New Nation, 10 January 1977

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  • 18 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Monday, January 10, 1977 No 1842 Price 25 cents M C (P) 262/1/77 NEW NATION comment;
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  • 201 1 Israel's new Mid-East peace proposal AP New York, Monday Israeli Defence Minister Shimon Peres said in an interview published yesterday he favours negotiations with Jordan's King Hussein to establish a confederation among Israel, Jordan and the occupied West Bank. "My proposal is to create either a federation
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  • 119 1 UPI Tokyo, Monday. Drivers with type A Wood ran a greater risk of getting involved in motor accidents than those with other blood types, according to a recent police survey. Police in Kagoshima province in southern Japan said that 42JS per cent of 1111 injured
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  • 316 1 Reuter Abu Dhabi, Monday The United Arab Emirates (UAE) last night announced an increase of US *3.25 cents a barrel for Abu Dhabi crude oils, a rise of approximately five per cent on 1976 prices. A statement bv the Abu Dhabi Petroleum Department said
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  • 75 1 NYT New York, Monday Linda Lee. wife of the late martial arts super star. Bruce Lee. has filed suits against four movie companies charging that an unauthorised biographical film called Bruce Lee Super Dragon was of such poor quality that it caused assets of Lee's estate to dwindle
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  • 129 1 UPI Bangkok, Monday Police have arrested a 10-year-old boy 'or being a communist spy in a guerilla Infested area, Press reports in Bangkok said yesterday. The reports, In both English language and Thai Bangkok newspapers, said the boy was questioned when he "acted suspiciously," In
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  • 122 1 Attending to the sick will be the business of these seven women who have Just graduated as Chinese physicians at the Chinese Medical Studies Institute. For four years they slogged through a parttime course which Ineluded various branches of Chinese medicine. With each of them holding a
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  • 450 2 The Minister for Social Affairs, Encik Othman Wok, yesterday urged the management committee of Hua Kiau School in Pasir Panjang to find out why there has been a poor enrolment record, despite the school's history and activities. Speaking at the school's oath-taking ceremony. Enclk Othman
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  • 216 2 KHOO IS BACK AS HEAD The leadership crisis of the reconstituted University of Singapore Students Union has been resolved, it was learnt today. The union's executive committee In a meeting on Friday passed a vote of confidence on lt« president Mr. Khoo Ouan Chuan who had
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  • 39 2 Mr. Lee Soon Hock has been appointed a Commissioner for Oaths with effect from Dec. 27 for so long as he performs the duties of the Registrar of Newspaper, Ministry of Culture, according to the latest government gazette.
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  • 119 2 The Port of Singapore Authority trill add four more powerful tugs equipped with antipollution and fire fighting equipment to It* present fleet Th* new tuga will cost $13.2 million. A PSA statement yesterday said the four tugs will provide better services to the large number
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  • 102 2 Two local companies have expressed Interest In setting up Joint-ven-ture rubber processing Industries In Vietnam since the drafting of rules and regulations governing foreign Investment In the country was made. Both firms, Importers and exporters of rubber, are believed to have held discussions with Mr. Lee
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  • 119 2 BUSINESS DONE First Section City Dev. (1) 1.06. M. Credit (4) 1.36. S. Land (1) 1.75. U.O.L. (41) 1.22. Sett.: (22) 1.22, (1) 1.23. C. Sugars (13) 1.32, (2) 1.33. Sett.: (3) 1.33, (4) 1 34 Haw Par (63) 1.24, (19) 1.25. Sett.: (72) 1.25, (33) 1.26. Gold
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  • 222 2 Construction work is going on to brick up the rear facade of the Town House (left) In Cavanagh Road which faces the Istana. This is believed to be a security measure to prevent snipers from using the building which towers above the Istana grounds
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  • 52 2 The University of Singapore's Extramural Studies Department will hold a 12-lecture course on Principles and Practice of Valuation In Room C, History Department, •very Tuesday and Thursday from 7.30 p.m. to 0.30 p.m. starting this Thursday. The course fee Is $45. Ring *****6 for further details and
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 99 2 Biy Sweep and Toto 810 SWEEP drawn on Saturday: 1 ***** 2 ***** 3 ***** Starters Not. *****. *****, *****, *****, *****. *****, *****, *****. *****. *****, *****, *****, *****. Consolation Nos. *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****. BIG BWEEP drawn yesterday: 1 ***** 2 *****
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    • 712 2 WHAT'S ON FILMS: Water for a City, Six Heavy Pish and a Ton of Sinkers; and Eighteen Footers at Maritime Museum, Sentosa, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. CHINESE PAINTING, ART DEMONSTRATION at Sentosa Art Centre, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. OPEN FORUM at Stage Club. Malcolm Road, 8.30 p.m. SHIPS
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  • 11 2 Police reported 97 accidents yesterday. Nine were serious.
