New Nation, 2 April 1981

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    17 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Thursday, April 2, 1981 3139 Price 25 Cents M.C.(P) No. 103/1/81 THURSDAY, APRIL 2,1981
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    Lock icon Show of strength
    578 1 Prem fights back as Thai Queen condemns coup leaders AP Bangkok: Troops under the control of Gen Prem Tinsulanonda stopped their advance towards Bangkok 90 km from the capital early this morning, avoiding a battle with forces loyal to Gen Sant Chitpatima, leader of a day-old coup
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    Land syndicate
    92 1 A Singapore millionaire is believed to be behind a syndicate involved in the illegal cultivation of 8000 hectares of state land at Kuala Kabong, Johore, The New Straits Times said today. The millionaire, who allegedly operated through a local broker, is believed to have had control over nearly
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    Lock icon US behind the King
    68 1 Other developments AFP Washington: The US government still considers King Bhnmlbol Adnlyadej to be Thailand's head of state following the military coop there, the State Department aw—ced yesterday. "We remain prepared to deal with whatever government he appoints/' said spokesman William Dyess. He added that the
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    Lock icon New regime censors press
    87 1 UPI Bangkok: Exactly 24 hours after the takeover, the Sant Chitpatima regime instituted total press censorship. Editors who appeared at the censor's office to submit their copy were told that they would not be allowed to publish newspapers between tomorrow and Sunday. Asked if his paper
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    Stability elusive
    106 1 Page 1 comment i wmmmamammmmmmmmmmmm What, from early reports, appeared to have been a quick and bloodletw coup In Thailand la developing Into a confrontation between forces led by Sant Chltp&tl ma and thooe loyal to Prem Tlnsnlanenda. Such an open conflict Is uncharacteristic of Thailand's military leaders
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      31 1 INSIDE Five die in S'pore fire lw IN THE OTHER PAGES: Stocks 5; Moneywords 12; Crossword 16; Comics 17; Stars 19; What's On 18,19. Liverpool wins League Cup replay —Page 17
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      24 1 Forecast Singapore's weather outlook from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. today: Thundery showers In many places. Sunset today: 6.42 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow: 6.34 a.m.
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  • Article, Illustration
    Many forgot new rule on lights
    119 2 Most motorists driving in New Bridge Road at 6.30 p.m. yesterday either forgot that they had to switch on their headlights or did not realise the time. At 6.45 p.m., when it was a little darker, some motorists had lit up although there were
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    98 2 UPI The sewing needle has become a pointed Issne between a women's organisation and two department stores In Chicago. Marshall Field and Carson Plrte Scott are being mod by the National Organisation for Women (NOW) ror practicing sexnal discrimination by charging women bat not men f»r alterations.
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  • Article
    EDB spots 200 top energy users
    409 2  -  For survey to monitor industrial consumption By Chan Eng Cheng The Economic Development Board has identified 200 major energyconsuming industries for a survey to monitor energy usage. Questionnaires have been sent to a whole spectrum of industries which use about 85 per cent of
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    A timer may be timely answer
    190 2 A timer to automatically switch off all lights in offices after the staff have gone home may be the answer to energy-saving. The timer, installed on lighting fixtures, would do away with the need for repeated reminders to staff, to switch off the lights
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      243 3 European performance from I^n-Electric, "list $680* Pan-Electric does it again bringing you the best we could find for Singapore from all round the world! At left, a superb washing machine from Europe but without a European price tag. It's strong and tough, made of good quality pressed steel and expensive
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    NN — Hottest news in town
    295 4 NN Hottest news in town They sat on the stairs, in their cars, leaned on a wall. And in their hands they held the hottest news in town Tuesday's edition of the New Nation. Those who weren't quick enough to catch the last copy of the paper from the vendor,
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    10 Malaysia Cup contest winners
    129 4 There were 10 winners in the New Nation Malaysia Cup contest for last Sunday's Singapore-Jo-hore match, which ended in a 3-0 victory for Singapore. They are Mr Masthan s/o Osman of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, Mr Richard Ong of Toa Payoh Lorong 4, Mr
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    Lock icon Cracks appear in Solidarity
    379 4 One top official sacked and another quits Reuter London: A top Solidarity official was sacked and another has resigned, Poland's free trade union announced last night. The news reflects the growing tension within the union and came as Solidarity officials reported growing national backing for the
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    Lock icon Attacks on Deng worry Beijing
    95 4 AP H«ag K*ag: The appearance of antiDeng Xiaoping wall posters in Beijing and Shanghai has caused increasing concern among Chinese leaders, a leftwing Hong Kong magazine reported yesterday. Cheng Ming said Chinese authorities have cracked down on some provincial publications and carried out a massive
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    Mint looks abroad for more business
    268 4 Made-in-Singapore coins may soon be jingling in many more foreign pockets If the Singapore Mint has its way. The company is now negotiating with several countries to mint coins for circulation as well as for commemorative purposes, said general manager Peter Tay but neither
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    Lock icon Shuttle
    39 4 UPI Cape Canaveral (Florida): Acting Space Agency administrator Alan Lovelace yesterday set April 10 as the official launch date for Mr John Young and Mr Robert Crippen on the first orbital test flight of the space shuttle Columbia.
