New Nation, 22 April 1978

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    19 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Saturday, April 22, 1973 No. 2240 Price 25 cents M.C. <P) 216/1/78 I NEW (0 NATION COMMENT
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    Change in PSLE format
    344 1  -  Multi-choice questions to be cut down for the first time By Teresa Ooi The E d u c a t i on Ministry Is to cut down by almost half the multiple choice type of questions for the Primary School Leaving Examinations for the first time
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    Lock icon Now Carter delays Seoul pullout
    306 1 Reuter Washington, Saturday President Carter last night announced he was delaying the withdrawal of two American combat battalions from South Korea because of congressional inaction in supplying military equipment to the Seoul government. Mr Carter said In a statement the two battalions, totalling 1600 men
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    Lock icon Franco's girl charged
    68 1 Reuter Madrid, Saturday Carmen Franco, daughter of the late Spanish dictator. has been charged with trying to smuggle national treasures out of Ministry sources said today. The sources said she was charged after 31 gold and Jewel-encrusted medallions, worth an estimated two million pesetas 1*55,000). were found
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    Lock icon It's jail for drug women
    151 1 Reuter Sydney, Saturday Two elderly American women Involved In Australia'* biggest drug* haul 1.9 tonnes of cannabis worth UBSI4 million (about $32 million) were •acta sentenced te 14 years Jail yesterday. Flore nee May Besstre, «1, and Vera Todd-Hays, 89, who shared a hoaae In
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    Green light for Boeing
    62 1 Tokyo, Saturday An American Boeing 727 airliner will fly to the Soviet Union today to pick up passengers and crew of the South Korean airliner which crash-landed In northern Russia, Korean Airlines said here. A spokesman said agreement had been reached between the United States and
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    RELAX WHILE WAITING
    200 2 YES, this is a bus stop shelter. But NO. It's not the city planners' Idea of providing comfort for bus passengers. In fact, it was because the authorities did not provide the usual concrete seats that led to this unique seating ar- rangement at a Jalan Rumah
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    Lock icon His call of nature ruse pays off
    231 2 How S'pore man escaped from guerillas AFP Bentong, (Pahang), Saturday A Singapore citizen Tan Slong Hock, 30, managed. to desert his communist guerilla group at dawn one day on the pretext of apswerlng the call of nature. Tan, known u Ah Hon until
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    The Red condoms
    92 2 Bentong (Paha tie), Saturday Free love hi feeing practiaed among commnniat guerillas in the jangle, according to the latest evidence fonnd by Malaysian security forees In their anticomma nlst operation In Bentong. Three packets of used condoms and a Chinese aphrodisiac were among the items found on
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    Talks on S'pore, Seoul pact
    225 2 Singapore and South Korean Government officials will meet in Seoul in September Jbo thrash out the final details of the double taxa* tlon agreement between the two countries. A South Korean Em bassy spokesman said he hoped the meeting would be successful. Negotiations between the
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    'Smile as you work' call
    178 2 N T U C productivity head, Mr Kenneth Mok, has said workers and managements should "smile as they work" and learn to trust and understand each other. For mutual suspicions and antagonisms of both parties often result in disputes "which start as ants' bites (but)
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    Seng Hoo leading
    57 2 Lim Seng Hoo is leading by one point in the national chess championship with the final round to be played tonight at the High Street Centre starting 7 p.m. Leading scores are Seng Hoo 9| points; Chan Kong Oey Liang Hlen 7; Dennis Tan, Wong Meng Kong
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      32 2 See face 14 The Best Pop Song of 1975 in Ger many S O S. from THE MOVIE >° OQ CO > A "HE ALBUM p The most popular international Group since The Beatles
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    Punggol pigs hit by Hungarian disease
    233 3  -  By Douglas Chan An infection, known as Aujesky's Disease, has broken out among some pig farms in Punggol. The disease is said to have originated in Hungary and is named after the country's scientist who Isolated it more than 70 years ago. A Ministry
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    $1.6 mil find: AG gets 'list of offences'
    177 3 The Taiwanese government has forwarded to the Attorney-General's Chambers here a list of offences allegedly committed by one of the claimants of the $1.0 million in foreign currencies ano cheques found in an SIA plane early last month. The Taiwanese trade representative
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    Care of aged
    44 3 Mr Wong Hal Fah, senior rehabilitation officer of the Ministry of Social Affairs, will give a talk in Mandarin on the care of old people on April 28 at 7.30 p.m. at the Toa Payoh library lacture hall. Admission Is free.
