New Nation, 14 August 1979

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  • 20 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Tuesday, August 14, 1979 2645 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 144/1/79 r I NIW £0) NATION COMMENT 1
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  • 243 1  -  Ministry move to spruce up rundown areas By Douglas Chan The Ministry of The Environment has started a campaign to clean up rundown areas in Singapore. The operation, which is being conducted on a locality to locality basis, is carried out in consultation with Members of Parliament,
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 305 2 Solidarity shown in past year New Straits Times KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Asean has reached a stage where it can withstand any new challenges because its foundation has been deeply rooted, the director general of Asean Secretariat, Malaysia, Encik Kassim bin Mohamad Hussein, said yesterday. He
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  • 356 2 Nine hundred employees in 19 insurance firms will get at least two increments on promotion under a new master collective agreement. In addition, they will receive the normal increment it they are promoted on July 1, the incremental date. Previously, an employee upon
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  • 115 2 The question of the difference in prices of Chinese goods sold here and in Hong Kong will be further pursued when the Singapore Federation of Chambers of Cmnmerce and Industry makes its first trip to China next month. "This is because the SFCCI has
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  • 142 3 Residents at Bedok New Town will not have to travel far for a cinema show by April next year. A new hall, being built SShaw Brothers near e junction of Bedok South Avenue 1 and New Upper Changi Road, will be completed by then. The nearest
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  • 138 3 A mixed trading pattern prevailed during the first hour of subdued trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning. Last week's high flyers, Sembawang Shipyard and Inchcape, lost two cents each to $1.95 and $1.97 respectively. Lite motor stocks such as Tan Chong and United Motor Works,
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  • 33 3 The MP for Geylang East, Mr Ho Cheng Choon, will attend the opening ceremony of the Telephone Area Office (East) at Block 114, Aljunied Avenue 2, on Thursday at 3 p.m.
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  • 27 3 In the Big Sweep draw on Sunday, one of the consolation prizes should read *****6 and not *****3 as published. The error is regretted.
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  • 226 3 Singapore's export of knock-down furniture increased significantly in June while timber and timber product exports declined. The Timber Industry Board's latest Timber Digest said the value of knock-down furniture exports in June rose by 13 per cent from May to reach $5.4 million. This is
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  • 29 3 The MP for Boon Teck, Mr Phey Yew Kok, will attend a buffet cum variety show at the Boon Teck community centre on Aug 26 at 8 p.m.
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  • 21 3 The Singapore Civil Service Sports Council is organising a pensioners' dinner at its clubhouse in Dempsey Road on Sept 8.
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  • 77 3 An Indian man was found dead in a brothel in Desker Road on Sunday. He is described as wellbuilt and in his 30s. Police have interviewed some women in the area, including one who was with him at the time of his death. They have ruled
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  • 645 4  -  Nazareth centres on 'uplifting' children in high-rise By Ivan Lim Beside a shop churning out tins of love-let-ters at Block 44, Beo Crescent, is a community service project founded on love. For it was a deep love for people that inspired Sister Mary Chua a member
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  • 357 4 A visiting American dentist has suggested that hypnosis should be included in the curriculum of the faculties of medicine and dentistry here. Dr Kay Thompson, who has been using hypnosis in her dental practice for the past 25 years, said an understanding of hypnosis
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  • 141 5 The Board of Commissioners of Currency has stepped in to control the import of photocopying machines, the Business Times reported today. It said, the move is aimed at preventing illegal reproduction of financial instruments such as share certificates and other negotiable instruments. The report said
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  • 31 5 A professional photographer, Mr Tan Lip Seng, will give a talk in Mandarin on Introduction to Photographic Techniques at the Toa Payoh branch library on Thursday at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 123 5 Ills $4.1 million University of Singapore hostel aft Kent Ridge will hleaae both male and female residents bat It to net kaewa whether the heys aad girls will be plaeed la different Mocks or floors. The hostel has five resldeatlal blocks, each three to
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  • 248 5  -  Seven daily-rated workers' unions to merge By Ivan Lim The seven public daily-rated workers' unions will now be merged to form two bigger unions instead of one, as originally intended. Three of them PDR General Store, Transport and Architect will together form the Public
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  • 26 5 Labour Minister Ong Pang Boon will attend a National Day dinner at Nee Soon community centre in Nee Soon Village on Friday at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 32 5 Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Labour), Fong Sip Chee, will officiate at the opening of the 1979 National Day art exhibition at the National Museum Art Gallery on Thursday at 5.30 p.m.
