New Nation, 7 July 1982

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    Masthead
    12 1 new nation WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1982 M.C. (P) No. 20/5/82 30 cents
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon 22 rare mouse deer rescued from the cooking pot
    233 1  -  SAVED! By K.K. FONG SINGAPORE: The Marine Police yesterday saved 22 rare mouse deer from the chopping block. Our zoo stood to gain from the rescue as it has so far only three of the deer called Tragalus Javanicus. Men guarding
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  • Article
    Lock icon Killing of dogs within Manila limits banned
    84 1 SAVED! UPI MANILA: Dog-eating Filipinos have been banned from killing man's best friend for food within the Manila city limits. Under the new law, the "killing and selling of dogs for food, or the harbouring, storing, selling or offering for sale" of dog
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  • Article
    Fake notes may be made here
    273 1 FORGED SRI LANKAN RUPEES LINKED TO TAMIL SEPARATIST MOVEMENT SRI LANKAN police suspect that forged notes circulating there are being produced in Singapore, it was revealed yesterday. Two Sri Lankan CID officers were here recently to conduct inquiries with the help of officers from
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    • Article
      Lock icon Beirut truce is broken
      54 1 AP BEIRUT: The between Israel and Palestinian guerillas broke down yesterday. Israel troops and Palestinian guerillas traded fire shortly after US President Ronald Reagan agreed in principle to send 1,000 marines into West Beirut to take over posi- tions of Palestinian guerillas who were expected to
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    • Article
      Lock icon 'Viets using PoWs as barter'
      69 1 UPI NEW YORK: At least 30 or 40 American pilots are still prisoners of war in Vietnam, which may intend to use them to barter for diplomatic relations with the US, a former Viet Cong official told Parade magazine yesterday. Former Viet Cong officers also
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    • Article
      Lock icon Political fallout from Cup defeat
      44 1 AP RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's elimination from the World Cup has generated some political fallout. Political analyst Villas-Boas Correa pointed out that the defeat could hurt the government's Social Democratic Party in the forthcoming national elections in November. AP
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      Just fancy that
      31 1 BARCELONA< A Spanish white dress and veil, was reported by the Economist magazine to have been seen searching the Barcelona stadium for her groom on their wedding day.
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  • home
    • Article, Illustration
      The personal touch
      166 2 LEE CHEE ENG's competitors wonder if he has a secret weapon His roast chicken rice is promptly sold out by 1.30 pm every day. But 53-year-old Lee Chee Eng only has one secret knowing how to say "thank you." Lee, who operates a stall in Block 40
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      The Haadyai connection
      428 2  -  By SIT YIN FONG SINGAPORE vice syndicates have their own recruiting agents in Haadyai, Thailand, where they sign up prostitutes for the lucrative trip south. The "Haadyai Connection" was revealed in an interview yesterday with the Thai Embassy's Third Secretary and Information Officer, Mr Wisanu Berananda, when
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      Cousin of a seahorse?
