New Nation, 28 March 1981

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    Masthead
    17 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Saturday, March 28, 1981 3141 Price 25 Cents M.C.(P) No. 103/1/81 SATURDAY, MARCH 28,1981
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  • Article
    Tighter checks by HDB
    324 1  -  To curb rising prices By Gan Soh Eng The Housing Board has tightened its checks on the resale of flats to curb the trend towards exorbitant prices. It is understood that more stringent checks are being made on the income of buyers of highly-priced HDB flats.
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    100 get diarrhoea from dirty water
    151 1  -  By Gerry de Silva More than 100 people have been affected with diarrhoea during the past week because of contamination in the water supply system at Peninsula hotel and shopping complex in Coleman Street. This was caused by the burst water main and sewerage
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    Lock icon Wedding belle in a spot
    107 1 AFP TuscumMa (Alabama): Elizabeth Jamieson, 41, arrived 48 hours late for her wedding due to a spot of sabotage on the part of her future husband's former wife and sister. On the day when the wedding was scheduled, the two women, at gunpoint, stripped the
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      69 1 INSIDE Sprinter Debra slows down i "ilk J But only for the New Nation Big Walk. See Page 21 Jita hits out at the press Back page New British party signs up 10,000 Page 4 It's MY town Or how the HDB intends to make residents proud of their estates.
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  • Article
    Lock icon Six cops fined for pocketing contraband
    98 2 UPI Lm Angeles: Six police officers caught picking tknagh trash cans at s rack concert and pocketing contraband Including drags, alcohol and pill boxes were Hied B$7M ($1592) each by the department." The six officers were not Identified. All were charged with "Improperly handling
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    Lock icon Bonn steels itself for steel talks
    81 2 Biting into their sandwiches while waiting for the start of the EEC steel talks where they will sink their teeth into the issue of the community's subsidised steel policy are West German Economic Minister Otto Lambsdorff (right) and a member of his delegation. The
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    Energy wasters may pay a fee
    298 2 But government will try soft sell first Large industrial energy users who are wasteful may have to pay a surcharge if they do not heed the government's soft approach to educate and persuade them to be energy-efficient. This possibility was raised yesterday by Mr
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    Lock icon Royal nod
    28 2 AP Landau: Queen Elizabeth II gave her formal consent yesterday to the July 29 marriage of her eldest son, Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. AP
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    Look before you buy
    105 2 Da you bay a household appliance or eqalpmeat simply becaase It laobs alee or its colour matches yoar home decor? The government Is ant ta change this attitude and ta encoarage peaple ta hay products which use less energy. Manufacturers af domestic appliances will display their
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    Lock icon Asean to get help from NZ
    149 2 Reuter Manila: New Zealand yesterday undertook to study ways of helping Asean develop alternative sources of energy.. A statement issued at the end of the fifth AseanNew Zealand dialogue here said the two. sides discussed "the expansion of existing cooperation in the energy sector.".
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    Lock icon Zia sets condition for relaying arms
    181 2 AP Rawalpindi: President Mohammed Zia Ul-Haq yesterday said Pakistan must be made military strong before it will funnel western arms aid to Afghan resistance fighters. However, the Pakistani leader said for the first time he thinks the Soviets will never leave neighbouring Afghanistan and
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    Lau is president
    81 2 Dr Lau Teik Soon, MP for Serangoon Gardens, was elected president of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs at its 18th annual general meeting recently. v Also elected for a twoyear term were Dr Chan Heng Chee (vice-presi-dent), Dr Chin Kin Wah (secretary) and Dr Yong Mun
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    It's MY town
    399 3  -  HDB aims to give each estate a unique character of its own By Teo Lian Huay "My town" that's what residents of future Housing Board estates will be proud to declare. Town identity is one area the HBD is dedicating itself to in planning estates for the
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  • In brief
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      New post for Lau
      66 3 The Finance Ministry will have a new budget director. Mr Richard Lau, now head of the Management Services Division, will be on transfer from April 1 to assume the new post. MSD's deputy director, Mr Chuang Kwong Yong, will take over from Mr Lau. It is
