New Nation, 15 March 1979

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  • 18 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Thursday, March 15, ,1979 2513 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 144/1/79 j NEW NATION COMMENT
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  • 77 1 Another bank will raise its interest rate on savings accounts from five per cent to six per cent from tomorrow. Thus Industrial and Comme rial Bank Joins Development Bank Singapore as the two banks with the highest interest rate charged by a commercial
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  • 25 1 Washington, Thursday A group of senators from President Carter's Democratic Party yesterday publicly demanded that Energy Secretary James Schiealnger resign or be fired.
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  • 473 1  -  Three NTUC men in London for ITF talks to free boycott vessel Ivan Lim Another Singapore registered ship is tied up in a West German port because of action by the London-based International Transportworkers Federation (ITF). A Singapore unionist, Mr Thomas Tay general secretary of the
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  • 99 1 The Japanese are afraid there will be another devaluation of the Indonesian rupiah. But the Indonesian Embassy here strongly denied the prospect. Agency reports yesterday Suoted the chairman of a apanese delegation in Indonesia. Mr EUchi Hashimoto, aa saying Japan "cannot deny there Is a fear
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  • 79 1 This year's Budget has been deliberately "toned down" so that Singaporeans will not get the idea that "we have done well" and can relax. Senior Minister of State (Finance), Mr Goh Chok Tong told Parliament yesterday. "Even though the Budget is painless, it is
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  • 47 1 Meanwhile, another ITF aetfan whtoh led ts a crackdown by the Malaycertain lines System workers has sparked off a reaction In the US. The praldeat of the US labear movement, Mr Geofe Meany has Issued a strsng protest against Malaysia. Details la Page 2a
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  • 103 1 Reuter Cairo, Thursday. President Sadat will fly to Washington on March 22 or 23 to sign the proposed EgyptianIsraeli peace treaty if things go smoothly in the meantime, Prime Minister Mustapha Khalil said yesterday. Dr Khalil said: "I don't anticipate any problems, especially after
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    • 105 1 ■rrr««ltlttW»-- vml Teachers in this school in Singapore make it a point never to call their pupils stupid or slow for all to hear. But the students are quite prepared to take punishment by kneeling in the teacher's room. What can Singapore learn from this schooLs system at a time
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  • 169 2 Cable sent to Hussein Reuter Washington, Thursday America's largest labour organisation yesterday issued a sharp protest against the Malaysian Government for jailing several labour leaders. Mr George Meany, president of the 13.5 millionmember American Federation of Labour-Congress of Industrial Organisation (AFL-CIO), asked the State Department to
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  • 142 2 Light buying support was seen during the first hour of steady to firm trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Keck Seng, which proposed a 1 for 5 bonus issue, gained five cents to $2.30. In the commodity section, High and Low rose four cents to $3.82.
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  • 292 2 The International Transport Workers Federation's first publicised boycott of Singapore-registered ships took place in Australia in January 1973. The workers belonging to the Australian Waterside Workers' Federation, an ITF affiliate, refused to call off the boycott of two ships until the owners signed a
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  • 51 2 A 15-day meat festival will be held at Metro Buldt Timah from March 17 to 23 and at at Metro Golden Mile in Beach Road from March 24 to 31. Housewives will be able to learn how to handle meat, to select the cuts they want and cooking
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  • 32 2 Miss Lee Seok Cheng of the Industrial Training Board will talk on Industrial Training and Your Future at the Queenstown community centre in Buller Terrace on Saturday at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 161 2 This picture m the wall is a familiar right. Vh ■ee It m has paaeis, pasters aad la leaflets. Bat fsr Ghlm Msh estate resides ts, the Tars Is Easagh message esmes sa every sight, brightly lit la eslear high easagh fsr everysae
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  • 47 2 A blood donation session will be held at the Singapore Conference Hall in Shenton Way tomorrow from 9.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. Another will be held at the Jurong Town Corporation town hall at Town Hall Road on Monday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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  • 40 2 Mr Ch'ng Jit Koon, the MP for Hong Bahru, will attend the inauguration of his constituency's youth group's first term Youth Executive Committee at the Tiong Bahru community centre in Seng Poh Road on March 25 at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 302 3 A vegetable garden in the air without dirt, complete with irrigation system, all for $30. This is the pride of schoolteacher Mrs Leong Ee Kuan, 35, who last week harvested her crop of chilli from the balcony of her sixth floor flat in Orchard
