New Nation, 4 August 1982

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    19 1 new nation PUBLISHED BY THE SINGAPORE MONITOR LTD. Wednesday, August 4, 1982 M.C. (P) .No. 19/5/82 30 cents I
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    • Article
      You can keep those fancy licence plates after all
      171 1 SINGAPORE: Owners of cars with fancy registration numbers can keep their treasured licence plates after all! The Registry of Vehicles has decided to continue allowing owners to retain these numbers for use on new cars. Mr Lee Yew Kim, the Registrar
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      Lock icon UN observers ordered in
      61 1 Reuter UNITED NATIONS: Secretary General Javier Perez De Cnellar said today he had ordered UN observers into Beirut without waiting for Israel's response to the Security Council plan for monitoring the ceasefire. The first group would immediately set up observation ports in territory under Lebanese control,
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      Lock icon The Welfare Cadillac
      61 1 UPI ALEXANDRIA (Louisiana): A woman whose licence plate boasted "Welfare Cadillac" and whose children were members of the so-called "Gang of Five" burglary ring was sentenced to five years this week for welfare and foodstamp fraud. Irma Mae Smith, 34, was arrested on charges she defrauded the
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      Lock icon £1 million deposit box heist
      73 1 UPI LONDON: DetectiyeS hunting raiders who broke into a bank strongroom near London's jewellery quarter and cleaned out 120 safety deposit boxes said yesterday the take from the raid may have topped £1 million (553.7 million). Detectives said the safe deposit boxes were mainly owned
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    12 -hour solution
    598 1  -  6-month trial proves that half-day shift increases output and cuts overheads without ill side-effects By OEI SIN GIOK MANUFACTURERS are experimenting with a three-day working week with workers clocking in for 12 hours at a stretch. Contrary to expectations, there has been no increase in illness and
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    'It will result in higher productivity'
    175 1  -  r Dr Wong on that shift k By TOH SU FEN Ming Ike 12hoar shift to solve laboar shortage problems, expatriate maugers were toM this monuag. It Ml oftty resalted la but It a^^r which have tried It oat, Dr Woag Kwei Cbeoag, the
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    Lock icon One man's class war
    123 1 Reuter STAFFORD (Britain), Wednesday A WEST BERLIN doctor said today he uncospled a first class carriage from a British train because he was anti-aristocrat aad wanted to leave the first class passesgers behind. Dr Hermann Hartmut-Bade, 38, told a coart here he was a trade uniosist
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  • home
    • Article
      Honour your furniture deal, says Case
      393 2  -  By FAEZAH ISMAIL THINK twice before you order a new piece of fnraftare, becaaoe once yoa have pat dowa your deposit the chances of getting It hack are slim. The easterner, according to Mr Ivan Baptist, the execative secretary of Consamers' Association of Singapore
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      Now embassy contracts for servants
      500 2  -  Missions move to protect citizens By LEE CHIU SAN YOU have to sign an embassyprepared contract if you want a Filipino or Indonesian domestic servant. And you will have to pay her at least US|2OO (5*425) per month if she is a Filipino or $300
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      Locals go for Aussie tour guide
      76 2 SINGAPOREANS are showing great interest in visiting Australia if response to a new travel guide is anything to go In June, out of 14,320 requests for the 69-page book Visit Australia published by the Australian Tourist Commission (ATC) in Singapore, 6,500 came from Singaporeans.
