New Nation, 4 February 1979

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  • 9 1 Sunday Nation FEBRUARY 4, 1979 SO CENTS M.C.(P) N0.145/1/7»
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    • 62 1 v mt H I'll start it, threatens Khomeiny Story in Page 3 Then heads will roll, warns Bakh- mm. ■m'm* t 0S w 3* Ml je* {•HI k t v. $50 mil to be spent on Sembawang, announces Tony Tan Page 2 No, it's not a mistake today's comics are
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    • 35 1 -;^{_>`.{&<*_]^,={)$~`&.&=|=^~` Real reason Arshad quit national team Page 25 Lat looks at S'pore Page 24 VK )IXI I)Li I i K.i ludy .1- want a i diploma n Irom IrISS tiaut ir.t--i juecn? on sale now
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  • 310 2 A HOLIDAY camp run along the lines df Britain's Butlin's is being considered for one of Singapore's offshore islands. The camp Is the trainchild of the Singapore Labour Foundation, which celebrated its Inaugural din--1 ner last night. This plan was announced by Dr Goh Keng
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  • 88 2 A SELF-CONTAINED eattag, Mkhf, aleeptag, ptaylag eemptex I* eater far the MU»; weit at the mrUi| etaaa «u the lie* created aaeeeeafally by «r BUly Batlla la Britala. Be ma's bellday eaaipe Bret epeaed la Britala la the early lNh whea wwan travel wee etm beyaad the ■aeaae
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  • 312 2 COULD you Imagine the chairman and members of the Confederation of British Industry (the UK's leading employers' body) being asked to contribute substantially to a trade union sponsored project inquired Mr Devan Nair last night. Most probably, they would have apoplectic (Its. "For
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  • 160 2 WOBKERB' PARTY seeretary-geaeral I. B. Jeyantaun lad Might hit •at at the hesdlag ef medical atadeata la the University af Magaparc. At a rally la Depet Read, the lawyer, whe Is laaliaHag a parliamentary seat far the third time, said the beadlag was Impesed "wftheat legteUttM
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  • 423 2 OPPOSITION candidate for Potong Pasir, Mr Chiam See Tong, has accused the PAP government of using the communist threat as a "bogey to silence the opposition." As far as he is concerned, the Red menace "is nonexistent." No government leader has been harmed by
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  • 289 2 THE Government will spend more than $50 million over the next three years to improve social and recreational facilities in the Sembawang area. The PAP candidate for Sembawang, Dr Tony Tan, in announcing this, said they indicate what the party can do for constituents. At a
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  • 95 2 Reuter THE FIRST batch of 261 tniied security guards ta Malaysia yesterday moved into 18 airports mad airfields to pnvile tall secarity demaaded by the public riaee the hijacking ef a Malaysian •Irßaer which crashed in lfll HiH»g all IM people aboard. guards will screen passengers
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  • 220 2 THE police and officials of the Hindu Endowments Board will keep a close watch during Thaipusam to ensure no one misbehaves in temples. "If necessary, stern action will be taken against anyone who ignores our warnings," said the chairman of the board, Mr P. Arumaninathan, yesterday. "If
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  • 451 3 Reuter AFP THE Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny said at a press conference yesterday that if the Shah of Iran's appointed government refused to resign, a holy war or "Jihad" would be declared. The spiritual leader of Iran's Shi'ite Muslims added, however, that a holy war would
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  • 360 3 INDIAN newspapers, angry over an Indian woman being sabjeeted to a virginity test at L—den airport, yesterday warned sf possible retaliation against British dtlseas coming to India. "If this goes on, pa bile opinion In this eonntry will have the right to demand, without
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  • 154 3 AFP POLICE ON Friday night arrested a large number of leaders (Tom former Prime Minister Zulfikar All Bhutto's Pakistani People's Party (PPP), an informed source said in Pakistan. The exact number of arrests was not known but observers said that Judging by reports from main
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  • 176 3 Reuter THE Japanese national daily Yomiuri Shim bun yesterday blamed the Japanese government for the recent worsening of Japan's economic relations with the US, but also described at "unreasonable" and "unacceptable" the new American demands put forward to Japan. Commenting on the two countries'
