New Nation, 20 December 1976

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  • 20 1 New Nation No- 1826 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 428/76 SINGAPORE Monday, December 20, 1976 r====^ NEW (0) NATION COMMENT
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  • 284 1  -  'Don't use sub-standard timber 9 By Wang Look Fung The Labour Ministry has warned building contractors against the dangerous practice of using sub-standard timber for scaffolding, following the death of a worker. Investigations by the Ministry's Factory Inspectorate have revealed that inferior timber had been used because
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  • 187 1 Reuter New York, Monday A Korean defector said last night he had seen South Korea's ambassador to the U.S. stuff US$lOO notes Into white envelopes for delivery to the Capitol, home of the U.S. Congress. Mr. Lee Jal-Hyon, former press attache at the South
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  • 82 1 Paris, Monday Between ltM and 15M shoppers carted off a boat 8*72, MS worth of merchandise In IS minute* from a Toulouse upern arket without paying on Friday night when the cashiers staged a wildcat strike for higher salaries, store officials said. They said
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  • 56 1 Adelaide, Monday Eleven-year-old Michael Williams dived Into a public swimming pool yesterday to retrieve the little finger of his right hand severed moments earlier on a water slide. The finger was sewn back on in a five-hour operation, but surgeons said It would be two weeks before
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  • 130 1 Beirut, Monday Syrian troops of the Arab peacekeeping force today held tne offices of seven Lebanese news organisations, United Press International and Newsweek magazine. The Syrians last night burst into the offices of the Independent An Nahar, the French-lan-guage Lorlent-Le Jour, the communist An Nldal,
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  • 72 1 Kuala Lumpur, Monday The Football Association of Singapore yesterday reaffirmed that Singapore will continue to take part in the Malaysia Cup competition as long as It is invited. FAS chairman Mr. N. Ganesan said this when asked to comment on rumours circulating here that Singapore had
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  • 156 1 Thirteen election rallies will be held today. The PAP will hold rallies at: Fnllerton Square from noon to 2.30 p.m. Somapah Road Junction of Somapah Timor from 7.30 to 10 p.m. Redhill Lane Block 81 carpark from 7 to 10 p.m. Tanglln Halt carpark' from 7 to 10
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    • 45 1 How did you suddenly find $17*000? Raja asks UF Page 4 INSIDE Mld-MMt pnM not Uk«ly In 1977: PLO Page 5 anam riee traders Page 3 IN THE OTHER PAGEB: Cinrtnas 2; Crouword 13: Money* words results 15; Moneyworts coupon 16:. Btars and Comics 17.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 151 2 Mr. Yeo Jul Mok, the first Asian director of Singapore Tobacco Company and an inter p a ti onal swimmer ip the *****, died yesterday after a short illness. He was 57. He leaves behind his wife, Chye Hueh, and daughter, Caroline. Mr. Yeo represented
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  • 112 2 Stock prices moved higher across the board on the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first 45 minutes of trading today extending last Friday's gains. BUSINESS DONE: First Section HAW PAR (1) 1.15, (8) 1.16, (16) 1.17. 88. Sett.: (1) 1.16, (2) 1.17, (2) 1.18. PAN ELECTRIC (1)1.74,
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  • 33 2 Marathon LeTourneau Offshore Pte Ltd has written to say it is not the firm where a "sex party" took place recently. The story was published in New Nation on Dec 9.
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  • 271 2  -  5000 cassettes, tapes seized in raid on Kitchener Road shop By Peter One Record companies have launched a fullscale war on the "pirates." Last week, the Commercial Crimes Branch of the CID, accompanied by representatives of some record companies, raided a shop In Kitchener Road.
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  • 50 2 The Rotary Club of Singapore West is presenting a charity show in aid of the Singapore Association of Mental Health at the National Theatre on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Tickets at $2, $4, $6, $10, $25 and $50 are available at C.K. Tang and Cold Storage.
