New Nation, 27 September 1978

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    Masthead
    19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday, September 27, 1978 No. 2373 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 27. 1978
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    Exchange to sue HK mag
    650 1  -  'Insider trading' charge denied By Lee Tew Meng The Stock Exchange of Singapore Is believed to be taking legal action against the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review over allegations of Insider trading. This morning, contacted in Hong Kong by telephone, the magazine's deputy editor.
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    Pan Hon 'not keen' on that job offer
    284 1  -  From Bharathi Mohan our London reporter Lee Pan Hon is not too keen on taking the job offered by the Singapore Government. At least that was the impression he gave me when I telephoned him at his house in Bangor, Northern Ireland.
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    Girl, 16: I was raped in lift
    100 1 Police are Investigating a report by a 16-year-old schoolgirl who said she was raped In a Housing Board lift In Whampoa West yesterday. She told police that two men followed her Into the lift at 1 p.m. When the lift stopped at the
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    Lock icon Carter's exports boost
    222 1 AP Washington, Wednesday President Carter announced yesterday a broad programme to fight inflation and boost the dollar through exports. "Our export problem hat been building for many years and we cannot expect dramatic Improvement overnight," Mr Carter tald in a statement increasing exports will take time, and
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    PUB team to study power from coal method
    94 1  -  By Teo Lian Huay The Public Utilities Board will send a team to Australia to study the technicality s of producing electricity from coal. This was disclosed by the visiting Australian Minister for Special Trade Representations. Mr R. V. Garland, at a
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      113 1 Rodeo Jeans ci, INSIDE 37-ahow f I T h-T treat on TV Paga 19 IN mi onim PAGE-i: Crossword 12 Moneywords 14; Stars 17; Comics 18. Cholera carrier The Environment Ministry has Identified a 17-year-old food handler as the carrier of the cholera outbreak at the mooncake festival dinner at
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    S'pore has replied to IPU: Dr Tan
    155 2 Singapore has responded to allegations by the Inter-Parlia-mentary Union over the issue of "jailed parliamentarians, it was learned yesterday. Or Tan Eng Liang, Senior Minister of State (Finance) who disclosed this to the Now Nation yesterday did not elaborate on the kind of
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    NTUC, bosses back counselling
    416 2  -  By Ivan Lim The NTUC and the National Employers' Council (NEC) yesterday supported the union which took steps to advise wayward members on work discipline. However, they differed on how counselling of workers should be done. The NTUC said it encourages Its affiliate* to set up
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    STOCK MARKET
    310 2 Prices opened on an easy bias at the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning. However, they rallied soon and a steadier trend emerged. Most counters traded moved higher. BUSINESS tiONE: First Section: F. MERLIN (10) 1.04 (1) 1.05 (4) 1.03 (2) 1.06. CITY DEV. (2) 1.15 (2) 1.17
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    Party
    43 2 A Children's Day Brt.' will be held at the m Keat community centre on Sunday at 2 p.m. At least 1000 children from the various children's clubs and residents of the constituencies of the Regional Youth Council (Central) are expected to attend.
