New Nation, 11 January 1979

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  • 18 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Thursday, January 11,1979 *2460 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 144/1/79 V '1 NEW NATION COMMENT! bBBBSBSSm
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  • 461 1  -  By Zarinah Marican This is Andrew Kirk, the 17-year-old United World College student who was reported to have once transacted $316,000 in five days in the Singapore stock exchange. However, he was ordered by his headmaster to stop dealing in shares last month
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  • 358 1 F-15 jetfighter squadron to fly to Saudi Arabia to reinforce security as troubles boil in Iran Reuter AP W»shlagt«i, Thursday At the invitation of Saudi Arabia, the United States is sending a squadron of F-15 jets to the oil-rich kingdom as a demonstration of US support for
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  • 600 1  -  By Teresa 0oi The Education Ministry, in its effort to raise the standard of English in Chinese secondary schools, has told principals to have more English periods and cut the time spent on Chinese. A ministry official said the standard of Chinese
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  • 59 1 Reuter United Nations, Thursday Security Council members agreed last night to hold a public meeting today on the situation in Kampuchea. A UN spokesman said the IS-nation council would decide during the meeting whether to hear Prince Norodom Sihanouk, who arrived in New York last night to
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    • 103 1 Golf Centre Re. Ltd. Tttophon*: 2 3&03W3 *****/9*4218 INSIDE Henry Ang ends Citroen agency Paje 3 IN THE OTHER PAGES: Moneywords 10; Stars 16; Crossword 17, Comics 18; What's On 19. Sec Page harman/kardon The new ST 8 plays records in a straight line the way they were cut. yy
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 139 2 Neptune Orient Lines has been asked by the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to Justify its freight rates in the Pacific trade NOL's general manager, Mr Lua Cheng Eng. confirming this, said today that NOL received notification from the FMC late last month
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  • 45 2 The Post Office Savings Bank has taken a 65 per cent controlling interest in nn advertising firm, Mon Ad Private Limited. The agency was started by Miss Monica Fong in November 1976 after she left the defunct Singapore Graphics, an advertising firm.
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  • 266 2 50pc discount for groups over 1000 The Sentosa Development Corporation has introduced a new concessionary admission rate to encourage group visits to the island. Group visits of more than 1000 people will be entitled to a 50 per cent discount on the $4 admission Ucket.
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  • 193 2 The four children who were killed in their Housing Board flat last Saturday had over 20 slash wounds each, police said today. The children aged, five, six, eight and 10 were killed when they were left alone in their Geylang Bahru flat. Police
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  • 269 2 The director of the Education Ministry's Planning and Review branch (P and R), Mr Lim Jit Poh, headed the team which conducted an in-depth comparative study on the standard of English and Chinese among students from the two language streams. The Prime Ministers Of- fice
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  • 120 2 Share prices were slightly easier during the first hour of light and dull trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Buying interest was lacking and Sime Darby dropped two cents to $3.14 while Haw Par was traded at $1.53, down three cents on very light turnover. The
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  • 56 2 British and Malaysian aviation officials have finalised the route for the Concorde supersonic flights over Malaysian airspace, a British High Commission official in Kuala Lumpur said today. It will fly over Sumatra and the middle of the Malacca Straits to produce the best conditions for air traffic
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  • 145 3  -  Non-air-con cabbies complain By Rav Dhaliwal SligapwfiiM prefer to pay N eeato and travel la air caadltlenrd taib, aeeerdtig to Cemfert's execttve director Mr Chla Hara Tang. He said the NTUC traaaaart ee iperiHve'i ■a air mdflMii taxi driven have empUlaed UuU they are Mag
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  • 372 3  -  Ends contract with Citroen By Roderick Pestana oar motoring correspondent Henry Ang Agencies Pte Ltd, agents for Citroen cars, will no more act as representatives for the French car firm in Singapore. The action, which had been rumoured in the trade for the last three months,
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  • 166 3 Construction of the controversial 13-storey HUDC block of flats at Amberville is expected to begin next month. Piling work has been completed and it is understood the block will now have 48 maisonette units instead of the 60 units as originally planned. The
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  • 70 3 About 1600 workers will get a pay rise of 120 to MO, backdated to July 1 last year, under a new collective agreement signed between the Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation and Hewlett Packard yesterday. The maximum pay for some operators has been raised by $107 and
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  • 84 3 Customs officers are making spot checks on parcels at all post offices This is because the distribution of parcels has been decentralised for the festive season. Parcels are normally distributed at the Mails and Parcels Centre at Nelson Road. A Customs spokesman said the decentralisation is
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  • 38 3 AFP Jakarta, Thursday: Malaysian Minister of Information Datuk Mohamad Rahmat arrived here last night for a sevenday visit. He will pay courtesy calls on President Suharto and other top government officials and hold official talks. AFP.
