New Nation, 24 July 1979

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    19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Tuesday, July 24, 1979 2627 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 144/1/79 I NEW (0) NATION COMMENT!
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    Govt may step in
    266 1 Golden Shoe project The government may have to step into the Golden Shoe project to bring about its speedy and comprehensive redevelopment. The Urban Redevelopment Authority may have to do this where private landowners have failed to respond to the government's incentives, said the Minister for
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  • Article
    SBS plan to increase student fare to 20cts
    237 1  -  By Rav Dhaliwal The Singapore Bus Service is expected to propose a revision of the student concession fare to a uniform rate of 20 cents a trip. Currently, students are paying 10 cents for the first four stages and 20 cents from
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    Ride on with the courteous crew
    545 2  -  as SBS drives home campaign message By Rav Dhaliwal If courtesy on the buses means providing an efficient service without being rude to commuters, the message has apparently been driven home to most Singapore Bus Service crew. However, if it is interpreted to include
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    SBS gets 'heartening' results
    234 2 Singapore Bus Service and Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation (Silo) have set up a permanent committee to guide and monitor efforts to provide a safer, more courteous and more efficient bus service. This was announced by Mr Yap Boon Keng, SBS assistant general manager and chairman of
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    'Add a dash of courtesy to your diet'
    224 2 Courtesy was practically put on a scale and weighed at the Metrication Board in Anson Road yesterday. Four officials two from the Weights and Measures Office and two from the Metrication Board spent an entire morning sorting through 69 entries for a
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    Stock market
    162 2 Inchcape came under the speculative spotlight during the first hour of trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. It was re-rated 9 cents higher to $1.91 in rather rapid fashion before profit-taking appeared, which brought it down to $1.89, up 7 cents. Slightly over 100,000 Inchcape shares
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    No firm decision
    80 2 The Port of Singapore Authority has not taken a firm decision on hotel development and plans are at a standstill. A PSA spokesman said this when commenting on a Business Times report that PSA plans to build hotels opposite the convention-exhibition complex of Maritime Square have been
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      85 2 !{><[$;:;{""(;]'~=$~.=<;]&;|=<^ 10,000 Hours on 2 penlite batteries. Wick- N Digits Calculators with chain mixed operations. 1 unctions command signs show operating mode to a\oid errors. \llll> cut off alter 10 mins. of non-operation, onstants lor _/+/x/|. squares powers and etc. V" ;<* CASIO H 1.-801 Also a>ailablc HI.-101 Wiile Id
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    Awards for teachers
    347 3  -  Old Victorians say 'thank you* By Gerry de Silva Students have many ways of showing their appreciation to teachers. Most give flowers, fruits and some chocolates. But the old boys of Victoria School have come up with a novel way of saying "thank you" to two of
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    Minister to attend travel meet
    206 3 A Philippine minister will be among some 80 people coming here to attend the Pacific Area Travel Association (Pata) board of directors meeting at the end of the month. Tourism Minister Jose Aspiras, who is chairman of Pata's board of directors, will be visiting Singapore
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    Tourist record
    163 3 Singapore registered a record number of 2.05 million tourists last year, two thirds of whom came from Asian countries. Arrivals by air and sea alone totalled 1.83 million, an increase of 8.9 per cent from 1.68 million in 1977. According to the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board's annual statistical
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      163 3 Our salads make ordinary salads look undressed. r /.4SBW; WfW St -V v.< c jr< > ,< m r < s i Here at the fashionable Brasserie, where the fun people meet, we're holding a nine-day wonder in praise of The Salad. Until now, the salad has been a predictable
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    When making music is as easy as ABC
    176 4 Making music from these bamboo sticks isn't difficult at all. In fact, it's so easy, even these children can do it. And they do it well, too. The angklong troupe, comprising 32 budding "musicians" from the People's Association's Kampung Glam kindergarten, stole
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    Setting new IR guidelines
    353 4  -  Unionists, managements to meet soon By] Ivan Lim Top unionists and managements will soon hold a "summit meeting" to establish new guidelines for better industrial relations. These guidelines will be discussed at a national seminar on industrial relations to be held later this year the first
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    Concert
    20 4 The Kwansei Gakuin University Symphonic Band from Japan will perform at the National Theatre on Sunday at 8.30 p.m.
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    Exchange
    29 4 Four National Cadet Corps air cadets and an officer will visit Hong Kong and the US from tomorrow till Aug 10 under an international air cadet exchange programme.