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    Final test for our drug dogs
    148 3 Singapore's flrst local-ly-acquired narcotics dogs will go through their final test on Monday. The three dogs will be tested on their ability to sniff out hard and soft drugs hidden among passengers' baggage on a moving conveyor belt at Paya Lebar airport They are
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    Youth debates
    75 3 The seml-flnala of two debates organised by the MacPherson Youth Group will be held on April 30 at 7JO p.m. The MacPherson Youth Group will debate on whether the Singapore Bus service should not go public but be nationalised, at the MacPherson community centre. The Qeylang East Youth
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    Engineers to hold technical seminar
    97 3 The Association of Consulting Engineers will hold a technical seminar on Professional Engineers and Construction at Shangri-La Hotel from June 29 to July 1. The seminar Is designed to provide interchange of views and ideas among professional engineers and related professionals. It is also designed
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    Seminar on pollution
    79 3 Topical environmental Issues and problems relating to industry will be discussed at a seminar to be held by the Science Council of Singapore and the Singapore Manufacturers' Association on April 28. Speakers irom government departments, statutory boards and the industrial sector will speak. There will also be
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      129 3 French Chef Extraordinaire Only 100 people in the world have been awarded the title of Maitre Cuisinier de France. Monsieur Jean Vettard is one of them Tonight he will personally prepare a select but exquisite bill of fare at the Marco Polo Restaurant for fifty people. If you would like
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    Singapore —20 years from now
    759 4 Mr Lee Kuan Yew has envisaged a Singapore society 20 years from now where all Chinese will speak Mandarin to one another. He also visualised a society where 70 per cent, or perhaps 80 per cent of the pe«ple. will be able to speak English.
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    Membership renewal
    47 4 Members who joined the central adult section of the National Library between July 1, 1970 and Dec 31, 1974 are required to renew their membership by June 30. Re-reglstration hours will be from 8.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Mondays to Saturdays excluding public holidays.
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    Problems of the language labels
    398 4 A label-system used by the Singapore Armed Forces to distinguish soldiers by the dialects they speak has proved to be a "very big mistake." Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who was told of this by his son, related the story of the language problem In
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    Yes, but not too formal
    497 4 Principals, teachers and parents contacted yesterday are in favour of having the starting age for primary school lowered to five years, but cautioned that children should not be overloaded with formal lessons. They were commenting on a suggestion that primary education should be extended by
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    'Know the mechanism to succeed'
    247 4 The Permanent Secretary (Education Ministry), Mr H.R. Hochstadt, yesterday said a better knowledge of the nature and mechanism of the language systems is needed to increase the success of language teaching. He said linguistics is of particular importance where multi-lin-gual situation exists and where teaching
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    Lock icon Cambodia govt inhumane: Carter
    554 5 Calls on other countries to denounce regime Reuter Washington, Saturday President Carter yesterday said Cambodia's co m m unlst government was lnhumane and the world's worst violator of human rights. He called on every country to raise Its voice and to follow the example of the
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    Lock icon SHELLING BLITZ AT BORDER
    95 5 AFP Bangkok, Saturday The village of Ban Mai, near the Laotian border, was shelled for the fifth time last night by several rockets and over 300 rounds of, machine-gun fire from the Laotian side, the Bangkok World reported yesterday. More than 10 of Ban Mai's 90
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    Lock icon Boycott by China
    56 5 Reuter Moscow, Saturday China yesterday boycotted a Kremlin rally at which Its Ambassador usually stages a walk-out. Its absence from the rally marking the 108 th anniversary of the birth of Lenin was seen by Moscow observers as a sign that Slno-Sovlct relations are now even worse
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    Lock icon Viets sign oil contracts
    141 5 AFP Hanoi. Saturday Vietnam has just signed oil prospecting contracts with two West European firms. The first, with Aglp Italia, covers two unspecified sectors on the continental shelf. The other is an offshore deal with tne West Oerman firm Demlnex. A reliable source said a delegation
