fairly active trading. The Dow Jones average of 225 selected issues in the first section, ahead more than 11 yen at the outset, 8 yen in mid-morning and 3
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      PARIS
      68 13 Closing prices at the Paris Bourse yesterday: Paribaa 176 +4.50 Fancier 334 .30 Pr In temps 76 —1.40 Bull 33.70 1.30 Royal Dutch 366.30 —1.30 Michelln 1466 +60 COS 379 +39 Thomson 303.10 +10 CPP 134.90 +3.60 Rhone 63.80 6.80 Air 304 +10 BSN 491 +11.70 Philips 63.90 —.30
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      Lock icon ZURICH
      84 13 Source—Union Bank of Switzerland Closing prices on Zurich Stock Exch&ng the e yesterday. UBS Bearer M55 Unch. UBS Registered 567 Unch. SBC 354 2 'Credit Suisse 2170 —15 8wlssalr B 815 —2 Swiss Relnsur. 2860 —25 Wlnterthur B. 2050 5 Zurich Insur. 9150 —25 jevena B. 180 6 Nestle
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      SYDNEY
      96 13 ACI 170 ADO IS 35 Ampol Pet 78 79 ANI 136 140 APM 133 135 Bank NSW 530 533 Brambles 175 180 HHP 630 634 Boral 336 338 CBA 337 340 C8R 376 378 CIO 355 365 Coal Allied 365 387 Dun lop 136 139 KZ Inda 310 315
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    Lock icon Japanese unsure of target
    62 13 Reuter Tokyo, Friday—External Economic Affairs Minister Nobuhlko Ushlba yesterday said he was not sure Japan would succeed In achieving a targetted cut In Its expected huse current account surplus this year. The statement coincided with an indication Japanese emergency imports aimed at reducing the surplus might
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      536 14 MONEYWONS Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss): Address: N.R.I.C. No: Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW aapMiCut along dotted lines CLUES FOR GC-S 1. A slack tort of man will tee no reason to do 2. Had a meal 3.
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      376 14 Your lucky stars IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are calm, strong, patient, cool, collected, cheerful and outgoing. You can be trusted to do precisely wnat you promise. You can be counted on to carry your share of responsibility, to hold up your end of a conversation, and, in
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    Burns star of 78
    113 15 Soccer London, Friday Kenny Barns, key member and "reformed character" In Nottingham Forest's champion-ship-chasing side, is the 1978 Footballer of the Year. He was a comfortable winner after rx poll among members of the Football Writers Association and the 30th winner of the award. Joint runners
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    Gopal in fine recovery
    267 15  -  Bg^Squash By ERIC COOPER Singapore Cricket Club won last night's match between the two top teams in the National League but the final score of 3-2 did not gain them enough points to topple the Police Lions from their position at the top of the "B"
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    S'pore pair snatch title
    220 15 l^j^Badinirton Tokyo, Friday—Singapore captured the girls' doubles title, Burma won the boy's doubles crown and China took the men's and women's singles titles In the third Asian badminton invitation championships in Peking yesterday. the official Hsinhua News agency reported. Tay Hoe See and Judy Lee of
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      268 15 Crossword 1 ACROSS 1 Western alliance 5 Striplings 9 —cornered 14 Khayyam 15 Solo 16 Positive pole 17 Gilbert and Sullivan opus. 19 Languished 20 Flag of France, (or one 21 Marshy inlet 22 Patron 23 Move 24 Sarved stone slabs 27 Gilbert and Sullivan title name 31 Polynesian dances
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    Birdies rush at the 15th
    359 16 ...but the easiest hole is the fifth The 432-metre par-five 15th hole of the 6077metrea Buklt Course venue of the recent Singapore Open once again registered the most birdies. It recorded a total of 176 birdies over four days <54-60-40-32) and Is also established as
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    Jeanette leads SICC women
    155 16 Singapore bland Country Crab will be represented by a contingent of M golfers who will be gaests to the Hoyal Selangor Golf Clnb In their an-' naal home-and-away match at the BSGC Coorme orer the weekend. The eontlnffent comprising 1C women folfera will be playing for
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    SICC PLAYERS FOR KL
    336 16 The SICC pairings for the Loke Wan Tho Memorial Trophy: Saturday T.B. Cheong (President) and Patrick Seow (16) (V-Capt); Jamee Loh (16) (Capt) and Cheotig Wing (17) (V-Capt); Richard Ong (6) and B.IC Sen (8); Ong Chew Bee (6) and Tay Kwang Jin (9); O. Ellis
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    Changi will be hosts
    328 16  -  SUNDAY'S LINE-UP TEE-UP with Lim Kee Chan There will be three Singapore Oolf Association League matches this weekend. Changl will be at home to Tengah, Keppel to play away to Seletar while Warren entertain Jurong in the other match. JURONG: Premier Charles Gow and Ting Sa
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    WEEKEND FIXTURES
    744 16 Jurong 'A" and "B" medal stroke competitions tomorrow. Ist tee 1 pn.. Llm Whye Oeok (12); T. W. Kim (10); Chen Yeu Chong (7); 1.00--Stephen Poon (6); Tony Lin (8); Anthony Lee (10); 1.13— H. K. Llm (10); Michael Llew (14); Tfcng Sa Tee (11); I.lB—Richard Loo (IS).
