New Nation, 18 August 1982
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Title Section18 1982-08-18 1 new nation PUBLISHED BY THE SINGAPORE MONITOR LTD. Wednesday, August 18, 1982 M.C. (P) No. 19/5/82 30 cents18 words
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477 1982-08-18 1 WONG CHAI KEE - Plan to train frontline staff on how to handle residents with social problems By WONG CHAI KEE Look out for vour friendly neighbourhood HDB official who can blend firmness with gentleness. This is what the HDB hopes to achieve with a new training477 words
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Article105 1982-08-18 1 Area office staff will neither say thev cannot help nor refer troubled residents to an agency for help, if the following workshop lesson on making referrals is applied: Identify the problem and the agency which can help. Contact the agency to see if help is available. Motivate105 words
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Article204 1982-08-18 1 POLICE detectives have had to be called into a case to check up on private detectives. And, according to the Slice, they have found it the private detectives, engaged to produce evidence against a wife accused 01 adultery, were not up to police standards. In204 words
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Article85 1982-08-18 1 SINGAPORE'S inflation is at its lowest level for three-and-a-half years after a drop in prices last month. Food prices, which constitute 49 per cent of the consumer price index, fell 0.8 per cent. With wholesale prices remaining consistently lower this year compared with last year, more price cuts85 words
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Article78 1982-08-18 1 For the first time in SO years, America is limiting the number of immigrants to 425,000 a year. A Senate Bill would also give US residency to illegal aliens already well established in America, but impose fines of up to US|l,OOO (552,170) for a first offence and even Jail78 words
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Advertisement33 1982-08-18 1 INSIDE: r 5 Talentime 82: Find out more about winner Adlin's plans for the future. Page B1 A crisis in morale: Hong Kong's date with 1997 part two. I Pages Al2 and Al333 words
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Miscellaneous8 1982-08-18 1 WEATHER: Showers in various areas in the afternoon.8 words
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home
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206 1982-08-18 2 YONG POW ANG - By YONG POW ANG THE campaign against Malaysian coins, sparked off by SBS, b gaining ground, with SILO and Welcome supermarkets patting ap posters saying they will no longer accept sack corns. Malaysian coins are worth 10 per cent less than Singaporean ones because206 words
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Article72 1982-08-18 2 THE Lord President of the Malaysian Judiciary, Tun Mohamed Suffian bin Hashim, will be in Singapore this weekend to deliver the 1982 Braddell Memorial Lecture at the National University of Singapore on Friday. He will speak on "Four Decades In The Law." The Braddell Memorial Lecture is72 words
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242 1982-08-18 2 SIT YIN FONG - By SIT YIN FONG A RASH of applications to register business names connected with well-known international fast food chains, in the US, Britain, Japan and elsewhere, have been rejected by the Registry of Business. The Registrar, Mr Chiam Boon Keng, yesterday said242 words
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Article241 1982-08-18 2 SALEHA SALLEH - By SALEHA SALLEH THE 65-year-old Singapore woman who had a fatal injury on a Boeing 747 which hit air turbulence as it approached Hong Kong was in the aisle at the time, a China Airlines spokesman in Hong Kong said. Madam Ng Chaic Wood241 words
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283 1982-08-18 2 DONT be tempted to shoot through tnat red light when there's nobody watching. You could be on candid camera! And you won't smile when the Traffic Police sends you the pictures. Reliable sources said a feasibility study and field tests on the use283 words
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211 1982-08-18 2 ECONOMIC issues are likely to dominate talks between Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad during Mr Lee's visit to Malaysia on Sunday. Both countries have had to reduce their growth rates this year because of211 words
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298 1982-08-18 4 JULIE LIAU - By JULIE LIAU MR Peter Law has moved to Singapore from Sarawak in order to take advantage of kidnev dialysis treatment available here. Until eight months ago, Mr Law was spending about $15,000 a month flying between Sarawak and Singapore three times a298 words
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265 1982-08-18 4 JACKIE SAM - By JACKIE SAM WHEN Singapore Glass Manufacturers recently decided on giving its long service staff awards, the question was not where to hold a dinner. It was: how many dinners? With 44 per cent of its workforce in employ for 10 years and265 words
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Article115 1982-08-18 4 THE Singapore Employees Cooperative made a record profit of $2 million for the year ending March 31, a 54 per cent rise over that of the previous year, according to the NTUC fortnightly The Singaporean. This was disclosed by the chairman, Mr Lim Yong Wah, in115 words
