New Nation, 22 July 1978

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    20 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Saturday, July 22, 1978 No. 2317 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 r 1 NEW NATION t COMMENT
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    6-lane traffic tunnel
    163 1 Singapore's first traffic tunnel costing $30 million will be 380 metres long, and will have six lanes three lanes In each direction. The map on the right shows the two entry points to the tunnel one at the Junction of Clemenceau Avenue and Penang Road and the
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    After the shooting drama...
    78 1 Spanish General Juan Izqulerdo, 64 (left), Is slumped against the shattered window of his car, shot dead by assassins in what politicians saw as a bid to goad the army Into opposing Spain's progress towards democracy. Also killed was his aide, Lt-Col. Juan Rodriguez, 59 (right).
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    Lock icon 'Sadat to adopt US system'
    198 1 Reuter Cairo, Saturday President Anwar Sadat will announce major changes In Egypt's p o 11 tlcal life Including an American-type presidential system of government without a prime minister, sources aaW■They said the announcement would be made in Mr Sadat's speech today to the central committee
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    Lock icon General takes over in Bolivia
    127 1 Reuter La Pas, Saturday General Juan Pereda Asbun, right-wing candidate In Bollrla'a abortive presidential e1 e c tlons, will assume power following a military rebellion and the resignation of President Hugo Banser, It was announced last night. After yesterday's rebellion In the western city of
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    Drugs: Two arrested
    55 1 Auckland, Saturday Two Auckland businessmen, who work for tbe mum company, were arrested here yesterday in connection with an AstO million (ttOt million) cannabis haul on the Australian east ooast last month, police sources said. The arrests follow a two-day round-the-clock Investigation tar two Auckland dstectfves and
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    Honesty, courtesy the reason
    160 2 Hoqffty and courtesy are two Important factors that attract tourists to Singapore. Tourists often return for a second or third time because of them, said the chairman of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board Mr Tan I Tons, at the honesty and courtesy award ceremony this morning
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    Cinemas do well despite the hikes
    194 2 Cinemas are doing good business despite the Increase on entertainment duties and admission charges. Statistics from "the Customs and Cxdse Department showed that entertainment tax from cinemas amounted to $2.6 million last month. It was the highest for the first half of the year.
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    Singapore aims at Belgrade
    289 2 Asean's three nonaligned member countries will support a Yugoslav proposal for the setting up of some form of machinery to settle conflicts peacefully among member states at the Bel- grade non aligned foreign ministers conference. The Foreign Minister, Mr 8 Rajaratnam, indicated Singapore's stand yesterday before
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    Stricter selection of medical students likely
    159 2 The University of BlnKpore may conduct exustlve Interviews for applicants to the medical faculty. This Is in line with the Prime Minister's views that there should be much neater weight given to the characters of students, their aptitudes and motivation rather than their academic
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    Choon Jee prefers spark plugs to books
    182 2 Bpark plan and carburettors Interest 17-year-old Cbons Choon Jee more than school books. Choon Jee took up a coarse on aatoma-tlve-plant engineering at the Singapore Vocational Institute after she oompleted Secondary Foar at Nanyang Girls' High SchooL Coming from a family of seven
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    The balanced Singaporean
    172 2 The Senior Minister of Btate (Finance). Dr Tan Eng Liang, said SlngaK re ana must possess th the brains and brawn to cope with a constantly changing lifestyle in a highly competitive world. Dr Tan said at the Esso Sports Scholar Award preeentatlon at the National Stadium
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    Yard lands big deal
    48 2 Jurong Shipyard has secured a multimllllon dollar contract from Hansa Offshore (SEA) Pte Ltd to convert four of Its cargo veasels Into container carriers. A contract-si g nine ceremony win be held at Hansa's office 111 Shenton Way on July 35 at 1 P-tn.
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    Cholera victim
    35 2 The Environment Ministry has confirmed a cholera case on July 19. The patient, a 68-year-old man living at Lorong Tal Seng, is reoovering at Mlddleton Hospital. The source of Infection Is being traced.
