New Nation, 18 May 1978

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  • 20 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Thursday, May 18, 1978 No. 2262 Price 25 cents M.C. <P) 216/1/78 r~-~r-Mil fcj) NATION t COMMENT I
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  • 427 1  -  Pillay: We're watching situation closely By Judith Hale A big question mark hangs over Singapore A 1 r lines Flight SQ 8 to Tokyo on Sunday. This Is because of possible violence at the new Narlta Airport, scheduled for opening on that day to all
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  • 245 1 Washington, Thursday The US House of Representatives yesterday refused to prohibit spending for production of the Neutron warhead. President Jimmy Carter has postponed development of the weapon but wants to keep his option open for later development. Yesterday's 306-90 vote will keep that option alive. Last
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  • 371 1  -  By Philip Lee London, Thursday He let out a gentle laugh, paused and said: "Are you sure? Is this some kind of a hoax?" He laughed again, this time a bit uneasily. When you are in Northern Ireland and you get a
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  • 102 1 Lost and found Mokhtar's tale of two cars AP Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. When Mokhtar Ahmad reported this morning that his new car was stolen, police gave him another one a car which Ahmad reported stolen a month ago. Police had called En elk Mokhtar to report the recovery of his
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  • 506 2 Marcos on Asean's strategy Reuter AFP AP Manila, Thursday Philippine Pr e s 1dent Ferdinand Marcos yesterday urged Asean to work towards becoming a single trade bloc In dealing with other countries. He Wtf a business symposium attended by 700 traders of Chinese descent from the
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  • 252 2 The waiting period for L-driver* to get a test date ha* been reduced from sev en months to four months. Under the Registry of Vehicles decentralised programme, the waiting period for applicants for class two (motorcycle) tests has also been reduced from eight months
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  • 174 2 They are 17 years apart bat there Is no "feneration gap" between them. For Mrs H.B. Alraschid, IS, and Samantha Marave, 8, share an abiding interest they are both Girl Scout* ki the Philippines. They arrived in Singapore on an Asean Girl
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  • 108 2 The Ministry of Finance has Instructed Its. workers to repair holes In one of Its holiday bungalows In Changl which were believed to have been made by peeping Toms. The bungalow Is one of six belonging to the Ministry. They are rented to
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  • 235 2 Buying support' remained strong during the first hour of active trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Generally, share prices continued to improve. Keck Seng (M) which was shifted from the second to the first trading section, was the star performer: It advanced 13 cents to $2.35.
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  • 46 2 Mr Chee Koon Lin has been elected president of the institute of Public Rotations Singapore. Other officials are Messrs Low Teo Ping (vice-pre-sident and treasurer). Herbert Teo (secretary), Bernard Chan, Albert Tien, Edmund Nicholas and William Goh (members) and Roderick Pestana (Immediate past president).
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  • 25 2 The Singapore Shipping Association v wllll hold its 25th anniversary dinner at the Island* Ballroom. Shangrl La: Hotel, on Hay 28 at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 268 2 Another round of talks on the renewal of the air services agreement between Singapore and Malaysia Is expected to take place after the fourth round ends today. Bources today said both countries an maintaining the same stand as they did in the last round of talks
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  • 92 3 The city's skyline was blurred by heavy mist yesterday morning. This picture was taken at 9.30 a.m. by New Nation .chief photographer Jerry Seh. "This is not unusual," said a spokesman for the Meteorological Office. "There is no cause for alarm." "In Jurong
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  • 27 3 The Singapore Armed Forces Reservists' Association will hold a photographic exhibition at the BAFRA General Purpose Hall, Toa Pay oh, on May 20 at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 259 3 There were 1122 accidents in the shipbuilding and ing industry last year, 1 n d 1 c a ting that a "plateau" had been reached. Dr Ang How Ghee, chairman of the Advisory Committee on Prevention of Accidents in the Shipbuilding and Repairing Industry,
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  • 157 3 Soprano Deborah Ko 31, started singing as a choir girl. Her love for church music and hymns grew to Include classical music as well. While attending the Teachers' Train lng College In Hong Kong, where she was born, Deborah won first prise In
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  • 141 3 Another officer In the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau has resigned. He is the fifth officer to leave the service this year. Sources identified him as acting Chief Special Investigator Mr Ng Kit Hong, who is said to be the most senior officer to havr resigned In'recetat'
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  • 77 3 The Ministry of Culture will hold two open air exhibitions for the young this year. Instead of three. A Ministry official said this was because several community centres and firms are also organising art competitions for the young. The recent open air exhibition at the