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    • 127 2 Our Christmas surprise Treat your friends and family this Christmas with the bast cakes, cookies and breads in town -all oven-fresh and chocolates you just can't resist! TRADITIONAL FAVOURITES German Christmas Stollen Christmas Log (Buche De Noel) Ginger Bread (Lebkuchen) Basel Ginger Bread (Basler-Leckerli) Ginger Bread Hearts Stars (Lebkuchen Herzen)
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    • 801 2 AT THE CINEMA TOMMY: Ken Russell's spectacular presentation based on the rock opera by The Who. About a deaf, dumb and blind boy who becomes plnball champion of the world. Stars Roger Daltrey, Ann Magret, Oliver Reed, Jack Nicholson, Elton John, Tina Turner, The Who, Plaza: 1.30, 4, 6.45 and
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  • 11 2 Police reported 80 accidents yesterday. Seven were serious and two fatal.
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  • 230 3 A tired but happy Miss Singapore, Pauline Cheo n g, returned horrje yesterday, satisfied that she had done the Republic proud. She achieved the distinction of being the first local girl to be among the IS finalists in the Miss World contest held In
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  • 271 3 Rich merchants were again assured yesterday that the NTUC'S WELCOME supermarkets have no intention of taking over entirely the distribution of rice in Singapore. Mr. Baey Llan Peck, chairman of the board of directors of NTUC WELCOME Consumers' Cooperative Ltd, said they need not
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  • 165 3 The Education Ministry has sent letters to the parents of about 4000 14-year-olds all third-time failures of the Primary Six Leaving Examination explaining the basic course to them. for the first time, the ministry said, these pupUs will be offered "a further opportunity to
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  • 189 3  -  From overseas-trained staff By Teresa Ooi The Tndustrial Training Board has introduced a scheme to tap the skills of officers who have Just returned from overseas training. The scheme is to make sure that officers who are sent abroad for training will make full
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  • 131 3 AP Jakarta. Monday There are 4000 Indonesian students In Singapore, according to the Indonesian Ed u cation Minister Syarlf Thayeb. Of this, 80 per cent of them are of Chinese origin. Speaking to newsmen following the announcement of the ban on students going abroad for
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  • 463 4 Raja again questions UF's funds Reporters: Sunny Wee, Gerry de Silva and Richard Ho. a Election 76 POI 1 I i DAN <>\ 1)1 C. I I A United Front candidate Mr. Shamsuddin Tung came under attack from Mr. S. Rajaratnam for the second
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  • 158 4 Did PAP candidate for Henderson Mr. Lai Tha Chai commit a breach of election rally conditions when he spoke at a Malabar Street meeting on Friday? According to the police, a list of speakers Is submitted before s permit Is flven to
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  • 340 4 Was it coincidence that season parking fees at" Saunders Road were reduced from $40 to $15 or was it an election giveaway? This question was posed by Independent candidate. Chlam See Tong, who is seeking election to Parliament in the Calrnhlll constituency, when he spoke
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  • 219 4 Mr. ftevan Nair's open letter to workers asking them not to vote for the Opposition is ap indication that he is afraid to lose his Job, Mr. J.B. Jeyaretnam charged last; night. Speaking at a Mel Ling Street election rally, the secretarygeneral of the
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  • 297 4 A PAP candidate last night hit out at the Opposition for not telling the people the problems which Singapore now face. Appearing as a guest speaker at a Khe Bong constituency rally In Lorong 2. Toa Payoh, last Friday. Mr. P. Selvadural said the Opposition
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  • 122 5 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Monday Communist guerillas along the Thai-land-Malaysia border are expected to Increase their activities In Malaysia when Thai security forces step up operations against them, a military commander has said. Brigadier General Datuk Jaffar Onn, commander or Perak state on
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  • 407 5 Reuter Cairo, Monday Presidents Assad of Syria and Sadat of Egypt yesterday held formal talks on the Middle East situation with hints of differences over Palestinian representation at a Geneva peace conference. President Assad has said the Palestinian Liberation Organisation could be included in
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  • 185 5 UPI Moscow, Monday, Mr. Leonid Brezhnev, celebrating h i s 70th birthday at a Kremlin ceremony attended by leaders of eight other communist countries, said yesterday Soviet world influence is at an historic high because of "the profound peaceiulness oi our foreign policy." "Never before during
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  • 258 5 Reuter Singapore, Monday Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh has called for "an early healipg of the wounds of war" in a major address to the Fourth Congress of the ruling Workers (Communist) Party Congress in Hanoi. Radio Hanoi, In a report monitored