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  • 28 5 The National Museum will screen three colour films Japan 1975, Mankind, in Japan and Aquaculture in Japan at its Stamford Road premises tomorrow at 8 p.m.
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  • 337 6 Jane's raises the alarm World Focus UPI Leaden, Tuesday The United States and other non-communist powers have allowed their naval strength to slump to a point where they soon will be vulnerable to Soviet blackmail, the authoritative Jane's Fighting Ships said today. It said this could
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  • 85 6 UPI TODAY is Tuesday Aug 14. the 226 th day of 19ft with 139 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1900, 2000 American Marines helped capture Peking to end the Boxer rebellion. In 1945. President Harry
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  • 57 6 It's what you might call the presidential kiss. President Carter get a kiss (rem his wife Rosalyan before he entered his office is the West Wing of the White House yesterday, under the watchful eyes of the security officer. Inside his office, President Carter talked about
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  • 109 6 AFP Moscow, Tuesday. The Soviet Union has no military bases in Indochina and has no intention to set any up there "nor in any other part of the world Tass news agency said vessterday. Refuting the idea/Of a "Soviet threat", the agen cy accused
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  • 60 6 Reuter Alleaate, Spala, Tiesday Aim CabaDere mum< a task aemit t• r his pet Afghaa baud "to allow ber a life wltbost ll—rial mifca hlmbM anything kappea to me." Mr Cabailer* nU he hai arraaced tor MM pesetas (abost $1M) to aepaM lata Ike aeesaat every msatk eaoagb
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 350 6 Heaven In Chaos (II) Langit Jahanam(II) illustrator: Lui Thue Wah '.'vi i .< 1 IIIWX wm tX S3 ih IV ss 1M a 6 u\N 5«:.i <T m 4' z sr 5 .%> Vv^ I V 1 m N 1%^ as &4 M IV^ M Kl -L ii m m
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    • 562 7 to Singapore MR. V.G. GOCHNEAUR Chairman of the Board of Directors ft Co-Founder of FASHION TWO TWENTY. Aurora. Ohio. U.S.A. •st fj', MISS MELDEAN R. SIMANEK I m' '< Vice-President of Training. i f Hi; fashion two twenty. The Singapore line-up headed by: Dor—n Tan UnnMrtgfen OoraonOog SkjdbOmnw SNrlcySang Dvactoi
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  • 471 8 The long journey to total OMO may be initially rough, but that is the way the Singapore Bus Service must travel. The SBS will, from next month, add 200 more buses for 23 services to the current 300 OMO (one-man-operated) buses in 62 services. Stage
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 71 8 It may be a matter o( degree Dut the difference is enough to split the Muslin), community in Georgetown, Guyana in a controversy over praying direction. Are the mosques facing the Kaaba in Mecca? Mus- lim leaders are positive but young intellectuals claim that they have worked out
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    • 39 8 Smile and pay up PUB bills now come with the all-too-famillar courtesy logo. "Good PR," wisecracked a friend, "but what with the price increase and all that, it's kind of hard to expect us to pay with, a smile."
