New Nation, 4 November 1978

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    19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Saturday, November 4, 1978 2405 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 rj NEW fci) NATION COMMENT
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    S'pore helps in drug haul
    348 1  -  Bj Douglas Chan Joint Investigations by the Singapore and Thai Customs departments resulted in the seizure of seven tonnes of marijuana in the Gulf of Thailand last week, sources said. The drug, believed to be destined for Australia and New Zealand and worth several million
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    SIA asked to pay fee
    298 1  -  ...for Seoul flights By Judith Hale Korean Airlines has asked Singapore Airlines to pay a fee for its thrice-weekly flights to Seoul, sources said yesterday. This la because KAL, although it has the rights to fly* here, does not do so because of Insufficient aircraft,
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      145 1 BRAVURA ATLAS SOUND CO INSIDE Russia, Vietnam dgn friendship P«ge 5 B>on Y to go up —Page 3 in not OTHBK PAGES: What's On 13; Moneywords 13: Bttn U; Crossword 17; Comics 13. m 7500S«naor Touch uiin WIN LIGHTER CHAMPION IN EVERY CLASS A sportsman's Choice to WIN. True to
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    NTUC changes: Smooth passage likely
    182 2  -  By Ivan Lim The proposed amendments to the National Trades Union Congress constitution, Including Introduction of .a cadre delegate system, appear set for smooth passage at an extraordinary delegates conference today. The 250 delegates of 53 affiliated union* at the meeting held at the Singapore
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    Bangla 'yes' to 2 S'pore firms
    167 2 The Bangladesh Government has accepted a proposal by two Singapore companies to set up a factory In Dacca to pr o d u ce electronic goods. Setron and Ac ma will set up the factory In cooperation with the Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation.
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    Union to rap PSA
    184 2 The Port of Singapore Authority will be taken to task at a union meeting for the casual way it boards out workers on medical grounds. A motion before the Singapore Port Workers' Union's 16th biennial delegates' conference, to be held at Apollo Hotel tomorrow, will deplore
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    Shell, union resolve NWC dispute
    125 2 Shell Singapore and the United Worker* of Petroleum Industry have resolved a dispute on Implementation of the 1978 National Wages Council recommendations. Under the terms of settlement, reached at a meeting at the Labour Ministry, the management agreed to pay all employees 812 plus two
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    S'pore librarian at Aussie course
    162 2 Mrs Lam Bee Ooh, assistant librarian in the National Library, ia attending a three-month library administration course in Australia. The course, which Is being conducted by the Australian Department of foreign Affairs through the Australian Development Assistance Bureau, began in Bydney on Sept 8 and
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    Now sea water to cool power plant
    160 2 Sea water Is now used to cool the central evaporator at Paslr Pan Jang Power Station Instead of potable water. This saves the Public Utilities Board about 27 y 4 cu metres of potable water an hour when the evaporator Is In operation,
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    Kids' camp
    26 2 The Kuo Chuan community centre youth £oup will hold a threey children's camp at Paslr Rlb from Not 34. For more Information, teL *****7.