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  • 415 4 THERE Is a straag probability Chlaa will carry sat a Ughtalag attack aa Vietnam wtthla tws te five weeks, the lapaaww newspaper Asakl Bhlmbaa re parted yesterday, fastlag US gsverameat war ces. China has assembled absat It army dlvtstefs, mere thaa 1M warptaaes
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  • 102 4 UPI A 51-YEAR-OLD maa la New Yerk has ken toileted *a charges he stele 21 ears frem a car-reatal firmaad ased the vehicles te epea a reatacar basfaeas he raa Irani his bOflMa Olaseppe Terraaeva waa aamed aa Friday la a 64-eeaat ladletmeat by the Breeklya District
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  • 331 4 CHINA WATCHING 1 AP UPI Reuter CHINESE Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping looked on with glee as cowboys tested wild horses and angry bulls at a rodeo in Texas and took home a bit of the Wild West a prize bull and a cowboy hat. Friday was
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  • 218 4 CHINA WATCHING 2 UPI IDEOLOGICAL 4 Iff erencee seem U have given own flexibility to Chime ttoa to tldr cooater parts to the West when It eemee to msHng a teto with their hey frteads. Kyede Newi Service to Tehye said to
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  • 309 4 CHINA WATCHING 3 Agencies CHINESE Communist Party Chairman, Mr Hua Kuofeqg, criticised himself over his leadership before and after he became the chairman at the 11th congress of the CCP late last year, according to the Japanese Kyodo News Service yesterday. i Quoting
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    • 63 4 Cinema Guide ORCHARD (*****8): Braaa Target. Stars Sophia Loren, John Cataavetes, George Kennedy, Robert Vaughan, Patrick McGoohan. (11,1-30. 4, 6.30, 9.15) REX (*****): Battles tar Galactica. Stars Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict and Lorne Greene. (11, 1.30, 4, 6.30. 9.15). ODEON (*****6): The Thief of Baghdad. Stars Kabir Bedi and Roddy
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    • 417 4 Snodgress. This film is billed as an experience in terror and suspense. (11, 1.30, 4. 6.30, 9.15) MAJESTIC, ODEON-KA-TONG, RUBY: The Phoenix. Starring Richard Kiel, Charles Lang and Betty Noonan, this film is all about a fisherman's adventures. (1, 3.30, 7,9.15) PRINCE (*****38): Stingray. Christopher Mitchum, Les Lannom, William Watson
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  • 66 4 In loving memory of beloved mother MADAM LIZZIE FRANCISCO who left us last year this day on the 4th February 1978 "ORK, THE LOVE WE HAVE FOR YOU WILL ALWAYS LIVE ON IN OUR HEARTS AND THE MEMORIES YOU LEFT BEHIND WILL BE LOVINGLY TREASURED AND REMEMBERED BY ALL OF
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  • 239 5 A SENIOR police officer is in hot water over the way he is alleged to have coolly used an airconditioned room at a Reserve Base to entertain a woman friend. His unbecoming conduct over the frequent use of the room, believed to be in a bungalow
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  • 219 5 AP A PERSON is truly dead when the brain ceases to function, not when the heart or other organs stop working, top medical specialists in London safd on Friday. Their ronrhnion supports doctors who maintain the time te switch off life-sup-port systems comes
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  • 94 5 Reuter BRITISH punk rocker Sid Vicious died from an overdose of heroin one day after he was freed, on bail, from New York's Hiker Island Prison, police said yesterday. Vicious, 21, whose real name was John Simon Richie, was awaiting trial for the
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  • 103 5 Reuter THE Philippines, maintaining a naval cordon against the arrival of more Vietnamese refugees, will temporarily look after more than 600 dropped on a remote south-western island two days ago, Deputy For- Minister Jose Ingles yestscday. "We will give them aid, but we have no Intention of bringing
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  • 247 6 COMMENT THE MOVE by RTS to revive production jOf local radio dramas Is a laudable if tardy one. RTS attributed the five-year hiatus, when no local English-language radio play was aired, to the lack of good scripts and voices. Could RTS not have tapped
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  • 583 6  -  Pressure to make US multi-lingual By Mark Shwartz Gemini THE MONOPOLY of the Bngli«h Umgimy in the US is being challenged. A proposal gaming ground among Hi&panic organisations would, if enacted, designate Spanish, Chinese and more than a half dozen other foreign tongues as "official languages."