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      A touch of class
      170 2 IT WAS a Founder's Day with a difference today for Fairfield Girls', the school which began with a class of eight demure girls In the front part of a Nonya house in Teluk Ayer Street. Next year Fairfield win move from its present premises In Nell
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    • Article
      Exams for special pupils
      202 2 EXCEPTIONALLY bright students will be able to sit a special examination the GCE A-Level Special in June next year. They can take the examination in 11 subjects Mathematics, English, History and Science subThese papers will be sat in addition to the normal GCE A Level examinations
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    • Article
      Bogus inspector swindles motorist on Johore highway
      335 2 A SINGAPORE businessman, who paid a $150 "fine" to a bogus traffic officer in Jonore, said yesterday that the pretender called himself Inspector Lingam. Mr Ng Hui Hong, 50, of Binchang Rise, said the man put on a very elaborate masquerade, which fooled
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    • Article
      Engineering faculty may soon split second class gradings
      166 4 SHOULD the National University of Singapore start classifying second class honours degrees in the engineering faculty into upper and lower divisions? Engineering lecturers were asked to consider this yesterday at the faculty's first staff meeting for the 1982-83 academic year. To date,
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      Breeding course for fish farmers
      177 4  -  Picture and story by CHUA NGENG CHOO INDUCED fish breeding or artificial spawning of fish using a hormone was taught to 14 Singapore fish farmers yesterday. They were attending a two-day course at the Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory in Sembawang. Mr George Tay Seng Hock, head
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      The flying doctor
      481 4  -  Heart surgeon flies in to do bypass operations By JULIE LIAU MORE than a dozen coronary artery bypass operations will be performed In Singapore in the next fortnight compared with 27 during the last six years. This is possible because Dr Victor Chang, a well-known heart surgeon
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    • Article
      Slop oil stolen for recycling
      86 4 SINGAPORE'S Marine Police are investigating the theft of slop oil in port waters. Nine people have been questioned in this connection. They work for a contractor who collects slop oil from vessels calling here and ferries it to the Sebarok Slop and Sludge Reception and
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      Unions made all the difference at BNP
      647 6  -  $QX?\ PRODUCTIVITY is a word Singaporeans have heard a lot about in the last two years. And we will continue to do so because the need for increased productivity is nothing short of vital to our continued stability and prosperity. Productivity is not
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      US computer experts to teach here
      181 6  -  By RAADHIKA MAHADEVAN AMERICAN computer experts will arrive in Singapore next year to work on new courses in computer education to be taught at the Institute of Systems Science (ISS). The ISS is an advanced graduatelevel institute which trains and educates executives, managers, computer
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      POP SNIPPETS
      161 6 IT'S all commonsense, this business of managing people. American Professor of Management, Dr Marvin Karlins, told me that this is the trouble with managers: "They say it's obvious that people need to be praised, but they don't take the trouble to do it." Instead they often do the
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      Physical education seminar
      36 6 A TWO-DAY physical education seminar will be held by the Ministry of Education, the Singapore Sports Council and the Singapore Physical Education Association at the National Stadium Theatrette on Aug 20 and 21.
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      FILM ABOUT ISLAM TO BE SHOWN
      261 7 A FILM about Islam, banned in Malaysia because of some historical inaccuracies, will be premiered here tonight at the Cathay cinema. And 250 of the tickets have been sponsored by the Malaysia Muslim Welfare Association (Perkim). Invitations to the premiere of The Message have
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    • Article
      Automated smoke test
      86 7 THE SMOKE emitted by diesel vehicles will be measured with more accurate instruments when Vtcom opens its diesel inspection lines in November. This will help to est down the complaints of diesel vehicle owners. Mr Raymond Lim, Vicom executive director, said a special pomp will draw a
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      THE ARISTOCATS
      160 7 By OEI SIN GK)K SOME of Singapore's richest cats live at the Bukit Timah Saddle Club. An American woman, Mrs Lea Gohiar, left the SO cats $10,000 in the Post Office Savings Bank seven years ago. When Mrs Gohiar left, Mrs Jopie Jessee took over their care. Eveiy
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      Better shape for beauty contests
      178 7 BEAUTY contests, long dismissed as nothing more than n entile market, will be given n slightly different image in this year's Miss Singapore/World contest. This year the contest is offering n $15,000 bnrsnry ns one of the top prises in a bid to attract brains