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    Team's leader
    50 4 The executive secretary of the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union, Mr Chan Sie Seng, will lead a study team to Japan from April 19 to 26, and not Mr Chan Chee Seng, Parliamentary Secretary (Social Affairs) as was reported in Monday's New Nation. The error is regretted.
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    Lock icon Rolls Royce
    28 4 AP Beijing: A delegation from Rolls Royce Ltd. of Britain, in China, for aviation talks, yesterday met Vice-premier Zhane Aiping, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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  • In brief
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      New booking office
      77 5 Theatre and concert goers will soon be able to buy their tickets at a central booking office at the Victoria Theatre in addition to sub-centres at Cold Storage and C. K. Tang in Orchard Road. Trie office, which will open from April 15, is being set up
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      Lock icon New Kodak system
      58 5 AFP New Y»rk: The Eastman Kodak Company yesterday announced development of a simplified system enabling amateur photographers to make colour prints from colour negatives or slides. The new process, called "ektaflex," will be put on the market soon. The process will require only one chemical bath instead
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      Lock icon UN envoy in KL
      38 5 Reuter Koala Lam pur: United Nations special envoy Mohamed Essaafi arrived here yesterday from Jakarta (or talks with the Malaysian government on ways to find a political solution to the dispute in Kampuchea. Reuter
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      Fish breeders meet
      48 5 The Ornamental Fish International Wholesalers Organisation (OFI) will hold a Singapore General Assembly at the Mandarin Hotel on May 30 and 31. Invitations will be sent to the Singapore Fish Breeders Association and the Trade Department and to "plant growers" to provide a speaker each.
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      Lock icon Brez 'looks pale'
      52 5 Reuter Mmmw: Soviet television showed President Leonid Brezhnev looking strained and pale as he presided over a meeting of Parliament yesterday. Mid-evening television news showed film of 74-year-old Mr Brezhnev slurring his words as he read a report on last month s Congress of the Soviet Communist
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      In short supply?
      55 5 Singapore's managerial women seem to be in short supply. Only three women out of more than 90 people turned up for the Singapore Institute of Management's annual general meeting on Tuesday. SIM Council member Goh Sin Tub suggested that the timing of the meeting 6 p.m. might
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    Five die in early morning blaze
    154 5  -  By Terry Ang Five people were burnt to death when fire broke out on the ground floor of a two-storey shophouse in a lane off Beach Road early today. The five, all of whom were believed to have been trapped when the fire broke
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    Lock icon Not a spy
    32 5 UPI LcndM: Iranian authorities have dropped charges of espionage against a British businessman, Andrew Pike, detained for eight months in a Tehran jail, the Foreign Office said yesterday. UPI
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    Stock market
    300 5 Tone of the market during the first 45 minutes of trading this morning: Steady to firm. C and C, UOL and Supreme Corporation were the firm spots gaining from 10 to 20 cents. BUSINESS DONE First Secttw C Dev (11) 5.25 (9) 5.30 C A C (1) 3.70
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    Lock icon Gold up
    20 5 UFI Heag Kong: Gold opened higher at U*****.25 an ounce here today compared with yesterday's closing of US$5l5.