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    $46m drop In money supply
    257 2 The Monetary Authority of Singapore dieclosed that money supply has dropped by 946 million In September following a big Increase In August. Explaining this In Its monthly statistical release, the MAS said the annual growth rate for Ml—which measures the amount of currency In circulation
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    Sumitomo team for talks soon
    190 2 A team of aenlor officials from Sumitomo Chemical* led by Its aenlor managing director, Mr D. Komly&ma, will arrive here in the middle of this month. According to Sumitomo Chemicals' office here, Mr Komlyama is coming to attend the board meeting of Petrochemical Corporation of
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    Prices of gold cut
    65 2 The price of 24 carat Sid will be reduced by 9 per tahll from today. The Singapore Chinese Gold and Silver Merchants Association said prices for 22 carat and sovereign (old will be similarly reduced. An official of the association this morning said the decision to
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    Waterloo Street joy
    195 3 Those hawker* at Waterloo Stmt certainly have something tv smile abeat—they need not mere eat after aIL No reason was given (or the reprieve, nor were they given any new date to move cat. Mee goreng seller Mohammed Abdul Jaffar, 38. said thst seev r a 1
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    Leather shoes to cost more
    222 3 A 20pc price hike likely this month Pieces of locallymade leather shoes aie expected to go up by about 20 per cent this month An official pf the Chinese Shoe Merchants Association .said the increase had been approv ed at a recent meeting because ol
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    Course
    41 3 The University of Sin- l mk'i Department of ~--mural Stud s will 14-lC3tn.-'.' -v Y. 13 r.tii Be i Bx< uti<« HuKit i Hmah csnipui on Tuos- j >nd Kiid.-vs .rom ...i rvm to p.ni V-: ui.nl ng on N'>v
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    S'pore nets $800,000 at Asean Fair
    247 3 Singapore exhibit or s netted more than $800,000 worth of business at the Asean Trade Fair in Sydney, Australia last month. Deals worth another $2 million were under negotion when the fair ended. The fair was a success, according to the Australian High Commission
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    Pipa solo
    29 3 Hie National Theatre Glob will hold a pipa and Ira-ehlni eolo bar Lai pal Yuen M the Singapore Conference Hall oc If or 11 at MO pm
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    Lock icon Data bank for Asean textiles
    121 3 AFP Kuala Lumpur, Saturday—Asean textile manufacturers an setting up a data bank to collect statistics on various aspects of the industry in the region. The move Is an attempt by the manufacturers to bridge the existing information gap on the industry, which Is now one
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    Call for child advice clinics
    292 4 Where parents can seek guidance The govern ment should set up family "clinics" to advise parents on how to deal with problem children, a university lecturer s u g g e sted yesterday. Mr Sung Ming Shuen of the Nan rang University's Sociology Department, aald
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    JTC to develop 400ha a year
    108 4 Jurong Town Oorporatlon will develop 400 hectares of land a year In the next five years. JTO general manager, Mr Tan Boon Tlan, told this to the Swedish Industrial mission led by Prince BertU which visited Jurong on Thursday. Earthwork has started on 9000
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    Plan your career, students told
    207 4 Students must pay close attention to career- planning to avoid wasiing their talents and potential.' Failure to do this will lead to personal frustrations and dlsappoint ment. And Singapore cannot afford this sort of waste and maladjustment with Its manpower situation. Mr Tan Chok Klan,
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    Paintings
    33 4 8t Andrew's Mission Hospital for Children will hold an exhibition of paintings by leading Singapore artiste on Not II and 13 from 10 ajn. to 9 Kl Proceeds will go to hospital.
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    Another venue, for next lantern festival
    149 4 The lantern festival next year will not be held at Orchard Mall again. Venues being considered are East Coast Park, Macßltchle Reservoir, Central Park, Botanic Gardens and the Padang. A spokesman for the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board said suggestions on other possible venues are
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    Old Boys meeting
    33 4 The Old Victorians' Association will hold Its annual general—meeting at the victoria School music room today at 2JO p.m. A past versus present game will be played at 4.30 p.m.
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    Charities
    23 4 The Singapore Turf Club will hold Its annual donations to charities at the Buklt Tlmah racecourse on Not 21 at 11 a.m.
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    Stars for festival
    221 4 The eight winner's of the National Dance Festival held In August, have been Invited to take part in this year's Festival of Arts. It Is understood that the various diplomatic missions here Including the Thai and Swedish embassies, the Austrian Consulate and the British and Malaysian High
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    Lock icon No guns for fishermen
    143 4 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Saturday—The Malaysian government will not arm fishermen but will consider giving them twoway radios for protection against pirates active off the coasts of Malaysia, Home Minister Tan Sri OhasaU said here yestertold Parliament the pirates were better armed with automatic wea- pons, and
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    The tree that Dr Goh planted
    142 4 This rain tree at Mount Fiber Put ku a special significance. It was planted on Not S, 1971 by Deputy Prime Minister Dr Gob Keng Swee to commemorate the first Tree Planting Day. More than M,Nt saplings were planted on that day by cabinet
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    CC opening
    25 4 The MP for Oeylang West, Mr Yong Nyuk Lin, will officially open the Oeylang West community centre on Nov 11 at 7.30 pjn.