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    Lock icon 'Peking will need lots of money'
    255 5 AP Tokyo, Saturday Sir John Keswick, one of toe leading British traders with China, yesterday said Peking will need large amounts of money to achieve modernisation and 'it's a pity Europeans have not got together" to help supply ltw Saying there are "huge possibilities"
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    Lock icon Illegal aliens in Indonesia
    131 5 AFP Jakarta, Saturday The official re-registra-tion of aliens In Indonesia has resulted In the discovery of "thousands" of Illegal immigrants, mostly Chinese, police intelligence officer Brigadier General Suntoyo said yesterday. Mr Suntoyo said among them were adults and children of six years and older. He said
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      207 5 DB3-0--. TOPCON A SPECIAL OFFER Only $295/with F 2 8 lens Chrome oi Black Limited period The camera of distinction for taking better pictures. The Topcon New IC-1 is develop for fast, automatic operations. The wonderful AE (automatic exposure) system minimize the operations due to complete automation of troublesome operating
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    Lock icon Soviets fired at airliner claim
    545 6 New US angle on crash-landing of Korean plane Reuter AFP Moscow, Saturday A South Korean airliner crash landed on a frozen lake in northern Russia on Thursday night when it was Intercepted by Soviet jet fighters after It had flown many hunderds of kilometres off
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    Lock icon Brezhnev, Vance to discuss arms limitation
    148 6 Reuter Moscow, Saturday—US Secretary of Btate Cyrus Vance yesterday completed 11 hours of talks with Andre Gromyko and said he would see President Leonid Brezhnev today to discuss strategic arms limitation (Salt) and other subjects. State Department spokesman Hod ding Carter indicated some of
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    Drug ring smashed
    66 6 Amsterdam, Saturday. —Dutch narcotics agents have smashed a Chinese smuggling network responsible for shipping massive quantities of heroin from Bangkok to Europe, police said yesterday. Seven Chinese and five Dutchmen have been detained fallowing earlier arrests of heroin couriers In Madrid. Athens. Paris, Brussels and Bangkok over
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    Lock icon TANKER CARGO A TOTAL LOSS
    98 6 Reuter The Hague, SaturdayRoyal Dutch Shell, the charterer's of the Amoco Cadiz supertanker wrecked off the French coast last month, yesterday estimated the disaster would cost them about US$2O million ($64 million)—none of It recoverable from Insurance companies. Mr Dirk De Bruyne, president of Royal
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    Lock icon Spanish Reds break with Leninism
    141 6 Reuter UPI Madrid, Saturday The Spanish Communist Party, vanguard of the "fcuro-communist" movement, yesterday became the first communist party to abandon Leninism. The party's ninth congress, first in Spain since the 1936-39 civil war, overwhelmingly appro ved SecretaryGeneral Santiago Carrlllo's proposal that the party should
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    Lock icon Brokers fined for fraud
    147 6 Reuter London. Saturday Two stockbrokers and three firms were yesterday fined a total of £1,259,000 ($5,287,800) for their parts in a foreign exchange fraud involving £6.6 million. The prosecution told a London court that the money was circulated around the world from company to company earning
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    Lock icon Jakarta meeting
    35 6 AFP Jakarta, Saturday. Some 200 delegates from Asean countries would meet In Jakarta from Monday to April 27 for a conference on industrial complementation and preferential trading arrangement. it was announced here yesterday.
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    61 6 AFP Athens, Saturday Ah American archaeologist has set oat on foot to duplicate all the marches of Alexander the Great's army during his conquests In the Fourth Century B.C. John Bandas, 25, says he expects to wear out 150 pair of sho* on the 24,0 M kilometre
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    Lock icon Restrain warship build-up, Soviets warned
    223 6 Reuter Plymouth (England), Saturday British Premier James Callaghan yesterday issued a strong warning to the Soviet Union to use restraint in building and deploying warships. In a speech here, Mr Callaghan said massive expansion 'meant the Soviet Union could now use its fleet to lie
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    Lock icon $750,000 drug sale
    42 6 AFP Sungal Petani, Saturday—Drug syndicates are selling drugs worth about $750,000 to addicts dally throughout the country, Malaysia's deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Encik Rals Yatim, said yesterday. He said about 70 per cent of drug abusers were youths.—AlT.