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    A 'new look' for Everton Park estate
    186 3 The Port of Singapore Authority Is finalising plans for the redevelopment of Kverton Park off Cantonment Road. A PBA spokesman said yesterday the project, to be undertaken by the Housing Board, will involve knocking down walls separating several two- and three-room flats. Under
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    Dr Goh's quote
    66 3 In yesterday's New Nation wmal word* were left out in a quote (torn Dr Ooh Keng Bwee's speech at the seminar on Merit and Demerit Schemes The qvote should read: "This progressive attitude contrasts starkly with the primitive Ideas I have come across among some local executives
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    A cautious start by bosses and unions
    427 3 About 000 management executives and union officials made a cautious start in their attempt to come to grips with the subject of merit and demerit schemes at a seminar yesterday. from the policy papers presented by tnelr respective national bodies at the two-day
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    They adopt a 'wait-and-see' attitude at the seminar on merit and demerit schemes
    220 3 "balanced" Industrial climate. The NTUC struck a more positive note but van tea adequate safeguards to protect workers' Interest In Its paper on Merit and Demerit Schemes: The Union Viewpoint, read by Its deputy director for productivity
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    'Slow learners are not retarded'
    305 3 Mothers often react emotionally on discovering their children are slow learners, according to Dr Wong Sze Tai, head of the Child Psychiatric Clinic. Often superstitious and Ignorant, tber tend to think that being slow to learn, or educationally subnormal. Is mental retardation. "Some of them
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      222 3 THE 'SPRINGS' in a Mattress make all the difference... Double Cushion Springs The secret beneath any superior Spring Mattress, lies In the optimum usage of quality springs— too much or too little ol which will not produce the required performance. Matsushita Greatwall, the leading producer of spring mattrssses, after 20
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    Teachers must earn respect
    418 4 Show them we are truly professionals, IE director tells new cadets The Director of the Institute of Education, Dr Lau Wai Har, lamented that the public has not shown due respect for the teaching profession. Parent* are not the only ones who are guilty. Other professional*
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    Duty on steel bars is lifted
    88 4 The government yesterday lifted the $M a tonne Import duty on tiro types of steel products commonly used in the construction industry here. It Is believed that this follows the improved market prtees for mMd steel ronnd. reinforcement bars and high tensile deformed bars
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    Students want further talks with varsity
    211 4 The University of Singapore Students Union has formed a five-man team headed by its president, Ng Kim Hwa, to hold talks with the university administration following a council meeting on Thursday night. The team will ask for another meeting with the administration to dlc
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    Tim sum
    33 4 The CalrahlU community centre will hold allm son class every Wednesday from Aug 2 and a vegetarian class every Sunday from tomorrow between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. at Its premises.
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    1416 found cheating in exams
    137 4 Kuala Lumpur. Saturday—A total of 1416 candidates were disqualified for cheating In the last two Forma Three and Five public examination*. Malaysian Examinations Syndicate Director Omar Hashlm &ald In a special Interview: The Education Ministry takes a very serious rlew of cheating in examinations." He
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    Lock icon Two highway gangs
    86 4 NST Kuala Lumpur, Saturday—Police believe that the five highway robberies In Johore, Malacca and Negri Sembllan this year were committed by two separate fangs. Bach gang has four or five members, every one of whom is armed with a pUtoL So far, two men aged 19 and
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    Drummer girl
    110 4 Joanna Koh, the only girl drummer In the 79-member Singapore Airlines braes band, strikes up in preparation for the National Day celebrations. Although the* band will not be taking part in the Aag I parade. It will perform with another band on Aag It at the Mandarin Hotel
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    Lock icon 'Chinese traders executed in Cambodia'
    177 5 World Focus AFP Bangkok, Saturday Cambodian authorlt 1e s have executed a large number of Chinese merchants triggering a mass migration of Chinese towards the Thai and Vietnamese borders, a recently arrived refugee reported. Soel Sae Llm, aged 56, said in an interview published in
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    Lock icon Australia may amend rules on refugees
    207 5 Reuter Bangkok, Saturday Australian Immigration Minister Michael MacKellar said here yesterday his government might amend criteria on which it selects IndoChinese refugees for resettlement He said that, as a result of his visit to South-east Asian countries, he was looking at ways In which
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    Lock icon Oil: Call for 'basket of currencies to replace $'
    179 5 Oil: Call for 'basket of currencies to replace UPI Kuwait. Saturday A croup of Organisation of Petroleum Expo r 11 n g Countries economic exKrts has agreed that the 1 dollar should be replaced by a basket of currencies In computing oil prices, Opec's chairman said yesterday. But the chairman.