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    Lock icon Nichicon branch in S'pore soon
    129 2 Reuter Tokyo, Wednesday A Japanese firm, Nichicon Capacitor Ltd. -said It will set up a whollyowned company In Singapore soon to produce chemical capacitors for audio and other electronic equipment. Nichicon (Singapore) Pte Ltd, with a capital of $6.5 million, will initially produce 10 million
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      171 2 SHATHGRI-LA'S FASHIONS ON FRID/WS SEPTEMBER 29 LCNCHTIME Wluii IK 'ii. ilv '!i«| t.ishions hit Mn■ 11 ill srfin t s .i,i «ai-iil hot to hi- nii-.^i'il MOW AM A FASHION puts it iii! t, -.j.-tli.i 11l tills I'M it I I'll I Collt't t H ill I >1 i|il\ ill
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    Lawyer Khoo was 'trivial'
    478 3  -  By Bharathi Mohan our London reporter 8 e v eral Singaporeans who watched the BBC programme. The Price of Freedom, In London on Monday night have expressed anger over the wrong impression it has created of the Republic. They regarded lawyer Francis Khoo Kah Slang as
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    Special meeting to make Lien director
    108 3 The Nanyang Press Singapore (1975) Limited is calling an extraordinary general meeting on Oct 17 to appoint banker Mr Lien Ylng Chow as a director. The EGM is necessary because Mr Lien is overaged. Under the Companies Act, a person who is or over
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    Plenary talks on
    250 3 Aseaji parliamentarians began their first general assembly In earnest with a three hour plenary session this morning. This afternoon the Asean Inter-Parliamen-tary Organisation (Alpo) will break up into committee sessions to discuss Issues proposed earlier by Its working committee. In detail. Today's session at the Mandarin Hotel
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    Producer explains
    87 3 American film producer Peter Bogdanovteh said he was quoted "out of context" by the Lm Angeles Times In an artkli which said he had misled the Singapore authorities when he was here in March (or location shooting. In a telegram to New Nation, he, however, admitted he did
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    Lock icon Work to rule, so PM goes to Paris by train
    272 3 AFP Paris, Wednesday Mr Lee Kuan Yew arrived here by train yesterday after cancelling an air trip from Brussels because of air traffic upsets caused by a work-to-rule by French air traffic controllers. The Prime Minister was met at the
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    STPB picks Batey
    168 3 Batey Adver 11 s 1 n g, which created the Singapore Oirl image for SIA, has clinched another multl-million dollar account, with the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board. As STPB's worldwide advertising agency from April 1 (start of the financial year), it will be responsible for creating a
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      94 3 At the Pine Court, the serving of Peking duck is an art. Done with taste and finesse. Savour the crispy, golden skin of the duck, coated with swfet sauce and wrapped in Mandarin pancake. Or other unique Peking delicacies such as baked tench, beggar's chicken and fried prawns with ground
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    'Canvassers paid up to 60 pc'
    281 4  -  By Rav Dhaliwal Some charitable organisations are paying advertising canvassers and people who produce their souvenir and regular magazines as much as 60 per cent of the money raised from these publications. Sources said these organisations, which are not affiliated to the CouncU of
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    Welcome break-in
    73 4 Thieves broke into the NTUC Welcome supermarket In Portchester Avenue. Berangoon Oardens, on Bunday and stole a safe containing $36,048 and liquor and cigarettes worth $3150. The break-In was discovered on Monday at 0.30 a.m. when the supermarket staff found the side door forced open. In another break-In
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    We have no choice, say charity groups
    269 4 Four charitable organisations said they had no choice but to enlist the help of pro? fesslonal canvassers to raise funds. Otherwise they would not be able to raise any money, said the Society for Aid to the Paralysed. (SAP), the Singapore Chinese Women's
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    Jobless
    23 4 There are about 20,000 people on the Jobless roll of the Labour Ministry and not 3000 as reported In Monday's New Nation.
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    SC to make training films
    231 4 The Special Constabulary plans to produce Its items, films, slides and tapes for use as'training aids. These will focus mainly on the practical aspects of police work. Including the proper method of conducting body searches. The need for local training material was brought up by
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    Career exhibitions
    252 4 ...by SAF in CGs By Richard Adhikarl The Army,' Navy and Air Force will hold a series of career exhibitions in at least 10 community centres from next month. The first exhibition will be held at the Radin Mas community centre from Oct 11 to 15. It will
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    Marshall leaves with disbelief
    132 4 -I feel curiously empty standing by the graveside of my career. I don't believe it—and I don't want to believe it." With these N words, lawyer David Marshall left his 41-year career behind him. as he descended the stairs of the High Court, after arguing his
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      115 4 Ten ÜBL h I T r. JBL 4301 is a supercompact studio monitor with basic performance characteristic* similar to a> JBL monitors efficiency, exceptional clarity, wide dynamic range. soSd bass arid open high frequency reproduction. Its 48.2 cm (19") x 29.2 cm (11V*) x 30.5 cm (12") dimension is doaignod
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    Lock icon Bonn to get $13.5b boost
    282 5 —says Minister World Focus AP Reuter Washington, Wednesday West German Finance Minister Hans Matthoefer yesterday told world economists his government's new fiscal programme Is expected to give Bonn's economy an additional boost of over US$6 billion ($13.5 billion). But he also warned delegates to the
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    Lock icon Balanced budget — 1981 target
    143 5 Balanced budget 1981 target AP Washington, Wednesday Trie Senate yesterday approved legislation setting 1981 as the target year for ending the government's k>ngstandlng practice of spending more than It takes In. The meastpe calling for a balanced budget Is part of a BUI dealing with International loans to developing nations.