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    Lock icon TODAY
    111 6 UPI TODAY Is Saturday. April 22. the 112 th day of 1978 with 253 to follow. THE MOON Is full. THE MOBNING STAR Is Mercury. THE EVENING STARS are Mars, Venus. Jupiter and Saturn. Those born on this date arc under the sign of Taurus. ON THIS DAY IN
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      98 6 WORLD WEATHER Paris Variable, 12-7C. Headline: Confl dence vote gives impetus to Barre economic policies. Bonn Partly cloudy. 15-5C. Headline: Paris plans to strengthen defence. Moscow Cloudy, 13minus 2C. Pravda's headline: It's everyone's duty to participate in the subbotnilc (spring cleaning campaign). Rome Sunny, 18-4C. Headline: Moro alive. London—Sunny, 15-7C.
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      114 6 rean air liner. Tokyo?—Cloudy. 14-11C. Headline: Photo bared by kidnappers shows Moro still alive. Hong Kong Partly cloudy, 27-23C. Headline: Ping pong diplomacy enters North Korea. Manila Cloudy, 3523C. Headline: Blasts rock Zamboanga city. Kuala l ummir—Cloudy. 33-23C. Headline: Terror gang says Moro is alive. Bangkok Cloudy. 3626C. Headline: Heavy
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      392 7 gl «1«: J;* l e?i» Z >ibi,< ••■&>• IF4 &•i®g» I M i 1 >■■,' 'V »VW* > i,/ v' teH irTS* HI 1 all '1 r.. Around the world Pepsi is associated with soccer. So what better idea than a series of Pepsi Soccer Contests here in Singapore, where
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    Booking them young
    409 8 A recent Institute of Education survey might very well reinforce a popular belief that most young Singaporeans do not have the reading habit. Or that they hardly read at all. Or, more dramatically, that television viewing, despite Its educational advantages, poses the greatest danger to the cultivation
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      Buck in the hutch?
      83 8 Varsity freshman, Bruce Edgar, 18, who was rejected for a job as a waiter at Lake Geneva. Wisconsin Is thinking ol fighting the rejection on grounds of sex discrimination. The Job Bruce was was after was that of a Bunny at the Lake Geneva Playboy Club,
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      Out of pocket
      34 8 Following the broadcast of the UK Budget Bpeech recently on BBC Television, was the musical drama Pennies From Heaven. But it's where the pounds come from that is worrying the Britons.
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    We have acted: Centre
    159 8  -  GOY TECK HUI I refer to Mr Anthony Tan's letter, Don't Abuse the Science Centre (NN, April 8). At the entrance of each exhibit gallery there is a panel which shows the exhibit layout and direction of flow through the gallery. Mr Tan will be pleased
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    Not a protest
    75 8  -  FOO KEE HO I refer to your report about six office attendants at the Subordinate Courts in Havelock Road who had shaved their heads bald <NN, April 19). There has been no evidence to suggest that they had their heads shaved bald in protest against the warning
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    He is no peacock
    147 8  -  ALAN CHEONG I get the feeling that Mrs Sylvia Leow Is thoroughly confused and cannot decide If Singapore men are uninteresting and dull or otherwise, or If they are better off, well-groomed, or (In her own words) "smelling unwashed and unfresh." (NN, March 30). The "peacock
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    Better Mandarin
    82 8  -  GEORGE THIA The bi-weekly Mandarin page in the Straits Times and Ah Fook, Mel Lin and bilingual cartoons in New Nation are not effective. Learning Mandarin with the aid of romanlsed phonetics is easier said than done. I would, therefore, suggest that the Times and the Nation supplement
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    So many long haired people
    107 8  -  PUA SWEE HEONG The report. Office Boys Go Bald, (NN, April 19) was very Interesting indeed. At least the officials of the subordinate courts warn their staff against sporting long hair. Bat this does not teem so in one statutory board. There, I was shocked
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    Tenants' worry over HDB silence
    204 8  -  MELIC MERICAN Recently the papers ran the news regarding the sale of flats at Spottiswoode Park at $46,000 by the HDB who had bought over the flats from PSA Upon HDB's taking over and subsequent sale under Its Home Ownership Scheme, we sitting tenants find
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    Lock icon Move to save Moro's life at UN level
    110 9 UPI United Nations, Saturday American UN ambassador Andrew Young called the UN Security Council Into closed consultations yesterday in a bifi to save the life of kidnapped Italian ex-premier Mr Aldo Moro. Diplomatic sources said the meeting was called to seek a
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    Lock icon Exorcist priests found guilty
    497 9 'Possessed* woman who starved to death had epilepsy UPI AP Aschalfenburg (West Germany), Saturday A West German court yesterday found two Roman Catholic priests and the parents of a young woman who died while undergoing exorcism guilty of negligent homicide. They were given suspended sixmonth sentences.
