New Nation, 15 September 1978

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  • 20 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Friday, September 15, 1978 No. 2363 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 I NEW NATION 1 [comment]
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  • 252 1  -  By Terry Ang Police have set up speed traps along 15 accident-prone roads to bring down the death toll. Speeding, rash, dangerous and inconsiderate drivers will be the main target. The police hope the presence of the traps and policemen will Induce motorists to
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  • 183 1  -  A total eclipse for 79 minutes By K.K. Fong Singaporeans will celebrate the Mooncake Festival tomorrow without the moon for 79 minutes. This Is btttnc there will be an eclipse of the moon, beginning at IM2 p.m. From 1.56 a.m. till 5.15 a.m., the moon will be totally
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  • 57 1 Rescue workers carrying bodies from a fish pond near Manila Airport where the presi- dential plane crashed about two kilometres from the runwajr In heavy rainstorm yes- terday. At least 32 people who were returning from a birthday party of President Marcos died. Many of the bodies
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  • 78 1 Thurmont (Maryland), Friday President Carter yesterday conferred almost continuously with Egyptian and Israeli officials In an all-out effort to end the deadlock over a Middle East peace settlement. After cautioning against undue optimism about the outcome, the White House < announced Mr Carter had held at
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  • 83 1 Rome, Friday—Police yesterday detained a British woman and an Austrian man after finding 7.75-kg of heroin worth US$lB million ($40.5 million) In their suitcases at Rome's Leonardo da Vlncl airport. Police Identified the pair as Sarah Clode, 21, of London, and Gert Buchmaier, 20, of Murzuschlag. They
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    • 31 1 INSIDE Ismail Kassim at Umno Page 4 Edgar Koh at the UN Page 7 fIN THE OTHER AGE 8: Btars 18; Moneyworda 19; Comics 22; What's On 23. Crossword not received.
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  • 108 2 Reuter Dacca, Friday. A visiting Singapore trade mission and Bangladesh officials continued talks yesterday on prospects of Increasing trade between the two countries and undertaking Joint ventures In Bangladesh. According to an official source, the mission showed keen Interest In the expansion of trade with
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  • 265 2 The Governor of Malaysia's Bank Negara. Tan Sri Ismail bin Mohammad All, said there may be a need to have government representation on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange "because of the way things are going now." In an Interview with Malaysian Business Times,
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  • 328 2 ...of Japanese aid to Asia Asean c o un tries will receive half of Japan's $5.5 billion aid to Asia in the next three years. The Japanese Ambassador, Mr K. Klkuchl, said Japan could also Invest more In Asia although the Japanese overall Investment fell last
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  • 128 2 Iran Air, the Iranian national carrier, la to start services to Singapore next April. Mr All Basslrl, Its senior regional manager (or Boutn-east Asia, said there will be three flights a week Initially. The type of aircraft to be used Is still being studied, but
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  • 77 2 AFP Washington, Friday— Mr Richard Holbrooke, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, will make a routine tour of several South East Asian countries next month, in particular members of Asean, the State Department announced yesterday. Details of Mr Holbrooke's Itinerary have not yet
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  • 270 2 The first rays of sunshine finally broke the bearish trading of the put four days at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. A combination of bargaln-nuntlng and short-covering was responsible for the allround Improvement during the first hour of trading. Haw Par which was heavily battered In the
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  • 126 2 From Bharathi Mohan London, Friday. Three hundred packets of specially prepared "moon cakes" have been flown from Singapore for the moon festival at the Singapore High Commission tomorrow. The packets, each containing four cakes, will be distributed to about SM students expected to tarn
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  • 350 3 It lacks thrust in research —.Dhanabalan The private sector has been passive In promoting research and development and industrial innovation. The Benior Minister nf State for National Development. Mr 8 Dhanabalan. said this at the opening of a national research and development (R and D) seminar
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  • 40 3 St Andrew's Bchool will celebrate its 116 th Founder's Day on Saturday at 5p m The Director* of Medical Services and Permanent Secretary (Hcaltn), Dr Andrew Chew, an old boy of the school, will be guest of honour.