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      Lock icon Gold find
      42 3 UPI Moscow: Siberian miners have discovered a gold nugget weighing nearly 5 kg, the Tass News Agency reported yesterday. The nugget, recovered from the Artyomovskaya mine near Irkutsk, was one of the biggest found in recent years, Tass said. UPI
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      Lock icon Coal union strike
      53 3 Reuter Washington: The 160,000-member United Mine Workers (UMW), representing 75 per cent of US coal miners, began a strike yesterday that is expected to end next week with ratification of a new three-year contract. UMW members, currently voting on a tentative contract, traditionally do not work without
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      Lock icon Missile force
      92 3 UPI Lubbock (Texas): The Minuteman Missile Force is a viable deterrent to Soviet aggression, but the United States still needs the multi-billion dollar MX missile system, says a missile expert from California. Col Lawrence Molnar told members of the Lubbock Chapter of the Air Force Association at Reese
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      Lock icon Gambling ban
      64 3 AFP Jakarta: The gambling ban that will come into effect as from next Wednesday is bound to cut the flow of foreign tourists to Indonesia, the Jakarta evening newspaper, Sinar Harapan (Ray of Hope), reported yesterday. TTie ban will harm the government itself in several fields such as
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      Lock icon In the red
      69 3 AP Washington: The US merchandise trade deficit narrowed in February but the pressure of high oil imports kept the balance solidly in the red, tne Commerce Department reported on Thursday. Rising exports of aircraft and coal,- coupled with a cutback in total imports of cars, oil and
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      Lock icon Unhurt by fall
      78 3 AP Beijing: For Kuo Ta-Chiang, 5, it had always been easy to go out by climbing onto the window sill in his rural home. But last week, he forgot he was visiting his aunt in a third-floor apartment. His aunt had left him napping to go shopping.
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    Lock icon US building collapses
    169 3 Agencies Cocoa Beach (Florida): A four-storey condominium collapsed Into concrete rubble as workmen were pouring cement on the roof yesterday, killing at least four people and Injuring dozens, authorities said. "It's a complete disaster, four storeys of cement, one stacked on top of another," said Mr Hugh
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    Lock icon 10,000 join new party
    226 4 Response floods offices in 24 hours AP London: More than 10,000 people joined the Social Democrats in tne first 24 hours since the official launch of Britain's new political party, a leader of the group said yesterday. The announcement came from former Transport Secretary William Rodgers,
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    Seminar discusses racial bias and sterotypes in ads
    370 4  -  By Gilbert Cheah Is the .cheery face on the tube of Darkle toothpaste an instance of racial discrimination? Is the poster of the turbaned jaga of a bank an example of racial stereotyping? These questions were posed at tne Media Stereotypes and
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    Lock icon Father and son together again
    128 4 Hideo Tomii, a 62-year-old engineering designer in Kobe City, happily shows his grandchildren's picture given to him by Cheng Jiadong (right), a 38-year-old primary school teacher in Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, during a press conference held at the Tokyo Olympics Memorial Youth Centre after
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    Lock icon Hijackers free 39
    35 4 AP Managna (Nicaragua): The five armed hijackers of a Honduran plane yesterday freed 38-of the 89 persons on board, including the women and children, after it landed here on their orders AP
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    Lock icon Cut in aid goes to lunch
    95 4 Reuter Washington: The Senate voted yesterday to cut foreign aid by US$2OO million ($4OO million) more than the amount sought bv President Reagan and to use the money to restore proposed cutbacks in domestic school lunches. This followed an emotional debate on amendments to
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    Incentives for dental firms
    215 5 The Economic Development Board is ready to offer generous tax incentives, including pioneer status, for manufacturing projects in the dental field. EDB officials are attending Expodent Asia '81 to answer queries and interest companies in set- ting up manufacturing operations in Singapore. The board feels there
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    107 5 UPI Tulsa: The Judge didn't exactly understand the juror's excuse, bat It sounded convincing. US district Fudge Thomas Brett, addressing the Tulsa Federal Bar Association on Tuesday, said he was questioning Jurors about their availability for a week-long trial. One young man told him he could not