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    Lock icon Crash expert also a victim
    142 5 UPI S&n Diego, Wednesday —Amomt those killed on Monday in the United States' wont aviation disaster was University of California at Lea Angeles professor Alan Tttelman. an expert on the anaylals and prevention of airline accidents. Prof Tetelman 41 was an engineering professor at UCLA
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    Lock icon Egypt, Israel talks next week —sources
    150 5 Agencies Tel Aviv, Wednesday Official sources said yesterday Egypt and Israel will convene a committee possibly as early as next week to negotiate a peace treaty by Christmas. It will be a combined military-political committee and Defence Minister Ezer Welsman may head the Israeli
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    Lock icon Gromyko recovers and goes on
    317 5 UPI United Nations, Wednesday Soviet Foreign Minister Anarel Gromyko, overcome by the "very, very hot" lights on the podium, became 111 and had to be assisted from the UN General Assembly yesterday but recovered within an hour to finish his address that included an attack
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      104 5 Rcuife H T Musicians and Artistes International present 71 O.hxLX-Le.6 tjc comfvinied h\ Biddu Orchestra f 1 iif s.i h<ir i'-i is 11 it ,i us.it ii ii sii mi Kj.-r i»l tti>- t. >p.. liif i<4 t.i« 1 I <;.• i' I ')>• Vot< (J !'est t eni.)!<-1 ji-.i
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    Lock icon TODAY
    121 6 UPI TODAY is Wednesday, Sept 27, the 270 th day of 1078 with 95 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. ON THIS DAT IN HISTORY: In 1939, after 19 days of resisting heavy raids and artillery bombardment, the defenders of Warsaw, Poland,
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    58 6 Reuter London, Wednesday The demand of all liberated women equal pay has been taken up by a group of men who feel they are suffering sex discrimination. A London Industrial tribunal was told on Monday male chauffeurs working for Britain's Ministry of Defence receive less pay and
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    Lock icon Carter lifts arms curb on Turkey
    406 6 World Focus UPI Washington. Wednesday President Carter yesterday lifted the US arms embargo against Turkey, saying the action is in the best Interests of the US and Its Nato allies. He signed the US$ 2.8 billion ($6.2 billion) International Security Assistance Act yesterday, which
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    Lock icon HK to Canton flights?
    319 6 AP Reuter Hong Kong, Wednesday China has stepped up its transportation facilities for travellers visiting China via Hong Kong. Authoritative sources said a twice-daily passenger flight from Hong Kong to the nearby Chinese city of Canton will begin next month in time for a month-long Kwangchow
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      576 6 K ;TTi WEATHER Moscow—Overcast. 10OC. Headline: The Soviet foreign policy. London sunny with afternoon cloudiness, 15-4 C. Headline: Ford facing losses of £10 million a day. Bonn—Sunny, 23-BC. Headline: Plane crash kills 134. Borne—Sunny, 28-12 C. Headline: Rome divided Into tones for rent purposes. Paris Fair, 23-20 Headllne: Plane smashes
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    Lock icon Region braces for new round of floods
    238 7 Agencies Bangkok, Wednesday. —Waterlogged mainland South-east Asia yesterday braced for a third round of floods that have already killed more than 100 people as tropical storm Kit swept from the South China Sea towards the Vietnamese coast. The Royal Thai Weather Bureau said
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    Lock icon Flood tour
    77 7 Reuter Bangkok, WednesdayThailand's Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr Kosol Sindhuvanond, said In a report to the Foreign Ministry here that Vietnamese officials are taking him on a tour of areas worst hit by floods. He said Vietnam had asked for urgent aid, In particular for rice, wheat, flour, maize.
