New Nation, 6 October 1978

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    19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Friday, October 6, 1978 No. 2381 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 NEW (0) NATION COMMENT
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    Lee: Why it makes sense
    801 1 ...to arm Japan's defence force Orlando, Friday Most Asean leaders realise apd accept an effective J a p a nese defence capability as Inevitable, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday. In fact, proper equipping of a significant Japanese Self-Defence Force makes economic, besides strategic,
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    Lock icon The man who tried to destroy a city...
    75 1 This Is Edward Mendenhall who was charged In a St LMb court wMh eonsplrkif with two other men to steal, a tS nuclear submarine .from the New London harbour. Tho FBI said Mendenhall plotted to steal the UBS Ttepang and destroy an
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    Lock icon Miracle baby No 2 born in India claim
    203 1 Reuter New Delhi, Friday Three Indian doctors announced in Calcutta last night that the world's second test tube baby was born here on Tuesday, the Press Trust of India reported. The medical team, headed by Dr SaroJ Kantl Bhattacharya of the Calcutta
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    Beirut shelling: Israel explains
    79 1 Washington, FridayIsrael told the United States Its naval shelling of Beirut last night was Intended to thwart a planned operation by the A 1 Fatah Palestinian guerilla organisation, the State Department saltL At the UNITED NATIONS, the US and the Soviet Union consulted on Lebanon yesterday
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    Why SAF chief got the award
    106 2 Singapore Armed Forces' Chief of Oeneral Staff, Major O en e r al Win*ton Choo, received the Legion of Merit award in the United States because of his outstanding services. A spokesman for the US Embassy here said yesterday this award (Degree of Commander)
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    That loss of nerve, by PM
    507 2  -  Why confidence in free market shaken By Edgar Koh our US reporter Orlando, Friday: Some western industrialists at Mr Lee Kuan Yew's lecture to the ICC congress here yesterday probably were those whose confidence in working the free market system has been shaken. Mr
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    Singaporeans' share of GNP
    269 2 Singaporeans last year contributed $13 billion towards the Republic's total Rross national product of <15.7 billion. Foreigners and foreign companies resident in Singapore c on t ributed $2.7 trillion. This works out to about 17.2 per cent of the total GNP. These figures were presented In
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    Stock market
    174 2 Quiet but steady trading prevailed during the first hour at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Share prices generally hovered at yesterday's closing levels. Haw Par saw block deals of 122,000 units at $1.95. This aside, turnover was light as traders took a cautious stance. Business done: First
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      322 3 Ria The Belvedere Trio Philippines singing sweetheart. Together with the Belvedere Trio to present a whole range of evergreens at the Act I and The Belvedere t i r \s Special Show Limited Season Only Jimmy Chan if Jimmy's got the magic touch. 1 Let his music put you in
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    Cookies for tests as pupils fall ill
    90 4 The Ministry of the Environment has taken samples of butter cookies lrom Bukit Ho Swee Secondary School for tests, after seven schoolgirls fell 111 alter a domestic science class. Investigation* are still In progress to establishthe cause of the girls' Illness. A Ministry
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    Film show
    32 4 The National Museum will screen three colour films for school children tomorrow, at 10.45 a.m. The films are Arts of Maori Children, Bird of a Single Flight and Freshwater Dive.
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    Check-up on bus crash boy
    241 4 Sent to Woodbridge Hospital A 15-year-old boy, who police believe stole the SBS bus which crashed into the Catholic Young Men's Association in Bras Basah Road, has been sent to Woodbridge Hospital for observation. The boy was sent to the hospital on Wednesday after his
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    'Slave girl' case goes to Ministry
    174 4 The ease of a hotel accounts clerk who altered that she was "treated like a slave" by her department head, has been referred to the Labour Ministry for conciliation. Representatives of Hotel Boyal-Ramada and the Food, Drinks and Allied Workers' Union will meet at
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    Hit for helping
    82 4 A market stallholder was assaulted when he went to help a schoolgirl who was molested. The hawker, who gave his name as Mr Chng, 55, yesterday said he was at his Circuit Road stall when he saw a man touching the young girl's bottom. He went up
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    NZ band
    21 4 The Ist Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Band will perform at Macßitchie Reservoir on Sunday at 6.30 p.m.