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Article77 1982-08-18 4 THE Singapore Employees Cooperative has decided to donate $152,000 for the training and education of industrial workers, subject to approval at the annual general meeting, scheduled for the 27th of this month. The NTUC fortnightly THE SINGAPOREAN quotes the Chairman of the SEC Board of Directors,77 words
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Article373 1982-08-18 5 WONG CHAI KEE - By WONG CHAI KEE CONVICTS are receiving a new helping hand and a better chance to go straight when they get out of prison under a revamped rehabilitation system. Under the scheme, introduced last October, prisoners get help tailored to their individual needs and with their373 words
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Article, Illustration352 1982-08-18 5 FAEZAH ISMAIL - By FAEZAH ISMAIL THE manufacturer of the baby's rattle which the Consumers' Association of Singapore (CASE) has said is potentially dangerous nas agreed to check the toy again and to make necessary alterations to the design. This was decided at a meeting on Monday352 words
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Article, Illustration144 1982-08-18 5 IT'S an abstract piece of work. Ask the sculptor of the sharp-analed stainless steel and he will say: I want to symbolise strength like it can't be found in nature and yet I want it to be outlined with beauty." The sculptor, Tan Boon Yang,144 words
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116 1982-08-18 5 SEVEN instructors of the National Institute of Commerce spent three months actually on the job before starting their teaching careers. All seven, holders of the Diploma in Business Studies from the Ngee Ann Polytechnic, were attached to five companies from April 12 to116 words
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Article150 1982-08-18 5 THERE are two weeks to go until Teacher's Day, but already teachers and pupils are making their plans for games, poetry reading, food fairs and parties. Others are keeping their plans a secret till the last minute. Since Teachers Day on September 1 is a school150 words
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Advertisement358 1982-08-18 4 PRIZES: Ist Prize (2 winners): National Video Tape Recorder Model NV3OO EN. 51 cm (20") Colour T V Model TC-211M each. 2nd Prize (3 winners): National 51 cm (20") Colour T V. Model TC-211M each 3rd Prize (5 winners): National Radio Cassette Recorder Model RX-FBO each Consolation Prize (100 winners):358 words
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Advertisement133 1982-08-18 5 Supper Club Singapore's famous French restaurant where you can dine by candlelight and be pampered by service par excellence. Entertainment by top-class international artistes and superb dance music from our talented bands. Showtime 10.30 pm a» 9>' ■>* m "P 1 A spectacular nightclub with an exotic Arabiannight setting. Enchanced133 words
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world
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Article, Illustration565 1982-08-18 6 INVASION Agencies BEIRUT, Wed. ISRAELI troops, yielding captured territory for the first time to the Lebanese army, pulled back from front-line positions in West Beirut yesterday as Israeli and Lebanese leaders said final agreement on the PLO exodus may be reached in a dayAgencies - 565 words
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Article, Illustration27 1982-08-18 6 An American-made Israeli F-4 Phantom warplane on reconnaisance patrol over Beirut. Israeli Jets have not bombed Beirut for some time now, but patrolling continues.27 words
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Article204 1982-08-18 6 AP BEIRUT, Wednesday A DOZEN young Palestinian men, their faces unshaven and their eves without expression, entered the Abu Dargha luggage shop on Tuesday to buy suitcases. The brisk business there and in other luggage shops in West Beirut was one of the surest signsAP - 204 words
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Article221 1982-08-18 6 AP WASHINGTON, Wed. THE US State Department denied yesterday an allegation by Poland's martial law chief Gen Wojciech Jaruzelski that the US is inspiring counter-revolutionary unrest in Poland. "As events of the past two years have shown, the Polish people are entirely capable ofAP - 221 words
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Article136 1982-08-18 6 1 1 World Briefs Agencies BAHRAIN, Wednesday. INDICATIONS that the 23-month-old Iran-iraq war is building to a climax are increasing fears of involvement among the oil-rich Arab states in the Gulf area, the United Arab Emirates newspaper Al-Khaleej said yesterday. The paper said the current periodAgencies - 136 words
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Article252 1982-08-18 6 Reuter PARIS, Wednesday. PRESIDENT Albert Rene of the Seychelles has started negotiating with mutinous troops who seized the Seychelles radio station and threatened to kill 200 hostages yesterday, a French external relations ministry spokesman said. The spokesman said the French ambassador in the Seychelles also toldReuter - 252 words
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Article299 1982-08-18 7 Arms cutback favours US Tass UPI Reuter MOSCOW, Wednesday THE OFFICIAL Soviet news agency Tass said yesterday the United States benefited more than China from an agreement to restrict US arms sales to Taiwan. Tass said Peking had made a "compromise," while the United States would continue, "in a somewhatUPI; Reuter - 299 words