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    Lock icon Hanoi, Moscow friendship treaty
    378 5 World Focus Reuter Mmmw, Batarday Vietnamese and Soviet leaders yesterday signed a treaty of friendship and cooperation which set the seal on the close alliance between the two communist states. The accord, Moscow's first with a South-east Asian country, was announced at the end of a
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    Lock icon Monstrous, Soviets say of that sentence
    253 5 AP Mmmw, Sttardty The Soviet Union made its first public comment last night on the 50-year prison terms given to two convicted Soviet spies in the United States, calling it a monstrous sentence and warning that US authorities must take full lesponsibility for. its
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    Lock icon Stars pose as tourists in pubs
    103 5 Reuter London, Saturday Ten actors and actresses have been posing as foreigners in London bars paid by the owners to see how staff cope with tourists. The St George's Taverns chain launched the threemonth campaign after giv-. ing bar staff special courses on international
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    Lock icon CPA crash man collects his cash
    182 5 UPI Bangkok, Saturday A Thai policeman once accused of blowing up a Cathay Pacific Jetliner has been awarded the insurance money he took out for his wife. She was killed in the blast. The Thai Supreme Court ordered New Zealand Insurance to pay Mr
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      39 5 ox/,.. y.w •x% w aim ii:i;! fh r»i i rcii i 1 »t«i «i i while stocks last i 1 v lm and ask for your free tin of Milkmaid Milk. H* marvelous what Mlo can do for you
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    Lock icon We are it . * x;• ; ' ' •'■ • ' almost there: Vance
    372 6 We are it x almost there: Vance World Focus Reuter UPI WashtagtM, Saturday Israel and Egypt have resolved almost all the substantive issues blocking a peace treaty and have agreed on the timing of steps to resolve the Palestinian question, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance announced yesterday. Disclosing the linkage
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    Lock icon Arabs hold unofficial talks to close gap
    165 6 AFP Baghdad, Saturday Arab leaders yesterday tried (o solve their differences by holding a series of meetings grouping two or more delegations outside the confines of the ninth Arab summit they are attending here. The representatives of 21 countries and the Palestine Liberation
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    Lock icon Bid to solve Triangle mystery
    150 6 Reuter Moscow, Saturday A worldwide experiment next month may solve the mystery of the "Bermuda Triangle" area of the Atlantic where 100 ships and 20 planes have disappeared since 1945, according to a Soviet scientist. Oceanologist Luch Mikhailovich Fomin said that at the end of
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    Lock icon Indira poll
    33 6 AFP New Delhi, Saturday Tomorrow, 600,000 voters in the southern Indian constituency of Chikmagalur will decide whether former Indian Premier Mrs Indira Gandhi is to return to the Indian Parliament. AFP.