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  • 249 6  -  GOH TIANG TYE IT SEEMS to me an Important area in language work long neglected in our teaching situation is the question of hmrtlonwnsm and its implications. One tends to target that English is a living language and, consistent with the purwhich it is
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  • 187 6  -  JACQUELINE HEE PET LIAN NOT CONTENT with sale* throughout the yew. shops haw introduced gimmicks like "tree gifts." They are normally Items which can't be sold. Mystery gifts are also given to anyone making, say, a purchase of HO and above, liin pWfcl plastic containers or
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  • 90 6  -  C.W.B. MADDOX I LIVE near Serangoon Gardens which to quite aome distance from Ponggol Road, but we still get nasty whiffs from the pig farms. For the sake of the thousands nearby, let's have frequent visits by health inspectors, backed by court action, to keep the farms clean.
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    • 77 6 fiu/imik'/euiibyof unumiptvmml Lhili\mun\lnp t W V r iIIJK I.HI L)i jii 1 >UI l)S r < r 11: L I m- "rf\' V %i&ISN ■V T >jr SN ft: f PI ,«TO JK i ..w- v &£•><?s Love and War in the Himalayas From tht? New York Tunes 1978 Bestseller
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  • 633 7  - Dear Aunty, sa w the pride of S'pore If you ask me... By A. WHITE AS A foreign visitor I was interested in the results of the If I Were A Visitor contest. Although I realise that the contestants were obliged to display originality in their selections, I was nevertheless
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  • 316 8 ON THE MOVE MEN OF THE MOMENT MEN af MM m the MW...PAP mm! eppe■Mh wllilii tar the hy tilarttaa Pah It. Te eaeh Mi Mm atjrto af wtatoac Mm hearto aai mtod «f Mm electorate...here are (Mm phetee to pal m to fee pietore, ma M yea stay pat
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  • 935 10/23  -  Story: TERRY TAN IN THE dead of night while the rest of the country sleeps, these men and women do what is pityingly called the graveyard shift. Intimations of night as Aay, a stratum of people who, It would seem, never aleep, strike you if
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    • 986 11 Your 12-page TV pullout n m I'll MM MSibi,sf? ..•V I v si m wsm w*~''''' '7-- wsi"s M If. > i wm'-m w M"? TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS! f 1 11' IT LUCY (r) on Ch 5 at 1.35 p.m. in COLOUR When whacky Lucy Ball meets up with the likes
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    • 235 11 PICK OF THE WEEK FORUM M CHMESE on Thursday, Ch 8 at 7.55 p.m. in COLOUR Topic for this week's forum is: A Promotion Of Local Music Activities. Taking part in the discussions are Mr Choo Huey, Conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Mr leong Yoon Pin, Lecturer, Music Department,
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    • 1075 12 MONDAY raj A speaker unlike any other 3.09 PM Open. UJ Star Perioraiance: Fair Trial 3J9 DIMY OF EVENT? (T) 3.35 Harold Lloyd's Comedy Classic: Hot Water. 3.55 DOMTA MB POC (r) Mmc and songs from Sunny Spar.. 4.29 Intermission |J| Open 6J3 SMACKER. Story of two 17 year old
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    • 577 14 FRIDAY TTi tm, '3 mature tHm A speaker unlike any other MO ML Open MS Housewives' Matinee Angel's Kiss (r) Ml Open 1.03 Andy Griffith Show: Feud b A Feud. < 30 NEWSMBREF OJS OUTUf MSTORY Of ENUK 7.00 The Phi Silvers Stow. Politics (r) 7JO ICIIS AND HWUKL (M)
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    • 192 16/17 I 9 v>. r wim m m m ME y m K "V ±1* A i'i f ;.l I :ft pm V Ire yjgg L> UCi mm I c4Aie -roJ/I^TH'^yiN'eofs PICK UP S +**"9CHOOL'3 OUT" /Viy co®/ A yuk-kk/ Put FIRST I <SOY*OU£THIN' T' /^r iii F* 4N CXTK4 Five
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    • 80 16/17 rciX®. COME ON/ BEETLE/ WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO V inert Walker WHY ARE WE GOING THROUGH THIS CAVE C X KNOW A SHORT-CUT IB S i 1 a M. m 51! m WHAT ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT? GOING TO TOWN FOR A LITTLE EXCITEMENT GOT A PATE
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    • 62 18 a hem beautiful colour plates about tha author: Mubln Shepperd was founder member of the Federation Arts Council of Malaysia, the National Arts Gallery and the Malayan Historical Society. For 15 years, he was the organiser of the Arts Crafts division of the annual Malayan Agri-Horticultural Exhibition. TimesOrchardCentre > MlO5