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    Lock icon Begin: We won't give up W. Bank
    329 9 Agencies Jerusalem. Saturday The leaders of Israel's peace movement met with Prime Minister Menachem Begin yesterday and said he refused to surrender any of the occupied West Bank of Jordan as a concession for a peace agreement. "We are very disappointed because the
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    Lock icon Hail to the Chief!
    55 9 Hall to the chief it's none other than IJB President Jimmy Carter under that Indian head-dress, chatting with Iron Eyes Cody, daring a ceremony at the White House yesterday. Mr Carter met leaders of Keep America Beaatifal, Inc., on the ere of the nsttonsl Keep America
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    Lock icon Planes: A US denial
    104 9 UPI Washington, Saturday —Tlie State Department, apparently contradicting a top Pentagon official, yesterday said the admin 1 s tratlon has no plans to sell additional American warplanes to Saudi Arabia, nor have the Saudis requested any more. "We are not aware that Saudi Arabia is planning
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    Lock icon Test-tube baby: Technique to be revealed
    193 9 Reuter London, Saturday. Two British doctors reported to have perfected a "test-tube baby" technique will publish their research shortly, their spokesman said yesterday. The two. in hiding after a tabloid daily Mirror story headlined Miracle Birth will take place in July, refused to confirm
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    Six new series next week
    803 10 / 11  -  McGarrett and 2 others return i»v Judith Holmberg With six new series and three old favourites coming on the small screen In the next seven days, the week beginning April 24 should go down as the "week it all began." Starting off In order of
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      1453 10 / 11 YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE SINGAPORE 5 Enter TELEFUNKEN Holiday Contest IN OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT8 followed by 8ESAME STREET. 2.M SATURDAY MATINEE: Tanganyika (8ee Top 8hows of the Weekend). 3.25 POLICE SURGEON: At the Stroke of Death. Simon Locke tries to persuade an escaped woman convict to release her hostage from a
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      722 10 / 11 I FM STEREO SATURDAY 8.00 PJf. Test Tape 6.04 Opening Announcements 8.05 Piogramme Summary 0.10 Music at Sunset 0.30 News (E) 0.40 Music at Sunset 7.00 Kadlo Concert: Lim Meng Kwong (soprano) and Ng Kok Cheow (piano): Alton Water (Robert Burns), Secret' (Chow Shusan), The Giant Navigator (Chow Shu-san), Caro
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      512 10 / 11 SATURDAY MATINEE: Tanganyika. (Ch. 5, 2 p.m. in colour). Set in 1900, the film stars Van Heflin as a man exploring British East Africa to file a land claim only to learn that the region is terrorised by a renegade English murderer (Howard Duff) and the tribe he rules. Authentic
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      528 10 / 11 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 MMWiaCut along dotted linn CLUES FOR GC-6 1. Striped animal of the hone kind 2. The Niagara ones ere famous 3. In certain circumstances, could
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      3 months to capture mood
      167 12 It took Mr Bng Cheng Klat three months to capture the mood of the park* and gardens In Singapore before he came up with hi* designs for a series of special stamps. In an Interview, he said he spent hours wandering around the East Coast
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      Essays that show Orwell's motives
      511 12 Decline of the English Murder and other essays, George Orwell. 188 pages! Penguin (69p). Reviewed by Shiao Ten. 800k5... There are, claimed Orwell, "four great motives for writing sheer egoism, aesthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse and political purpose." "By nature taking *nature' to be the state
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      376 12 In and around i 'V A VABIETT SHOW by the Crescents and Quest* artistes from the Tonne, People's section of the National Library, library lecture hall, 3 pjn. Admission free. FASHION SWIRL. Dragon Palace Restaurant, Cockpit Hotel. 1.45 p.m. with set Oantonese lunch at 98 nett VENEREAL DISEASES, a documentary