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  • 165 3 A Singapore firm plans to open a chain of self-service laundries in January. Mr HJ. Shaw, managing director of Interan Pte. Ltd, said market research and surreys showed there la a potential for such laundries and the firm has looked at several "choice sites" In
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  • 30 3 Fraser and Neave will hold Its annual staff picnic at the Singapore Zoological Gardens on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3.30 pjn. Thirty-five employees will receive long service awards.
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  • 229 3 8 i n g a pore's national orchestra will recruit some foreign musicians to make up Its Initial strength of about 40. Conductor Choo Hoey said this 1b because there will be no more auditions for local musicians for the time being. Mr Choo explained
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  • 691 4 V 3 Ismail Kassi m at the Umno Assembly L Kuala Lumpur, Friday Prime Minister Dar tuk Hussein Onn this morning gave an assurance on Malay economic pro gress and appealing for religious tolerance to more than 1400 Umno delegates and observers attending the party's general
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  • 57 4 AFP Kuala Lumpur, Friday Umno Youth leader Hajl Suhalml Kamaruddln yesterday expressed the hope that Brunei will Join the Association of South-east Asian nations once it obtains Independence. The oil-rich sultanate, sandwiched between Babah and Sarawak, is to be Independent by 1983 under an agreement concluded recently by
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  • Article, Illustration
    81 4 Teo Hwee Hone, I, and Ui eouin, An* Chen Chen, 5, are playing with a pa coda lantern in the Chlneae Garden In Jnrons with a real ptj-nl* In the background. Thl« lantern and more than St other* will be on display at the Garden today and tomorrow
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  • 313 5  -  ...to meet the challenges of next 10 years By Ivan Lim The People's Association has carried out a major reshuffle to meet the challenge of the next 1(X years more effectively. Its new chief executive director, Mr Lim Chin Teong, who took over from Mr Lee
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  • 37 5 Motorists are advised to avoid Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim between Yuan Chin Road and Jurong Town Hall Road from 11.45 p.m. today tUI 5 a.m. Saturday. This is to facUltate the construction of an overhead bridge.
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  • 305 5  -  By Rav Dhaliwal A government team is expected to visit Sweden this year to study the Scandinavian country's car-testing facilities. This was disclosed by Mr Bven Mellqvlst. chairman of the Standing Committee on Transportation of the Swedish Parliament, yesterday. Mr Mellqvlst said the Public
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  • 26 5 The Life Art Society will hold an open-air exhibition of children's art at Queen Elisabeth Walk on Sunday from 3 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
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  • 159 5 To whom does a driver torn when his licence Is suspended for accumulatinf more than 12 demerit points? Answer: his Member of Parliament. Dr Ow Chin- Hock. MP for Leng Kee and Parliamentary Secretary Secretary (Culture) dealt with this and 49 other problems daring
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  • 275 6 World Focus AP Lisbon, Friday Portugal's 17-d a y government of nonpartisan Technocrats fell last night when political parties Joined forces In Parliament to defeat Prime Minister Alfredo Nob re da Costa's legislative programme. Socialist, Conservative and far-left deputies voted for a Socialist rejection motion, providing more
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  • 86 6 UPI TODAY: Ls Friday. Sept. 15. the 258 th day of 1978 with 107 to follow. Those born on thl* date are under the sign of Virgo. ON THIS DAT IN HISTORY: In 1942, armies of Nasi Germany began the siege of Stalingrad, Russia In 1966, Oemlnl 2 splashed
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  • 47 6 AP Copenhagen, Friday —At the age of 11. Soenderjyllands Jens is destined to die after siring 3W.M# calves believed to be a world record. And the number is bound to rise by the hundreds posthumously since sperm for insemination is in deep-freeze for later use—AP.