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290 1982-08-18 7 UPI Reuter BUCHAREST, Wed. PRESIDENT Nicolae Ceausescu has told Prince Norodom Sihanouk that Rumania supported his tripartite coalition government and urged Soviet-backed Vietnamese troops to withdraw from Cambodia, Rumanian officials said yesterday. Prince Sihanouk, president of Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia), accompanied by Khmer Rouge leaderUPI; Reuter - 290 words
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217 1982-08-18 7 AP PEKING, Wed. THIRTY-THREE foreign oil companies have bid to join in the exploration for China's offshore oil, and China now will need two or three months to examine the bids, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The report did not nameAP - 217 words
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Article509 1982-08-18 8 AP WASHINGTON.Wed. THE DAVID and Goliath confrontation pitting a Long Island (New York) suburban town against the Kremlin over spy activities at a Soviet-owned estate is focussing renewed attention on the shadowy world of electronic espionage. Waged by both su-per-powers on a massive scale, the hightechnologyAP - 509 words
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104 1982-08-18 8 UPI BUENOS AIRES, Wednesday A TOP-RANKING Soviet diplomatic mission completed a week-long visit to Argentina on Tuesday and pledged its "enthusiastic support" for UN-spon-sored negotiations on the Falklands Islands conflict. The mission, led by Vladimir Petrovski. Moscow's Director of International Organisations, also included Va-UPI - 104 words
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269 1982-08-18 8 UPI MOSCOW, Wed. PRAVDA said on Tuesday construction of the natural gas pipeline from Siberia to west Europe is running into difficulties. President Reagan opres the Soviet pipeline West Europe because he fears it will increase Moscow's economic influence over America's European allies. TheUPI - 269 words
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Article71 1982-08-18 8 Reuter DUBLIN, Wed. IRISH Prime Minister Charles Haughey said yesterday he had no intention of resigning over last week-end's dramatic events in which a suspected murderer was arrested at the Dublin home of Ireland's attor-ney-general. Mr Haughey said Patrick Connolly, who resigned as attorney-gener-al early yesterday,Reuter - 71 words
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Article, Illustration69 1982-08-18 8 THE huge roto blades aboard the amall vessel appear to be new means of sailing, but it is just a 250 Kwh wind generator installed on an experimental ship. Scientist Quenter Wagner is doing research on wind energy at Sylt Island, Weat Germany. He la looking into69 words
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Article289 1982-08-18 8 AP NEVADA, Wed. AMERICAN immigration law says foreigners running brothels even where prostitution is legal must be deported, and the US Supreme Court has upheld the law. But French-born Madam Sylvia "Simone" Binder wants to stay here. And although the people of this bustling ranching andAP - 289 words
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Advertisement234 1982-08-18 7 How about a career in JOURNALISM? If you are a graduate, have worked one or two years, and thinking of switching to a more exciting career, why not try your hand at journalism? It's a different kind of life. You won't have a chance to get bored. The hours are234 words
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Advertisement43 1982-08-18 8 The exception that could prove to be the rule The Famous Grouse Finest Scotch Whisky of such exceptional quality that it commands a premium price. ;v M SCCTCM WHISKIES BLENOEO JcBOTTUt* (Matthew Gloag&Son UdPerth, Scotland IN 1800 At THC SAMC AOC*f*' 7O'PBOOf fjl43 words
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Advertisement229 1982-08-18 9 "The odds are in our favour Watson. 1 in 120,000 in fact." [Willi I1 1 !,l i|:, ini|! j ill'ji ,'J HHImMJ i ..i i .i l' i.: »il '•>. Ww m RMfl, :.'i' 'jl'i'lVj'l'l I llfell, i V MM 1 Mi 1 i W WWki 1 llil. 11 'I229 words
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opinion / letters
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900 1982-08-18 10 ADRIAN CHUA - 'Take your medicine like a man and grow up' ADRIAN CHUA I REFER to your report, "14 boys caned for skipping tour" (Sunday Nation, Aug. 8), and the reply (NN, Aug. 13} by Master Goh (a student of the same school). The boys were guilty of the offence (tantamount to900 words
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Article355 1982-08-18 11 TAMMIE LOKE - TAMMIE LOKE Ag. Head, Public Relations, Singapore Bus Service Ltd. I WISH to reply to the following letters published in New Nation: "To work by bus: Plea for improvements" by Heartache and Nelson Quah (July 14) and "60 cents for short bus ride" by355 words
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81 1982-08-18 11 RUGI BANYAK - Higher rents so less to take home RUGI BANYAK RECENTLY we were Informed that the rent for quarters of Division lv workers will be increased from $19 to $37 per month the increase to take effect form June 1982, which means arrears will be deducted from our salaries at the81 words
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Article45 1982-08-18 11 HANYU PINYIN - HANYU PINYIN THE Football Association of Singapore, as host of major international tournaments, should use Mandarin names of Chinese players over the public address system. And the announcers should learn to pronounce correctly the names of foreigners, especially the Thais, Japanese and Koreans.45 words