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  • 223 3  -  By Bharathi Mohan •ar London reporter Former Haw Par chairman Richard Tarling, 44, his left arm in a plaster east after a fall, was preparing to leave today far Singapore to faee five charges under the Singapore Companies Act. A Singapore police
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  • 187 3 Mr Chai Chong Yii, Senior Minister of State (Education), today called on teachers to encourage their pupils to get together during vacation for group activities. Speaking at the opening of a student seminar-cum-exhi-bition, Plan Ahead, at the Toh Tuck Secondary School, he said
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  • 170 3 The United Workers of Petroleum Industry (UWPI) will start a printing workshop as its first co-operative project. Union general secretary, Encik Mustafa Kadir, said printing was picked in favour of toys and garments projects that had been under study for two main reasons. "Firstly, there
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  • 230 4 TO START AT KG EUNOS The Singapore AntiNarcotics Association will conduct, for the first time, its courses for volunteer after-care officers at a community centre. The courses, at the Kampong Eunos Community Centre, were planned at the request of the Kampong Kembangan Constituency Anti-Drug
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  • 134 4  -  By Tan Teng Lang Cheap photocopying service may soon be available to students. Rank Xerox plans to install copying machines in schools and colleges without charging rental. Thus each copy can be made at a cost of only 1.5 cents. Most schools and junior colleges are
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  • 87 4 Women welcome this sign at Mount Emily swimming pool. For Mount Emily is the only one of 10 pools run by the Singapore Sports Council to have set aside two days a week for women only. In other pools, "for women only days
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  • 709 4  -  IN PARLIAMENT By Rav Dhaliwal Senior Minister of State (Finance) Goh Chok Tong could not help but look pleased with himself as one backbencher after another praised him for his "painless" Budget. He was congratulated on his presentation of the Budget, the absence of
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  • 146 5 World Focus Reuter AP Tehran, Thursday Iranian Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan last night appealed to Iranians for "complete unity, tolerance and courage" to prevent the country being torn apart by divisive post-revolutionary fervour. In a fireside chat on television, he used anecdotes and oblique
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  • 148 5 AFP Peking, Thursday A crash that claimed about 200 lives when a Chinese military aircraft ploughed into a factory on the outskirts of Peking early yesterday could be the worst air disaster in China's history, observers said here. The crash involving a British-made Trident was only
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  • 148 5 AP Hwg Kong, Thursday A Zt-year-old Chinese woman ctmpUlaed she hM Mi bee* able to gel married because ef advertisements which feature scaatlly-clad European girls with Orieatal beys. Beverly Mok, la a letter to the editor of the South
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  • 263 5 Agencies Manila, Thursday China yesterday assured Asean that its troops after withdrawing from Vietnam will keep to defending "their own country." However, the Chinese envoy to the Philippines, Mr Chen Hsin-Jen, said the "question of mediaUon" by a third country in the SinoVietnamese conflict
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  • 608 5  -  Edgar Koh United Natteas Thursday Asean representatives here held private consultations among themselves yesterday to decide how to present a draft it has submitted to the Security Council on the Indochina situation when the 15-member body resumes deliberations on the conflict, probably
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  • 102 6 World Focus AP Jersey City, Thursday The comatose woman who gave birth to a healthy "miracle baby" last week has died. The 39-year-old woman, whose identity had been withheld at the request of her family, died without coming out of the coma, a hospital spokesman said. "Her
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  • 38 6 Reuter London, Thursday A love letter written by Charles Dickens and manuscript poems of Robert Burns yesterday went under the hammer on the second day of a sale of historical document* at Sotheby's auction house. Reuter
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  • 27 6 UPI Yucca Flat (Nevada), Thursday A nuclear device, code-named Memory, was set off underground yesterday by the Department of Energy at its Nevada test site. UPI