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  • 415 4 With 40 items plus float by old folk The 1979 Chingay procession to usher in the Year of the Goat will be the most spectacular since it was introduced six years ago to add sparkle to the Chinese New Year. The procession, to
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  • 296 4 One feature of Japanese industrial relations which Singapore employers can adapt in their efforts to raise productivity is the practice of joint consultation at various levels of the company. This suggestion was made by Mr Toshio Suzuki, the industry programme officer of the Asian
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  • 64 4 The YMCA will conduct a 10-session swimming course (or beginners from Jan 16 on every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 7.30 p.m. An intermediate <course will start from Jan 10 to be held every Wednesday at the same time and on Sundays from 9 to 10.30 a.m.
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  • 783 4  -  Parliament round-up by Rav Dhaliwal External events, mainly the recent political developments in Indo-china and their implications for the region, stirred comment from Singapore's backbenchers yesterday. The Vietnam-Kampuchea crisis was one of the main topics of the debate on the President's address at the opening
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  • 102 5 AFP Jakarta, Thursday The Indonesian Navy has sent another destroyer and an oil tanker to support patrols In the North Maluku waters in a move to guard the territory against poachers. According to sources, no less than 50 tonnes of "cakalang" fish are stolen every
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  • 55 5 Reuter Manila, Thursday The Soviet .Embassy yesterday denied a local newspaper report that the Soviet Union had offered military aid to the Philippines when its negotiations on the future of American bases here appeared deadlocked. "I would say that the published report is completely untrue, Soviet Press
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  • 42 5 Reuter Aranyaprathet (Thailand), Thursday Two Thai military engineers were killed yesterday and two wounded In a landmine explosion followed by ai\ ambush near this eastern border town. Both are believed to be the work of Thai communist guerillas, military sources said.
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  • 32 5 Reuter London, Thursday Britain could be almost selfsufficient In oil, natural gas and coal until the year 2025. says a report by the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development yesterday.
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  • 495 5 World Focus Consolidate victory, reassure Asean Agencies noraday Now that the Pol Pot regime in Kampuchea has been crushed militarily, the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Council (KPRC) has two major tasks: consolidate the victory and reassure Asean countries. The two existing bodies stemming from the
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  • 98 5 AFP Hong Kong, Thursday Four Chinese communist officials flying from here to Tokyo stopped over in Talpeh by mistake about two months ago, a magazine said in its latest issue. "The plane had to stop in Taipeh for 45 minutes during which the four officials followed
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  • 60 5 UPI Cairo, Thursday A conference of Egyptian ambassadors in Arab countries said it was "unlikely" that Syria. Jordan or the Palestine Liberation Organisation would Join Egypt's drive for peace with Israel, officials said yesterday. But the conference detected signs of moderation in Saudi policy which could prove
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  • 55 5 AFP Hong Kong, Thursday Two Chinese warships Intruded Into Vietnamese waters on Monday, Radio Hanoi reported last night. Peking sent the warships after a Chinese boat had moved into Vietnamese waters, it said. China claimed that armed Vietnamese had looted the fishing boat after spraying it with
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  • 314 5 Agencies Jakarta, Thursday World powers might be tempted to Intervene In the conflict between Vietnam and Kampuchea if It were allowed to continue unchecked, Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmaja said yesterday. Opening a meeting here of the Asean standing committee, he said Asean was very concerned
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  • 130 5 Reuter Tskye, Tharsday A Japanese TV experiment en psychology hark fired when n member «f n film erew pased as a Udnnpptr and ace—led a It* year-eld girl la a Tekye street, pedee Mid +9Patrol ears sped U the seene aftet the frightened girl nM icnuriag to
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    • 172 5 As cool as a cucumber. Even after one long week r 3-DOOR RGFRIGGRATOR The magic lies in Sharp'* revolutionary Moor refrigerator. So there's a separate special compartment for vegetables. A compartment rigidly designed with controlled temperature to keep vegetables as fresh ascan be even after long periods of cold storage.
