New Nation, 17 January 1980

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    19 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Thursday, January 17, 1980 2775 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 109/1/80 f jM W NATION COMMENT I
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    Superscalers study English
    519 1  -  By Gerry de Silva A small, exclusive group of "superscale" civil servants, with Gowers' Complete Plain Words tucked under their arms, have been making their way back into the classroom this week. They are Singapore's highest*ranking bureaucrats brushing up on their English at the Civil Service Institute,
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    He now runs a firm here
    224 1  -  Ex-Maldives head By K. K. Fong The former President of Maldive Islands, accused of misappropriating $8.4 million in state funds, is now a businessman in Singapore. Mr Amir Ibrahim Nasir runs an import and export firm here. His wife and two children are also
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    Lock icon India to hold Games
    115 1 AFP New Delhi. Thursday India will heat the ISB2 Asian Games as committed, Preen Trust India new* agency said yesterday. This dedstea st the new gevernment ef Prime Minister Mrs Indira GsadM removes the aneertatnty created by the prevlons gevernment. Farmer Prime Minister Charan Bingh had
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      26 1 'Beware Malacca jinx 9 warning Page 18 IN THE OTHER PAGES: Stock Market 5, Money words 10, Crossword 14. Comics 15, Stars 17, What's On 19.
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    Govt reviews allowances
    228 2 For officers using cars on duty The government is reviewing transport allowances for officers who use their cars in the course of their work. A Ministry of Finance spokesman could not say what the new rates will be or when they will be announced but said the
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    Varsity students tour ice cream factory
    206 2 Mmm...that's good! say 15 engineering students who had a taste of Dayville's ice cream and a tour of its Jurong factory. This is the third tour organised by the University of Singapore's Engineering Society and Club. The other two tours were to the PSA
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    AAS travel dept to concentrate on Europe
    188 2 The Automobile Association of Singapore's newly set up travel department will concentrate on tours to Europe and Australia for a start. Tours to the United States will be added later. AAS president, Mr Milton Tan, said the department will try to charge rates
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    Loan offer to final yr students
    67 2 The United Overseas Bank Group is offering loans to students who are in their final year of tertiary education. The loans, available for amounts up to $5000, are on an unsecured basis. Application forms are available from any of the 47 United Overseas Bank
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    Take a cue from the giraffe says Yap
    300 3 Singapore can take a cue from the giraffe. The animal survived the changing climate and food supply because it adapted itself to its environment. It stretched itself and reached out for food, while its counterparts with shorter necks and legs became extinct.
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    Building work in March
    59 3 Construction of the Burghley Drive Squash ana Tennis Centre will start in March and is expected to be completed in November. The centre, a project of the Singapore sports Council, will cost $1.2 million. It will consist of six squash courts and four tennis courts. Construction
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      171 3 Inhale and squeeze. \#&x m *<■ mj > Rl or_ how ESS captured America. In independent listening tests across America, sensitive ears have rated ESS speakers significantly superior to the competition. Even famous names like JBL, Bose, and AR couldn't measure up. Actually, we're not surprised. Inside the incomparable ESS
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    AS YOU (DON'T?) LIKE IT
    123 4 Students who want to watch the six Shakespeare plays on television will have to continue staying up late on Monday nights. An RTS spokesman said the telecast time will not be changed but will remain at 10 p.m. Last week, some students wrote to the
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    Tontine cheat team
    85 4 Seven people have so far reported to the Commercial Crime Division of having been cheated by a husband-and-wife tontine team. "Until we are able to trace all the participants, we cannot tell how much money is involved." said a senior officer of the CCB yesterday. Sources estimated
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    Pay rise for supervisors
    198 4 Fifteen supervisors at the Middle Road Hospital will have their salaries revised upwards by the Finance Ministry. This is because their duties had increased after the Infectious Diseases Act 1976 came into force. A spokesman for the hospital said the supervi- sors now had to interview
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    Computer for police: Findings out by April
    199 4 The findings of a police force working committee studying computerisation of the force will be ready by April. The committee, chaired by deputy commissioner Michael Chai, began worke last month. Sources said the police want a system based on that used by the
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    Classes
    49 4 The Kampung Kapor community centre youth group will give tuition classes for Primary Three to Six students in the English and Chinese streams from Feb 4 from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. For details, call personally at the centre or tel *****86. The fee is $1 a month.