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    • 28 3 Adios, odious odours! Springfresh is the airfreshener that gives you more for your money. Just compare weights and prices! V s V AW V\V cv m* 1 \±j»J
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  • 440 4  -  ...from Asean on the System of selective safeguards' issue By Swadesh de Roy oar Tokyo correspondent Tokyo, Thursday Japan, under EEC pressure to agree to a system of selective safeguards against offending exporters, is asking Asean to support Its stand on the issue. Japan la basically against
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  • 266 4 Applications for Singapore Bus Service shares from people driving com-pany-registered cars will not be rejected, according to an SBS source. The source said yesterday that applications from those whose spouses or other family members own cars will also be allotted shares if they
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  • 173 4 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Thursday A new political party Partal Perkerja Pekerja Malaysia or Malaysian workers' Party will be inaugurated here on June 11, it was announced yesterday. The party will be led by Mrs Oangga Nair, a former leader Of Qerakan, now a
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  • 42 4 About 10,000 babies are expected to take part In the People's Association Baby Bhow 1078 to be held from June 10 to Oct. 29. Preliminary rounds will be held at community centres and the final at the Singapore Conference Hall.
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  • 105 4 A hotel has Introduced a demerit points system to lnstU courtesy among Its staff. ■very month, from this month, the Slngapura Forum hotel will ■elect the moot courteous employee who has the least number of point# At the end of six months, the hotel
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    • 92 4 at ihi at the (£s) ncptune theatre re/towonl 250 LUCKY COUPLES m (500 persons) will receive a complimentary ticket to wine, dine and dance at Neptune Theatre Restaurant on OCTOBER Ist 1978 0 C VS. «jr> fc vi Wr LI How to get there Every purchasers (from now until Sept
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  • 414 5 Thai airline plans to follow Airlines concerned over security at Narita but... World Focus Reuter AP AFP Paris, Thursday Air France will use Tokyo's new Narita Airport for its flight from Paris' Charles de G a u 11 e Airport starting next Tuesday, company officials
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  • 185 5 Reuter Washington, Thursday Trans International Airlines, a large charter carrier, yesterday said it has asked (or Civil Aeronautics Board approval to operate a scheduled Skybus that would offer cut-rate fares to both Europe and the Orient without restrictions. The company said its fares
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  • 157 5 AFP Labuan (Sabah), Thursday Indonesian President Suharto and Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Hussein Onn last night expressed the hope for peace negotiations between the Muslim secessionist Moro Liberation Front and the Philippine government to be resumed early. The two leaders, who are In
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  • 73 5 Reuter West Berlin. Thursday The prospects for a Great Leap Forward In the Chinese economy are not unfavourable* the German Institute for Economic Research said yesterday In Its latest weekly report. The economic programme adopted by China In early March had concentrated on three points: considerably Increasing
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  • 62 5 Reuter Vienna, Thursday West Oerman Chancellor Helmut Schmidt said yesterday he expected progress at the dead locked East-West troop reduction talks In the foreseeable future; Mr Schmidt, who dls cussed the long-stalled negotiations with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev In Bonn this month, told a press conference that Moscow
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  • 41 5 Reuter Colombo, Thursday The Sri Lanka government has ordered the National airline, Air Ceylon, to sell two planes, a DCB and a Trident, to help pay off outstanding debts of nearly 100 million rupees ($l4 million), sources said yesterday.—
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  • 107 5 UPI Tokyo, Thursday A driver who drove on for more than a kilometre after a collision stopped his car only after he noticed his right arm was missing, police said yesterday. Tsutomu Bbara. 22, who was hospitalised In fair condition, will be charged with drunken driving, police
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  • 99 6 AP Washington, Thursday President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia yesterday praised President Carter's policies in Africa but called for more action to bring about black majority rule there. Mr Carter greeted Mr Kaunda, leader of one of the Are "front-line" African states surrounding Rhodesia, with a
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  • 44 6 formed yesterday.—Reuter. United Nations, Wednesday. The Japanese government will contribute US$2.6 million ($5.9 million), to the UN child, renl fund, (Unlcef) this year and make a special donation of U*****.000 for Year of The Child activities, the agency's executive board waa Informed yesterday.—Reu-
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  • 45 6 Reuter CHELMSFORD (England), Thursday Two bored young workers who mode bomb hoax calls to their factory so that they could take an afternoon off were Jailed for nine months. Their IS-year-old colleague vras sent to a detention centre for sU months. Router.