      150 2 N'' :t i x n.'i sc.ilinrsr <>i timliuc limn mitei >|I.H C It 1* ,1 lit .1 >111. ill t .IpCWi it'll I l>\ till' lengths n uncut h.'i /iitu>cn< i iis .irwinsus luiini) in sheep .iikl Mime!iiih's in.in rtM p.tlilSllK WnlMl t ItlH'S in tin'
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      Pinch felt by pensioners
      281 2 WHILE most Singaporeans feel they are doing pretty well these days, there is one section of the community which is feeling the pinch: pensioners. "We are not asking for anything fantastic, only that we may be able to afford the same things every year. And this
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    • Article
      Funds for missions to deal with problem
      155 2 THE Thai Embassy in Singapore has encountered genuine cases of Thai girls being forced into prostitution, said Mr Wisanu Berananda yesterday. It was to help repatriate such cases of "grave" hardship that the Thai Ambassador to Singapore Sanan Plangprayoon recently askea for more
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    • Article
      SBC sets new rules for admen
      385 2  -  By LAM MO LIAN CREDIT will only be granted to advertising agencies in future if they take a minimum of $10,000 per month in airtime with the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. The station has also increased the bankers's guarantee required of advertising agencies wishing to
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    • Article
      Fewer motorbikes stolen at Ang Mo Kio
      224 4 POLICE National Service men working side by side with their regular colleagues have succeeded in bringing down motorcycle thefts in Ang Mo Kio new town over the last two months. Before the big anti-theft campaign started in April, as many as 40 machines
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    • Article
      CASE advice to shoe buyers
      233 4 A MAN bought a new pair of $100 shoes in a sale for $30. But it turned out not to be such a bargain after all. After wearing them a few hours, the right shoe split in two, followed shortly by the left. But when
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      Lock icon CONFUCIAN RECIPE TO A HAPPY FAMILY LIFE
      432 4  -  Wife of Confucian scholar reveals it all By YONG POW ANG CONFUCIAN scholar Professor James C Hsiung wanted a new house. He went about it alone, made a quick decision and only then informed his wife, Betty. She quietly accepted her husband's decision
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      Lock icon Artist recalls Changi 1943
      306 4  -  By PAT D'ROSE AS THE car sped from Changi Airport, Mr Stanley Warren stared momentarily at the expressway and the reclaimed land, and recalled his last memories of the place, so different from today. "There was a line of Australian and British prisoners at the far
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    • Article
      Double kidney transplants
      377 5  -  Nurse and hawker are latest recipients By JULIE LIAU A RED Cross staff nurse and a hawker are the latest recipients of a double kindey transplant from a dead donor in operations carried out on Sunday. The transplants were carried out Dy the same medical team, which
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    • Article
      Kidney inquiries ring bells
      184 5 SINCE the kidney symposium calling for organ donation three weeks ago, phones at the National Kidney Foundation and the Health Ministry have been ringing. "Many ask for new cards as they have lost their old ones or ask us how they could go about donating their
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    • Article
      Nanyang to print IHT
      81 5 THE International Herald Tribune announced that Singapore will Join (our other capitals Where the newspaper is printed simultaneously. The new facslmilie printing company, which starts on October 4, will mahe the paper available in the morning in Singapore and also will enable it to be sold
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      The tint is a hint of designs to come
      86 5 OUR HDB designs are finally catching up with the times. The Bedok Reservoir Road market and hawker centre shown here with its space-age facade may give critics some hope of more interesting designs to come The triangular tinted glass facade is
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      Time to cut out all that talking...
      397 6 The cost of meetings THERE is a senior minister who is a demanding taskmaster and suffers no fools. But he always makes sure that his staff meetings do not eat into their lunch hour. Known* to be extremely time-con-scious, meetings with him never
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    • Article
      Look to the decision tree
      185 6 IMB Prosper On Productivity YOU know your job and can show others how it is done. Still, you are likely to be tongue-tied when asked to describe the thoughts involved in getting the job done. Yet that is precisely what you need to do with
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    • Article
      Pride of place
      135 6 REDESIGNING an office can be for better or for worse. Said a clerk after her office seating arrangement was re-arranged: Now it's more distracting with more people crossing my way.' Mobil Oil Corporation is taking a rather unusual step to make it for the better at its
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      Why Anne's respected by peers and bosses
      576 6 SHE was only 13 when she had to leave secondary school to stay at home to help her mother make dresses. But hard times did not stop Anne Lim from making good. Now 22, and after six years at her first and only
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      140 2 Every day during Courtesy Month the New Nation selects a Mr, Mrs or Miss Courtesy from ordinary people doing ordinary jobs. If you know someone you think might qualify, give us a ring on 273 5088. Each person selected is given a year's subscription to New Nation and Sunday Nation.