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    Lock icon 'Challenge Age of Uncertainty'
    329 7 World Focus Reuter Tokyo, Wednesday Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda yesterday expressed the hope that within 10 years nuclear fusion will at least be in prospect to avert another possible oil crisis. Achieving this will be one of three roles Japan can play to bring about peace
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    Lock icon Spy probe dropped
    78 7 Reuter Karlsuhe. (West Germany) Wednesday—Federal prosecutor Kurt Rebmann ann o u need yesterday his office was dropping Its Investigation of two prominent Social Democratic Party (BPD) members named in a communist spy scandal aa there is no evidence they had been involved in espionage. The Investigations followed
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    Lock icon World trip for $2200
    60 7 AFP London, Wednesday.— Round-the-world air trips for under £500 ($2200) were yesterday hera.ded by Freddie Laker, as he started a cut price service to Los Angeles a year after his New YorkLondon service began. He announced plans to extend the service to Hong Kong and on
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    Lock icon Soviet tests off Kuriles
    53 7 UPI Moscow. Wednesday— The Borlet Union announced yesterday it will conduct rocket tests in an area in the north Pacific off the Kurlle Islands for two weeks beginning tomorrow. The two target areas are south of Kamchatka peninsula and east of the Kuril* Islands In the
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    Lock icon Citizenship
    25 7 AFP Bangkok, Wednesday Thai authorities have decided to grant Thai citizenship to about 8000 refugees from the Kampuchean Island of Kong, sources reported yesterday.—AFP.
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    Lock icon No arrests at night and weekends but...
    112 7 Reuter Manila, Wednesday Philippine Justice Minister Jose Abad Santos has banned arrests of accused people at night, weekends or holidays to Ktect their constltual rights, the Justice Ministry said yesterday. He said the new ruling Is intended to avoid inconveniencing people who might
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      179 7 The' Word's 'Credit Card'Cabubtors with the Most Practical Functions 2 "Storage" Memory Very useful for keeping records on foreign exchange rate and conversion. Secretly 'stores' your 'secret' girlfriend's phone number forever. Even when the power is turned off, information stored in the memory and storage computer is held for later
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    Source of the complaints
    355 8 Despite environmental health measures, Singapore Is still vulnerable to cholera. The Temple Street cases highlight both the Infectious disease's ability to thrive on any lapse of vigilance and the unpleasantness which may be caused by strict follow-up measures to contain the disease. Never before has the
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      Darker side of life
      74 8 If the situation persists, life will be pretty dim for the people In Pontlan,- Muar and Johore Bam. They are faced with a shortage of matches, reports the New Straits Times. Those who habitually pinch matches from the hotels and restaurants will be shocked to know
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      Special offer
      65 8 "And he tells me his ■ultar costs $***** Wow!" the announcer drooled in familiar Singaporean style, and Insisted that at that price, we OOT to give him a chance to play ik Someone should tell her that the pricetagging law applies only to retail stores. Tne music, by
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    RUSSIAN NERVES MUST BE CALMED
    548 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON The treaty •of peace and friendship which was signed by Japan and China last month is .a bigger event than it s authors may have realised. On the surface it is an extremely loose and vague bilateral agreement to
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    EEC to examine textile industry
    418 8  -  In face of flood of imports' from Third World By Bharathi Mohan our London reporter Does the textile Industry in Europe have a future? Four hundred delegates from 32 textile producing countries, now attending the three-day International T e x 11 le Conference here, will
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    Lock icon Plans to make Tokyo livable