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  • 424 6 World Focus Agencies Parts, Thursday Zaire claimed a major victory last night In the sudden, bitter war for control of its copperrich south. French-trained paratroops, who Jumped Into the embattled mining town of Kolwesl on Tuesday, recaptured the local airport last evening from Angola-based rebels, the official
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  • 78 6 UPI TODAY la Thursday. May 18. the 138 th day of 1978 with 227 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was nominated for President by the Republican Party at Its Chicago convention. THOUGHT
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  • 38 6 AP Lattlngtown (New York), Thursday Madame Chiang Kaishek, widow of the founding President of Taiwan, Is very 111 and living a secluded life on a sprawling estate In this suburban New York community on Long Island.
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  • 197 6 UPI Nairobi, Thursday Ethiopian troops smashed Into forward guerilla positions In a massive drive backed by warplanes and tanks to lift a month-long siege of the Erltrean province capital of Asmara, rebel spokesmen said yesterday. Heavy fighting reportedly was continuing around Asmara and
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  • 178 6 Reuter Fort Victoria (Rhodesia), Thursday Details of the Sunday night massacre at the village of Kamungoma in Dewure African reserve 70 km north-east of here were given for the first time to Reuters yesterday by the survivors and the local military commander. The Sunday
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  • 51 6 AFP Bangkok, Thursday Three newspapers which were ordered closed by the government of Thanln Kraivlchlen when it seized power on Oct 6, 1976, have been granted permission to resume publication by Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanan, the Bangkok World reported yesterday. Oen. Kriangsak, signed the order on
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    • 429 6 WORLD WEATHER Rome 8unny, 22-7C. Headline: Oovernmen t get* vote on counterterror decree. Moaoow Rain, 18-5C. Pravda's headline: Before the atudenta' work semester. Paris Clear. 19-6C. Headline: Plane sales to Saudi Arabia Sadat's confidence restored In the United States. Bonn Cloudy. 14-4C. Headline: 4000 men open war in Zaire's copper
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    • 63 6 Ministry checking two radical base* at Narlta. Bong Konr Cloudy, 26-23C. Headline: Zaire aenda para-troop* to quell Invasion. Manila Sunny, 3525C. Headline: President Marcos orders Jobc opened for Mayon evacuees. Kaala Limytr Cloudy. 34-24C. Headline: Zaire troops check Invaders. Singapore Cloudy, 34-24C. Bangkok Cloudy, 3224C. Headline: Thai government approves 'get
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    • 16 6 freer hand to withdraw US troops. Sjdntj Overcast, 16-13C. Headline: Chrysler hit by Canberra edict. —UPI.
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  • 422 8 The test Israel considered crucial to Its security has Just been lost. And with it, the US Senate's 54-44 approval of the sale of 60 of the West's most sophisticated fighters to Saudi Arabia in a "package deal," the most powerful lobby In Capitol Hill suffered
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    • 58 8 US President Carter, who recently declared war on bureaucratic gobbledygook, ha« an uphill, Judging from the sort of correspondence still In circulation. In a recent letter to the Congressional Budget Office, the American Public Transport Association said that certain rep or t compounds "oversimplification by choosing an Inconsistent
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    • 33 8 Hie condom-testing scheme by Case and Slslr has siren rise to much amusement. Said a man-about- town: "That's what I call playing safer Replied his friend: Tea. Just in Caae."