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    Kids' joy
    32 4 The Goodwood Group of Hotels will hold its annual party for under privileged children at Ming Palace Restaurant, Ming Court Hotel, on Feb 23 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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    Stock market
    341 5 The Stock Exchange bustled with activity in the first 45 minutes of trading this morning. Share prices moved up Kterally with profit-tak-reducing some of the opening gains. BUSINESS DONE First Scetiw Apollo (1) 2.24 F. Merlin (5) 1.20 (1) 1.21 (4) 1.19 B. Raya (1) 2.39 (6) 2.40
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    Pearl Bank break-in
    40 5 Thieves broke into a Pearl Bank apartment yesterday and stole more than $100,000 in cash and jewellery. The owner, Ms Wee Ee Ee, 21, found the front door forced open when she returned at about 4 p.m.
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    Firm prefers Ngee Ann grads
    333 5  -  By Gan Soh Eng A local insurance firm is recruiting specifically Ngee Ann business graduates. The general manager of Overseas Assurance Corp, Mr G.Chung, said the firm prefers Ngee Ann graduates because their training and qualifications suit the Junior executive posts available. He said: "They
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    College gets English expert
    274 5 An English language expert has arrived from Britain to study the language needs of students at the Ngee Ann Technical College. Mr Tommy DudleyEvans, an English language teacher adviser, is attached to the college's English Language Unit. He will work with the unit's 22 officers to
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      93 5 0 ft (far To Hin's, Top of the Hilton, v It's Gracie Rivera, the singing V J sensation! Now she's back in Singapore from her successful tour of the U.S., Japan and Taiwan.^^^^^ At Hin's Top of the Hilton. Where we serve Cantonese delicacies and favourite Singapore dishes. Showtime: 10.30
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    Lock icon Talks on returning Shah to Iran
    103 6 AP Chicago, Thursday The governments of Panama and Iran have entered into direct top-level discussions on the possible return of the deposed Shah to Iran, the Chicago Tribune yesterday quoted reliable sources as saying. The Tribune, in a story filed from Tehran, said the
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    Lock icon Gromyko visit delayed
    200 6 Because of India's about-turn? Reuter New Delhi, Thursday Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko has postponed a visit to India which was expected to take place later this month, an official spokesman said yesterday. The official reason is India's heavy diplomatic programme. French President Valery discard d'Estaing is
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    Lock icon Other Afghan developments:
    173 6 Reuter UPI Moscow, Thursday A prominent Soviet journal, outlining a new defence of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, said yesterday that communist countries had a duty to take up foreign policy opportunities of this sort. The weekly New Times put forward the argument in an article sharply
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    Lock icon Tito's illness creates crisis period for Yugoslavs
    131 6 World AFP Belgrade, Thursday The 22 million Yugoslavs are slowly beginning to realise the gravity of the situation created by the illness of 87-year-old President Tito. All cells of the 1.6-million-member Yugoslav Communist League, from those in the villages In the southern back
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    Lock icon New wave
    34 6 AP Bangkok, Thursday Good weather in the South China Sea appears to have prompted the flight of a new wave of "boat people" from Vietnam, a Thai military official said yesterday. AP.
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    Lock icon TODAY
    148 6 UPI TODAY is Thursday, Jan 17, the 17th day of 1960 with 349 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. American statesman, scientist and author Benjamin Franklin was born on Jan 17, 1727. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1806, the first baby
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    67 6 AP Beijing, Thursday At least 50 people took sick after drinking an "elixir of life" that was later shown by medical analysis to contain field mice droppings, the newspaper Tianjin reported. The paper's latest edition said that in one production brigade on Tianiin's outskirts, there were 79
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    Lock icon Paul arrested
    34 7 Ex-Beatle Pul McCartney to handcuffed aad eoMrted by jwUeemea after hto arrest yesterday la Tekya far allegedly briadag la ever 2M grammes ef marijuana late Japan. UPI radio picture. UPI radio picture
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    'Airport men' rob plane
    283 7 Bogus call to pilot World Focus R*me, Thursday: "Stand by. Urgent check of leaking fuel needed. Roger." "Ok, we will standby." A few minutes passed by. "All OK. You can take-off/' Soon after this curt exchange, the captain of the Swissair Jet took off from Rome's
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    Viet crop danger
    57 7 Bangkok, Thursday Vietnam hinted it fears for the success of its current rice crop as drought conditions in the north of the country appear to be worsening. Hanoi Radio said no rain had fallen in the north since September and that peasants, when preparing the winter crop.
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    Lock icon China insurance pact?