    420 8 DFNS Tokyo: The Japanese government has decided to shoulder the crushing burden of making Tokyo fit for human habitation. It has decided that the nation's capital is now so overcrowded and beset with problems that the only answer is virtually to rebuild from scratch. The
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    Lock icon THE SHORT AND LONG OF IT ALL
    577 9 Los Angeles Times Hamilton (Bermuda): When Mr Magruder Wilson Offutt walked down Front Street in this Atlantic island capital wearing long trousers, people kept stopping him and inquiring: "Who died." Offutt apologised for the trousers and explained he had Just got off the
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    Just for a few dollars more
    696 9  -  Medical practice getting too commercial says Sin Chew Voice of the Press Round-up Sept 17-23 Bjr Liew Soon Chin The end of the tunnel is in sight, said the Chinese press, as medical and dental students compromised with Health Minister Dr Toh Chin Chye
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      133 9 r AI 3* k J. V. r Discounts Onall S>fo Imported Shirts, I irs, Bt'lts, Shot's, I oilrt rit's. iff I.tMiht'r «joo(ls. fit v •i'V The "J I f f CclfJSllAS «i i*'" shoo 123 Plaza Sinyapura Tel: *****1 > i<\3 :V v V, aft 1 r* *i> -> ■wv.,^
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      They said this could not be built
      320 10/11 Soft sand puts off builders It is difficult to build skyscrapers along Shenton Way as the soil Is too soft, they said 25 years -ago. This was the consensus of builders and architects after testing the soil then. A Btraits Times article quoted
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      Singapore 25 years ago
      1565 10/11  -  What was Singapore like 25 yean ago? What were our concerns then? We looked up the newspapers of that time to find out. For a start, there were three English-language newspapers then —the Straits Times, the Singapore Tiger Standard and the Free Press. We looked up
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      Even then girls wore bikinis
      146 10/11 Fashion vu not as actively promoted 35 years ago as it Is today. The women's page in the newspapers were not called such and generally featured articles on home and cooking which were supposed to be the only subjects that Interested the fairer sex. Nevertheless,
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      154 10/11 Delicious food at its most glorious awaits you at -i -J> i '^Numtirlrrr A bi.imt* <.» hP.iiitiful .i*.itv vi u «it hiinl i' liiMc !M'ri -iiouth .it r 11', j mdsU'rjio (cs i.l I him| > .11 rooking, ptcpiirrd fiori. r.nS l.irn licshrsl mq'i (In is ,n ii si| >.
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    Making the mega-kill...
    671 12  -  With dances, songs and lots of grease r,— Cinema Nil li.iril I mi Ten thousand people have seen GREASE, now In its fourth week at Prince. If you haven't, which is probable, this article will tell you what it is all about —and more. If you already
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    Rubbish to some, useful to others
    514 12 Washington: At least two-thirds of the material resources that we use can be recycled without important changes in our lifestyles, according to a report from Worldwatch Institute. The technology already exists to accomplish this level of recycling; the missing ingredient is a broad social
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      258 12 ACROSS 1 Frustrate 5 Glided 9 Day In Dijon 13 Belne tributary 14 Cattle, old style 15 Spanish cooking pot 10 Collect 17 Unimportant subordinate 19 Abominable snowman 20 Heating Item 21 Black Sea port 23 Brown pigment 24 Trunk 27 Natives of Belgrade 30 Arab garment 33 Showed to
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      547 13 LONDON/EUROPE 14 DAYS $2,690' 20 DAYS $2,930' 27 DAYS $3,380' 24 DAYS $3,990' i 0^ YOURS a choice of four MAS Golden Holidays to London/Europe. Grand tours of historic, romantic cities including swinging London. Watch the world roll by as you sit at charming sidewalk cafes. Thrill to views of
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    Lock icon US will stay No. 1 partner
    372 14 ...in trade with Japan, says Komoto Business News and Views L UPI Tokyo, Wednesday Minister of International Trade and Industry Toshlo Komoto said yesterday the US will remain Japan's biggest trading partner despite a trend towards Increased two-way transactions between Japan and China. Mr