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  • 242 3 ...if petrol price goes up sp.c. The Singapore Bus Service's expenditure will increase by $900,000 a year if the price of petrol goes up by five per cent. Disclosing this, an SBS spokesman said: "If petroleum companies are allowed to increase their retail prices following the
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  • 132 3 Bad weather and the lack of a convenient bus service have affected the takings of 250 stall-hold-ers at the Children's Charities Trade Exoositlon at the National Stadium. At leo?t six stalls have pulled out after the first few evenings which some stall-holders described as
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  • 224 3 After practising as a doctor more than 10 years Dr. Zena Maxwell suddenly realised she did not quite like her job. It began to dawn on her that her real interest lies in the prevention of sickness rather than treating it. Besides, she likes teaching. So
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  • 137 3 An Asian doctor has taken over the post as head of the World Health Organisation Immunology Research and Training Centre in Singapore for the first time. Dr. Chan Soh Ha, 34, a Malaysian, who was working at the Centre from 1972 to 1975 returned recently
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  • 232 3 Dr. Lau Wai Har, acting director of Institute of Education, this morning urged new trainee teachers to destroy the image of the "Ugly Singaporean." Welcoming a batch of 360 new students at the Institute, Dr. Lau said: "It will certainly be unprofessional of us
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  • 219 3 TOP MEDICAL GRADUATE After disease struck a close relative of Mr. Teo Lik Cheng four years ago, he decided to hit back by studying Chinese medicine. He enrolled in a study course, and yesterday. Mr. Teo. a clerk, was all smiles when he topped
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    • 126 3 a **y "N.- In Cordyceps, a welt-known Chinese herb of great value is used as a nutrient and corroborant and is usually prepared with "1 chicken for traditional I remedy. Dictionary and reported by medical ffIUg^HRSHLi authorities in China, |||wHIAjV| Cordyceps is food for lungs, marrows and for the treatment
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    • 225 3 SCHEDULED DEMRTIIRE KUL/PEN SATURDAY MONDAY THURSDAY PEN/KUL SUNDAY TUESDAY FRIDAY KUL/SIN SATURDAY MONDAY THURSDAY SIN/KUL SUNDAY TUESDAY FRIDAY ■"t i x FOR ONLY $66.00 between Kuala Lumpur and Penang, you will pass Malaysia's tin-rich country and •top at Ipoh, the centre of the industry; pay a visit to the splendid
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  • 286 4 Increasing number of students also warned of long hair, coloured shoes An increasing number of secondary school students have been warned against wearing long hair, coloured shoes and jeans to school since the new term started last week. ThU apparent lack of discipline, according to principals
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  • 234 4 The $40.5 million Port of Singapore Authority flatted factory complex at the Junction of Paslr Pan J ant Road and Alexandra Road will be completed by the middle of the year. .Hie three 11 storey buildings will provide 100,000 sq. m. of lactory space
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  • 39 4 Two men, armed with knives, held up a factory girl, Krlsia blnte Mohammed Yusoff while she was waiting tor a lift at Block 1, Half Road, and robbed her or cash and valuables amounting to $370 yesterday.
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  • 146 4 Twenty-three scouts and four leaders who represented Singapore at the 11th Australian Scout Jamboree, recently had a taste of life in a tent city near Melbourne. The specially built tent city at Rossmoyne Park, Dandenong, about 32km from Melbourne, housed about 15,000 people
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  • 247 4 For external degrees, diplomas The University of London has increased its examination fees for external decrees and diplomas by between 10 a/id SO per cent this year. More than 200 students who have so far registered for examinations In June, are the first
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  • 82 4 Sentosa's first me-dium-sized hotel will take .In Its first guests In Spetember. Renovation, work on the building,'a former officers' mess. Is now In full swing. The hotel, which will have between 70 and 90 rooms, will be run by the Apollo Hotels group and Its
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  • 113 4 The Port of Singapore Authority will strictly enforce the Environmental Public Health Act at the Sembawang Port with immediate effect to stamp out littering. A PSA statement said there is a need for stricter enforcement as irresponsible port users are still throwing food wrappers, dunnage
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  • 37 4 The Singapore Armed Forces will conduct military exercises in Marsillng area from today till Saturday from 8 a.m. to midnight dally. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used and the public is advised not to be alarmed.