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  • 154 6 UPI Buffalo (New York), Thursday Teresa Cardina, who manned the phone of the police department here, didn't really know what to think when she heard a tapping noise and heavy breathing on the other end of the telephone. She has had her share
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  • 39 6 AP mrnmm (mace), Thursday Car thieve* with an eye far clms farkllfted a IMC Peageet «f the claa>le Dart-mat Use •ate a track (ran a fleet af M d—te can meant far a car maaeain here. AP.
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  • 311 6 World Focus UPI Reuter Tehran, Thirsd»y Premier Shahpur Baktiar, who heads the Shah's tenuous new civilian government, bargained for support yesterday on the eve of its first parliamentary test. t The Shah has indicated he wants to take a holiday abroad but political observers said it
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  • 74 6 UPI TODAY is 11, the 11th day of 1979 with 354 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. ON THIS IN HISTORY: In 1935, American aviatriz Amelia Earhart Putnam became the first woman to fly across the Pacific, from Hawaii to California. THOUGHT
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  • 171 6 Reuter AFP New York, Tharsday The Shah «f Iraa has eae •f thelargest private fartaaea la the world, estimated by banker* te be worth well aver USfIMI million <$2M mllltea), the New Yark Times reported yesterday. "It Is certala that the Pahlavl wealth Is rivalled
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  • 137 6 Reuter Haifa, Thursday Israeli scientists said yesterday they have found a cheap method of extracting oil and gas from oil shale by using lasers. Many countries have reserves of oil shale, but the problem has been the exorbitant cost of extracting the oil from the rocks.
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  • 79 6 Bigger danger by Brez Reuter Moscow, Thursday Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev told a group of visiting American senators yesterday that failure to reach a new US—Soviet arms treaty would be more dangerous than a return to the cold war. Senator Howard Baker, leader of the group of six Republicans, told
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  • 36 6 AP Geneva, Thursday The director-general of the World Health Organisation has urged member states of the organisation to introduce laws to control what he describes as "rapidly increasing" problems of alcoholism throughout the world.— AP.
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    • 606 6 WORLD WEATHER Lsadea Rain and strong winds. 5-IC. Headline: Strikes cause chaos on rail and rood. Meseew Overcast, minus 3—minus 18C. Pravda's headline: Work of farmers in winter time. Bms Wet snow, 0minus 3C Headline: At least 35 dead in Iran military coup feared. Imm Rain, 10—4 C). Headline: Fascist
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  • 435 8 A trade union's claim that an electronic firm should pay, as a fringe benefit, the membership fee of workers who Join a recreation centre may not be as bizarre as the Labour Ministry has described it. But it Is untimely, a bad precedent, if accepted, for
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 72 8 A leading hotel has installed a multi-million dollar, highly sophisticated telephone system has such fancy facilities as self-dial morning calls and automatic fire alarm calls and many other features, except for one it doesn't answer outside telephone calls. After dialling the hotel's number, a caller gets a
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    • 50 8 Still in the machine age, an organisation recently acquired some new machinery as part of a technical upgrading of the company's hardware; Some of the machines have, however, nor performed as well as expected. But all is not lost two of the machines are named Hope.
