New Nation, 1 August 1982

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    18 1 sunday nation PUBLISHED BY THE SINGAPORE MONITOR LTD. Sunday, August 1, 1982 M.C. (P) No. 19/5/82 40 cents
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  • Article
    Trishaw men's new look
    328 1  -  Major plan to stop tourists being ripped off By K.K. FONG SINGAPORE'S trishaw men may get a uniform and paint their trishaws a standard colour. These proposals are part of a major plan to stop trishaw men ripping off tourists and damaging Singapore's image. Under the
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    Lock icon British youths rampage again
    193 1 Newscan UPI LIVERPOOL: Rock-throwing yoaths went on a rampage in the Toxteth slum for the fourth of five nights, driving firefighters from a burning apartment building, officials said yesterday. Two youths were arrested for "threatening behaviour" in the latest disturbances in the predominantly black section of
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      113 1 S&i ttfo ffndifi aiiv€ f MANY Indians swear by thairu. It cods your system, they say. But before it does, thairu needs to be cooled first. And this Serangoon Road vendor stops many a pedestrian every day with his deft hand. Thairu is curd that many take with their rice.
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      Welcome news! Supermart's prices to be cut
      312 2 CUSTOMERS at NTUC Welcome supermarkets will find prices cut by up to 15 per cent in a six-week exercise starting a fortnight from now. The exercise will bring prices down to those of the Silo supermarket chain, which is known for its low
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    • Article
      Clerk stole friend's pay packet
      132 2  -  By OEI SIN GIOK AN INTERPRETER clerk in the Internal Security Department stole her colleague's pay packet, a Magistrate Court heard yesterday. Chow Siew Puay, 20, admitted to the Magistrate, Mr Ibrahim Ismail, that she stole her colleague's pay packet from her handbag last Wednesday.
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    • Article
      How not to be dengue fever breeder
      225 2 MOSQUITOES carrying dengue haemorrhagic fever breed even in the upper floors of highrise buildings, the Ministry of the Environment warned yesterday. "Children are particularly vulnerable, so please make sure you don't leave water stagnant for more than a week," a spokesman said. The
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      Lock icon That once-in-a-lifetime sale
      76 2 Sungei Road stallholder Um Ah Seng (abova) geta ready for tha once in a lifetime sale in Singapore's "Thieves' Market". The stallholders there should have moved out of the area yesterday, but the deadline haa been extended until Auguat 9. In the laat few daya, they are
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      Aussies will deploy warplanes here periodically
      127 2 AUSTRALIA will periodically deploy fighter aircraft at Tengah, the visiting Defence Minister lan Sinclair said yesterday. This would help maintain the effectiveness of the air defence system, he explained. Addressing a press conference before leaving for Manila, Mr Sinclair also said that F-18s would
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      Employees returned to steal $12,000
      148 2 TWO FORMER employees at the Parkland Golf Driving Range on East Coast Parkway, returned to the range in June through the ceiling, to carry out a robbery. Hani! Mohd Sidek, 26, and Sheikh Asraf Afrida Sheikh Zain, 24, entered the roof of the building on
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      Five-year legal dispute settled
      164 2 A LEGAL dispute which began in 1978 has been settled. Chartered Development Services, Mr Thio Gim Hock and Mr Tan Soo Siah sued Jack Chia-MPHj its subsidiary Sunwell, and Mr Jack Chia, chairman, and Mr Liew Shou Kong, director, of JC-MPH and Sunwell. The plaintiffs alleged
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      Tight rein on charities
      380 3  -  0 Charities Commissioner to be appointed All charities to be registered Proper accounts needed By JACKIE SAM IF CHARITY workers are pestering you, do not worry. The government is going to bring all charities under proper control and administration. After years of public and private complaints,
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      One third of Cabinet may go on pension – without leaving office
      317 3 One third of Cabinet may go on pension without leaving office ONE THIRD of the Cabinet led by the Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew may soon go on pension without leaving office. A Bill before Parliament will put them on the same footing as administrative officers who can begin
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      Man fell to death after branch snapped
      104 3 A MALAYSIAN fell to his death yesterday while felling a tree near the junction of Nassim Hoad and Lermit Road in the Orchard Road area. Salim Saidi, 29, had climbed a roadside tree and was about 21 metres up when a branch snapped.
