New Nation, 9 October 1980

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  • 25 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Thursday, October 9, 1980 2998 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 109/1/80 r I NEW (£0) NATION COMMENT ■1:111 w n *mn J
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  • 195 1  -  By Douglas Chan Cisco will take over the motorcycle escort service from the Traffic Police's Mobile Squad from next month. This will enable the Traffic Police to concentrate on enforcement action, such as those against speedsters, and on improving road safety. A Cisco spokesman today said
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  • Briefs
    • 54 1 AP Moscow, Thursday The Soviet Union and Syria yesterday signed a 20-year friendship treaty that called for'strengthened military cooperation, immediate "contact" when either is threatened and regular consultations, "above all on the problems of the Middle East." The pact appeared to give the Soviets a new foothold in
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    • 41 1 Reuter Washington, Thursday The Teamsters, the biggest trade union in the US, has announced it is supporting Republican Ronald Reagan in the presidential election. The decision of the 2.3 million-member union represents a major breakthrough for Mr Reagan. Reuter
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  • 58 1 UPI FUifltM (New Jersey), THinday CftatM atop his small alrplaae, (tutmu Janadr Wiper eaded Us tnuw-Attutie wtat-mlkiag Miyasey whea he haiei laNew Jersey yesterday. The flight task 12 toys. Oaee sa the neaad, he saM la halttaur FagHsh: like te fly frsm New fsik is
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  • 73 1 Geoff Hunt and Qamar Zaman have entered the World Squash Championship final in Adelaide. See Page 17. What happens when you poet a letter addressed simply to The Senior Engineering Officer, Singapore? It will not gather dost In the Dead Letter Department, not If the people manning
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  • 23 1 Trainer Ivan Allan's hopefuls for the Singapore Gold Cup race on Sunday sparkle in a workout this morning. See Page 14.
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  • 18 1 People are like rats in their buying habits. Find out why on Page 9.
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  • 59 1 than 13 metres are required to have motorcycle escorts. The Traffic Police charges $40 per motorcycle escort for each trip, regardless of the time taken or the length of the route. The Cisco rates will be $25 per motorcycle escort for
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  • 41 1 AFP Sapporo; Thursday A Hokkaido University team here has succeeded in running an engine on a half-and-half mixture of peppermint oil and gasoline. There is one hitch, however peppermint oil costs about 50 times more than petrol. AFP.
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  • 61 1 Two more deaths brought the toll on the roads so far this year rose to 2M. Motorcyclist Tan Han Chna, 43, died at 1.15 a.m. this morning In an accident along Bendemeer Road while Mr Er Cha Watt, 25, died In the Alexandra Hospital at l.St a.m. yesterday two
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  • 263 1 Share prices improved after three consecutive days of losses during the first 45 minutes of light trading on the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. The recovery was believed to be due mainly to short-covering activity. At the higher levels, there appeared to be a lack of follow-through sup- port,
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    • 16 1 IN THE OTHER PAGES: Moneywords Coupon 15; Comics 16; Crossword 19; Stars 9; What's On 18,19.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 195 2 To tempt more tourists to visit, says Tony Tan Education Minister Dr Tony Tan this morning suggested several ways to tempt more tourists here. One suggestion was to promote Singapore as a tropical seaside resort. The resort image could be promoted by improving the facilities
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  • 250 2 Talk to 14-year-old Lim Chwen about art and her favourite master, Picasso, and you'll be astounded by her wealth of knowledge. So it wasn't surprising to learn that her painting, Chinatown, won second prize in the junior section of the Young Art in Asia
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  • 40 2 The MP for River Valley, Dr Tan Eng Liang, will be present at the 1960 Colours Award presentation ceremony to be organised by the Singapore South Zone Schools' Sports Council at Raffles Institution on Saturday at 10 a.m.