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    Lock icon Gamblers refuse to leave burning casino
    151 6 Reuter Lm Vegas: Fire broke rat yesterday In the Caesars Palace gambling hotel, the fourth Las Vegas hotel fire In five months hot the gamblers refused to budge from the tables. Ten guests and six firemen, Including one who was badly burned, were listed
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    Lock icon TODAY
    50 6 UPI TODAY is Thursday, April 2, the 92nd day of 1981 with 273 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: American writer Isaac Goldberg said: "Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest thing in the nicest way." UPI
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    Lock icon Who foots the bill?
    50 6 UPI London: Mr Willie Hamilton, who has made a political career out of needling the British royal family, yesterday criticised government plans to spend taxpayers' money on tne wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer and said the two families should foot the bill. UPI
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    Developers say no to fund plan
    208 6 Scheme not workable real estate association Private developers have turned down a proposal by the Ministry of National Development to have them contribute to a consortium fund. The suggestion, made about five months ago, is meant primarily to protect the interests of purchasers of
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    S'porean tops sales exam
    236 6 A Singaporean emerged top in the world in the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry's higher stage salesmanship and sales management examination held last year. Mr Chia Pee Keng, 29, who studied the course at a private commercial school, scored distinctions in all the three papers
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    Lock icon 'N-war more likely in 3 or 4 years'
    175 6 AP Chtppaqu (New Y«rk): A nuclear war is much more likely to happen in the next three or (our years than at any time in the rest of the century, a leading American futurologist said. Mr Herman Kahn, director of the Hudson
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      352 6 Queen Humai and Her Son Ratu Humai Dan Puteranya TALES FROM THE ORIENT DONGENG-OONGENG DARI TIMUR i wi u 32 »»v» (US fie JLT-l^kk^M• aw km-RM*W'MI8 tmrnz m i to JS m w I m m 'Of m M m emtn m #—HKB xtmiss Waffl-tMBtMSS »?S 'i-mm una JLSTfflfSE• Btk'HS&ZJa
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    Five shops close down due to poor business
    269 7 Poor business has driven at least five shopkeepers out of their Housing Board premises at Block 92 in Havelock Road. The five shops that have been vacated were dealing in furniture, carBets and house renovaons. One was a hairdressing saloon. The first
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    Lock icon Hinckley was in Nazi party
    200 7 AP Chicago: A man resembling John Hinckley, who is accused of shooting President Reagan, was identified in photographs taken in St Louis in 1978 showing him as new member of the American Nazi Party. Reports place Hinckley in St Louis with the Nazis at the
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    Lock icon New York Exchange
    141 7 UPI The New York stock market posted another strong gain yesterday, extending the rally that began on Tuesday. Yesterday's prices followed by the difference on the previous session's close ATliT 51H Armco 41V. Beth Steel 30'/% -H Boeing 35'1 unch Borg-Warner 44 unch Caterp Trac Chrysler 64'/.
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    34 7 UPI Closing Dow Jones averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 1014.14 (up 10.27); 20 transports 439.08 (up 1.46); 15 utilities 109.T0 (up 0.77); 65 stocks 393.74 (up 2.91).
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    Lock icon Bandit queen escapes trap
    123 7 UPI New Delhi: India's bandit qneen and her gang yesterday escaped trap laid by hundreds of lawmen. Police trapped Phulan Devi and her gang of 2t bandits before dawn as they slept In three booses near Kan par, 321 lun southeast of New Delhi. A 19-hour
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  • Article
    Real hole in one
    311 8 The name on most golfers' lips over the weekend should have been Mya Aye, winner of the $145,000 Singapore Open. But, as it turned out, the Burmese professional had to share the limelight with one hitherto unknown amateur who finished second last in a field of
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    THEIR VIEWS
    140 8 4 While there seems no limit to the number of hobby magazines which can be sold for a profit, political journals have a hard time. Publications dealing with yachting, cricket, stamp or map collection, do-it-yourself plumbing, creative fretwork, brass-rubbing, field sports and every sort of music from Presley
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    Say that again
    35 8 whispers By L K'spyjj A shop along Victoria Street does not believe in economy of words. Its signboard for a weighing machine reads: "Coin-operated persons weighing machine with delivery of tickets dealer."