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    Lock icon A 'dare' to leftists
    445 5 Confrontation looms as Tokyo decides to repair N-ship Reuter Tokyo, Saturday The Japanese government yesterday set the scene for a new confrontation with Japan's violent leftwlngers by signing an agreement to send a crippled nuclear-p o we re d ship to a yard near Nagasaki for
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    Lock icon Hanoi studies Chinese proposals for talks
    233 5 Reuter Peking, Saturday Informed Vietnamese sources In Peking yesterday Indicated their government was still assessing a Chinese proposal for negotiations on the issue of ethnic Chinese In Vietnam in the light of Peking's rejection of a call for talks by Hanoi in May. The
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    Lock icon 'Ties a matter of timing'
    250 6 World Focus UPI Jakarta, Saturday Indonesia will definitely re-establish diplomatic ties with China but the timing hinges on questions such as establishing the national 11 y of overseas Chinese, said Foreign Minister Moch t a r Kusumaatmadj a. "The decision of Indonesia to reopen diplomatic
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    Lock icon Today
    117 6 UPI TODAY is Saturday, July 22, the 203 rd day of 1978 with 162 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. American psychiatrist Karl lCennlnger was born on July 22, 1893. ON THIS DAT IN HISTORY: In 1864, In the first Battle of
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    86 6 Reuter Parla, Saturday An airline pilot hai to organise a cash collection among his passengers whan an Asores airport refused to refuel his plane en credit, airport officials saM yesterday. The Incident happened last week when a Boeing N7 of the Sodete AntllUtse do Tenrlsme et do
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      46 6 Limited exhibition space is available now contact us immediately for your bookings. Organised by Amber Associates Pts. Ltd. b222,15t Floor. Woh Hup Complex, Beach Road, Singapore 7. Tel Noe: *****47. *****14 Warn mrh r" u ft WITH fHE SUPPCRI Of SINGAPORE TOURIST PROMOTION BOARD SINGAPORE A/RUNES
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      167 6 Bona—Cloudy, 17-21 C. Headline: No computers for Moscow. Moscow Occasional rain. 21-BC. Pravda's headline: P. Kulakovs funeral Bom*—Sunny, 18-30 C. Headline: Bomb at the prefecture. Parts Cloudy, tool, fresh breeses, 19-13 C. Headline: Carter threatens Soviets with computer embargo. London—Variable, 2011C. Bio do Janeiro Cloudy, 16-30 C. Headline: Carter keeps
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    Lock icon Do White House aides use drugs?
    174 7 Reuter Washington, Saturday White House Press Secretary Jody Powell said yesterday he had no way of knowing If White House aides were using marijuana and cocaine. He was commenting on a newspaper report Juotlns Dr Peter Bourne, ormerlv President Carter's chief Adviser on Health
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    Lock icon Report on M-East is optimistic
    450 7 World Focus Reuter Washington, Saturday Secretary of State Cyrus Vance gave President Carter yesterday what officials called a fairly optimistic report on the Middle East peace talks he held with the Egyptian and Israeli Foreign Ministers In England this week. Mr Vance was reported to
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    Lock icon Smith wins but by a small majority
    250 7 Reuter Salisbury, Saturday Premier lan Smith's Rhodeslan-.Front Party yesterday won the country's first electoral te»t on black rule plans but with a slashed majority. Both the hard-line right, which opposes any handover to the black majority rule and the liberal left, which backs
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    25 7 Reuter Lisbon, Saturday French President Valery Discard d'Estalng last night firmly backed Portugal's entry into the European Economic Community after a three-day official visit.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Dockyard men cripple Britain's N-subs
    140 7 Reuter London, Saturday—Six of Britain's 10 nuclear powered submarines were Immobilised In dockyards yesterday by workers refusing! to liandle them until a pay claim Is met All the submarines are part of the Nato defencs force. A Defence MlnlMry spokesman said if the dispute continued
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    Lock icon On the road to victory?
    137 7 Reuter Kassala (Sudan), Saturday Ethiopia appears to be on the verge of its first major victory In the five week old campaign to recapture the strategic northern Red Sea province of Erltera. There are strong Indications that government forces have penetrated the defences of the
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    Lock icon US economy shows a big boost but...