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    Donation
    21 4 A blood donation session will be held at Olivetti House in Oxley Road on Saturday from noon to 2 p.m.
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    Pool closed
    18 4 The Toa Payoh Swimming Complex will be closed to the public on National Day, Aug 9.
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    Part of his life, says lensman
    271 4 Photography has always been part of Mr Yip Hoi Kee's life. I have been fascinated by photographs since I was a child, he told New Nation yesterday. Mr Yip, 40, (above) won the third prize in the black-and-white section of the Nikon Photo Contest
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    Diesel still a problem this morning
    314 5 Diesel was still in short supply this morning with taxis drivers going from kiosk to kiosk to try and fill their tanks. A source this morning said representatives from the petrol dealers' associations of the five major oil companies who met officials of the
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    Saying a tearless goodbye to an 'old friend'
    291 5 It looks like a tearless goodbye for Magnolia Snack Bar at Orchard Road when the bulldozer trundles in to pave the way for a new sevenstorey building to rise in its place. Despite the imminent end or this more than 40-year-old building,
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    SIA will pay NWC to 14,000
    110 5 About 14,000-odd employees in its six companies of the Singapore Airlines group will receive $32 plus three per cent under this year's National Wages Council recommendations. This announcement of the NWC recommendations was made by Singapore Airlines' chairman, Mr J.Y.M. Pillay, when he addressed
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      220 5 I (I M M J;\V/; Vil New Tabard Insect Repellent, your mobile mosquito net. Get complete protection against vicious mosquitoes, sandflies, all stinging and biting insects. They'll keep away for 5 hours with just one application. Tabard, with a natural, herbal fragrance, is effective, quick-drying and kind to the skin.
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    Lock icon Toll is now 539
    301 6 World Focus Another imminent: report Tidal wave disaster: AFP Jakarta, Tuesday The death toll of the tidal waves disaster on the Indonesian island of Lomblen was yesterday reported to have jumped to 539, more than three times the previous figure of 175. And the nearby island
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    Lock icon Flood havoc
    80 6 A flash flood took big chunk «f this residential street In Palm Desert, California, last Snnday. The ear on the right had been parked too elose to the edge and (ell right down to the bettem. No ene was la It at the time of the laeldeat. Roads
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    Lock icon TODAY
    98 6 UPI TODAY is Tuesday July 24, the 205 th day of 1979 with 160 to follow. Those bora on this date are under the sign of Leo. American aviatrix Amelia Ear hart Putnam was born on July 24,1898. ON THIS DAY IN HIBTORY: In 1969, Apollo II returned to
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    Lock icon Cuba consults
    59 6 AFP Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday Cuba, which will host the next nonaligned summit in September, is now consulting countries in this region on two major problems which threaten to cause a rift in the nonaligned movement, official sources said here yesterday. The two problems are the question of represensation
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    Lock icon Odd Corner
    56 6 DJ Woglaald Geodwla, <1, turned on the KM to commit salclde. Bat he became fed sp waiting for It to take effect, so he decided to take a ■moke. When he lit the cigarette, there was aa explidia, which eaased US,m damage to his Yorkddre heme. He dhtat
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      402 6 Learning The Divine Way Berilmu Cara Kebatinan illustrator: Lui Thue Wah rnr. r> I X* VI 0 I v < y&t: V. m 1 0/M 1 a M IM! it Si H t H 1$ V I x i a 0 1 A 180 y 2A I ?u MS =S
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    Lock icon US to tackle refugee flow
    303 7 Plan to station consular officers in Vietnam UPI Washington, Tuesday The United States and Vietnam have agreed in principle that U.S. consular officers will be stationed in Vietnam to help deal with the refugee flow, U.S. Refugee Coordinator Dick Clark said yesterday. Clark, former Democratic
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    Lock icon Two Gestapo men for trial
    169 7 Reuter Cologne (West Germany), Tuesday Kurt Lischka, Hitler's Deputy Gestapo Chief in France, and two colleagues will go on trial on Oct 23 (or their part in the murder of more than 33,000 Jews, the Cologne prosecutor's office said yesterday. Mr Lischka, Herbert Hagen and
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    US censures Israel over air raids