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      141 3 Congratulates Prince Team for winning the 1982 Citizenleamlennis Championships Nice going champs T. > a.i Wt® < X WL m Si m 1 i" M u >M. *.2 r v *x.r ■k&I flPti iiHt We at Citizen are proud of you. You've done yourselves proud. In the process, all ten
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      97 4 s o w 03 Straight, body blows, counter punches, sway, knockouts A realistic animated boxing game that puts you in the ring against the Casio champ. Take a challenge! It keeps you on your toes with excitement. All the Realism of the Ring 10 Weight Classes, from Fly to Heavy
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      142 5 The Ultrasonic Smith-Corona® EL2OOO Hie first electronic office typewriter at die price of ordinary electrics. Vv 3s Ife m i£fc S M The electronic generation in office typing is here. And now for a price that is nothing less than astounding under $2000. At first glance, the Smith-Corona® EL2OOO™ office
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      150 6 Want to get away for a short vacation? You needn't go further than a7-minute ferry ride! Apollo Sentosa has so much to offer. Come for the outdoor activities. The Monorail, the magical Musical Fountain. And so much more. rrrrr 2 days/1 night package Weekday Budget Vacation* Sun-Thurs except eve of
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    Lock icon Malta to get arms from North Korea
    254 7 Agencies VALLETTA, Malta, Wednesday. PRIME MINISTER Dom Mintoff, who returned from an eight-day trip to China and North Korea, told parliament that North Korea has agreed to supply Malta with arms and assist in training the strategic island's armed forces. In his report
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      Lock icon Giscard's cousin robbed
      442 7 Tokyo police investigate hotel room theft UPI TOKYO, Wed. POLICE said yesterday they were still investigating a cash and jewellery theft from the room of a woman who Tokyo's high society thought was tne sister-in-law of former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing It turns out, according to
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      Lock icon Row over HK donation
      129 7 Reuter HONGKONG, Wednesday A ROW was brewing today over a US$3.5 million (557.3 million) donation by the Hongkong Government to Britain's special fund for those involved in the Falklands war. The contribution sparked angry protests from the largely Chinese Christian Industrial Committee and organisations representing prisoners
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      Desperate situation
      171 8 Quotes "The situation is becoming desperate. The Israelis have stopped all food supplies from entering this part of the city. They have stopped medical supplies and they have cut electricity, water and telephones....l call on the world to wake up to the realities of this criminal siege." Lebanese
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      Lock icon BATTLING AGAIN
      347 8 As US agrees to evacuate guerillas Reuter LONDON, Wednesday AN artillery battle between Israeli and Palestinian forces in Beirut broke a 24-hour-old ceasefire yesterday as President Reagan agreed in principle to send US troops to help evacuate Palestinians from the city. The shelling began shortly after the PLO
      Reuter  -  347 words
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      Lock icon Shooting breaks out over petrol
      249 8 INVASION inviuivn OmUHOH LAT-WP BEIRUT, Wed. GUNFIGHTS broke out over scarce gasoline supplies on Monday in besieged West Beirut and there was panic buying of food. At Smith's Supermarket in the heart of the city, desperate shoppers poured in to buy any kind of food
      LAT-WP  -  249 words
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      Lock icon Protest by Arab envoys' wives
      185 8 UPI WASHINGTON, Wed WIVES of Arab ambassadors to the United States departing from their usual diplomatic role last week stood on the sidewalk in front of the White House and silently protested against the war in Lebanon. Dressed in black, they handed out leaflets protesting
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      Lock icon Closed door policy by embassies
      669 9  -  INVASION OPUBMINON By Nicholas Tatro AP BEIRUT, Wed EMBASSIES are deserted and not even a policeman stands in front of the British and American embassies. Only the Canadian, Norwegian and Soviet embassies still have diplomatic staff in the encircled 25-square km Muslim sector of the
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      148 7 Making A Good Thing Better Extra! Extra! Read all about it. That popular IOOOcc family car known for outstanding performance and economy adds more extras. Making a good thing even better! Split Rear Seats a big extra so that luggage can occupy part or all of the back seat. Emergency
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      52 8 The exception that could prove to be the rule. V Ttu* Famous Grouse Finest Scotch Whisky of such exceptional quality that it commands a premium price. V\ fwEST Scotch Wiusm WHISKIES BltNOtOkßOmtt* (Matthew Gloag&SoHlJd* Perth, Scot land IN 1600 A? TMf SAM( AOO*** ftJPPOOf Quality in an age of change.