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      N-Day T-shirts on sale
      84 3 FROM Thursday, August 5, National Day Tshirts will be on sale. They will come in two sizes, adult and child, and cost $4 and $3 respectively. Special souvenir colour brochures will also be available. The souvenirs will be available from the National Stadium (West Entrance); Jurong
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      Drastic drop in VD
      507 4  -  Fortnightly medical checks of prostitutes the reason Medical File By RAADHIKA MAHADEVAN THE Middle Road Hospital programme of fortnightly medical check-ups for prostitutes has brought about a drastic drop in. the number of people contracting syphilis each year. It has also succeeded in reducing the rate
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      Gearing up for the scarlet scourge
      448 4  -  By SIT YIN FONG A WORLD Health Organisation invitation to Singapore to attend a coming Geneva seminar is linked to concern over a venereal scourge named Herpes, which has recently exploded in the United States into a full-fledged epidemic. There is a danger that
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      'Courtesy is vital in business ventures'
      266 4 COURTESY is not just an empty word, but can be a vital factor in a business venture such as an airline. Asian airlines such as SIA, Japan Airlines and Cathay Pacific are more popular because of the courteous, friendly and more personalised service of
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      Zoo's animals cheer up blind and partially-blind
      168 4  -  by PAT D'ROSE IT WAS all the fun of the fair for the Singapore Association for the Blind yesterday at its premises especially with the presence of a few guests like a slithering python, a shy orangutan called Tavf, a pampered young goat,
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      'Don't play God but care for individual'
      185 4  -  By JULIE LIAU DOCTORS in their desire to "treat" society may lose their single-mindedness and forget to treat the patient as an individual. Speaking at the First Asian Pacific Nurses' Convention at the Hyatt Hotel, Dr Gwee Ah Leng, a private practitioner and
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      Computer as teacher's assistant
      249 5  -  USEFUL FOR SLOWER PUPILS By JALIL MISWARDI STUDENTS can look forward to having a computer as their teacher. A team from the Ministry of Education is studying how computer-aided instruction (CAI) can be used in schools. Announcing this yesterday at the annual dinner of the Singapore
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      The selfish ones who only take...
      275 5 Teamwork and individualism are compatible. That was the theme of an address at the Polytechnic's convocation yesterday. Elsewhere, the Home Minister sounded a warning against extreme forms of individualism. This report starts with the danger signals hoisted by him. STUDENTS in Singapore have been
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      New Joo Chiat Complex – with rooftop garden
      114 5 New Joo Chiat Complex with rooftop garden A ROOFTOP garden and plaza will be one of the many features of a housing and shopping complex being built on the site of the old Joo Cniat Market. Phase One of the HDB project, which is highlighted in this edition of Our
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      95 5 Remember how you felt the last time. How you'd rather be left alone. And how everything you did seem to turn out all wrong. Well, all of us face the misery of headaches, temperatures and other minor ailments sometimes. What you need at such times is quick relief before the
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  • world
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      Lock icon More arms to defend W. Beirut
      179 6 Reuter BEIRUT, Saturday PALESTINIAN guerilla leader Yasser Arafat has ordered his men to strengthen the defences of besieged West Beirut following yesterday's Israeli air and artillery attacks. The Palestinian news agency Wafa said Mr Arafat gave the order because he and other leaders of
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      Lock icon Another three tourists missing