    178 7 Washington, Tuesday The United States, in one of its sharpest-ever rebukes of Israel, yesterday demanded a halt to Israeli air raids against Lebanon after an air strike on Sunday caused heavy civilian casualties. The State Department stopped short of stating what actions it would
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    Lock icon 50 die
    41 7 Reuter Teheran, Tuesday About 50 people may have died of thirst after a motor launch ran aground on salt flats near the gulf port of Abadan while attempting an unauthorised crossing to Kuwait, a local police spokesman said yesterday
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    Lock icon US sales of $2.7b weapons
    91 7 AP Washington, Tuesday The US defence department announced yesterday nearly US$l.3 billion (about $2.7 billion) in proposed sales of hundreds of armoured weapons and other arms to Egypt and Israel, following promises to strengthen their armed forces under the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. The defence department
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    Lock icon Toast of the town
    112 7 UPI Frederlela, (Denmark), Taesday. Itorghlld Em Petersen, M, wu the tMMt ef this ■mall pnviadtl ton yesterday after she kaeeked eat a wNld-ke rapist with a beer kettle. She dlseevered the St-year-eld ma* attempting te rape ker maid, R. Mrs. Fetor— grabbed a beer bettle, raa
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    Lock icon DOWN AND OUT
    31 7 Belfast On Its side Is this goods train which was derailed and then set on (Ire by terrorists early yesterday morning at Peyntspass, near Newry. UPI' UPI photo
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    Lock icon How Hanoi sees meet in Geneva
    163 7 World Focus Reuter Bangkok, Tuesday: Vietnam said yesterday its position had won sympathy despite attempts by China, the United States and Britain to strike "discordant notes" against Hanoi at the recently concluded international refugee conference. Radio Hanoi, in a broadcast monitored here, accused the
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    Lock icon Oil: A grim forecast
    55 7 AP Washington, Tuesday US Deputy Assistant Energy Secretary Peter Borre yesterday painted a grim forecast on world oil supplies and prices over the next few years. In 1960, he said, the oilproducing nations may produce less than they did In 1979 "due to a combination of
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      65 7 II you do no! know vvli«if u Palatschinkc is it's lime von c<imi' to us. Palutschinken.«t <l<*!«>< meal in itself.is <i pancake stuffed with «11iv. delights of vout < hoi( e: seaf()(»<!. flit ken. meats, v e<je tables and even li nits ,iiul sweets. Join in theqreat culinarv tiadition ,n
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    Critical and local slant
    435 8 Where are Singapore's answers to the lain Buchanans and the Robert Gamers? University of Singapore Sociological Department head Dr Peter Chen's pessimistic view is that we will have none at all the way things are going for our social scientists. Those two aforementioned gentlemen and others
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      Pill for pigeons
      57 8 Authorities in West Berlin are winning their battle against the city's pigeons thanks to a special contraceptive pill which has cut numbers from 60,000 in 1977 to 18,300 this year. The pill, according to the Bangkok Post, is mixed with grain eaten by pigeons which are blamed
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      'The good old days'
      90 8 People in America, faced with oil shortages and other problems, are increasingly talking about the "good old days". But a few words from Dr Wesley of the University of Minnesota might change all that. The doctor has just pub- lished a book in which he says
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    Lock icon Life's no longer a wander
    512 8  -  By Neil Harris UPI London: Once gypsies were pure creatures of the road, living a proud nomadic life, trundling down back roads in gaily-painted caravans in a kind of cultural half-light, a tiny band proudly apart, curious and distrusted. That's all gone. Now a quarter
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    VIPs let their hair down at Mrs J's
    1119 9  -  IT'S A SMALL WORLD By Irene Hoe The row of barber's chairs, lined up with military precision facing a long strip of wall mirror, dominated the stark white tiled room. Mrs Jeya Veerappan sat at a desk at the far end of
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    Lock icon French way to teach motorists to save gas
    266 9 UPI Paris: The French government has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in a fat, little, pink creature named Gaspi in the hope the odd-looking thing will save the nation 900,000 tonnes of oil in 1979 and 1960. Almost two months after
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    Lock icon SUCCESS!