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    Lock icon Imelda to preside at big Manila meeting
    150 5 AFP Manila, Friday The fourth international population Conference will be held here from Oct 24 to 30 with about 500 delegate* and possibly the wives of heads of government from nine countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America participating The conference, whose theme
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    Painting from the top of the world
    362 5  -  Self-taught artist to trek through the Himalayas to capture the scene By Richard Adhikari Painting is Mr Ong Kim Seng's passion, and he will travel to the ends of the earth to indulge in it. Mr Ong, S3, will go on an 18-day
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    Monthly art show
    55 5 The first of a series of monthly demonstrations by Singapore artists will be held at the National Museum art gallery tomorrow at 11 a.m. It will feature the brush paintings of Tan Klan Por. The demonstrations will be held on the first Saturday of each month at
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    Doc's talk
    23 5 Dr Shanta Emmanuel of Queentown Polyclinic will give a talk on children'* diseases at the National Library tomorrow at 3 p.m.
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      72 5 KILL THE TOBACCO HABIT! i Are you suffering from smoker's cough' Are you worried about lung cancer > Dogs your mouth taste like yesterday's ashtray} You can stop smoking permanently with A(NiTI SMO Just rinse your mouth with this minty mouthwash arid smoking will become nearly impossible The effect lasts
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      187 5 MALA MF.L AMINE-WARE yli Wo have great pleasure to inform you that we have recently formed a new department so called Direct Sales Dept., we don't sell directly to buyer but only through our promoters. We are the sole agent for many household appliances ft kltchenware. At present we are
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    Lock icon Baby kicked to death
    84 6 AFP Kltakyushn (Japan), Friday A Zl-jtar-old father In a fit of anger Ut his 53-day-old ton twice and kicked him to death, polloe reported. Police yesterday arrested Tannejl Takebl, a carpenter, In this northern Kjmsha City, on suspicion of homicide. According to the police. Takebl gnawed
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    Lock icon 'Russia will step up aid'
    380 6 Hint of military help for Syria by Brez World Focus Reuter Moscow. Friday Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev yesterday backed hardline Arab efforts to oppose the EgyptianIsraeli peace accords and hinted the Kremlin would step up military aid to Syria. Speaking at a banquet for Byrlan
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    Lock icon TODAY
    109 6 UPI TODAY is Friday, Oct. 6, the 270 th day of 1978 with 88 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. American Inventor and manufacturer Oeo r g e Westlnghouse was born on Oct. 8. 1848 ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1972,
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    Lock icon Odd Corner
    41 6 AFP Colombo, Friday A tame elephant got stuck in a muddy lake on Wednesday. Two cranes took two hours to haul the elephant out to the cheers of thousands of people who had gathered to see the rescue operation.—AFP
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    Lock icon Budget cut for peace warning by Ehrlich
    89 6 Reuter Jerusalem, Friday Israeli Finance Minister Slmcha Ehrlich warned yesterday that the massive costs of a possible peace agreement with Egypt will necessitate drastic cuts in public spending. Following a special cabinet meeting on drawing up next year's budget, Mr Ehrllch told reporters
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    Lock icon Cholera kills 113 in Bengal
    150 6 Reuter Calcutta, Friday. A severe cholera epidemic has killed 113 people In India's West Bengal state battered by Its worst floods this century, raising the official death toll In their wake to 513, a state government minister said last night. Health Minister Nanl Bhattacharya said
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    Lock icon Heroin haul
    41 6 Reuter Bangkok. Friday—Thai police, with the cooperation of Interpol, yesterday seized 150 kilograms of heroin, worth about US$l million ($2.2 million) In Thailand or US$lOO million on the International market, from two drug traffickers in southern Thailand, police said.—Reuter
