China beat Thomas Cup champions [ARTICLE + ILLUSTRATION]

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China beat Thomas Cup champions HONGKONG, Sun. China beat their archrivals, Indonesia, in both the men's and women's events in the Hongkong badminton invitation tournament here yesterday. The Chinese girls won the two final matches against Indonesia to score a perfect 5-0 victory. They clinched an unbeatable lead of 3-0

Asean schools: two additions [ARTICLE]

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Asean schools: two additions KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Basketball and sepak takraw have found "homes" in the Asean schools' sports programme at last. The first basketball championships will be held in Singapore from Dec. 19-21 next year. Thailand will host the sepak takraw tournament from Sept. 3-7. The basketball championships were

Fighting defeat [ARTICLE]

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Fighting defeat HONGKONG. Sat. Singapore staged a gallant fight before succumbing to Thailand 5-0 in the Hongkong badminton invitational tournament here today. Results (Thai names first): Sirisriro Patama Jittariyakul Suleeporn bl Leone Kay Sine Tay Hoe See 15-5. 15-9; I.ucnKpetcharaporn Udom bt Wong Shoon Keal 17-14. 15-10. Chansiaorasmee Sawai bt

Jaya harbours no grudge against PSA [ARTICLE + ILLUSTRATION]

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Jaya harbours no grudge against PSA ERNEST FRIDA Hi SINGAPORE'S top woman distance runner, Kandasamy Jayamani, harbours no ill-feeling against the Port of Singapore Authority for deducting her pay and taking away her annual leave after she represented the Republic at international meets. Jayamani. a temporary clerk with the Asian

A SWEET-SOUR DECADE [ARTICLE + ILLUSTRATION]

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A SWEET-SOUR DECADE GODFREY ROBERT By WE were still raving about Patricia Chan's golden glitter at Rangoon's swimming pool after the fifth Southeast Asia Peninsular Games at the turn of the sixties. And as we prepare to welcome the eighties, the picture has taken a dramatic transformation sports bodies and