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  • 261 4 The United Front is having second thoughts about applying for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of their unsuccessful candidate, Mr. Shamsuddin Tung, who was detained by the police on Christmas cvc. This Is bccause their lawyer had advised them that If they
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  • 20 4 The YWCA will hold its annual flag day on Feb. 5 to raise funds for its welfare services.
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  • 639 6 UPI Washington, Monday The Central Intelligence Agency declined comment yesterday on a report that the agency may have been involved in a deliberately planned outbreak of African swine fever that resulted in the slaughter of 500,000 pigs in Cuba in
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  • 246 6 Reuter Washington, Monday— NATO may collapse if it does not match the military buildup of the Sorlet Union In Europe, the alliance's comman-der-in-chief. US General Alexander Haig, said in a interview published yesterday. Gen. Haig, in an interview with US News "and World Report magazine,
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  • 65 6 Reuter Jerusalem, Monday— The Israeli cabinet yesterday ordered the police to call off their Investigation into the affairs of Housing Minister Avraham Oxer, who committed suicide last week after being accused of embezzling public funds. Attorney-General Aharon Brak, in a recommendation adopted by the cabinet, said
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  • 113 6 UPI TODAY Is Monday, Jan. 10, the tenth day of 1977 with SSS to follow. THE MOON Is approaching its last quarTHE MORNING STARS are Mercury, Man and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Venus and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. ■arty American
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  • 98 6 UPI Lsadsn, Man. Mary (amen who want ■we nflk from their caws sheaH pat them, sing to tfcii er even swear at than bat never Ignore theas, seesr<lng to a British agricaltaral scientist. A fesr-year sarvey mt 88 herds shewed that caws with higher TleMs had "saw
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  • 217 6 Tokyo, Monday About 100 businessmen, politicians and scholars of a private commission from the United States, Canada. Japan and Western Europe met in secret yesteraay to discuss international problems. The commission, founded in 1973. includes among its members US President-elect Jimmy Carter
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  • 44 6 UPI Rome. Monday Landslides caused by heavy rains over the past several days forced authorities to order the evacuation of a mineral water bottling plant and a number of houses in three villages in the central Italian Tuscany region yesterday, officials said. UPI.
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  • 303 6 Reuter Lusaka, Monday Black Africa's "frontline" states held out the prospect yesterday of an end to Rhodesia's guerilla war once "colonialism, oppression and racism" are eliminated in the white-ruled territory. The statement issued after a two-day summit meeting was described by British
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  • 175 6 Reuter Tokyo, Monday. Former Japanese Foreign Minister Kllchl Mlyazawa said yesterday he deplored the way some of Europe's mass media blamed Japan for all of Western Europe's economic problems. Mr. Miyazawa, who has held key economic posts since 1962, said improving Japan's trade relations
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  • 30 6 Reuter Belfast, Mondey A British army explosives expert was killed yesterday as he tried to defuse a massive guerilla bomb in the North Ireland border town of Oortnagorron.—Reuter.
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  • 209 6 UPI Rawalpindi, Monday— At least six people were killed and seven others Injured when rival political groups clashed yesterday during election rallies on Dera Ismail Khan in Pakistan's troubled North west frontier Province (NWFP). An official news release said police rushed to the
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    • 176 6 I] Nll WEATHER Bome Partly cloudy, 6 13C. Headline: Almost all telephone services blocked In Rome. Moscow Overcast, Minus 8 Minus 6C. Prav da's headline: Tasks of workers In agriculture. Paris —Clear and cold. 5 2. Headline: The killing of Prince de Broglle: Strange stories. Tskyo Cloudy, 6-SC. Headline: Boeing
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  • 321 7 Reuter Salt Lake City, Monday In a bleak l&oiation cell, condemned killer Gary Gilmore today begins what will probably be the last week of the violent life he wants to end In front of a firing squad. The death sought by the 36-year-old
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  • 54 7 Reuter Panama City, Monday —Panamanian students yesterday burned a US flag In the Panama Canal zone to mark the 13th anniversary of bloody clashes over US control of the waterway. About 100 students crossed into the zone, burned the flag and then withdrew, a spokesman for the
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  • 330 7 Quietly dispersed by soldiers UPI Tokyo, Monday A group of Chinese demonstrated at Peking's Chung Nan Hai area last night but the demonstration was quietly contained by unarmed People's Liberation Army soldiers, Kyodo News Service reported. Kyodo, In a dispatch from the Chinese capital, said
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  • 221 7 Reuter Washington, Monday President-elect Jimmy Carter will not hesitate to call for more money to pump Into the US economy if his proposed US$3O billion ($720 billion) over the next two years is not enough, Treasury Secretary-de-signate Michael Blumenthal said yesterday. Mr. Carter outlined