    212 7 Reuter UPI Washington Saturday: The US economy showed Its strongest growth In two years during the second quarter of 1078 but Inflation was the highest for three years, the government said yesterday. In a rebound from harah winter weather and a crippling coal
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    Servicing the complaints
    421 8 In explaining the rationale for the recent increase In bus fares, the Singapore Bus SerVlce at that time seemed to anticipate a deluge of complaints when it promised a better grade of services in return for the higner cost of commuting. It was good anticipation borne out
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    Good luck with our plan
    111 8 WHISPERS r'o> ls B y Chances are, you wouldn't have heard of the "Singapore Plan." But by the end of this summer, residents of and commuters Into Tel Aviv. Israel, will be Quite familiar with It The "Singapore Plan" is the Israeli version of our
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    Carnival where cigs are offered as prizes
    142 8  -  CHIA HWEE CHANG I refer to your report on the shock of blood donors when they received cigarettes as prizes for donating blood (NN, July 13). I was equally shocked when I visited the Safra carnival now being held at Vlctorla/Rochor Road. This
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    Is this the best for the child?
    398 8  -  C.B.L. When I was approached by my neighbour some time ago to tutor his daughter, I dismissed his request as a joke. Alter all, what does a four-year-old child need tutoring in? However, I soon realised that he was Indeed serious when I
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    Cover Asean track meet call to RTS
    133 8  -  INTERESTED PARENT I must congratulate RTS for covering the Asean Age Oroup Swimming fhtmpiniuhlpt In Jakarta ao efficiently. No doubt this Is due largely to the enthusiastic official, lir Pong Hoe Beng. Now that the second Asean schools track and field championships In
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    Coffee price poser for Case
    179 8  -  T. L. OOI Hon. Gen. Secretary, Hoover Park and Neighbourhood Residents' A—dattia Singapore 21. It is quite some time since we read about the reduction in the price of a cup of coffee TO the best of my memory Case says the Coffee Shop Owners'
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    No demand for direct bus service
    102 8  -  BENJAMIN CHUA Head Pablle Belafl—, BBS. Singapore 9. I refer to the letter, The Frustration of Changing Base* by Mrs If. Lim (NN, July I) and her request for a direct •entice tram Upper Berangoon to Jurong. Much ai we would like to provide
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    Nostalgia trip for a star of the fifties
    765 9  -  By Liew Soon Chin Former film star, recording artiste and sex symbol, Miss Pal Kwang, tugged her hair during her performance. mi»« pal ("I am nearer 60 than 50"), the idol of millions during uer heyday In the *****. laughed gleefully as
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    New column next week
    96 9 Singapore Is only IS years old, bat the singaporean Is already a distinct character with his own outlook ef life, his ambitions, his likes and dislikes. Hew often we have heard even said ourselves the phrase "typically Singaporean,* when referring to a situation, a remark. an
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      214 9 The car that has more value for money mmmt 3S m S <•- r*** 4 r-. > > •IpPS *V It's a four-door, full size family saloon that will hold five adults comfortably. It's competitively priced without compromising on safety, strength and durability. It's economical to operate and maintain. 77m
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    Will song quest be one more flop?
    651 10 / 11  -  Sight Sound I'" Judith Holmberg RTS and the National Theatre Trust have launched their biennial quest for national songs, and by all indications It's going to be as great a disaster as It was the last time. like last year's competition, they are
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      1381 10 / 11 YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE f SINGAPORE 5] Enter TELEFUNKEN Holiday Contest 12J5 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by 8ESAME STREET. 2.M PRE-EXAMINATION PROGRAMME: Hamlet. (See Top Shows of the Weekend). 4.95 MALAYSIA CUP "78: Singapore versus Malaysia Armed Forces (r). An hour's highlights of the second leg match between the two teams
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      695 10 / 11 FM STEREO SATBMAY 0.00 PM Test tape 6.04 Opening announcements 6.05 Programme Summary 6.10 Music At Sunset with Alto Sax Fausto Pa petti 6.30 News (E) 6.40 Myslc At 8unset with the Tony Hatch Orchestra Brasilia Mission 7.00 Radio Concert: Leong Mel Leng (soprano) and Ting Chu San (piano): The
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      357 10 / 11 Top Shows of the Weekend TODAY Doris Day MIDNIGHT MOVIE: The Pajama Game. (Ch. 5 11.15 p.m. in colour). Fresh, fun and lively that's what this 1957 movie about love and labour in a pajama factory is. It stars Doris Day as the union girl who is wooed by John
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      Prof Lim is on seven-man jury