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  • 1196 8 CASE 1: American International CASE 2: A Confectionery Works chmll, productivity committees, joint consultation. Call It what you will, the Idea of labour aad management working la consultation with each other, (fleeted more thaa IS yean ago by the NTUC aad the National Productivity Board, ha*
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  • 618 8 CASE 3: Singapore Airlines Lobster was on the agenda not long ago. But it wasn't a meeting of the Salon CuUnalre. It was Just another monthly meeting of the Singapore Airlines Works Council. Lobster was Just one of the SO or so items on
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  • 598 9  -  Art Buchwald Washington: Everyone knew it would happen, but nobody wanted to face up to it. The price of hamburger meat is expected to rise by as much as 20 to 25 cents a pound in 1979. Add this to the 37cent rise
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  • 933 10/11  -  Trouble in Iran which has made the Shah's exit almost a certainty is producing shock waves around the world World Focus By Sonny Yap Is the Shah of Iran going, going....? In the corridors of power throughout the world, the exit of one of the last
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  • 1259 10/11 Cutbacks in Iran's oil production, riots in its cities and doubts about its future foreign policy have rolled waves of shock from Moscow to Johannesburg, from Opec to Nato. With oil. Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi had been able
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  • 564 10/11 Iran for decades was an island of peace in the turbulent Middle East, but Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ignored the underground resentment his iron rule generated and the pressure cooker finally exploded. The outcome could have ramifications reaching far beyond the borders of the country,
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  • Page 10/11 Miscellaneous
    • 543 10/11 THURSDAY '^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 along dotted lines*mmm CLUES FOR HO-4 1. The shape of an egg 2. Some people appreciate it more than others
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  • trend 1 EDITED BY SYLVIA LEOW
    • 1182 12 Little things mean a lot and as one survey shows, It's not the major problems hot the small) seemingly inconsequential things like the way a person eats eggs or puts out garbage that drive most people to the brink of mayhem, divorce
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    • Article, Illustration
      76 12 Woven basket with sling from the Philippines makes an unconventional casual carryall. $25 from Llm's Art and Crafts, Holland Road Shopping Centre. Greetings with a difference. Send off a birthday bnaay instead of a card. $I.M from Metro stores. Decorative brass key, Ideal for someone's 21st birthday, palls
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    • 284 12 What's Cooking? V > Don't we just love the extra flavour and aroma a bouquet garni lends to soups and stews, but oh, the bother of tying your own little bunches of herbs. Now you can buy prepared bouquets from Jason's supermarket. They cost
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 245 12 Y •kids only Puzzles, riddles, crosswords, jokes to share? We pay $5 for every contribution. The address is Kids Only, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, Singapore 1. Don't forget to add your name, age and address. I. Let's start with some funny riddles about living things. These come from Lam
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    • 918 13  -  Cook In with Margaret Chan Who says that steamed fish has to be ordinary and sweet and sour prawns boring? Turn everyday fare into exciting dishes by presenting them unusually. The Kimnen Restaurant of Maxwell House, which specialises in Cantonese and Szechwan cuisine, does this with their
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    • 155 13 Now RoC Beauty Centre offers you the opportunity to sit for the Aestheticienne Diploma examination conducted by The International Therapy Examination Centre of London (1.T.E.C.) Which is recognised worldwide by The Association of Beauty Therapists, The Faculty of Physiatrics and The London Counties Society of Physiologists, Beauty Schools and esteemed
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  • 309 14 Citibank Singapore has appointed Mr Garrett P. liatia as the regional senior officer for Singapore. Malaysia and Brunei. In assuming the position, Mr Bouton, vice-president, will have overall country responsibilities for the three countries. He will also head the international banking group here upon the departure of
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  • 334 14 Scrap-and--build plan to meet ship crisis 3 Business News and Views J AFP 'London, Turaday An international grouping of shipbuilders, shipowners and bankers yesterday unveiled a' "scrap-and-build" programme aimed at meeting the serious crisis now expected to hit the world shipbuilding industry between 1980 and 1962. The programme, presented to