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    • 199 18 GARTH gur hwwhih/i.me— ME JUST WENT OUT"/ J TWT viflN wo whs JLWTL£FT9«WXaRN -WOJLDMEgEFWM kxtOFFCSV poasH, you will now fowhtt ve fINP IVMYTMNIS TH&T MB PR99BD BSTWKN US/l WO9 MOT HB2E TDOPy/ X ftD 2L ss r i V UgJlte VOU ORB BEIN9 MPWHNIBIT, VWTTMDWB/ owrotrr/ Mea*whi!«... "t w< wt
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  • 821 19 Just like the sign writers HUMOUR with C f, WHEN the man said "What's in a name etcetera" he obviously had not given the sign writer much thought, if any. The sign writer, on the other extreme, seems to have given the matter a
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  • 1302 19 Yap Kun Bek's interview with Dennis Lee after his recital on Jan 6 YKBi FIRST of all, Td like to congratulate you on last night's performance. I don't know enough to use the word "great", though we might perhaps discuss the idea of a great performance
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  • 298 19 Off the Recant by CKT MAYBE because my friend's fingers are short, or because he avoids potatoes, but he always manages to brighten up his piano playing with an oriental air. Try as he might, this other friend longer-fingered and with a different diet cannot do
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  • 1595 20  -  Carting my bag, I went along the whole street ...to get an attic By H.K. LEONG LEON6, 94, professor THE FIRST time I saw Parte was when waking up in the train from Dover and Calais waking up in* the grey dawn of
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    • 46 20 Do you have a travel tale to tell? Im'iftckMMtitaBH. Aai to Me* wMer uiMMttMjrM'inir hftniNgjtpMOii. AS How long? Ml Blf0 hMMI liW WKt What form? Type*, «MUeapM* pMM. Aai 4* ml lliiimliNlMm N», w» pay yaa at lead M,Ktan SZ3T How? OnwMli jaa),af«, i to: Ike
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  • 430 21 Did you see that? n i By RJ FIVE weeks ago, a shy young lady stood in front of the cameras and sang her way to the top of Tajentime 1978. Her name: Faridah Dollah. About the same time, RTS executive producer Katherlne Kan said lUentlme
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  • 166 21 THE GENE MACHINE (Monde?, Ch 5, 7 p.m.) AS IF Gerald DurreU's My Family And Other Animals had come to life, British zoologist David Bellamy and Company popped up on our screens last Monday. As the title suggests, the series is about genes, the genesia of
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  • 334 21 A week to savour with just a few sour notes THAT was the week that was. Thank you, RTS, for seven nearwonderful days of TV: LUNAR NEW YEAB SPECIAL: Producer Kok Ylng Pah had earlier confided he hoped the end result would not be another Musical Showcase. It was more
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  • 111 21 Did You Know That YASMM Yuaof, who hosted last weefc'a Puapnrama also ehowod a log. after Jasmlno I em airs highhigh exposure on the came show recently. RADIO Singapore breakfast announcers played the theme mueio of The Return Of The Saint woolu'sflar 1 anmunoad the sowing of the ssrlss In
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  • 485 21  -  Strong cast but scrappy story with no climax Jj 'J J OJJiJ PmBDBUCK Forsyth's Day sf the Jackal was a M PrTHMsSi Uwairih?«MMi SUB, those whs wasAi net want Is alas the ttsa attasapt «a de GaaMe, have seesai ehaaoe taday. The Film Seel sty's shews start
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  • 1096 22  -  MODERN MALAYSIAN STORlES.Translated by Dr Barclay M. Newman. Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur, 1977. 152pp, $3.50. The Book Page By Xuan Xong THERE is an urgent need for translation work in the field of South-east Asian literature today. Some first-rate writing is being produced
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  • 433 22  -  LAT'S LOT. Berita Publishing Sdn. Bhd.,1978. UOpp, $4. By Alex Josey MORE than 60,000 copies of the first collection of Lat's New Straits Times cartoons were sold. This remarkable success prompted the publishers to produce this second collection. Like the original edition, this volume is much more
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  • 371 22  -  SPACECRAFT 2000 to 2100 AO. By Stewart Cowley. Hamlyn, 1978. 95pp, $18.90 By Martines FOR ITS serious-minded followers, science fiction represents an attempt to provide a persuasive way of telling a feasible, hopeful and, presumably, profitable vision of history. Unfortunately, the popularised versions
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  • 177 22  -  VET IN A SPIN. By James Herriot. Pan, 1978. 224 pp, 80p. By Silverfish THIS IS a continuation of Herriot's adventures as a veterinary surgeon in Yorkshire in the early '40s. Like his first five books, the hallmark of this Is also humour. The humour is one