    861 10/11  -  The VITB Way to the Top Third in a seven-part series The year 1965 was an exceptionally good one for the class of 21 in motor vehicle mechanics at the Singapore Vocational Institute. It was special because three trainees proved to themselves and their families that it pays to
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    Mechanic's 'lucky' flop in English
    502 10/11 If Jeffrey Cheng had passed his English in the Senior Cambridge examinations, he would have become a teacher. But getting a red mark in English turned out to be a blessing in disguise he chose instead to do a motor vehicle mechanics course at the
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    Self-made boss via grease
    565 10/11 Mr Yeo Beng Chee runs the Queensway Car Care Centre, a newly renovated selfservice petrol station. This is his seventh job. He entered the labour force in 1963 at the age of 16. Sixteen years later, Beng Chee has tasted jobs, both white- and bluecollar alike,
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      592 10/11 TUESDAY NEW NATION MONEYWORDS Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions aopear below Name (Mr Mrs./ Miss): Address: N R.I.C. No: Tel: fill in MISSING LETTERS —ACROSS —USING CLUES LIiLI—HH BELOW iCut along dotted lines HHBaa CLUES FOR 10-2 1. Tear violently 2. One may come to regret
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  • trend 1 EDITED BY JUDITH HOLMBERG
    • Dear Ros
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        She threw away all my love letters
        233 12 I am a secondary three student. I liked this pretty girl but she cares for another boy who does not return the feelings. I wrote to tell her I love her but she told me she threw away all the letters. Although there
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        I don't know how to tell him I was call-girl
        234 12 Divorcee getting married soon but finds herself in dilemma I am a divorcee in my late 20s and have been going steady for three years. We are very much in love, but the problem is that before I knew nim
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        He wants to kiss me on every date
        315 12 I first knew this boy when I was 13. We have not met (or (our years. He is 18. On our first two dates he was all right but on the third date he suddenly hugged me. I was shocked but said
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        Girl likes nude pictures
        123 12 I have a habit of staring at beautiful girls, especially at nude pictures. Sometimes I even dream o( hugging and kissing them. The problem is that I am a girl myself. I have the same feeling for handsome hoys too. Am I abnormal? I am 20.
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        My maths teacher is too fast for me
        196 12 I dislike my maths teacher as she is a very fussy woman. She does not care about us and sometimes teaches so fast that a number of us cannot understand her. I pay full attention in class, yet I am not able
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        Boy's hairy problem
        86 12 I cannot take all the teasing anymore. I am 20 and in national service. I have very little hair on my body, on my legs, my armpits and genital area. I am so embarrassed because we have to bathe openly. Is there something wrong with me? Is
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      Lock icon 'Trigger' finger woe
      564 12 Doc's Casebook SLCK A 50-year old woman complains that in the morning one of her fingers cannot be straightened. "I can only straighten it half way and then it is stuck in that position. To straighten it fully I have to pry it loose with my other
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      Kitchen proud!
      365 13  -  Pots, pans and everything that's nice at this House rr Beat by Margaret Chan It's a haven for those who are kitchen proud. You don't get things cheap, but you do get quality. That's the House of Kitchenware, two stores that sell you all the utensils you need
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      395 12 Are you sure your Baby's feeding bottles are free from harmful bacteria? Your baby's feeding utensils can be the biggest threat to its health. Unless they are completely clean, they are not completely safe. Minute particles of food left on the teat or in the bottle can encourage the growth
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      119 13 v m jIjHR, '■> ••>;<••• wRsSSr. < N(W SIGNIFICANTL\' REDUCE DRYNESS AROUND THE EYES. it? The tissue around your eyes is (he most vulnerable skin on your face. is formulated to provide the special kind of moisture penetration this fragile area needs... deep down, almost to where new skin is
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    One of top land users
    313 14 Business News and Views The wood products and rattan processing industry has replaced shipbuilding and repairing as one of the top three leading users of land here. This was disclosed in the Jurong Town Corporation's 1978/79 annual re- port released today. It said upgrading of
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    People in business
    315 14 Two Singapore executives have Deen promoted to key regional positions with the American Express Card in Singapore. They are Mr James Chan. 30, regional controller for South-east Asia and the Indian sub-conti-nent and Mr Jobs Ylag, 29, manager (data processing). A Bachelor of Commerce graduate of the
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    Lock icon New York Exchange
    241 14 UPI New York, Tuesday Stocks gave ground grudgingly yesterday as investors tried to unscramble the events involving the Carter administration shakeup, the nation's economic slowdown and the rise in gold. Trading was moderate. The Dow Jones industrial average, down nearly 6 points at the outset, surrendered only
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    40 14 UPI New York, Tuesday Dow Jones closing averages closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 825.51 (off 2.56); 20 transport 247.52 (off 1.12); 15 utilities 107.31 (off 0.54); 65 stocks 294.48 (off 1.13). UPI
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    JTC's record 'plus'
    170 14 Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) last year achieved a record net-sur-plus of $27.2 million, its biggest surplus since its formation in 1968. This amount is almost 12.4 times more than the 1977 surplus of $2.2 million and reflects an upward trend since 1976 when JTC suffered a net
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    Lock icon Money Market
    220 14 UPI London, Tuesday Continued uncertainty about the Carter administration's energy plans yesterday forced gold prices to record high levels at the close in London and Zurich and sent the dollar diving on all European money markets. Gold opened at U*****,875 an ounce in London and Zurich, surging again
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    Lock icon 4.2 pc growth
    78 14 Reuter Geneva, Tuesday Industrial countries can expect their economies to grow at an average of 4.2 per cent a year in the next decade, World Bank President Robert McNamara said yesterday. The economic growth rate for developing countries is likely to be higher at 5.6 per cent
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  • SHOPPING
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      Furniture shop with the biggest showroom
      275 15 First Furniture boasts one of the bigfest showrooms in ingapore for the display of its furniture products. Manager Tan Quee Bok said: "We occupy stalls No 1 to 14 at the Gay World Amusement Park. That's a total area of about 15,000 sq feet."