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  • 195 6 Talks under way Jakarta sources AFP AP Manila, Thursday Indonesia has been asked to raise its oil supplies to its Asean partners, it was reported yesterday. Indonesian sources said consultations were under way on the request of the other Asean members. Meanwhile, Philippine Energy Minister
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  • 80 6 Reuter L—iia, Tbarsday ter KharshM Ahmad says Maarte ww«|wm Is Bat jast iMptfn reaetfaa that the Wert Mi toy te aaderstaad Msslim Prefesssr Ahaad, la Brltala far a |ill>h visit, yesterday said Uaa haalrsHy tries la eaae the saff erh« la asriety which still
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  • 206 6 UPI Budapest. Thursday The bald and balding men here have been slugging it out for a chance to buy a "wonder" hair restorer, forcing authorities to bring in police to restore order. In the past several days, frequent brawls and fistfights have broken out among men
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  • 135 6 UPI TODAY is Thursday, March 15, the 74th day of 1979 with 291 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States, was bom on March 15, 1767. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1916, Gen. John
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  • 71 6 Reuter Bain, Tharsday N*My caa uitnlMi the heatlig Mite made •■I by computers, Chaacellsr He I mat Bekmldt eemplalaed la PwUtmeat taw yean ags. He Ntoed tke ■•■•lag Mlrtlij u simplify tke system. Heisiig Milliter Dieter Huti Tieaday taMed the Mlewtig (ermala te make It easter (er t—te
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 336 6 I] Leedee Sunny spells, 1OC. Headline: Sadat and Begin say "yes." Meaeaw Overcast, 1minus 1C. Pravda's headline: Solidarity with Vietnam. Baaa Cloudy, 6-3C. Headline: Another secretary defects. ■tame Sunny and mild, 17-10C. Headline: Carter heads for home after peace mission. Paris Fair, 11-8C. Head- Cherishing Time Menatang Masa illustrator: Hou
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    • 90 6 line: Carter wins Mid-East peace. New Yerk Showers, 13minus 1C. Headline: Sadat backs Carter terms and Begin agrees to seek cabinet vote, then a test in Knesset. Hsag Ktag Cloudy, 1816C. Headline: Peace treaty is in sight, says Carter. Tskya Cloudy, 11-4C. Headline: Carter Mid-East peace efforts make progress. Maaila
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  • 426 7 World Focus Reuter Washington, Thursday. The Egypt-Israel peace treaty, if it is finally signed after President Carter's dramatic negotiating mission, is expected to lead to a strategic realignment in the Middle East, US officials say. They say this realignment is particularly important following
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  • 94 7 Jerusalem, Thursday Defence Minister Exer Weizman and a senior treasury official will leave for the US today for talks on a mammoth American military and economic package aid for Israel, the state-run radio reported yesterday. Government sources said Israel is seeking
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  • 50 7 Geneva, Thursday An operation for the release ef prisoners took plaee here under the auspices ef the I.R.C.C. This action was doe to the Initiative of the IsraeU authorities and of the Popnlar Front for the Liberation of Palestinians. UPI picture shows the Israeli soldier Abraham Onra.
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  • 29 7 Reuter Paris, Thursday The French National Assembly yesterday opened an emergency session on the country's growing unemployment crisis, highlighted by rioting in northern France last week. Reuter
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  • 412 7 Egypt, Israel fighting for gendarme's role Tass Moscow, Thursday The Soviet media yesterday appeared to accept an Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty as imminent and accused the two countries of competing for key posts in a new military alliance with the United States. President Carter was trying to supplement the conclusion of
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  • 60 7 AFP Lmmlm, Thursday British Foreign Secretary David Owen will visit China and six ether Asian eenntrles next menth, the Foreign Office announced last night. Dr Owen arrives In Sri Lanka en April It and Heng Kong en April 11. He will visit Peking (from
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  • 156 7 UPI Moscow, Thursday. The Soviet Union charged yesterday that the United States is unleashing an arms race in the Indian Ocean by the creation of the Fifth Fleet in defiance of a UN resolution to transform the area into a zone of peace. The
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  • 415 8 If, as Mr Devan Nair warned in Parliament yesterday, a few thousand Singapore seamen and officers lose their jobs because of the International Transport Workers Federation's protectionist moves, there is only one sensible and dignified course of action the five local affiliates to the ITF will
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 68 8 If you think that the United State* Is the moat TV-advertiaed country in the world, you are wrong. The honour, according to the TetavWon/Radlo Age International magazine, goes to Monaco which haa 648 TV sets for every 1000 citizens. US is second with 632 per 1000. Other
