New Nation, 25 April 1979

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  • 17 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Wednesday, April 25, 1979 2549 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 144/1/79 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1979
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  • 328 1  -  Govt to put up island-wide offices for you to pay ALL bills and taxes By K.K. Fong You will soon be able to settle all your Government bills and taxes at decentralised offices throughout the island. The Ministry of Finance has approved the setting up of
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  • 70 1 The Peh family getting a harried breakfast in their farmhense eft Paya Lebar Read after a Sn matron squall hit Singapore early today. A boat eight ether families In the area were alse affected by fleed waters which rese over a metre high. Heavy rain with
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  • 67 1 Come Tuesday night, business in parts of town takes a sharp knock. Two cinemas moan a loss of up to 40 per cent of their takings. Hawker stalls in some centres are not spared, as this picture taken last night shows. Business is down as much as
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    • 34 1 Kim Song and that FAS gesture: The inside story... The rise and fall of a tycoon Page 14 IN THE OTHER PAGES: Crossword 12; Moneywords 14; Stars 17, Comics 16; I What's On 19.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 80 2 Twenty SBS buses were stuck when a giant tree blocked part of Stevens Road during a storm this morning. Police reserve unit men armed with power saws took nearly 15 minutes to remove the tree near the Anderson Secondary School. No one was Injured,
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  • 146 2 Share prices improved marginally after a quiet and cautious opening during the first hour of trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Market sentiments were believed to be restrained by the Thai-Kampuchea border situation. F and N gained 10 cents to $6.65 on light-buying sup- port but
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  • 276 2  -  By Ivan Lim Eleven local banks and the Singapore Bank Employees' Union (SBEU) have agreed to start talks on a "master" collective agreement covering about 2900 employees. They have signed a memorandum of agreement to start talks in September. This is the second time
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  • 496 4  -  How Tuesday night fever hits hawker 0 stalls and cinemas By Cheng Soo May If you can't get them, join them. This was what hawkers at the Hong Lim eating centre did when the popular Cantonese TV programme Luk Siu Fung came on at 10
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  • 303 4 Common sense that is the formula behind Dr Conrad Smith's innovative office lighting system which, he says, can save each office an average of 40 per cent power per year. And 40 per cent is no srAall figure especially, in today's
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  • 28 4 The People's Association cultural troupe will give a two and a half hour cultural show at the Boon Tack community centre on Saturday at 8 p.m.
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  • 478 5  -  Yes for 200 with more than 17 points By Teresa Ooi About 200 students who did not qualify for the two-year pre-univer-sity course can make it to this course, after all. In fact, they are already attending classes at Nanyang and St Andrew's Junior colleges. These students
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  • 238 5 Among his mail colleagues at the Postal Services Department, Encik Hussin bin Mo'ien is a good sort. He can sort out 3200 letters in one hour, which is about 1000 more than what his fellow workers can achieve. It is all done with a quick, sharp flick
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  • 93 5 A collection of short essays by Professor Lim Chong Yah, Head of the economics and statistics department, University of Singapore, has been published by Sin Chew Jit Poh. The new book. Economics and Current Affairs, Volume I, has a total of 12 essays. They
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  • 67 5 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday Malaysia, which has nearly 60,000 Vietnamese refugees on its territory, has reached saturation point and it is now physically impossible for to take any more, UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim was told here yesterday. The refugee problem was one of the
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  • 219 5 The Law of the Sea conference in Geneva resulted in some progress being made in informal negotiations concerning international navigational use of the Straits of Malacca. Quoting a statement issued by Malaysian Law Minister Datuk Hamzah Abu Samah on Monday, the New Straits Times said