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Article316 1982-08-18 11 WE ARE freshmen of Raffles Hall and would like to reply to the letter by Disgusted (NN, Aug. 4), who exaggerated certain matters, falsified others and took the rest out of context. Firstly, we would like to clarify that on no occasion was the "Royal Flush"316 words
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151 1982-08-18 11 THE LETTER by Now Seniors (Aug 10) betrays an innate lack of comprehension. My letter clearly stated that "ragging" (the ngly aspects of it, that is) was an tradition and not suited to a society where the norms of propriety differ, etc. And differ they151 words
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171 1982-08-18 11 THE FIVE-ROOM apartment blocks numbers 103, 106 and 226 of Jurong East Estate, renovated with ceramic tile floors and 8 ft long kitchen cabinets, originally planned for rental to expatriates, were instead sold to the public recently by the HDB for $72,700 per unit. The171 words
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Article397 1982-08-18 10 DELTA HONG - By DELTA HONG I HEAR a Cisco bodyguard would cost you $3,000 a month if you can get one. Cisco was reported recently to be reviewing the need for personal bodyguards. They are gradually withdrawing guards from those who, in their assessment, do not qualify any more. At397 words
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Miscellaneous34 1982-08-18 10 BEYOND THE HEADLINES %5 GOING) TO REBUILD i LEBMiOR? HELL,THIS OUGHT TO CCWEH JffEXEEHSES/OfTHEWfif... 3HERPS AEELLCW BACK THERE looking for ycu/ a w. I w W A M b c r* J t. wrmMmmmN.m*34 words
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Advertisement73 1982-08-18 11 LEITtnS r.n any sublet of public interest will be accepted for publication They should be typed and must be signed They m.js* also include the writ ,>• s n and address der.des to use a pseudonym m la .t telephone nurhber would be useful 4 'est" the f qht to73 words
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Advertisement153 1982-08-18 11 v 2N y \V vZJ ■r V FONDUES for lunch (01 slices From August 16 to August 31, savour Le Chalet's fondues for lunch, at a very special price of $18 Skewer the pieces of meat or seafood and cook them in a fondue pot of boiling oil. Cook your153 words
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Miscellaneous11 1982-08-18 11 VA TOU &HT PA TOO HA$ ALWAY* CA^BfciL ik\ SAVIN<3 £MGR»6V..11 words
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Miscellaneous192 1982-08-18 11 A MAN who engages solely In self-interested actions will make himself many enemies. CONFUCIUS. TODAY is the 230th day of the year, with 135 to follow. On this day... In 1527, French forces took Pavia and Genoa in Italy. In 1708, British forces took Sardinia. In 1812, Russian forces were192 words
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centrepiece / hong kong's future: part 2
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Article, Illustration1583 1982-08-18 12/13 SEAH CHIANG NEE - And still they come south of the border IN THE year 1997, Britain's lease of most of Hong Kong's land from China expires and Beijing has already indicated that it will re-establish its sovereignty over this thriving British colony, but in a way that1,583 words
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Article, Illustration884 1982-08-18 12/13 TO GO OR TO LIVE UNDER RED RULE? SOME HAVE MADE UP THEIR MINDS... THESE WERE some of the questions thrown at me when I asked friends and relatives in Hong Kong of their plans for the future. They are worried people. They tell me: "Look,884 words
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Article, Illustration158 1982-08-18 14 AP A BUYING spree hit the stock market yesterday, sending prices soaring across the board as a summer-long decline in interest rates gained momentum. The Dow Jones average of SO industrial stocks soared 38.81 E tints to close at 831.24, surpassg the previous record gain of 35.34AP - 158 words
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Article360 1982-08-18 14 RODNEY HOBSON - By RODNEY HOBSON Business Editor INFLATION is at its lowest level since February 1979. The goods and services you bought last month cost only two per cent more than they did in July last year. Prices were actually slightly lower than they were in June. This360 words
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158 1982-08-18 14 CATHERINE ONG - By CATHERINE ONG ROXY Singapore, the local agent of Telefunken television sets, has been informed by its principal in West Germany that tne collapse of AEG-Te-lefunken will not affect its business here. Mr Richard Li, a director of Roxy, says this is because the TV158 words
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Article76 1982-08-18 14 SHAREHOLDERS of NanyangSlang Paa and Sin Chew Jit Poh approved a proposal to merge the two companies at an extraordinary general meeting yesterday. The two newspaper groups are to be merged through a scheme of arraugment and will now be under a holding company, Singapore News76 words
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Article337 1982-08-18 14 N BALAKRISHNAN - By N BALAKRISHNAN THE Singapore dollar bounced back two cents today after falling to 2.20 to the US dollar for the first time in over two years. Our currency was one of several giving way before the continuing strength of the US dollar. The Singapore dollar touched337 words