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  • 180 14 UPI London, Thursday The US dollar advanced on all European foreign exchange markets yesterday, but in most cases closed lower than opening levels as late profit-taking pared gains. The pound suffered as a result of serious industrial disputes in the United Kingdom. Dealers said the consequences of the
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 188 14 New York, Thursday Stocks, hindered by profit takers, fell broadly yesterday amid indications that inflation was going to persist and that the Federal Reserve might tighfen credit again, and concern over foreign turmoil. Trading was moderate. The Dow Jones industrial average, ahead nearly a point at the outset,
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    • 41 14 UPI New York, Thursday Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesetrday: v 30 industrials 824.93 (off 6 50); 20 transport 214.50 (off 2.10); 15 utilities 101.22 (off 0 07); 65 stocks 280.17 (off 1.99), UPI
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    • 156 14 AFP Tokyo, Thursday Blue chips drew buyers' attention to push share prices higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday, driving the Dow indicator to a record high. Trading was fast. The 225-stock Dow Jones average rose 19.26 yen to an all-time high of 6,100.35 yen. The composite TSE index
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    • 84 14 Closing prices on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Closing prices on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Parlbas 215 4 JO Foncl«r 470 -2 Prlntemps 117.80 f .90 Bull 56 3.50 Royal Dutch 264 4 Mlchelln 1145 -16 CO E 417 8 Thomson 239 .50 CFP 141.10 -.50 Rhone 117 50 .50
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    • 77 14 closing prices on the Stock 1 UBS B exchange yesterday: earer 3125 UBS R SBC Credit eg 5M 309 Suisse 2290 Sw 'Issa Issl IrB 785 lelnsur 3100 Wl nter thur B 2380 Zurich Insur 7175 -125 Nestle B 3260 40 Interfood B 3800 Clba-Gelgy B 1195 15 Baby
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    • 110 14 Prices at 11.30 a.m.today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACI190 191 ADC 15 20 Ampol Pet 76 77 AN1185APM 117 119 Bank NSW 343 345 Brambles 178 180 BHP*48 960 Boral 233 235 CBA 250 CSR 336 Og 235 240 Coal Allied 510 520 Dunlop 85 86
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  • 276 14 AP AFP Reuter SOUTH FIELD (Michigan): American Motors Corporation (A,C) and Renault yesterday signed an agreement which will allow the French company to begin producing its cars in the United States. The agreement, Jointly an nounced by Renault president Bernard Hanon and AMC chairman Gerald C. Meyers, calls
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    • 361 14 11l J m mm: A HOME? Then look for It in Business Times classified property advertisements an easy to read guide to the available properties at the top end of the market. Home-hunters are especially catered for in the new LEISURE TIMES supplement that comes with Business Times every Saturday
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  • 126 15 Tabletennis AFP Seoul, Thursday North Korea, hosts of the 35th World table tennis championships, scheduled at Pyongyang in April, yesterday gave an assurance that South Korea will be allowed to participate. The assurance was given through the International Table Tennis Federation by Chae Yong-Chul, president of
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  • 609 15  -  Fire Ball also impresses on good going On the track By K. L. CHAN Trainer Colin Tulloh's Theatre VIII is shaping up for a long overdue win, and should be worth following in the Class 3 Division 5 1200 m race on Saturday. The
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  • 250 15 SATURDAY Rim 1: 1.48.C1 IDIvl--1888m: Lave Me Twte. bee t: lit. a I Mv t INta: CiwfN ■gM—III, Tlkka, Mllvertea, Prm*mmU»t bee I: ML a Dlf 1 MMm: Tker, Weila firp 11, Jaek Bekliiea, OppariMMM, Pri ■erje. Kaee 4: LIS. OlDtvi IMm: (week D. Ceeee K>■arter. Aapat Meea, Cheeky
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  • 1433 15 SATURDAY Claaa 1 Mv. 8 1.200 m 19 Terello 67 7 Major Share 55 9 Man of Honour 111 96 10 Snow Mlit 111 96 12 Pinal Address 94 4 Foresight U 919 13 Soon Hong 53.5 14 Trigger 111 M 5 2 Perfection
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  • 67 15 Auckland, Thursday Former New Zealand Test cricketer Graham Vivian has announced his retirement from first class crldftt because of falling eyesight. Vivian, 32, a left handed batsman and right arm leg raer, played in 25 Tests, made his International debut on the New Zealand tour of India, Pakistan
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  • 31 15 kOH Bwee CHYE, aged 50, passed away peacefully on 10/1/79 leaving behind beloved wife Yu Mel Ling. Cortege leaving B'pore Casket on 12/1/79 2 p.m. for Chua Chu Kang Christian Cemetery.