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      564 6 •J Mil WEATHER London Sunny, 18BC. Headline: The heiress who burned herself to death. Moscow Overcast, 13-OC. Pravda's headline:"Criticism helps In Working," Bonn Cloudy with occasional rain, 14-6 C. Rome Rain, 20-14 C. Headline: Pope John Paul burled In Vatican grotParis Cloudy, 14-BC. Headline: National Assembly backs demands for France
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    Lock icon Israeli gunboats shell Beirut
    388 7 World Focus UPI Reuter Tel Aviv, Friday Israeli gunboats shelled Syrian and guerilla positions in the western portions of Beirut yesterday, a military spokesman said. The attacks came after the Cabinet decided on steps to defend the Lebanese Christians from Syrian attacks. uint«rv sources said Israeli
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    Lock icon Indonesian doctors
    47 7 AFP Jakarta, Friday Indonesia will send 100 doctors to work in Malaysia next year, Health Minister Suwarjono Suryanlngrat was quoted as saying here yesterday. This follows a request made by the secretarygeneral of the Malaysian Health Dtpartment, Dato Alwl Jan tan, earlier this year. AFP.
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    Lock icon Arms vote
    37 7 Reuter Washington, Friday The U8 Senate voted yesterday to spend more than US$ll6 billion ($355 billion) on defence during the next 12 months—nearly US$3 billion less than the record amount sought by President Carter. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Imposter gives a speech at UN
    139 7 AFP United Nations, Friday—A London lawyer posing as the Foreign Minister or Sri Ijinfca yesterday accused the Colombo government of genocide before the United Nations General Assembly. The man, Identified as Brl lank a born Krishna Valkunthavasam, had managed to .sit among delegates, UN
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    Lock icon US told to cut inflation
    85 7 Reuter .Tokyo, Friday—Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda told US Commerce Secretary Juanlta Kreps that the United Btates must take steps to cut Its inflation rate, a senior American official said. Frank Well, assistant secretary of Commerce, told reporters that Mr Fukuda said the U8 must cut
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    Lock icon Nuclear row brings down Swedish govt
    137 7 Reuter Stockholm, Friday Sweden's first non-so-cialist government In nearly half a century resigned last night, torn by a nuclear row. Premier Th o rbjoern Faelldln handed his resignation to the Speaker of the Swedish Parliament after a prolonged dispute over whether Bweden should add
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    Lock icon Secretary jailed for spying
    82 7 Reuter Duesseldorf (West Germany), Friday.—A government secretary Jailed yesterday for three years as a spy leaked to the communists a record of talks between President Carter and West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.. Dagmar Kahllg-Schef-fler, SI, who worked In the Chancellor's office, was said to have become
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      198 7 We're game if you are It's the Season of the Hunt in Europe! And we're starting the celebration at the Brasserie La Rotonde with the finest game air-flown from Switzerland. Game at its tastiest, singing out its rich flavours midst a medley of robust wines and aromatic herbs. Like Partridge
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    Taxiing the idea around
    415 8 Taxi commuters must wonder, in the absence of any official statement, Just what type of service they can expect when the proposed Central Business District fleet Anally get on the road. Ever since Minister for Communications Ong Teng Cheong suggested In Parliament In March that four
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      It's chow time
      83 8 Remember the old schooldays Joke of ordering char kuay teow without the kuay teow? It was a dig at fussy friends who Insisted on not having bean q>routs or cockle* or whatever their pet dislike was In their food. Well, It seems we're not the only ones
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      Sorry, ol' chap
      49 8 DJ, our "spy" m London, reports that a bookie was beaten up by a racecourse gang at Windsor, over how much money was won. But after he had gone for treatment, the attackers returned only to apologise because, they said, they realised It was their mistake.