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    • 35 8 Gold always gtltters when the exchange rates of the world's currencies are in turmoil. How dae can you explain the name-aign of a goldsmith at Peart's Centre called UP and UP
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  • 607 8  -  Non-aligned movement at stake as factional activists try to create alliances within body Edgar Koh These are trying times for the 87-member non-aligned movement. Activist factions within it may widen the split that has emerged in recent years and whatever unity that remains may be
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  • 580 8  -  Art Buchwald Not every lobbyist in Washington is working against the public interest. There are many young, idealistic people in Washington living on a pittance to preserve the great natural beauty of this country. One of them is Robert Frisco who represents the "Society
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  • 984 9  -  ...and S'pore puts fears to flight IKKWK HOE accompanied a BBC film crew m location shooting here recently. The Sngapere segment, focussing en the impact of tenrtem, is part of a seven-hoar documentary commemorating the Nth year of commercial aviation. It aims to discover what
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  • 751 9 "It hardly matters what you shoot it's how you edit it. That's the creative stage. "That's why editing is so interesting. It's like bring in the kitchen. You adjust the ingredients not too heavy, not too light. So you know whether you're making a chicken
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  • 1204 10/11  -  And children go by the learn by mistake concept The Japanese educational system has long Intrigued outsiders. Though It is the springboard for Japan's economic miracle, it has also been blamed (or a high rate of student suicides. Recently oar Education reporter, together with photographer
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  • 395 10/11 "I do not want to kill myself. Children who commit suicide have a small mind. They do not value life." This was how 14-year-old Hiroyuki Matsumoto felt about the sharp increase of child suicides in Japan. Japan is notoriously known for self-inflicted death as the
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  • 660 10/11 An exception ha* been made. Primary schoolchildren learn EngHdi at the Japanese School but not If they irate In Japan. They can manage simple words like 'good morning', thank-yon' awl Tin One*. But make a seven-year-old any a aentence and he la la Japan,
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  • trend 1
    • 666 12  -  by Sylvia Leow The days of "holidaying fathers" are over, intoned Professor Wong Hock Boon in last Thursday's papers. ProJthetic words, but they'll all on deaf ears men's ears as usual. Prof Wong was commenting on Swcden'a attempt to put parenting squarely on the
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    • Article, Illustration
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 286 12 Pantos, riddles, uwiwifii, jdua to ahanf We pay $6 far every eeaftrlbafttoa. The sddresa Is Kids Oaly, New Nattoa, Lacked Bag 15, Stagapere 1. Deal target to add year aame, age aad address. 1. Ten-year-old Ramesh Pillai of 18-G, Block 102, Henderson Crescent, sends these jokes: John: Where was father
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    • 102 13  -  Art Deco by Ng Weng Sang Give those old comb hairslides a new sparkle! You'll need: a comb hairslide, assorted sequins, glue and a can of gold aerosol spray. T» make: Start by spraying the comb with a new coat of paint, if the original colour is unsuitable
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    • 669 13  -  but, baby, look at it now Decor i»v Margaret Chan There is a place (or everything in this Merryn Road Home. The ironing board hides away in a special cupboard, the pyjamas bang in an airing closet, the cooking gas cylinder is tucked out
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  • 254 14  -  Because of turmoil in Iran By Lee Yew Meng The plan by seven Asean manufacturers of poly vinyl chloride (PVC) to start a joint purchasing scheme for a raw material vital in producing plastic products has suffered a setback because of the turmoil
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  • 224 14 Business News and Views UPI London, Thursday lite US dollar slipped marginally on most European money exchanges yesterday but rose against sterling and shot up to its highest level in nearly nine months in Tokyo. Gold rose 50 cents an ounce in Zurich and lost the same amount
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  • 316 14 Mr James Kwaa has been appointed as general manager, tours division of Diners World Tour Royale Singapore. He started his working life as a teacher. He was (or several years with the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board and was also regional manager (Asia) for Cruise East, the operators
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 231 14 UPI New York, Thursday Stocks fell yesterday as enthusiasm over President Carter's Middle East peace success gave way to investor concerns about energy and inflation problems at home. Trading was sluggish. The Dow Jones industrial average, up and down in a narrow range all day, surrendered 1.56 points