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  • 122 2 The Queenstown police crime branch has taken over the investigation into the death of a Taiwanese ship captain, whose body was found last Monday at the foot of a block of flats. Mr Cheng Su-Kuo, 31, had earlier visited a friend in her flat
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  • 112 2 Grow magazine, a publication for parents and teachers, is celebrating its first anniversary with 200,000 "thank-yous" to readers in the form of colourful peel-off stickers. One sheet of stickers, in eight different designs, will be issued free to every regular Grow subscriber in the
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    • 125 2 Iced Cream. .vv.v.v.vXv.v. Sar /< Harveys Bristol Cream. The best sherry in the world. When work tends to follow you... it pays to have this Casio always around. Businesslike display with a bonus of 12 digits. Crtsp, clean print-out leave no room for doubt, keep records straight. Sub-total, additions and
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  • 281 3  -  By Teresa Ooi our education correspondent Interviews to recruit about 50 British lecturers for the Institute of Education are being conducted at the Singapore High Commission in London. The response to lE's recruitment drive has been encouraging more than 590 candidates applied. A shortlisted
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  • 34 3 Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, will be the guest of honour at the Economic Society of Singapore's annual dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel on Oct 31 at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 35 3 Applicants are invited to join the Queenstown community centre bagpipers. Free instruments will be provided and practice sessions will be held every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more details, telephone *****0.
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  • 193 3 Purchasers of Hanging and Urbaa Development Cerperattoa flats who have paid their legal fees la cash caaaet withdraw their meaey aad pay their fees through the Central Provident Pud Instead. This Is because the amended legislation which enables applicants of HUDC flats to
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  • 116 3 The Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers Union has worked out an exchange programme with South Korea's National Banking and Financial Workers union. The Singapore union is expected to start the annual programme by sending a five-man team to Seoul for a week's visit next April, Its
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  • 96 3 The power supply to residents in the Indus Road area failed twice, last night and early today the first time at about 10.25 p.m. and again at about 2 a.m. A Public Utilities Board spokesman said the board received a complaint about the failure at about
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  • 214 4 S'pore roads may be swamped with motorbikes don Watch out! Singapore may become like Saigon before the communist takeover. This warning was delivered by a senior lecturer from the National University of Singapore yesterday. He was talking about the danger of motorcycles swamping the city unless there
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  • 36 4 The Ang Mo Kio zone A residents' committee will screen a free film show, It's a Mad Mad World, in front of Block 118, Ang Mo Klo Avenue 4 on Saturday at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 29 4 MP for Bedok, Encik Haji Sha'ari bin Tadin, will officially open the Bedok Central Post Office at Block 218, Bedok North Street, on Oct 14 at 8 p.m.
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  • 130 4 The National Productivity Board is channelling more resources into research work. NPB Chairman Dr Lee Chiaw Meng said in the board's 1979/80 annual reKrt that the NPB is aimj to play a more significant role in advising the government and the private sector on
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  • 38 4 The deputy chairman of the People's Association, Mr Lee Khoon Choy, will present the community centre management committee and women's subcommittee long service awards for 1960 at the DBS auditorium, Shenton Way, on Sunday at 8 p.m.
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  • 35 4 The Institute of Materials Handling is organising a course on materials handling and management for executives at the Apollo Hotel from Oct 28. The course fee is 5140 for members and $165 for others.
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  • 112 4 Stop! Make way for the pedestrian at the zebra crossing. This was the lessen 41 Pel Hwa Public School students learned yesterday not In their classroom, hot at the Ang Mo Klo traffic garden. The primary school students, accompanied by fear teachers,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 87 4 V v .w.. < 4L*' V 'vf. ''V- The naked truth about Teacher's. Every popular whisky is made from blending pure malt whiskies and less expensive grain whiskies. Malt costs at least twice as much as grain. And more malt means more character, a more distinctive taste. Teacher's contains an
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  • 182 5 UPI Hopes that US interest rates will not rise any further helped the stock market move up yesterday but prices dropped back on profit-taking towards the close. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 3.32 points to close at 963.99. Advances outnumbered declines four to three on the
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  • 93 5 AP London, Thursday Gold prices faded slightly yesterday, and the dollar edged downwards in extremely quiet and uneventful trading. Traders said the dollar may continue in the near future at about its present level although there are expectations that US prime rates may sink and weaken the dollar.
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  • 33 5 AP Closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrial 963.99 (up 3.32); 20 transport 348.32 (up 0.27); 15 utilities 113.95 (up 0.22); 65 stocks 357.36 (up 0.86). AP
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  • 227 5 Reserved for 'pollution' industries The Housing Board has received 51 bids for three plots of land which it has set aside for industries which may cause air, water and noise pollution. The plots, measuring a total of 8337 sq metres, were offered for sale
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  • 32 5 The Singapore Sports Council will hold learn-to-play tennis courses for adults and children at its National Stadium tennis courts from Oct 27. For details, call *****11 ext 234, during office hours.
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  • 29 5 The Chinese High School scout group will hold a forum on the Scout/Guide movements in Singapore at the school's Bukit Timah Road auditorium on Sunday at 2 p.m.