      130 6 UPI HARARE (Zimbabwe), Saturday THREE more British tourists were missing in Zimbabwe today, but they disappeared far from the area where dissidents kidnapped six other westerners and threatened to execute tnem. The six westerners held hostage by dissidents linked to ousted cabinet minister Joshua Nkomo but
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      Lock icon Rodeo after the rains
      60 6 AP CHEYEYENNE (Wyoming), Saturday GREG Mindeman mod a neighbourhood steer engage in a mod-soaked test of wills daring the steer wrestling competition on Thursday at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo. The ring, riders and animals had been drenched by three days of rain, making for slippery
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      Lock icon Japan missions to get extra security
      327 6 UPI SEOUL, Saturday SOUTH Korean authorities have increased security around Japanese missions following death threats from callers enraged by Japanese textbooks that re-write preWorld War II history, officials said today. Police posted 50 plainclothesmen near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul and stationed six additional
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      Lock icon China reveals Japan's germ warfare tests
      255 6 Reuter PEKING, Saturday CHINA described today bow Japanese militarists carried out germ warfare experiments on Chinese civilians during World War 11. The article in the China Youth News represented Peking's latest display of anger over the revision of Japanese high school textbooks glossing over
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      Lock icon World Briefs
      156 6 UPI MOSCOW Two cosmonauts set a Soviet space walk record yesterday on their 78th day aboard the Sa-lyut-7, working outside the Orving laboratory for 2 hours and 33 minutes, Radio Moscow reported. The previous record of 7 hours 1 minute was set during the US Skylab 4 mission
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      Lock icon Argentine civil servants lose pay
      358 7 Talks avert transit workers' strike UPI BUENOS AIRES, Saturday THE cash-strapped military government scrambled yesterday to pay its employees. It avoided another crisis when transit workers called off a strike. Over 200 clerical workers in the Economy Ministry protested on Thursday night that they had
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      Lock icon Falklands War lost due to dud bombs
      259 7 WP-LAT WASHINGTON, Saturday A SENIOR British commander has told the Pentagon he would have recommended withdrawing his country's fleet from the Falklands rather than accept losses it would have suffered if all the Argentine bombs put on target had exploded, a Pentagon official
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      Lock icon Royal intruder may be royal kin
      97 7 AP LONDON, Saturday WHEN Michael Fagan eluded Buckingham Palace security and enterea Queen Elizabeth Il's bedroom three weeks ago, he might have been on a family visit. The Times of London's Diary column reported yesterday that genealogists had discovered her great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was one Patrick
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      Lock icon Soviets denied recreation passes
      158 7 UPI GLEN COVE, New York Saturday OFFICIALS of Glen Cove, a seaside town, have denied recreational passes to Soviet UN personnel. The passes for golf courses, tennis courts and beaches were revoked in May after reports of espionage at a Soviet-occupied mansion in the town. The
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      Scientists, ignoring objections, publicly unwrap 700-year-old mummy
      266 8 IGNORING objections from an American Indian group, scientists in a crowded world's fair amphitheatre in Knoxville, Tennessee, unwrapped a 700-year-old Peruvian mummy and found the remains of a 2 ft-year-old child. The child probably died of malnutrition, University of Tennessee forensic pathologist William
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      Rise and fall of a dog of war
      483 8 John Peer Nugent wet for meny years Neweweek's Bureeu Chief in Africe end is now et work on e book ebout thet continent Here, with his intimete knowledge of merceneries, he writes ebout the decline of the most femous end controversiel of
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      Lock icon Where have all the teddy bears gone?