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      83 9 e--A 11 ft sx AMCO J\UM if The exciting range of Amco jeans for children and teenagers. Durable. Fashionable. With a fabulous cut. T-shirts Available in nine sizes from 4 12 to fit kids and teens from 3-16 years. Amco Jeans You are never f too young for Amco. illiilHif
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  • opinion
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      Lock icon Where courtesy has gone out of style
      415 10 The Editor HONGKONG may be the rudest city in the world. In shops, in restaurants, in bus queues, ordinary courtesy seems to have gone out of style. Much-jostled tourists wonder if they are the victims of Han chauvinism or just an excess of
      The Editor  -  415 words
    • Article
      Thoughts on a 455th birthday
      386 10 OBSERVER at large JAKARTA celebrated its 455 th birthday this week, and the Indonesian Observer had this to say: "Jakarta is a city in a hurry, trying to keep pace with the rest of the world. It is a city most anxious to let her
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    • POINTS TO PONDER
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        Why the KGB frowns on direct dialling
        121 10 THE Soviet Union has suddenly decided to reduce its telephone links with the West by two-thirds from now to at least 1984, The Economist magazine reported. Excuses offered to postal authorities in Western Europe ranged from staff shortages to the need to repair
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        Instant fine on a Ghana road
        94 10 A DRIVER stuck for 10 minutes in a traffic jam in Ghana finds a soldier at his window. The soldier says: "You are fined 200 cedis." (That is about Ssl4o at the official rate of exchange). "What for?" asks the driver. "Speeding," says the
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        The comrades in the NZ unions
        116 10 NEW Zealand's unionists, represented by the Federation of Labour (NZFOL), are moving closer to the Soviet Union, Business Week believes. In a recent meeting it rejected a call to break its ties with the communist-dominat-ed World Federation of Trade Unions and hence its identification
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        Drunk driving toll
        26 10 Drunken drivers kill about 25,000 Americans each year (about half of all those who die in car crashes) and injure about 650,000 more.
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      column 5
      425 10  -  By DELTA HONG I WOULD like to thank the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board for their undated letter addressed to our News Editor the other day. A beautiful blank piece of paper with their attractive letterhead (reproduced here). We are now wondering what should have been on it. A
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      65 10 RATS,MICE? Z. il+t Vi -Colli Flick* There's a specialised Flick treatment for the control of cockroaches, rats, mice, termites, borers, spiders, ants, fleas, silverfish, moths and all household pests. REASONABLE RATES •OBLIGATION FREE QUOTES PROMPT SERVICE •EXPERIENCED SERVICEMEN Call your local Flick Man now: *****4 Flick FLICK PEST CONTROL PTE
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  • opinion / letters
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      Secrecy does no one any good
      150 11 MY MOTHER is a teacher. I am proud of the fact that she was awarded the full 10 per cent 1981 NWC second tier wage increase. Unfortunately, she was not allowed to let anyone outside her own family know about it. What a shame!
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      Taxman's error
      104 11 I RECENTLY received an income tax assessment asking me to pay tax for 1977 (when I was still a student). I called up the department to tell the person responsible for my record that I did not work that year. But I was told that I had to
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      Lift signs ignored
      52 11  -  KIM HOCK WHY IS it that however many "No Smoking" notices are put up in lifts, some smokers continue to ignore them? Smoking in such confined spaces is not just being inconsiderate to others. It can be verv dangerous. A fire in a lift can cause loss
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      Over to you
      38 11 DO YOU think students in Singapore schools are given a wide enough range of subjects to prepare them for the future? LENG Singapore 1231. What do our other readers say? Let us know. The Editor.