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  • 64 5 Think it over union A stockbroker's firm has been asked to withdraw the dismissal of seven of its employees on Oct 3 for allegedly refusing to work overtime. The Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union, which represents the employees of J.M. Sassoon and Co, told the management at a meeting
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  • 150 5 The Singapore Fair, an annual trade fair for Asean businessmen, will be organised on an international scale next year. To be called the Singapore International Fair 81, it will gather a diverse range of products and services.' According to the chairman of the Singapore Manufacturers
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 119 6 World Focus Reuter Nagasaki, Thursday The sponsor of a private Japanese hunt for treasure aboard a Czarist cruiser sunk in the sea off Japan yesterday revised the estimated value of the treasure tenfold to US$3B billion (about $77 billion). Mr Ryoichi Sasakawa, 81,
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  • 52 6 UPI TODAY is Thursday, Oct 9, the 283 rd day of 1960 with 83 to follow. Those bom on this date are under the sign of Libra. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: American novelist Willa Cather said: "The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or
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  • 174 6 Washington, Thursday The Carter administration is proceeding with plans to supply Jordan with 100 M-60 tanks despite an apparent setback in US efforts to encourage King Hussein to stay out of the Iran-Iraq war. The State Department yesterday said that delivery of the 100 tanks would begin
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  • 157 6 UPI New Delhi, Thursday Increasing numbers of mortally wounded and mutilated dead Soviet soldiers have arrived in Afghan military hospitals in recent months, a nurse who fled Afghanistan said yesterday. Nili Rahim Panjsheri, 26, a nurse at the armed forces hospital in Kabul, estimated that
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  • 47 6 UPI Ostersund (Sweden), Thursday FYederik Milde burned down his summer cottage and plans to dynamite the foundations to protest against bureaucracy when the local council insisted he pay U5514.45 (Ss3o)a year for garbage collection when he insisted he had no trash to be collected.
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  • Briefs
    • 52 6 Reuter London, Thursday Saudi Arabia's decision to boost oil output to help offset the loss of Iraqi and Iranian exports has ended a price spurt on the free oil market, traders said yesterday. But they added that if the gulf war dragged on panic-buying could start, driving prices
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    • 31 6 AP Moscow, Thursday India has Invited Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev for an official visit, the Soviet dally Prmvdm reported yesterday. The Invitation was extended by Indian President Sanjlva Reddy. AP
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    • 38 6 Reuter Washington, Thursday The White House acknowledged yesterday that President Carter's campaign strategy for re-election was backfiring and said changes would be made. Presidential press secretary Jody Powell said the new strategy would be announced soon.— Reuter
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    • 42 6 Reuter Seoul, Thursday Hankuk Theological College In Northern Beool wm closed Indefinitely yesterday following a student protest. It was the first Incident sI organised student unrestsince demonstrations last May which led to the Imposition of martial law throughout the country. Renter
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    • 47 6 Reuter London, Thursday The British Airports Authority (BAA), already involved in a major row with international airlines over landing charges, will increase its fees again next year, a spokesman said yesterday. Landing charges at Heathrow Airport will go up by about 20 per cent. Reuter
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    • 46 6 AP Koala Lumpur, Thursday The executive unit of the cabinet committee on drugs has proposed that the government adopt tough measures, Including tapping of telephone lines, to stop the country's growing drug problem. The proposed measures Includes confiscation of all wealth acquired through trafficking. AP
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    • 46 6 AP Brighton (England), Thursday Britain's ruling Conservative party voted overwhelmingly yesterday for tougher curbs on trade unions, but stopped short of drawing battle lines against organised labor.The convention voted for a continuing review of union "privileges" but did not urge a specific crackaown. AP
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    • 76 6 AP Hong Kong, Thursday China will not be able to achieve Its goal of becoming a major economic power by the year UN, bat It can achieve a moderate degree of modernisation by the torn of the century, one of BelJa's top economists, Xue Muqlao, d yesterday. He
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    • 57 6 AP Geneva, Thursday Some 450 tons of dynamite stored near an explosives factory at Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia blew up, killing eight workmen and injuring three others, the president of the company that partly owns the installation said here yesterday. The cause of the blast, which heavily damaged the explosives
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 533 6 c5 h 9c$L• The Diviner •Nujum Pak Belalang TALES FROM THE ORIENT DONGENG-DONGENG DflRI TIMUR n s r a* SI hi# -4 m S9fl y sav si ss&oa eeyfi SH 1 i a 391 9 'A »w I -4' Va n 1 r» al IK I' I 0 «ee*/t/fci»j st»»■
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  • 300 8 The editorial board of the Singapore Medical Association's newsletter was not the only one in the news just now. The Ministry of Culture has asked the editorial board of Breakthrough to "show cause" why its publication permit should be renewed. As Singaporeans who are familiar with
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  • 126 8 4 Since our country achieved independence more than two decades ago, colonial names have remained unchanged in the case of some places and streets here. The recent proposal made by the Sultan of Perak that the name of Telok Anson be changed to Telok Mak Intan was warmly
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 50 8 Photographers seem to have a fondness for using words associated with their profession in everyday talk. A photographer who returned from an exten- sive tour of the United States and Britain summed up his experience in an appropriate manner. "I got a great deal of exposure," he said.