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      95 2 MODERN DESK EFFICIENCY LOOKS L IKE THIS Ilk' Vu i l)u'>: IN in! Di>pLiv \Kuiiinc liu: ::ic.»ris| li■. i r ?>■ < ■■e mm Sub-total/total are obtained with on# touch. 4-key independent memory abeorbe heevy woric loads •Built-in business brain tor parcantagaa direct answers to add-ons, discounts, ratios and increasa/decreaae
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      106 4 Graceful models from Elsa Yeo Agency are ready to siun and impress you with an extensive collection of exclusive swim/sports wear brought to you by Jantzen. While enjoying the fashion parade, treat yourself to an irresistible buffet spread. Superb dishes and an array of mouth-watering desserts will please even the
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      105 5 GREAT NEWS SAVE UP TO I i a i i 26' m s ERA Colour TV J I V PRICE SAVINGS CHART: De-luxe Console Yes, you definitely can. Save up to that much. If s because the Import Duty on Big Screen Colour TV has just been lifted. And we
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      64 6 i There's a specialised Flick treatment tor the control of cockroaches, rats, mice, termites, borers, spiders, ants, fleas, silverfish, moths and all household pests. REASONABLE RATES OBLIGATION FREE OUOTES PROMPT SERVICE #E XPERIENCED SERVICEMEN Call your local Flick Man now: *****4 v mt mmm. J FLICK PEST CONTROL PTE LTD
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      59 7 I ii tN •<»! m s.fu i»l«'11^ M r~ .ijiik" vm ><U Don't pay more than you have to for European styling. Ether from a tailor. Or a chic boutique. Buy Brentwood, off-the-peg. Superb cut v Fine tailoring. A wide choice of fabrics. All at Singapore prices. Brentwood. In leading
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  • world
    • World Briefs
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        Lock icon Slump in business confidence
        91 8 AP LONDON, Wednesday BUSINESS confidence has slumped dramatically as Britain drifts deeper into recession and manufacturing output declines, the nation's employers reported yesterday. The Confederation of British Industry, in its latest quarterly survey of 1,657 manufacturing firms, said nine out of 10 companies are short of
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        BB files law-suit
        74 8 PARIS FORMER international film star Brigitte Bardot has filed a lawsuit against a West German newspaper for portraying her in a June article as having "loose morals," court sources said Tuesday. The sources said the suit filed on Monday charged the West German Sunday newspaper Bild Am
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        Lock icon Gaddafi accuses the US
        66 8 UPI TRIPOLI LIBYAN leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi has accused the US of bribing African leaders to join a Moroccan-led boycott of the Organisation of African Unity's summit in Tripoli. Col Gaddafi made the changes at a state banquet on Monday night for Mozambican President Samora Machel,
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      Iraq wants $330b from Iran
      131 8 BAGHDAD, Wed IRAN and Iraq fought day-long battles in which "all kinds of weapons were used" and Iraqi troops killed 197 Iranians, a Baghdad communique said yesterday, while political sources In Teheran reported a power struggle aimed at rooting out^the radical elements of Ayatollah Ruhollah
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      Lock icon Water from a shell burst
      72 8 UPI An old man drinks water out of a tin in West Beirut, after scooping it up from the hole behind him, while other people fill bottles and containers. The hole was made by an Israeli shell which burst a water pipe. With no electricity
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      PLO poised for street fighting
      375 8 West Beirut turned into military fortress BEIRUT, Wednesday WITH 35,000 Israeli troops and 300 tanks poised to storm their last stronghold, Palestinian guerillas have turned their West Beirut enclave into a military fortress. The strategy of Yasser Arafat's fighters appears to be a gradual retreat
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      Lock icon Arafat spells out withdrawal terms
      203 8 Agencies BEIRUT, Wed WITH Israeli tanks massed on West Beirut's main gates, the Palestine Liberation Organisation declared yesterday it will leave the beleaguered Lebanese capital under international protection. The mid-city armour bulldujp sparked fears that a final Israeli assault Into the PLO's enclave might be
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon WASHINGTON:
        33 9 AP The US State Department said yesterday it cannot comply with the request of China to immediately return Chinese tennis star Hu Na, 19, who defected in San Francisco last month. AP.
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        Lock icon WASHINGTON:
        24 9 AP The US Senate armed services committee yesterday approved nearly all of President Heagan's U555.75 billion (Ssl2 billion) request for warhead production, -»AP.
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        Lock icon MANILA:
        27 9 UPI Philippine au- thorities yesterday expressed alarm at the expected increase in Malaysian palm oil production that could push world palm oil supplies this year. paet-
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        Lock icon SAN FRANCISCO:
        37 9 AP A US$6O million (Ssl26 million) suit has been filed by an export cooperative for northern California lumber companies against 27 Japanese firms, accusing them of conspiring to depress American wood chip export prices. AP.