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  • 609 8 Are being wiped out by the police Reuter Tskys: The Bosozoku, a Japanese version of the Hell Angels who thunder down roads in America and Britain, are being wiped out by a determined police force here. for about 10 years, members of the Bosozoku the
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  • 237 8 AP Bistia (Massaehasets) There are msre males than females in meatal Instttattsas aad sdeatlsts say a reeeatly discovered defect la some sex chromosomes may be the caase. The discovery of what Is called the Fragile X Syndrom was dlscassed re.ccatly by Dr
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 550 9  -  Refugee flow complicates problem of Chinese illegal immigrants INDONESIAN HEADLINES B V Ismail Kassim The deluge of Vietnamese refugees into Indonesia since last year appears to have revived fears of the possible security threat posed by Chinese illegal immigrants. The latter refers specifically to two groups of
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  • 502 9  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times Shanghai; As with so many newspapermen who return from China, I have a lot of leftover notes which I don't know what to do with. I offered them to four Western intelligence services, but they all turned me down on the
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  • trend 1 EDITED BY SYLVIA LEOW
    • 265 10 Beauty queen mcdels added dazzle to what was otherwise a staid shew. Accordion pleats, la the top picture below, made a strong comeback. The clothes were, of course, all (rills aad flounces. Soft, slinky frills and flounces bring back... Old-fashioned femininity was the order of the
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    • 827 10 NYT New York: "I was just turning 90, and I was seeing my friends struggling with a lot of the choices women go thrqugh," said Kristen Monroe, assistant professor of politics at New York University. "And I thought it might be interesting to do
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    • Dear Ros
      • 207 11 I love my steady, but the thought of his having had several affairs in the past greatly upsets me. Despite his love and care, I cannot forget and I am thinking of leaving him rather than continue torturing my mind. I do
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      • 196 11 •I am a retained student. For the past few months I have thought about the meaning of life. Why do we live just to die? I have many friends and none of them can answer this question. Please help me for I am
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      • 184 11 What do boys between the ages of 13 and 16 like about and want out of girls? Do they want us to be old-fashioned and decent, or forward? Do they like to be around girls at all? If they know that someone is Interested in them,
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      • 249 11  -  H.G. You have said that 15 is too youhg to go single dating but my boyfriend insists that we do so everytime we go out. He is 18.1 do not want to disappoint him, so where should we go? I date my
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    • 539 11 Doc's Casebook 4 SLCK Miss E would like to know why she has anaemia or too little blood. "I can't understand it why as I'm young and eat regular well-bal-anced meals. What are the causes of anaemia?" Anaemia and too little blood
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    • 396 11 Areyousure 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 and multiplication
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  • 434 12 Soccer fans and Bangkok visitors are Lufthansa's biggest troublemakers World Focus AP Hamburg, Tuesday Passengers who fill up with duty-free whiskey and beer at 9144 metres are causing headaches for crews of Lufthansa and other West German airlines, Der Spiegel magazine reported yesterday.
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  • 148 12 AFP Itae are Mine ef the the skills at 1244 Kimprtf political prinwn exeMted by the easted Pel Pet regime la rii days, three yeanaga. The akalla were excavated aleag with hamaa boaes, haadcaffs, padleeks, hateheta 'aad ether laatnuMata at tertare at a maw
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  • 170 12 Reuter Bangkok, Tuesday A Vietnamese court has sentenced five men to prison terms of between five and 15 years on charges of stealing boats, food and fuel in an attempt to flee the country with other "illegal emigrants," Radio Hanoi said
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  • 96 12 UPI Tehran, Tuesday Shopkeepers who are convicted for charging high Sees may lace death by ing squad, a religious leader warned yesterday. Ayatollah Madani, leader of the revolutionary committees in the western city of Tabriz, issued the warning after hundreds of youths seized goods
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  • 178 12 AFP Jakarta, Tuesday Nowehere else in (he world can you make money as easily as In Indonesia, a young Medan businessman tola a reporter of the armed forces bulletin, Pab, recently. The businessman said he had tried to do business in many
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  • 88 12 AFP Jakarta, Tuesday. The Indonesian government yesterday decided to take over eight private bus companies in Jakarta because they were involved in massive debts. The takeover will officially come into effect as from August 18, 1979, The debts were primarily caused by poor management of
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  • 37 12 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday The private sector would play a leading role in the economies of Asean, the Malaysian directorgeneral for Asean, Kassim Hussein, said yesterday on the eve of an Asean standing committee meeting.