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  • 581 16  -  BOWLING 'Don't blame me for A-Games flop' by Brian Miller Singapore's FIQ team manager Anthony Thng is furious with the Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress. So furious, in fact, that he is not going to allow them to give him the "brushoff" for certain accusations made
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  • 324 16  -  Hockey By SURESH NAIR Singapore" Hockey Association will begin intensive training for the National squad next week in preparation for the Junior World Cup series at Versailles, France in September. A preliminary squad of 25 players, majority of them coming from the recent National Under
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  • 179 16 Golf Palm springs, Thursday Chunky Bob Murphy splashed a string of nine threes across his.card on the way to a seven-under-par €5 that tied him with veteran Charles Coody for the firstround lead yesterday in the U*****,000 (about *****.500) Bob Hope Desert golf classic. "I can't think
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 393 16 YOUR LUCKY SIARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you are a precise and methodical individual. You are careful about money, both fearing and respecting its power. You have little regard for those who would gain materially at the expense of others, on the other hand, you are equally impatient
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  • 373 17 And the same goes for champions Liverpool Soccer LMdti, Thursday Tottenham Hotspur, complete with Argentine World Cup stars Osvaldo Ardiles and Ricardo Villa, had to settle (or a 1-1 draw with the parttime professionals of Altrincham in a dramatic English Football Association (FA) Cup third round
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  • 118 17 Reuter Milan, Thursday The Italian Football Federation yesterday annulled the result of last Sunday's match between Lazio and Napoli, which was drawn 1-1, and awarded it to Lazio by 2-0. Two Lazio players were injured when a firecracker was thrown into the players' tunnel at the
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  • 131 17 j Bqxiqg AFP Hollywood, Thursday South African boxer Kallie Knoetze, refused permission to fight here on Saturday, shrugged off the decision by the American Administration as "just politics". The 24-year-old Knoetze, a former policeman, was to have fought American Bill Sharkey in a non-title fight
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  • 397 17 Tennis New Y«rk, Thursday Brian Gottfried defeated Raul Ramirez 64, 6-1, and Eddie Dibbs beat Corrado Barazzutti 6-4, 6-4 yesterday in the opening matches of the US$4OO,OOO (SJ800.000) Grand Prix Masters tennis tournament. All four players appeared rusty and unprepared,, as they played before a sparse
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  • 209 17 Swimming Nashville, Thursday Seventy swimmers from 10 countries begin competition tomorrow night in the three-night Nashville Aquatic Club's international. Tracy Caulking, 16, the Nashville swimming sensation who holds four world and 14 American swimming records, will experiment for only the second time in her career
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 274 17 Crossword Hi y Hi ■i «ij a ■i j j J j J<iJ ACROSS 1 Loot 5 Hocks 10 Israeli airline 14 Milan money 15 Willow 16 Spacemen's group: abbr. 17 Individual opinion 20 Steeped drink 21 Appends 22 Tittles 23 Come-hither look 24 Sari wearer 26 Evening party 29
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  • 128 18 United Motor Works, the reigning National Business Houses First Division champions, will play two matches against San Miguel and Utex during their fiveday playing tour of the Philippines this weekend. The tour is a reward for their successful season last year and the company have raised
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  • 618 18  -  We won't be overawed at Kallang coach Mustaffa Soccer By PHILIP TAN Watch out lor Johore, a rising power in Malaysian state soccer. Johore, meeting Singapore in the Malaysia Cup this Sunday, are no longer the joke side of yesteryear. In the past two
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  • 540 18  -  Philip Tan v> Trevor Hartley is in a fix. But hold it, there's nothing to be alarmed about. Hartley is plagued with the "problem" of having too nany good players in some Msitiom and he has to sort his out soon. "I do not
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  • 171 18 Rugby The Kiwi domination of the National rugby League continues as four New Zealand teams will be playing in the Division Two semi-finals on Saturday. As it is, two Kiwi teams have already (jualified for the Division One final scheduled to be played at the
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  • 17 18 The East Coast Park Swimming Lagoon will be closed from Jan 15 to 17 for maintenance.