    127 7 UPI Tokyo, Thursday In a major move to protect foreign investment, China is expected to sign an insurance agreement with Japan, a Japanese insurance firm said yesterday. A spokesman for the Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co. said a group of Japanese insur- ance firms recently presented
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    Do not veto the veto
    335 8 For the umpteenth time last week, the Russian "nyet" re-affirmed the United Nations Security Council as the Big Power instrument that it has always been from the start. The veto on Afghanistan was a cruel reminder, cold-bloodedly thrown across the Security Council round table, as
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    THEIR VIEWS
    53 8 Quick question. Did soccer get its name W from the fact that it's fairly rough and some players get socked a lot? Answer: Not at all. The true name of soccer is "association football". "Soccer" is merely a shortened and altered form of "association". From a column in
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      No case for CASE
      89 8 Here's one indefatigable shopper who does the cause of consumerism no good. At a department store, she bought a product which entitled her to buy another at a "special price." She bought it and found that she was entitled to yet another "special price" offer. After
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      Doggone it!
      30 8 The fashion of wearing designers' labels has gone to the dogs. Literally. In America, doggie tee-shirts are being marketed under such labels as Christian Diog and Pierre Cardiog.
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    Culture clash — the game
    1108 8  - Culture clash the game The theme of the workshop: The definition of cultural values; the impact of Western technology and values on more traditional societies and the relationship between eastern and western values. But far from being heavy-going and laborious, as most workshops on such subjects are, it turned out
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    Fools Die was 'murdered'
    520 8 I refer to the review of Mario Puzo's Fools Die by Kishanda. It is indeed a pity that a book of such wide acclaim was reviewed by Kishanda in such a puritanical manner. I cannot help disputing almost every sentence which she so cleverly penned with
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    Moderates call pro-Soviet bluff
    731 9  -  Majority of non-aligned nations voted against Afghan invasion in 11 New York Jl Edgar Koh United Nations This week's overwhelming General Assembly vote deploring Soviet intervention in Afghanistan strengthened the hand of members opposed to tilting the non-aligned movement toward Moscow. Such so-called non-aligned moderates as
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      141 9 I r SHANGRI-LAS FASHIONS ON FRIDAYS JANUARY 18 LCJNCHTIME This week Fashions on hridays brings you a trendy "Bang Bang" collection from Metro. Directly imported from Hong Kong, this range of outfits features the latest in c asuals. office vvear and catchy disco numbers. Sponsored by Orlane dedicated to the
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  • All hands on deck
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      Protection with hoods and gloves
      67 10/11  -  By Sunny Wee These men may look like guards In some form of ceremonial dress bat they are in fact naval gunners In battle-dress. They wear the white hoods and gloves (also known as anti-flash gear) to protect them from the heat and prevent them
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      Lock icon Fire! A touch of the button — and it's blast-off for bull's eye
      238 10/11 Fire! A touch of the button and it's blast-off for bull's eye "Fire!" The Commanding Officer's voice pierced the endless calm of the open sea. EDs command Is relayed via the eommunlcatieas set ts the gunner, who presses the batten that sets several lights flashing on a panel of buttons
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      Task of guarding our waters falls on navy boys, each a specialist in his field
      779 10/11 The moment the ships docked at the Pulau Brani Naval Basin, the crew made a beeline for the telephones. They could barely wait for their parents or loved ones to pick up the receiver before
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      571 10/11 JP-4 THURSDAY N R.I.C. No: .Tel:. FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW LMMMHiCut along dotted lines MMHMI CLUES FOR JP 4 1. Jump in head first 2. On* doesn't expect an incompetent actor to in filma 3. Not properly dry 4. An area for aport of a kind
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      Don't just sleep on it!