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  • 144 12 UPI Peking, Tuesday China and Vietnam will hold their 10th peace talks session today after a flurry of inflammatory incidents increased tension between the two communist nations. Diplomats said they do not expect the fifth session of the secqpd round of talks to
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  • 685 13 MIT of the East right in the desert Birla Institute is remote, but respected New York Times Pilanl, India: Out in the wilderness of the Raiasthan Desert, an institution modeled after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has blossomed into one of India's most important centers for teaching science and ogyThe
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  • 464 13 Reuter Bonn: Up to a third of the children living in West Germany's big cities are the offspring of foreign workers. Many of them receive little or no education. The result is adding up to the country's most daunting social problem. Chancellor Helmut
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  • 188 13 Stockholm, Tuesday Some SI scientists from all over the world are taking part in an international symposium on computers and their effect on society, officially opened by Swedish King Carl Gustaf yesterday. The five-day symposium, titled "Man and Society automated information processing/' is organised
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  • 180 14 UPI London, Tuesday The dollar rebounded on the European money markets yesterday, recovering much oI its two-day (all last Thursday and Friday. The price of gold continues to fluctuate violently and the metal price plummeted below US$3OO again. In Zurich, the price fell U555.75 from Friday's closing price
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  • 296 14 UPI UPI Stocks rose to a fourmonth high yesterday in heavy trading as cashladen institutional investors scrambled to get aboard the biggest rally in a year. The Dow Jones industrial average, which climbed 8.78 points on Friday to a four-month high, gained another 8.20 points to 875.26,
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  • 35 14 UPI Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Indus 875.26 (up 8.20); 20 trans 268.11 (up 3.65); 15 utils 108.49 (up 0.34); 65 stock 311.57 (up 2.97). UPI.
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  • 32 14 Reuter Cologne, Tuesday The West German airline Lufthansa said yesterday it will increase fares by between four and Ave per cent on Sept 1 to offset higher fuel costs. Reuter.
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  • 189 14  -  Feasibility study stage over Business I News and I Views A By Lee Yew Meng The Singapore Manufacturers' Association (SMA) is going ahead with its proposal to set up a bank for its members. A SMA spokesman said a consultancy firm has been engaged for the project
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  • 202 14 Mr Alex Hug has been appointed general manager of Oriental Data Systems (S) Pte Ltd. He wul have overall responsibility of the company's operations here, in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Before his new appointment, he was in charge of marketing and customer support activities at the company's
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  • 128 14 Hong Kong heading for mild recession AFP Hong Kong, Tuesday. There are indications Hong Kong is heading for a mild recession, business and Industrial sources believe. They reported yesterday many exporters and manufacturers were finding the profit margin extremely tight while orders were smaller and shorter. However, the sources said
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  • 119 14 AFP Tokyo, Tuesday A French-proposed energy ministers' meeting of the seven industrialised democracies is most likely to be held in late September in Paris to review agreements: reached at the Tokyo' economic summit, the Kyodo newt serv- ice reported yesterday. Kyodo, quoting an unidentified nigh ranking
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  • 66 14 AFP Washington, Tuesday The first big Chinese trade (air in the United States since normalisation of relations between the two countries will take place in the autumn of 1900, authoritative sources said yesterday. The fair will begin in San Francisco, ana then switch to Chicago and
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  • 145 14 European Asian Bank yesterday announced its offer of the first five-year US dollar floating rate certificate of dTeposit (FRCD) issue here. The US$l5 million issue notches a "first" in that its maturity is in five years' time whereas FRCD issues in past carried
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  • 26 14 Reuter Washington, Tuesday The World Bank and its affiliate International Development Association (IDA) yesterday announced- loans totalling U9|lT4 RjUHon to Burma* Indonesia, and Thailand.