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    Blind train for Penang cycling trip
    208 5 Each weekend, 18 people sweat it out at the Police Academy parade ground with a series of exercises and a 10-km road run. But they are not police recruits on training. Nine of the 18 are blind. They are a team of blind and
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    Lock icon TODAY
    56 5 UPI TODAY is Saturday, March 28, the 87th day of 1981 with 278 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: English novelist Jane Austin said: "A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love
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    Road works
    51 5 The Public Utilities Board Gas Department will lay a 200 mm diameter gas main along Selegie Road from the Bukit Timah Road/Selegie Road {unction to Selegie Road/ Cirk Terrace junction. Motorists are advised to avoid this area and use alternative routes during the two-month project which starts on
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      59 5 The Best Buy in SEGMENT SHIFT SYSTEM Portable Typewriter with 33cm (13") carriage width. Full-set Tabulator, Automatic Repeat Spacer. C&gwmbici Model 8000 TR Available in either "PICA" (Standard) or "ELITE" (small) keystyle For Trade Enquiries: Sole Agent for Singapore and Malaysia DSO (ASIA) CO. PTE. LTD. 64, Middle Road, Singapore
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      180 5 SHARP C-1603M A portable that carries you to new heights of viewing pleasure. colour TV Designed as the neat compromise between the conventional the bigger set. The world famous Sharp TV technology that has made Sharp a household TV name has gone into the making of this compact marvel. Full
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    School has started but they are still camping
    181 6 The school holidays are not over yet for 121 schoolgirls. For the past two days, these Secondary Three students from Tanjong Katong Girls' School put aside their books and went camping. This is not the first time the school has organised a
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    Lock icon Hardliners are gaining — Haig
    324 6 Hardliners are gaining Haig 4 Very dangerous split in Polish Red party' AP Washington: US Secretary of State Alexander Haig said yesterday events in Poland are coming to a head because of a "very dangerous, very bad" Communist Party split in which hardliners appear to be gaining the upper hand.
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    Berjaya confident of a landslide victory
    302 6  -  By Ismail Kassim our regional correspondent Sabah: Voters in the urban constituencies began voting this morning in the sixth and final day of the staggered polling in the Sabah state elections. The ruling multi-racial Berjaya is expected to score a convincing victory over the
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    Smaller German firms for S'pore
    134 6 The West German government will encourage medium-sized and smaller companies to invest in Singapore. This is one area in which economic cooperation can be further developed, said Dr Horst Moltrecht, director-gener-al for bilateral foreign aid relations of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation. Dr Moltrecht,
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    Lock icon Old pine
    35 6 AFP Hong Kong: A Chinese pine in inner Mongolia, 25 meters tall with a trunk having a diameter of 134 cm, is 893 years old, the New China News Agency reported yesterday. AFP
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    Next SES seat may cost $3m
    220 7 The Stock Exchange of Singapore will meet today to discuss another application for a seat on the exchange. If approved, the stock-broking firm will be the 24th member of the SES. Sources said the applicant may have to pay a record $3 million for
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    Lock icon New York Exchange
    173 7 AP UPI The stock market lapsed into a broad decline yesterday amid concern over tension in Poland and rising US interest rates. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dropped 10.98 to close at 994.78. Declines outnumbered advances by a 2 to 1 margin. Volume totalled 46.93
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    32 7 AP Closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 994.78 (down 10.96); 20 transports 430.29 (down 2.97); 15 utilities 107.53 (down 0.69); 65 stocks 396.02 (down 3.47).
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    Filial piety message
    153 7 A 3#-second etliir fllmlet promoting flliaJ piety Is being screened, In rotation, at 12 theatres here. It is designed to drive heme the message that that filial eaartesy should he ear way «f life. The fllmlet, produced free of charge by Pearl and Deaa (Ada) Pte Ltd
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    Lock icon Gold falls
    22 7 UPI Hong Kong: Gold opened US$9.5O lower at US$535 an ounce here this morning. Yesterday, the metal closed at U*****.50.