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  • 120 5 Reuter Beirut, Monday A top Palestinian leader was yesterday quoted as saying he doubted 1977 would bring a settlement of the Middle East crisis, and that a fifth Arab-Israeli war was a stronger possibility than an early peace. Mr. Farouk Kaddouml. head of the political
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  • 71 5 Reuter London, Monday—Finland comes top In providing no-smoking areas In public places, an antismoking organisation said In a survey of Europe published yesterday. Second In the table came Italy and third was Poland, said the Action on Smoking and Health Organisation, known by its Initials
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    • 111 5 ten -*cv W" r t r n t %s% 1 k L ll With Joe Chandran His X-periment on Full Dimensional Sound at the Imperial Hi-Lite. Only FDS truly brings out the explosive artistry of Singapore's top group. And to make sure you don't stop dancing, The Breed alternates with
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  • 721 6 Cartel may have no future because of two-tier hike Reuter Doha, Monday The failure of the world's most powerful price cartel, the Organisation of Petr o 1 e u m Exporting Countries, to agree on a single price for oil raises far-reach-ing uncertainties both
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  • 189 6 Reuter New York. Monday The split decision by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries on next year's price Increase presents the world with a hope and certainty, the New York Times said yesterday. The hope is that Saudi Arabia's five per cent price rise and
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  • 157 6 Reuter Zurich, Monday—Soviet dissident Vladimir BukoYSkjr yesterday recounted his last hours in the hands of the KGB security police and described himself here as "a prisoner on holiday." Mr. Bukovsky, 33, told a Reuter correspondent in the small country hotel outside Zurich where he is staying
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  • 93 6 UPI TODAY is Monday, Dec. 20. the 355 th day of 1976 with 11 to follow. THE MOON is new. THE MORNING STARS are Mars and Saturn. the evening stars are Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. Those torn on this date are under the slßn of Baglttarlus. ON THIS DAY
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  • 38 6 UPI Washington, Monday—James Meyers has been fonnd guilty of burning to death his room mates dog. He told police the dog was "infested with fleas to a point where he couldnt stand it any longer."—UPl.
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  • 164 6 Reuter Brisbane, Monday Momlngton Island. Just off the north Australian coast In the Gulf of Carpentaria, was declared a disaster area yesterday after being ravaged by tropical cyclone Ted. Queensland state emergency service officials said all communications with the Island, which has a population of 800,
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  • 29 6 Reuter Izmir (Turkey), Monday—A 44-year-old man went berserk and shot Ave people dead, then tried to commit suicide by shooting himself In the head, police said today. Reuter.
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  • 572 6  -  AMERICA GEORGE GORDON'S The secret service In Washington is growing fast—and no one knows how to stop It. At one time the service guarded one single person the President. Alter Kennedy was assassinated Congress began a gradual extension of protection which has just gone
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 144 6 WORLD WEATHER Tokyo Sunny, 136C. Headline: Fukuda all set to take over; Ohlra tipped for party post. New York Sunny, 0-9 C. Headline: Carter considering splitting CIA post between two people. Paris Variable, 9SC. Headline: The Incredible trail which led police to the Olse killer. Hong K°ng Sunny, 22-18 C.
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  • 289 7 Rising rice, wheat production Reuter London, Monday World wheat and rice production has kept well ahead of the population explosions since World War Two, according to figures released here. For every kilo of wheat per person produced in 1949 the year normal conditions returned 1.5 kg
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  • 124 7 Reuter Tripoli, Monday Talks between the Philippine government and Muslim rebels flghtipg for independence are expected to end successfully, the Arab Revolution News Agency of Libya (Arma) reported. The newspaper Al-Ji-had quoted informed sources as saying yesterday's session was to be the last if
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  • 202 7 Reuter London, Monday British electricity may soon be lighting up factories and homes in Europe under a £200 million ($BOO million) plan to link up a larger part of the British and French Electricity systems. The project, now under discussion In London and Paris, would involve
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  • 34 7 Reuter London, Monday Britain's Princess Anne is to be prosecuted for allegedly breaking the speed limit when driving at over 140 km an hour on a motorway, police said yesterday.—Reuter.
