New Nation, 29 July 1978

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  • 20 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Saturday, July 29, 1978 No. 2323 Price 25 cents M.C. <P) 21tyl/78 r— NF.W fcj) NATION COMMENT
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  • 72 1 AP Philadelphia, Saturday. "Ac Per.nsylvanla State Boxing Commission yesterday stopped a proposed boxing match between two feuding Democrats, a city councilman and a black activist. Councilman Francis Rafferty, an amateur boxer, and Milton Street, a candidate for the Pennsylvania state leflslature, were scheduled to fight on
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  • 60 1 AFP Hong Kong, Saturday —Typhoon Agnes which veered away from Hong Kong during Thursday night Is threatening to return. The latest weather bureau report said that Agnes. 190 nautical miles to the southwest, changed direction last ntent and was now monng slowly In an erratic but
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  • 250 1 Second execution under amended Act Teo Hock Seng, 26, a Malaysian, was hanged in Changl Prison at 6 a.m. today the second man to be executed lor drug trafficking under the Misuse of Drugs Act. Teo, a stevedore from Muar, «u found in pooeulon of 46.38 grammes
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  • Article, Illustration
    365 1 UPI Boon, Saturday The West German government yesterday approved pumppriming tax cuts that would amount to about a net 12.25 billion marks (about $12.9 billion) In 197b and called on the other six participants In the economic summit in Bonn to fulfil their pledges with similar dispatch. Chancellor
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  • 191 1 AFP Belgrade, Saturday Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja voiced his disagreement here yesterday with charges by some members of the nonaligned movement that both Vietnam and Cambodia were respectively the pawns of the Soviet Union and China in the armed conflict on their borders. In an Interview with
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  • 128 2 I MktM fclk mp til f'the air at the t vMv airport last I 1 when tht «1li ay Kwutd Ga- (inlTenttjr) chair Hmjt ara an thair ray to taka part In the ■ornstlonal Yaoth £ale Festival In A hereon, Scotland, from La* ta IS.
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  • 252 2 Dr Tan Eng Liang today said it is wrong to believe that Singapore's sports policy U geared towards quantity at the expense of quality. ThU, said the Senior Minister of State (finance), had come about because of overwhelming response to mass events. He cited the
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  • 32 2 Dr Lee Chlaw Mens, MP for Fairer Park, will attend his constituency's National Day dinner and variety show at the Pek Kio community centre on Auf 5 at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 489 2 Government doctors are opting for more lucrative fields of specialisation where they can be better off later In private practice. This, official circles believe, is the trend that has been going on for sometime. Itey my that the choice area* of specialisation
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  • 327 2  -  By Rav Dhaliwal Japanese car prices have gone up by between $650 and $1500 In the last two months, as a result of the rising value of the Yen. Prices of at least three popular makes of Japanese ears have been raised. Others are expected to
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  • 75 2 The NTUC has set up a committee to draw up plans to mark the lOtn anniversary of Its historic modernisation seminar of 1949. The celebrations may be held In conjunction with the NTUC Triennial Delegates Conference next year, sources said. It was during a fourday seminar In November
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  • 244 4 Reuter Jakarta, Saturday Bangladesh President Zlaur Rahman yesterday called for stepped-up cooperation between his country and Asean. "B an g 1 adesh Is a bridge between South Asia and South-east Asia and therefore cooperation should be stepped up between Bangladesh and Asean member states,"
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  • 834 4  -  From Edgar Koh New York, Saturday Five US cabinet members besides President Carter himself will meet Ase&n ministers at next Thursday's dialogue in Washington, the highest level encounter so far between the two sides. Accord In g to the agenda and delegate! lists finalised yesterday,
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  • 211 4 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Saturday Bank Negara will continue to ban new foreign bank branches in Malaysia, bank governor Tan Sri Ismail bin Mohamed All said. He said this Is because Malaysia Is currently "overbanked", with 37 commercial banks, adding he would prefer to aee
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  • 117 4 The National Trades Union Congress will take over foe administration of the Park Road Creche from the Social Welfare Department from next month. The transfer of the creche Is In line with government policy of encouraging greater community Involvement In the provision of day care facilities
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  • 36 4 The Minister of Finance. Mr Hon Bul Sen! will be the guest of honour at the 10th anniversary dinner of the Keppel Shipyard Employees' Union at the shipyard's premises on Sunday at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 122 4 Mm Singapore, Annie Lee Mel Ling. 20. returned last night with an overnight bag and no trophies or souvenirs for her month-long quest In the Miss Universe contest In Mexico. She told her father and her fiance, Michael Lee. who met her at
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  • 535 5  -  By Teresa Ooi The lack of any systematic form of self-evaluative programmes in the schools spurred the Singapore Educational Administration Society to organise the one-day seminar on Review It took the BIAS almost nine months to prepare for the seminar, which
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  • 86 5 AP London. Saturday The 17th-century North London mansion where Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore, died 152 years ago. U to be auctioned In September, auctioneers announced yesterday. The eccentrle Sir Stamford was killed In 1836. when lie fell down a flight of stairs. He was
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  • 42 5 Mr Charles Rudd was elected president of the Singapore-New Zealand Association. Other officials are: Mrs Elizabeth Hansen (secretary) Mr Rod Barker (treasurer) and Mrs Helen Hayes, Mr Chen Mens Sheng. Mr Ong Chin Hwee and Mr Rlsnpal Singh (committee members).