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    Lock icon TODAY
    130 6 UPI TODAY is Saturday, Nov 4, the 308 th day of 1978 with 57 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Scorpio. American humorist Will Rogers was born on Nov 5, 1879. This is American newscaster Walter Cronkite's 62nd birthday. ON THIS DAY IN
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    72 6 UPI Hsng Ksag, Satarday A strange thing happened ts a clerk M the way ts the hank sa Taesday. Psltee saM he was gives HKJNMM (*IJ ndillss) to cash by his fsreiga eaplsyera half ts be depsslted In sne bank, the ether half la aasther. Bat wh«a
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      506 6 UndM Partly sunny, W-11C. Headline: Rhodesia bombs camp in Zambia.' Mmc«w Cloudy, 7-3 C. Pravda headline: District and city conferences. Baaa Sunny, 8-SC. Headline: Schmidt says dollar support good omen (or Europe's economy. Paris Cloudy, 9-4 C. Headline: The dollar rises. iUme Cloudy, 18-SC. Headline: Red Brigades suspect goes on
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    Lock icon Wang to see Harrier in action
    160 7 Reuter London, Saturday China's arms industry chief. Vice-premier Wang Chen, will see the Hawker Harrier vertical take-off strike aircraft in action during his 10day visit from Monday. It was Mr Wang the most senior Chinese leader to visit Britain —.who last November said Peking
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    Lock icon US offers use of satellites
    300 7 $54 million plan to provide information to Third World World I Lj-iri ri rOCUS Reuter Parte, Satorday The United States yesterday offered to put space satellites at the disposal of developing countries to help them communicate with remote information-starv-ed regions. The plan is to promote
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    Lock icon 'Refugee camp not hit'
    70 7 Reuter Geneva, Saturday Rhodesia's air strike into Zambia on Thursday hit a storage depot close to a huge refugee camp housing 14,000 mainly female refugees from Rhodesia, a spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said yesterday. But he said the camp itself,
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    Lock icon Storm havoc
    39 7 AP Jakarta, Saturday Nine people were killed, two others seriously injured by a thunderstorm and strong winds which hit several villages in the central Java regency of Purbalingga late last month, Antara news agency said yesterday. AP.
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    Lock icon Hanoi, too
    41 7 Reuter United Nations, Saturday Secretary General Kurt Waldheim, who accepted an Invitation to visit Kampuchea earlier this week, has also agreed in principle to visit Vietnam, his spokesman said yesterday. No date has been set for either visit. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Iran's oil output creeps up
    233 7 Reuter Teheren, Thursday Iran's crippled oil production increased by a reported 20 per cent today with the return to work of more politically motivated strikers but new violence broke out. A National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) spokesman. reporting the production gain, said exports remained badly
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    Lock icon US to give $33mil for trash
    138 7 UPI Washington, Saturday The government says it is high time the US recognised the full potential of its trash. The Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it will make US$l5 million (?33million) available to state and local governments to help them turn garbage into
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      203 7 THE "SPRINGS" in a mattress make all the difference.... Quality is the eaaence of our business Double Cushion Springs The secret beneath any superior Spring Mattress, liss in the optimum usage of quality springs too much or too little oi which will not produce the required performance. Matsushita Greatwall, the
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    Coffee heart and you
    400 8 Take that cup of coffee, drink it and savour that familiar tang and taste, feel its invigorating effect, and, well, have a good night's sleep. On the other hand, sip each drop with trepidation and shaking fingers and suffer a night's sleeplessness wondering when that heart
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      Here's the news, hic!
      84 8 If Singapore's TV fans think RTS is strict about what is allowed on the small screen, they should be thankful the curbs are nowhere as bad as in Italy. From January 1, Italian television programmes are not allowed to show people smoking, or "drinking in such
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      Wanted: Mata Haris
      64 8 The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director is trying to recruit women spies. At the launch of the recruitment drive, he said: "Altnough women would find difficulties in some countries. In many Instances a lady might be even preferable to a man in doing the kind of
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    Guidance Unit's 'special list'
    537 8  -  In other words »>v Tan Bah Bah Unusually unreliable sources tell me the Education Ministry's Guidance Unit's survey, Employment Prospects in Singapore 1978-87, is not a complete one. It seems that the clerk forgot to include another list of Jobs besides the one on lawyers, accountants,
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    CALL FOR SERVICE TO BE RE-ROUTED
    159 8 SBS Service no 46 is definitely a boon to those who use it.Unfortunately, it operates only from 12 noon. Despite the service it provides, it seems rather shortsighted of the SBS to waste two drivers on this feeder service when it is suffering from
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    Tough for dad
    72 8 My father who has been to the Outpatient Dispensary for treatment once a month for the past three years has been told to go for consultation twice a month due to the new ruling. And it is sure to cause more hardship to him as far as
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    Giving Law Society a longer arm
    986 9  -  By l Sonny Yap Whatever the proposed changes to the Legal Profession Act, the Law Society will remain a self-regulating body. Or so it seems. This is the impression gathered from the impending legislation outlined by the Minister of Law at a dinner at
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    Singapore 'lion' makes food festival a roaring success
    385 9  -  By Abby Tan By Abby Tan, •■r Manila reporter. A prancing Singapore "lion" leapt on an unsuspecting tourist who sauntered into the lobby of the Manila Hilton. The man froze and his Jaws dropped when he saw the "lion" Jump towards him.