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    Great Scot!
    1147 8  -  IRENE HOE talks to Dr James Robertson, who retired from his S'pore practice to work among Kampucheans IRENE HOE His patients come to him with gunshot wounds, jaws hanging loose and sometimes, with not much of a jaw left. They are certainly a far cry from the welldressed
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    Lock icon Just why do we gossip?
    716 9 TWO PSYCHOLOGISTS ANSWER AN INTERESTING QUESTION NYT New Ysrk: The question is, why do we gossip? "It's a very curious pleasure, and a curious sin," said Dr Maury Silver, an assistant professor of psychology at Johns Hopkins University. "Most people gossip, but they feel they
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    Lock icon SUNDAY AT EAST COAST PARK
    1447 10/11  -  THERE'S A BUBBLY AIR OF LAUGHTER, GAIETY AND ENJOYMENT THAT IS HIGHLY INFECTIOUS Story by Nancy Koh Sea waves clawing the shore, fresh breezes whooshing by, green turf gushing all over as far as the eye can see. In the backdrop, highrise flats lab the
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  • trend 1 EDITED BY MARGARET CHAN
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      If choc's a sin, it had better taste good
      647 12  -  Better Buy Panel members are Lee Geok 801, Margaret Tay, Terry Tan and Margaret Chan by Margaret Chan A chocolate bar is sheer indulgence. We all need a certain amount of energy, measured by calories, everyday. We should get this from
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    Helping disabled at home
    606 12 Yesterday, we told of how the Lees and the Wees overcame not only the physical disability of their handicapped children but also social prejudice. Today, we stress how the home can help in the rehabilitation of a handicapped child. If there are other children in the
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      202 12 N.R I.C. No: FILL IN I MISSING LETTERS ACROSS CLUES Cut along here CLUES FOR MA-4 1. Am for skating 2. Possibly incroasod by putting more fuel on 3. Smslier in quantity 4. To things is tho sort of thing bost dons in a good light 5. Take ono's choico
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    • What's Cooking?
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        It's a match
        159 13 One of the easiest ways of making sore that everything matches In a decorating scheme Is ts hay several sets sf bedsheets all In the same pattern and make them Ints curtains, cushion covers, tablecloths, napkins and so on. However, Sprlngmald has now taken the tronhle out
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        Just as good
        77 13 Are "natural" vitamins better than "synthetic" ones? A consumer specialist with the US Food and Drug Adminstration said money spent on "natural" vitamins over and above the cost of the same synthetic vitamins is money thrown away. She said the synthetics are just as effective and cheaper.
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        Keep fresh
        24 13 Having difficulty keeping a cut cake from drying out? Try pinning bread slices to the cat faces of the cake with toothpicks.
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        Books on disabled
        60 13 If our article on disabled children yesterday sparked off your interest for more literature, here are some titles: Play with a Purpose by E. M. Matterson, Trainable Children by Julia Molloy, The Needs of Children by Mia Kellmer Tringle, and Normal Child Development by Jessell. Also available
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        Out with ring-pulls
        99 13 Thought aheat the dangers of metal ring-polls on caasf Three Amerieu states are so coaeeraed a boat the poostMUty of people swallowing them by mistake aad of ehlldrea cutting themselves oa discarded rings that they have banned the sale of fruit aad vegetable jnlee eaas with this
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      What to give a sick child
      587 13  -  Eat Right bv Louisa Teo Flu is in the air and a spate of diarrhoea is making the news. A sick child is a woeful contrast of his usual bubbly self and often causes great distress to his parents. But children will get ill.
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      Marrying a work permit holder
      128 13 I am in love with a Malaysian working in Singapore. We would like to get married here. Can we do so as he only has a work permit for six months? Will our children be Singapore citizens? Beth of yea mast apply to the Work
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      148 13 Protects teeth in cavity-prone areas of the mouth where brushing often misses. J Your toothbrush i even with a fluoride toothpaste may miss up to 3 /< of the cavity-prone areas of the mouth in back teeth and in I between teeth. I Because Kolynos is I an anti-cavity liquid
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  • SPORT STARTS HERE
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      Cinderella does it in style ...