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  • 294 5 -Dr Mattar Education haa to be managed like any other profit-making organisation ana therefore subject to periodic audit, said the acting Minister for Social Affairs, Dr Ahmad Mattar. As costs Increase, more questions are being asked by taxpayers whether they are getting full value for every dollar
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  • 500 6 World Focus AFP Tokyo, Saturday The recent Soviet activities by naval ship* and aircraft around and beyond Japan appear to be almtri at Inrrf ring the Soviet Union's political and psychological Influence over Asia and not merely for training and intelligence purposes, a report
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  • 214 6 Reuter United Nation*, Saturday Booth Africa baa told Secretary-General Kurt Waldhelm that the UN mission to ovsrsss Independence In Namibia (South weat Africa) Is not veleoaM" until Pretoria's final acceptance of the UN independence plan. Foreign Minister R. P. Tlk" Botha said yesterday. Mr
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  • 199 6 UPI Tokyo, Saturday. The government yesterday decided to ban Japanese commercial flights to or from nations that refuse to extradite Japanese airplane hijackers. The decision was made at a ministerial meeting held In preparation for an International conference on air hijacking In Bonn on
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  • 232 6 Reuter San Diego (California), Saturday Senior US and South Korean office™ yesterday signed a strategic directive for a Combined Forces Command to be set up in the South Korean capital of Beoul later this year under a US general. A statement Issued at
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  • 147 6 UPI Oldham (England), Saturday Itri. Leslie Brown began breastfeeding the world's first testtube baby yesterday and doctors said the noisy, 3-day-old infant already has gained SO grams. Health authorities issued a statement saying the mother was doing well but was exhausted by all the excitement
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  • 143 6 AFP Bangkok, Saturday. Cambodian-based Thai communist Insurgents are planning to abduct Thai school children between the ages of eight and 16 and "brainwash" the more intelligent ones with communist doctrine. The Thai language dally. Ban Muang, yesterday quoted a military spokesman as saying
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  • 77 6 Reuter Oeneva. Saturday The army of jobless In the SO major lndustrallaed countries Increased 1900 a day last year, the International Labour Organisation reported yesterday. For people under 25 the job outlook deteriorated practically every- where. the ILO said after a survey of 15 European countries
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  • 134 6 UPI TODAY Is Saturday. July 29, the 210 th day of 1978 with 155 to follow. Those bom on this date are under the sign of Lea Actor William Powell was born on July 29, 1892. ON THIS DAT IN HISTORY: In 1987, fire swept the aircraft carrier USB
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  • 62 6 AFP Moseow, Saturday Meseovttes are Mag warned to watch their tongnes according to a Moscow dally newspaper which yesterday reported that three men had been sent to Jail for Ave days tor having ased obscene language In the presence of women. The paper, Moscow Evening, said the
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    • 147 6 vrrrnry WEATHER lomlon Cloudy, 2017C. Headline: QBCD pre. diets 10 per cent price rises lp Britain by endyear. Moscow Partly cloudy. 24-20 C. Pravda'a headline: Towards increased farm production. Bona Sunny, 27-15 C. Headline: Begin: Save the christians In Lebanon from extermination. Borne Sunny, 3217C. Headline: Another British woman ready
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  • 272 7 World Focus UPI Moscow, Saturday: Christina Onassis, 27, will be one of the wealthiest persons ever to take up residence in the Soviet Union. Her family fortune is worth millions and such amount* of money can purchase Incomparable comfort even In the supposedly
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  • 44 7 Reuter Hong Kong, Saturday Vietnam yesterday hailed Vlce-Fbreign Minister Phan men's recent South-east AsiaPacific trip as a success of Vietnamese diplomacy. Mr Hlen concluded his three-week tour, which took him to Thailand. Japan, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and lfalsyria on Thursday.