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    Forum? More a blurb really
    631 10/11  -  I saw one panel member read from prepared text f Sound i>i Roderick Pestana The prog ramine Our Own Teledramas made one thing clear TV Singapore's attitude towards putting out locally produced dramas. It is not only anxious but determined to produce such shows This
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      60 10/11 DISCOVER ASHK ON jMONDW NNin free trip to Hong fang, Bangkok Penang Don't miss Frances Yip's DISCOVERY 2 CONTEST in New Nation on 6th Nov/78 vN dances lfi •> tr.i A CLASS OF ITS OWN! "DISCOVERY 2" rnAwniH UP'B SECOND Hy-WITH-ME ASAN SONG ADVENTURE "Discovery 1" was a triumph for
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      1569 10/11 YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE GRAND EUROPEAN TOUR SHARPCW Telah Reda (M/r). In this last epleode, the family celebrates pak Long's son's overseas posting •4* NEWS IN BBUF. CSS ANIMAL WORLD: Woodland Pond. 7.90 CHALLENGE OF THE BEXEB: Show 3. Carmen Salvlno tries to outbowl paula Bperber, and Mlckl King meets
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      731 10/11 c RADIO SINGAPORE J SATURDAY 12.30 Your Record Shop (S) 1.00 The RTB Orchestra (8) 1.30 News followed by Share Market Report 1.45 Prog Summary followed by Music A La Carte (8) 2.00 The Havelock Affair U0 The General Paper 3.30 Something Old Something New (8) 4.00 The GCE Musks
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      414 10/11 Dmuv Mi Marie...last atow Today SATURDAY MATINEE: All THE DONNT AND at Sea. (Ch. 5, 2 pan.). When MARIE SHOW (Ch. a naval officer discovers he 5, 7.45 p.m. In cohas an unseaworthy lour). Redd Foxx, stomach, he buys a dllapi- Kris Krlstofferson, dated pier In a dreary Eng- and
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  • What's On A page that tells you what's happening on TV and in town
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      Doctored Who
      313 12 orris I• V I I« t 011 THE WHO: Who Are You (Polydor): ironically, drummer Keith Moon alta on a chair marked "Not To Be Taken Away." Be la dead, taken away. But The Who are determined to carry on. not with a replacement drummer, but with sea■lon
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      3 vie for FIDE presidency
      387 12  -  Chess 1»V Leslie Leou Singapore Lb not represented at the Olympiad currently In progress in Buenos Aires. But Professor Llm Kok Ann will be there when the. International Chess Federation (FIDE) Congress opens next week. On the agenda, on* crucial matter await* the Congress: th*
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      268 12 i i i i T -j 1 1 DEATHIPOBT: A glimpse Into futuristic •port tarns David Carradlne, a new-fangled warrior, aatrlde a motorcycle squlpped with laser cna, rocket launcher and aIKM ailita taX WA* Orchard: 1J0, 4. 6-30 and 9.16 om. mUNHl: Bradford DUlman, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Heather Mensiee
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      671 12 Sports diary BOWLING: National Championships (Tenpln Bowl. 2.30 p.m.). SOFTBALL: Insitute Varsity College Tournament 1978 Women Polytechnic v Joint Campus (2.00p.m.). Institute of Education v Singapore University (3.30 p.m.). Men Polytechnic Joint Campus (3.30 p.m.). All matches at Dover Road. In and around town GOODWILL BONANZA *76, a sale of
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      222 12 CRICKET: Inter-Ser-vices Series—Singapore v Malaysia (SRC Padang, 3.30 p.m.). GOLF: Warren Mixed Competl t i o n (Warren Course), Changl Ladles Medal (Changl Course), SICC "A" Medal (New Course). SICC "B" Medal (Slme Course), SICC "C" Medal and Vsde Cup qualifying round (Island Course), SICC "IT Medal (Buklt Course). InterSerrlces
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    Hotels sector to the rescue
    466 13  -  It helps brighten an otherwise dull market Business News and Views Market roundup by Lee Yew Meng Selected hotel issues shone in the otherwise dull and easier trading at the Singapore stock market during the holiday-shortened week. The resilient hotel sector was attributed to the
