New Nation, 13 February 1980

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  • 18 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday, February 13, 1980 2798 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 109/1/80 FT NEW NATION COMMENT,
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  • 299 1 Move to deter Soviet designs in Gulf area AP UPI Washington, Wednesday The United States has sent a marine amphibious force into the Indian Ocean-Arabian Sea area in a new Carter Administration move aimed at deterring any Soviet designs in the Persian Gulf area. The mission, about
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  • 113 1 For more than 81 hoars national serviceman Shaikh Aziz Baled rum, 19, has been disco dancing and he intends to continue. Shaikh has been dancing since II p.m. on Saturday and alone since 11.39 p.m. yesterday. If he goes on for more than another 48 hours,
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  • 55 1 Reuter Tokyo, Wednesday American and Japanese jet fighters will conduct a four-day joint combat exercise around south-western Japan from next Saturday, the Defence Agency said here yesterday. The exercise will involve four F-15 Eagle fighters from the US' Kadena Base on Okinawa and several F--104 Starfighters from Japan's
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  • 63 1 Fire this morning razed a provision shop in the compound of the Singapore Turf Club, causing damage estimated at about $20,000. Among the goods de- stroyed were stocks of rice and soft drinks, shopowner Sulaiman bin Paimin, 63, said. No one was in the shop when the fire
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  • 123 1 Siemens Components will produce a new laser device for video disc players in Singapore this year. The device is Europe's answer to the video cassette recorder. Its production is in line with a request from the Economic Development Board to bring higher technology to Seimens'
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    • 12 1 INSIDE Scrap car prices up Page 6 Forest's 3rd final Page 29 {$>-=\|??,&[~$>({_/(<:{],=<.?.'
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    • 137 1 STANLEY GOLF SHOES KEEP YOU IN STYLE Model DASHER IN THE OTHER PAGES: Stocks 5, Stars and Crossword 25, Comics 26, Moneywords Coupon 28, What's On 31. Another Birdie For PAN-WEST! At Peninsula Plaza Coleman Street. r m 'j, z Special Opening Prices! STAN THOMSON GOLF CLUBS $6501— per set
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 41 2 The Boon Teok community centre is organising a tour to Jurong Bird Park, Jurong Science Centre and the Chinese and Japanese gardens on March 9 from 9 a.m. For more details, ring *****01 from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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  • 47 2 The Marine Parade community centre is organsing a picnic for its constituents at the Big Splash on March 9 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets at $2 for adults and $1.50 for children are available at the centre from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
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  • 305 2 Some rare species of shells are becoming extinct in Singapore due to the East Coast land reclamation project, says a specialist on seashells. The situation is made worse by the increasing number of container ships and tankers which use tne waters of Singapore. In an interview at
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  • 88 2 Listen, it's the ocean Kour-year-old Lye Mens listens enthralled h\ the sound of the oeean roaring in this shell. That was his most thrilling discovery at the Philippines Shelleraft and Handicraft exhibition cum sale held at the Sin Chew Jit I'oh Building yesterday. Other visitors to the exhibition, however, were
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  • 213 2 Maritime employers and a union have introduced a "bait" to induce would-be ship-hoppers to stay longer in service on one ship. The continuity service bonus scheme, as it is called, is a new item in collective agreements signed with the Singapore Maritime
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  • 45 2 Art clubs of Parry Secondary School and Serangoon Garden Secondary School will take part in an exhibition on creating with paper and wood at the National Museum Young People's Gallery from Feb 22 to March 9 from 10.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
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  • 35 2 The Chong Pang community centre is organising a 13-week course on Mandarin at its premises every Tuesday and Thursday from 8 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. starting on March 4. The course fee is $30.