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  • 391 8 The continuing diagnosis of our health services' main Ills, among which Is shortage of medical staff, apparently finds the moneythelsm disease extremely contagious. Official feelings are that the trend Is for government doctors to opt for more lucrative and socalled "softer" fields of specialisation from
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 64 8 Merit Award winner* of the recent Singapore Press Photo Competition 1978, though pleased, were somewhat miffed. They had nothing to show (or their commendation besides the public display of their works. "Who will believe us when we say we had won merit awards?" one gloomy winner
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    • 55 8 The day after the birth of the test-tube baby, the 11 a 1 lan newspaper, Paese Sera, published a cartoon showing a stork shooting ltseu through the head. Still, mothers will now at least have a far more probably story to tell when thel r toddlers
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  • 188 8 rm very glad to read the article on CPF (NN, July 20). I hope this will start a dialogue on an Issue which, although It concern* us greatly, haa always been very hasy. Tour article was an eye-opener, but It only touched on a small
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  • 273 8  -  A.Y. GOH I fully agree with the Director of the Institute of Education, Dr Lau Wal Har, that "the public has not shown due respect for the teaching pr of e 8 sion." (NN, July 22). Aa a consequence, some students are disrespectful to their teachers;
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  • 236 8  -  ELIZABETH TAN-YEONG FOONG Like the majority of Singaporeans, I am a tax-payer. Little has been said to rebut the grouses of the medical and dental students on being bonded. Perhaps, they should be allowed to hear how one taxpayer feels about the episode. The stance displayed
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  • 146 8 I was waiting for 20 minutes to cross from Dhoby Ghaut to Bras Basah Road. Only with the help of a friend was I able to cross. At the axe of 72. I am accustomed to some exercise, but I find
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  • 91 8  -  MISS NELLY MENON Head, Public Relations and Marketing Department, Post Office Savings Bank. Singapore 7. I refer to Penny-Wise (NN. July 8) and I wish to inform the writer that, in order to safeguard the interest of our depositors, the POSB, like all banks, has to take adequate
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  • 736 9 By C.K. Tseng, vicepresident, China Society of Singapore, based on a talk he gave to the Rotary Club of Singapore on Origins of Chinese Surnames. Even Dr Sun Yatsen, the Father of the Chinese Republic, wac mistaken when he told a group of followers In Jan
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  • 439 9 Here's some more background to a few familiar Chinese surnames: LBOW: There are three "origins" of this clan. The first member vii Lbow Su-an. The second vm started as a "splinter" group from the Yen about 3100 rears ago during the Snang Dynasty. The third came
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  • 511 9  -  In Other Words Tan Bah Bah Chinese opera, or wsyang, to me vu decidedly Hokklen. It was Happy World, Lorong 7. Lorong 9 and a comb-teeth series of lan— in Geylang—an indelible part of my childhood. I consider myself fortunate because without such an early
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  • 425 10 / 11  -  Sight Sound r Judith Holmberg I'm bothered and bewildered but far from bewitched by TV Singapore's arbitrary attitude when It comes to scheduling. I hate the way they play musical chairs with programmes, dumping them in any available slot or Just taking them off with
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  • Page 10 / 11 Miscellaneous
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    • 1389 10 / 11 YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE c SINGAPORE 5 Enter TELEFUNKEN Holiday Contest Ul NEW8 IN BRIEF. 4.35 PLAT SOCCER JACK -CHARLTON'S WAT (r). Charlton's coaching series rerun for young soccer enthusiasts. In the programmes he talks about and demonstrates basic technl?ues of playing soccer. .•6 MI8TERJAW8. Cartoons. 7JM ECONOMIC GAME (M).