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 62 18 ANDY CAPP /LOOKIN TORERO I it>iXAN»r.r WONT \LETVOUDOWN SJ m J m a is IP 1 i JW^SSSS *31 IL# SHORT RIBS by Frank O'Neal SANTA 3ROIX3WT ME WHAT,EVIL,PIENOSH A MONSTER ROBOT BUT BATTERIES^ exactly what 2 De fpan icenfrtter? 1 -ioenslA/ethe woblP were not included. WANTED. m 4> s
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  • What's On A page that tells you what's happening on TV and in town
    • 186 19 European medieval music was heard once again, in Singapore of all places, on Monday night, when musician Max Hynam played the lute in a one-night performance at the Australian High Commission. This musical instrument was popular in the courts and households of 15th century Europe.
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    • 322 19  -  Review CID By Teo Lian Huay CID, the latest Thursday night treat (or Chinese TV buffs, is a cop-and-robbers story all right, but without the car chases and the gunfights those almost mandatory features of a police series. Probably because of this, the hour-long opening
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    • 248 19 It's the Lunar New Year again when thoughts turn to things Chinese, making an exhibition of bonsai at this time even more interesting than usual. More than 2000 plants are on display at the annual exhibition and sale of bonsai at the Rising Arts and Crafts
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 63 19 Today: 9.15 a.m. (2.7 m); 4.10 p.m. (0.5 m). Tamarraw: 9.55 a.m. (2.8 m); 4.47 p.m. (0.4 m). Satarday: 10.31 a.m. (2.9 m); 5.20 p.m. (0.4 m). Saaday: 11.06 a.m. (2.9 m); 5.53 p.m. (0.4 m). Maaday: 11.42 a.m. (2.9 m); 6.22 p.m. (0.4 m). Taeaday: 12.17 p.m. (2.9 m);
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    • 105 19 Tomorrow's FM Stereo 6.00 Opening anncts A Programme summary 6.05 Morning Prelude with Richard Rodney Bennet Plays Gershwin A Mayeri 6.30 News (E) 6.40 Morning Concert: 1. Symphony No.5 (Sibelius) 2. Karelia Suite (Sibelius) LSO/Alexander Gibson: 3. Puano Concerto No.l (Liszt) 4. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 (Liszt) Julius Katchen, London
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    • 950 19 At the cinema EXTREME CLOSE-HP: Best-selling author Michael Crichton's film contains a sharp social message that there is no privacy left in today's wide open society. Jim McMullan plays the role of a TV newscaster who sets out to investigate the hardware available if you're interested in snooping on someone
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  • 55 20 AH FOOK: I stopped smoking when they said it could cause cancer. Now the papers say the West Germans have found that beer can do the same. What's left for man to enjoy? MEI UN: You could always stop reading the newspapers then you'll be blissfully ignorant of
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    • 819 20 WflffWgfl AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 4 GRAND V A EUROPEAN TOUR 1.11 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Case of 0 the Deadly Prophecy. Baaed on stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; stars Ronald Howard as Holmes and H. Marion Crawford as his sidekick, Dr Watson. 5.39 DIARY OP
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    • 251 20 Today's top shows THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN: The Lost Island. (Ch 5, 8.05 p.m. In colour). A beautiful girl from a Pacific island inhabited by descendants of beings from another planet seeks Steve Austin's help in saving her people from extinction. Jared Martin and Robert Symonds guest-star in this
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