      706 12 Doing wonders with BEDSHEETS Decor Once a bedsheet was once just something you slept on. Now, it's the key to limitless possibilities of decorating your home expressively to create a style of living all your own. You can discover the versatility of a bedsheet by
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      Indoor blooms
      694 13 Here are three plants I'd recommend GREENHOUSE by PEST Next to a vase of flowers, another way of having colour in the home is to cultivate flowering house plants. I would recommend the African Violet (S&intpaulia), Episcia or Balsam. They are plants which with the right care can
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      Concerning joint ownership – of HDB flat with father
      434 13 Concerning joint ownership of HDB flat with father LEGAL BOX by SAWL Qncotfw: My HDB flat is jointly owned by my father and me. If my father dies, will I become the sole owner? Can my brothers and sisters lodge any claim to the flat? How do I transfer my
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      117 13 3 great restaurants in one hotel. '-.""v: v-S® c A ?Sl ,;<• MM mt i gpl ©he^al The finest selection of Swiss and Continental cuisine anywhere. Soft lights, sweet music and in a truly _intimate atmosphere that'll make any evening special. KAMPACWf In the true tradition of fine Japanese cuisine
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    More than a close look
    405 14 w r 3 Business News and Views i What quality control means... If you think quality control means taking a close look at a ballpoint pen as it comes off the production line, think again. Even managers make the same mistake. "They think it's just
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    To meet demand
    101 14 Esso will begin building a new LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) sphere at its refinery on Pulau Ayer Chawan later this year to help meet market demand for LPG in the *****. The new $3.6 million LPG sphere due to be completed by the end of this year,
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    People In business
    411 14 When Mr D«n»ld Temme first joined banking, he hoped to use it as a stepping stone to other business careers. But he became interested in banking as a career and decided to stay. Today, Mr Temme, 44, besides being vice-presi-dent of the First National Bank of St
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    Lock icon Money market
    110 14 UPI London, Thursday With gold rocketing to record highs arouna the world, the dollar closed mixed yesterday on most European exchanges. It edged up in Milan, where It climbed from 803.30 on Tuesday to 806.70 on Wednesday, in Brussels, where ft closed at 28.92 against 28.78 francs on
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    Lock icon $53m grant for Malawi
    69 14 AFP Blantyre, Malawi, Thursday Japan is converting Into a grant a 19 million kwacha (about $52.8 million) loan to Malawi, signed in 1978, for co-financing the construction of the new Lilongwe International Airport. Announcing this here yesterday, Japanese ambassador Senkuro S»hh said this was in recognition
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    Lock icon New York Exchange
    185 14 UPI New York, Thursday Prices closed mixed yesterday in the second heaviest trading day in New York Stock Exchange history after starting on on a high note in continuation of Tuesday's 'Ik NYSE index was unchanged at 63.95 and the price of a share was off one
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    32 14 UPI Closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30, industrial 865.19 (down 3.41): 20 transport ***** (up 1.05); 15 utilities 108.56 {down 0.47); 65 stocks 307.50 (down 0.23).
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      221 14 L Crossword 1 ACROSS 1 Cheese city 5 Dam site 10 Gounod contemporary 14 Broz 15 Wine type 16 To (unanimously) 17 Depose 18 Tendon 19 Brass component 20 Closing remark 22 Mire 24 Thief 25 Crony 26 County or love 28 Benefactor 33 India's sacred river 35 Word with
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  • Sport starts here ...
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      Why well beat Paisley's men
      801 15  -  SOCCER by Peter Shilton Nottingham Forest's chances of again reaching the League Cup final this season, at Liverpool's expense, are enhanced by the fact that we are one of the few teams who are not afraid of Bob Paisley's men. I must make it clear
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      An Added Advantage trainer Teh has
      756 16 ADDED ADVANTAGE ROAD RUNNER ROBBER BARON BESTCRETE SENTIMENTALIST SUPERB WELCOME EL DORADO SPORTS PARADE GUNSLINGER PERFECT GENTLEMAN K.L.CHANS TOP 10 FOR BUKIT TIMAH Trainer Teh Choon Beng's stayer, Added Advantage, has made tremendous improvement in his short campaign here, and we should soon be
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      Coralitta shows up on good track
      355 16  -  a On the By K.L. CHAN Make a note of Coralitta n when she goes over 1200 m in the Class 4 Division 2 sprint on Saturday. The four-year-old English mare by Spanish Gold is in good form and she showed this when she
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      BUKIT TIMAH FIELDS FOR THIS WEEKEND
      1445 16 SATURDAY CtaM 1 Dtv. 3 MOOM 3 Majorana II 57 9 The Pentagon 56.5 4 Ellkon 56.5 2 Added Advantage 56.5 8 Andronlan 56 17 Chief of Staff 55.5 12 Salutation 55 16 Thlam Hock 54.5 1 Be Friends 54.5 7 Renoir II 54.5
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      SCRATCHINGS