      109 8 AP DERBY (Britain), Saturday NURSES at Derby Royal Infirmary used medical know-how to solve the case of the missing teddy bears. They noticed the bears were leaving the hospital at the rate of 10 a month, the likely culprits being children, who had
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      Lock icon Fiery chain-reaction accident in France kills 53 people
      193 8 AP MERCEUIL (France), Saturday A FIERY chain-reaction accident involving two buses and five cars on a slick highway today in east central France killed at least 53 people, mainly children going to holiday camps, police said. Scores of others were injured in
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      Lock icon Don't rely on us for loans, US tells Indira
      401 8 LAT/ WP LAT/WP WASHINGTON, Saturday THE REAGAN administration has told India that it should in future turn to commercial financing on the world market rather than rely heavily on USbacked concessional loans, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said after two days of
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      Lock icon Manila angered by BBC report
      383 9 Other side absent minister Reuter MANILA, Saturday A BRITISH television film which presented an opposition man's view of the Philippines and its government has provoked a sharp response from an administration unused to such critical analysis at home. At the same time, the film, shown
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      Lock icon 'ARTIFICIAL HEARTS WILL HELP HUNDREDS BY END OF DECADE'
      131 9 AP NEW YORK, Saturday "RESEARCHERS are now confident that artificial hearts will be prolonging hundreds of lives by the end of this decade," Business Week says in its August 9 edition. The magazine said permission for an artificial-heart transplant was K
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      Lock icon IN BRIEF
      175 9 Reuter PEKING New Chinese regulations call for encouraging students who pay their own way to go abroad to study, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. It said that under the new rules, when these students return, they will be assigned >york like those sent by the
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      Lock icon Filipina bests 18 to win Miss Asia title
      62 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Filipina Ma Del Carmen Ines d.a. Zaragoza won the Miss Asia Quest beauty title here this morning, beating contestants from 18 other nations. She came in ahead of New Zealander Rosa Maria Misa, who was awarded second place.
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      107 6 MEENA celebrates its 15th Anniversary, jk New branch opens at No. 7, Cuff Road, m Top quality sarees and textiles on sale ri at bargain prices! Sarees in the latest designs at $10, $14 and $18 #1 With free gifts for every purchase at the Ifl new branch. Plus gift
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      198 7 rr£fl\ears of Coiifo^ Special Commemorative Offer This year Contax celebrates its golden anniversary. To mark this auspicious occasion, we're offering the CONTAX 139 Quartz and the CONTAX 137 MD Quartz at specially reduced prices. Plus, we're also giving away, with every purchase of either camera, a commemorative model of the
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      172 9 When you buy Essogas, you're getting full weight and full value. Now our new seal on the cylinder is your guarantee that you are getting your full money's worth without risk of being shortchanged by unauthorised suppliers. Before each cylinders capped with J the special Essogas foil seal, it is
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  • insight
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      Don't bypass the past
      961 10  -  WE LOOK forward with confidence to the future, but we forget our past. History has many lessons for us, especially the young, but in our schools it is little more than a dry, dull subject. GUAN MING reports. Are you aware that a group of S'poreans
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      Memorising facts and dates won't do, students must be more analytical
      626 10 VIEWS of Dr Ernest Chew, associate professor in the History Department, NUS. He waa chairman of the History Textbooks Committee and Chief Examiner when the DeCirtment was examining Avel History. On history teaching in schools: We feel students have
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      Operator's hang-ups
      332 11  -  Hobson's Choice By RODNEY HOBSON Hobson: Could I speak to Mr So-and-So? Switchboard girl: Who is speaking. Hobson: Rodney Hobson of the Singapore Monitor. Switchboard: I'm afraid Mr So-and-So is out of town. This sort of senseless conversation, prevalent in Hong Kong, appears to be catching on here.
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      Birthday blues for CISCO
      444 11 COMMERCIAL and Industrial Security Corporation (CISCO) was born a decade ago in 1972. So Many Happy Returns. But where is your new birthday suit? You have come a long way from the day when the former Police Guard and Escort Unit was reorganised and replaced. Way
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      Little India alive!
      581 12/13 Boom times are back in Serangoon Road THE INFLUX of immigrant labour from India it having a big impact on Serangoon Road. The ralantless pace of urban renewal seemed on the point of wiping out this Indian corner of the island. But what's happening now? New neon
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      Watergate the (expletive deleted) musical
      1142 14  -  A show that is sympathetic towards disgraced President Nixon A spotlight comes up on stage. A dispirited Richard Nixon is alone in the Oval Office, packing up a few belongings in a cardboard box before relinquishing once and for all his grip on the presidency.