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    • 48 8 AU the toilets in the world's biggest hamburger cafe the Wimpey Bar in London's Piccadilly Circus have special blue lights. This was done to discourage drug addicts. The lights make it hard for them to locate the veins in their arms for a fix.
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  • 501 8 Hormone may hold key to why some people find it so hard to lose weight UPI Philadelphia: The dumpy dowager gulping another chocolate-coated cherry or the portly businessman tucking away another plate of mashed potatoes may not consider themselves food junkies but they might
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  • 350 8  -  TERENCE FANE SAUNDERS Director, Hill aad Knowlton Public Relations In your editorial, (NN Sept 27), you wrote: "Public relations agencies have to protect corporate and other images... The temptation to embellish, or, the very opposite, to hide facts is irresistible. But it must be resisted
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  • 105 8  -  PER G. SCHOYEN JENS HOLST I read with interest your report (NN, Sept 29) about the heavy schoolbags. I remember I had the same problem when I was a school boy, but nowadays most schoolchildren in Norway carry their books in rucksacks with straps on both shoulders.
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  • 588 9 Dons liken this to consumers' buying habits Copley News Service Texas: Consumers, with eyes ever alert for bargains when shopping, are about as smart as rats, experiments at Texas A and M University indicate. "Rat consumers and (human) workers are basically consistent in
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 108 9 t TMII SINGAPORE Come and tap this rare opportunity of having on-the-spot discussions with more than 300 manufacturers and exporters from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Products Services on show include: Foodstuffs Handicrafts Gifts and Novelties Textiles and Garments Electronic and Electrical Appliances Timber and Wood-based Products Articles
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    • 192 9 i M A isi mi m M T n t> OCTOBER IQLUNCHTIME This week's "f~ ash ions on f r idav emphasizes a selec tiv t range of clothes by Balancia. T hey on k* in asual day wear like pansuits and separates plus a varied collection of after five
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 353 9 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you are a thoughtful individual who contemplates life from a humorous standpoint. You have a gift for writing and speaking and. given time and encouragement, you could well carve a lasting niche for yourself, in the field of literature. You are
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  • 946 10/11  -  Stories by Gloria Chandy You wouldn't believe some of the things that are put in the mail. But the people who work at the Mails and Parcels Division of the Postal Services Department in Nelson Roaa aren't surprised at anything any more. They have seen
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  • 155 10/11 Yon can help the postman deliver your mall faster and more efficiently If yon take note of these reminders from the postal authorities: o Notify friends and business Associates when yon change your address. Specially printed cards for this purpose are available at all
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  • trend 1
    • 514 12  -  Cook-In by Margaret Chan Housewife Jennifer Chee was the unwitting winner of Hostessing with a Flair, a cooking competition held at the Imperial Hotel two Thursdays back. "I was not at all nervous, because I was sure I would not win," said Mrs Chee. She didn't even
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    • 575 12  -  GREENHOUSE bv PEST If your new African violet or begonia cost you a pretty little packet, why not try making new plants yourself. Visualise each healthy leaf on an African violet or begonia as a potential "mother plant," for you can easily propagate
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    • 634 13  -  Eat Right by Louisa Teo Mrs Tan was doing her weekly shoppftig at the supermarket. She remembered that she had to buy vitamins. At the pharmaceuticals section, sne found many different types and brands of vitamins. Not being able to make up her
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    • 225 13 What's Cooking? The trouble with losing weight with the Weight Watchers was having to weigh your food to check on its calorie count before eating. In England, that group has come up with packaged frozen meals which conform to the caloric requirements of the Weight Watchers.