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  • 252 4 The United Workers of Petroleum Industry's plan to start a printing press that will give jobs to handicapped people may be scrapped. A feasibility study conducted by the National Productivity Board has concluded that the project is not commercially viable. The study, by a fourman
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  • 185 4 Robinson Road A W to serve its last burger The A and W restaurant at the Singapore Airlines building in Robinson Road will serve its last hamburger today. This is because Temenggong Ltd, which holds the A and W franchise in Singapore and Malaysia, was unable to renew its lease
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  • 227 4 Madam Leong Kim Ho, 81, who lost husband and son to the sea, has led a hard life for more years than she cares to remember. She lives alone In a bed space under the staircase of a house In Chinatown. The
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  • 140 4 The Catholic High School in Queen Street is expected to move by the end of 1982. Sources said the school might be sited at Thomson Road but plans have not been finalised. The school will soon send its proposals to the
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  • 263 5 Plantation stocks surged ahead strongly during the first 45 minutes or steady-to-firm trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today in the wake of news of the new rubber price record of $4.00 a kilo in morning trading in Kuala Lumpur. BUSINESS DONE First Sectlan F. Merlin (3)
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  • 231 5 We have heard of hobby clubs for bird enthusiasts and art lovers. Now there's one for computer buffs. The computer club, the brain child of the Marine Parade community centre, is for its residents as well as for peoplefrom other constituencies. A micro-computer unit will
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  • 380 5 The Vocational and Industrial Training Board is stepping up its staff recruitment and development programme and will be recruiting training officers continously this year. A VITB spokesman said an intake of about 100 training officers, in the commercial and industrial areas will be needed
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    • 146 5 t I i K y i, V i •> ts> r j#' \r 1 v -4f *1 IfL V < -1 >-•. I W L mm V .f4«c 0. r-: 1. jHrcc* iu*B gho^rtimeDance Band: BLACK DOG BONE (l j wftl RECORDING ARTISTES Acclaimed as the best disco group in
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  • 245 6 Prices of scrap cars have leapt by between $200 and $300 within a week of the sharp increase in road tax and registration fee. The popular 1001 cc to 1600 cc cars now fetch at least $6100 each in the "scrap" market, an
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  • 97 6 The Education Ministry, Health Ministry and the Singapore Family Planning Board will organise a seminar on Family Life and Population Education for Chinese-medium secondary school teachers. The teachers should be guidance counsellors or moral education teachers. The training seminar, to be held on March 27 and
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  • 109 6 The Education Ministry has begun another exercise to second teachers to the Institute of Education as lecturers. The lecturers are needed in the Educational Technology, Professional Services, Comparative Studies, Educational Psychology, English Studies, Asian Language Studies, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Physical Education departments. The teachers
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  • 182 6 Pre-University Two students who stand a chance of gaining a merit scholarship or becoming a cadet officer in Mindef during national service can sit for the Education Ministry's special examination in May. The examination, which started about two years ago will
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  • 24 6 The Life Underwriters Association of Singapore will hold its Second Sales Congress in the Jurong Room, Shangri-La Hotel, from Feb 19 to 21.
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  • 35 6 The Queenstown Community Centre youth group will hold a southern islands tour, including visits to Kusu, Sisters and St John islands and Pulau Bukom on March 9 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 417 6 gj fa 7J A Murder With A Borrowed Knife Bunuh Dengan Sebilah Pisau Pinjaman 36 Tricks •Muslihat 36 illustrator: Lui Thue Wah m\T£ii i 'i'> iF in mm i i m m k m m £22 M WM 8 i B II m i 4s Hi <» O w; 1
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  • 139 7 UPI Reuter Washington, Wednesday The US administration imposed a blackout on comments about the Iranian crisis yesterday in an attempt to quell "a thousand rumours" of a possible deal for release of the Ameri- can hostages. But the move did little more than fuel new speculation
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  • 92 7 World Focus UPI Riverhead (New York), Wednesday Town police have solved the mysterious case of a man who reported hearing the music of a Connecticut radio station inside his head. George Dillard, 45, phoned police to report his problem. Police listened patiently to him and advised
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  • 52 7 Reuter Bangkok, Wednesday Czechoslovak President and communist party leader Gustav Husak arrived in Hanoi yesterday to begin an official visit to Vietnam, Kampuchea and Laos. Radio Hanoi, monitored here, said he was met by Hanoi's top leaders, including party Secretary-gener-al Le Duan and Premier Pham Van
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  • 44 7 Reuter Islamabad, Wednesday An Indonesian gift of seven tonnes of tea for Afghan refugees in Pakistan was delivered to Pakistani authorities yesterday by Indonesian ambassador Supriardjo Gondoprijono. He said Indonesia would send more relief for the more than 500,000 refugees.