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  • 1651 24  -  By By Hsiaoshuang, a true story SUNDAY Granny was taken critically ill and warded at Toa Payoh Hospital. The family held a council at Fourth Uncle's farmhouse in Changi Village where Granny had been living the past few years. The uncles and my father discmsed
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  • 421 25 ...why Arshad left National squad INSIDE TRACK Sports Nation starts on this pa— WHEN soccer striker Arshad Khamis said the week before that he was going for a short overseas holiday, we thought he wanted to "recuperate" from the "family and business pressures" that had forced him
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  • 194 25 EXPATS' CORNER AP THE US National Football League's longest season ever came to an end, and many of the players seemed happy to call it a year. "I'm feeling great This capped a very nice week with a lot of nice guys," said Minnesota's
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  • 1083 26  -  ATHLETICS Tan Kim Seng DESPITE the fact that about a dozen new records were established at the recent Asian Games in Bangkok, Asian standards in track and field are very much behind the rest of the world. This Is clear from a comparative study
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  • 445 26  -  tAMI C|| Peter Lo THE sixth annual match between Malaysia and Singapore will be played at the Tanglin Club on Friday (at 5.30 •p.m. for the second team and from 2.30 p.m. on Saturday for the first team). Those Interested may like to know
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    • 193 26 The SGV Group Management Consulting Services The subsidiary of en international company which manufactures consumer electronic products will soon be expanding its capacity and product lines. Because of the projected mass recruitment of assembly-line workers in the next few years, the company is now looking for a highly-experienced and dynamic
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  • 591 27  -  TOMS TALK Alfred Tong TAKE a hypothetical case. Fatt Choy, a businessman, is being given a close run by his competitors in the sports goods field. Neither intensive nor extensive advertising in the mass media appeals to him, mainly because of the massive
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  • 96 27  -  By Don J. Leary 1. When fading back to reply to a lob with an overhead smash, the right foot should lead back first (from the facing the net volley position). 2. As the right foot leads your left side faces the net and
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  • 311 27  -  By BOB UCHIMA Reuter A ROYAL love match that hecaa en a Tekye «*rt m jean age crested a erase for tends ia Japan thai hasMw taraed lata a baem. (Jatll Crewa Prinee AUMfe met his fetare wife, new Princess
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  • 1067 28 Australian Information Service AUSTRALIA'S Ken Warby, 39, is the fastest man on water and probably deserves the title of the world's busiest do-it-yourself virtuoso. The burly, bearded Sydney engineer lifted his world record to 510 km/h on Blowering Dun, New South Wales,
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  • 364 28  -  Brian Miller LAST weekend's Singa«>re Hockey Assoctaon Senior Knockout tournament finals at the SRC Padang saw the high-flying SLA airmen brought down to earth. The closely-fought clash between arch-rivals Singapore Recreation Club and defending champions Singapore Airlines which culminated in a convincing 3-1
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  • 312 28  -  NETBALL Joyce Tan WHEN all seven intra-xone net ball tournaments move into top-gear next week, the main focus of attention will undoubtedly be Zone 5. For here are grouped Singapore's top constituency net ball teams and it has often been
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  • 474 29  -  BAMtMTOM Gerry Chan PRAKASH PADUKONE, seven-time Indian badminton champion, is busy preparing for the All England where he will be one of the top contenders for the singles crown. At 23, this tall, dark wiry Indian ace has already proved his prowess with the racket
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  • 272 29  -  BASKETBALL Tony Koh FOR the next two seasons, the old guard will still be at the helm of the Basketball Association of Singapore. All the officials were returned to office after last month's election with Mr Phua Bah Lee retaining the presidency.