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      First impressions
      346 11  -  YVONNE TAN DEXTER HO I HAD been looking forward to the first issue of the new New Nation for some time, and wondering whether it would be as good as the old one. I was not disappointed when the newspaper hit the newstands on July 1. The artwork
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      Noise pollution around the clock
      148 11 MUCH has been done and is still being done to keep Singapore clean. The one kind of pollution the authorities seem rather unconcerned about is the noise generated at large construction sites. Permits for works are issued around the clock by various government departments. It
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      180 bus service suggestion
      90 11 I BELIEVE 1 speak on behalf of commuters travelling from Wooodlands/Bukit Timah to Shenton Way on the 180 bus service which is always packed and crowded. The buses used on this route are usually smaller capacity buses and the frequency of the service leaves much to
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      153 11 Lf TTLRS on any subject of public interest will be accepted (or puohcation They should be typed and must be signed Ihey must also include the writ er s name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym m print A contact telephone number would be useful
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      169 11 SHALL I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know. CONFUCIUS. TODAY is the 188th day of I982, with 177 days to follow. On this day... In 1718, Alexis, heir to Russia's Peter the Great, was murdered at the
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  • centrepiece
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      Lock icon MUSSEL MAN
      632 12 / 13 Life on a mussel farm is long and hard but 4 Mussel Man' Peter Ng and his family never complain LESS than a year ago, 22-year-old Peter Ng Kung Seng was promoted from a factory worker for Hitachi Power Pte Ltd to a shift leader, earning $400$500 a
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  • business
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      OVERNIGHT WALL STREET
      110 14 NEW YORK, Wed THE stock market returned from the holiday weekend with a broad retreat. Steel, cars, chemical and airline issues paced the losers. More discouraging economic news greeted the market yesterday. A survey of purchasing managers showed production, new orders ana employment worsened in June, the
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      Appoint merchant banker call
      330 14  -  Company asked to advise shareholders on purchase of Meridien Shopping Centre shops By CATHERINE ONG THE Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) has asked Town City to appoint a merchant banker to advise minority shareholders on its proposed purchase of shops at Meridien Shopping Centre. This is
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        Shimizu wins $77m contract
        71 14 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority has awarded a $77 million contract to Shimizu Construction to design and construct a shopping and office complex at South Bridge Road and North Canal Road. The agreement was signed by URA chairman Mr Koh Cher Siang and Shimizu president Mr Teruzo
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        Power to the people
        45 14 SINGAPORE Institute of Management and Singapore Society of Accountants launch their 9th Annual Report Award this week. All companies listed in the Singapore Stock Exchange are automatically included in the competition, which aims to raise the standard of companies' financial reporting.
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        Lock icon Institute launches competition
        60 14 Reuter PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos has approved a 10-year electric power expansion programme costing 47.6 billion pesos (S$ 11.00 billion), a copy of the plan showed today. The President's office in Manila said the programme would meet the projected increase in power consumption from 14.9 billion kilowatt hours
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        Approval for hotel project
        35 14 THE Hongkong Land Company and Westwater Industries have been given approval by the Canadian authorities tor Hongkong Land to take up 51 Gx cent equity in the Vancouver andarin hotel project.
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      $1.2 billion port deal
      171 14  -  By TOH SU FEN PORT construction companies in Singapore will soon have the chance to win contracts for a $1.2 billion Nhava-Sheva port in India. The Indian government hopes to begin construction work by the middle of next year and it welcomes tenders from experienced and
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      Chinese tips for the businessman
      94 14 TIPS on China trading will come straight from the Chinese to Singapore businessmen later this month. Four experts from the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade in Peking will address a two-day seminar at the Shangri-la Hotel on July 27 and 28 as part
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      SIA set to be govt's most profitable venture
      612 15  -  SIA, internationally the best known government-owned company in Singapore, this week reported pre-tax profits of Ss22 million in 1981-82, a $4 million increase. In a threepart series, Catherine Ong looks into the finances of our national flag carrier. Catherine Ong SINGAPORE Airlines
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      Gold