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    HOW TO KEEP UP A GOOD MEMORY
    615 8  -  FRIDAY WITH ALEX JOSEY ALEX JOSEY Ever since man has been capable of thought he has been trying to solve the mystery of memory. Nobody know how memory works. Scientists are not sure whether the human memory is chemical or electrical. Nobody knows
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    Good sense must come in too
    833 8 ...when rushing to China's beckoning r c VOICE OF THE PRESS TlfE ECONOMIST Headline: What to sell to China. The Chinese market is beckoning, as It has not for nearly a century since western traders were queuelng up to provide "oil for the lamps
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    Opening of Arun LNG plant a 'success story'
    610 9  -  r===—m INDONESIAN HEADLINES Bv Ismail Kassim The opening of the Aran liquefied natural gas (LNO) plant In Aceh (Sumatra) by President Suharto last month has been described by the local press as a success story. Even before its official inauguration. Arun has
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    Days of the A level may be numbered
    399 9  -  OTHER 'LETTERS' WILL TAKE OVER By Bharathi Mohan our London reporter The GCE A level examination, the equivalent of which Is taken by PreUniverslty Two students In Singapore, Is under review In Britain. Although there is no official reason yet for this
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      26 9 MORE SCENT FOR CENTS! Springfresh is the airfreshener that gives you more for your money. Just compare weights and prices' 6 V- < Q \a VP 1
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      94 9 Two young men and two women have become the hottest act in popular music. With record sales of 50 million singles and 30 million albums, this Swedish group has restored joie do vivre to rock music. h \\V' a K \i 0 ,n^ n t v. f PLUS... Solving the
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    Lock icon Scientists up to monkey business
    514 10 ...to learn more about foetuses J Science Report Washington Post Washington: Using a surgical technique that could one day help human babies, scientists are taking monkey foetuses from the womb, operating on them, then returning them to their mothers to be born at the normal
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    An unknown world in a grain of sand
    167 10 Tempe (Arizona), Friday It's a strange new planet, with Jutting mountain peaks surrounding gouged valleys —a lifeless moon, perhaps, II It were larger than J millimetres. An Arizona State University graduate student has charted the surface of this unknown world—a grain of
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    Lock icon India renews pledge to go dry
    424 10 NYT New Delhi: India observed the 109 th birthday of its national hero, Mohandas Gandhi, on Monday with renewed pledges to work towards a ban on alcoholic drinks, one of Gandhi's principal social goals. In solemn services all over India, the spiritual descendents of
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      534 10 HA-5 *1 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 ■maaaaiCul along dotted lines CLUES FOR HA-8 1. Certainly not mine! 2. Valuable product of an oyster 3. One, of course, may bo
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    Lock icon 'Back bid to waive duties on imports'
    133 11 UPI Washington, FridaySpecial trade representative Robert Strauss asked Congress yesterday to approve President Carter's request for temporary authority to waive duties on Imports that are subsidised by the exporting countries. Mr Strauss, testifying before the trade subcommittee of the HOuse of Representatives Ways
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    Lock icon Economic briefs
    314 11 AFP KUALA LUMPUK: A five-man rubber technical team left yesterday for Bangladesh to examine what assistance Malaysia could offer to Bangladesh natural rubber Industry. The team is led by the Deputy Chairman of the Malaysian Rubber Research and Development Board, Mr Ahmad Farouk, and will be In Bangladesh
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    Lock icon Delay in Stabex project
    289 11 E Business News and Views i 4 Reuter Manila, Friday A proposed' Asean export earnings st a b 11 lsatlon programme, commonly known as Stabex, which Japan promised to fund in August last year, may be established only In the second quarter of 1980, the Philippine
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      242 11 Investors Ignored grim news on the inflation and Interest rate front yesterday and sent stock prices higher In moderate trading. The Dow Jones industrial average, ud more than six points around midday, gained 2.51 to 876.47. The blue chip average surged 606 points on Wednesday In a late-session