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  • 170 7 AFP Beijing, Wednesday Vice-premier Bo Yibo was named minister-in-charge of a recently set up Machine-Building Industry Commission in a technical reshuffle stiffening the Chinese government'stechnocratic leanings. The reshuffle, announced by New China News Agency (NCNA), affected five government posts and was decided during the close
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    • 6 7 More world news on pege 23
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    • 402 7 y'\ Taken on an Olympus OM- Aperture F22. Speed: 1 /60 second. Light source. Free standing synchronized flash. Send us your best Olympus OM shot and you could win a trip to the Olympics OUTMPUS You could win 12 days at the Olympics including air-fare, accommodation, tickets to the Games
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  • 292 8 If there were a battle of the sexes for a bigger share of the sporting pie in Singapore, it would be short, sweet and unequal. Men would win hands down if only by sneer force of numbers. Quite apart from championship considerations, sport is a man's
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  • 76 8 4 There have been more than one million abortions legally performed in the British Isles since the David Steele Act of 1967. This is a sad statistic and if it does not trouble the conscience of our legislators then Parliament has, indeed, become a spiritually calloused institution. Abortion
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 92 8 Cars, cars, cars. They seem to be dominating Singaporeans' conversations and minds the last one week or so. Here's one more road story for the road. This took place just before the big hikes. With marriage on her mind, a friend cornered her fiance and started
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    • 25 8 From an English newspaper: "Amazing lurk in the Irish sweep fell to a Kentish man who drew two tickets and a Sussex woman,"
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  • 1068 8  -  NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THOSE IN TRAVEL TRADE By Judith Hale In 1978 more than six million tourists visited Asean countries, which raked in $3.4 billion (US$l.6 billion) and more. Despite this considerable revenue generated by the industry or perhaps because it is
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  • 554 8  -  f f WEDNFSDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON However important textiles are for some countries (representing half of local industry and exports in the case of Hong Kong, to take an extreme example,) it is vital that we do not allow our international commercial relations system
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  • 583 9  -  Manufacturer claims 0.05 per cent margin of error Science Report By Gerry de Silva Electronic devices are now part and parcel of the Traffic Police and Singapore Bus Service's equipment used in tracking down speeding drivers. Every day, two twoman teams, armed with hand-held
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  • 570 9 Except in oil-rich nations, naturally AP New York: When Americans pump US$l.2O-a-gaUon petrol into their cars and think longingly back to last year when it was half as much they should consider the poor motorists in other countries. They might be driving in Bulgaria,
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  • 116 9 All foods are made up of chemicals natural and artificial which Interact with our body chemicals when we eat or drink. But there are many questions most of us don't usually consider when we eat or drink. Questions like: Can we assume that all
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  • trend 1 EDITED BY SYLVIA LEOW
    • 2441 10/11 an appreciation of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is the third in the series of Shakespearean plays to be presented in the British Broadcasting Corporation's The Complete Dramatic Worka of William Shakespeare on Monday. It is, as it has always been, a play of great
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    • 36 10/11 5r s es DaciUng SptcticM of dancel Sensational Revue Production ;-/no> u4 > Y COVER I CHARGE DINERS N til ►S CHINESE NEW YEAR CLOSED FOR LUNCH ON 16th A 17th EVENING BUSINESS AS USUAL f, 1
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  • ENTER THE MONKEY
    • 1328 12 Celebration that's really enjoyed more by the men and children Mary Kogan, who now lives In Singapore, spent several years in China. In this article, she gives her personal impressions of the Lunar New Year festival. IT'S not uncommonfor westerners to be involved in the
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    • 591 13 Mahjong and cards a part of the Lunar New Year festivities INEVITABLY, during the Chinese New Year Season, there is widespread gambling in many Chinese homes which will be crowded with neighbours and friends who will try to reap some "xin nian wang cai" (New Year's
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    • 595 14 He is mischievous and just loves to upset authority By Hsiaoshuang ONCE upon a time, on Chinese New Year Day, Buddha summoned all the animals to appear before him, with the promise of a reward if they turned up. Only 12 beasts came and to
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    • 75 14 FOUR snow white monkeys perched around a peach tree are the highllghtof a Lunar New Year display set up in the lobby of the Oberoi Imperial Hotel. The display is the work of John Heng, the Chef de Partie, of the hotel. The monkeys, which
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    • 997 15 Filial piety, not wealth, is yardstick for judging a person Some say it is the reason for success of the Chinese people FILIAL piety as a Chinese tradition probably dates back to the time when China was a chaotic country of small warring kingdoms.