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      89 16 The choice of champions: Colgate Sports International Equipment PGF STATUS GOLF BALLS Recommended by Johnny Miller, 1976 British Open Champion. First class tennis racquets and shoes from the U.S.A. lil I v i ■sua I Kfl mn :s: mm v Kit Golf and casual shoes from the US A Just
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    Alisan does fast sprint
    295 17 He looks ready to score over the easy Kuala Lumpur course on Sunday By FAIRWAY Kuala Lumpur, Friday Alisan, who found one to beat in both his starts at Buklt Tlmah last month, gets his chance to score over the easy Kuala Lumpur course on Sunday.
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    Scratchings
    132 17 SUNDAY RACE ONE: 1.45. Clam* 5 Dlv. 1200 m Newton Circle. Kcfal Mate, Boom Town Charlie, Little Pancho, Bursedia. RACE TWO: 2.15. Claaa S 1800 m Sound Policy. RACE THREE: 2.45. Ctaaaes 5 and 1200 m Lady Serene. RACE FOUR: 3.15. Claaa 0 Div I—l Boom Sabre, Forever Your*.
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    Kian Tiong
    40 17 Singapore's Lim Kian Tiong flred a three-over-par 75 to tie with two others, nine strokes behind the leader Akio Kanemoto of Japan, in the first round of the Dun 1 op international Open golf championship In Tokyo yesterday.
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    KUALA LUMPUR CARD AND FORM GUIDE FOR TOMORROW
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    Hard earned third
    164 18 AROUND THE SCHOOLS j^^gBadminton St Margaret's edged Mount vernon 3-2 lor third place In the National dcnools' Secondary Division (girls) badminton cnampionsnlp. Secondary girl*—Bt Margaret's bt Mount Vernon 3-2 (St Magaret'a first): Jullanna Lee bt Lucy Tan 11-1.11-0; Khor Chor Lan loat to Anita de SUva 11-13.