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      965 12 the cinema THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN: The citizens of Texarkana, Arkansas have lived In fear for more than 30 years because of a mysterious killer who has already claimed five lives. Today he sti'l stalks the streets. Stars Ben Johnson, Andrew Prtne. Dawn Wells. Plan: 130. 4, 7 and
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    New York surge helps bring in bulls
    538 13  -  Market roundup by Lee Yew Meng The Singapore stock market buzzed with activity, with investors and •peculators making a bee-line for the growth and volatile counters this week. The result was that it smoothly crossed the psychological 300 barrier on the Straits Times
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    Lock icon Don't shift from the dollar
    208 13 Blumenthal tells Arab leaders r, J Business News and Vieus Reuter Washington, Saturday Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal told Arab business leaders yesterday a shift from the dollar for oil pricing and petrodollar investments would be no solution to recent fluctuations in the currency's value. "A
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    Economic briefs
    375 13 WASHINGTON: The Treasury Department yesterday said it has found evidence that Imported Japanese motorcycles were being dumped, or sold at below domestic Japanese prices, in the United States. The companies named were Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha and SusukL Reuter. NEW YORK: Shell oU company yesterday said It planned to
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      204 13 The stock market finished the busiest week in its 186-year history yesterday with a small profit-taking loss against a news background involving the US dollar, money supply and energy programme. Trading was relatively slow. The Dow Jones industrial average, which had erased a two-point deficit at one time,
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      34 13 UPI Hew York, Saturday Dow Jones closing averages on the NYSE verterday: SO Industrials Siaio (off 1.74); SO transport 230.59 (up 0.10); IS utilities 106.77 (up 1.03); 6ft stocks 263.64 (up 0.30).
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      163 13 AFP Prices on the Tokyo stock market fell yesterday without any fresh news to encourage buying. The 225 stock Dow Jones average closed the day at 5502.29 yen, a drop of 48.27 yen from Thursday. The TBE index for the first section, where volume came to about 300 million
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      Lock icon ZURICH
      83 13 Scare*: Uatoa Btalr IWttMrtM* Closing price* cm the Zurich Stock Exchange yeeUB8* Bearer MM +10 UBS Registered 6M +1 8 BO 1M unch. Credit Sulaae 3175 +5 Bwlasalr B. 817 Bwlaa Reinsur. SIM —ft Wlnterthur B. 20S0 unch. Zurich Iniur. J uvena 176 —5 Nestle B. 3180 ft Interfood
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      PARIS
      66 13 Cloaing price* on the Puia Bourse yesterday: Pmrlbes 171 —0 Foncler »JO -*-.10 Prlntemps 76.40 +.40 Bull* 13 90 -*-.30 Royal Dutch 268.00 —.40 lflchelln 1600 +.46 COK 603.60 +1.60 Thomson 301 —1.10 CW139.70 4.00 Rhone 66.90 +310 Air 310 +0 B8N 406 +4 Philips 63.00 +.40 Sues 304
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    Lock icon Money Market
    175 13 UPI Reuter London, Saturday— Tne US dollar closed the week on (he upswing In most world money markets yesterday. Gold was up and down. Zurich was the only exception to a generally nlgner trend for the dollar. It closed there at 1.9545 Swiss francs, marginally down from Its
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    Lock icon Options: Good start in London
    165 13 Reuter London, Saturday Option* trading the London Stock Exchange's new venture Into a highly speculative form of dealing—got off to a good start yesterday with 800 deals reported. This la more than the 400 deals on the first day of the Chicago Market, which invented
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    Lock icon There's no 'gypsy in my soul'
    472 14 Gypsies are fed up with their romantic image Reuter Geneva: The world's gypsies, fed up with their romantic public Image and often povertystricken reality, are priming for official status as a separate people. To further this and other alms, mora than 100 delegates from
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    Wings goes to Town in this LP
    364 14  -  K«»c or<ls Ik Peter Ong WINGS; London Town (Capitol): In retrospect, Paul McCartney's Wings had a mediocre time with their last three albums, Venus and Mars, Speed of Sound and Wings over America. Put alongside Band on the Run, tney could not, in