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    • 38 14 UPI New York, Thursday Dow Jones closing averages 6n the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 845.37 (off 1.56); 20 transport 214.55 (off 0.73); 15 utilities 102.37 (off 0.47); 65 stocks 284.91 (off 0.77). UPI
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    • 168 14 AFP Tokyo, Thursday Share prices on the Tokyo stock market declined further yesterday with the Dow Jones average losing 10.29 points to 6048.01 yen. At the outset of the market, prices edged up paced by resources-related issues and high-priced light electricals but the advance ran out of steam under
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    • 66 14 Reuter Closing prices on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Parlbas 218 3 Fonder 419 -1 Prlntemps 118.10 -2.90 Bull MiiS -.25 Royal Dutch una Mlchelln 1015 10 COE Thomson 376 208.90 1 -6 CPP Rhone 143.00 108 -.10 -3 Air 400 -1-22-50 BSN 459 3.90 Philips unq Sue* 276 1
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    • 84 14 Union Bank of Switzerland Yesterday's prices followed by the difference on the previous session's close UBS Bearer 3310 30 UBS Reg 618 4 SBC 383 3 Credit Suisse 2320 unch Swiss B 835 +3 Swiss Reinsur 3130 -5 Wlnterthur B 2330 -10 Zurich Insur 9700 -50 Nestle B 35*10
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    • 113 14 Reuter Prices at 11.30 a.m.today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACT 182 183 ADC 19Ampol Pet 75 76 ANII6B 171 ARM 124 125 Bank NSW 343 344 Brambles 188 183 BHP 1130 1135 Bore) 236 238 CBA 256 CSR 367 370 CTG 245 250 Coal Allied 520
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  • 432 15  -  Hockey By BRIAN MILLER New Zealand Forces made a hasty exit out of the Singapore Women's Hockey Association's knockout tournament when they were beaten 7-1 by Girl's Sports Club at the Padang yesterday. The New Zealanders, who last week beat Singapore Recreation Club's "B" team
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  • 40 15 New Zealand's Laartoe Peas (left) certainly believes la dstag tfciajpi the dHßealt way. Here ake Is seen trying to gt right ever GOCs PaaHae Btai la aa attempt to get the hall. Pletare by Picture by DAVID TAN
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  • 122 15 E3 Boxing Reuter Tokyo, Thursday Francisco Bermuda, manager of Argentine Manuel Gonzalez, said yesterday that he would file a protest after his boxer had failed to capture the World Boxing Association Junior-middleweight title from defending champion Masashi Kudo of Japan last night. Gonzalez, who suffered a cut
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 82 15 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you possess an exciting personality. Often by the sheer force of it, you are able to gain objectives denied others whose natures are more ordinary. You make a continuous effort to establish and maintain good personal relationships with all manner of
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    • 332 15 friendly with only a selected few. You enjoy encouraging the young and you never tire of advising them to try their wings with new projects and different endeavours. You make it a point to broadcast your intentions to any who will listen, for you never wish it said that you
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  • 493 16  -  Pegasus shows improvement in a 600 workout !!U On the track By K. L. CHAN B*M Gift pointed to his chances in the Class 2 Division 3 1200 m on Saturday when he gave a promising display in his workout at Bukit Timah this
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  • 1258 16 Satarday Ctaee 1 Dta. 4 MHM U Trendy 57 13 Soon Hong 56 5 2 Credit Centre II 58.5 1 Sentimental Reason 56.5 4 Tret Blen II 56 5 15 The SUrra 56.5 5 Ounong Tahan II 56 6 Man of Honour 111 55 Pulau
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  • 180 16 SATURDAY Kmc 1: tM CM iDh.i--IMM: Piuliss Gm n, D* I SvfriM, km U4, Mm, DaeUr Gntat, Tl« a^tnTi• imT L» mm m, Oar Bull's Dmlk. feaee S: SjM aw IHt. I--IMb: SWSBI'S Jey, roar VMM, Otlt Bmm, Dark f ■■■>!, IfMtadw D. Im 4: UICM tDH. I IMb:
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  • 366 16 j^Jlfennis Agencies Washington, Thursday Fourth-seeded Roscoe Tanner of the United States eliminated Deon Joubert of South Africa 6-2, 6-3 on Tuesday night in the first round of the U*****,000 (about *****,000) Washington men's pro tennis tournament. The 27-year-old Tanner is ranked 10th in the
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 278 16 Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions QDpeor below Name (Mr./ Mrs./ Miss): Address: N.R.I.C. No: Tel: FILL IN CLUES BELOW HHaMHa Cut along (Jotted lines MHaHBM CLUES FOR HX4 1. A group together, mof grapee, for instance 2. It cen indicate a certain number 3. Fail to
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  • 651 17  -  The newly-formed National Squad committee hit a snag w— BOWLING by Brian Miller The newly-formed National Squad committee have hit a snag in their efforts to get the 1979 squad rolling again. When applicaUons closed yesterday, the Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress had with them only 20 entries