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    Lock icon $2m haul of ivory tusks
    54 7 About US$l million ($2 million) worth of 2512 elephant tusks (above), were confiscated by police from smugglera at Port Sudan In Sudan recently. Smuggler* had tried to make their profit after killing more than 1181 elephants. Later, the Ivory would be on sale at Khartoum,
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    Firm govt stand on subsidies
    249 8 Singaporeans, especially bus commuters, have just been strongly reminded what the government stand is on the question of subsidies. Mr Ong Teng Cheong took the opportunity, in clarifying a report in The Straits Times about the SBS' road taxes and service licence fees, to reiterate
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    THEIR VIEWS
    123 8 Black Africans do not regard them- selves as proxy pawns in Cold War chess. They have become players in their own right, and have their own interests to defend in Nigeria's case, an ocean of oil. They ask that neither their friendship nor their hostility be taken for
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      Cheap French tarts
      72 8 According to a British magazine, a hotel in Bangkok is offering a dish called La Tarte des Demoiselles Tat in. This is how the menu describes it: "Nothing is so exciting as a French tart. Simple French apple cake made into a symphonic occasion by the addition
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      Long-suffering look
      38 8 A colleague made an appointment to meet a teacher in a hotel. She asked: "How can I identify you?' He replied: "Oh, simple, just look out for a typical, long-suffering teacher, and you can't miss me."
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      What money says
      30 8 A man was quoted in The Financial Times as saying: I know money talks, old boy, but all it ever says to me these days is goodbye."
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    Kampung way need not be better
    653 8 I would like to comment on the report headlined "The way to 'balek' kampung" (NN, Feb 26) on Dr Chua Beng Huat's paper. I have been living in Singapore Improvement Trust/Housing Board flats for about 20 years. Before that, I lived in a kampung
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    'Few are thick skinned'
    82 8 I refer to the report headlined "Few entries, so ideal secretary quest off" (NN, March 20). The organising committee of the contest should not ask secretaries to come forward to take part. A secretary, no matter how good she thinks she is, would not want to
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    The real Birdman of S'pore
    197 8 I refer to your TV guide which mentions "Singapore Birdman S.R. Naidu" as a guest artiste in the Rado Show (NN,'March 24). S.R. Naidu is from Penang and he is generally known as "Ragavan." His nick-name is "Woody Woodpecker." The real Singapore Birdman is myself,
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    Holiday homes will see to your needs
    970 9  -  Time Off" Going to London? by Judith Hale An agency has come to town offering travellers a chance to stay in an apartment instead of a hotel, and at reasonable rates. Holiday Homes, set up three months ago, has links with 10 agencies
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    New sales manager
    50 9 People on the move Mr Eddie Tan (left), former director of customer services for Branlff Airlines, Singapore, has Joined Diners World Forwarders as sales manager. The company has also appointed Mr Anthony Tan as assistant operations manager. He was formerly a supervisor In Singapore Airport Terminal Services.
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      68 9 m<m (MM HflO^ SUNDAY T-BUFFET 4 6.30 pm An endless variety of local specialities. Chye Tow Kway, Beef Ball Soup, Phoenix Special Fried Mee, Teochew Fried Kway Teow, Cantonese Fried Bee Hoon, Vang Chow Fried Rice, Coffee, Tea Chin Chow. Help yourself to what you like! Adults $5.90* Children under
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      82 9 We are open Mondays to Saturdays from 9 am to 6 pm /T\ VI/ MIDLAND ELECTRONICS 323 North Bridge Road, Singapore 0718 (Near Odeon Cinema). Tel: *****50 47 North Bridge Road, Singapore 0617 (Near High Street). Tel: *****09 FOR THE QUIET MACHO TYPE A Gift v* d-io'icis Ho/. S !d,.1!