      37 15 Yesterday's close in S$: .4 Selling Baying 5 gm 120 107 10 gm 229 216 20 gm 448 430 Hoz 351 333 Kilobar 21,921 21,771 100 gm 2,212 2,182 50 gm 1,106 1,081 oz 694 677
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      OTHER COMPANY NEWS
      319 16 A wholly-owned subsidiary of Jack Chia Properties (Australia), South Yarra Project, has been granted approval from the Australian government to acquire a five hectare property in South Yarra, in a suburb of Melbourne. Jack Chia Properties (Australia) is owned equally by Jack-Chia MPH and Jack Chia International
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      Doing well despite gloomy forecast
      360 15 IS SIA crying wolf every time it makes a gloomy forecast? Chairman J.Y.M. Pillav two years ago warned that the airline industry would fly into financial flak. He said SlA's cash flow and the extent to which it can finance capital spending without having to
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      Lock icon Takeover offer reasonable – Pengkalen
      135 16 Takeover offer reasonable Pengkalen Star DIRECTORS of the Malaysian tin mining company Pengkalen are advising shareholders to accept a takeover offer from Neville Enterprise, a Hong Kong based company owned by the Jaya Tan family of Malaysia. Pengkalen says it has held several meetings with a representative of the Johore
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      Dow chairman stops investments to S. Korea
      411 16 TOKYO, Wed DOW Chemical Company's new chairman yesterday said his company would not invest "a nickel more" in South Korea until the American company solves problems with -its joint venture there. Robert W. Lundeen, who became chairman of the company last Thursday, said
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      Lock icon OECD sees slow growth for Japan
      179 16 Reuter PARIS, Wednesday JAPANESE economic growth is likely to slow in 1982 but show a recovery next year, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said. In its latest semi-annual economic survey, the OECD said economic activity seems to have been weak in
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      Your $ (Foreign Exchange)
      111 16 Your (Foreign Exchange) Your S$ to one unit of foreign currency Selling Buying TT/DD TT DD US* 2 1550 2.1450 2.1330 t sterling 3.7401 3.7121 3.6911 Australian ***** 2.1792 2 1592 Canadian 1.6779 1.6543 1 6383 New Zealand 1 6061 1 j845 1 5645 S$ to 100 units of foreign
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      Business Calendar
      56 16 Annual meetings Time Date Venue Johan Holdings 11a.m. July 8 Kuala Lumpur Utd Pulp Paper 11a.m. July 1920, Liu Fang Road Bt Sembawang Est 12 noon July 3019 fl, OCBC Centre Proposed dividends Payment on Dividend On books Sim Lim Invest Sept 30 7% final Aug 28 Registers
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      Lock icon Arbitration role for Hongkong
      373 16 UPI HONGKONG, Wed HONGKONG is about to don the referee's jersey in an attempt to build up a globally oriented business in arbitrating commercial disputes. By late summer, new laws come into effect to help stimulate the British Crown colony's private sector into meeting the demands
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      93 14 COMPANY NEWS: Al6 FOREIGN EXCHANGE: Al6 republic of China. "e/ d for Prepare i X m *4 Making All The Sweetness BE .a 1 3o luscious and smooth Is the taste of Cloud ft Mountain Pure Honey that It cannot but be present In sparkling cool sips during tea-time with
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      173 16 APPOINTMENTS MEDICAL REPRESENTATIVE We are a multinational company marketing various popular products, such as Strepsils, Diatvita, Burnol, Brufon and Froban which ara leaders in their own fields. We now require a high-calibre Pro* fessional Medical Representative to join our young achievement orientated sales team in the Medical Division. The person
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      206 17 IV) BUSINESS tt BUSINESS PROPERTY JOO CHIAT SHOP house. 1,500 sq. ft $3,000. Fsr East Plata naxt lo Hyatt Hotel, 380 sq. ft $19.00 p.a.f. Jade Properties. *****40. 39) Businoss Services PUBS LOOO OCSIONINO for your printing of Isttar heads and stationary, ate. Management diary also available Please Call *****72/*****73
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      173 17 IX) SCHOOLS TUITION GUIDE CLASSIC HIOHER hand, English for Commerce. English Conversation, Typewriting, starting this week. Enrol now at Rax Commercial School, 7MQ, Upper Serangoon Road, tet 2MMOO. X) JOB OPPORTUNITIES IV 121) Employment 1214) Oanaral JOIN NATURADE AS Beauty ConauNant and enjoy free training on Beauty Culture and free
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      152 19 The Most Accurate Irons in Golf WILSON 1200 Gear Effect... when tested against other leading names in golf. The Wilson Gear Effect is the most perfectly matched golf set available today. The most accurate irons with the most forgiving woods. The 1200 GE Woods: Classic Styling in a Most Playable
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      Glory: Prema's the one to watch
      350 19  -  By JOVITA TOH SCHOOLGIRL athlete Prema Govindan received a verbal bouquet from an athlete whose record she has been trying tenaciously to erase Singapore's fastest woman Glory Barnabas. Glory, 38, who set the 100 metres record of 12.2 sec. in 1975, said that Prema
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      459 19  -  Injury and studies force top swimmers Jin Teik and Khoon Hean to withdraw r ppuwy Swimming By KEN JALLEH JR SINGAPORE'S hopes of excelling in the coming Asian and South-east Asia Games' swimming events took a nosedive yesterday with the withdrawal of top internationals Oon Jin Teik