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  • 416 17  -  r|Ssquash~ By SURESH NAIR Meet Pakistani coach Abdul Rehman, 27, who has taken up the unenviable job of grooming the Singapore squash side for the defence of the East Asia squash championship title. But Rehman, who is ranked among the top 10 amateurs in
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  • 323 17 Defending champions Police Tigers, despite fielding two "junior" players, proved too good for archrivals Armed Forces whom they beat 4-1 in their National Inter-Club "C" Grade squash league match at Thomson Road last night. With skipper Cuthbert Ballard taking a rest, the policemen pitted
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  • 459 18  -  National side seek nod for Asian Cup K9 Soccer By PHILIP TAN Approval of the Football Association of Singapore is being sought to send the Singapore National team for the Asian Cup soccer tournament to be held in Bangkok from May 1 to 15. This
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  • 305 18 The Football Association of Singapore have officially outlined the responsibilities of their six staff coaches. Matt A riff Bajaag, ■eater staff eeaeh, will be la charge «f all csachlag matters la the atoiet «f Dlreeter (f Caaehlag Trevar Hartley. Matt Arlff's ether duties will laelade tralaiag
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  • 215 18  -  By SURESH NAIR Seventeen-year-old Reginald Martens, Singapores youngest and one of the brightest hockey potentials, has opted out of the Parisbound Junior World Cup squad. Martens has been selected into the squad for the Junior World Cup competition scheduled in Paris on Aug
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  • 309 18 They're in line now for clash with League leaders L'pool London, Thursday Manchester United, the 1977 champions, earned what could be a glittering semifinal against League leaders Liverpool Jby defeating Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in their Football Association (FA) Cup sixth round replay last night. Goals in
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  • 433 18 London, Thursday Southampton will attempt the first part of a "double" on Saturday that would be unique in English soccer history. Southampton's aim is to become the first club to win both Wembley finals, the English (FA) Cup and the League Cup, in the
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  • 65 18 Reuter Warrington, (England), Thursday. Australian Geoff Hunt and Ahmed Maqsood of Pakistan both reached the semi-finals of the Lookers Masters squash championship here Last night. Hunt quickly emphasised his authority against New Zealand's Bruce Brownlee and went on to win 9-2 9-2 10-8. New Zealand's Murray
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    • 533 19  -  With the stuff fantasies are made of By Margaret Chan The new Wonder Woman series is the Six Million Dollar Man, Star Wars, Man from UNCLE, James Bond, Superman, She and Tarzan all rolled into one one-hour TV show, if the pilot show
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    • 252 19 It's going to be the largest-ever art exhibition in Singapore with more than 600 works by 211 local artists on display at the National Museum art gallery beginning on Saturday. Organised by the National Museum and 20 local art societies, the exhibition
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    • 246 19 Sports diary SWIMMING: Singapore Amateur Swimming Association Junior Championship (Toa Payoh Pool, 5.30 p.m.). HOCKEY: National Women's Knockout Tournament Theresians "A" v Singapore Recreation Club "A" (SRC Padang, 5.10 p.m.). 8EPAK TAKRAW: InterConstituency Tournament (First Round) Toa Payoh v Ponggol (7.30 p.m.), Geylang Serai v Chua Chu Kang, (8.45 p.m.,
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    • 815 19 Tomorrow's FM stereo 6.00 Opening Announcements and Programme Summary 6.05 Morning Prelude 6.30 News (E) 6.40 Morning Concert: Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin (Bach); Symphonies Nos. 40 and 41 (Mozart), Vienna Phil/ Bohm. 8.00 News (C) 8.10 A Date with Engelbert Humperdinck 8.30 Melody Time featuring a selection of
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  • 45 20 AH POQK: Trust the Americans to take things literally. One skydiving couple announced they had fallen out of love by falling 3600 metres from the heavens when they got divorced. MEI LIN: And I thought marriages were supposed to be made in heaven.
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    • 844 20 TV mommNMHIM AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 700 mMon people in 43 countries can't be wrong PAL color, invented and owned by TELEFUNKEN l.M OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by HOKU8AI M VIEWS OP MOUNT FUJI. This film features Hokusai Katsushika, a Japanese artist who lived from 1760 to 1849. It shows us
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    • 207 20 Today's top shows RHODA. (Ch 5. 8.06 p.m. in colour). When their father does not turn up for the birthday party they have planned (or him, Rhoda and Brenda go to their parents' apartment and are stunned to learn he left their mother two months ago, though Ida goes to
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