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    Lock icon Maggie orders govt probe
    132 10 AP London: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher yesterday announced a new spy scandal investigation this time to uncover the source who leaked information to author Chapman Plnch- er on Britain's intelligence service. On Thursday, In a House of Commons statement. Mrs Thatcher said that Investigating procedures in
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    Mosque will get facelift
    311 10 Oldest house of worship will not be a monument but... Renovation work on Singapore's oldest house of worship, Kampong Melaka Mosque in Omar Road, will start at the end of this month. Although the mosque has not been declared a national landmark by the Preservation of
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    Working towards better roads
    160 10 The Public Works Department (PWD) has greatly increased the tempo of its road development programme in the past two years and will continue to do so in the next five years. The Member of Parliament (Pasir Panjang), Encik Abbas Abu Amm, said this at the official
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      585 10 Vit VU ion Big Walk «-|?r' fodviduai Events Men Senior Men Junior Veterans Women Turn fvttti Mm Senior Men Jmtor Age 44 years below Under 19 years Above 44 years Ah»U,.« 44 years below tfmfor 19 years Move 44 pen > 20 Km 20 Km, j 12 Km 12 Km
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      19 10 Let's meet at the Raffles! Traditional Sunday Curry Tiffin CTimlirtlinn (Brill A;s<> A L,i Carlo rrn-Hj k\ Raffles Hotel
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    When a tankful takes you a long way
    982 11  -  Motoring »>v Roderick Pestana What a change to be able to run around for a few days and find out that the needle on the fuel guage of your car has hardly moved from Its full position. With the little 547 cc
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    An easy-to-handle bike around town
    569 11  -  Motorcycling bv Lee Chiu San Suzuki's new-breed GSX 250, which I test-rode late last year, gave big-bike feel and comfort, but left me wondering why such a large and spacious frame accommodated only a 250 c.c. engine. My suspicion that the GSX 250 was one
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      1304 12/13 YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE 700 million people in 43 countries can't be wrong CE|||||f Ell PALcolor, Invented and owned by IELEiUNRE H SBC 5 Saturday 1.99 OPENING NOUNCEMENTSfoIIowed by IT'S NOW. 1.59 BANANA SHUTS. 2.1S SATURDAY MATINEE: Legend Of The Golden Gun. (See Top Shows Of The Weekend). 3.59 TOP
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      764 12/13 SBC-* RADIO Saturday 12.00 Musical Tribute 1.00 The SBC Orchestra I.30 News followed by Share Market Report and Weather Forecast 1.45 Music A La Carte 2.00 Programme Summary followed by Daily Serial 2.30 Something Different 3.00 News In Brief followed by Sports Diary 3.05 Interlude 3.15 Star Chart 4.00 SBC
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      1079 12/13 Top Shows of the Weekend THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT STAR CHART No. 2. (Ch 5, 7.50 p.m., in colour.) There's something for everyone in tonight's edition, which is the second in the Star Chart series. There's pop, soul, New Wave and more. The guests are Barbra Streisand; Earth, Wind and Fire; Peaches
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    Lock icon There is no pop hero now
    915 14 One more Presley could help pull up plunging profits ICA London: After reaching rock-bottom last year, pop music lurched into this year searching for new sounds and fresh faces to reverse a recession which has become a slump. The catalogue of woe would fill
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      38 14 PEMBALASAN GUNA GUNA ISTERI MUDA with ENGLISH AND CHINESE SaHtUe*. GOLDEN CLEMENTI BEACH RD *****67 TELEPHONE *****51 Li DAILY at 11. 1.30. 4. 6.45. 9.30 DAILY at 1.30. 3.30. 7.15. 9.30 ZENITH: MIDNITE TONITE 11.30PM TOMORROW 10.30 AM
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      281 14 What's On In and around town OPEN HOUSE at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 253, Bukit Tiraah Road from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Exhibits featuring family unity, families are forever, goals and direction, ancestral roots, words of wisdom and so on. PUGILISTIC DEMONSTRATION; At the
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      331 14 JESUS: Semi-documen-tary on the life of Jesus Christ. Cathay: 1.45, 4.15, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES: Neil Simon comedy about a woman whose ex-husband seeks refuge in her home. Starring Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase and Charles Grodin. Orchard: 1.30, 4, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. FRIDAY THE 13TH:
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  • SHOPPING
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      Streamline tops in kitchen range