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        Massive task for Taman Singapura
        437 20  -  EKB By BRENTON SMITH TAMAN SINGAPURA, winner of last year's Singapore Gold Cup, has been given a massive task to fulfil in Sunday's running of the 1982 Queen Elizabeth Cup to be run over 2200 metres. No horse carrying over 59.5 kilos has been successful
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        Trainer Allan's trio outshine the rest
        751 20 By TRACKSTAR INTAN MALAYSIA, Wine Roses and Passionate Prince, all from the Singapore stables of trainer Ivan Allan, out shone all other horses at morning trackwork yesterday. Intan Malaysia showed sparkling action to cover the 600 metres in 38.6 seconds and continued full of
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      Fifth boxer quits ring
      278 21  -  'SABA officials play favourites' By KEN JALLEH Jr YET another top international, Rabit Chandra, has decided to hang up his gloves in protest against Singapore Amateur Boxing Association officials. Rabit, the national welterweight title holder for the past four years, yesterday said he would boycott SABA,
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      Ex-national coach defies body to name a 'decent 7'
      608 21  -  By KEN JALLEH Jr FORMER national boxing coach K. Segaran has joined in the fray against the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association, by challenging certain officials to name a decent team of seven boxers for next year's South-east Asia Games in Singapore.
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      233 21 THE Singapore Rugby Union is organising a dinner and dance at the Shangri-la Hotel on July 24. So far, $31,000 has been pledged for the function, which is to raise funds for the Asian Rugby championships in November. Another 18 tables nave been taken up by clubs and the
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      Exit of top five drains flavour of tourney
      470 22  -  Organising committee has a headache By JEFFREY LOW BARCELONA, Wed. AS Brazil and their cult following of about 10,000 pack their bags for home today, the organising committee of the 1982 World Cup are faced with a headache that has already swelled
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      Wimbledon repeat? Don't bother!
      351 22  -  FEEDBACK Issue in sports By MICHAEL MALIK DEAR SBC, It is very considerate of you to be worried about having cut off the last set of the Connors-McEnroe Wimbledon final on Sunday night because you ran out of satellite time. But please don't go to any
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        Lock icon Germany, Italy eye Cup hat-trick
        536 23 But both are without key players UPI MADRID, Wed. WEST GERMANY and Italy, both bidding to equal Brazil's record three-title wins, will be without key players for their respective World Cup semi-final clashes against France and Poland tomorrow. The Germans, 9-2 second favorites to add
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        Lock icon Littbarski – Germany's rising soccer star...
        474 23 Littbarski Germany's rising soccer star... Reuter GIJON, Wednesday WEST GERMANY can thank kindly Kandparents for giving a ball to the y Pierre Littbarski, who became a rising star of the 1982 World Cup finals. "I was five years old, living at my granny's in Berlin opposite a football pitch. My
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        176 23 UPI DAR ES SALAAM, Wed THE African Football Confederation, the governing body of the sport on the continent, plans to petition the International Football Federation to give Africa more representation in the finals of the World Cup soccer cnampionship. A spokesman for the African body said
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      Lock icon Black day for Brazil
      596 24 THE PELE COLUMN BARCELONA, Wed. LAS RAMBLAS, the most famous tourist street in Barcelona and playground for a week of expectant Brazilian supporters, was less joyous last night on one side of the road at least. There was the inevitable Brazil drum beat, to be sure.
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      216 24 Reuter BARCELONA, Wednesday MARIA DOS SANTOS, an 18-year-old student from Rio De Janeiro, sighed: "I still think Zico is lovely. It hasn't really sunk in yet. But after another botlle of wine I know when I wake up and see the Spanish papers, my hangover'will be
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      234 20 *****1 I I I I I WEDNESDAY i a 11• II jackpoi $10,000 Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below. Nome: Sen: Age Occupation: Address FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW CUT HERE CLUES FOR 00-3 1. Apples, pears, etc. 2. It wouldn't take
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      125 21 Official Fdm of World Cup 1982 X In football it's timing, technique, and experience that produces professional results. Kari-Heinz Rummenigge shows all of these qualities making him one of today's newest superstars. FUJI FILM, the Official Film of the FIFA World Cup 1982, gives you professional results every time you
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      219 25 SINGAPORE is to get its own actionpacked police TV drama with a real-life police sergeant in the leading role. Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) has cast seven officers from the Singapore police force in major roles. They will be supported by regular actors from SBC's drama group.