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    • 381 15 A distinctive interior decor is one of the best ways to put your individual stamp on the house. It not only reflects your taste but your personality as well from the furniture, wall, ceiling and floor furnishings, to the little knick-knacks you use to
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    • 159 15 The lowest initial down payment Special discount card Window curtains, carpets and wall papers are also available now in our Gay World Amusement Park. Welcome to THE FIRST FURNITURE CENTRE GAY WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK Lot 1-14, (Next to Silver Theatre) Tel: *****06/*****07 Business Hour: 10 am to 10 pm (Daily)
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  • 1796 16/17  -  The VITB Way to the Top Sixth in a seven-part series Bv Teresa Ooi Recalling his schooldays, Mohd Nasir said he played truant, smoked in the toilet and enjoyed "fooling around." When he reached Secondary Four, he tried to make up for last time
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  • THE BUILDING INDUSTRY
    • 603 18  -  Industry recovers from the doldrums By I Richard Ho THE long awaited upturn in the property market, especially in the commercial sector, took place last year. Surplus office accomodation has been gradually taken up and buildings in the city centre ana Orchard Road are now enjoying almost
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    • 496 20  -  By Lee Yew Meng CEMENT is the most important raw material, after steel, in the construction industry. So when the industry began to show signs of recovery after more than two years in a bad patch, the outlook for cement manufacturersbr ightened. For one
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    • 541 20  -  By Teo Lian Huay PAINT is no longer used for the sole purpose of covering an ugly patch on the wall. We have now paint for decorating, and glossy ones for protecting the walls, metal and wood. The paint business has expanded considerably
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    • 79 20 A FRENCH company has manufactured a paint spray gun with an extra powerful motor that delivers more than 20 1/h. It has a special attachment for continuous working. The gun works on 220 volts and weighs 1750 g. You can fit it with a double jet adaptor
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    • 68 21 The Armstrong Quarry tile In the picture above is part of a series of sheet vinyl Corlou that comes in roil form. The product forms a firm tough Door that can take strong punishment without comprooiag colour and design. The Quarry design with Its simple natural
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    • 419 21  -  b? Rav Dhaliwal ALONG with the increase in the number of buildings that have gone up, has come a growing demand for tiles. For both owners of homes and commercial buildings are now using tiles to enhance their Interior decor. Most homes these days use tiling
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    • 398 21 A BUILDING product thai helps to retard the initial setting time of concrete is proving to be a boon for the building and other related industries. The concrete admixture, Daratard, Is manufactured and marketed by an American company subsidiary, W R Grace Singapore. Mr. Raymond
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    • 573 22  -  Tapping a bright idea By Teo Lian Huay "NO foreign cartel can set the price of sun power. No one can embargo it," American President Jimmy Carter said recently, giving one bright reason why we should switch to using the sun's energy. While the concept
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    • 625 23  -  They are not an inevitable part of the job By Yvenne Ang FATAL accidents are on the increase in the building industry. Nineteen deaths have been recorded over the past six months, while only 22 were recorded for the whole of last year. Although an island-wide safety
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    • 124 23 SOME 60,000 workers and supervisors in the con--struction Industry are expected to be reached in a mass safety orientation programme started by the Labour Ministry at the end of July. Letters have been sent out to some 1,000 contractors and firms, informing thpm about the campaign
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    • 349 24 A 2f-storey effiee Mock under construction lifting the Progressive Strength technique. Construction Is carried out concurrently over three floors. A floor takes three days to complete. AN increasing number of constuction projects in South-east Asia are making use of lightweight cellular concrete, according to an Australian
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    • 342 24 MAJOR savings in building costs ana time are possible with a wall and floor steel framing system which requires no welding, according to the Australian developer, Speedy Lock Ptv Ltd. The simple lock-togeth-er system utilises heavily galvanised lightweight cold-formed steel channel sections. The patented