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      I don't condone Nixon but as an actor, I have to play what the play says
      377 14 GENE BARRY: GENE BARRY carries a heavy load on his shoulders. He eases into a formica chair in the greenroom of the Alliance Theatre, and then announces in stentorian tones: "The responsibility has fallen
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      Battling Yaps
      453 15  -  Husband and wife fight against cancer FACE to FACE CANCER is a dreaded disease, one of the top killers today. At a large cancer hospital and research institute in the United States, two young Singaporeans are helping to develop new ways of treating cancer. They are associate professors
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      THE FUTURE
      233 15 THE YAPS are torn between continuing their work in the United States and returning to Singapore which they still regard as home. "My wife and I have a lot of committments in Houston to our individual research work, the teamwork with our colleagues and to the Hospital and
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      Torn between family and career
      582 15 "IF I had the chance to live my life over again, I am certain I would not do medicine.' Professor Yap-Whang Hwee-Yong, a woman who overcame language and cultural barriers to study medicine, who has developed new treatment for breast cancer and who still devotes
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      36 10 FACE TO FACE CANCER is one of the top killers today. In the US, two young Singaporeans are helping to win the battle against the dreaded disease. They talk about their work and their life. Al5
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  • Sunday nation RACING GUIDE
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      HOME COURSE WIN BY BALIK PULAU?
      314 17  -  By B J SMITH PENANG-trained Balik Pulau which won his last start at Singapore, should win Race Six today on his home turf. This four year-old chestnut gelding has been racing very consistently lately, having ran two seconds prior to his win at Singapore
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      Leading trainers
      179 17 1st 2nd 3rd Ivan Allan 55 29 23 Teh Choon Bang 40 37 34 George West 36 28 44 Gary van Breukelen 30 17 9 M. Ismail 24 22 21 Tan Lye Hup 24 7 10Vfe Samsuii Rahman 23 30 24 P.K. Leong 21 15Vfe 31 Garnet Bougoure
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      Stipe's report from Saturday
      1138 17 Race 1: Pulau Tioman V (B. York) was difficult to be boxed, delaying the start. The stewards ordered that the gelding be required to pass one' starting stall test before its next start. C.H. Chua on Exterminator was advised to exercise better control over his mount
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      Leading jockeys
      167 17 1st 2nd 3rd Terry Lucas 35 17 12 Atwin Tweed ie 34 22 34 Leslie Khoo 31 17 22 A.K. Cheam 27 30 26 George Pod more 24 14 21 Vfc *S.Y. Leong 19 17 13 Brian York 17 14 9 M.C. Lam 14 21 Vfe 7 Y.K.
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      Hawaiian Song wins in record time
      277 20  -  By B J SMITH IVAN Allan-trained Hawaiian Song flew over the 1400-metre Penang course in record time to win Race 6 yesterday. This well bred New Zealand gelding by Zamazaan was first out of the barrier and led all the way, winning bv over
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      RESULTS FOR SATURDAY'S RACES
      1210 20 RACE 1 Class 4 Div B 1200 m Stakes *13,000 1 Br an Us S3 Foo (4) 1 3 Forty Miiilei S3 Aadrews (S) 2 6 Sherimoar S3 Podmore (I) 3 Owner Brantas Stable. Trainer Oaman bin Sariman. Distances: 8, IK, 2^ Time: 1:13.3 Tote: Penang
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      Gurkhas for Cup
      152 20 FOR the first time for many years, the Singapore Turf Club has obtained the services of a brass band to entertain patrons at the October Gold Cup meeting. The Gurkha Military Band will play during the intervals between races and if the reaction is similar to that
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    RACE CARD
    3921 18 M 1 2.15 Class 4 Div A 1200m am M (Restricted Terms KqA 3,4 5 year olds) Stakes $13,000 J 1 35 Peecamakar 87 Tweedie (3) 4bnzg Za*r. Peace .W9/5 C4-A 57 Twaadto S1200g Freedom Rghter let 1.114 4-5-1 StA 11/7 C4-A 57 Poifcnore S1200g Winning Streak let
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
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      31 20 BIG SWEEP FIRST: ***** SECOND: ***** THIRD: ***** STARTERS: ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** CONSOLATION: ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
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  • sports
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      Former swim star Pat Chan in squash controversy