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      20 11 UPI New York, Friday Dow Jone* closing averages on the NYfflt yesterday: 10 Industrials 575.47 (op —UPI, i
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      158 11 AFP Prices on the Tokyo Stock Market rose lightly In moderate trading yesterday. The 225-stock DowJones average closed the day at 5,790.77 yen, climbing past Its previous high of 5,787.85 yen reached on Wednesday. The TSE Index for the first section, where volume came to some 370 million shares
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      PARIS
      68 11 Closing prices on the Parte Bourse yesterday; Purlbas 215.50 unch Foncter 403.50 +7.60 Prlntemps 136 JO —1 JO Bull 57.10 —1.70 Royal Dutch 377.10 +.10 MlcheHn 14M +6 CO* 413 —7 Thomson 383 —I CPP 143.90 —3.60 Rhone 133 —3.40 Air 375 -6 B8N 600 —30 Philips 56.90 +.30
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      38 11 Union Bank of Switzerland, Zurich Closing prices In BwlH franco on the Zurich Stock Exchange jwtcriw: WMfeifl Credit 8u)«c UOS 37UO M6 M 6360 t 128 2878 76 lilt an +7 Aluauisse B. Bond-Invest Ponaa 1ft MM
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      123 11 Reuter Price* at 11.30 ajn. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: Aci ifa isa ADC 19 26 Ampol Pet 87 M AMI 179 179 APM 119 130 Bank NSW 7U 790 Brambles 305 310 BHp 963 90S Bond 360 370 CBA 303 394 C8R 346 353 Cl«
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    Lock icon Money Market
    238 11 UPI London, Friday The dollar closed mixed on the major European currency exchange* yesterday but recovered somewhat during trading In Frankfurt after opening at another record low against tbe deutschmark. In Frankfurt, the dollar's decline against the deutschmark was softened by the Intervention of the Bundesbank which bought
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      261 11 ACROSS 1 Fashionable 5 Keepsake 10 Bluebonnet 14 Atmospheric prefix 15 Red Queen's friend 16 Nevada (own 17 Trite sayings 19 Close by 20 Pierced 21 8 weltering 23 Removed 25 Poker state 26 Bcoff 20 DlMagglo or De Lulse 31 Shelters 34 Rotated 37 Salami purveyor 30 Townsman, for
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      Fanning subtle flames
      435 12/13  -  r—* Sundown S< CIU' u Richard Lim If Spanish dance means only flamenco to you, like It always had to me. the Paco de Luclo Spanish Ballet at the Tropic ana will change your mind. The ballet Is a threeman. four-woman team from Madrid who present mostly
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      Swie Hian startles with new ideas in Chinese art
      670 12/13  -  Instead of mountains, children and cats The Arts bv Margaret Cunico Calligraphist, scholar, translator, poet, painter, critic. Tan Swie Hian is a man of a thousand thoughts and words. He Is well known In literary and art circles, but he admits,
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      Rosy readies for battle
      320 12/13 This Monday, unassuming 19 year old Rosy Chua from Johore Barn will be playing her heart out on the organ in an eight-hour long battle for the best at the International Electone Festival *78 In Tokyo. Her participation is credit enough for it puts Rosy among
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      HK style porridge brims with goodies
      959 12/13  -  Tourists form a high proportion of London theatre audiences and this is probably why so many revivals are playing in the West End these days, reports Gregory Jensen. Eating Out »n Violet Oon Hong Kong's famous Cantonese-style noodle and porridge house makes Its debut
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      Lock icon Tourists bring West End plays back to life
      360 12/13 UPI from the provinces. Such was London's enthusiasm that It stayed and stayed. Patrick McNee of the Avengers TV series is now Joining the cast. Gods Dell is back for its sixth London revival. Its publicity says it is "now in its
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      30 12/13 There are many open air restaurants at night! But, there is only one... LI at the Raffles Hotel where the food is excellent! X )NTA( ,r l LI'NSES I K..UM
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    All that's made in Singapore on display
    336 14 A mammoth display of hundreds'of products that Is the Singapore Fair '78. Participants are manufacturers of all sorts of goods, ranging from consumer products such as canned food and garments to Industrial machinery. The range of garments, which are usually a big draw,
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  • SINGAPORE FAIR '78
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      Special bargain in watches at the fair