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  • 196 7 Reuter Jerusalem. Monday An Israeli request for the extradition to this country of Abu Daoud, the Palestinian guerilla leader arrested on Friday in Paris, might be sent to the French government within hours, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said here last night. Earlier,
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  • 233 7 Reuter UPI Riyadh, Monday Arab Foreign Ministers from the "confrontation" states facing Israel met here yesterday with their counterparts from the rich oil producers. The Ministers, called together by Saudi Arabia to discuss the Middle East situation and future financial aid to the
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  • 154 7 UPI Palm Springs (California), Monday The bodies of Frank fllnatra's mother and three other people were found by a search party yesterday near a chartered let which crashed Into a (3000-metre) mountain ridge on Thursday on a flight to the singer's ooenlng night In
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  • 441 8 Each stage of the industrialisation process brings forth new problems and priorities. Good economic management demands that government should not only anticipate or react to these, but also help the various sectors of Industry to tackle their special problems where this can be done without
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  • 594 8 Dr Pauling's campaign to raise funds for research Washington Post Washington, Monday It won't appeal to just anyone, but those interested can buy a cancerous mouse for US$l3B ($331) from the eminent scientist, Dr. Linus Pauling. Pauling hit on this somewhat chilling gimmick In pursuit of
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  • 530 8  -  MONDAY WITH SONNY YAP SONNY YAP Does it matter whether Prince Charles will marry this year? Or whether Liz Taylor will find happiness in her new marriage? Or whether Oeo r ge Best's girl doesn't want to be a doormat? Buch trivia peddled by Western
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 70 8 A boss in England got hot under the collar and sacked a 17-year-old boy for having a loose tie and his shirt top button undone. An Industrial tribunal later ruled that the dismissal was fair after the boss said: "We have had a rule about
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    • 53 8 A friend couldn't find the toilet in a restaurant and asked a waiter, who pointed to a door with the sign "restroom" on it. "But it says rest- room," he protested, but the waiter assured him the 100 was inside. Grumbled the friend: "Why cant they say
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  • 406 8 NEW STRAITS TIMES r, 3 VOICE OF THE PRESS 4 Although a resumption of the ueneva talks on the Middle East Is not likely beiore May, there are Indications that both Arabs and Israelis are more willing now than ever before to come
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  • 929 9  -  y 1 OPINION J By James Reston NYT Washington, Monday Most new administrations come to Washington proproclaiming great changes, and leave regretting the stubborn resistance of the human race to all their noble plans. But as the Carterlsation of Washington
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  • 380 9 Tokyo, Monday China has begun showing a colour documentary of the late Premier Chou En-Lai while recalling him as a "long tested outstanding party and state leader/ Peking's Hsinhua News Agency reported last Friday. The documentary, entitled "Eternal glory to
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  • 346 9 AP Washington. Monday in the final 10 days of his presidency, President Ford Is pondering a number of tough decisions from Vietnam war amnesty to oil price controls and pay raises for high government officials. He also Is putting the
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  • trend EDITED BY SYLVIA LEOW
    • 101 10 / 11  -  Words: Jennifer Schoon The Christmas season is over and, with it, glamour clothes. The working girl will be looking towards wearable outfits for work and play. Here are two after-office outfits in practical twill easy to care for, easy to wear. Left: A culotte
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    • 748 10 / 11  -  By Thomas Ronan New York Times New York, Monday The breakup of marriage is often depicted as a trauSatic experience for ie wife and as a release for the husband, who supposedly longs for the freedom of his bachelor days.
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    • Dear Ros
      • 197 10 / 11  -  F. LEE. I met a 27-year-old man six months ago and we got on very well. Recently he asked me to enter into a sexual relationship with him but I refused. I feel I am too young and it is too risky. He did
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      • 212 10 / 11 I am going on 14 and have matured considerably. I want privacy to del my own thing like listening to records or talking with my friends. At present. 1 share a room with my eight-year-old brother although there are spare rooms In the
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      • 190 10 / 11 I am 16 and have changed in my outlook. I am sick of dates and prefer to stay at home. I used to share my problems with my mum and our relationship was very good but now i find myself shouting at her. I
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      • 148 10 / 11 I met a girl and was attracted by her beauty and wish to be friends with her. How can I do this? Shall I tlnd out her name and address and correspond with her, or Is It better to talk to her personally?