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      171 15 (jdinsbo rough 303 Instant Shower Heater Approved by P.U.B. (P U B. Approval Cert. 0001 3) Great Year Co. 149 A. UTTER TA/A IE BAA BO AO SINGAPORE It Te1:*****8.*****4 f n grl The biggest showroom at Cay Amusement Park (next to Silver City Cinema) offers a wide range of
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  • SPORT STARTS HERE
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      BAS name 48 for trials
      377 16  -  To select teams for Jakarta Games RtJ Basketball By TONY KOH The Singapore Basketball Association yesterday named 48 players 23 men and 25 women for final trials to select a squad of 12 players each in prepration for the South East Asia Games in Jakarta
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      Soviets sweep
      51 16 |M3 Athletics Moscow, Tuesday European x champion Lyudimila Kondratyeva yesterday led the Soviet Union to a clean sweep of gold medals on the third day of the Spartakiad's athletics programme here. Kodratyeva, 21, the European 200 m champion, scored an emphatic win in the 100 m, clocking 11.19
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      Actor V looks good in trial
      290 17  -  a On the track By TURF RAY Actor V, a non-acceptor last week, did an impressive workout at Batu Gantong this morning. Tne Lord Gayle four-year-old, with George Podmore astride, was eager to go but was restrained to clock a tick above 45 over
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      Held over
      16 17 The Penaag race finishes tor Saaday are held aver die to pressure aa space.
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      Lesson the FAS shouldn't forget
      857 17  -  SOCCER SCENE by Philip Tan When the Football Association of Singapore meet tomorrow night to pick the Singapore coach for the South-east Asia Games in Jakarta in September, they must not forget the mistakes made in the last Games in Kuala Lumpur two years ago.
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      The Thais will be coming after all
      128 17 E9 Booting Thailand have confirmed their participation in the Pesta Sukan Invitation boxing tournament, scheduled to be held here from Aug 2 to 4. The inclusion of the Thais will bring the number of countries competing to five. The others are: Malaysia, Indonesia,
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      Lock icon It's Malaysia by a nose
      798 18  -  Ganesan's late gold makes it three-in-a-row F wa <s> is E&r TRACK AND FIELD MEET 1979 it By SURESH NAIR Malaysia won the Asean Schools track and field title for the third successive year yesterday by the skin of their teeth. The seasoned Malaysians, who
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      Samotapon's dream...
      215 18  -  By SHIRLEY TAN Thai schoolboy athlete Samotapon Boravongs has set himself a target to be a top Asian sprinter within two years. Samotapon, 17, who is with the Thai contingent who took part in the Asean Schools' track and field meet which ended yesterday, took up athletics two
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      302 16 TRAVEL GUIDE NAM HO TRAVEL Service (Singapore) Pte Ltd. 8.T.P.8. Lie No: 140 West Malaysia Tour (Inclusive Oenting/ Cameron Highlands) by deluxe aircondltloned coach seven days *****/-, six days *****/-, departure every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Qenttng/ Cameron Highlands four days SJI4O/-, Oenttng Highlands four days *****/-, by deluxe aircondltloned coach
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      266 16 PACKING/REMOVAL^ OFFICE/FACTORV/NOUSE Removals, Packing Cases and Transport for everything, driver/ labour supplied, self-drive lorries for hire, storage, odd jobs. Call CDT.4400Q07/4402M4. SPECIAL TREATMENTS 0 SINGAPORE ACUPUNCTURE CENTRE, 104, Ist Floor, International Plaxa, Anson Road, Tel: *****47. Consultation hours: 8.30 a.m. 7.00 p.m. I VEHICLES FOR HIRE i BUS FOR MRE
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      261 16 Crossword j HHiaH as:: HI HI ACROSS 1 Story 5 Visages 10 Fastener 14 Dash 15 Odor 16 Fairy tale character 17 Lichen 18 Arrangement in thin sheets 20 Bluster 22 A Ford 23 Journey in a circuit 24 Presage 28 "Golden Boy" author 32 Businessman 38 Diva's song 39
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      147 17 Having a hard time finding a COURT? Wa COWL TO liS SINGAPORE SQUASH CENTRE the largest of its kind in the world We offer limited Company or Group Membership which entitles you to book one month in advance. Call *****5 for an application form or more information. NOTICE SEMBAWANG SHIPYARD