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      FEI XIANG FLIES IN TOMORROW
      214 25  -  You called... here's more news By T L NG CALLING Fei Xiang fans! You rang up and asked so many questions about your favourite singer that our switchboard was kept busy. You wanted to know if he had a fan club, where he was staying
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      271 26 Paul McCartney is forty. The number signifies how long it's been since McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr first gained fame and in more than a minor way, changed the course of history as the group, the Beatles, almost 20 years ago. SIPA SINCE the
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      HOUSEHOLD TIPS
      237 26 CARPETS: Save yourself a whopping drycleaners' bill by cleaning the carpet yourself. First vacuum it, then sprinkle bicarbonate of soda over the whole carpet. Brush the soda thoroughly into the pile, leave for It hours, th€i! fdrtitifrfdiwfr Oie dirt and WINDOWS: Make windows sparkle with speed and ease
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      1026 27  -  A lecturer on military history and strategy by day, Melanie loves riding horses WORDS: OEI SIN GIOK MELANIE NG leads a double life and both of them are unusual. In one role, she is a lecturer in military history and strategy at the Singapore Command and Staff
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      1429 28 / 29  -  'EATING Khong Bak Mui Choy Hakka Style with VIOLET OON A LIP-SMACKINGLY delicious peasant dish is the best way to describe this Hakka specialty. I have chosen tnis dish to start off my cookery series because it is one even beginners can get right. It was taught
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      Pointers for Asean ministers' wives from Violet
      65 28 / 29 New Nation cookery and food writer Violet Oon in action. During the recent Asean ministers' conference Violet was invited to give the minis*, ters' wives a cookery demonstration. Sitting in the front row is Mrs Romulo, wife of the Philippine foreign minister; Mrs
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      Where to go for the best crabs in town
      972 28 / 29 OF course the best CRABS in town are to be found in the Kandang Kerbau Market I know it has moved across the road and is now called the- Buffalo Road Market but to' me it will always be KK because
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      They danced the night away
      346 31 And Hamzah leapt, kicked and twisted his way to first place SENTOSA Roller Skating Rink was transformed into a huge discotheque at the weekend for the YMCA's second disco convention. As the 15 finalists sweated it out on the floor, the three judges Mr Edward
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      Flowers from dough
      543 31 But they are for looking at, not eating THESE flowers are made from dough, look good enough to eat but are inedible. They are also hard to find. Case in point: Lee Swee Keng, in her 30s. spends her spare time making "bread flowers." She is one
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      121 25 SECTIONS B C Sections A, B and C of this paper come off the presses folded into one, mainly for ease of distribution. At your door, there is less risk of pages coming loose. To derive maximum benefit from the design of the paper, you should pull out sections B
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    Why it takes three days to dub a one-hour episode
    404 30 WHAT do Dynasty, Crocodile Tears, On The Waterfront, My Beloved Daughter and Love Forever have In common? They are all serials which are dubbed locally. Mrs Mo Wei, who heads the dubbing unit together with her husband, told me it
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      569 30 DR SMOCK By George Lemont V THINK Ae>OOf IT/ MISS CR66SE ...I'LU 6gT TH6RE S NOT A PATIENT AHVg WHO CAN SA/ J'/A A BAP POCTOR.' si ■II I" A 1 <Jf/ FRANK AND ERNEST By Bob Thaves WBUB CHANGING youP JTATUS wirH THE ORGANIZATION, JoHNSON... FROM WEAK UINK TO
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      1466 32 Tv radio NEW NATION WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1982 All the Qs and As on kidney donation IN SANDIWARA (Ch 5, 7.50 pm), Pak Sidek.the former principal of a prestigious school discovers that his youngest son Hamzah has not reported to the Drug Rehabilitative Hostel and that a police search is
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