      350 14  - Cinderella does it in style a On the track By K. L. CHAN Penang, Thursday Last start winner, Cinderella II is maintaining her form, and will be hard to beat in the Class 2 Division 5 1200 m sprint on Saturday. With Leslie Khoo in the saddle, the four-year-old Australian
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      SCRATCHINGS
      115 14 SATURDAY Race 1 (2.14) CI Dlv 2 IZMm: Debbie's Pet, Delight, Incrrdlble Hulk. Race 2 (2.44) CI I Dlv 1 12ttm: Lotglve, PeadragSm'i Charm, Youag Mli•aalre, Truly Thaakfal. Race S (S. 18) CI I Dlv 4 17Mm: Stiletto, Speedometer, Century Mlm. Race 4 (3.45) CMttvl- 17Mm: Nice Pell*, Henry
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      PENANG FIELDS FOR THIS WEEKEND
      1200 14 SATURDAY Class 2 Div. 3 1.200 m (Ratings: 104-07) 2 Sovereign Count II (57.0) 104 4 Ingot II (56.5) 103 1 Murph's Law (56.0) 102 11 Slicing Sand (56.0) 102 8 Supreme Reward (86.0) 102 13 Patron (55.5) 101 10 Forest Jim II (55.5) 101
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      New beat for this constable
      429 15  -  Race-walking made easy r, -3 NEW NATION BIG W/\LK April 19 k- I By SHIRLEY TAN Police constable 925 of the Tanglin division will be at the New Nation Big Walk on April 19. But he won't be stationed at junctions to direct traffic. Nor
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      More gifts
      50 15 Elastoplast will be giving away 344 Elastoplast packs to winners of the New Nation Big Walk on April 19. All 50 winners as well as members of the first six teams in all four categories men's senior and junior, women's and veterans' will each receive an Elastoplast pack.
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      Get ahead
      55 15 There will be two organised walks before the New Nation Big Walk on April 19. The first will be the Singapore AAA Allcomers meet at the Na- tional Stadium on Saturday. The second walk will be the SAAA League walk on April 12, at the Police Academy (Thomson
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      Carrot for CC's
      71 15 There's an Incentive for Cemmnnlty Centres taking part In the New Nntien Big Walk en April It. The organiser* the Singapore Sports Council, the BAAA and New Natlen In an effort to promote inter-communi-ty centre participation, will be efferlng a trophy te the ten CC Mam. A
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      Crucial clash...
      552 16  -  Squash Match between Safsa and Tanglin Club may decide the '81 championship By TAY CHENG KHOON The Milo Premier League squash match between Singapore Armed Forces and Tanglin Club at Kallang this evening could well decide the championship for 1981. Safsa, after getting six points from a walkover
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      Lock icon Singapore boxer is beaten
      176 16 E3 Boxing UPI Bangkok, Thursday Singapore's lightweight Ng Tong Chye was eliminated in the opening round of the Seventh King's Cup boxing championships when ne was outpointed by South Korea's Ho Gaz-Chun yesterday. American and Soviet boxers scored comfortable victories on the opening day. The scientific
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      Lock icon Windies success
      107 16 B oid Reuter St John's (Antigua), Thursday West Indies yesterday clinched their first win over England in a home Test series since 1948, but ironically they played their least convincing cricket on the day they sealed their success. When the Fourth Test ended in a draw here yesterday
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      Where they stand
      958 16 Milo Premier Grade (A B) P W L F A Pts Salsa 4 3 1 17 3 20 Tanglin 3 3 0 10 5 13 Police 3 2 1 10 5 12 SCC 4 2 2 10 10 12 Reservists 4 1 3 5 15 6 Pathology
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      Winning streak
      281 16 Around the schools Queenstown Secondary, strong contenders for the National Schools Under 16 water-polo championship, continued their winning streak when they beat Maris Stella 22-3 at Grange Road yesterday. Queenstown had beaten St Andrew's 18-4 and Bukit Ho Swee 30-0 earlier in the week. Anglo-Chinese also maintained their