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    Lock icon Cornie stuns form experts
    535 18  -  Raffles thank vocal support for victory j^^^lfennis By KOH SWEE HUA A tactical "error" by Raffles Institution turned out to be a blessing In disguise when Cornie Hoi upset Catholic Junior College's top singles player, Noelle Houghton 6-1, 6-2 to help Raffles win the girls' Post
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    Hwa Chong march on unbeaten
    163 18 Fancied Hwa Chong Junior College routed Temasek Junior College 6-0 in the quarter-finals of the National Post Secondary girls hockey championship at Balestier Road yesterday. Temasek would have suffered a more humiliating defeat if it were not for the hardworking Elizabeth Minjoot, former Katong Convent
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    CJC back in hunt
    104 18 Catholic Junior College are back in the running for the National Schools Post Secondary soccer title when they upset favourites Boys Town Vocational Institute 2-0 at Whitley Road yesterday. Boys Town's downfall resulted from the poor performance of their most consistent player schoolboy International goalkeeper Abdul
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      41 18 THE BORN LOSER by Art Sansom ■<Vl <• w. a* 4lii urr# WMt >tx) uekROTOE oue Afibor "We itfAgeuufr N o)eu.,w«s CM? O»?EfcKS DOOJJ AkiO ME 60es TO -fWl's -H FMSMes'-s noose Tvteu UHAT Kjcuwiu^rwe SOk) OA'S A M&CUkMIC y CbUUIU61 BE
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      Singapore Sling is hilarious
      394 19  -  Show has just about everything Review By Margaret Chan There was a iot of swing to Singapore Sling, the Stage Club revue which opened at Cultural Centre last Wednesday and not all of the audience's merriment came from the bottles of drink of the same name
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      Aspen folk furious over TV serial
      209 19 Residents of Aspen, Colorado, are not particularly overloyed with the TV drama named after their town, which focuses on the more sensational activities of their Jet-set ski community. Their unhapplness orer the six-hour aerial is because it oontains quite a few parallels to a
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      208 19 Sports diary RUGBY: National School* Tournament Secondary: SAF Boy*' v Whitley Secondary (2.45), New Town Secondary v St. Andrew's (4.00), Willow Avenue v Monk's Hill (5.IS, WoodSvlUe). Hartley v Telok Kurau (2.45), Raffles Institution v Sana Nil* Utama (4.00), Siglap v Anglo-Chinese (5.15. Orange Road). ATHLETICS: Cedar Girls' secondary School
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      619 19 Ohee (Oeylang West CC. 7.15 pjn.). National Women's Cup Competition K1 a n Hong v Nan Chlau, Combined Schools v Police Sports Association (Chung Wah Girls School. 7.15 p.m.). SOCCER: Friendly 8CC Padantlques v Singapore Referees (8CC Padang, 5.15 p.m.). 6.00 AJ4. Opening announcements ana Programme Summary 6.05 Morning Prelude
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      599 19 At the cinema THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN: The citlsens of Texarkana, Arktaiu have lived In fear for more than SO yean because of mysterious killer who has already claimed Ave lives. Today he stl'l stalks the streets. Btars Ben Johnson. Andrew Prlne, Dawn Wells. Plan: 1.30, 4. 7 and
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      53 19 Today* lit i.m. (23m); 104)6 p.m. (Mm). Tomorrow: 1031 tm (2.6 m); 1034 p.m. (2.7 m). (2.7 m): 11.05 p.m. (23m). Monday: 11.46 a. m. (2.8 m); 11.3® pjn. (2.9 m). Taodty: 12.32 p.m. (2.7 m). Wedawiay: 12.14 a.m. (2.0 m); 131 p.m. (2.7 m). Thanday: 1233 un. (2.0 m);
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    < Talking Point
    52 20 &lt; Talking Point AH FOOK: Singaporeans are notoriously lazy readers, and the survey of our children's reading habits has shown that the younger generation ls^Just as bad. MEI LIN: That's because books and reading, to students, are synonymous with studying for examinations. They'll read more If they can see reading,
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      234 20 A4B INTEGRATED 1 STEREO AMPLIFIER By J.E. Sugden. James Sugden Amplifiers are a masterpiece of common sense: the new A4B is very much a reflection of the professional approach: there is no waste, little to criticise and much to admire. Here are some features which contributed its quality Power Output:
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      552 20 TV 5] AND RADIO .£22 S.Of OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS lol- liliff.fl: WIVES' MATINEE: To Attack the Beauty Fox (r). Mandarin movie. 4.30 INTERMISSION. 4.45 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by EXERCI8E ri f.M NEWS IN BRIZF. 4.35 THE TONY RANDALL SHOW: Case Whatever Happened to Mary Jane? Judge Franklin's eagerness to help his
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      255 20 BILINGUALISM: A Discussion with the Prime Minister (C&gt;. (Ch. 8, 7.10 pjn. In colour). The second part of the three-hour discussion on Singapore's bilingual policy with Mr Lee Kuan Yew. This Is a ques-tlon-and-answer session where Mr Lee answers queries raised by 20 rarents. students and lecturers from thfc two
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