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  • Article, Illustration
    48 6 Wives of land-own-ing farmers shout slogans In a bos taking them to Jail hi New Delhi. They were among several handred demonstrators arrested on Wednesday In a protest against special measures. Including land reform schemes, to tspint India's Hindu untouchable*. AP radio picture. AP radio picture
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  • 58 6 AFP Jakarta, Friday—Vietnam has .-vsked Indonesia to establish an exchange programme of radio and TV broadcast materials to enable the people of the two countries to know each other's culture. This was stated by Mr Tran Lam, head of a four-member mission of the Vietnamese
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 468 6 •:;U! WEATHER J London—Dry, 20-13 C. Headline: Dead defector planned to write "expose" of Bulgarian communists Moscow Clear. 15-SC. Pravda's headline: For the high Quality of harvesting. Bonn—Cloudy 18-6 C. Headline: Schmidt and Olscard meet. Rpme—Sunny. 26-UC. Headline: The truth about Monza In aTV film. Paris—Sunny. 19-13 C. Headline: Olscard
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  • 414 7  -  Koh works out the terms World Focus By Edgar Koh By Edgar Koh, our New York correspondent. United Nations, Friday The United States, Soviet Union and most Third World countries are likely to go along with compromise financial proposals on deep sea mining
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  • 180 7 Reuter Moscow, Friday Hints of an impending visit to India by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev were seen as a sign of Soviet eagerness to keep up the momentum of relations with India at a time when the Janata government Is seeking better ties
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  • 60 7 Reuter Bangkok, Friday—Communist. guerillas have blown up a bridge, disrupting road communication between a village and a district in northeast Thailand, the Bangkok World said yesterday. The newspaper said a clash between village defence volunteers and a. number of Insurgents followed the explosion which occurred yesterday
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  • 52 7 Reuter Jakarta, Friday A firing squad yesterday carried out the first execution of a common murderer In Indonesia, a police spokesman said. The executed man was Husin bin Umar, convicted and sentenced to death in 1967 for the premeditated murder of six people three years before, the
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  • 48 7 Reuter London, Friday.—Shah Nawaz Bhutto, 19-year-old son of former Pakistan Prime Minister Bhutto, was charged yesterday with making a hoax call saying there was a bomb at No 10, Downing Street, official residence of Prime Minister James Callaghan He will appear in court today. Reuter.
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  • 41 7 Reuter Lusaka, Friday Rhodesian nationalist leader Joshua Nkomo has left Zambia, his aides said yesterday, but they declined to confirm reports that he was heading for Addis Ababa and a meeting with Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Reuter.
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  • 163 7 Reuter Narita. Friday. A Japan Air Lines plane coming In to land at Narita International airport yesterday hit a nail studded rope tethering a ualloon sent up by airport opponents. The pilot of the aircraft, flying in from Hong Kong without passengers, managed
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    • 43 7 FUJI FILM Ai the cJias6aH> 9 V. £3 A Soviet spectacular See them swirl and twirl to the music ot the steppes Be charmed by then mellifluous folk tunes 7) s Kjf f/ Ai' (i Mii.ih H i'.scin ,iii(l I hi' f yli.ti
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  • 380 8 They will pass the 'sale of century* mark AFP Brussels, Friday Several Nato members will soon make major arms purchases higher In value than the famous "sale of the century" in June 1975. At that time, Belgium, Denmark. Norway and the Netherlands ordered 348 US F-16
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  • 35 8 Reuter Hong Kong, Thursday Japanese premier Takeo Fukuda's Middle Ea3t trip was a great success and Asia's economic powerhouse Is keen to develop closer relations with the oilrich states, Japanese officials said yesterday.