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  • 704 8  -  Edgar Koh in New York Edgar Koh Former President Richard Nixon thought he could end the Vietnam war by escalating it in 1972. President Jimmy Carter thinks he can improve the chances of a Middle East peace now by selling
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  • 589 8 Staged battle shows the 'no-win' war UPI Washington: The Air Force has already staged dogfights Involving the planes President Carter wants to sell to Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia —they were called The Shootout at Dogbone Lake. And It boiled down to what one officer called
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  • 101 9 UPI Washington, Thursday. Justice Department Investigators have recommended that Lockheed Aircraft Corp. and a former company president be prosecuted in connection with payoffs to Japanese officials, department sources said yesterday. Justlce D e p a r tment officials reviewing evidence against the giant defence contractor recommended
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  • 65 9 AFP Tel Aviv, Thursday.— One year after the rightwing Likud victory In the Israeli general elections barely half of the Israelis are satisfied with the policy of Prime Minister Menachem Begin, according to an opinion poll published yesterday. The poll gave only 50.4 p.c. people
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  • 30 9 Reuter Prague, Thursday Czechoslovak authorities yesterday disarmed and arrested a man who tried to hijack a domestic airliner flying from Brno to Prague, Ceteka news agency reported here.—Reuter.
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  • 31 9 Reuter Paris, Tllursday. The French presidency yesterday denied that French reconnaissance planes had sighted columns of Libyan military vehicles heading southwards In the embattled west African republic of Chad. Reuter.
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  • 241 9 World Focus UPI Washington, Thursday The administration called on Americans yesterday to support Increases In the US foreign aid programme, saying the nation's future security may depend on how well underfed and over populated countries are treated. "The problem is so vast, involves so many
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  • 96 9 Reuter Detrolt < Michigan), Thursday—A man and his wife, unable to have children, are seeking legal permission to pay woman to have a child for them, fathered by the husband. The unld en t ifled couple. In a suit filed on Monday, say they
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  • 183 9 AP Washington, Thursday. —The combined personal Income of all Americans Increased 1.4 per cent In April, a further sign of strong economic growth, the Commerce Department yesterday said. Rising personal Income means consumers have more money to spend and often encourages merchants and factories
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  • 25 9 Reuter London, Thursday Lord Selwyn-Ltoyd, Britain's Foreign Secretary during the 1956 Suez crisis, died yesterday aged 74 of Illness after the Easter holidays.—
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  • 506 9  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times I watched the Kentucky Derby on May 6 along with millions of other people and really enjoyed it. During one of the breaks for commercials I tried to figure out why I like horse racing' more
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  • 1264 10 / 11  -  In their strange, soundless world these kids are crying to be heard By Gloria Chandy These same Infectious smiles and childish antics greet every visitor to the school. The children are a happy, laughing mob at play Just like children in any other school. But In the
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    • 554 10 / 11 THURSDAY EH MINEYWIIK Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss Address N R.I.C. No Tel J FILL IN 2 R O S MISSING LETTERS 4G O A us,ng _LJ__— below i hb mb a Cut along dotted lines ALT CLUES FOR GG-4 1. Could
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      155 12 It'a an indoor garden created with alchemy! Sprinkle chemical partlclea Into -a special solution and watch "stalagmites" form to simulate an underwater scene. Aptly termed Marie Garden, it costs S4 from the Chinese Emporium, (round floor, People's Park Complex. Learning the alphabet? The child would certainly welcome this