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    • 87 29 Sector in the House CAN SUNBATHING BE DANGEROUS,— PR. HILL? NOT USUALLY, BUT PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO INTENSE SUNLIGHT CAN CAUSE SKIN CANCER. i niai A i IC, IN COUNTRIES WITH A LOT SUNSHINE, THE INCIDENCE OF SKIM CANCER IS HIGHER THAN IN COUNTRIES WITH LITTLE f jfifV SUNSHINE* I* A
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  • 395 30  -  Weekend Sports By PHILIP TAN SINGAPORE Combined Schools goalie Sunario Zakaria played a brilliant game at Toa Payoh yesterday to help .his team defeat Brunei v £chools side 2-0 in a friendly soccer game. Sixteen-year-old Sunario, who also kept goal for the Lion City
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  • 359 30 WOftLA SOCCER ARGENTINA may have found the way to put an end to "professional fouls" in soccer matches. They have introduced a rule that when a player Commits a "professional foul" the referee can book the entire team. Top referee Roberto Golcoechea explained:
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  • 864 30  -  By TURF RAY GEORGE Podmore was in good riding form at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. He steered home a double as Buha landed his maiden win in Race Three and Sexaana led from start to finish to win Race Five. Aitwptel
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  • 202 30 AFP SOUTH Korea*B best and most popular footballer, Cha Bum Keum, said in Seoul yesterday he would go to West Germany at the end of May to Join a Frankfurt professional team. He told reporters that he cdQld not leave now to fulfil his contract
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  • 581 31  -  Governor Gold Cup win and track effort show he's in peak form RACING with Scrutineer SUPER Level has a bright chance of winning the $75,000 Tunku Gold Cup (Race 5) over 2000 m for the second year running Kuala Lumpur today. The Tudor Music seven-year-old won the
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  • 2368 31 RAPF 1 1>45 CLASS 0, DIV 1 1,200m lAV>Li A ($8,500 $5,950 to winiwr) 1 5372 AreadlaP«reetg(PF)0>man 4 57(+15)P *Fw 5 2 333 BMroNg (Fatty) Jaatar 6 56.5 1) V SoUm 10 3 8793 Shared Hmun a (Shared Pleasure) Heddle 4 54
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  • 273 32  -  SPORTS NATION ■y ERNEST FRIDA JIM Maloney, the Sembawang golf club captain, may, after all, get the last laugh today, the Baal day of the ***** Tiger Beer Open £lf championship at Semwang Course. Golfers and officials disagreed with Maloney's pre tournament prediction that the
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  • 509 32  -  By SURESH NAIR THE future of the Alitalia-Singapore Team Tennis series was put into Jeopardy as controversy raged at the Kallang Courts yesterday after the organisers implemented a new clause to adjudge the eventual winners of the 11-week competition. With the Inaugural series hardly
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  • 211 32 BRYLCREEM Lions bt Dunlop 31-22. (Leslie Yong bt Mah Poh Soon 6-3, 6-3; Midheal Wee and Ong Leong Boon bt Albert Teo and Paul Choo 6-3, 6-4; Lim Sin Jong and Francis Chan drew with Ismail Din and Jamil Yadi 1-6, 6-3). Citizen drew with Nestea Lemon
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    • 90 36/37 The Photographer Precision is indispensable in his life, and therefore he appreciates it in a watch. But his creative mind cannot work with precision only. He couples it with imagination, and finds the distinctive harmony. Favre-Leuba watches from Switzerland are designed in the spirit of the creative minds of today.
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