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      Lock icon Ailing Babrak Karmal 'to resign'
      127 9 UPI ISLAMABAD, W«d Western diplomats said yesterday Soviet-in-stalled Afghan President Babrak Karmal may resign shortly because of ill health and reported other high level changes in his regime are imminent. Diplomats in New Delhi said the removal of Lt Gen Gul Ana as head of
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      Lock icon Kenyan rebels still holding out
      122 9 UPI NAIROBI, Wed Rebellious Kenyan Air Force fighters traded fire with government loyalists throughout the looted capital of Nairobi yesterday following their unsuccessful attempt to topple President Daniel Arap Moi. Despite a warning from Mr Moi that resistance will be "ruthlessly" crushed, officials said gunbattles
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      Lock icon Funds drive under review
      107 9 THE STAR KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday THE Education Ministry will "seriously consider whether to allow schoolchildren to collect funds" from the people, said its director-general Tan Sri Murad Bin Mohamed Noor. He said yesterday: "If we decide that they could do so, we will issue fresh guidelines
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      Lock icon REAGAN THE FARM BOY
      81 9 STATE CENTRE (Iowa): President Reagan may not be like the farm boy Ids predecessor Jimmy Carter is, bat he sure knows how to find his way about la a farm. And he was not even scared when a 1,700 kg well-wisher greeted him at the Dee
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      Lock icon 800,000 more refugees now
      341 9 UPI NEW YORK, Wed THE total number of people generally recognised as refugees increased worldwide by almost 800,000 this year, according to a survey by the US committee for refugees. The World Refugee Survey, released on Monday, estimated there are currently 10 million refugees, as compared
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      Lock icon 4,351 Afghans being airlifted to Turkey
      96 9 AP ISLAMABAD, Wednesday ONE of the biggest airlift operations since the Vietnam war got under way yesterday when the first batch of 4,351 Afghan refugees left Pakistan for new homes in Turkey. Yesterday's departure by Turkish Airlines DC--16 of 355 Turkomen tribesmen marked the
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      67 8 The exception that could prove to be the rule. t The Famous Groust* Finest Scotch Whisky of such exceptional quality that it commands a premium price. A SI'S) 5 V f K. fKEST Scotch Wiush SCOTH WHiSKIES BlCNOCOfcßOmit* 'Matthew Gloag&Son UdPerih.Scotland 0 IN iftOO AT THC SAMC Aoo*** 70 PBOOf
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      144 9 When it comes to Imported Vlckers furniture system or ergonomlc chairs, you'll simply adore them... i T m Especially at the Computer-age Designs. A showing of tomoriowis offices todap Office Here's the innovative showing of exclusive, imported ergonomic chairs (Drabert, Martin Stoll and Euroslt) and Vlckers office furniture which Include
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  • opinion / background
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      Lock icon Bold UN blueprint to help beat recession
      737 10  -  JOEL KURTZMAN, deputy director for the UN Institute for Training and Research in New York, comments on the UN's latest report with its unusually firm recommendations on reversing current worldwide recession. JOEL KURTZMAN LAT-WP IT IS hardly a cause for celebration when (he
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    415 10  -  By DELTA HONG I HEAR guests at the Dynasty have to get used to the new security system there. Instead of handing their room key to the front desk every time they go out which is the normal practice they have to keep it. "This way, the guests
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      107 10 BE A V, v IN THE SIfIGRPQRE SWEEP DRAW 9 82 TO BE HELD ON 7TH SEPT 1982 AT HONG LIM GREEN AT 6 30PM In PRIZE 2ND PRIZE 3rd PRIZE 4TH PRIZE STH PRIZE 5 JACKPOT PRIZES 10 LUCKY PMZES 25 GIFT PRIZES 25 CONSOLATION PMZES 80 PARTICIPATION PMZES
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  • opinion / letters
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      Ragging is nothing to cry over
      283 11 THE letter by SOTO-CLUB (July 31) has convinced me that our rugged society image has taken a beating and needs another boost. We are slowly but surely becoming a nation of softies. If the cream of our society and future leaders cannot take a
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      Silk shop decorator denies statement
      144 11 WE refer to you* report on July 28, 4ur the heading "Battle of silk shops." Id that report Co have qso ted as as vine told Mr Ng of Chinese Silk Hoose that we advised against copying the decor 100 per cent. We wish to
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      Doubt on donors dispelled
      153 11  -  DE CHAO TZEE CHENG Senior Forensic Pathologist Ministry of Health I REFER to the letter from "In Doubt" regarding his queries on the removal of an organ from a donor. (NN 12.7.82) I would like to inform the writer that the removal of an organ from
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      Fun at freshmen's expense
      279 11 I AM glad that New Nation has brought to public attention that ragging occurs in the university hostels, though not all of them. SOTO- CLUB was right when stating that ragging is not confined onlyto the Shea res Hall. It nas happened in the Raffles Hall,
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      The question is not whether but how much
      278 11  -  MARTIN MARINI THE recent press debate between Dr Ban Kah Choon and the NUS Student Union (Nussu) on its role in society is provocative. But both missed the real issues. The question is not whether, but how much, Nussu should participate in
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      Illegal structures