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    • 420 16/17  -  The shopping rush for New Year is on in earnest It feels as though all Singapore is here STORY by Francis Chin A huge banner stretching three storeys high extols the blessing of eating raw fish; there are stacks of brightlycoloured boxes of red roasted pork, rows
      PICTURES by Steven Lee  -  420 words
    • 725 18 Diamonds and rubies doubled in price last year They are also hedges against inflation NYT New York: EVERYONE'S buzzing about the sky-rocketing prices of gold and silver. It is less wellknown, however, that diamonds and rubies have doubled in price in the last year and
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    • 470 19 FOR your little girl for Chinese New Year, there is an exquisitely made doll's house complete with furniture, furnishings and door chime that actually rings. There is even a plug-in telephone that rings too and a built-in writing table. The window has pretty curtains and
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    • 171 19 STARTING from a small tailor's shop in Hill Street, CYC shirts have become a household name in Singapore for "made-to-meas-ure" shirts. The company which is now almost 45 years old, also is a large exporter of Singapore-made shirts to markets in Europe, the United States
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    • 1405 20  -  By Margaret Chan New Nation food columnist THE nyonya or Straitsborn Chinese have a selection of traditional Chinese New Year cakes. Kueh belandah or love letters, kueh bangkit, dry sago or tapioca flour cookies, kueh kova, dry green pea flour biscuits, kueh baloo, mini sponge
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    • 438 21 AT Chinese New Year, one of the greatest delights for children is in new clothes. Children's fashions, unlike adults', are not subject to dramatic changes. The tested-and-trled perennials will always be popular, with adaptions borrowed from big brother and sister, of course. The favoured
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    • 155 21 ALTHOUGH the United States has a world-wide reputation for Its industrial technology, the (aet that It also has a tradition of fine craftmaaship is not so well-known. Handling a range of gift products, featuring some of the finest of American craftmanshlp Is a local Arm, Malko
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    • 139 12 CYC has expanded to Thomson Plaza oraiiAL urrar- m Business hours at North Bridge Road extended to 7:30 p.m. daily (Including Sunday) Business hours at Thomson Plaza: From 12 noon to 9 p.m. L h3nger ''ee "las; f- Office shut *9118 UJUS24-sfr Now S 9 90 Rhombert) Material from Austria
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  • 681 22  -  CINEMA by/ Richard Lim THE YOUNG MASTER: Written and directed by Jacky Chan. Starring Jacky Chan, Yuen Btao, Wei Bai and Lili Li. Now showing at five theatres. Bruce Lee came and kicked down all the doors. Kung fu became an overnight vogue
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  • 772 22  -  Humour by Russell Baker The story was datelined Liverpool and said, in its entirety, Ambrose Massey and his wife, Eulalia, were surprised to return home from the movies and find a stork in their parlour. Students of journalism will instantly recognise this as one of those
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  • 189 23 World Focus UPI Moscow, Wednesday Mr Yakov Malik, the Soviet Union's former ambassador to the United Nations and one of its bestknown diplomats, died on Monday at the age of 73, the Tass News Agency reported yesterday. Mr Malik held the rank of Deputy
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  • 125 23 UPI New Delhi, Wednesday People are fleeing India's northeast Nagaland state for fear that a severe earthquake will occur during Saturday's total solar eclipse, Indian reports said yesterday. United News of India reported that seismologists int the region apparently predicted the quake and people are
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  • 58 23 UPI Manila, Wednesday A quarrel over a missing auck led to the death of a 70-yoar-old man and his son, police said yesterday. Police said Gregorio Asparilla and his son, Eugenio, 42, in the heat of an argument with three men after they demanded the return
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  • 63 23 Reuter Seoul, Wednesday Sooth Korean shop owner Ktm Yu-bong yesterday reported the theft of 229 snakes worth nearly UStflM ($15,154) which customers believe will enhance male potency when eaten. Police said Mr Kim was most npset about the loss of a rare white snake. Its alleged ability to