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  • 79 8 World Focus Reuter New Delhi, Friday Government medical teams began spreading across northern India yesterday to try and prevent threatened outbreaks of cholera and gastro-entcrltls in regions deva st a ted by flooding. Emergency equipment airlifted from the US was being used to spray powerful insecticides
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  • 210 8 Reuter London, Friday A handshake in the foyer of a London hotel led to the exiled former Iraqi Prime Minister's death, a British government prosecutor told a court, yesterday. After the fatal handshake on July 9 Colonel Naif, 44, walked out from the Intercontinental
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  • 371 9 Report completely untrue* says Embassy spokesman World Focus Reuter Thurmont (Maryland), Friday An Israeli Embassy spokesman yesterday denied a report that Prime Minister Begin had apparently made a key commitment for an eventual with- drawal from the West Bank of the Jordan. "The report Is
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  • 196 9 Speeches nobody listens to —by Waldheim AP New York. Friday—The problems of the modern world have resulted In too many International meetings and their procedures are too out-of-date. UN Secretary-Gen-eral Kurt Waldheim complained on Wednesday. "We have too many gatherings, confer en c e and sessions of one sort or
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  • 129 9 Reuter Aachen (West Germany). Friday—French President Valery Discard d'Eatalng and West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt yesterday began discussions aimed at whittling down differences over a proposed New European monetary system designed to bring EEC currencies Into line. They were trying to overcome obstacles holding up agreement
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  • 140 9 Reuter Washington, Friday Trade between the United States and China may reach a record UBsl billion ($2.25 billion) by the end of this year, a private trade group said yesterday. Mr Christopher PhilHps. president of the National Council for UB- Trade, offered the
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  • 393 10 No less an authority than the World Bank has Just reaffirmed the remarkable economic growth of the East Asia and Pacific region, which Includes Asean, during the past year. The Bank's latest annual report noted that the region Is among the world's "star performers," registering the
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 73 10 If you think a trillion a million million la difficult enough to visualise, you'll rind a quadrillion positively mind-blowing. It Is equivalent to 1000 trillion, or 1.000.000.000.000.000. And you're wrong If you think nothing on earth can possibly amount to such an lncredlble sum. US energy consumption
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    • 40 10 It may choke the wine lover, but Australians are taking to their recently-in- traduced canned wtne like fish to water. The aluminium niptop cans have a special lining Inside to stabilise the wine, which Include Non-vintage, .though.
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  • 592 10  -  FRIDAY WITH ISMAIL KASSIM ISMAIL KASSIM This is the concluding column on the Singapore Malay, Inspired by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's Hari Raya message. A Chinese friend who visited a Malay family on Harl Raya Day was terribly disappointed though he was regally treated by
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  • 680 10 But the rich may throttle their dynamism Economist London: Three dangers for world growth stare bleakly from the pages of the latest annual report of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Oatt). Two are familiar—lnflation, the falling dollar —the third Is leu hackneyed: the
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  • 250 11  -  ASEAN ASIDES By Sonny Yap Judges those august gentlemen on the Bench...are supposed to uphold law and order. But what happens when a law Is passed that does not meet with their favour? When the National Legislative Assembly of Thailand revised the salaries of Judges last
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  • 175 11 It had to happen sooner or later: (our Malaysians played mahjong for 72 hours last week In a bid to gain an entry In the Guinness Book of Records. According to the New Straits Times, three teams fancifully named Never Say Die, Magnet and The Stayers
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  • 97 11 The reported detention of 200 Indonesian citizens by the Malaysian police Is raising eyebrows In Jakarta. In a news report In the Indonesian Observer, the head of Bakesrslnpol (International Police Co-operation Agency) expressed astonishment over the reported detention and said that Interpol Indonesia had not been notified
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  • 166 11 RTS announcers who receive brickbats from viewers can console themselves in that their counterparts in Malaysia are no better off. The New Straits Times TV columnist recently highlighted rlsweri' complaints about RTM announcers over their "abortive attempts at informality and humour." They
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  • 464 11  -  By Lee Yew Meng When quick profits are almost a certainty—as much as 100 per cent how can one ensure a greater share? In searching lor an answer, Singapore applicants In recent new share Issues have resorted to what has seemed to them a loophole in the
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  • trend EDITED BY SYLVIA LEOW
    • 960 12/13  -  Eating Out bv Violet Oon I'm up to my ears mooncake. I was asked to earth out the best mooncakes in town and in the past week I've tasted enough to last me a year. And so have my colleagues who were
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    • 443 12/13  -  Sundown stpne Ik Richard Lim Dalvanius takes up a lot of space. Man, Is he a giant. Minus his long funky hair and beard, he weighs a fantastic 127 kilograms and when he moves, the stage creaks, no Joke.