      53 11  -  HENG HIANG HIANG WE thank "Victimised" for letting us know that illegal structures have been erected in his neighbourhood (NN July, 27 '82). To enable our Development and Building Control Division to make an investigation, we would require his help. Please call us at *****11 ext 449 with
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      47 11 i r i o' Pi r {IRS cn any Sut)|PCt it)lf mVrost a.II t)H i?»» 1 ti.ir ;.'ul)iifcation s'lOU'il t> J typ»"l »n<l s,qr (5 T i>, ■n ki'lt 1 .f 1 1 .i >•,' ,IM. i p.pijcJonyn auu'll JS' 1 A Mr.'S', y -u' "■> ...m, i >< -t
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      183 11 m Get away from it all! The Merlin has the ideal getaway for you...Desaru Merlin Inn, just 88 kms northeast of Johor Bahru. Take advantage of our generous special rates of only 150 Nett per room per night. (Applicable from Sundays to Thursdays only. Not applicable during long weekends, eves
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      256 11 •?l w V'ft Great Man's attitude toward the world is such that he shows no preferences; but he is prejudiced in favour Wk of justice. Confucius TODAY is the 2l6th day of 1982. There are 149 days left in the year. On this day... 1578 Portugal's King Sebastian invaded Morocco
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      Lock icon Imprisoned minds
      658 12 / 13 Inside Soviet asylums, dissidents are treated for mental illness with painful drugs, kids are washed down with pressurised water to cure 'head troubles' and the phlegm of inmates are analysed to find a scientific cause for schizophrenia...Marc Boulet has the details IN the Soviet Union, mental asylums are
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  • business
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      Cheques to clear faster from Aug 28
      406 14 CHEQUES will be cleared through banks faster from the end of this month, when Singapore's automated clearing house comes into operation. The new system will virtually eliminate human error in crediting or debiting the wrong amount or account, since figures supplied by banks
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      Construction to be on approved list
      86 14 CONSTRUCTION work is to be included in the list of approved projects granted tax relief under Singapore's economic expansion incentives scheme. The proposal is in a Bill presented to Parliament. It amends existing legislation designed to encourage pioneer industries. Approved projects will include construction,
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      Lock icon OVERNIGHT WALL STREET
      65 14 AP r THE stock market started to lose ground in late trading yesterday after holding a broad advance for much of the session. The Dow Jones average of SO industrials, which after rising 13.51 points on Monday was up an- other five at one time on Tuesday,
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      HOW IT WORKS
      206 14 YOUR account is in Goodwill Bank's Scotts Road branch and you pay your car repair bill by cheque. The garage owner pays it into his account in Moneybox Bank's Jurong branch. Moneybox credits the garage owner's account pending clearance of the cheque and sends it with other
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      THE ADVANTAGES
      89 14 FOR the banks: Cheques need no longer be sorted before going to the clearing house, cutting down, staff. Branches can deal directly with the clearing house instead of with their head office. The system can cope with heavy, volume better than the manual system. FOR the customer: Cheques
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      Forex course to start in October
      332 14  -  By N BALAKRISHNAN THE long-awaited foreign exchange dealer training scheme will begin in October, the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) announced yesterday. Banking sources say, however, that the scheme is unlikely to solve the shortage of foreign exchange dealers soon because the most
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      Lock icon PRAI PROJECT'S APRIL COMMISSION DATE
      183 14 Star MA LA YW ATA Steel's $105 million expansion programme at its Prai premises is expected to be commissioned by April next year. The expansion will add 300,000 tonnes to Malaya wata's existing capacity of 170,000 tonnes. With the expansion, Malavwata will exceed the present
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    • Update
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      Midland Bank Group makes half-year pre-tax profit of £95m
      184 16 THE Midland Bank Group pre-tax profit for the half-year to June 30, 1982 is £95.1 million, compared with £104.5 million for the corresponding period last year. Interim dividend is unchanged at 8p share. Midland Bank has a branch in Singapore and
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      Sim Lim shares
      26 16 SIM Lim Finance plans to issue some shares to the public, the chairman says in the 1981-82 annual review of Sim Lim Investments.
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      Shangri-La profits
      35 16 SHANGRI-LA Hotel reported unaudited net profit before tax was $17.4 million in the six months to June 30, a 10.9 per cent increase of the $15.7 million at the interim stage in 1981.
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      1-for-3 bonus issue
      27 16 ASSOCIATED Plastics Industries proposes a one-for-three bonus issue. The directors expect to pay at least as much in dividends this year as last year.
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      NSTP subsidiary
      24 16 BERITA Information Systems has become a subsidiary of New Straits Times Press (Malaysia), which has acquired 180,000 of the 300,000 Berita shares.
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      Raleigh's acquisition
      25 16 RALEIGH Cycles (Malaysia) has completed the acquisition of 85 rir cent of shares of lywheel Rubber Works after receiving approval from the authorities.