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    Lock icon Don on Asean, Japan ties
    126 13 AFP Manila, Saturday Japan's relations with Asean will be difficult in the future, according to a Japanese professor. Kyoto Sangyo University Professor Kei Wakaizumi said on Thursday that if Japan does not' increase its aid and investments in Asean, it will be criticised. On the
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    Lock icon Economic briefs
    163 13 AP HONG KONG: China expects bigger harvests this year than in 1977 in grain, cotton and other industrial crops despite the worst drought in certain areas since the communist takeover in 1949, New China News Agency reported yesterday.—AFP. COLOGNE: At least 6000 Ford car-workers are being laid off
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    Lock icon American jobless rate down
    232 13 Reuter Washington, Saturday The US unemployment rate fell last month dampening, at least temporarily, fears that spiralling inflation and slowing economic growth will trigger a large increase in the number of Jobless workers. The Labour Department said yesterday that the unemployment rate fell to 5.8 per
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      302 13 The stock market, shaking off a new prime lending rate hike, closed out a dramatic and near-record volume week with a solid gain yesterday. Trading was relatively slow, however. The Dow Jones industrial average, off about 2 points at the outset, rallied to gain 6.15 points to 833.11,
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      36 13 UPI New York. Saturday— Dow Joms closing averages on the NYSE yesterday: 30 industrials 823.11 (up 6.19), 20 transport 216.64 (up 1.80) 19 utilities MJI (off 0.17) 65 stocks 27» It (up 1.70). —UPI
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      PARIS
      74 13 Closing prices on the Pari* Bourse yesterday: Paribus 198 20 -I JO Konclfer 413 -1 Prlntempa lit -ISO Bull 54J0 -120 Royal Dutch 256 30 -4.40 Mlchelln 1250 -4S COE 3U -9 Thomson 253 50 -5.90 C KP 138 < unch) Rhone 121 -140 Air 367 -4 BSN 560
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      Lock icon ZURICH
      81 13 Union Bank of Switzerland Yesterday's prices followed by lite difference on the previous session's close UBS Bearer 3000 -5 UBS Reg ses SBC 3490 -4 Credit Suisse 2160 •10 Swissair B 798 ♦1 Swiss Relnsur 3080 •30 Winlerlhur B 2300 Zurich Insur 8823 -SO Nestle B 3050 -39 Interfood
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    Lock icon Money Market
    232 13 AP London. Saturday The dollar put on more muscle on foreign exchanges yesterday in continuing response to President Carter's rescue measures. The price of gold dropped. The pound weakened here to U*****25, compared to U551.9860 on Thursday, but was stronger against leading European currencies. There was no trading
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    Lock icon Debts write-off
    72 13 Reuter Geneva. Saturday.— Some 45 poor countries will save US$3OO million ((875 million) a year over the next two decades because industrialised states will write off their debts, the United Nations said yesterday. The secretariat of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) said West Germany. Britain
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      507 13 C)(^s :q7XVSZ>j C: mm HE-6 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 LITTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW CLUES FOR HE4 Musical Instrument capable of vary low 2. Cordial or (rtoncNy 3. It la ueed
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    Lock icon No magic but book has a heart
    817 14 NYT Fictions die, too. Fictions die even when life is vigorously breathed Into them, because Kat conceptual flaws remain ause there is something not quite real about the people who populate a book no matter how truly they are imagined or observed by
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    Lock icon People's Almanac — 2.2 kg worth of facts and trivia
    572 14 People's Almanac 2.2 kg worth of facts and trivia UPI HillywMd: The prolific Irving Wallace family has produced yet another tome, The People's Almanac 2, a monumental compilation of facts and trivia in 1440 pages and weighing 2.2 kg in hard cover. Novelist Wallace and son, David Wallechinsky, devoted three