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  • 118 7 Reuter Manila, Monday The Philippines and Sri Lanka have agreed to open new air routes between their two countries, the Department of Foreign Aftairs, announced here yesterday. An agreement was t-lgned on Saturday by Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Jose Ingleo and Mr. DP. Wickramashinghe, Sri
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  • 38 7 Reuter Amman, Monday A Pale st i nlan terrorist Khairy Tewflc, charged with taking part in the November attack against the Amman inter-con-tlnental Hotel, was hanged In an Amman prison on Saturday, an official announcement said. Reuter.
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    • 430 7 m Goodwood Group Hotehs. X mas and New Year. it W" A>' w 4 3 I V 4 4 From Manila The Assembly Refreshingly Different Carlton Halt Dinner and Show Dec 24 $60 nett Dec 25 $40 nett Dec 31 $80 nett Jan 1 $40 nett Gordon Grill Romanov Duo
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  • 449 8 Neither gloom nor wishful thinking would serve any useful purpose In the wake of OPEC's two-tier price Increase announcement. There is no doubt that the higher cost of oil from next month and the Increased uncertainty in the market after last week's Qatar meeting
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 41 8 A woman guest at a party refused several offers of a seat although she was tired. Finally, the hostess asked her why. Replied the guest: "I don't want to sit on my new dress. It's a Paris original!"
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    • 32 8 A man who was approached to buy a candle for charity at a shopping centre. told the girl: "I don't celebrate Christmas. Come back at Chinese New Year.
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  • 114 8  -  MRS. CHONG WEE LIAN Ac. Asst. Secretary, Public Relations Unit. HDB. Singapore 1. Phua Song Chua (NN, Nov. 5) may like to know that the Toa Payoh East Area Office has already drawn up a programme to enhance the surroundings of Lorong 8. More
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  • 91 8 Taxis at the kiosk at Jurong Kechll/Buklt Tlmah Road Junction refuse to go Into Eng Kong Housing Estate to pick up passengers who phone for them. Taxi operators have often publicised and advertised their telephone service. Officials responsible for these taxi stands should look
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  • 546 8  -  MONDAY WITH LU LIN REUTENS LU LIN REUTENS The Christmas spirit, Just beginning to get off the ground, has not had much of a chance to rise above the election fever when it was .struck down again by a chilling 10 per cent OPEC oil
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  • 72 8  -  MISS KOH LIAN HUA We are pleased to inform Hashlm All <NN, Nov. 30) that the timing of the traffic signals at the Toa Payoh/Lorong 4 junction has been readjusted. However, we <io not recommend that vehicles from Lorong 4 be allowed to filter into Toa Payoh
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  • 71 8  -  K.E. CHAN I refer to your article about the principal who sent the students out of the examination hall for not being properly dressed (NN. Dec. 10). I fully support the principal, who had given adequate warning. Desplte this, the students had chosen to act In
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  • 89 8  -  TOH SOH KHENG I was much amused to read your article Not So Straight In the Grapevine column (NN, Dec. 13). Not every fashion suits everybody. It Is more practical to have a uniform which looks good on all. than to follow fashion blindly. Imagine how odd
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  • 242 8 VOICE OF THE PRESS NEW STRAITS TIMES The People's Action Party's claim that the Opposition is "unable to propound a credible alternative on how to make Singapore more viable and secure and how to five the people a better standard of living" will be difficult
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  • 94 8 TAMIL MURASU The election campaigns now going cm very smoothly here will refute the propaganda that there is no democracy here. All newspapers are giving coverage to the speeches of the govern- ment leaders as well as the leaders of the Opoposltlon. The Opposition is also allowed
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  • 900 9 That's what Sonny Yap found out when he followed a PAP candidate on a door-to-door campaign V Election 76 Having heard so much about the battle for the hearts and minds of the people, I told myself that I should see It In person. 60
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      80 10 / 11 A festive- offering this, in Christmas berry red and white and trimmed too, with ribbon frills at the bodice. Wear it to entertain or when you are being entertained. > In fact, it's just the type of dress which you could wear right through Christmas Day for festive
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      • 198 10 / 11 Consistent that's the sinseh The Chinese slnseh Is still thriving, despite the scare In Chinese herbal medicines in recent years. Had occasion to visit one recently. He was situated In the back bedroom of a sawmill. AfTald of draught (hong), he had boarded up entirely the only window of his
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      • 80 10 / 11 I know where I won't be going on Christmas Eve. Get an eyeful of this! Mandarin Hotel Is charging $50 Just to enter tne Kasbah nightclub on Christmas Eve! After that, you pay $16.50 for the first drink not Including service cnarge or government tax.