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    Seng Hoo heads for home
    346 14  -  Chess by Leslie Leow At the time of writing, with eight rounds completed in the National Championship, defending champion Lim Seng Hoo leads closest rival Chan Peng Kong by one point, with the rest of the field further behind. Barring a major upset In the
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      258 14 Top charts of the week i This week's charts with last week's positions In brackets:1 (1) I Wonder Why Showaddywaddy 2 (f) Matehstalk Men and Matehstalk Cats and Docs Brian and Mehael S (2) Baker Street Gerry Rafferty 4 (9) Never Let Her Slip Away Andrew Gold If Yob Can
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    316 15 A twice weekly advertisement feature V Putting on attractive and fitting clothes is important because, despite what everyone might say, first Impressions are usually lasting impressions. And what better way to leave a favourable, enduring Image than to be properly and neatly attired. Just as variety Is the spice
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      177 15 Entrust your vision to us. For hard and soft contact lenses, consult: ALPHA OPTICS CONTACT LENS CENTRE Head Office: 163, Orchard Road, Singapore 9. Tel: *****7. Branch: Basement 12, Hong Leong Building, 16. Raffles Quay, Singapore 1. Tel: *****94. INTRODUCING THE AQUA FUN LINE FLOATING LOUNGES Swim AIDS POOL AND
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      132 15 People goinq OVERSEAS" go to FOOK ON first Because we have the widest range of Winter Clothings at the most reasonable prices. FOOK ON CO. [PTE] LTD. (Department Store) 83-85 South Bridge Road. Tel ***** Branches,(Openon Sundays) 347 People's Park Complex Tel *****5 B-40 Peninsula Shopping Complex. Tel ***** 327)02
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      196 15 nut All IT THUS in i w. *ft a f 'A T -Jai r .1 «1 Italian Ceramic Wall Marble, Terraao, Y Parquet A Vinyl Tiles. i Kitchen Cabinet. Covering». Special Package Deal To HUDC A HDB Flat*. Open everyday from 9.15 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. 1 ■interiors AlO. President
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      Spinks held for drugs possession
      401 16 K3 Boxing St. Louis, Saturday Heavyweight champion Leon Spinks. beset by troubles since his title fight victory over Muhammad All last February, was arrested in his home town yesterday and charged with possession of t4ny amounts of cocaine and marijuana. It was the second time
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      Bearzot: Brazil will win World Cup
      527 16  -  flnternational Soccer by Doug Gardner "These are the next world champions/' enthused Italian team-mana-ger Enzo Bearzot after watching Brazil take apart Inter Milan 2-0 in the San Slro Stadium. Picking the winners In Argentina has now become a favourite occuSatlon of the pundits, ut
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      Josephians storm into the final
      305 17  -  AROUND THE SCHOOLS K3 Soccer By SURESH NAIR St. Joseph's Institution powered their wav to the National Schools Secondary soccer final when they outplayed defending champions T a n jo n g Katong Technical 2-0 in the semi-finals at Dover Road yesterdav. In the May
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      Victoria boost title chances
      162 17  -  l^jjHocfcey By BRIAN MILLER Victoria School strengthened their chances of retaining the National Schools Post Secondary boys title when thev scored a fighting 1-0 win over Bartley In an entertaining match at the Padang yesterday. Victoria, so far unbeaten. went quickly into action and there were
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      Saints march on easily
      503 17  -  SKIPPER SENG CHYE STARS IN BIG WIN j^^^Rugby By PHILIP TAN 8t Andrew's took a step nearer to the final of the National Schools Post Secondary rugby tournament when they thrashed Catholic Junior College 34-0 at the Police Academy yesterday. The Saints took control from the
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      ACJC no match for Raffles
      288 17  -  |jTennis By KOH SWEE HUA Title holders Raffles Institution qualified for the final of the boys' Post Secondary Sc ho ols tennis championship when they beat Anglo-Chinese Junior College 4-1 at Farrer Park yesterday. They will now meet the highly -rated Catholic Junior College In
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      Crispin should get the winning break