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  • 225 23 UPI Islamabad (Pakistan), Wednesday Shooting erupted in Kabul and Soviet troops moved into remote central and southern areas of Afghanistan to wipe out Muslim rebel resistance, diplomatic sources said yesterday. Rebels claimed they slaughtered army officials and communist officials in several districts they liberated in
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  • 120 23 AP Washington, Wednesday Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, who evaded the draft in the mid-*****, is now in favour of the move. "If America is in trouble, and the country says Russia is escalating I will be the first to join, and I will
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  • 82 23 Buyers go for copper, rubber Reuter London, Wednesday Copper, aluminium and rubber set further record prices yesterday to sustain a major rise in the value of key commodities. A chief cause of the increase was purchases by investors seeking safe assets at a time of world tension, brokers said. The
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  • 72 24 Announcing the arrival of Hong Kont'N mass transit railway train. To be exact, at 1I.3C a.m. yesterday, going by the clock in Chater Station. Yesterday, It had Britain's Princess Alexandra and her husband as its first official passengers. Small bv world standards, this 15.3-km-long system
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  • 274 24 Speculation on land's worth sends share prices up Business News and Views United Engineers filans to redevelop its arge and valuable property at River Valley Road into a commercial residential complex. The company yesterday said that its board of directors had examined three alternative plans for
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  • 138 24 UPI London, Wednesday The dollar made a firm recovery on European money markets yesterday amid speculation that Iran might soon release the Tehran embassy hostages. Gold dropped US$l5 on both the London and Zurich markets in moderate trading. The metal closed at U*****.50 in London after opening down
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  • 156 24 Harinco Holdings will soon apply to delist Consolidated Hotels from both the stock exchanges in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. This follows Harinco's acquisition of 92.64 per cent of the issued capital of the company. Singapore International Merchant Bankers (SIMBL), acting on behalf of
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  • 51 24 A three-man team from Keppel Shipyard will leave on Feb 20 for a fourweek study tour of shipyards in Japan. The president of the Union of Keppel Shipyard Employees, Mr M. K .A. Jabbar, and two management executives will go on the trip which is arranged by the
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  • 33 24 UPI Closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrial 898.98 (up 9.39); 20 transport 297.23 (down 3.41); 15 utilities 112.99 (up 0.71); 65 stocks 328.14 (up 1.00). UPI
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  • 338 24 UPI UPI New York, Wednesday Foreign investors and institutions went on a late buying spree that drove the Dow Jones industrial average to a four-month high yesterday in active Lincoln's birthday trading. The closely watched Dow average climbed 9.39 points to 898.98, the highest level since it
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  • 85 24 UPI New York, Wednesday Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. of Japan said yesterday it has won the competition to provide an inflight electronic passenger system for Boeing's new 767 airliner. The system has 12 audio channels and provision for flight attendant flight call services and lighting control. It allows
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  • Sport starts here
    • 323 25 Lake Placid, Wednesday The International Olympic Committee yesterday rejected a US demand that the 1980 Olympic Games be moved from Moscow or cancelled because of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. A statement by lOC President Lord Killanin said the 73 lOC members who had debated the
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    • 58 25 Czechoslovakia, the 1976 silver medallists, handed Norway a 114 beating as the lee hockey competition In the Winter Olympics began in earnest yesterday. Considered favourites of upsetting Soviet Union for the gold medal, Czechoslovakia managed to score all their goals only In the second half.