      336 15 l A twice weekly advertisement feature In the recent trend of better and more sophisticated design in kitchen range and bathroom fittings, streamline tops are an essential element. This is especially so in the "soft-line" design concept. In European countries, a Poggenpohl kitchen range of
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      Lock icon Jahangir threat to Hunt
      212 17 Soccer Reuter London, Saturday Australian Geoff Hunt begins his bid for a record eighth British Open squash title on Monday nagged by doubts because of the incredible prowess of 17-year-old Pakistan prodigy Jahangir Khan. World champion Hunt, winner for the last six years, knows he can
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      Lock icon Title bout just to please WBC
      154 17 B9 Booting Reuter New York, Saturday Sugar Ray Leonard defends his World Boxing Council welterweight title here tonight against Larry Bonds in a match that is being held mainly to please WBC president Jose Sulaiman. Sulaiman expressed displeasure two months ago when it was
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      Lock icon Best of Prakash
      531 18 Upset win by Indian Reuter London, Saturday Holder Prakash Padukone of India sent a ripple of consternation through the powerful Indonesian squad as he roared into the men's singles semi-final of the All-England badminton championships last night. The 25-year-old Bangalore bank clerk upset Indonesia's fifthranked player Lius
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      Lock icon Blind man in marathon
      202 18 Athletics UPI London, Saturday A blind man, a "running waiter" from California, three septuagenarians and more than 7000 other hopefuls tomorrow take to London's streets in the British capital's first mass marathon. None of the world's top 30 Marathon racers will be taking part in the
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      Lock icon 6-match ban on player
      54 18 Soccer Reuter Zurich, Saturday Belgian international Michel Renquin was yesterday suspended for six games by the European Football Union for insulting a referee. The incident took place in a Uefa Cup quarterfinal game 10 days ago between Renquin's club Standard Liege and Cologne. The ban applies
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      World champ in the making
      510 19  -  By MAURICE NEO Sixteen-year-old bowler Adelene Wee is a world champion in the making, says Maggie Larimore, the president of the Singapore Women Bowlers' Club. Maggie has just returned from last weekend's Philippines Women's Open Masters championsnip where Adelene became the youngest-ever winner of the
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      Inter-con sevens
      38 19 Entries are now open for the Inter-Constituency seven-a-side soccer carnival at Farrer Park on April 26. Players taking part in the current Inter-Constitu-ency are ineligible, as are last year's First Division footballers. Closing date: April 7.
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      Keeping the Glosz...
      392 21  -  r, NEW NATION BIG W/\LK April 19 L=—J By SHIRLEY TAN Debra Glosz wants to try everything exciting in life that's why she's taking part in the New Nation Big Walk on April 19. Debra, a Secondary Three student of Katong Convent, is a national sprinter. She
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      Dollah's hattrick
      104 21 r 1 Around the schools Kaki Bukit Primary, who routed Geylang English 13-0 last Wednesday, continued their winning streak when they beat Corporation Primary 7-0 in the Primary Schools senior division national soccer tournament yesterday. Sheikh Abdullah scored a hattrick and Yazid Hassan and Fandi Mohammed scored two
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      Make or break for Bukit Timah
      331 21 Inter-Con round-up It will be a fight for survival when champions Bukit Timah meet Aljunied today (4 p.m.) at Dover Rd in the third week of the Inter-Constitu-ency tournament. Bukit Timah lost 3-2 to Potong Pasir in their last game. And it will be
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      Lock icon Willey 91 n.o.
      54 21 Reuter St. John's, Antigua, Saturday A timely 91 not out by Peter Willey, batting at No 7, rescued England after their middle-order collapsed pitifully against the West Indian pace attack at the start of the fourth cricket Test yesterday. At the close of play, England were 260
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      'Stormy' day
      771 22  -  By DEREK WILD Terry Gale's Australian mates were pulling his leg in the Bukit clubhouse yesterday after the second round of this year's Singapore Open golf champiqnship. "We used to call him "Stormy" (Graham Marsh, his fellow Western Australian, is, of course, affectionately known as "Swampy"), but, now
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      $10,000 miss by Gale
      35 22 The only shot he dropped was on the difficult short 12th and, another birdiestrewn day, when the halfway cut was made at 145, he may yet land his second Singapore Open.