      258 16 SATURDAY Race 1: (Z.M) CI I Dlv 3 IZMm: Putuun, Putkml*i Secret Aettea, Mankal Stag, liJy, Bill Celleetor. R*ee 2: <2J») CI Dlv 4 1219 m: Ltektalag, ReUdaa. Race S: (IS) CM Dtv 1 l2Mm: Harl Raya, Geaeral Tare, Heck Ckye. Race 4; (3JI) CI 4 Dlv C IZMm:
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      'Sevens' for schools
      186 17  -  PRELUDE TO BIG DOVER ROAD DATE Soccer By SHIRLEY TAN Seven-a-side soccer will be Introduced in schools this year, the Singapore Schools Sports Council announced yesterday. The sevens, a prelude to the Inter-Schools tournament, will be held at the Dover Road Sports Complex from Jan 25 to
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      Lock icon $10m flop of Big Mai
      531 17 AP Reuter LondM, Tknrsday Malcolm Allison, flamboyant manager of big-spending Manchester City, admits some of his expensive rignings have been dismal flops. Allison, who has spent a fortune on re-building an ailing team, finds his side struggling in the English First Division. So-called stars like
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      It's Kim Seng for the S'pore leg
      342 17  -  BOWLING by Brian Miller Kim Seng Bowl will be the venue for the Singapore leg the third of the Asian Bowling Circuit in late April. So ends months of speculation on the venue and, right now, the ABC coordinator Tony Lim is in
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      Return of jinx warning
      489 18  -  By SURESH NAIR Singapore, who have overcome Malacca's Kubu "hoodoo" in recent years, were yesterday given a serious warning by Malacca Football Association secretary Andrew Chong that the iinx will return on Saturday. "It will be different this time," promised Mr Chong, who is also the
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      Pull punches? No way, say bosses
      595 18 A call by the Football Association of. Singapore to Division One clubs to tell their players to "pull punches" when playing against National players has been dismissed as "ridiculous" and "unfair" by most team managers, writes SUREBH N AIR. Last night, Singapore's Malaysia Cup
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      124 15 Sports diary GOLF: SIOC women's competition for the Silver, Slam and Duffers Cups (Island course, 1 p.m.). HOCKEY: SWHA Div 2 SRC v Theresians (Padang, 5.10 p.m.). SOCCER: Friendly Port Authority RC v Rothmans (Bukit Chermin, 5.15 p.m.). Rochore CSC v Changi CSC (Geylang, 5.15 p.m.). SWIMMING: National (Under 8;
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      296 17 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Bom today, you are tenacious by nature. You have a healthy sense of humor that will not allow you to be somber or solemn. Indeed, there may be times when you will be kept from certain objectives, simply because your sense of humour
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      And now for the saga of Ike — on TV
      424 19  - And now for the saga of Ike on TV By Edgar Koh New Y«rk: Hollywood's tribute to such larger-than-life American military heroes as George Patton and Douglas MacArthur were entertaining if not spectacular box-office stuff. Another wartime legend to be filmed but this time for TV is Dwight D. Eisenhower
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      Lock icon Pan Hon now leads Halle Orchestra
      156 19 BIS Lee Pan Hon, Leader of the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has been appointed Leader of The Halle Orchestra, one of Britain's leading orchestras, which is based in Manchester. He takes up his new appointment on April 1. Pan Hon worked as
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      VARIED RANGE AT BATIK EXHIBITION
      398 19  -  Review Batik Painting Exhibition IM) By Chia Wai Hon Although the craft of making batik cloth is centuries old, batik as a technique in painting was introduced only in the 50s by Penang artist, Chuah Thean Teng. Seah Kim Joo popularised it in Singapore in
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      98 19 Today: 4.07 a.m. (1.4 m), 9.57 a.m. (2.9 m), 4.41 p.m. (0.3 m), 11.34 p.m. (2.7 m) Tamarraw: 4.49 a.m. (1.3 m), 10.41 a.m. (3.1 m), 5.23 p.m. (0.2 m) Satarday: 12.15 a.m. (2.8 m), 5.32 a.m. (1.2 m), 11.25 a.m. (3.2 m), 6.06 p.m. (0.1 m) Saaday: 12.55 a.m.
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      666 19 In and around town THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO A filmshow of this opera performed in German by the Hamburg State Opera. At the RELC Auditorium, Orange Grove Road at 8 p.m. Admission free. SINGAPORE STAMPS SINCE WORLD WAR H An exhibition at the Marine Parade branch library. Open from 10
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    36 20 AH FOOK: A larger slice of my budget is going to transport according to the Consumer Price Index. MEI LIN: Yes, but you can economise by planning your trips and cutting out unnecessary travel.
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      891 20 TV AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 I TELEf UNKEN i„ qreat looks! TV yfea< Pa,ures great performance' Ml OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by I DREAM OF J EANNIE (r) 3.25 DIARY OP EVENTS (C) 3.M OVER THE RAINBOW (r). Mandarin serial. 4.2t INTERMISSION I.IS OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by SEARCH FOR THE GREAT
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      186 20 Today's top shows CANDID CAMERA (Ch 5, 7.06 p.m. in colour). Includes a good stunt where seats in a snack bar sink slowly until the diners sitting on them find their food very close to their mouths. NEW ADVENTURES OP WONDER WOMAN: The Deadly Sting (Ch 5, 7.45 p.m. in
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