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    • 708 10 / 11 600 P.M. Test Tape 6.04 Opening Announcements 6.05 Programme Summary 6.10 Music At Sunset: International Hits of the 60s 6.30 News (K) 6.40 Music At Sunset: Golden Hits of Latin America 7.00 Radio Concert: Barbara Fer (soprano), Samuel Ting (piano): The Pupil, Me-Do folk song. The Pussle, Jasmin, Southern Wind,
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    • 543 10 / 11 Top Shows of the Weekend ST S* ,*> •jhki SUNDAY MATINEE: THE NUTTY PROFESSOR. (Ch. 5, 11.15 p.m. in colour). Jerry Lewis shows what a superb actor he is In this comedy which is considered one of his best. Shades of Jekyll and Hyde, its about a shy gargoyle of
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  • What's On
    • 303 12  -  Records t>v Peter Ong VARIOUS ARTISTS: Atlantic Family Live At Mont re ux (Atlantic). Charles Mingus, John Ck>ltrane, Modern Jazz Quartet, Ray Charles, Herbie Mann and the Average White Band all have one thing In common they are part of the Atlantic family. Last year,
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    • 363 12  -  Chess In Leslie Leou Anyone who worries about making bad decisions should shy away from chess, because there are few activities in which errors can be so closely scrutinised. Take for example a football coach who sends In one player to replace
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    • 579 12 A page that tells you what's happening on TV and in town In and around it' i i BLOOD DONATION khbo at Kimponi Eunoa community centra. 11.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. OPERA MASK-MAK-ING demonstration. Rlsls Orchid-making demonstration, shoemaklng demonstration. pewter cutn, fortune-telling, and tshlon show at the Isetan Singapore Fair.
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    • 4 12 At the cinema M'SiSi
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    • 379 12 Stars John Hargreaves, Grant Page. Cathay: Midnight. DRIVE-IN: What goes on In a drlve-ln movie apart from the stuff that's on the screen? This movie wilt tell you. Cathay: 1.30, 4. 6.30 and 9.15 pjn. CHASE EVILDOER (Mandarin): A gang known as the Taichlrhuan Eight Sharks robs the Treasury Guide
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  • 166 13 AP Tokyo, Saturday The Chinese are constructing the worid's largest restaurant in Peking to meet growing demand for delicious Pexlng duck and to earn much-needed foreign exchange. a Japanese news report from Peking said yesterday. Peking duck duck roasted In batter and covered with
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  • 389 13 World Focus AFP Reuter Helgrade, Saturday Three Asian problems, the annexation of East Timor by Indonesia, the declaration of the Indian Ocean as a zone of peace and the Viet-nam-Cambodian confrontation kept the political committee of the non-aligned conference in session for most of Thursday
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  • 70 13 Reuter Brussels, Saturday Nato is keeping a close watch on the situation along Its northern flank where Norway has complained of repeated violations of territorial waters by Soviet merchant Bhlp*.v.. But diplomatic sources said yesterday there had been no oeclal discussions about the incidents. They
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  • 246 13 Reuter Cairo. Saturday Roving US envoy Alfred Atherton arrived In Cairo from Jerusalem and said he could now give Egyptians leaders a clearer understanding of Israel's position In moves to resume Middle East peace talks. At the same time he pledged that the
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  • 114 13 Reuter Luxembourg, Saturday China's foreign trade bank, the Bank of China, plan* to set up a branch line In the next few months to handle International operations, Luxembourg Finance Minister Jacques Poos said yesterday. He said that the Pekaf government had d him of
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  • 248 13 UPI Hong Kong, Saturday Vietnam "harassed" two Chinese ships recalled on Thursday from an aborted 38day mission to rescue "victimised" ethnic Chinese from Vietnam, China said. Peking ordered the Ming Hua and Chang Li to return to Canton after the two ships had,waited outside