      321 12  -  Chess l»v I Leslie Observant readers will have noticed that this week's press reports on the world chess championship In Bagulo City, Philippines, lacked the familiar initials LKA. Kagle-eyed ones might be aware that chess writer Professor Tim Kok Ann, Is there, not gathering
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      Starship's fallen out of orbit
      238 12  -  Records Im. Peter JEFFERSON STARSHIP: Earth (Grunt): Come on, Jefferson Starshlp. You are artistically bankrupt and there Is no way you can hide it. You have fallen out of orbit and you can't puU yourself out of the gravitational pull Tour obituary was written three
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      673 12 cinema SATURDAY NIGHT PEVEB: John Travolta, who has since become a superstar. Ignites on tha* screen as a restless and explosive disco kingpin at the peak of his popularity. Also stars Karen Lynn Oorney. Prince: 1.45, 4, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. THE BHAQLIN HAND LOCK (Mandarin): A kung fu master
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      161 12 and around town 1 PEBANAKAN FESTIVAL sale Of nonya food by Mrs Betty Neo from 12 p.m. and demonstration on how to dress the nonya way by Mrs Lee Oeow Hal at S p.m. Time Orchard Centre, meszanlne floor, Lucky Plasa. HOW TO TACKLE THE ENGL18H PAPEB (as a second
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      341 12 at the Junction of Rochore Road and North Bridge Road. 7 p.m to 11 p.m. Admission: adults 90 centa children free. On till July 30. on Australia—Point of Entry (on quarantine). At the Beach (surf and beaches) and Irrigation (projects In the arid Inland). Maritime museum. Sentosa. 2 p.m. to
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    239 13 UPI London, Saturday The downward slide of the US dollar continued on all European markets yesterday reflecting dealers' opinion that the Bonn economic summit did nothing much to bolster it In Zurich and Frankfurt, the dollar was close to record lows and in London it hit the lowest
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      NEW YORK
      126 13 Stocks closed out an erratic week yesterday with a loss stemming from government reports that showed doubledlgtt Inflation and higher interact rates that threaten the expanding economy. Trading was moderate. Ji prices erence ion's cloa SI SI rollowec on ttM I 1 II unc Ooem-O OontL Dow C
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      34 13 UPI New York, Saturday.—Dow Jones closing averages on the NYB® yesterday: 90 industrials 5U.43 (on 5 30); M transport 235.M (off «J4>; II utilities 106.07 (off 021); stocks MMO (off 121).— UPL
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      87 13 AFP Plioes on the Tokyo stock market Ml to a tiro-month low fecterday on profit-taking. The price* of SO stock* rose while those of 428 stocks declined In the first section. Yesterday* closing quotations Of the fllt-rdgeda. In yen, with Thursday's In brackets: Belva Real Mate Ml (661), Nippon
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      PARIS
      68 13 Closing prices on the Paris Bourse ymtCTdajr. Parlbas 177.90 +1.40 Ponder WJO +1.90 Prlntempe 96.60 3.40 Bull 4*70 —.10 Royal Dutch 266J0 —.60 Mlchelln 1345 +11 COI 373 3 Thomson 336J0 +7.60 CPP 139.60 6.60 Rhone 106 JO +1 JO Air 333 +3 BBN 666 +11 Philips 63 +.06
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      82 13 Union Bank of Switzerland dosing price* In Bwlm franca on the Zurich Stock Exchange yorterday. ÜBS Bearer SOW —14 ÜBS Registered 6M SBO SIT 3 Credit Sulase SIM —10 Owl— lr B. SS4 1 Swlea Relnaur. 3900 Wlnterthur a 3330 +30 Zurich Inaur NM —31 Juvena B. 110 .Nestle
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    Stock mart recovers some ground
    413 13  -  Market roundup Business Neus and Views by Lee Yew Meng The Singapore stock market staged a rally this week, recovering some ground It lost last week. The recovery, which some analysts believed took plaee because of last week's technically oversold position, was paved by the
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    People in business
    76 13 In Thursday'* People In Business column, the paragraph "He Joined the bank In September 1972 and prior to his assignment here In December 1976, he was the mana-ger-commercial accounts In Jakarta" was Inadvertently transposed. It should be ascribed to Mr James F. Peterson, Chase Manhattan Bank's regional
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    198 13 Reuter JAKARTA: The Indonesian Batam Ul&nd, Just south of Singapore, would be declared a free port as of Aug 1 and the existing bonded warehouses in Jakarta's TanJung Prlok harbour are to be developed as an export processing sone. Minister of 8tate Reforms Cr 8umarlin said.—AFP. HONG KONG:
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      521 13 SATURDAY Qut 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 •ELOW M_Ma»Cut along dotted lines CLUES FOR GP-6 1. Tiny pieces, as of sand 2. He's a flier 3. Shaw a certain fondnoss,
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    For prurient taste-buds
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    The Parting was Bittersweet