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Update
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Article64 1982-08-18 14 Star THE agreement for Malaysia's jumbo US$l.l Dillion (552.53 billion) loan, the largest ever, will be signed today. For Malayan Banking Bhd, the agent bank and one of 20 lead managers, the occasion marks its entry into the prestigious loan syndication field, which has been theStar - 64 words
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Article92 1982-08-18 14 Reuter THE much postponed meeting of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) has been scheduled in Kuala Lumpur for August 23 and 24. The meeting, a follow-up of the May emergency meeting of ANRPC members, is to work out export quota cutbacks for eachReuter - 92 words
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Article31 1982-08-18 14 Reuter SOUTH Korea's gross national product Eew a provisional 4.6 per cent in the ■st half of this year over the same 1981 period, the Bank of Korea said.Reuter - 31 words
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Article22 1982-08-18 14 Reuter CHINA will take its seat in the International Labour Organisation (ILO) next June, ending a 34-year absence. Reu-Reuter - 22 words
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Article98 1982-08-18 15 Star UNITED Motor Works (M) Holdings Bhd's one-for-three rights issue at $3.50 per share is believed to be grossly under-subscribed. It is believed that not more than 60 per cent of UMW's shareholders have taken up their rights entitlement in view of the present depressedStar - 98 words
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Article194 1982-08-18 15 FOLEX Industries, the debt-ridden textile company, is looking at various new reconstruction schemes to help save the company from receivership. Through its advisers. Malaysian International Merchant Bankers, Folex said it is studying some new proposals. These may bring about a better scheme of reconstruction194 words
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130 1982-08-18 15 Stock Markets THE stock markets in Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur closed higher today. The recovery in the Hong Kong market was the most dramatic as the market had strated the day with major setbacks. The Hang Seng index fell 30 points in130 words
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Article85 1982-08-18 15 Annual meetings Time S Jo bore Amal 11 am Singapore Glass 11. SO am K L Kepong (egm) 10.15am Data Venue Aug 26 Johore Bam Aug SI Mandarin Hotel Sept 4 Lahat, Perak Proposed dMdtndi Payment on ICB Sept 22 UOB Sept 27 St Steamship Sept SO MUI85 words
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211 1982-08-18 15 CHAIRMAN Jack Chia describes Hotel Tai-Pan Co's first year of operation as gratifying. With a turnover of $6.9 million the company attained a pre-tax profit of $4 million. After a provision for taxation of $1.8 million, the next profit after taxation was $2.2211 words
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Article307 1982-08-18 15 PROFITS at Central Sugars Berhad increased to M$2.95 million in the first half of this year compared with M$1.35 million in the same period in 1981. The board has declared an interim dividend of 10 per cent less 40 per cent Malaysian income tax. The board adds307 words
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171 1982-08-18 15 WITH the uncertainties over the direction of interest rates and the dollar movement, speculators have been sidelined. Only the professionals remain in the market for gold, UOB says. With the absence of fresh factors, gold is expected to trade in a range of U*****.00.171 words
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Article40 1982-08-18 15 YMtorc lay's ck>M i in 8$: Selliag Bmyimg 5 gm ISO 117 10 gm 251 228 20 gm 492 474 Hot 384 288 Ki lobar 24,079 22,929 100 gm 2,428 2.29S 50 gm 1,214 1,185 1 OI 781 74440 words
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Article, Illustration778 1982-08-18 16 Financial stories need not be complicated and full of jargon. A British journalist, Stephen Fay, has delved into the world of commodities futures and come up with a story on silver that is pure fact but reads like a novel. It makes fascinating778 words
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493 1982-08-18 16 In the early days when the Indian rupee was minted in silver, Mr Chunilal Saraya managed the Indian Specie Bank. He set out to corner silver. Indian connection BY THE end of 1912, five years of vigorous buying in the market had493 words
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Article205 1982-08-18 16 Banker Hunt and his lieatenant Bill Bledcoe flew- to Iran to persuade the Shah to invest in silver. Here is the story of how the famous Hants operated: THEY were in the economy class of the aircraft naturally and Bill Bledsoe, Bunker Hunt's lieutenant, interrupted205 words
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228 1982-08-18 16 AS THE TELEX machine chatters; one of the traders down the table calls to Hook that a Swiss bank is asking about silver. "Seventy-five-eighty.-two," replies Hook. The price is tapped out on the telex, which replies immediately: the Swiss bank buys 50,000 ounces228 words
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Article, Illustration92 1982-08-18 18 1*2) Deaths i! 4 xVr' WONG YONG POY Aged 72 passed away peacefully on 16 August 1982 leaving behind: Beloved wife Chan Hong Ying Sons Daughters-in-law Kum Poh Coral Kum Choon Kum Hoong Doreen Kum Seng Margaret Kum Yew Daughters Sons-in-law Chew Meng Teo Seng Peck Loon Meng Lee Yong92 words