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      • 108 10 / 11 With Christmas less than a week away, shopping centres vying with each other preparing ail sorts of holiday programmes to draw the last-minute shopper. Specialists Centre is selling fresh mistletoe at its basement supermarket w.nch should prove to be fun to hang up at
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      • 40 10 / 11 Would you believe, durian flavoured food essence manufactured not by a local company as one would expect but by a British company? The name of the company Is Bush Boake Allen, that famous manufacturer oi food essences.
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    • 210 10 / 11 I can't get along with my staff no matter how hard I try. I am second in command in my office but I can't get the confidence of my staff. My boss seems to get along very well with them. Very often I
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    • Dear Ros
      • 137 10 / 11 My boyfriend recently introduced me to his family.' His mother Is very nice but she wants her son's girlfriend to help In the house worn. I do help whenever I am there but I feel she is taking me lor granted and expects me to help always. Sometimes
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      • 214 10 / 11 I have known him for nearly one year and we love each other very much. However, my parents object to him as he is not a Singapore citizen. I am worried that my parents won't agree to the marriage. Please tell me what to do
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      • 199 10 / 11 CHASED OUT BY PARENTS I am 19 and, have a boyfriend who likes to take me to midnight shows and we usually reach home around 4 a.m. Sometimes I ended up staying at his place. On realising this, my parents became angry and chased me
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      • 171 10 / 11 I am 19. I recently came to know a man thrice my age. We are tust friends and I give iim the respect an elderly man deserves. Things took a turn for the worse when he insisted on having sex with
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      • 240 10 / 11 When I was In school, my parents objected to my mixing with boys and I always obeyed them. It was the same after school. I have been working for the last live years and I still do not St together with boys,
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      • 259 10 / 11 I am 18 and still schooling, and 1 have known a boy of 15 *or the last three years We always go out together. He wanted me to be his special girlfriend, but he is one yea' my junior. Isn't It odd for a girl
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      • 104 10 / 11 I like to wear dresses but I am afraid to do this as my legs are ugly, hairy and full of scars which no stockings can hide. Please help. UNFORTUNATE Dear Unfortunate, Hairy and scarred legs are not the worst things that can happen to anyone. You
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    • 68 10 / 11 This was what we saw when the rage was on Stilleto heels are back but not these, I fervently hope. They were taken seriously enough to be shown at footwear fashion shows in London way back in 1957, at the height of the stilletto rage. One shoe
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  • 777 12 r Back-of-the-paper backgrounder Malnutrition afflicts those who eat too much as well as those who eat too little, with strikingly similar consequences for human health, a report Issued today by World Watch Institute indicated. The vlctiiqp of both undernutrition and overnutrition suffer a reduced life expectancy,
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  • 734 12  -  By Bob Thomas AP Los Angeles, Monday "It is easy for the academy voters to give an Oscar to a Marlon Brando, a Gene Hackman. But how can I convince them to give one to a 12m ape who deserves it Just as much?" Thus
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  • 473 13  -  Here are some useful pointers Motoring by NickvVan Nugteren Often it is troublesome to get rid of your old car —it takes a lot of time to negotiate with a used car dealer etc., and the idea is to trade the car as soon
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  • 458 13  -  Motorcycling by I kL= Lee Chiu San New bike models have not swept the market as completely this year as they have in the past. The best sales in the past 12 months have been enjoyed by bikes which are basically not much more than