      440 22  -  Squash By KEN JALLEH Jr. FORMER Singapore swimming star Patricia Chan was again in the limelight yesterday and the centre of a controversy. Times Organisation had fielded Patricia as their No. 1 player in the semi-finals of the Anchor Business Houses women's
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      Second seed Suria makes it to the final
      249 22  -  By JOVITA TOH THE Pesta Sukan under--18 boys' hardcourt title is within the grasp of second seed, Suria Armanshah. He feels confident, after an easy passage to the final, thrashing unseeded Ronnie Wee 6-1, 6 4. in the semi-final yesterday at the
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      Lock icon Gloom at Silverstone
      141 22 Reuter SILVERSTONE, Sat AN AIR of gloom hangs over tomorrow's British 500 cc motorcycle grand prix following Wednesday's three-bike pile-up at Riverstone which left Barry Sheene in hospital with fractures in every limb. Sheene, Britain's most popular rider and world champion in 1976 and 1977, is making
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      Lock icon Grand prix back to shortened circuit
      140 22 Reuter FRANKFURT, Sat WEST GERMANY'S Formula One grand prix motor race wul return to the notorious Nuerburgring circuit in 1984 for the first time in eight years, the organisers said this week. The grand prix was moved to Hockenheim in 1977 after Formula One
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    • Sportsnips
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        Dai Qunxian who? Oh, the swimmer...
        105 22 CALL THEM Dai Qunxian, Xu Shu, Chen Meibin, Li Mei Mei, Zheng Ailing and probably no one would bat an eyelid. But call them Tay Khoon Hean, Gillian Chee, Chan Mui Pin, Lai May May, Iris Tay and swimming fans would immediately v sit
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        South of France beckons divers
        105 22 GREAT NEWS for local divers: You stand a chance of visiting the resort island of Bendor off the South of France from Sept. 20-25. All you'll have to pay for the sixday dive tour will be the air fare. Soxal, in conjunction with La Spirotechnique,
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        Week-long shooting contest from today
        97 22 THE SINGAPORE Rifle Association is celebrating its 120th anniversary by hosting an international shooting tournament starting today. The following 12 teams will be competing in the week-long tournament: New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Hongkong, Macau, Safsa, Safra, Police, New Zealand Force, Swiss Club and Singapore
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      Challenger Ballas in a corner
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        550 21 Tennis SYDNEY,Sunday MARTINA Navratilova threw a scare into the organisers of the *****,000 Australian women's indoor tennis tournament on Friday night when she injured a hip muscle during a second round singles match. Navratilova, the world's leading woman player, had the injury treated yesterday but
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        297 21 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday GHANA will replace Pakistan in the Merdeka soccer tournament to be played here from Aug 522, the Football Association of Malaysia announced yesterday. The FAM also said that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will take part after all. The UAE
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        336 21 Golf OAKVILLE (Ontario), Sunday BRUCE Lietzke bogeyed his final hole on Friday and dropped back into a tie for the lead with firstyear professional Hal Sutton after 36 holes of the U*****,000 (about S|900,000) Canadian Open golf championship. Both finished with
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        214 21 GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), Sunday WORLD water polo champions Italy went down 9-8 to European titleholders West Germany in a knife-edge match during the first round at the World swimming championships being held here. The surprise result, clinched by West Germany in the last
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      435 23 Striker fails to meet age limit SINGAPORE'S first-choice striker Tahir Bujang is INELIGIBLE for the Asian Youth Group Two soccer tournament. Shock went through the Lion City Hotel when Singapore official realised on the eve of the tournament that the First Division Tampines Hovers star was 72 days
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      219 23  -  FEEDBACK Issue in sports By SURESH NAIR TO ERR is human.So let us not throw brickbats at the Singapore camp bat offer a big bouquet for their bola admission Defore the team managers' meeting that there was a technical error in star striker Tahir Bujang's eligibility.