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    • 218 12/13 AP Menlo Park (California): Ever thought how frustrating It must be for deaf people who want to make a phone call? One of the greatest Inventions of all time Is within reach and they cannot use it. Until now. Engineers at SRI International, an
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    • 238 12/13 Evening Standard London: Many of London's g 1 o <fti y Victorian hospitals are being revitalised by teams of young artists. Healthy splashes or colour, giant murals ana big blazing panels are going up on long blanK corridors and grey wards "MS** Is inspired by Shape,
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    • 692 12/13  -  The Arts by Margaret Cunico Intangible dreams and solid muscle go into the creations of sculptor Tan TengKee. "My sculptures take shape In my mind's eye, sparked by a sudden thought, .as I rest at night." iJls pieces are metal sculptures made of
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  • 993 14 A case of no jobs to go to for many graduates World Focus The most disturbing thing about the contlnifinf world recession, with its grim unemployment picture, is the way it is hitting youth. In March this year, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), there were
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    • 139 14 If you are bilingual and can work on a part-time basis, you are the person we are looking for... New Nation invites applications for a Bilingual Stringer who has a flair for writing stories and is familiar with Chinese classics to write Chinese stories with English translations. Attractive incentives offered.
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  • 471 15 Science Report AP Los Anfeles: Some people are able to produce their own paln-klllers natural narcotics after being given a useless solution of sugar known as a placebo, medical researchers said recently. That conclusion points towards dramatic new directions In the study and control
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  • 445 15 World Focus NYT Tokyo: "US companies are very short-sighted on exports," said Mi. Kazumi Ueda of Nippon Seiko, a Japanese company that manufactures ball bearings. "They rarely make long-term investments that pay off only over five or 10 years." "Many American companies try to sell
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  • 213 16 UPI UPI —AFP LONDON: Britain surged back Into the black In Its trade with the rest of the world last month with an overall surplus of £133 million ($585.2 mlllon). the Trade Department announced yesterday. The surplus was achieved despite an overall fall In the amount of money
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  • 199 16 Money M arket UPI London, Friday The US dollar closed stronger on all European markets, except Milan yesterday. Dealers said the dollar was helped by more optimistic reports from the Camp David Middle East conference which can have an effect on American oil supplies In the long run. In Frankfurt,
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  • 334 16 Big missions due in November Business News and Views AFP Kuala Lumpur, Friday Two major missions on investment and bank financing from the US will visit Malaysia In November to pave the way for a greater flow of American Investments Into this country. The two missions,
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  • 62 16 AFP Jakarta, Friday. The average Indonesian eats only 3.5 kg of meat per year, compared to about 100 kg eaten by the average Argentinian, an Agriculture Ministry official said. The official, Director General of Animal Husbandry, Mr Hutaaoit, said the government Is encouraging farmers to produce meat
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 183 16 Btocks suffered their worst loss In eight months yesterday In a decline sparked by Investor concern over the Camp David Middle East summit, higher Interest rates and gambling-stock speculation. Trading was active. The Dow Jones Industrial average, a 6.84-polnt loser on Wednesday, plunged 12.54 points to 887.04, the
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    • 36 16 UPI Nn York, Friday. Dow Jones closing averages on the NYSE yesterday: 30 Industrials 007.04 (off 12.54), 20 transport 353.51 (off 3.70), 15 utilities 100.70 (Off 0.70), 05 stocks 307 00 (off 4.04). UPI.