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      Lock icon Hsi-Chuen sparkles
      95 16 11- Reuter Jakarta, Thursday Taiwan's Lu Hsi-Chuen yesterday brightened his chance of winning the Indonesian Open golf championship for the third successive year with a fourunder par 68 in the ProAm curtain-raiser at the Pondok Indah Country Club near here. The score, matched by fellow Taiwanese Hung Weng-Neng,
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      Lock icon Hunt wins but isn't happy
      224 16 Reuter London, Thursday Geoff Hunt, Australia's world No 1, dropped only four points In winning his second rennd match In the British Open squash championship last night then headed straight for a practice court. Hunt, bidding for a record eighth British Open title, best compatriot
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      Lock icon Liverpool blitz decides
      413 17 Soccer Reuter AFP Birmingham, Thursday Liverpool shrugged off their recent indifferent form to beat West Ham 2-1 in the English League Cup soccer final replay at Villa Park last night. West Ham were fortunate to escape so lightly as Liverpool, intent on erasing the memory of their
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      Lock icon Goodies by the 'bad boy'
      135 17 UPI Tirana, Thursday Bernd Schuster, the "bad boy" of the West German national soccer squad, made amends (or not turning up (or his country's last World Cup qualifying match when be scored both goals yesterday and was the undisputed star of West Germany's 2-0 victory
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      Singapore will be the underdogs
      491 17  -  By JEFFREY LOW Singapore will start as underdogs in Sunday's Oval tine Cup soccer match against Malaysia despite naving home ground advantage. So says Singapore manager Jita Singh, who has good reasons to believe that the odds will be against his team winning. Said Jita
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      Looks like Boon will be out
      222 17  -  By JEFFREY LOW It was a day of tactics at training this morning as Singapore manager Jita Singh more or less settled on a line-up for Sunday's big match against Malaysia. And it looks as if Lim Tang Boon will lose his regular midfield
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      77 14 Opens Today at 2 Theatres sREX REPUBLIC^ N.B. Due to fin's length 3 SHOWS DAILY: 11am, 3.30 7.45pm No Free List SCHOOL CHILDREN CONCESSION: Stais $150 A Circle $2.90 for t1.00am A 3.30pm shows AT BOTH THEATRES during season ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR .ACCLAIMED POPULAR .UNFORGETTABLE AND INSPIRING SCENES
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      558 15 B\cit Vil ion Big Walk Age 44 years I below Under 19 years Above 44 years Above 14 yean 44 yean betow Under 19 pari Above 44 yeers Above 14 years «om« For Man (Seeiar mi Junior): Start** from People s Association in KaNang proceeding to Merdeka Bridge underpass, Stadium
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      265 16 Crossword i 5 Vichyssoise 9 Cracker or water 13 Bait 14 City on the Arno 15 God of love 16 Likeness 18 Ohio city 19 Surprised exclamation 20 Between Wash, and Nev. 21 Sounds off pompously 23 Allegory 26 Gladiator's milieu 27 West or Murray 28 Vivid 31 Walking (exuberant)
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      82 17 SOCCER: Business Houses KO United Motor Works v Mitsubishi; Oberoi Imperial v F and N (Jalan Besar, 5.15 pm, and 7 pm); Singapore Tobacco v Tractor Singapore (Balestier Road, 5.15 pm). Government Services KO Customs v National University of Singapore {Farrer Park, 5.15pm). SQUASH: Mllo Premier League American Club v
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      80 17 ANDY CAPP I'M OOLLECTIN 1 FOR A WEW>N' PRESENT FOR TVIE BARMAID PERCY-, Wa M r 6 *i I SHORT RIBS 7 WHATS ~THS CANNON/ V FOR 7 CG?AS NORBERT 1 r/ <2i k» i>/<7 DSERPERCV, SHE'S SERVE,O US VERY WELL OVER THE YEARS! m m *x 3 P r*»
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  • What's On 1 two pages that tell you what's happening on TV and In town
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      Four new works in songfest