      363 18  -  Saratoga Jim will be his main rival RACING with Brian Miller Crispin, who has yet to win a race after 14 starts, should get his break when he goes over 1800 m in Race 3 at Kuala Lumpur today. This five-year-old New Zealand'gelding by
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      115 18 BRIAN MILLER FAIRWAY BLL'EGRASS 53 Go Along Oriental Day Star Performer Tremenico Bambollna Temerloh Oriental Bay Splendid Recovery First Princes* Berdlkarl Zig-Zag Kota Berang Hero of Heroes First Princess Berdlkarl Commanche Km* S: Tropic Shower Crispin Crispin Saratoga Jim Norderel Crispin Crispin Norderel Racc 4: 8. To Remember Townaong
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      KUALA LUMPUR CARD AND FORM GUIDE FOR TODAY
      3206 18 fl 2.0 CIms 5. Dlv 4 1,200m MM (19.000 ftO.300 to wlnnarl 1 UMT«m tfaa a (Oood Bond) Kang 6 57 <d2*l S) 1.300m w •Pranata ***** Attentat Kan II s(Hual) E Brtukalan 7 M.S(dJ +5) 1,300m Mi 3 S2M «pteft dM
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      Pepsi contest winners
      199 18 Because of the unexpected 7-1 beating Singapore handed to Kelantan in their Malaysia Cup match last Sunday, there were only 15 winners in the Pepsi Soccer Contest 12. Due to insufficient winners, prizes will be snowballed to other contests in the series. Samwath&t. Block ill. 288 H.
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      Mirafiori can give punters good start
      395 19 RACING with Scrutineer MlraAori has little to beat in the opening race over 1200 m at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, and should Rive his backers a good start. I rate him as one of the top bets of the day. Mlrafiorl struck his winning form
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      Kian Tiong eliminated
      96 19 Singapore's Lira Kian Tlong Improved his score by one stroke when he shot a 74 yesterday lor a two-round total of 149 but failed to make the cut-off mark of 145 for the third round of the Dun lop International Open Golf tournament final leg of the
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      KUALA LUMPUR CARD AND FORM GUIDE FOR TOMORROW
      3170 19 1.48 CLASS 5, DIV 2JOMM ($9,000 $6,900 to wh 1.200m MMr) 1 000* 1 woo SI7M 4 HMO 7461 CMk 1 mm Waft a (BUllard) Samaurl M B (dc +2) 1,200m <mM« (Banaflt) Haddla 4 M S (dc >1) 1,200m Cfc*a Ctta
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      150 19 rJ5CTITT« V BRIAN MILLER l-"i 'MM iMt It Mlraflori TTnt-Money Caught My Eye Conjuror Mlraflori Legal Entry Mlraflerl Legal Entry ■s— t: Big Gum Sunny Heart Big Gui Special Something Snaay Heart Ptnaung KM* t: ABUWM Pendraggon's Charm AataMM Hongkong JlS* 1 Net Te Worry Sltl Boon darl EH
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      Marina's coming
      595 20  -  We'll retain women's title, says her captain £2 Athletics By SURESH NAIR Malaysian s pr 1 nt queen Marina Chin will be lfi action at the National Stadium next Sunday in the Singapore A m a t e ur Athletics» Association eleventh Open Relays championships. The pretty Kuala
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      Farleigh comeback bid
      288 20 INJURED ANKLE OKAY NOW, HE SAYS Former International Farleigh Clarke, who last donned national colours in the 1076 Tun Rasak Cup tournament, h a written to the Singapore Hockey Association of his intention to make a comeback. Farleigh, 26, "retired" from the scene in 1073 due to
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      322 17 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHbAY BORN today, you are highly Intuitive and know more than experience and academic training could have taught. You have a keen and subtle mind, and are always ready to seek solutions to problems. You know the value of the Intellect, yet you also
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      189 20 The MBA" Powerful preprogrammed businessjind financial functions. Statistics capability and programntability too. «> Cj Five basic preprogrammed financial functions: Number of period. Interest rate percentage. Payment amount. Present value. Future value. Six advanced preprogrammed financial functions: Net present value. Internal rate of return. Principal interest/ split. Accumulated interest. Remaining balance.
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      31 20 ANDY CAPP ft *> ICH.' I JUST DONT KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOIN* lb to ABOUT < DINNER A tocax pet; w i I'LL GET ME6ELF A PIE AT THE PUB J <• I a®.
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