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      Lock icon Bank Rakyat was 1.7m shares seller
      222 16 Star THE seller who disposed of a 1.7 million block of shares is Malayan Banking at a Erice of $6.60 per share In the open maret a fortnight ago is Bank Kerjasama Rakyat. The block of shares was bought by Singapore hotel tycoon, Tan
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      New directors of Dataprep S'pore
      73 16 MR Michael Tan and Mr Tay Chin Huat have been appointed to the board of directors of Dataprep Singapore, an associate company of Transmarco. Mr Tan has been appointed to the post of deputy chairman, Singapore. He holds this concurrently with his position as managing
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      Lock icon General Corp gets the go ahead for Contile
      160 16 STAR General Corporation has obtained the Capital Issues Committee's approval for its proposed acquisition of Contile. But CIC has deferred other acquisitions, notably that of Low Keng Huat Brothers Realty, Setapak Heights Development and Segambut Java. The proposed acquisition of Low Keng
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      Share prices drop over broad front
      140 16 Stock Market INCREASED selling in the afternoon caused share prices to fall over a broad front in quiet trading. Weakness in Hong Kong had an effect. The SES Industrial Index fell 7.19 points to 470.98, while the UOB Composite Index is close to 400
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      Lock icon Traders invited to South Pacific talks
      301 16 AP WASHINGTON, Wednesday GOVERNOR Peter Tali Coleman of American Samoa said yesterday that for the first time businessmen have been invited to attend the 22nd South Pacific conference, scheduled to be held at Pago Pago from October 23 to October 29. So far only
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      Briefs
      250 16 THE Foreign Investment Committee and shareholders have apEd Boustead Holdproposed acquiof shares held in Barlow Boustead Estates Agency by the Barlow Family Trust and R S Barlow. The acquisition is still subject to to the approval of the Capital Issues Committee. THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has queried General
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      The watchword in Hong Kong today is: Investor confidence
      809 17 HONG KONG, Wednesday HONG Kong is entering a crucial stage in the search for a settlement of its political future, putting investor confidence to the test. "Confidence is the watchword in Hong Kong," Financial Secretary John Bremridse said. "Developments in our
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      Lock icon Politics blocking end to rice surplus in Japan
      547 17 Reuter TOKYO, Wednesday THE Japanese government, caught between political expediency and economic rationale, has made virtually no headway in ridding the nation of the huge financial burden of supporting too many rice farmers. Rice is Japan's staple food and its most heavily
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      422 19 APPOINTMENTS THE SINGAPORE MONITOR LIMITED requires PASTE-UP ARTISTS Secondary 4 education Prepared to work on shifts No working experience is required. Attractive salary will be offered to the selected candidates. Fringe benefits include 2 1/2 months' annual bonus, free medical care etc. Interested persons please write in with full details
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      467 19 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Koli Kee San of No. 40 Lucky Heights, Singapore 1646 have applied for a WHOLESALE LIQUOR SHOP licence in respect of premises M/s Oriental Emporium Supermarket (P.P.) Pte Ltd (Warehouse Division), 65 Mohd Sultan Road, Singapore 0923 and that this application will be
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      565 20 This is Mankind's true triumph Does that surprise you? It shouldn't. Not when you stop and think about it. M ot y° u can due ■BHHKHHir wHHHHHHHH inland aDDreoiation to how verv imDorr > 1 'v I m P" y f5?4Mm® i-1. ttJk&S I l&iigiiti f,C Inland appreciation to how
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      Mighty Star worth keeping eye on
      488 21 MIGHTY Star is one bone worth watching in trackwork this week after his impressive second place last weekend. This New Zealand-bred gelding trained by Major Heddle has had nine starts on the local circuit and appears to have found his real form, judging from
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      Lock icon Peng Siong out but with a record
      438 21 Swimming^ GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), n 6aVi99Qßy SINGAPORE'S Ang Peng Siong yesterday smashed his own national 100 m freestyle record and bettered the standing Asian Games mark for the third time in less than six months at the World swimming championships being held here. Peng
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      Pesta meet is in shambles
      290 21  -  Racing By B J SMITH DUE to lack of entries, the deadline for the forthcoming Pesta Sukan meeting on August 14 has been extended one day and a new class has had to be introduced. It is believed that the Singapore Turf Club (STC) received
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      High Yield sparkles
      326 21  -  By TRACKSTAR GOODMAN Stable's High Yield, which is still a maiden, showed sparkling action in a workout on a good track at Penang yesterday. with New Zealand Jockev Brian York in the saddle, the Rlboboy three-year-old mare bowled along fluently In an effortless 600 m trial in
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      ROUNDUP
      351 21 ITALY will issue a special postage stamp by the end of the month dedicated to the Italian soccer team's victory in the World Cup, postal authorities In Rome announced yesterday. The 1,000 lire stamp will be designed by noted Italian painter Renato Guttuso. CAGLIARI, the Italian First Division soccer
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      Lock icon China canters in
      115 21 BONN, Wednesday CHINA'S football team won its match in Beijing by 8-0, but the opposition wasn't the one it expected and a Wast German soccer official here yesterday said diplomatic relations between Bonn and Beijing might well be soured as a result. The Chinese authori- ties, and
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      All systems go for Asian meet
      339 22  -  r Squash KEN JALLEH Jr IT IS all systems go for the Asian junior team squash championships! Singapore, which had volunteered to host the tournament in January on condition that at least eight countries take part, yesterday received entries from four more countries. Japan
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      Mavis to come back for SEA tourney
      209 22 Swimming SWIMMING international Mavis Ee will be back to boost Singapore's chances at the South-East Asia age-group swimmine c&ampionships in Toa Payoh next month. All she has to do to qualify is to submit her latest times to the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association,
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      Indonesian honour for coach Seng Quee
      224 22  -  Soccer By TEOH ENG TATT AFTER almost 25 years, Choo Seng Quee's contributions to Indonesian soccer were remembered at a simple ceremony at his Upper Serangoon home yesterday. The Singapore coach, who built up an Indonesian team into one of the strongest and most
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      FIERY FIONA...