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    Lock icon China eyes Italy liner
    69 14 AFP Munich, Wednesday.— China wants to buy the Italian liner Leonardo da Vlncl as part of a plan to build up a cruise fleet for western and other passengers, the Sueddeutsche Zeltung newspaper said here yesterday. The Italian Flnmare line Is trying to sell the liner
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    Lock icon Tass: $ dip inevitable
    192 14 Tass: dip inevitable AFP Paris, Wednesday A further decline in the money mart rating of the US dollar seems inevitable, according to Tass News Agency in comment* on the current International Monetary fund and World Bank meeting in Washington. It said the Arab oil countries could, in the wake of
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    Lock icon Economic briefs
    239 14 Reuter AFP BANGKOK: The Thai Government Housing Bank Is seeking a syndicated loan of about U8650 million ($111.5 million) either in the German or Japanese money markets, the bank's managing director. Manasak Intarakomalsut, told reportten today. The loan will be guaranteed by the Finance Ministry.—Reuter. TOKYO: One out
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    Lock icon Austrians for talks in KL
    122 14 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday—Austrian envoys and trade representatives In Asia will meet top Austrian Iron and steel manufacturers here from Nov 7 to 9 for talks on Investment prospects In the region. Austrian a m bassador to Malaysia Robert Marschlk told newsmen here yesterday the
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      SYDNEY
      103 14 Prices at 11.30 *.m. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: A CI IN ADC 30 Ampol Pet M 90 AM 1M 183 APM 117 130 Bank NSW 778 788 Brambles 310 313 BHP 888 890 Boral 371 CBA 370 378 CSR 388 373 CIO 380 383 Coal
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      ZURICH
      80 14 Clotlng price* on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS Bearer 9000 50 UBS Registered 575 9 SBC SM 4 Credit Suisse a 130 4* Swlaaalr B. 785 14 Ma Relnsur. MOO 4# Wlnterthur B. DM —120 Zurich Insur. •900 —135 Nestle B. mo 90 Intarfood B. >700 95 Clba-Gelgy
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      NEW YORK
      112 14 Yesterday'* prlew followed by the difference oo Uw prerkwe aeuloa'i ctoee. AT T 01 H Beth Steel «3H > Cater p Tra UH H ChrytW 11 uncb. Coca-Oola H Vta Contl. OU 2»>i >4 Dow Chen >7% 14 Drecaer 44 Da Font 1»S +2% Bl Kodak «2 H
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      37 14 UPI New York, Wednesday Dow Jones closing a Tarawa on the HYH yesterday: SO Industrials M 1.16 (up »J1). 30 transport 348.43 (up S.t7), IS utlHUss 1M.09 (up •.SI), M stock MI.3S (up 3.M). UK.
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      59 14 AFP Yesterday's closing quotations of the gllt-<Klgrds, In yen, with Monday's in parentheses ware as follows: Hstwa Real Estate 6M (MS), Nippon Oti 70ft (MO), Komatsu SM (334). Matsushita Bectrlc 7SS (733), Honda Motor SlO (511), Toyota Motor SM (■95). Mitral and Co. 301 (306), Mitsubishi Corp. 444 (447).
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      PARIS
      69 14 Closing prices on the Parts Bourse yrsterdav: PmribM 19# 50 3.50 FoMtor aaa uncfa. Prtn temps 136.90 —3.00 Bull 50.60 —1.00 Horsl Dutch 373 50 —6.50 MleheHn 1335 It COS 412 1 Thomson 373 +M0 C F P 133.10 2 Rhone 130.M JO Air 355 a B S N
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    265 14 UPI London, Wednesday The US dollar yesterday skidded to Its second consecutive record low against the Swiss franc as gold prices declined from Monday's new highs. The dollar closed mixed on other major European exchanges, posting gains against the German mark and the British pound. It was weaker
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      482 14 t>: GZ 3 R-i Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./ Mrs./ Miss): Address: N R.I.C. No Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW CLUES FOR QZ-3 1. Went at high epeed 2. On* hardly expects a to be bare 3. The
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      Life ban on Swee Huat too severe
      299 15  -  C.N. WAN I was Indeed surprised by the unprecedented sentence meted out by the Basketball' Association of Singapore on youth player, Tan Swee Huat. Bfeing young, he could be naive or Just plain generous in allowing his friend the use of his pass
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      Siglap on the right path...