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    • 60 16 AFP Yesterday, closing quotations of the glltedgeds, in yen. with Wednesday's In parentheses were as follows: Helwa Real Estate 633 (031). Nippon Oil 721 (700), Komatsu 323 323), Matsushita Electric 721 (726), Honda Motor 510 509), Toyota Motor 863 865), Mitsui and Co. 309 309), Mitsubishi Corp. 440 (438),
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    • 68 16 Closing prices on the Puis Bourse yeneromy: Pari baa 183.60 3 Foncler 383.30 —3.80 Prlntemps 118.80 +6.40 Bull 63.50 60 Royal Outcb 378 JO Mlchelln 1340 16. CO* Ml I Thomson 2M 7 CFP 138.50 JO Rhone 118.50 —1.30 Air 348.60 .40 BON 649 a Philips 59 .46 Suet
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    • 74 16 Closing prices on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBfe Bearer 3340 UBS Registered 397 BBC MS Ciedlt Suisse 3380 18 Swissair B. •03 Swiss Reinsur. 3110 30 Wlnterthur B. 3600 Zurich Insur. 9300 +80 Nestle B. 33M 18 Interfood B. 3 IKK) 38 Clba-Oelgy B. Baby Roche •78 10
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    • 113 16 Prices at lIJO ajn. today (Australian) time on the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACI 1M ADC 30 30 Ampoi MUN Ani 107 170 APM lit Bank NSW 730 734 Brambles 303 210 BHP 046 Ml Boral 359 200 CBA 303 370 CBR 373 CIO 3SO Coal Anted 475 400 Dunlop
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    • 874 17  -  Boxing At the weigh-in... LIM KEE CHAN previews the Battle of New Orleans LIM KEE CHAN Reuter My bet to win today's "Battle of New Orleans" Is undoubtedly Muhammad All. Yes, he will recapture the title and set a record difficult for any man to
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    • 87 17 Reuter Nairobi, Friday A Kenyan seer who accurately predicted Muhammad All's defeat of George Foreman In Zaire In 1975 said yesterday All would knock out Leon Spinks In the ninth round. Casting cowrie shells, coins and stones repeat- edly on to the desk In his Nairobi
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    • 237 17 UPI New Orleans, Friday It rained on Leon Spinks' funeral yesterday. A group of Muhammad All fans gathered outside a downtown hotel to hold a mock Jazz funeral for Spinks on the eve of his championship fight. But the funeral didn't get far. Shortly after the
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    • 739 18  -  They have made tremendous strides in the last 10 years on SOCCER lS -4 EMLYN HUGHES Scotland's World Cup saga again proved that there are no longer any easy matches in international football. This 1s Important to remember as England start their programme against Denmark, Bulgaria,
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    • 368 19 ...as Koreans, Thais battle for final round berth Soccer Seoul, Friday Tempers flared in the last Group "D" elimination match at Kwangju yesterday as a first-half hattrick by Park MlnJae carried South Korea's secondstring National side past Thailand into the final round of the v Eighth annual President's
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    • 306 20  -  Golf By UM KEE CHAN Defending champions Singapore Island Country Club will not bo at full strength when they play away to Changi In their Singapore Golf Association League match on Sunday. Reason: All their regular top players are either engaged In tho SIA-FGA tournament
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    • 832 20  -  SNOC must be wary of flimsy cases Athletics By SURESH NAIR There were three surprise selections in the final Singapore Amateur Athletics Association's recommendations for Dec e m be r s Asian Games. Surprise No. One: The selection of V. Thanabal for the 20m walk.
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    • 49 20 UPI Brescia, (Italy), Friday The New York Cosmos defeated Italy's Second Division Brescia club 2-1 in a friendly soccer game yesterday. The victory provided some consolation for Cosmos 7-1 loss to P.C. Bay em In Munich on Tuesday In the first match of their European tour. UPI.