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  • 479 14 NYT THE INSIDE STORY OF CBS NEWS. By Gary Paul Gates. 427 pages. Harper and Row. U5512.95. Re- 1 e we d by Les Brown. Way back In early radio times, when the older and better established National Broadcasting Co. had a corner on
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  • 349 14 THE IMMOLATION by Goh Poh Seng. Heinemann Educational Books (Atfa) Ltd. Singapore 1977. Reviewed by Zalbun SlraJ. Set in war-torn Vietnam. the book. The Immolation, la the story of one man'a struggle to understand himself. Thanh, Just returned from Europe where he was unsuccessful In
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  • 202 14  -  by Arthur Yap A protest poem this week. There have been a few such poems ant In, many of which are feeble redresses at t>y* Of nature, the loss of Individuality etc. One was a protest at not having enough to protest about (What to
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  • 59 14 To all the bloody pessimists In the world Tou make me sick! You hare so much fear In you that Tou frighten me, I am much better off without your advice And your company. Tour anxiety and gloom settle like a cloud upon me. Tour company certainly
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    • 287 14 Crossuord HI dilJil iiai ACROSS 1 Not of the clergy 5 Claw 10 Partner of circumstance 14 Ruin 15 Vlvadoua 16 Race track 17 Pipe part 18 RAP to Churchill 19 Salad fish 20 "Boy's best friend" 22 Pythias' best friend S3 Layer of the Iris 24 Roasting stick 26
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  • 310 15 UPI LONDON. Saturday Gold'topped US$2OO per ounce for the first time In history yesterday on the London and Zurich markets. The US dollar slumped to a new record low In Zurich and closed substantially lower on all European markets. "It Is quite simply a flight out of the
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  • 220 15 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR: terms of the agreement with China for a plant tlonUm bv developed Prime Minister Datuk entered Into by the three that will assemble almost countries, competition Hussein Onn will offl- parties on April 1, will one million colour tele- from developing nations dally launch the
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  • 420 15  -  Market roundup Business News and Views by Lee Yew Meng The Singapore stock market saw some profit-taking as share prices generally advanced in the face of several confidenceboosting factors. The bullish trading in Haw Par backed by high turnovers, helped to buoy market sentiments considerably. It
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 139 15 Stock prices closed out the week on a strong note Friday as investors brushed aside grim inflation news and focused on an unexpectedly big drop in the nation basic money supply trading was heavy. Yesterday's prices In US dollar* followed by the difference on the previous session's close
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    • 31 15 UPI New Yprk Saturday Dow Jones dostnf averages: 30 Industrials SMJS (up 5.73), 30 transport M 8.31 (up 3.14). utilities 106.46 (up 0.37), «S stocks ***** (up 3.01). UPI.
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    • 117 15 AFP Prices on the Tokyo Stock Market closed slightly higher In rate trading yesterday. The 225-stock DowJones average closed the day at 8,577.84 yen, an increase of 2.73 yen over Thursday. The TBE Index for the first section, where volume came to some 290 million shares against Thursday's 288
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    • 63 15 Pmrlba* m. in .40 Ftactar S91 a Prlntemns 97 —1J0 Bun 47.80 M Royal Dutch 370 unch. U|r)M>Hn ISM com Thomson C F P Rhone Air B 8 N SM 344 145.50 107 JO ttS 650 —1.5 1.1 1 PtllUp* 51J6 J Sun PrugeotCitroen Pechlney MO 475 91.60 1
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    • 80 15 Union Bank of Switzerland, Zurich Cloning prices In franc* on the Zurich Exchange yesterday: UBS Bearer MM UBB Registered US PRC 369 Credit Suisse 9170 Swissair B. US Swiss Relnnur. MM Wlnterthur B. MM Zurich Insur. S8M Juvena B. lift Nestle B. SMO Inter food B. MM Ciba-OeigT B.