      133 22  -  Tennis I By JOVITA TOH SHE stands 1.57 m tall, has fiery eyes, Gwerfiil strokes, strong serves and an pressive stamina all coming from her siae 10 feet. Her name is Fiona Tan and at 11 |rearaof age she plays a mean game of Having only beep introduced
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      Results
      316 22 Boys All 400 m freestvle Gp 1: 1 Soo-Tho Kok Mun 2 Oon Jin Gee S Carl Chan 4;24.1. Gp 2: 1 Alan .Hpang2 Ricky Tan 9 Andrew Tan 4:57.3. Gp S: 1 Alrin Um 2 Tan YuMeng 3 Ray 4*5 0.» 200 m free.Gp 4:1 Harold Gan 2
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      It was not his best shot
      116 22 Shooting SINGAPORE'S shooting pride, Mohd Nbor, failed to pat u what was expected of him ia the past two days. Noor, whose personal best score la the small bore rifle event Is 591 points, managed only a 585 to come la second, two points
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      Lock icon North Koreans rally to blast the Thais
      315 23  -  23rd ASIAN YOUTH (GROUP 2) TOURNAMENT 82 By SURESH NAIR THE unstoppable Korean guns fired their way to another ear-shattering victory as they bamboozled the Thais with this come-from-behind classic win at the National Stadium last night. But the Thai armoury were only
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      Fickle Filipino football makes Japan look good
      319 23  -  By KEN JALLEH Jr. JAPAN 6 PHILIPPINES 1 THE sleek, scarlet vehicle, fresh off the Japanese assembly line and displayed by the tournament s sponsors, Tan Chong and Sons, drew many envious glances at the National Stadium last night. But the 11 white-shirt-ed
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      Leading scorers
      79 23 6 Piyapong Pue-on (Thailand). 3 Razali Rashid (Singapore), Kim Chang D and Kim Seng Guk (both North Korea). 2 Mai Chao and Liu Qing (both China), Lim Hyun Ho (North Korea) and H. Sano (Japan). 1 V. Sundram Moorthy (Singapore), Narong Arjarayut and Atnaporn Phansook (both Thailand), T.
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      Lock icon WARNING FOR REBEL
      226 24  -  Fullback Abdullah Derus severely disciplined ♦Sift; 23rd ASIAN YDUTH (GROUP 2| TOURNMNENT-82 T .'< .'1 -l- A SURESH NAIR SINGAPORE fullback Abdullah Derus has been severely disciplined by team officials and almost certainty will NOT play any more matches for Singapore in the Asian Youth soccer tournament
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      Lock icon Lovely Chinese cuisine on tonight's menu
      570 24 A draw should satisfy Singapore SINGAPORE will need extraordinary effort and commitment just to hold on to a valuable onepoint draw against China in tonight's crucial Asian Youth soccer tournament match at the National Stadium (8.45). Nothing short of an eye-for-an-eye exchange on the
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      227 22 i=» Lb A Cut out ar^pin with other coupons. Posting instructions Appear below. Sea: Ags s v Occupation: Addrflt 9 .2. o.Ji J_Ji _A|X_E_R J__L 0_ W ATH E R FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW CUT HERE CLUES FOR OS-3 1. Ov«r thsrs 2. Having baan a
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      162 23 NEW PAPER IN TOWN AND ITS BRINGING YOU GRAND PRIZES! agfacoldr 100 POUR 24 CMKUVCt COUUEUft SINGAPORE COLOUR CENTRE ENDORSES A GREAT NEW PAPER AND FILMh Singapore's premier photo-processing service now endorses new Agfacoior paper and film. So you're assured of the best possible results in the shortest possible time
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      197 24 4 4 5» t«»v Soto Distributor Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia A PhlHlppmes UNCLE CHOO SPORTS CENTRE Unit 232, 2nd Floor, Plaza Singapura, Orchard Road, Singapore 0023 Tel: 3379*54 Authorized Retailers City Sports Shop Garuda Sports Metro Golden Mile* Metro Grand* Metro Orchard Singapore Shul Hing Vegolf Enterprise Fisher-Price Toys keep their
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      Ava Gardner comeback
      210 25 THE movie fans are accustomed to the "farewells" of Ava Gardner, the legendary beauty of the 50's. In the 60's, she broke her contract with MGM, with 55 Days in Peking, slated to be her last film. Since then, Ava has made her occasional returns, but always
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      Hats off to good manners