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  • 117 5 The Singapore Sports Council yesterday said Mr Clark Hatch was not the man behind its national aerobic fitness award test. It was clarifying a New Nation report on April 21 which said Mr Hatch was responsible for developing the test. SSC in a letter
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  • 505 6 World Focus AFP Jakarta, Wednesday Prices of imported goods began to move up yesterday while many Indonesian businessmen cancelled their import contracts following the government's decision to raise import duty on about 400 items. Business circles at the main business centre oI Chinatown said
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  • 235 6 AFP Beijing, Wednesday Former US Secretary of Stale Henry Kissinger arrived here yesterday on a visit described as "private" but during which be will have several meetings with Chinese leaders. On his arrival from Tokyo Dr Kissinger was welcomed by a Chinese Vice-Foreign
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  • 95 6 UPI TODAY is Wednesday, April 25, the 115 th day of 1979 with 250 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY In 1846, the first shots af the Mexican war were fired at La Rosa, Mexico. In 1898,
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  • 52 6 AFP Mine are waUJag arsaad la far esats at SaHUM ■eat Market, Ike Dally Teiegrafl reported yesterday. A aew breed Is grawtag very laag hair te wtthstaad the temperatares la esM stares at the tameas Lata aarket, said the paper, fastftag a health expert aa eaytag alee were
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 467 6 WORLD WEATHER Berne Clear, 4-19 C. Headline: Defence requests release of (arrested leftist intellectual Tool) Negri. ■•is Sunny, 11-15 C. Headline: Fighting in northwest Iran former chief of staff murdered. Mssesw Overcast. S--11C. Pravda's headline: A great contribution to the development of the Soviet state. Paris Cloudy. 9-13 C. Headline:
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  • 461 8 Of late, heavy traffic Jams are snarling their way back into the daily routine of many Singaporeans who are not part of the usual CBD-escape hordes. In turn, affected commuters are not averse to snarling at all and sundry government departments, particularly the Public Works Department,
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 81 8 If you are having pains around your hips, take note of what some Swiss doctors are saying. Their research reveals that the pains come about because the patients carry heavy wallets in a pocket which apply pres- ■ure on a sciatic nerve. The cure? Remove the
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    • 57 8 Two readers have gently taken Ispy to task for attributing basket in last Friday's whisper ThreeTongue Talk to obscure semantic origin. Both state authoritatively that the term is only a polite version of *****. Well, thanks. Not only can we speak simultaneously in three tongues, sr
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  • 813 8 Jut M Stappm to Magtag back the MCMtstariMlNo the Eastern ealtares to pw—h merai edmtiM, West flwmw to rehaUlltatlag the fairy tale. Their edaeatteatoto an saying that there to a dedaite ■eei, especially the very yeaag, for fairy tales eeataiaiag a dear-cat merai.
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  • 840 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON How sad that China cannot yet sufficiently trust her own people, her own officials, her own politicians, to cope with a modest increase in political liberty and intercourse with the world outside. In an ideal China one
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  • 883 9  -  Voice of the Press c Round-up April 15-21 J Paper hits out at Playboy club A lesson to other shipping lines By Liew Soon Chin Should a community centre specialise in one area of activity? This question was discussed by two non-English papers last week.
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  • trend
    • 1704 10/11  -  By Judith Holmberg When you've finally saved enough money for your first Fiorucci outfit, would you go to a Chinese emporium to buy it? And when you're convinced that nothing will improve your tennis more than an expensive Head XRC racquet, would you head
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  • 607 12  -  Cinema SUPERMAN THE MOVIE: Marlon Brand*, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Marget Kidder, Jackie Ceeper, Valerie Perrlne, Susannah York, Glean Ferd, Phyllis Thaxter, Trevor Heward, Terence Stamp. Directed by Richard Denner. Screenplay by Marl* Put, David Newman. (Frern tomorrow at Ude and Rex).