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  • 110 15 Reuter Tokyo, Saturday. Japanese light Industrial products are losing their competitive export edge to goods from South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) said in a report yesterday. The three Asian countries have also been Increasing their share of the Japanese
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  • 202 15 AP Washington. Saturday The United States Department of Commerce says there are only scattered signs of an Improvement in the lacklustre performance of most of the European economies. The unemployment problem remains as serious and Intractable as a year ago, the department •ays. Although the European economy succeeded
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  • 170 15 Reuter Washington. Saturday Boeing, the world's biggest planemaker, promised the US government yesterday It would close future payments to Its overseas sales agepts and consultants. The pledge, endorsed by a US district court, settled a three-year-old legal battle, In which the government's
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  • 154 16 UPI Los Angeles. Saturday The US Olympic Committee will offer to assume the financial responsibility for the 1984 Olympic Games to prevent Los Angeles from rejecting the Oam e a forcing the International Olympic Committee to seek a new host city. USOC president Robert
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  • 311 16  -  Athletics By SURESH NAIR Singapore's schoolboy sprint champion Richard Seow is the unexpected top seed and favourite to clinch a double in the 100 m and 200 m when the Asean Schools' international track and field championships begin at Merdeka Stadium on Monday. Richard's times
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  • 242 16 'Reconsider boycott' UPI AFP Reuter Wellington. 8 a t u rday New Zealand appealed to Nigeria yesterday to reconsider their boycott of the Commonwealth Games scheduled to open in Edmonton. Canada, on Aug. 3. Prime Minister Robert liuldoon said In a message sent to all Commonwealth
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 358 16 LUCKY > V. IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you prtde yourself on being good with money. Ton are neither a borrower nor a lender and you will train those in your care in the tame way. You have little patience with those who cannot keep to a budget Ton
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  • 171 17 Basketball Kuala Lumpur, Saturday The crowd at Stadium Negara cheered Singapore all the way despite their 86-30 defeat by Japan In the Seventh Asian Women's basketball tournament last night. The Japanese, far superior physically and tactically, raced to a 14-0 lead before Singapore broke
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  • 153 17 KJ Soccer President Cup champions, Toa Payoh United are convinced they can do what Oeyiang International failed to do beat Brunei's national team when they meet in a soccer friendly at the National Stadium tomorrow (klck-off:8 p.m.). And this despite the fact they will be without key
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  • 502 17  -  Even after a 6-0 victory □F^ By SURESH NAIR Kuala Lumpur Saturday Singapore hockey will surely slide further into oblivion despite yesterday's 6-1 win over Trengganu in the Tun Razak Cup competition at Kiiat Club. For an International ■quad preparing for December's Bangkok Asian Games. Singapore'!
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  • 97 17  -  Letter G.C. HENSLEY New Zealand High Commissioner. Dear Sir, Your story yesterday on Nigeria's withit raw a I from the Commonwealth Games referred to New Zealand's "eontlna lng sports relations" with South Africa. Whatever may be Nigeria's m 1 s nderstandinr on this point, no-one
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  • 43 17 Algiers, Saturday Algeria beat Nigeria 1-0 to win the gold medal In the soccer tournament closing the two-week-long All-Africa Games yesterday. Nigeria won the silver, and Ghana, who beat Malawi earlier, the bronze. The winning goal came In the first half.
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  • 499 18  -  Visiting jockey Murray can give punters a good start on Timely By K.L. CHAN Clearaway should give champion trainer Iyan Allan his first win in three weeks when she runs in Race 8, the Class 3 Division 3 1400 m event at Penang today.
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  • 899 20 KJ Soccer Singapore will have a versatile and effective Asian Games soccer squad before the Bangkok date in December, says national coach Trevor Hartley. This confidence Is brewing after the Inspirational performance of the young and makeshift team who finished joint fifth In the 22nd Me
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    • 13 20 3fc V SURESH NAIR interviews Hartley. More KL reports in Pages 16, 17
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  • MODERN OFFICE EQUIPMENT
    • 553 21 An open office, well-laid out, and minus the usual row of executives' rooms Partitioned cubicles, doorless and with low walls, make for executive offices. The furniture is light and interspersed with potted plants to bring a touch of nature indoors and accentuate the informal and
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    • 626 22 Jut ckugi getfbaH priathead to get Elite, Plea, Prepertieaal epaciag aid Mikree Olivetti Singapore is introducing three new ranges of time-ranging office machines Into Its line of quality office equipment for modern businesses. These are the Lexlkon MC and 93C electric typewriters, the Copla
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    • 758 23 The latest products IBM Singapore Introduced to the local market Just last month Is the IBM 6240 Mag Card Typewriter and the IBM Mag Card Composer. Th# IBM 6240 delivers all the traditional productivity and versatile performance of magnetic card typing revision without retvolna. simplified
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    • 182 24 The office of today knows the value of looking smart and efficient the right office furniture has visual Impact on clients while providing a pleasant working environment for staff. There Is room In an office for cheerful colours and smooth clean lines that spell e-f-f-l-c-1-e-n-c-y. Pas Plus
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    • 896 24 By a special writer One of the major problems in today's office management is information and record filing. Oversize and otherwise difficult to file documents cause endless waste In filing systems. Most documents could be handled more efficiently if reduced or standardised. The Canon
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    • 104 31 Your paintinga pictures ud avail need not loek insignificant anymore. They cna aow staad out la your home or office* and at the Mine lime blend aesthetically with your decor. Artworks aluminium frame* for all kinds of wall displays are aow available ia Singapore. Exclusively imported from the UaHad stales.