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Advertisement152 1982-08-18 14 GOLD PRICES: Al5 THE SILVER FIDDLE: Al6 Teppanyaki enjoyment from the very first sizzle 0 mi r Much of the enjoyment of Teppanyaki is the preparation of the fare right before your eyes. With 'baton' in his hand watch our chef conduct the whole Teppanyaki overture. From the very first152 words
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Advertisement199 1982-08-18 18 SPIRIT »v METROPOLITAN YMCA offers 'TELEPHONE TECHNIQUES AND COURTESIES" This course is organised for those who are considered as seasoned' speakers like secretaries. personnel assistants and telephone operators who wish to polish their skills in handling the telephone. For registration, call Tel: *****55 ext. 508 X| JOB OPPORTUNITY S 9199 words
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Advertisement117 1982-08-18 18 NOTICES NANYANG SIANG PAU SINGAPORE LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT CLOSURE OF REGISTER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Transfer Books and the Register of Members will be closed from 9th September 1982 to 18th September 1982 (both dates inclusive) for the purpose of determining shareholders' entitlements to shares in117 words
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Advertisement244 1982-08-18 18 NOTICES a iK(sr^^t)s] SIN CHEW JIT POH (SINGAPORE) LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 1982 INTERIM RESULTS The Directors are pleased to announce the unaudited results of thfe company for the first half year ended 30 June 1982. Turnover The Group The Company Pre-tax Profit The Group The Company244 words
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Advertisement304 1982-08-18 19 OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE OF SHIP'S NAME We, Transmedia Asia Pte Ltd, 1 Cosford Road, S'pore 1749, hereby give notice that in consequence of intended purchase of the Dumb Barge "Tewon I" we have applied to the registrar of S'pore Ships under Section 417 of the Merchant Shipping Act304 words
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Miscellaneous226 1982-08-18 20 jackpd $10,000 Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below. Age Occupation: Address FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW CUT HERE 1. .Cry of a dove CLUES FOR OU-3 2. It would certainly be wrong of people to damage upholstery in one 3. A small226 words
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419 1982-08-18 20 Tennis MASON (Ohio), Wedneday MATS Wilander is finding that the burden of being one of the best tennis players in the world rests heavily on his shoulders. "I think they expect very much too much," Wilander said of his Swedish fans after he lost419 words
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Article, Illustration272 1982-08-18 20 UPI APO INTERLAKEN (Switzerland), Wednesday A SWISS windsurfing instructor said yesterday he will claim 500 Swiss francs (S|soo) from British world champion runner Sebastian Coe for injuries suffered in a beach scuffle. Ralph Baumann, 45, told a magistrate's court that Coe nit him on theUPI; APO - 272 words
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Article468 1982-08-18 20 I Athletics a Reuter BONN, Wednesday JUERGEN Hingsen's world decathlon record on Sunday has set the stage for an enthralling contest witn his two major rivals at next month's European Games in Athens. The 24-year-old West German will line up in Athens againstReuter - 468 words
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Article190 1982-08-18 20 THAILAND will send 91 competitors and 26 officials to the Asian Games in New Delhi from Nov 19 to Dec 4, Thai officials announced in Bangkok yesterday. Thailand will compete in 12 snorts: athletics, archery, badminton, boxing, shooting, soccer, tennis, table tennis, gymnastics, yachting, windsurfing and weightlifting. The competitors190 words
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Article177 1982-08-18 20 HAVANA (Cuba), Wednesday VENEZUELA won the gold medal for soccer at the Central American and Caribbean Games, defeating Mexico 1-0 in the final. Mexico won the silver medal and Cuba, who defeated Bermuda 21, the bronze. Even though the first half of the VenezuelaMexico game177 words
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Article, Illustration288 1982-08-18 21 MALAYSIA is the only other team with a chance of winning the Putra Cup. Its players, Barrie Bluah, Mohamed Yusoff, P.Segeran and Tan Yee Khan, are all seasoned campaigners and have been playingregularly on the Bukit course. For Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea and288 words
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384 1982-08-18 21 DEFENDING champion Kee Bee Khim yesterday showed she was determined to retain her title in the les must de Car-tier-sponsored Singaspore Ladies Golf Association's Open amateur championship, which starts at the Jurong Country Club today, with a lone session of384 words
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Article, Illustration315 1982-08-18 21 THE Philippines will leave no stone unturn in its bid for a clean sweep of honours in the 22nd Putra Cup golf chamBionship which starts at le Bukit Course tomorrow. Lt Col Enrico Javier, its non-playing captain, said yesterday: "We have three targets to achieve to win315 words