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      219 24  -  We turn from passive sleepwalkers to brilliant team By SURE3H NAIR SINGAPORE 3 MALAYSIA 1 THREE second-bait goals epitomised Singapore's brilliant fightback to score 3-1 in a come-from-behind win over Malaysia in the Asian Youth Group Two Soccer Tournament at the National Stadium last
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      206 24  -  By SURESH NAIR CHINA 4 HONG KONG 0 IT WAS the simplest of opening matches for China, who were hardly stretched in this convincing win in the Asian Youth Group Two Soccer Tournament match at the National Stadium last night The Chinese, who led 2-0 at half-time, brandished
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        383 33  -  Heart EART with NALLA TAN QUESTION: /am in love with a married man. We share the same interests and can really communicate. We are also in the same organisation and I have ample opportunity to work with him. This only makes things harder
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        322 33  -  Psych-lines By Wong Chai Kee Wong Chai Kee is a Melbourne-trained psychologist and an associate therapist with the Counselling and •Ostre Centre. JOHN was making advances at Ivy when she shouted: "You animal!" Ivy might have felt that John treated her as a sex object. On
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        321 33 QUESTION: I'm desperate. I've been out with many girls before and I've had many affairs, some of which have been quite serious. But so far, I've been unable to appreciate any of them beyond their obvious physical attractions. None of them has appealed
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      809 34 FOLLOWING a spate of rumours that she was near death from cancer, actress Ingrid Bergman, 67, issued a statement that was published in the London Daily Mail, in which she said: "I'm not as young as I used to be, but I'm fine. I'm not
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      374 41  -  By MICHAEL GARTNER A NEWSPAPER article said: "A depressive episode can last months, even years, and results in insomnia, total disinterest in work, sex and food, and immeasurable emotional pain." That usage of disinterest is all right, but the sentence would have been better had
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      373 41 BOOKS Kenneth Datvid Kannda Kaunda on Viotonc# By Kenneth David Kaunda Sphere Booka Reviewer: EDMUND LEOW PRESIDENT Keaaeth Kaaada of Zambia is a black Africaa committed to ending apartheid in soathern Africa. For more than three decades he has led aad encouraged various nntionalist movements
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      531 41 Tlm Complete Guide to Electronic O—ie» By Howard J Blumenthel Sphere Books Reviewer: T C Koh AS ELECTRONIC games carved for themselves a comfortable niche in the local game market, guide books began to drift steadily into bookstores. While many of the previous publications met with little
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      302 41 LAT-WP THERE was a time in England, it is said, when tuxedoes were not worn to an event at which women were present. These days, it may well be the women who are wearing the tuxes. Putting a woman in full-fledged blacktie regalia is
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      1112 42 KEBABS HOUSE, 27 A Lorong Liput, Tel: *****23 a true international marriage. FRENCHMAN Andre Pophillat. 35, and his Singapore Chinese wife have scored a first in Singapore with their Kebabs House. The food, originally Turkish, has been popularised in Europe by the Greeks who added their distinctive pita
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      148 27 Late changes This TV guide was prepared in advance. Programmes are accurate up to the time of publication. Late amendments by SBC or RTM will be carried in Page .2 of our main section. Our pre-focus lens adds a new dimension to the word 'focus'. Unlike conventional TVs. Nationals Quintrix
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      938 27 tv Serialisation: A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME Episode 15 16 (Today: Ch. 8 t 9.20 pm) Merchant wants to pay for an OBE THE STORY LAST WEEK: Min and Ma's romance floundered when Luo Hui discovered his son-in-law's infidelity. He threatened to expose Ma unless Min is left alone.