      133 15 Electronlx Watches Pte. Ltd., makers of Qlnos slim LCD digital watches, offer a special bargain to shoppers at the Singapore Fair '78. It will give away three SANA donation draw tickets free with every watch sold. Each ticket gives the buyer a chance
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      Honey, lamps, cushions—a common link
      712 15  -  -If Garry de Silva At first glance they seem to have nothing in common: honey, plastic sheeting, flourescent lamps and cushions. Their common link is Asean. They are part of the 800 over items which have been accorded tariff preferences. Attention It seems, Is centred
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      Hoodies-an instant food
      244 16 Hamburger* and hot dogs are fast foods that originated In the West and are now well known around the world. But the Chinese noodle is probably one of the earliest forms of fast foods though It Is only In the last few years that Its popularity has
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      The voice of Singapore industries
      616 16 Founded In 1932 by 17 members to promote Singaporemade products and look after the Interests of local manufacturers, the Singapore Manufacturers' Association has grown to become the voice of Industries In Singapore today. With its present strength of 900 members, the Association has Injected greater
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      Packaging award
      153 16 Winning entries for the Singapore Packaging Award organised by the Packagi/ig Council or the SMA will be on display at Singapore Fair *78. Entries were divided into two classes consumer containers and transport containers. Awards will be presented at the Gala Dinner to be held. In Conjunction with
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      It's fashion wear for export at this show
      172 16 EYE-CATCHING slinky outfits and a bevy of pretty models to show them off this will be the softer side of the Singapore Fair '78, organised by the Singapore Manufacturers' Association. The fashion show will be held at the Gala Dinner, to be
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      Looking far and wide for exports
      757 18  -  fey Liew Soon Chin The statistics speak for themselves. The manufacturing sector, at 21 per cent, now accounts for the lion's share of the Republic's GNP, while two-thirds of our manufactured goods find their way to overseas .markets. Last year, our exports grew by
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      China get into the IAAF
      195 19 Athletics San Juan, Friday.— The Interna tlonal A m a i e a r Athletics Federation voted yesterday to accept the membership application of China, effectively excluding Taiwan from mrmtx-rehip. The vote, which followed four hours of debate, was IN In favour and 153 against.
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      Gmoch quits
      70 19 Warsaw, Friday Jacek Gmoch, Poland's national soccer manager at the World Cup In Argentina last June, has quit, the Polish news agency PAP reported yesterday. Omoch, 39, did not say whether he had resigned or been saeked. Poland reached the last eight during the World Cup, but there
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      Probes on illegal payment
      151 19 Edinburgh, Friday Expenses paid to about 40 British and foreign amateur athletes at an Edinburgh track and field meeting In August are being Investigated by police, a police spokesman said here. The inquiry concerns an apparent irregularity in expenses paid to competitors at tne Highland Games
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      Lock icon Easy win for Hunt
      87 19 Reuter Melbourne, Friday Qeoff Hunt, the world s q u a h champion, cruised Into the semifinal* of the Australian Open championship here last night' with a 9-5, 9-5, 9-2 win over fellow Australian Cam Nancarrow. Remits of quarterfinals: Qamar Zsman (Pak) b Roland Watson (8
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      Hunt faces uphill task
      256 19 7 STAR f >1 ih- J November World Series By BUBESH NAIR Australian Geoff Hunt, who captured the World Open squash title last year, faces an uphill task in the Pakistan International Airlines' World Beries, the fourth leg of which will be played In Singapore next
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      RAF Cup draw
      446 19 IB 0 Sing spore IsUnd Counted Club R.AJP. Cup M-bote •tablafora competition wiß be played at the Buktt On lira* from Sumter Plrst round draw: lit tea 7.4» aja. BUI Tan Kin Tack (B) MUton Nah (14)* B. K. Chaw (U): 7JI Tay Kwaoc Jin (•> Quad
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      548 20  -  By K.L. CHAN FUm Goer IV worked with vigour on good going at Bukit Tlmah this morning. With George Pod mo re In the saddle, the Ave-year-old gelding by Continuation went like a winner over 600 m In 37.2 In the company of The Hustler (M. Maaruhen).