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  • 128 14 Suppbing this service are the Lloyds Bank International of London, the Union Bank of Swltierland, Bank dl Roma of Italy and the Credit Lyonnaise of France. Round-up of stock markets for the week ending Dec. 17. Cloving prices on the Sydney Stock Exchange at 11.30 a.m. today (Aurtiallan time):
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  • 392 14 Sharp falls on Tuesday and Wednesday f =3 Business News and Views LONDON Having opened the week on a Arm note with sentiment being aided by good sterling and gilts performances the UK equity market fell sharply on Tuesday and Wednesday. Shocked by the trade figures
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  • 279 14 MILAN A certain down-trend was registered on the Italian Stock Exchange with the general stock Index closing at around 40.40. The Anal loss was about 3 per cent on good volume of transactions. Lightening sales were noted during the week, mainly due to the
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  • 548 14 ZURICH The predominantly positive trend on Wall Street had Its effect on the Swiss market during the Deriod under review. Also contributing to the Increased investment interest were the various interim reports, which in view of the economic situation can be termed satisfactory. Among
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  • 386 14 PARIS The un c e r tainty about oil prices stopped the market from improving this week. The market In fact has been rising and falling according to the positions taken In the oil conference. The final decisions of the OPEC countries, which could be modified at the
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    • 247 14 ■a i i ~V- if i >{• V*«i '.f,' i/et x* v,' Dinner ond Done* oc r BALLROOM with Henry the fUdejs and Vintage, wof T, Tolenrtme-iiogapore 76 A choke, of typical Christmas dishes from tlw Continent. United Kingdom ond the United Stotes of America, ft pm till the wee
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  • 631 15  -  Newcomer is crowned go-kart champ By Philip Tan It was a magnificent achievement for 22 ye a r old Michael Leong when he was crowned the official 1976/77 gokart champion by the Karting Club of Singapore after the last Kart Prix meet for this calendar year at the
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    • 272 15 I sy R n f3s I m V* MENU FOR TABLE OF 10 PERSONS Ice Skating Cold Dish Swimmer Shark's Fin Soup SPRINTER ROAST CHICKEN Steamed Garupa Free Style Prawn Hurdle Stadium Yam Shuttlecock Green Squash Noodle Joggers Turtle Soup Soccer Dessert SPECIAL TREAT FOR COUPLES One couple 3 dishes
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    • 425 15 No outright winner, so jackpot is now $5000 I □□□SB I IB IQ Q QQQQQ IQ QDQDQ No winner submi 11 e d a solution which corresponded in all respects with the set of answers held by the judges to be the most apt and accurate in the New Nation
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  • 77 16 pwi ■> DEATH YEO JUI MOK JUSTIN Aged 57 years, passed away peacefully on Sunday 19.12.1976 leaving behind beloved wife Chye Hueh; daughter Caroline Poh Nol; godson Richard; Brothers and Sisters. Cortege will leave 48 Nasslm Road at 1.00 p.m. Tuesday 21.12.1976 for St. Ignatuls Church, Kings Road, thereafter to
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  • 307 16  -  MARTIAL ARTS by Wilfred Shimmen The Metropolitan YMCA meet the Orchard Road YMCA in the first -ever Northern Chuen Fa Kick Kung-fu championships to be stag, ed next month at the Homer Cheng Auditorium of the Metro "Y" in Palmer Road. Sebastian Soh, founder and
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  • 112 16 Reuter Bangkok, Monday. Thailand collected 18 gold medals to win the Seventh South east Asian Shooting Association (SEAS A) Games which concluded here yesterday. The Philippines came second in the sixnation tournament wln.lng the Individual air rifle and small bore rifle three-positions for two gold
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    • 213 16 PUN'S FLORISTS AT Hong Leong Building and Apollo Hotel. Fresh flowers In beautiful arrangement for all occasions. Prompt and efficient service. Telephone: *****41, *****75. NEWLY RENOVATED. FULLY furnished carpeted flat for sale *****,000 negotiable. 3 rooms with bathrooms attached. Contact: *****02 Pacific Mansion. MUST SILL CHEAP Cavenagh House 3bedroomed Flat.