      293 18  -  35 choirs will sing over 100 songs By Khng Eu Meng Four new songs have been commissioned by the Ministry of Culture for its third Festival of Choirs. And that's not all. The plus point is that they are all composed by local composers. Samuel
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      HK acrobat flips bowls to form pagoda
      198 18 Acrobat Chlng Sam Leung performs a traditional Chinese acrobatic feat Pagoda Bowls. Mr Chlng climbs to the top of an unsupported ladder from where he flips howls thrown at him to the top of his head to form a pagoda. This acrobatic act
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      127 18 OPENS ODEON TODAY (*****16) DUE TO FILM'S LENGTH 3 SHOWS DAILY: 11.00 AM 3.15 7.40 PM SEE! THE BREATH-TAKING CHARIOT RACE THE BIGGEST SCENE IN THE BIGGEST MOVIE EVER MADE! THE WORLD S MOST HONORED MOTION PICTURE! 9 I'U V iv 3* lENHUR QUINTUb ARRIUS LSTHIR the pence who live
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      256 18 At the cinema JESUS: Semi-documen-tary on the life of Jesus Christ. Cathay: 1-45. 4.15, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. ALL THAT JAZZ: Much-acclaimed film which won four Oscars, two British Academy Awards and was Best Picture in the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. Orchard: 1.30, 4, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. THE ELEPHANT
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      Lock icon Cronkite wanted to be an engineer
      658 19 Walter Cronkite delivered his last news bulletin en March IS. Ike grand-daddy of TV anchormen, whe joined CBS ln ltd, had spent 137,H1 minutes en the air. Writer Betay Carter provides a Jsssler on the man who wept as he reported President Kennedy's assassination.
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      88 19 "Mill; THE ELEPHANT MAN !V MS w ANTHONY HOPKINS JOHN HURT ANNE BANCROFT EMI Extra! ML FHTftoHS SEEING THE ELEPHANT MAM'AftE ENTITLED TO A W% DISCOUNT WHEN PURCHASING ALL FUTURABOOKS AT E9 STAMFORD o, ROBINSON ROAD ON PRESENTATION Of THEIR HALF PORTIONS OF TICKETS £5 ACADEMY I'M,®! award NOMINATIONS n
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      436 19 12 noon The Fabulous 240 l.dO News and Share Market report 1.45 The Fabulous 240 (Cont'd) 3.00 Star Watch 3.02 Did You Know? 3.04 The Fabulous 240 (Cont'd) 3.30 Top of the Pops 4.00 Chinese Programmes 8.00 The Paul Cheong Show Thursday night personality Paul Cheong churns out live today's
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      131 19 and around town about health care. At the Boon Teck community centre from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Last day. Free admission. INDIA '81: A wide range of Indian products on display. At the World Trade Centre from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission free. MODERN TRADE PAIR AND CARNIVAL
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      73 19 Today: 3.30 p.m. (0.4 m); 9.58 p.m.(2.4m). Tamarraw: 3.45 a.m. (0.9 m); 9.31 a.m. (2.6 m); 4.11 p.m. (0.3 m); 10.22 p.m. (2.5 m). Satarday: 4.24 a.m. (0.7 m); 10.16 a.m. (2.8 m); 4.50 p.m. (0.2 m); 10.50 p.m. (2.7 m). Saaday: 5.03 a.m. (0.4 m); 11.01 a.m. (3.0 m);
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    Talking Point
    39 20 AH FOOK: Reservists who are fit need only be tested once yearly while those who (ail will have to go for training at community centres. MEI UN: Well, you had better start shedding those extra kilos, executive!
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      126 20 NOW zoom on the one you want! Available at all leading photographic stores. is RICOH Th* batter cmrrma at tha hotter pnca Wywy Private Limited Wywy House, 17, Leng Kee Road, Singapore 0315. Tel: *****5. CHESS CHAMPION POCKET CHESS Now is the time to test your wits against the Chess
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      1076 20 Today's Pick On TV ROAD TO WEMBLEY: Spurs vs Exeter. (Ch 8, 7.06 p.m. in colour In theory, this game looked comparatively clear-cut. Cup favourites, Spurs, meeting Exeter, brave survivors from the Third Division. But Exeter had already done some giant killing earlier in the season. They thrashed First Division
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