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  • 702 12  -  Humour by Russell Baker NEW YORK Having heard that Toronto was becoming one of the continent's noblest cities, we flew from New York to investigate. New Yorkers jealous of their city's reputation and worried about challenges to its's stature have little to
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 300 12 Crossword >S "N ACROSS 1 Concerning a man 5 Autocrats 10 Bunyan's ox 14 Border on 15 Garments 16 Libido 17 Style of wrestling 20 Native of: suff. 21 Self 22 Landlord's concern 23 Japanese porgy 24 Locales 27 Choose too strong a foe (infinitively) 33 Evergreen genus 34 and
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  • 222 13 20,000 men ready to swarm Europe sources World Focus AFP Reuter Paris, Wednesday The Soviet Union is ready to send 20,000 saboteurs to Europe for "strategic diversions," French military sources said yesterday. The disclosure came as French President Giscard d'Estaing and Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev prepare
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  • 208 13 Reuter London, Wednesday. Political leaders yesterday fiercely condemned violent clashes which have inflamed Britain's general election campaign. On£ man died, 40 people were seriously injured and more than 300 arrested in street riots Monday night as thousands of demonstrators tried to break into a West London
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  • 193 13 AFP Bangkok, Wednesday Heavy fighting between the two Kampuchean (actions continued to rage along the Thai and Lao borders yesterday as tens of thousands of refugees poured into Thailand. Sources said at least 40,000 Khmer Rouge soldiers and their families are preparing to flee into Thailand. Some
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  • 79 13 Reuter Hattstary, Wednesday iSBSr UaUed African Natl—l Caucll, wMall wm last week's geasral elect!—, was ahst dead eatride hto heme la Lasaka ea Friday, a Amine! yesterday. He Is Babert Have, Si, the CeaaeU's chief represeatatlve la TaaMi, whe Is believed te have beea shet by members
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  • 114 13 Reuter UPI Teheran, Wednesday: Dr Ibrahim Yazdi, one of the most controversial figures in Iran's revolutionary regime, was appointed Foreign Minister yestoday after bowing out of his job as deputy Prime Minister for Revolutionary Affairs. The switch appeared likely to diminish Dr Yazdi's status and
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  • 605 14 Seoul's Yulsan scandal brings into the limelight the fragility of South Korea's big businesses f =3 Business News and Views AFP SeMl, Wednesday The recent bankruptcy of a leading' South Korean business group named Yulsan (Chestnut Mountain) has brought into the limelight the structural
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  • 144 14 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday Finance Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said yesterday that he did not think the government would allow petroleum prices to be increased in Malaysia. "After all, the oil companies have made a lot of money," he said. Speaking to reporters
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  • 293 14 Reuter AFP TOKYO: New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Brian Talboys yesterday urged the expulsion of Japan's imports of agricultural products from his country. Speaking at the press conference at the Japan National Press Club, Mr Talboys said he had reminded Japanese ministers that Japan could take more agricultural
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 248 14 New York, Wednesday Oil issues, buoyed by strong earnings reports, were pacesetters as the stock market climbed sharply in active trading yesterday before late profit taking cut the gains. The market also was helped by speculation that interest rates might decline since government reports have shown the economy
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    • 39 14 UPI Mew York, Wednesday Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 866.77 (up 6.C7); 20 transport 232.62 (up 1.51); 15 utilities 102.27 (off 0 OS); 65 stocks 294.84 (up 1.75). UPI
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    • 72 14 Closing prices on the Paris Bourse yesterday. Pari bos 224 JO unch Foncler <35 50 5 Prtn temps 125 -JO Bull 65.20 -1.40 Royal Dutch 294.50 3 CQE 396 1.10 Thomson 234 •JO CFP 160 JO 3JO Rhone 121 JO -.40 Air 406 unch oon JDO -u Philips 55.10
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    • 168 14 AFP Tokyo, Wednesday Share prices continued to gain on the Tokyo stock market yesterday under active buying with the 225stock Dow Jooes average rising by another 18.65 points to 6139.17 yen. Share prices on* the market have been on the climb for the last four consecutive ses&ionssince last Thursday.