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Article358 1982-08-18 22 MUSHTAQ AU SHAH - By MUSHTAQ AU SHAH ABDUL AZIZ justified his seeding by outplaying a game Roy Tan 5-9, 9-3, 9-6, 9-1 to secure a semifinal berth in the Ovaltine 'E' Grade Championship at Kalians last night. Aziz, with lusty vocal support from his Whampoa teammates, started poorly and358 words
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Article, Illustration380 1982-08-18 22 KEN JALLEH Jr - Champion scores another first By KEN JALLEH Jr NATIONAL women's champion Lim Seok Hui has vowed to make another attempt at breaking into the Ovaltine Individual Graded Championships men's D Grade next year. And after making history by being one of only380 words
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Article, Illustration343 1982-08-18 23 KEN JALLEH Jr - Prize money causes hitch Squash By KEN JALLEH Jr THE silent feud between Singapore-based Pakistani professional Rahim Gul and the Singapore Squash Rackets Association took a mysterious turn late last night Rahim insisted that he is OUT of the Pakistan Airlines Singapore343 words
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Article, Illustration316 1982-08-18 23 2nd JUNIOR WORLD CUP KUAU LUMPUR AIHMJtT IMS k d Australia 6 Singapore 0 AUSTRALIA breezed past Singapore in this group B match yesterday morning which was eventful only in that it saw the first player in this four-day tournament Gurmit Singh of316 words
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Article145 1982-08-18 23 TWELVE top clubs from five countries will be competing on the Padang in the Singapore Cricket Club International hockey tournament from Sept 9-12. And among the teams to look out for will be Hong Kong who will arrive with six internationals. SCC spokesman Andrew Kirkpatrick said145 words
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Article, Illustration408 1982-08-18 23 Santa Catarina 2 Senegal 0 Ghana 1 South Koraa 0 The Star THE skill and teamwork of Santa Catarina combined to expose the flaws of Senegal in this second round victory at the Merdeka Stadium last night. Senegal, despite their physique and individual skills, lacked cohesion,The Star - 408 words
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Article151 1982-08-18 23 THE Indians can be expected to go on another goal rout when they take on Singapore in a group B clash at the Tun Razak Stadium this afternoon. After a dismal start in the tournament where they went down 1-3 to the West Germans in151 words
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291 1982-08-18 23 Soccer VIRTUALLY assured of the National Football League Division Two championship, Cairnhill is on tne threshold of realising their quest for a league triple. Cairnhill, destined to make a return to Division One after a sterling season this year, is comfortably perched291 words
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Article, Illustration614 1982-08-18 24 KEN JALLEH Jr - Rugby squad petitions SRU to recall skipper By KEN JALLEH Jr WE WANT Sons Koon Pob back! This it basically what certain members in Singapore's national rugby squad will be saying Ln a petition to the Singapore Rugby Union. It is reliably learnt that the614 words
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Article, Illustration205 1982-08-18 24 SINGAPORE'S track sensation Ganesan Kasee came within half a stride of being the first to qualify for the New Delhi Asian Games when he clocked 48.55 sees, in the 400 m last week. A Singapore Amateur Athletic Association spokesman revealed that the205 words
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Article, Illustration552 1982-08-18 19 B J SMITH - By B J SMITH CHAMPION six-year-old Persian Sapphire has been given a 1.5 kilo allowance for the inaugural running of the weignt-for-age $30,000 Jurong Trophy. Tnree other horses, which have not won a race of any distance in 1982, have also been given552 words
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Article525 1982-08-18 19 TRACKSTAR - By TRACKSTAR AGASAM Stable's top money earner and seasoned campaigner, Paititi Gold, looking fresh after a brief rest, showed sparkling action on a good track at Bukit Timah yesterday. With visiting jockey Kevin Mitchell in the saddle, the seven-year-old by No Robbery bowled along fluently in a525 words
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Advertisement111 1982-08-18 21 merco OFFICIAL SRA CHAMPIONSHIP BALL 1981/82,1982/83,1983/84 CH A %/> §rcQ Grays have pulled off another victory in squash. Selected as the World Squash Racket Association's official Championship ball for 3 consecutive seasons from 1981 to 1984, Grays Merco squash balls must really be good. For more than 120 years, Grays111 words
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Advertisement31 1982-08-18 24 Lfm Seok Hui tries again to break into the men's stronghold: Top Quality Tennis Badminton Rackets t 4 •i'S;. niHv .'V- Or M -X- ■HI V" k L >4 3;. y31 words
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Article, Illustration296 1982-08-18 25 BERTILLA PEREIRA - By BERTILLA PEREIRA SHE sat in the last row of the auditorium, twice as anxious as the parents of other contestants. But in the end her priae and joy were twice as great. She was Kartina Dahari mother of the top soloist Adlin Adnan and296 words
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Article275 1982-08-18 25 PAULINE GOH - By PAULINE GOH HOME VIEWERS saw Adlin Adnan walk away as top vocalist last night as Talentime '82 reached its climax. Last night's finals came over TV as one big party at the radio auditorium where contestants and studio supporters enjoyed making and listening to275 words