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    Branded a mere HB
    156 14  -  POETRY CORNER L— Arthur Yap Chay Yim Dent brand me IBM, I'm net m Insensitive Banking Man. Neither am I NCR, I'm net a Non-Caring Register. I use Marathon Car ben when I type But that deesnt mean I'm the Olympia type. Like the peer HB
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    Word play makes reading good fun
    184 14 The writer, in her letter accompanying the poem, mentions that she works in a "computerised and mechanised environment". This environment seems to have given rise to her writing Branded a mere HB. There is humour in the play of words or, rather, of acronyms
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      364 14 YOUR LUCKY IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today you are a person of great pride coupled with great personal modesty. You have tremendous energy, ambition and will-power. What you may lack, however, in your efforts to achieve success is an accurate appraisal of your own abilities. You are capable of
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      384 15 Sports for everyone. Bports to keep fit. Sports to fight flab. Sports to chase boredom away. 81nce the government Introduced Its mass participation policy, there hare been more converts to sports. From the time the Singapore Sports Council took over the duties of the National Sports Promotion
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    Lock icon Britain take the lead
    321 16 Tennis Reuter LmUm, Satarday British captain Virginia Wade gave her country a 2-1 lead over the United States in the Wightman Cup by defeating Tracy Austin 3-6,7-5, 6-3 at the Royal Albert Hall last night. Austin and Billie Jean King were playing Sue Mappin and Anne
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    Lock icon Sevvy is still in the lead
    281 16 IRS Cricket Reuter Yokohama, Saturday Defending champion Severiano Ballesteros of Spain posted a string of two eagles, five birdies and four bogeys for a five-under-par 67 yesterday to retain his lead after the second round of the U*****,000-dollar (*****.000) Japan Open golf championship here.
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    102 16 Racing UPI Lexington (Kentucky), Saturday Triple crown winner Affirmed reportedly is being syndicated in Florida for a world record book value of US$l4.4 million (Ss3l million. Luther Evans, of the Knight-Ridder newspapers, said in a story in the Lexington Herald yesterday that 20 shares in Aaffirmed will be
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    Easter the Matinee Idol
    252 17  -  STAR for the November World Seri«i By SURESH NAIR John Easter's nonexposure to regular top level squash and a severe knee injury have kept him out of the world's top 10, according to his fellow professionals. The Great Britain Number Two, internationally ranked 16th, is the
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    Kleinman to lead S'pore
    219 17 Hockey Keith Kleinman, the dashing Singapore Recreation Club striker, is expected to skipper the National Invitation XI in the friendly hock- ey match against Malaysian Government Services Invitation XI at Padang tomorrow. Bully-off: 5.00 p.m. Although selectors remained tight-lippedin revealing the line-up. It is an open
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    171 17 AFP Karachi, Saturday Olympic champions. New Zealand, will meet world champions, Pakistan, in the first ever five nations champions cup hockey tournament beginning in Lahore from Nov 17. The president of Pakistan's Hockey Federation (PHF), retired Air Marshal Nur Khan today told newsmen the New Zealand team will
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      122 17 For joggers. Lotto the leading Italian sports shoe manufacturer developed the Marathon with emphasis on flexibility and lasting comfort. New sole design constructed to absorb body weight pressure before it reaches the instep and tendons of the foot. The Marathon also offers better grip on all road and track surfaces.