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    • 80 14 Yesterday's prices followed by the difference on the previous session's cloee UBS Bearer 3285 +5 UBS Reg SIS +7 SBC B 385 -3 Credit Suisse B 2210 Swissair B 863 +8 Swiss Relnsur 3190 10 Wlnterthur B 2300 +5 Zurich Insur 10,000 +75 Nestle B asoo Interfood B 4400
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  • 146 14 UPI London, Wednesday The US dollar closed lower In quiet trading on most major European money markets yesterday but got a slight reprieve in London. It also was down in Tokyo. Gold was up to U*****.1250 an ounce from the previous close, on Friday, of U*****.3750 an ounce
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 389 14 WEDNESDAY to Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Nome (Mr Mrs./ Miss): Address: N R.I C. No: Tel: fipi a i t i mm F,LL MIBBINQ 2H I E —LETTERS 3 S 0 TTTT —ACROSS USING -1 L." CLUES 61 K 11 1 BELOW along
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  • 645 15 Racing K.L.CHANS TOP 10 FOR IPOH MEETING Ipnh, Wednesday China Jade, who broke the ice in his last outing, tops my list of 10 to follow at the ipoh meeting starting on Saturday. The four-year-old gelding by Classic Mission struck form at Kuala Lumpur
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  • 326 15 CtOn the E4 track Ipeh, Wednesday Swiss Tiger aaderttaed Ms ehaaees In the Claarf S Dlvlslaa I lMtm straight nee en o—day with a smart werkeet mm gaad going here this mandng, rcpsrti K. L. CHAN. MfttaMdftMih the saddle the toar-year-eld by Wsrkhey strode eat
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  • 52 15 Nattoaal tenia ehmmplea Patrick Uk ywtwMy duMM that he was aei Mm igwn tohg a heated Mrnhaagii «f WW* «tth a spectator at the Teaai tab cha» pt«Mhlpi ea Meaiay. He aaM: "I dM act «ay '■hat ap* le Mai hat toli him to rcMa (NaaAa ■ay hum
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  • 1047 16  -  ...or the question of who made the first move Upfront l»v Jeffrey Low The "inside" story must now be told to clear any misconceptions that Quah Kim Song or the Football Association of Singapore might have had from last Saturday's Upfront column. I reported
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  • 123 16 |KS Athletics Malaysian clubs have shown just as much Interest as local clubs in the Singapore Amateur Athletics Association-Lotto Open relays championships to be held at the National Stadium on Sunday. Four Malaysian clubs Selangor Jets, Lights, Umno Youths and Fenang Sports Club have
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 53 16 ANDY CAPP Wl M SJ 4T' -J- J H:: m i w m s TO! -"•> :.<V'; J 1 SfSftQ B iS v f <r t i 5> 4/k A 2f %rr rcrr ssss Sag ss* i V« i w*s cwaisimg -ve qau awo eveev U>#VS swoon mo AMD YCU.IM6<g
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  • 349 17  -  Losers miss the services of Monbiot and Hill SQUASH by Eric Cooper The absence of Philip Monbiot, coupled with a walk over conceded by Peter Hill because of injury, left Tanglin Club with little hope of retaining the lead in the Premier Grade of the
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  • 235 17 j^^Hockey Theresians, the underdogs of the Singapore Women's Hockey Association's Knockout tournament, scored an upset 3-2 win over Singapore Cricket Club on penalty flicks in their semi-final match on the Padang yesterday. And if any team der deserves to win this year's Knockout
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    • 64 17 4' A M v R&ft Grab it! The TABAC ORIGINAL Sports kiCg Tabac Soap Tabac Sports Bag f Tabac Shampoo Tabac Sports Cream Tabac Eau de Cologne Tabac Deodorant Spray Tabac 'Aftergame' Grooming Case All these worth over $70, ta,on v S4s. 1 ■i\\ ivy I V < Exclusive to
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 383 17 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you are a persuasive speaker and an active participant in whatever life Offers. Quick with advice whether or not it is solicited there are times when you appear to be more interfering than interested in other people's affairs. On the other
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  • 414 18  -  Pandemonium breaks out at Post Secondary semi-final match Basketball By TONY KOH Pandemonium broke out at the Gay World Stadium in the last 20 seconds of the National Schools Post Secondary basketball semi-final match yesterday between defending champions Temasek Junior College and newcomers Nanyang JC. Reserve players, officials