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    • 226 25 Reuter Lake Placid, Wednesday Austrian Leonhard Stock continued to set the pace yesterday in practice for tomorrow's men's downhill ski race. But Valeri Tsyganov of the Soviet Union showed that his searing times of Monday were no flash in the pan and Switzerland's Peter Mueller produced the
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    • 123 26 Ist: Better Times; 2nd: Clearaway; 3rd: Victory Fair. Won By: 2, 3, 3. Tote: $63, $18, $12, $5. t Eyes; 2nd: Doable Bill; 3rd: Forest Jim. Won By: 2'/2,'l'/4, Sh Hd. Tote: $25, $6, $8, $5. $24 |12 $?$ll C#reJ 2nd: Tun eBh; 3rd: 1411,8
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    • 396 26  -  He'll be one to watch in Gold Cup a On the track By K. L. CHAN Penang, Wednesday Class 1 stayer, Bold Hunter, who captured the prestigeous Singapore Gold Cup last year, showed a return to form in a workout at Kuala Lumpur this morning. With
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    • 926 26  -  KM Racing" By TURF RAY Inderapura Stable have acquired a smart Class One performer in Siti Payong 11. He heads a batch of 18 newcomershandicapped for the Tunkus Gold Cup meeting starting this Sunday. By Royal And Regal out of Fiery Missile, Siti Payong is
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    • 826 27  -  SQUASH b V Eric Cooper The Singapore players returned from the weekend's annual international against Malaysia in a jubliant mood, having once again scored a convincing victory to maintain their unbeaten record. A 6-1 result no doubt told that Malaysia are still a long way
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    • 38 27 Reuter Southampton, Wednesday Semi-final results in the International Squash Players Association championship here last night (all Pakista- nis): Mohibullah Khan beat Gogi Alauddin 9-4, 9-3, 9-5; Qamar Zaman beat Maqsood Ahmed 10-9, 7-9, 9-0, 93.— Reuter.
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    • 221 27 Dunearn Technical scored a 4-1 victory over Tanjong Katong Technical in the preliminary round of the National Schools Secondary (boys) tennis championship at the Kallang complex yesterday. Foo Fane Loong scored the only point for Tanjong Katong when he beat Ho Swee Soon 63, 4-6.
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    • 312 28 Appeal against lOC ruling on flag likely to fail AFP Lake Placid, Wednesday Taiwan will not be taking part in the 1980 Winter Olympics which will be officially opened today by American Vice-President Walter Mondale. A reliable source close to the Olympic movement revealed that Taiwan's appeal against
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    • 133 29 Reuter Zurich, Wednesday. Singapore are among 49 countries who have so far entered for the 1981 World Youth soccer championship, according to the International Football Federation (Fifa), the organisers. The Under-19 tournament's final series will be held in Australia from Oct 3 to 18,
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    • 272 29 for third successive time QsocceT Reuter London, Wednesday Nottingham Forest, the holders, won their way into an unprecedented third successive final when they beat Liverpool in the semifinal of England's League Cup at Liverpool last night. The second leg finished 1-1, leaving Forest 2-1 aggregate winners by
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    • 95 29 Reuter Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday. Brazil yesterday appointed Tele Santana, manager of the Sao Paulo club Palmeiras until last week, full-time manager of the national soccer team. The Brazilian Football Confederation offered Santana, 48, the post last week. He replaces CI audio Coutinho who coached the Brazilian
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    • 346 30  -  Jitta may be forced to summon you PRE-OLYMPICS iBO By SURESH NAIR Stand by, goalkeeper Pat-, rick Wee! An SOS call might be made to you to join Singapore's pre-Olympics squad. Veteran Lim Chiew Peng's sudden decision to call it a day last night, after a decade
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    • 36 30 Mohabangan star Prasun Banerjee (left), who played well despite his team's M defeat at the hands of Singapore here two years ago, will be back here, captaining the Indian team for the preOlympics.