      696 15  -  NOOS MOHAMMED MARICAN I thank "Old ACS Boy" for his concern over the running of S1 g 1 a p Secondary .School in his article "Slglap going the wrong way in New Nation of Aug 16. In my capacity as the President of Old Slglaplan
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      Show some discipline, Rovers
      174 15  -  JAW TEE KWANG It 1« a pity a renowned club like Tampines Rovers should be involved In 10 many scandals. A club which boast of having the finest crop of players In Singapore. A club which la well-res-rected and a club which can boast of having
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      Singapore ready for the world
      631 16  -  ...says ISRF vice-president Taylor SQUASH b V Eric Cooper John Taylor, vice-president of the International Squash Rackets Federation, feels that Singapore should seriously consider participating in the World team championship in Australia next October. Mr Taylor, who was on a short visit here over the
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      37, AND STILL GOING STRONG
      256 16  -  f STAR for the November World Series V J By SURESH NAIR Jonah Harrington, the British star, is among the world's top E layers likely to come ere for the Pakistan Airlines World Series In November. Jonah, currently ranked seventh In the world, has won
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      The Racer does dashing trial
      338 16 the track Penang, Wednesday The Racer drew attention to his chances in the Class 5 Division 1 1200 m sprint on Sunday with a dashing workout at Batu Gantong this morning. With apprentice K. C. Woon up the Paramount eight-year-old Impressed with a 600 m
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      237 17 ...then takes over Ayr United Soccer Reuter AP Glasgow, Wednesday Ally MacLeod last night resigned as manager of Scotland's football team, a Job he came close to losing after the dismal Scottish performance at the World Cup finals in Argentina in June. MacLeod is to take over as
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      Woodcock is our fear in second leg
      741 17  -  on SOCCER >- EMLYN HUGHES I am c on v 1 need that Liverpool are a better team than Nottingham Forest. Bilt proving it In the European Cup tonight 1» going to be another matter. Forest are something of a jinx team to
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      Morocco in semis
      48 17 Hong Kong, Wednea d a y Morocco and Japan entered the semi-finals of the Chinese Youth Cup football tournament in Shanghai, the New China News Agency reported. The agency said Morocco beat Liaonlng's first team 4-2 after leading 2-0 at half-time. Japan defeated Thailand 2-1
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      Lock icon Poland's hopes take a nosedive
      164 17 U>lk>yball Reuter Rome, Wednesday Poland's hopes of retaining the men's volleyball title took a nosedive here last night after a foarset defeat by the tough South Korean side. In the third round of the semi-finals, South Korea caused the first major upset of the tournament
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      253 17 Arab money finalised AFP Bangkok, Wednesday Thailand's financial worries about the Eighth Asian Games ended yesterday with the arrival of Saudi Arabia's Othman A 1 S a a d, the newest executive committee member of the Asian Games Federation (AGF). The 39-year-old A 1 Baad
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      Conteh by KO
      69 17 London. Wednesday John Conteh of Britain, former world llcbtheavywelght boflni champion, staked his claim for another shot at the title with A seventh round knockout win over Leonardo Roger of the Dominican Republic here last night. Oonteh, rated as top contender for Yufpaalav Mate Parlov's World Boxing
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      Tampines a disgrace, says Hartley
      372 18  -  K3 Soccer EDMUND PLAYED AS STRIKER, 50... By PHILIP TAN Director of Coaches Trevor Hartley yesterday hit out at Tampines Rovers Football Club for fielding national goalie Edmund Wee as a forward In their First Division League game with Changl Constituency on Tuesday night. He
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      Mini Mokhtar tops the list
      382 18  -  PROFILE l»v Suresh Nair He Is young, packs powerful kicks In both feet, and Is currently the most feared man In the local soccer arena. Meet Ahmad Sayutl, Singapore's top goal scorer! The chunky (56kg) and short (1.60 m > striker for First Division Toa
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      85 18 Reuter Bielefeld (West Germany), Wednesday The West German anatuer soccer team beat China 2-1 here last skfct after Chinese Mender 80-Chla mines a eeeosid half penalty. The Chinese led !-t at Um Interval alter leftwinger Yang Chl-Hang crowned a fine solo effort with a goal. The better
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      And now to topple the Japs...