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    • 1027 12  -  The overprotective and pushy mother, what Americans call the "Jewish mother," has been blamed for all sorts of problems in their children "from guilt to hypochondria, from shyness to colitis." But JULIUS SEGAL, author of Child's Journey: Forces That Shapes The Lives Of
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    • 283 12 Tientsin: When you think Chinese carpets, the name Tientsin comes to mind, for that northern city In China has been famous for carpets for more than 100 years. Tientsin carpets are floor coverings with exo* tic patterns etched out with scissors to give
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    • 241 12 Art Deco I You need: Pack of coloured sand (dye your own or available In packs from Bunrlse Clouds, Far East Shopping Centre), thick white card (from Commercial Art, Stamford Road), Oloy glue, small brush, clear lacquer spray, tracing paper. To dye sand: You will and Newton's
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    • 615 13  -  Cook -in «»v Margaret Chan If you routinely turn up your nose at offal, think again, or rather, try again. I do not usually enthuse about innards but 1 have Just eaten some fried kidneys that were superlative. The kidneys covered In a light
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    • 390 13 What's Cooking? s As a working mother who has not had, till recently, a servant to do my cooking, I had to rely a good deal on quickie meals. One of the mainstays of such meals is cheese. My husband loves to have a
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    • 113 13 See the world's largest collection of toys for boys girls at the mRTCHBDX '27th May 2nd June, 78. at SIN CHEW JIT POH EXHIBITION HALL, Sin Chew Jit Poh Building, Keppel Road, Singapore 2. Free exhibition gifts for purchase above $10/- Free Ribena drinks courtesy of Beecham Bring along this
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    • 287 13 Puzzles, riddles, crosswards, jokes to share? We pay $5 for f-ary contribution. The address is Kids Only, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, Singapore 1. Don't forget to add your name, age and address. 1. Can you tell which two cities this little bird has visited? asks Ng Eck Gene, 8,
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  • 225 15 THREE local officers from the Bank of America have been promoted to assistant managers. They are MR GARY SEET, MR LEONG SWEE SANG and MR ANDREW GOH KIA TECK. Mr Seet is currently undergoing a four month attachment in BOA's credit administration unit In Manila, Philippines. He
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  • 140 15 AFP SEOUL: Two more foreign banks—Inter nation al Bank of Singapore Ltd and Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Co. of Chicago set up branch offices here this month, Finance Ministry officials said yesterday. They are in addition to 21 branches of foreign banks already operating in South Korea
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 134 15 Stocks battled profit-taking pressures yesterday to register their sixth consecutive gain and climb to an eightmonth high. Favourable economic news contributed to the sixth heaviest trading session on record. Yesterday's prices followed by the difference on the previous session's close: AT 4r T 62% Beth Steel 24% 1%
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    • 36 15 UPI. New York, Thursday Dow Jones closing averages on the NYSE yesterday: 30 tndustr<als 85P 37 (up 4.07); 20 transport 231.25 up 1.60); 15 utmttes 104.06 (off 0.03); 65 stocks 293.65 (up 1.31). UPI.
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    • 56 15 AFP Yesterday's closing quotations of the gllt-ec!geds, In yen, with Tuesday's in parentheses: Helwa Real Efctate 638 (636). Nippon OH 701 (686). Komatsu 337 (340), Matsushita Electric 737 (729), Honda Motor 580 (585). Toyota Motor 948 (956), Mitral and Co 330 (332), Mitsubishi Corp 430 (431), Toklo Marine and
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    • 69 15 Closing prices on thJ Paris Bourse yesterday: Paribas 158.80 +3.30 Poncler 331 —5.80 Prln temps 70.50 +3.50 Bull 36 60 1 Royal Dutch 369 +3.90 Mlchelln 1402 12 COE 345 2 Thomson 188.50 3 CFP 128 2 Rhone 88.10 .70 Air 297 +2.10 BSN 505 24 Philips 50.70 .40
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    • 83 15 Union Bank of Switzerland Closing prices on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS Bearer ?000 20 UBS Registered 648 2 SBC 388 2 Credit Suisse 2165 50 Swissair B. 818 5 Sw'ss Relnsur. 2875 26 Wlntcrthur B. 2120 10 Zurich Insur. 88&0 —100 Juvena B. 170 10 Nestle B.