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      268 17 Crossword 6 "Tempest" character 7 Oym items 8 Partner of eta 1 9 Practice 10 Covered, in a way 11 Seep 12 There" 13 Have confidence 19 Odalisque's miliue 21 State strongly 24 Hunt 25 Drawing room 26 Plain 27 Btrange 28 Plain 29 Duke or Day 30 Finnish lake
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    He may turn out to be the best
    416 18  -  PRO! 111 Im Philip Lim Nineteen yearold Don Ang, the youngest player In the Singapore Malaysia Cup squad, may eventually turn out to be one of the best Don maj not bave the power of Ahmad Sayutl or the smooth tHiu of
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    Public have their way
    643 18  -  Hungary recall two banned stars I 1111« ion.il Sut cr lu Doug Gardner Two hungarlan Internationals who were In disgrace at the beginning of the season and banned from playing for their country are expecting to be told "come back, all Is forgiven." The two, Andras
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    Ajax set sights on UEFA Cup
    244 18 Zurich, Saturday Holland's AJax Amsterdam, who with superstar Johan Cruyff dominated European soccer In the early *****, were drawn against Hungary's Honved Budapest in the third round of the European Football Union (UEFA) Cup here yesterday. AJax won the senior European Cup three times
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      87 18 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT S YOUR BIRTHDAY BO.KN loduv vnu :tre a person nf v'-'"'' pride MUpled witfr I'v.al personal nwtfestf. Yon haw trerv.pndo.is .ncry. ambitten -Hid v i i <:• t. TOMORROW... SCOHPIO vQet Vtw." 21 > The spiritual guidance to be gained frum church attendance Is not
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      209 18 the future on a friend. State your case, explain your proposal. AQUARIUS (Jan. £0.Frb. Id).— Ridicule will K?.ln you nothing; fair crttlcLm. JVITI If adverse. u\ t'aln yuu respect and admlratfcn PISCES tf>b. 19-March 20 This is i.ot. the day for t-.tking chances, especially where personal re~ UUoilfhips arc concerned.
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    Rosy Spring ready for first success
    523 19  -  The Bold Irishman will relish the Bukit Timah straight RACING u ith Brian Miller R»sy Spring, who found one to beat on two occasions this season, has a good chance of breaking the ice when he tackles a lacklustre field of sprinters in Race
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    Saturday's Selections
    39 19 Race 1: Redweed Impala RAM 2: like A Dream The Tactician Ram S: The Held Irishman Data's Choice Race 4: Owdte Spider Race 5: Race t: Reey Spring Dlsttaettea Held p The BUnard Race 7: IhmNi Raoh
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    927 19 RACE 1 2.15 MARA CLASSES 1*2 1,200m (For women ridtra) 1 3151 OptrtN ukli Tlauh SC) It Mtaa Mtay 11 IOI MMR Buktt Dmah SC) 753 Mra. Caihla 1 4 1(11 LWr II (Slafaport PC) 713. IIn WfMI ma DntoiMI iWak gr*\ w Mtaft
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    Go for Medal of Honour...
    334 19 Go nap on Medal sf Hmwu in Race 8 tomorrow. The Irish gelding by Regal And Royal has finally come right and will be hard to beat over the 1200 m race. Medal of Honour gave a gallant display when he battled on under the
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    Hartley issues open challenge
    637 20  -  Rfl Soccer J *T PHILIP TAN Trevor Hartley yesterday challenged the Singapore Soccer Ooaches Assodatlon (SBCA) to an open debate on their accusation that he discriminated against members who obtained coaehlng certificates under previous Football Association of Singapore instructors. Hartley threw down the gauntlet after the
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    Caught on the run
    96 20 Tan 8m Chang of lb* hi* la aanght m the far* ibrci u ttqr M U-l» in their tinul aaateh at the r*daai yMtirla/. Itaiaim'i NalUnl e«Mk Natohar Bats not apeeiaUi man after watcklnr practically a Ml Singapore XV taking the bcaoii. Blnf por« CMHailw MM
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