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  • 207 17 The Pacific championships for 505 racing dinghies which were originally scheduled to be held here in July next year have been postponed till January 1978. Michael Clark, who had his dinghy shipped In last month for the championships, said two factors caused the postponement: Hong
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  • 196 17 May play in return tie against Cruzeiro UPI Munich, Monday Bayern Munich will probably play World Cup hero Franz Beckenbauer in tomorrow's World Club Soccer Championship return match against Cruzeiro of Brazil, coach Detmmar Cramer said yesterday. The balding coach said that Prof. Viernsteln had flashed
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  • 107 17 Reuter Moscow, Monday, World champion Anatory Karpov and grandmaster Yuri Balashov shared the lead yesterday in the Soviet National Chess Championship, with three 01 the 17 rounds still to be played. Karpov, 25, won both adjourned games he had to play off, beating Boris
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  • 306 18 Reuter Perth, Monday Sensational Pakistan teenage batting star Javed Mlandad failed for the second time In two days when he was dismissed for four on the second day of the three-day match against Western Australia at the Waca ground here yesterday. Javed was
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  • 346 18  -  We've not been told to pull out, he says By FRANCIS EMMANUEL Kuala Lumpur, Monday Singapore will continue to plav in the Malaysia Cup competition as long as "we are invited to send a team," Football Association of Singapore chairman, N. Ganesan, said last night. Mr.
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  • 128 18 UPI Brisbane, Monday Australia's Test fast bowler Jeff Thomson's long innings as a bachelor came to an end on Saturday when he married 22-year-old model Cheryl Wilson. Greg Chappell, Australia's Test captain, was Thomson's best man at the ceremony, attended by over
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  • 183 18 New Delhi, Monday. An England vltory over India remained the most likely result after the third day of the first cricket Test here yesterday, but a resolute innings by Sunll Gavaskar suggested John Leyer's magnifient bowling could still be accompanied by a draw.
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  • 418 19 Brilliant victory puts him in the running RACING with Scrutineer I- 4 Right To Reason emerged as one of top prospects for the forthcoming Penang Gold Cup this weekend with a brilliant win in the 1200 m Pesta Pulau Pinang Cup at Penang on Saturday.
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  • 147 19 AP Okland, (California), Monday, During a series ol events billed as Muhammad Ali Unity Day, the world heavyweight boxing champion received a key to the city, declared he really would retire and said he hoped to conquer the Alps by elephant. All appeared here
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  • 116 19 Reuter Manila, Monday New Zealand's Graeme Lawrence won the first Metro Manila Grand Prix yesterday completing the 40-lap, 140kilometres circuit in one hour, six minutes and 41.7 seconds. Driving a Fordpowered March 768 Lawrence easily headed off his nearest rival John Mac Donald of
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  • 141 19 Reuter Santiago, Monday Chile's Patricio Cornejo suffered a heart attack here yesterday as his team went down 4-1 to Italy in the final of the Davis Cup tennjLs competition. The drama of Cornejo's attack came after Italy were already assured of victory when they built up
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  • 27 19 AP Bangkok, Monday Malaysia blanked Bangladesh 6-0 on the fourth day of the Ninth King's Cup soccer tournament. Malaysia led 3-0 at half time. AP.
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    • 918 20 TV AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT8 followed by KIJDUMRA (T/r) 3.35 DIARY OF EVENT8 (T). 3.4# GENERAL HOSPITAL. 4.20 MEDICAL REPORT. (Last Episode). 4.35 INTERMI88ION. C.N OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by ACCENT ON YOUTH (r). Items are from the recent YOUTH FE8TIVAL and they Include Tarlan Remaja by Kg.
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    • 245 20 Today's top shows THE SUN: Its Power ana Promise, (cn. 8. <45 p.m. in colour). Solar energy, once only a gleam in tne eye of scientists, may be a major energy &oyrce In tne next century. This oe the time when seilous shortages of los&li iuel—oil and coal —will oe
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