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Article119 1982-08-18 25 THE perspiration flowing, their spirits flying and their attention darting from photographers to mothers, fathers and friends, the members of the Dissonant Affair clutched at their trophy and talked about their plan to turn professional. "Where do we go from here? First take a break from119 words
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Article, Illustration629 1982-08-18 26 CATHARINE FERNANDO - By CATHARINE FERNANDO "THE BEST books about war are not about war in the end. What they are really about is human beings in horrifying situations. Some break down, some don't, and some act with courage and nobility." Thus ended Peter Hyland's talk629 words
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Article45 1982-08-18 26 LAST Friday, in our story on the Reading Month, we referred to Mr Patrick Goh as president of the Book Publishers Association. He is actually president of the Singapore Booksellers Association. The president of the Book Publishers Association is Mr Koh Hock Seng.45 words
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Article, Illustration364 1982-08-18 27 An Indian Pageant Victoria Theatre 8 pm tonight Tickets available at Victoria Theatre. IF you are fascinated by period costumes of a culture, you will have the chance to view a presentation of what Indians have worn through the ages tonight Twenty one costumes364 words
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Article, Illustration168 1982-08-18 31 SIPA TEHOTU, Marion Brando's 20-year-old son by Tahitian actress Tanta, Is relaxing in the Polynesian sun after having begun his studies in the United States. Tehotu attended a party given in honour of singer Julio Iglesias at the Beachcomber Hotel. The beautiful TahitianSIPA - 168 words
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Article323 1982-08-18 31 PHILIP CHEAH - By PHILIP CHEAH AND JUST when you thought it unsafe to step into a cinema again, Premier Theatre makes it all worthwhile again by offering us (pant! pant') a series of recent Hong Kong New Wave films. The festival is tentatively scheduled for the September323 words
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Article159 1982-08-18 31 UPI STAR FASHIONS: Bob Mackie designs clothes for some of the world's most glamorous women, which includes coping with problems like Raqoel Welch's chest. Mackie told James Brady on WCBS-TV, New York's news at five, that when Raqoel performs in something dramatic, "yon want it not to beUPI - 159 words
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Advertisement45 1982-08-18 25 COMICS: B6 HOROSCOPE: B6 TV HIGHLIGHTS: B8 WELCOME TO 99 NITE CLUB sth Storey Sim Lim Tower Singapore 0820 Tel: *****39 To dance and be pampered by our lovely young ladies. Business Hours:4pm to 3am daily. Require full and parttime hostesses; expected income $2,000/- monthly.45 words
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Advertisement178 1982-08-18 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 B178 words
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Advertisement448 1982-08-18 26 NATIONAL READING MONTH The Library Association of Singapore (LAS) FAMILY READ-IN Think books! Talk books! Sharing books can bo funl Road with your child $15,000 worth of prizes can be won just by answering easy questions on these books too good to miss. Here are the top prizes you stand448 words
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Article253 1982-08-18 28/29 makan kecil CALLING all those in the food line. There's a grand food exhibition in Paris in November which yon might like to visit. Promosalons, an affiliate of U.T.A. French Airlines, has organised this tour especially for yon to go to SLAL, the 10th International Food Products253 words
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Article, Illustration1536 1982-08-18 28/29 VIOLET OON - Fen Kuo for deep frying TabU Talk with VIOLET OON IT'S the traditional Cantonese "dim sum" dish of "fen kuo" (dumpling), given a new character by a delicate filling of diced meat, prawns and vegetables. Usually it is steamed, but the number one Chinese chef of Hongkong's Excelsior1,536 words
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Advertisement87 1982-08-18 28/29 Seaa/Mct Sa&cvU Deep from Neptune's Kingdom comes a delectable spread of seafood favourites: fresh bounty from the sea. Savour such delightful dishes such as Salmon Dumplings, delicately flavoured with Basil Sauce and Shrimps, Fish Gratin with Zucchini, Chilled Fresh Lobster Soup with Melon and Mint. Or perhaps, feast on Sole87 words
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Article, Illustration259 1982-08-18 30 Pauline Goh - by Pauline Goh ZHENG PEI PEI (below) has returned to the Hone Kong scene after 13 years of semi-retire-ment. The bus's bitten her once more and this attractive actress, who made her way to the top in the 60s wielding a sword and wearing an outsized straw259 words
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Miscellaneous1353 1982-08-18 32 Highlights 1 ll TOM Saltack tiara In Magnum THERE will be three National Day Rally speeches telecast today. Dr Ahmad Mattar's speech in Ma lav will be telecast at 7.50 pm over Channel 5. You will hear Mr S Dhanabalan at 10.10 pm on Channel 5 after the news, and1,353 words
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