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    • 581 25 Your company spends a bundle to spread Its message, Isn't It worth a few cents to bind It together? A firm sometimes has to put out pages and pages of Information In the form of reports, manuals, catalogues and proposals,
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    • 285 26 You too can be a wizard at maths. Pricing extensions, exEense and call reports are a reeze. It Is all so easy with today's vast range of electronic calculators. Victor Comptometer Corporation, whose local distributors are Scott and English, have a wide choice of models to
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      149 26 Price tables, reports, patterns, Instruction sheets the Ust is endless. You can avoid the headache of wading through a sea of papers If your work were more organised. To have the papers bound into a booklet Is one answer. The Renz Combl S combined punch and bind machine
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    • 991 27 A filing system has been described as a "device whereby documents can be safely preserved In a methodical manner so that they can be referred to quickly and easily." A good filing system Is an essential part of the organisation of any firm and in
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    • 618 27 In addition to a filing system, certain records are kept by every firm. These records may take many forms, one of the most useful being the card index system. The card Index system alms to provide a quick, accurate and easy
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    • 79 28 / 29 Tlm Conauulle MM li tbs latest additioa to Saritb-Csrsaa's family rftyptwrilin. Aa important tdvaataf* Is tbe cartridge system ao smt* ntaoey flagsrs. You caa ekaagi tks ribboa la tbrsa seeoads flat aad tbsrs Is a wide variety of ribboas to suit tbs aeads of your letters. You
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    • 342 28 / 29 The concept of a modern office is usually related to one which Incorporates the use of modern office equipment (like photocopier, electric typewriters, calculators, intercom system, and the like), furniture, specially made-to-order from well-known furniture manufacturers In town, and tastefully selected carpets and
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    • 186 30 If your battle cry for office equipment Is "Out with the old and in with the new!" you might change your mind when you see these two machines. Though both are ancient, as the life of office machines go, at 69 and 70 years old these machines
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    • 650 31 In any modern business office, how does the management select the most suitable filing system for their particular needs? It will be worthwhile to follow the brief guideline provided here. It Is Important to make sure that the filing system gives the
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    • 497 32 A microfilm jacket lets you store 200 times as many records per cabinet as ordinary paper files do. -And If you use ultra thin Jackets you will add 40 per cent more storage density and get better duplicate quality. Bell and Howell has sizes
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    • 803 34 Prior to 1850. no product could be called a "convenience copier." A secretary who needed several copies made car Dons or prepared a master for spirit, stencil, or offset duplication. In the early *****, the forerunners of copiers appeared. These copiers used diffusion
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    • 248 34 It's small but the latest Sharp Elaimate is a wizard of a calculator and a boon to poMeM. Oaij 1.8 mm. thin and weighing U gm thia' super-slim pocket calculi tor with memory protection is baaed on the lateat technology in the field. Hi are
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    • 96 24 Trade-in your dust v' blackboard v' 9. n m m 0 m m;. T ft mU v. f-i& y.-*' m l *9ET%.£ rf If* Kj -v-^. wm r •V Bor *w?i" icaS v$ ■'jji iSi'i <: > IP**wwjifljiiiiip»iniwia yi«f S«r:'. Mlt MarVeled by OLMETHB Blackboards are things of the past.
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    • 264 28 / 29 Smith-Corona presents The UNIQUE CORONAMATIC 8000 Smith-Corona are proud to add yet another to their family of electric typewriters for your printing excellenceThe CORONAMATIC MOO. This compact typewriter is not only economical in price, it is also economical in size. It performs like any other electronic giant but with minimum
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    • 283 34 The new 3M 3401 Microfilm system packs 4000 documents into this little cartridge and HiMTSW: The new 3M 3401 Microfilm system not only reduces filing space, it packs 4,000 A 4 size documents'into this convenient cartridge and gets you your data back, immediately. It's an easy system. It's fast. Faster
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  • 343 36 f.., II I 111 U.I. —I Many users of spectacles complain that they suffer from headaches and conclude Immediately that their spectacles are not good. An American eye doetor, Dr HL Herschensohn, hu found that most headache* are not necessarily caused by out-of-date spectacles, but by users rough-hand-ling their
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