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    • 52 15 Reuter Prices at 11.30 ajn. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACI 105 170 APC 20 30 Ampol Pet 61 82 AN1 154 APM 128 129 Bank NSW M6 BnunMes 187 185 BHP 678 680 CRA 238 CSR 296 300 CIO 268 Goal Allied 365 370 Dunlop
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  • 246 15 'It will reach double digit' Business News and Views Reuter New York, Thursday A former government economist yesterday predicted that Inflation will reach double-digit levels when U8 consumer prices for April are released at the end of this month. Alan Greenspan, who headed the CouncU of Economic Advisers
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  • 108 15 AFP Hong Kong, Thursday— Hong Kong will raise the problem of Norway's unilateral Import restrictions on Hong Kong textiles at the council meeting of the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade (Oatt), trade director Lawrence Mills said. Mr Mills said Hong Kong would request that
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  • 192 15 UPI AFP London, Thursday The US dollar maintained its surge on moat European money markets yesterday, but slipped against sterling which gained 35 points and eased against the Swiss franc. Gold rose US$2 in London to U*****.375 an ounce and rose UBs 1.75 in Zurich to close at
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    • 35 15 THE BORN LOSER NORBERT <***** Umled Feature Syndicate Inc ■iClrl m by Art Sansom txj wi4H m m nam mxBrr v WALWUfc WITH SOU, V DOtfT*?u! > mm MI JOMT YOU (JUISM SOMETIME YOU COULD WHISTLE.
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  • 450 16 ON THE TRACK with 1 Fairway J Ipoh, Thursday Mysterious Piper is worth an each-way wager In the Class 5 Division 2 1200 m race on Saturday. The Don Juan flve-year-old displayed impressive form here this morning when he reeled off 600 m in 38.6 finishing with
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  • 141 16 SATURDAY RACE ONE: t.30. Class. S Div 3 1200 m at The Walk, Lumber Jack U. Itchy Feet, I Love You, Do I Surprise. RACE WO: 3.00. Class 5 Dlr 2 1200 m Bud I Balk, Regal Mate 111, The Ma oh, Amoy. RACE THREE: 3.30. Class 3 Div
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  • 1007 16 SATURDAY Cl. 3 Div. 5—1200m 1 House Bug 57 13 Snow prince 56.5 11 The General 56.5 3 Hcldforth Boy 56.5 17 High Lagoon 56.5 16 Newsmaker 56 7 Montana Bill 55.5 14 Double Adlos Til 55.5 5 Captain A 55.5 12 Mllverton 55.5 10
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  • 212 16 Sue Clear? of Warren, winner of the Jnronf women's Open r o I f championship last week, made it two In a row by winning the Chanfi Open by five strokes from Bosie Goh of Beletar when she returned a 79 yesterday. Tay
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  • 138 17 K2 Cricket Reuter London, Thursday Tailenders Phil Edmonds and John Lever saved MCC from embarrassment at Lord's yesterday with a valuable eightwlcket stand of 81 against Pakistan. The left-arm bowlers teamed up with MCC in trouble at 104 for seven, but they steered the representative team out
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  • 534 17  -  Thanks to Lew's US fact-finding mission BOWLING *>y Brian Miller A National Youth training programme geared towards bringing bowling to the masses is to be introduced by the Singapore T en p 1 n Bowling Congress next month. The Idea of a youth programme was
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  • 489 17  -  By ERIC COOPER Singapore Karachi-' bound squash players went down to a 2-1 defeat at the hands of the New Zealanders In the friendly match played at the Kallang Centre last night, but they were far from disgraced and in fact surprised the visitors with
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  • 132 17 Badminton Reuter AFP Auckland, Thursday.— Japan beat Denmark 6-1 in the second semi-final of the Über Cup international women's team badminton championship here last night. The Japanese will now meet the Cup holders. Indonesia, in the final of the competition here next Saturday. The Indonesians
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    • 428 17 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a tenacious individual You never leave a project midway; you never tin of trying, no matter how often you may fall. On the other hand, you maintain your Interest only co long aa there Is a chance that, with
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  • 538 18  - John Wee the successor to C. Kunalan? Athletics By SURESH NAIR Can the tall and lean Australlantrained John Patrick Wee, 17, be a worthy successor to the "evergreen" National sprint champion Ganagasabal Kunalan? Give him time and he might. An unknown at the moment, John, currently under the tutelage of
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  • 337 18 K3 Soccer Mendoza, (Argentina) Thursday.—A police Inspector, Jorge Cuello, was shot dead during a drill by provincial policemen preparing for security duty at the World Cup soccer finals. No details were given on the shooting Incident. Meanwhile In Buenos Aires, the Argentine Foreign Ministry summon-