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      3795 20 Ml tflfl 2.0 CLASS 3, DIV 1.200m In gam ($13,000 $9,100 to rtnnw) 1 1400 Kin M a (DamIan) Daniel* 7 84 «M +8.8) 1.400m HTM18 1 M7& Paartaa* Oak t (Sans One) Barnaul I 84 (dft >6.6) a M •mart Oatapar
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      134 20 mm SCRUTINEER BRIAN MILLER KJ_ CHAN TURF RAT B1 Triumph Shining Eyes Clearaway Interceptor Very Friendly Nice Fella CI ears way Hot Topic Km* t: Hankow Melody Minstrel Argentina Double Adios Argentina YulM RMt S: AMhh Leaf Bamboo Sir Gallva Bamboo Indian Art Alabama Leaf Um 4: Timber Exporter
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      Top S'pore pros for Australia-NZ tour
      769 21  -  They will return richer in experience Murray TEE-UP with Lim Kee Chan Three of the top local professionals and Alan Murray, the Singapore Island Country Club head pro, will be competing in ine richest ever A 5220,000 (about *****,000) Australian Open in Sydney on
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      Takatani by one stroke
      138 21 T. Takatani won the Singapore Island Country club women's "A" Division medal competition by the stroke from Nancy Clayton when she returned a nett 65 at the Bukit Course yesterday. Takatani also shared the first nine ballsweep with Nancy on nett 31 and took the second
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      Hartley wants to leave National side
      290 22 K3 Soccer Director of Coaching Trevor Hartley will recommend to the Football Assocla--11 on of Singapore Council that he and Jltta Singh take charge of the Intermediate squad, leaving Ibrahim Awang and Seak Poh Leong to handle the National team. Hartley yesterday explained that
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      SOON BEE IS SASA's CHOICE
      232 22  -  ...TO LEAD ASIAN GAMES SQUAD f I .-I, B-, owuiuiiing By PHILIP TAN The Singapore Amateur Swimming Association have picked veteran coach Kee Soon Bee to lead the Asian Games squad to Bangkok In December. Sources dlaclased that Sasa have nominated him and an assistant
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      Singapore confident after tour
      250 22 Singapore, having completed a successful East European waterpolo tour, are confident of a good showing In the coming Asian Games. Team manager Tan Hwee Hock, inhls report to the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association said that they have improved by competing against strong opposition. The training sessions
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      Colour clash affect Palace
      353 22 Commonwealth Palace PC. demorahaed before kick-off by referee Charan Singh, were routed 4-0 by enterprising Police In a President's Cop second round match at Jurong Stadium last night. The bespectacled referee Insisted that Palace, the home team, change Jerseys due to a colour clash, though his
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      Iraq 4-0
      41 22 Dacca (Bangladesh), Friday A (aster and more skillful Iraqi team defeated Indonesia 4-0 yesterday In the opening match of the 29th Asian Youth qualifying tournament at Dacca Stadium. Malaysia will play-Jor-dan and Japan will take on Brl Lanka today.