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    • 266 20 On the track Kuala Lumpur, Friday Malaysia n-bred Honey Dip Is steadily coming to hand and bears watching In Race 6, the Class 5 Division 2 1200 m event here tomorrow. Despite being kept well in hand by Anuar Ismail, the Man of Honour filly
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    • 377 20 frfllf Seletar Ooif Club "A", "B and "C" medala bogey competition will be played on Sunday. The draw: 6.45 ajn. Alan Sugden (23 J Koh Yong Ctiuen (34) K. T. Potw (23); 0.52 John Lim (21) Dee Ong (32) Olen Aerla (33); 6.59 Benny Ortega. (IS)
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    • 712 21  -  It looks like an exciting finish, says Murray TEE-UP SIA PGA .championship! with Lim Kee Chan A close and exciting finish can be expected in the $25,000 Singapore Airlines PGA championship which started at the 6077metre par-71 Singapore Island Country Club Course yesterday as the
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    • 159 21 The Singapore Golf Association last night named their quartet for the Putra Cop Sooth East Asia amateur team championship to be played at the Bawanmangun Course in Jakarta on Sept 28-Oct 1. The team: Lim Choo Bene (handicap 5). Ong Eng Hong Jeffrey Bose (4) and Gerald
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    • 291 22  -  Soccer By PHILIP TAN England-t rained Mat Ariff Bujang has been appointed Senior Staff coach by the Football Association of Singapore making him the No. 2 coach after Director of Coaches Trevor Hartley. Baid Hartley yesterday ~'Mat ArlfT will be assisting me with
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    • 159 22 the Football Association of Singapore have decided that Kedah will be Invited for the Lion City Cup tournament from Nov 30 to Deq. 10 If Thailand do not confirm their participation by tomorrow. Thailand are one of the three international Under 16 teams invited for
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    • 554 22  -  Boxing By BRIAN MILLER Tan Leong Kok boosted his chances for a berth In the Singapore team for the Asean boxing championships with a convincing win over N. Bahadur Gurung In the bantamweight seml-flnal of the Golden Gloves champ lonshlps at Boon Teck last
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    • 387 23  -  Review Three For All By Rebecca Chua If Three For All, the triple one-act plays offered by the Stage Club, was meant to show how humdrum an existence life can be, they made their point. It started off deceptively well, with Anne Bllton stealing the
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    • 302 23 The RTB People's Association's new radio show, Let's Get Together, to promote neighbourUness among HDB residents comes nearly 18 years after public highrise housing first began here. The first show will be held at the Toa Payoh community centre on Oct 28 at 8
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    • 188 23 The new Pope of the Catholic Church; China's Communist Party Chairman Hua Kuo-feng's travels to Yugoslavia, Rumai la and Iran; and the unrest that is fermenting in various Third World countries are dlscuued in the first of a now Redlffuslon series, International Call, starting
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    • 992 23 the cinema THE LAST WALTZ: Dubbed extravagantly a* the ultimate rock concert film, this Martin Sorsese film la nevertheless a haunting elegy to the passing of The Band, a rock croup which lived throughout the tumult of the 1960s In America. Its eclectic sounds, derived from country, J ass and
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  • 56 24 AH FOOK: The National Library should not ban students from using its premises for study Just because of complaints by adult members that youngsters are monopolising Its facilities. MEI LIN: The library should compromise and allow students free use of the place until after working hours. After
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    • 814 24 AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 Bring home a Superstar Bring home TELEFUNKEN K 3.66 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS U8EWIVE8' MATINEE: Her Pusale <r). Mandarin movie. 4 50 INTERMISSION 6 05 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by DECEMBER BRIDE: Child of Nature. Sitcom. «.M NEW8 IN BRIEF. 6.35 ITS ABOUT TIME. 7.#5 PERSEMBAHAN KU. Songfest In
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    • 217 24 WORLD PREMIERE FEATURE: Keeler. (.Ch. 5. 0.45 p.m. in colour). William Conrad stars as Keeler. the owner of a nightclub In neutral Lisbon during World War Two, who as a double-agent goes behind enemy lines to destroy a strategic radar station. Also starring Michael O'Hare, Richard Saunder and Kate Woodvllle.
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