      283 25  -  By CATHARINE FERNANDO WELL-DRESSED, well-man-nered young people everywhere that's the most wonderful point about modern Singapore, says 83-year-old Hans Schweizer-Iten. He is the author of the newlypublished book 100 years of the Swiss Club in Singapore and was in the Republic over the weekend when
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      She's now filming with Anthony Quinn in Rome
      170 25 Unlike many actresses who do their all to stay young forever, Gardner makes no secret of her fondness for whisk y, cigarettes, and young men. Gardner and Quinn's new film is being directed by Jeans Yves Prat, and is based on Pierre
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      Touchdown in Germany
      752 26  -  Twenty secondary school students recently went on a month-long language immersion programme in Monchengladbach, Germany. They are taking German as their third language at school, and each had won a place on the programme organised by the Education Ministry and the German Embassy, after going through extensive
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      Safety with LPG gas
      441 27 BOTTLED gas is a modern convenience in kitchens. Used properly, it is perfectly safe. But accidents can happen, especially so if some basic precautions are not taken. Here are eight tips on the safe use of LPG. They appear in the current Issue of Our Home,
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      Here's where you buy better poh piah skins
      369 28 / 29 makan kecil THE two best poh piah (bao bing or spring roll) wrappers in Singapore are to be found in Cninatown and the Joo Chiat area. CHOP CHUAN ANN at 38. China Street (Tel: *****8) is fitUngly located in the heart of
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        Kway pie tee shells
        671 28 / 29  -  Table Talk Today, for the adventurous, I have a recipe for Kway Pie Tee shell and Poh Piah filling. For the less adventurous, where you can buy ready-made Pie Tee shells and Poh Piah skins. with VIOLET OON KWAY pie tee and poh piah are very
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        Kway pie tee filling
        380 28 / 29 Ingredients 1 kg sweet turnip 800 g bamboo shoots (about 500 g when cleaned) 50 g garlic 3-4 tablespoons mashed salted brown soya beens called Dou Jiang 200 g belly pork with «kln 300 to 400 g small prawns 8 hard soya bean cakes 4 teaspoons
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        To serve
        91 28 / 29 You need Pie tee shells f Pie tee filling V* kilo medium sized prawns, steamed, peeled and halved 300 g steamed crab meat 1 bunch coriander plants, washed and cut into 1 cm lengths, discarding stalks (traditionally bnj coriander plants ware used but these are now not available.
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      Fresh chilly sauce
      78 28 / 29 Ingredients 150 g fresh, red chillies 6 cloves garlic, peeled 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons rice vinegar 5 small limes called "umau kesturi" 1 tablespoon sugar cop water Method 1) Remove stalks from chillies and pound. grind or process till smooth wttk ib garlic. 2) Mix all
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      Timbuktu — just managing to get there... ...is reward enough
      588 31  - Timbuktu just managing to get there... ...is reward enough NO, you eagle-eyed vulture. New Nation hae not made a mistake. There are actually two ways o! spelling the name of the place. The World Almanac 1981 spells It Timbuktu, while the Time Atlas of the World spells it aa in
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    Hong Kong's Rod Stewart
    474 30 %M 1 1 H%. by I FIRST heard him on an early morning radio programme in Hong Kong. A 1 so impressed with his easy deejaying and singing that I determined to find out more about him. All I knew was that he was a very
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      607 30 DR SMOCK HI.V6RN... > VA WANNA HAVg LUNCH? > By George Lemont i m I i m UiM ifi m M £1 m FRANK AND ERNEST By Bob Thaves SAY WHO'S THE LITTLE GO/AT THE END OF THE BAR *4 THE BAX BOY! m <.v; r 1 6 1* IsTM
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      1554 32 tv radio Magnum stalks strange triangle IN MAGNUM (8.40 pm Ch 5) an eccentric inventor. a beautiful author and a distraught senator's wife form the strange triangle surrounding Magnum as he tries to unravel a dangerous situation. Tom Selleck is Thomas Magnum. NOVA (10.10 pm Ch 5)c This documentary features
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