    132 14  -  POETRY CORNER Arthur Yup ROWENA ROW Friends for so long, It was unthinkable the ties of friendship would now be severed; the closely knit warmth, matched only by the sun. We worked, play together, laughed as If time were endless, cried with each other at the
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    Duality well enacted
    207 14 This Is a well written poem suffused with a spare, nostalgic melancholy. It concerns the bonds of a friendship, built np probably from childhood days; the process of growing up, and the parting of ways. The parting Is "bitter sweet" and. throughout the poem, this duality Is
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      493 15 The first thing to consider when you decide to take up games like tennis and squash Is to choose the right type of equipment. So many players use equipment that Is unsulted for them that they often do not set the maximum out of
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    249 16 if Reuter Philadelphia, Saturday Jack Nicklaus, who was concerned he might be tired after winning last week's British Open, took a three-stroke lead after 36 holes of the U*****,000 (about *****,000) Philadelphia golf tournament. The 38-year-old Nicklaus, who had expressed a preference for home rather than golf
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      84 16 London, Saturday Striker Peter Withe, whose 18 goals last season helped Nottingham Forest win ooth the English First Division title and League Cup, has been placed on the transfer list In a surprise move by the club. Forest announced yesterday that the transfer move was made after
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      Angelo dies
      63 16 Bologna, Saturday Italian boxer Angelo Jacopuccl died here yesterday from a massive brain haemorrhage he suffered after being knocked out In a European title fight by Britain's Alan lilnter, hospital officials said. The 29-year-old boxer suffered a haemorrhage and fell Into a deep coma a few hours after
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      70 16 London, Saturday America's NBC television network have Insured their coverage of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow against cancellation of the Games for political causes, Lloyds of London said yesterday. Lloyds, the wo 11 d's oldest and biggest insurance community, said the insurance policy was the largest or its
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      61 16 Virginia Beach, Sat' urday—The No 5 ranked heavyweight In the world, Brn 1 e Shavers confirmed his reputation when he stopped Harry Terrell In one round on Thursday night Terrell who hit the canvas twloe In the first round returned to his corner unsteadily and was not
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    450 17  -  Third division players, especially Soccer By PHILIP TAN Player indiscipline lu Third Division League Clubs is causing concern to the Football Association of Singapore. A FAS spokesman yesterday said that only one club in the Division stands a chance of winning the Falrplay Trophy as the championship now
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    89 17 Athletics About 200 employee* from 10 hotels will compete In the Inaugural Inter-Hotel* track and field championships at the National Stadium on July SO. The participating hotels are Holiday Inn, Hilton, Slngapura Forum, Oberol Imperial, Hotel Peninsula and the Goodwood Group chain, comprising Ming Court, LadyhUl, Malaysia,
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    212 17  -  jjl^nnb By BRAIN MILLER Four -top junior tennis players from Taiwan will play a series of friendly matches against the best Juniors Singapore have to offer at th« Singapore Tennis Cen~ tre tomorrow at 2 p.m. The Taiwanese team, comprising two boys and two girls,
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    Hussein, be on your toes!
    400 17  -  Wfsquash By ERIC COOPER Top seed Hussein Ibrahim Is' just one step away from retaining his title In the Pakistan International A 1 r 1 1 n e s' championships after an eye injury in the earlier rounds almost put him out of the competition.
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    536 18  -  By K.L. CHAN Treasure Island II looks to be the best bet at Penang today In Race s—the Class 6 Division 1 1200 event. Trained by K. M. Noordln, the sudak five-year-old has khown consistent form in his two runs this {ear.
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    490 19 By SCRUTINEER Jockey Leslie Khoo, who rode a great race to win the Queen Elizabeth n Cup on Sir Toby at Bukit Tlmah last week, partners the strongly fancied Eastern Music in the Class 5 Division 1 1200m (Race 8) at Petiang tomorrow. This
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    539 20  -  Old warrior Kuna or the rising Richard Athletics By SURESH NAIR Who will be the fastest man In Singapore tomorrow? Will It be still that old warrior C. Kunalan? Or will It be schoolboy Richard Seow? ThU Issue will be settled tomorrow In the Singapore
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    111 20 Algiers, Saturday Eighteen-year-old Judy Bell-Gam of Nigeria set a nev African record yesterday In the women's 100 metres when she clocked 13.7 sec to win a gold medal In the third African Games. She beat the old record by o.s3sec. Fathla Jerbi reinforced Tunisia's dominance of the
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