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  • 430 18  -  Rugby By PHILIP TAN Singapore's emerging status as a rugby power in this region has made them the envy of most teams in the current Malaysian Rugby Union Cup tournament, says coach Natahar Bava yesterday. Warning the Singapore players to treat all thier matches
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    • 260 19 Robe rto Rlvelino, captain of Brazil's World Cup team and the only Brazilian player in the 1970 Cup-winning side; Michel P 1 a t 1 n 1, France's Sportsman Of The Year and Jan To m a s zewskl, the Pole who
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    • 349 19 At the cinema THE GAME OF DEATH (Mandarin): This was Bruce Lee's last movie. The kung fu king died while It was half-way through production and a replacement had to be found. The story traces the meteoric rise of a young kung fu film star (Bruce Lee) who attracts the
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    • 140 19 office hit stars Mark HamlU. Carrie Fisher, Peter Cashing, Alec Guinness and Harrison Ford In a marvellous space adventure with spectacular visual and sound effects. Odeon: 12.45, 3.30, 6JO and 9-30 p.m. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'8 NEST (rerun): Movies rarely have the honour of being presented with the five
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    • 383 19 II In and around I > V J I I] ILLUSTRATED TALK on traditional Asian performing arts by Dr Ohulam Sarwar, a university lecturer and specialist In drama. National Museum theatrette, 8 p.m. Admtoalcn free. LUNCH FASHION SHOW, with clothes and accessories from Pretty Ribbons. Dragon Palace Restaurant. Cockpit Hotel,
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    • 123 19 sim H1U, 11.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Features paintings, carvings, batiks, ceramic* and others. Admission free. On permanently. SLAUGHTER INCORPORATED, an American band, plays at Regency Lounge. Hyatt iTbtel, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. till July. 0.00 am Opening announcements and Programme Summary «05 Morning Prelude 6.30 New* (B) 0.40
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    • 697 20 TV lUIUIUIIIlMI AND RADIO (N OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by J08IE AND THE PU88YCATS IN OUTEK SPACE. Cartoons. 1 8.25 CHILDREN'S CORNER C/r). The focus this week is on the triangle, and the programme shows how clothes hangers are /n&de. and features the Pyramids. 6.45 NEWS AND NEW8REEL (T). 7.1* YOUTH
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  • 57 20 AH FOOK: There will be many broken hearts with the disbanding of the Singapore Philharmonic Orchestra. They tried very hard and managed to arouse Interest and support from Singapore audiences. MEI LIN: Ah, but with the new orchestra, audiences can look forward to a truly professional approach, where
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    • 1030 26 / 27 RAV DHALIWAL journeys to remarkable Rajas than A remarkable pink city, ancient palaces, forts and temples, a variety of shoppers' ware, and lots of coloifr That is what Rajasthan, the Land of the Princes, has to offer the tourist. Remnants of Its
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    • 933 26 / 27 JUDITH HALE goes on a whirlwind tour of Hong Kong Five minutes to touchdown. Hong Kong looms nearer. I crane my neck for a look at the reputedly exciting Oriental isles. We are over Kowloon now. Good grief is THAT Hong Kong. That mass
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    • 1231 29 Thrill to the exciting beat of African tribal drums. Boogie to the calypso rhythms of Caribbean steel bands. Float to the exoUc music of the Far East. Savour the romantic sights and sounds of Polynesia and the ferocious dance of Chinese dragons. Festival 78
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    • 684 30 Like Singapore, Malaysia is a land of many contrasts. Short of being adventurous and taking a hike over the Causeway, it is much more easy and convenient to drive across. By Journeying by road, you can capture better the sights, sounds, smells and
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    • 478 30 Oo out for a short drive and when you find a stretch of road with little or no traffic, stop and check the following: BRAKES: Apply brake pressure when the car Is travelling on a straightahead course. If youf car swerves to left or right It
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    • 1308 32 BMARATHI MOHAN finds a street of sin in wintry Copenhagen As the plane neared Copenhagen, I flipped through the bundle of brochures on this Danish city, reminding myself I had only two days of sightseeing. I hud read a great deal about the summer
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