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      216 27 Highlights TERROR OUT OF THE SKY (3pm, Ch. 5): A sequel to The Savage Bees, this is all about the little stingers threatening a new invasion. Two bee specialists and a free-lance pilot set out to prevent this. Efrem Zimbalist Jr is one of the specialists and Tovah Feldshuh is
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      737 28/29 HKjH H[>f LITY ST 1 RFCK MONDAY LUXMAN CHANNEL 5 3.00 OPENING FOLLOWED BY ON THE WATERFRONT (C) (r). 4.00 ERICA (E). More lessons in needlecraft with Erica. 4.30 VEENA RECITAL BY PATHMAVATHI (T) (r) (Last in series). 4.55 ANIMALS IN ACTION: Parenthood (E). 5.20 LITTLE KIDS DYNAMITE ALL-STAR BANO
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      712 28/29 Tv guide UL 7 IMAI t Hi :i'! M(i or.'f'ONl N] I TUESCAY LTTXMAN CHANNEL 5 3.00 OPENING FOLLOWED BY CROCO DILE TEARS (C) (r). 4.30 AFTERNOON MATINEE: Sunny Side Up (E) (B/W). 7 See highlights 6.15 NEWS (E). 6.25 MARI MEMASAK (M). 6.55 YOGI'S GANG (E). 7.20 SHARE A
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      716 28/29 WEDNESDAY LUXMAN U; '•■JM.VTI -M: CHANNEL 5 CHANNEL 8 3.00 OPENING FOLLOWED BY THE JAWS (C) (r). 4.35 THE ADVENTURES OF GULLIVER (E): The Masquerade. 5.00 THE NEW ED ALLEN SHOW (E). 5.25 THE WORLD ABOUT US (E) (r). See highlights 6.15 NEWS (E). 6.25 CAMP WILDERNESS (E). 7.00 HAPPY
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      142 30 I the latent \r'e called INVENTION/ PRy THE SHOWER I CLEANING BLOWS HOT !v >irr^ ft F TEE-HEE/ HE DOESN'T KNOW/ KNOW WM4T? BECAUSE CAT£ WATER/ THAT'5 WHY/ > WHY NOT < TAKE A SHOWER? ft I 'W m is r r r" \>. i *A 16- THAT WHAT PRY
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      174 31/32 l n :»':'l'V If'• -Js-TT y g >V" <fj Yt j! •i 4 m yj %a r r- c T 3 JM BATMAN HAS &9GU\SGD HIM&SLF No CI ARK KKNT, TO PROVKCT MUAIfWMAATS aecRfT fPffmry/i ...TWC CRIMINALS OF METROPOLIS ARB HAVIN0 A F/£LP Off... r# IIS 1 MM III 7/
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      274 31/32 Elvis signs a recording contract... •V KTW W? OF A WHOLE ERA OF POP MU«I£ 50N' SNGF MLLIKE DORIS DAY AND DEAN MARTIN WIRE TOPPING THE o IV! s s IF 4*«tqy MOW WRONG HE WASIN TIME, SINATRA WAS DESTINED TO ENGAGE EMS FOR A SPECIAL SHOW AT AN ASTRONOMICAL
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      659 36 ~%_?--:+`(/_(}.~=$()&<=.%/!'\') Your Sunday movie guide THE SOLDIER'S STORY Lido (*****14) 11 am, 1.45pm, 4, 6.45, 9.15 DOCUMENTARY film of the war in Vietnam. The commentary, spoken by an American and a Vietnamese, is taken from recollections of combatants. This is not a political statement, but a soldier's eye view of
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      122 39 DALLAS 4^ s.ia r>^/A 'v \JBy> s<* r .?«5'5, r *-V r^-' vV" I Ft) NOT KNOW YET, SENORA-AN AIRPORT TAXI JUST PROVE UP/ U "^Vv V J .k •< v r WHAT IN THE WORLP VOU POIN' HERE FRANK P -If /MIW r-'i 3T a 'V f yvu'RE suppose?
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      124 40 Just onetouch National's latest NV-300 EN with OTR, one touch timer recording. This means when friends visit you while you're watching your favourite programme, one touch will instruct the NV-300 EN to record the rest of the programme and you won't have to miss a thing. The NV-300 EN, the
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      681 40 tv guide This week's highlights MOVIES Shades of Doc Frankenstein SUNNY SIDE UP Tuesday 4.30 pm Ch 5 This one really goes back into the days when movies first became talkies. A 1929 musical, it tells the Cinderella-like tale of a slum girl who falls in love with a rich
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