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    • 109 13 Question: I was once convicted for shoplifting. Now I am thinking of going abroad either to work or for a holiday. Will I be penalised at all and will it be difficult for me to get a visa? Answer: Although you have
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • 594 14  -  Valaisan goes best with Podmore astride the CjJ track By K. L. CHAN Trainer Ivan Allan, who has six runners engaged in the Singapore Gold Cup race on Sunday, put four of his charges Valaisan, Saas Fee, In tan Singapnra and Grand Harvest through their
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  • 1516 14 WEIGHTS for Hw Singapore Gold Cup mooting at Bukit Timah thia weekend: SATURDAY Claaa 1 Div. 2 2.200 m 4 Elegant 57.0 1 Pulau Mutlara 57.0 12 Eye Opener 56.0 7 Paslr Puteh II 55.0 8 Double Agent II 54.5 6 Keep The Faith
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  • 284 14 SATURDAY Race 1 (2.1) 0 J Dlv 7 14Mm: The Unsung Heroes, Swift Warder, Gentle Girl, Swallow, Cermack, Cellni. Race 2 (Z.St) CI 3 Wv 14Mm: Small Prince, Illumination, Laugh A Bit, Starline. Race 3 (3.1) CI 3 Wv 5 —14Mm: Bold Glen, Brown Kentnckian, Drnm Major, Disco Kid,
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  • 345 15  -  BOWLING by Brian Miller Three former champions will be back for another crack at the 16th World Cup scheduled to be held at Jakarta's Kartika Chandra Bowl from Oct 25 to Nov 1. They are: Philippe Du- bo is from France, winner in Bangkok last
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  • 74 15 Reuter The Indonesian pair of H. Sutanto and E. Kurebiwan won the men's doubles title in the Saniay Gandhi International badminton championships when they beat Uday Pa war and Partho Ganguly of India 17-14, 17-15, 15-2 last night. Sally Leadbeater and Karen Chapman of England won the
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 619 15 THURSDAY Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Nome: Sex: Age: Occupation: Address: N R.I.C. No: Ist lelelpH Tv"r yI m,ss,nq HE A IM LETTERS S E A "KB ACROSS To-AT! us,ng S-aIEI CLOES —I 1 1 1 BELOW along dotted lines MBMHMa CLUES FOR LB-4
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  • 273 16  -  says Thai sprint ace Suchart |M3 Athletics By SHIRLEY TAN Thailand's sprint star, Suchart Jaesuraparp, said the standard of athletics in Singapore will improve to a "good regional level" within the next two years. Suchart, made this prediction when he stopped here for short holiday
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  • 98 16 Ej9 Boxing AP Kuala Lumpur, Thursday A seminar for boxing coaches from Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia will be held in Jakarta in January as part of plans to uplift the standard of boxing in the region, Asean Amateur Boxing Federation president.
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  • 144 16 Tennis Reuter Brisbane, Thursday New York's tennis superstar John McEnroe beat countryman Matt Mitchell and the weather to enter the second round of the Robinsons South Pacific tennis classic here yesterday. McEnroe, 21, playing his first grass court tournament since losing to Bjorn Borg at Wimbledon in
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 42 16 BADMINTON: Business Houses Knockout tournament (Badminton Hall, Guillemard Road, 7.30 p.m.). SOCCER: Presidents Cup semi-final Police v Kaki Bukit (Jalan Besar, 8 p.m.). VOLLEYBALL: InterConstituency Mountbatten v Telok Ayer (7.45 E); Boon Lay v TanPagar (8.30 p.m.), matches at Gay World Stadium.
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  • 212 17 gg^Squash" Reuter Adelaide, Thursday Australia's Geoff Hunt moved a step nearer to retaining his world squash title when he overcame a determined challenge from Pakistani Hiddy Jahan here yesterday. Hunt beat Jahan 7-9, 109, 9-3, 9-5 in the semi-final and will face Pakistan's Qamar
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  • 298 17  -  Soccer By SURESH NAIR Two Singapore footballers, who left for Hong Kong this morning for a three-match stint with the First Division club Caroline Hill there, said they were not unduly worried If thev were branded as professionals. The two, Quah Kim Song, a
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  • 198 17 Reuter London, Thursday Paul Mariner eased Ipswich into the fourth round of the English League Cup soccer championship last night. The English striker scored a goal in each half which helped the First Division leaders beat neighbours Norwich 3-1 in the third round replay. Mariner put
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