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      One-man show is out
      128 22 Three coaches and two trainers have been appointed by the Singapore Hockey Association In an unprecedented move to revitalise the Asian Games aquad. The five all former Internationals are Douglas Nonja, HarbhaJan Singh Loomba, Kartar Singh (coaches) and Mickey Lowe and Abdullah Hamld (trainers). Unlike previous
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      49 19 YOUR LUCKY STARS a IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are quick to get to the heart of any situation or problem. You are not shaken by surprise success or failure, nor are you over-confident or immodest regarding your own abilities. You take what comes in the best
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      125 19 of spirit*, knowing that you will enjoy the good and learn to lire with the 111. Tour make your own decisions, but you are perfectly willing to listen to advice even unsolicited advlfce from those with experience In the Add. Ope n -mindedness Is one of your trademarks. TOMORROW LIBRA
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      122 19 home front. You can only lose today. PISCES (Feb. 19March 90) Tour lore of nature stands you in excellent stead today. Oet away from it all; relax! AMIS (March 21-April 19) Tour desire for a full complement of oomfort leads you to accept more work. Dont overload yourself. TAtmus (April
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      They won hands down
      410 23  -  Review The Heavyweight Champions By Roy Lasaroo There was no duckipg or weaving. They warded off punches with their hands or side-stepped awkwardly. Then they threw bruising and bone-crushing blows. In fact, most of them fought with their hands down and somewhat telegraphed their punches. That's
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      Lock icon Song from Japan wins first prize
      152 23 Reuter Christ church (New Zealand), Friday Japan carried away the top award in the Pacific Song Contest here last night and New Zealand, In second place, missed It by six points. Kojl Makalno, one of Japan's most successful popular composers, was awarded the grand
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      Leif Garrett coming
      63 23 Leif Garrett, the 17-year-old blond*, blueeyed star of television's Three for the Road series will be in Singapore on Tuesday on a one-day stopover from the Philippines. Leif is a singer on the Atlantic label. His recording company is planning a meet-the-fans session at Redlffuslon's live satellite
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      Making art a personal experience
      312 23 To stand at a distance and admire a work of art, that's what art galleries are mainly about. But who Is the man behind the creation? What Inspires him, how he create his piece, what are his tools? In an attempt to bring art and
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      975 23 At the cinema SNAKE CRANE SECRET (Mandarin): Gala: 1.30. 3.30, 7 and 9.15 p.m. Odeon-Katong, Ruby, Majestic: 1, 3.30, 7 and 9.15 p.m. THE MANITOU: Based on an American Indian legend of an evil that manifests Itself In rebirth. Stars Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara, Susan Strasberg. Stella Stevens. Capitol: 1.30,
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      228 23 6.00 All. Opening Announcements and Programme Summary 6.06 Morning Prelude with Helmut Zachrlas 6.30 News (E) 6.40 Morning Concert: Piano Concerto) No. 1 (Mendelssohn). Joseph Kallchsteln, L80/ PreVln; Fantasy In P Sharp Minor (Mendelssohn); Serious Variations (Mendelssohn); Three Pieces for Blues Band and Symphony Orchestra (RUSSO), Siege 1 Schwall Band,
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    55 24 AH FOOK: The Singapore Zoo fell Into the red last year. Proceeds from admission charges were not enough to cover operating costs which Include animal feed. MEI LIN: Perhaps the zoo should extend its adopt an animal scheme. By dividing the food bill, it will cost $l.Bl to
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      204 24 I and as a direct result the Linn Sondek LPI2 is being acclaimed as possibly the finest performing deck on the market today. A single point bearing rotating in an oil bath, a belt drive, a 24 pole synchronous motor, and over 9lb of platter on a stainless steel chassis
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      845 24 TV AND RADIO 5] Bring home a Superstar Bring home T E L E F U N K E N K S.N OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by HOUSE- > WIVES' MATINEE: Five Bulls. Mandarin movie 5.19 INTEKMIS8ION. IN OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by DECEMBER BRIDE: Ruth Goes Home to Mother. Sitcom. CM
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      233 24 Today's top shows THE FIRST LEG: Cable to Luzon. (Ch. 5, 9 50 p.m. In colour). This documentary celebrates the Inauguration of the first leg of the submarine cable to link up the five Asean countries. B e s 1 d e s filming the Inauguration ceremony, an RT8 film
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