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      243 17 YOUR LUCKY STARS L n IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you have a deep interest in the occult. You are careful, however, to keep that interest within the limits of scientific investigative procedures. You refuse to allow yourself to become so involved in the mysterious elements of it that
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      191 17 time and energy. Be ready to make changes. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22Dec 21) Handle important matters early in the day. As for the rest, turn over as much as you can to others. CAPRICORN (Dec 22Jan 19) A sensible approach does not go unrewarded. On the other hand, an impetuous move
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  • What's On A page that tells you what's happening on TV and in town
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      Two Romantics for main diet
      535 19  -  ...for the spice, Choo Hoey will add Ge-yan By Georgina Emmanuel True to his promise to give us a carefully rationed selection of littleknown Chinese gems to add spice to an otherwise purely western diet, Choo Hoey has come up with another sample... this time,
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      Authors on their books
      139 19 Denglas Reemaa, pictured above, Is eae ef the aathers Interviewed teday en The World ef Books, to be broadcast ever Redlffnslon at lI.Ji p.m. Famous fer his sea stories, he talks abeat his latest paperback which Is abeat the fall of Singapore la World War Two.
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      Legend gets a lukewarm response
      447 19  -  Glitter Chatter t»V Teo Lian Huay It's a tale of two box office hopes that flopped in Taiwan last week. Director King Hu's latest movie, The Legend from the Mountains, did not draw the crowds as expected, even though he spent more than one and
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      677 19 In and around town CHINESE ART AND HANDICRAFT EXHIBITION at the World Trade Centre from 10.30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Extended to Aug 19. Admission to the exhibition hall is free. Admission to the cultural relics exhibition hall: adults $5, children $3. AVANT GARDE an exhibition of 110 photographs and
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      117 19 Taday: 5.05 a.m. (0.1 m), 11.49 a.m. (2.3 m), 4.57 p.m. (1.0 m), 10.52 p.m. (2.7 m). Tamarraw: 5.40 a.m. (0.2 m), 12.18 p.m. (2.3 m), 5.33 p.m. (1.0 m), 11.30 p.m. (2.7 m). Thursday: 6.14 a.m. (0.2 m), 12.48 p.m. (2.3 m), 6.08 p.m. (0.9 m). Friday: 12.07 a.m.
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      66 19 FM stereo 6.00 a.m. Opening Announcements and Programme Summary 6.05 Morning Prelude with Meiachrino And His Music 6.30 News (E) 6.40 Morning Concert: Passacaglia Concertante (Veress); Solo For Oboe (Denisow), Heinz Holliger (oboe), Camerata Bern; Leonora k Overture No.3 (Beethoven), Piano Concerto No.4 (Beethoven), Ashkenazy (piano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti. 8.00
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    Talking Point
    54 20 AH FOOK: I got thoroughly soaked trying to hail a taxi yesterday. There are fewer of them on the road these days because of the diesel shortage. MET LIN: So much for your theory that a price increase would solve the shortage. Now here's my theory buy an
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      177 20 5-YEAR WARRANTY The AR-18 loudspeakers are small in size, small enough to be placed in any bookshelf. In spite of the size, the sound reproduction is extremely accurate. With the "long throw" 200 mm woofer and fluid-cooled tweeter, the AR-18 can handle up to 100 watts in power. Like all
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      705 20 iuuiuMtt AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 700 million people in 43 countries can't be wrong. S TELEFUNKEN S.ll OPENING ANNOI! NC KM K NTS followed by LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY: Supermarket (r). The girls get the chance to strip the shelves bare in Ave minutes of wild and hilarious free shopping at
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      185 20 RETURN OF THE SAINT: Tower Bridge is Falling Down. (Ch. 5, 8.30 p.m., in colour). With the help of a wrestling promoter, played by Alfie Base, Simon Templar sets out to trap an embezzler ana murderer, played by John Wood vine. k. V\. SCORPION TALES: The Ghost in the Pale
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