      334 18  -  Rugby By PHILIP TAN The Singapore Rugby XV are out to dethrone Japan as Asian champions. Singapore Rugby Union president Howard Cashin. at a dinner to celebrate Singapore's Malaysian Rugby Union Cup victory In Kuala Lumpur on Sunday night, said that Singapore's aim must
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      Singapore cagers prove a point
      214 18  -  HEIGHT NO ADVANTAGE TO AUSSIES Basketball By TONY KOH The Singapore basketball team proved that height alone Is not enough to win matches when they got the better of the visiting Canterbury Bankstown team from New South Wales beating them 72-70 at the Oay World
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      Cruyff shines
      101 18 Soccer London. Wednesday. New York Cosmos, bolstered by Dutch superstar Johan Cruyff, held Chelsea to a 1-1 tie yesterday to boost their sagging morale of a European tour which was in danger of turning into a fiasco. Cosmos appeared certain to win the match after Dennis Tueart volleyed
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      348 17 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you are a sensitive, highly intuitive Individual who finds It as easy to demonstrate affection as to experience It. You consider your home your castle; when there, you are the authority. Though you always try to temper justice with mercy, you
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      67 18 ANDY CARP NICE O ALONG AN* STANO IN AS LINEBAAAN.P6T y A m w W' m §a m M SHORT RIBS XM GIVING YOU THIRTY PAYSONLY TH/RTY OAYS. I DON'T WANT ANY PLA3 WAVIN' AN' IF YOU'VE GOT ANYTHIN" .TO SAY, SMUT UP s 111 U1 VOU ARE TRULY MERCIFUL-.
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      37-show treat for soccer fans
      442 19 By Bharathi Mohan, our London reporter Singapore soccer fans will be treated to the finest shows of British soccer this season when Premier Soccer begins on TV Singapore from Oct 29. The programmes will feature matches played by mainly Division One teams from all over
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      History—right before your eyes
      350 19  -  By Margaret Cunico The history syllabus for secondary schools literally takes shape in the current exhibition on tne History of Southeast Asian Man at the Young People's Gallery of the National Museum. With a lot of Imagination. plenty of nimble fingers and help from the teachers,
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      The Dying Swan lives again
      86 19 The Dying Swan will live again tonight at the Victoria Theatre when a Poem of Dances, an offering of the Soviet Film Festival, is shown at 7.30 p.m. The hands of Maya Pllsetskaya. famed Russian ballerina, expresses a gamut of emotions In SalntSaens' Immortal classic
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      629 19 Today: 8.33 a.m. (1.9 m); 7.12 p.m. (2m). Tomorrow: 9.12 a.m. (2.1 m); 8.27 p.m. (2.2 m). Friday: 9.41 a.m. 2 3m); 9.15 p.m. (2.4 m). Batnrday: 10.07 a.m. (24m); 9.53 p.m. (2.5 m). Sunday: 10.31 a.m. (2.5 m); 10.28 p.m. (2.7 m). Monday: 10.55 a.m. (2.6 m); 11.02 p.m.
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      701 19 nd around town EXHIBITION OF CHINESE BRUSH PAINTINGS by members of the Life Art Society. At main hall of the Dutch Club, Camden Park, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. dally. On till Sunday. FREE FILM 3HOWS Waterways: Aim underscores the importance of the work and reveals many aspects which
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    71 20 AH FOOK: Dr Ahmad M attar spoke the truth when he pointed out that some people pass by certain charities because they are not so glamorous. Some people donate only to the more well-known Social Service should publicised causes. ME I UN: Perhaps the Singapore Council of Social
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      69 20 Callard Bowsers in the tradition of good old fashioned home made treats Abo available: Dessert Nougat, CrearrvLne' Toffee. Another quality product from Sim* Darby SILVE K in' Hi. bw* e-j i Sol* Ag«nta tot Singapora. Malaysia. Brunai ft Indonaata BOON 8c CO. (PTE.) LTD. 16. Chang* Alley. Singapore 1. Tal
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      867 20 I a§« A*V SINGAPORE 5 .'/AV* iWr w AND RADIO Bring home a Superstar Bring home TE LE F U N K E N I 3.0# OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by THE BEYEBLY HILLBILLIES: 81mon Lcgree Drysdale (r). Sitcom. 3.3* D I A B T OF EVENTS (M). 3.35 BONANZA. Face
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      202 20 Todays top shows EMERGENCY. The Steel Inferno. (Ch. 8, 7.55 p.m. in colour). A business executive. Evelyn Davis (guest star Linda Gray), and her secretary, Sue Adams (guest star Anne Lockhart), are overcome by smoke when a fire breaks out in a highrise building. The Emergency crew rush to their
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