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    • 411 25 NEW techniques are constantly being sought by retail trade to improve business at points of sale. A problem arises with shop windows. These are lit at night with the object of attracting the attention of passers-by. But, especially in these days of mgh oil prices, it
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    • 339 25 AFTER the calculators, watches, toys and numerous Other applications, electronics is now attacking the problem of household odours.. Nothing is more disagreeable than the smell of stale tobacco in a conference room or of frying chips in a kitchen. A French firm has recently perfected
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    • BUILDING PRODUCTS
      • 226 26 IF you want to renovate your roofing or protect it against premature wear, there is a product specially designed for this purpose. Roofcryl is a watertight and elastic coating which, when combined with a number of other Levis products, can give you a complete system for the
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      • 145 26 PALLIDUX is an easilyapplied underwater sealing compound free from solvent or toxicity. It can be used for swimming pools, ponds, fish farming tanks and all forms of water storage vessels, including those that bold drinking water. A single component water-based paste, it can be
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      • 134 26 FAG (Felten and Guilleaume) current operated earth leakage circuit breakers pro viae protection from electrical current risks which may occur from faulty electrical apparatus or wires. CT/Tta or GFIs (ground fault interuppters), as they are otherwise called, are suitable for all electrical circuits. FAG ELCBs
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      • 218 27 NEW things are happening to the old Venetian blind. Not only do they now come In a blaze of colours, but they are also slimmer and more attractive fitting well into the decor of any home. Responsible for this new look are trim 25 mm slats, slender
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      • 180 27 A FRENCH company has produced a range of products designed to solve the growing problem of ugly, uncontrolled fly-posting and graffiti by protecting walls, obliterating scrawled slogans, and removing posters. Three solutions are available: Anti-adherent products to protect surfaces against fly-posting, graffiti or bird
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      • 223 27 A Singapore-based American company has been helping the building industry with a unique product to give longer and better proetection to roofs, cement floorings and walls against penetration of water, moisture or vapour And also attacks by sulphate and other destructive atmospheric elements. The product Bituthene a
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    • 167 26 eg i*£W -f ,J .1 -s 4 •*-</+ .i ■•".-i \i4^ai ■*> > J'Vml kB ,v- ■> X? K" m: it ugasm '*V, m Safe 0Sf* I/».<R ;J|t4 flfe ;o&**rr£ ar Lv HP* rfju w.f imii A The World's best tiles A 'World' of tiles imported from Italy, Sweden, Germany.
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    • 7 27 The Building Industry A New Nation Supplement
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  • Sport starts here
    • 611 28 HEART ATTACK SHOCK r3j Tennis New Yark, Tuesday. American tennis player Arthur Ashe left hospital here yesterday, two weeks after he was. taken ill with heart pains, which were diagnosed as a heart attack. A hospital spokesman said that the 36-year-old former Wimbledon champion had
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    • 85 28 AFP Jakarta, Tuesday. Brunei have officially stated they will not take part in the 10th South East Asian Games here from Sept 21 to 30, but Vietnam have announced they plan to take part with a small contingent, a spokesman of the organising committee said yesterday. The
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    • 49 28 Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday A Japanese selection, boosted by four Brazilian imported players, beat Holland's football club Amsterdam 4-2 in a soccer match here yesterday before a crowd of 25,000. The Japanese led 2-1 at half-time. The Brazalians were imported to play in the Japanese soccer League Renter.
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    • 312 29 LHsttne set a brisk pace, leading past the 800 m and was two lengths clear into the straight, followed by Western Pearl. Tyranny closed in. Gaining ground rapidly Western Pearl soon hit the front and drew away to win by 2Vi lengths from
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    • 279 29 R^wSwimming AFP Edmonton, Tuesday Dan Thompson, a 23-year-old from Toronto and tiny Nancy Garapick from Halifax, Novia Scotia stole the limelight on the fourth and final day of the Canadian National swimming championships which ended here yesterday. Garapick suprisingly won the 100 m butterfly event
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    • 551 29  -  Only five Malaysian horses are here a On the track By TURF RAY Battle Toll, with Abdul Razak astride, did an impressive workout at Bukit Timah this morning. The Battle-Wagon five-year-old was hard held all the way over 600 m in 42.4. On this workout Battle Toll