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      Gaylord blast at Bukit
      425 23  -  By DEREK WILD Tall American Gaylord Burrows carded his second successive 69 in the Singapore Open golf championshipy esterday, easing himself nicely into eighth position and then launched a scathing criticism of the Bukit course. He lashed out at the... BUNKERS, saying: "It's the biggest tournament
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      Protest by rookie
      127 23 Mrs Lily Hall, the Asian circuit co-ordina-tor, Is to receive a report about Japanese golfer K. Hanamura following a complaint about him In the second round of the Singapore Open championship at Bukit yesterday. American rookie Steve Gazzaneo (above), complained to the organising committee that Hanamura had
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      Secret of Bantam Ben
      668 23  -  ...or what makes Arda tick By BRIAN MILLER What makes "Bantam Ben" tick? Or, to put it another way, what is it the makes the "Mighty Mouse" go on and on while others simply fade out or fall away. If you know what a golf ball
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      Jita guns down Press
      603 24  -  By JEFFREY LOW In a relentless attack on the "newspaper %media" that started after last Sunday's Cuptie, Singapore team manager Jita Singh yesterday unleashed what seemed to be the final volley against mounting pressure from us soccer writers. "It will be ridiculous to drop Kim Song
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      Jeff's report unfair, says a fan
      147 24 I personally think that Jeffrey Low's report in the New Nation of March 24 was downright unfair. Jeffrey should not have suggested that Quah Kim Song and Edmund Wee be replaced for the next three Malaysia Cup games. In fact, Jeffrey himself should be
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    • WEEKEND RACING Four-page pullout on the Penang meeting
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        No Danger to score in Race 5
        593 25  -  Timothy should get off the mark with Wagg astride By K. L. CHAN Penang, Saturday No Danger, who gave a glimpse of his potential in his rebut less than two months ago, has made splendid headway since, and should have little trouble in
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        TODAY'S SELECTIONS
        185 25 K. L. CHAN TURF RAY BRIAN MILLER STAR BOY Race 1 3 Great Johnson 10 Lovelia Jane 7 Incredable Hoik 9 Magic Boat 3 Great Johnson 7 Incrediable Hulk S Realm's Gift 2 Intelligence Race Z It Surveyor 4 El Qado 4 El Qado 11 Push It 12
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        Goodbye, girls
        287 25  -  By K. L. CHAN The two woman Jockeys from Australia Irene Pateman and Paula Wagg who created history on the SingaporeMalaysia racing circuit, will bid farewell at the end of the Penang meeting which starts today. Wagg and Pateman made their debut en this circuit on February 28
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      • PENANG CARD AND FORM GUIDE FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW...
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          TODAY
          3491 26/27 ROAD TO GLORY... in Race 5 today RATF 1 2.15 CLASS 6 DIV 1 1.200M x (Rating# 40-34) ($10,000 $7,000 to winner) 1 087*32 Victory F«<r a Dy (Tony) Chong 57 (ud 2.5) 4# 6 ag 1200M F 10 2 •***** Intelligence IN a Dgg Cg (Golden Steel) J.
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          TOMORROW
          3988 26/27 TUXEDO...Race 8 tomorrow RACE 1 (Ratings 27-8) ($9,000 $8,300 to winner) 1 *0***» Impresario (Auric) Teh 57 (d2 8) 27 4 irg 1700M Chet 14 2 *9*00* Jackie's Kuda II a (Jackie's Kuda) Buang 57 (dd +1) 27 4 ae 1200M Iten IS 3 7*«S0* Titanium (MAL) Ahmad 55.5
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        Back Chief of Staff with Paula astride
        666 28  -  Last start winner Major Rick is still fit and looks hard to beat in Race 5 By K. L. CHAN Panang, Saturday The front-running Chief of Staff looks to be one of the safest horses to follow here tomorrow. Down to run over
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        TOMORROW'S SELECTIONS
        202 28 K. L. CHAN TURF RAY BRIAN MILLER STAR BOY Race 1 1 Spring Water 6 Idominate 8 Chinese Crystal 4 Yellow Deer IS Diamond Bouy 7 Spring Water 7 Spring Water 8 Chinese Crystal Race 2 12 Malaysia 4 Ottoman 4 Ottoman Al Casino IS Whisky Soda 12
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        LEADING JOCKEYS
        95 28 1st 2nd 3rd 1 G. Podmore 14 11 10 2 G. Donnelly 14 7 9 3 J. Murray 11 11 7 4 L. Khoo 9 2 12 5 B. Sharp 8 13* 5 6 B. Raymond 8 4 2 7 K. Velu 8 9 3 8 I. Pateman
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        LEADING TRAINERS
        79 28 1st 2nd 3rd Teh Choon Beng 16 14 13 Ivan Allan 16 12 11 Samsuri Abd. Rahman •'14 11 10 Garnet Bougoure 14 8 10 Buang Abu Bakar 11 12 6 A.M. Heddle 10 8 11 E. Van Breukelen 9 8 10 Lee Seng Hup 8 9 10
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      125 23 L L fh < i r■ I t f-i t j .1 "T*f" f i• t" ij i' t l t ffjffrmt i mm -1! < f f'f t'M r .1 »,f i--4 -4- j—J i J M The new mid-size wood and graphite composite from Kennex. Wood for feel.
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