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    • 381 30  -  Mohanbagan Football Club midfield star Prasun Banerjee will skipper India's team for the Asia Group Three pre-Olympics soccer tournament here from Feb 23 to Mar 13, reports SURESH NAIR. SURESH NAIR Prasun was one of the few players who distinguished himself when ne led the Indian
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    • 149 25 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you possess a temperament ana basic personality that is bound to influence whether for better or for worse all who come into serious contact with you. Friends, loved ones and professional associates will find their own natures molded or changed because
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 57 30 Diary BILLIARDS: Eddie Charlton exhibition (Katong Saloon, 7.30 p.m.). HOCKEY: Women's Div 1 SCC v Singapore Malays (Padang); Police v Armed Forces (Police Academy). Both matches at 5.10 p.m. National Inter-Schools South Zone Secondary boys Swiss Cottage v Gan Eng Seng, St Joseph's v Anglo Chinese (University grounds, 2.30 p.m.).
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      437 31  -  From hospital bed to disco centre stage By Deborah Chia Looking at her dance, you'd never have believed that Donna Gialanella was a hit-and-run accident victim four years ago. There she lay in a coma in a hospital with broken bones, some protruding out of her body
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    • 240 31 They don't make lanterns like they used to. No, indeed. These days, lantern-making has become a work of art. The products have even made it to the Young People's Gallery. Of the prize-winning lanterns on show, there's a seven-metre dragon that looks just about ready to
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 217 31 At the cinema MURDER BY DECREE: Stars Christopher Plummer and James Mason. Lido: 11, 1.45, 4, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. NOT NOW. DARLING: British comedy caper with a dash of sophistication. Stars Leslie Phillips and Julie Ege. Old print. Cathay: 1.30, 4, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. MOMENT BY MOMENT: A
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    • 91 31 DUELS IN THE DESERT: Kung fu epic. Regal, Gala, Majestic, Ruby and Silver City. LACKEY AND THE LADY TIGER: Mandarin film starring Tian Liu and Wang Cheng Li. Charity Eremiere at Ang Mlo Klo, .15, 3.30, 7.15 and 9.30; Plaza: 11 a.m., 1.30, 4, 7 and 9.30 p.m. Yangtze: 11
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    • 453 31 In and around town THE LIFEGIVER A show at the Victoria Theatre at 7.30 p.m. Sponsored by the Alby Commercial Enterprises (Pte) Ltd. Admission* free. CHINESE NEW YEAR CARNIVAL at the Singapore Armed Forces Reservists' Association Clubhouse, 293, Lorong 6, Toa Payoh. Open from 7 to 11 p.m. Admission: 30
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  • 54 32 AH FOOK: Now I have heard it all. Do you know that a single girl in New York was artificially inseminated last week and when the baby is born she will be handed over for adoption to the biological father. MEI LIN: Imagine that, being adopted by one's
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    • 926 32 TV AND RADIO SBC 5 TELEFUNKENrv BBl. J 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCE M ENTSfollowed by PLEASE DON'T KAT THE DAISIES: Help Wanted Desperately (r) 3.3i DIARY OF EVENTS(M) 3.35 A CHANGE IN MIND: A Crisis in the > Family 4.15 INTERMISSION 6.99 OPENING AN NOI! NCEM ENTSfollowed by RAMPAIAN SllKAN (M).
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    • 254 32 Today's top shows HOW (Ch 5, 6.35 p.m. in colour). A team of four experts answer the following questions How can a snow help you get married? How good is a dog's nose? How could a drop of water blow up a supertanker? How did a tarantula give rise to
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