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    • 72 29 AFP London, Tuesday Five top British based jockeys will pit their skills against the leading riders in Scandinavia in an AllStar jockeys competition at Aby Racecourse, Stockholm on Sept 30, it was announced here yesterday. Lester Piggott, Joe Mercer, Pat Eddery, Willie Carson and young Americain Steve Cauthen
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    • 672 30  -  SOCCER SCENE by Jeffrey Low Over the weekend, I tried to talk Dollah Kassim out of retirement (or two reasons: He still has at least a year left to contribute immensely to the National team, and Singapore certainly need his experience for the South East
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    • 517 30 when he first saw a trail, dark-skinned Malay boy Juggling the ball in a backyard in Owen Road, and later on the expansive Fairer Park grounds. That was about 20 years ago. And nine years later (1968), Dollah made his first appearance for lah Kassim"
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    • 316 28 LASSIFIE ADS AT YOUR SERVICE Telephone Servlce:Weekdays 8.30 a.m. 5.00 p.m. Saturdays 8.30 a.m. —3.00 p.m. Public Holidays 9.00 a.m. 1.00 p.m. Connter Servlce:Regular office hours ANNOUNCEMENT ELBA VKO MOOCL CENTRE New classes In modelling, deportment and personal grooming Wednesday l< Thursday evening and Salufday afternoon. For further details, please
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    • 606 28 r g/.T«j li-HTtf. TUESDAY NEW NATION MONEYWORDS Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./ Mrs./ Miss): Address: N.R.I.C. No: Tel: Icl lalyH TT"7"H MIBBINQ J LETIEBB TT"pB ACROBB USING -i-rll clum —B BELOW BaßMaß Cut along dotted lines^ mmmm CLUES FOR IT-2 1. Subetsnce
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 251 29 Crossword J. ACROSS 1 Pacific 5 Insensitive 10 Glob 13 Olive genus 14 Wahine dances 15 Use hip-boots 16 Badminton racket 18 Malarial symptom 19 Giving 20 Nasty look 21 Viscous stuff 22 Staffer 23 Calendar abbr. 26 Ending with eth or meth 27 Trials 30 Perjured oneself 32 Zulu
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    • 68 30 ANDY CAPP I Hi 5S m t* 3 5E *1 i KmM HI 2* T.T, Mtf if I s fci SHORT RIBS (1 HAVE YOU NOW." 'NOT QUITE by Frank O'Neal 1 COULD LEARN ID MATE THIS TBICKY DEVIL. S B C'J r w* as M A* 3£ tfll a
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  • What's On A page that tells you what's happening on TV and in town
    • 700 31  -  Flashes of a glamourous S'pore that are too fast, too much for the senses By Zarinah Marican Not three but two cheers for The Singapore Experience, the 10screen audio-visual presentation of Singapore. One cheer for the techntcally marvellous production. Every shot selected was excellent. And the other
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    • 339 31 What is relativity? I dont know, bat Einstein's theory explains why there Is enough energy In a single matchstiek to lift a mountain and why the Universe Is expanding. Albert Einstein came up with his fermala of E=mc2 In INS, but this brilliant physicist's theory
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 609 31 the cinema VOICES: A contemporary love story. Michael Ontkean, as an aspiring nightclub singer, meets and (alls in love with a shy young girl who is deaf and cherishes a dream to become a professionl dancer. Orchard: 1.30, 4, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. Last Day. PARADISE ALLEY: Story of three
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    • 364 31 Sports diary BOWLING: Singapore International Championship (Jackie's Bowl, 2.00 p.m.). SOCCER: NFL First Division Changi United v Farrer Park United (Jalan Besar), Tampines Rovers v Geylang International (Jurong). Both matches at 8.00 p.m. SOFTBALL: National Schools Championship Secondary Girls Final (Dover Road Complex, 3.30 p.m.). In and around town MA
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  • 38 32 AH FOOK: The censors have released Midnight Express. Let's see it tonight before they change their minds a second time. MEI UN: I wish they would change their minds about some of the films they've banned.
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 767 32 TV j»ui—MB AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 ITELEFUNKEN great looks' Colour y feat features' TV great performance' Ml OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTSf olio wed by LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY. Ml DIARY OF EVENTS. SJI PRE-EXAMINA-I«ClJvHW'cITfl •f.v I, IH North and South. Part 2. During a dinner party given by Thornton, Margaret sees the
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    • 198 32 Today's top shows YOUTH. (Ch. 8, 8.10 p.m., in colour). This edition has a feature which traces the history of Singapore, showing how it developed from a fishing village to today's thriving metropolis* two songs by the RTS Choir; a recital of the poem, Festive August: a filmlet on the
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