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  • 517 18  -  Soccer By PHILIP TAN Singapore's Asian Cup side put on a reasonably good display in their friendly with South Korea's Mara Halim selection at the National Stadium last night. Though Singapore lost 1-0," there were signs that our boys have improved considerably since their disastrous
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  • 224 18 Changi constituency run the risk of losing their unbeaten four-game run in the first division League soccer tournament when they tackle Toa Payoh United tonight at Jalan Besar (kick-off: 8 p.m.) Toa Payoh, although went down 2-1 to Kaki Bukit in their opening game two weeks back
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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  • What's On
    • 240 19 Are you having a problem disciplining your child? Or wondering why his grades at school are low? Then drop a line to Children's Problems, a new series in Chinese on Rediffusion. "Anyone can call (tel: *****1 ext 22) or write in parents, teachers and even
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    • 188 19 Raymond Solari will sketch your portrait In three minutes flat. Back home in Montmatre, this sidewalk artist's work would cost 51 francs. Bat at Isetan's French Fair, he does not charge a cent. Using a charcoal pencil, he produces as many as
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    • 209 19 Pop fans watching the Boney M show next month will see the complete and original cast of this American disco|group. This pledge was given by show promoter, Johnnie Young, who is staging it at the National Stadium on May 19. The group,
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 169 19 In and around town FILM SHOWS Green Garden Country, JD Goes Hunting, Introducing Animals, and Legends of Birds. At National Museum, 8 p.m. Admission free. Films by courtesy of New Zealand High Commission. TOYB AND POSTERB, children's exhibition organised by National Museum and Goethe Institute, to commemorate International Year of
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    • 62 19 Tomorrow*® I FM Stereo J 6 A.M. Opening Announcements and Programme Summary 6.05 Morning Prelude Moonlight Moods Vol Seven 6.30 News (E) 6.40 Morning Concert Lalo's Le Roy D'Ys (Suisse Roma nde Orchestra/Ansermet), Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor (Ruggierro Ricci/violin, London Symphony Orchestra/ Pierino Gamba), Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No.
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    • 718 19 Sports diary RUGBY: Armed Forces Inter-Formation Tournament Singapore Navy v 7 SIB (Farrer Park, 5 p.m.). National Schools Tournament (Post Secondary) NJC v SAJC (3.90 p.m.) RI v ACJC (5, Dover Road). SQUASH: National InterClub "C" Grade League Tanglin v SCC (Tanglin), SICC v Pathology Sports RC (Island), MYMCA v
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  • 65 20 AH POOK: The papers say President Carter's parting his hair on the left instead of the right nowadays. He must have read the' article in New Nation "on how to avoid going bald. It said men should change their parting occasionally. ME3 UN: Well, only he and his'hairdresser
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 683 20 TV AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 700 miion people in 43 countries can't be wrong PAL color. Invented and owned by S.St OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by I LOVE LUCY: Oil Wells. S.St DIARY OP EVENTS (M), 3J5 BONANZA: Bucket Dog. 4.29 INTERMISSION. I.lt OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by PLEABE DON'T EAT THE
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    • 250 20 Today's top shows OPINION: What Does Bilingualism Mean? (Ch.5, 9.50 p.m. in colour). This episode of Opinion features a discussion on how immersion programmes in other countries are working and methods in which adults should be taught a second language. Panelists are Prof John Gumperz (of anthropology, University of California),
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