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      • 127 10 / 11  -  I am a father of three children. My wife gave birth to our third child by operation and after that she underwent sterilisation She told me not to have sex with her for four months after this. Why is this so? M. CHIA. Dear
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      • 90 10 / 11 I am seven. I used to steal things. Now I want to apologise but I am scared. What shall I do? A LONELY GIRL. Dear Lonely Girl, It is never too late to own ip and apoloCie. It la also a very ave thing to do. Tell the
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    • Grapevine
      • 82 10 / 11 It's a long war to Katong at least according to the directors of a locally produced film, Dream of the Red Chamber 77, which is showing at the Jurong Drive-In. There's a scene in which the leading lady takes a cab from Sin- gapore Airport,
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      • 26 10 / 11 Said a thin colleague to a fat colleague: When jour tyres wear thin, you don't need to buy new ones. Just use your own!
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      • 77 10 / 11 A friend ot a friend, very much Influenced by the Save with POSB campaign withdrew all her money to deposit with the Post Office. She qualified for CM POSB lucky draw tickets. She was confident that she would win more than one prise with her tickets. When the
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      • 90 10 / 11 What does PSC stand for? If you say Post School Certificate, Why, your age la showing. Those younger would Instead think the abbreviation refers to the Pnbllc Service Commission. Similarly never say Senior Cambridge when yon mean Secondary Pour or Government House when It's the Istana
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  • 586 12 And sometimes nerve-wrecking Beirut, Monday For 30,000 Arab soldiers, keeping the peace in Leoanon is oleak, mostly dull but sometimes nervewrecking assignment. It inevitably ipvKes comparison with the lot of the British army in Northern Ireland. Lebanese threw flowers to greet Syrian T-&4 tanks
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  • 229 12  -  By Niehoias Moore Reuter morale is good. We have brought uniforms made in Britain so it is not too bad." Further into the mountains, three Syrian commandos blew on their hands at a remote -road block Just below the snow line on the
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  • 596 12  -  ■y Sharon Rosenhouse Los Angeles Times New Delhi, Monday India's economy, used to shortages, now is In a period of abundance. With its trade picture greatly Improved and with foreign exchange reserves continuing to soar, some foreign economists worry that aid donors may decide
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 380 12 YOUR LUCKY IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a person of mat Ingenuity. This, in combination with your determination to succeed and your refusal to accept defeat even when. it is sore upon you, makes It almost impossible for you to leave any project or endeavour without seeing
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  • 590 13  -  Kidnappings on the rise in W. Germany By David Storey Reuter Bonn, Monday West Germany's rich and famous are worried. Four members of the country's wealthier families have been kidnapped in the last three months, and others with the price of a ransom in t.he
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    • 547 13 Monday J low]! NEWNMIM i Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW iMMßMiCutilang dotted lines CLUES FOR DO-1 I. The cry off o sheep t. An Occident could result ffrom too mony people being
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    • 733 13 22 SHARE $500, JACKPOT IS $6500 □□no No entrant submitted a solution wMch corresponded in all respects with the set of answers held by the judges to be the most apt and accurate in the New Nation Moneywords contest "DM" 'iweniy-two entrants each mbmitted a solution which differed at three
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  • 341 14 PARIS As generally expected. 1977 began with a very good week a week the like of which has not been seen lor a long time. Volume was much higher with the dally turnover exceeding 50 million francs with advances over a wide range.
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  • 191 14 FRANKFURT On the first few days of the new .year equity prices displayed great strength. Many blue chips with a good earnings base Jumped several DOlnts. mostly on institutional buying prompted by optimistic forecasts for the market. When selling appeared after the Initial rapid rlsl, the upward move
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  • 365 14 Following optimistic. though cautious, New Year comment, equities started the four-day week reasonably well on Tuesday although major support was lacking. Prices then continued in good heart. making further progress, aided by the strength In gilts and the firmness in sterling. On Friday, however,
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  • 219 14 Reuter Washington, Monday The US International Trade Commission on Thursday voted to impose import quotas for the first time on shoe imports a decision that will hurt many developing countries in Asia and Latin America. The commission also voted to raise
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  • 62 14 Reuter Manila, Monday Indonesia and Philippines have signed an air agreement under which bo*h countries are to operate regular air services between Manila and Jakarta starting next March. Phillpnine sources said yesterday. The sources said the air service would be initially provided by Philpplne Airlines at the
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  • 299 14 MILAN The Italian Stock Exchange registered a certain decline during the first two sessions of last week. Then a little reaction was noted, particularly due to a certain rumour about an Important financial operation concerning Pirelli. Nevertheless, the final result, was a loss of about
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  • 258 14 ZURICH The positive market mood characterising the closing days of 1976 was also reflected in the first two trading sessions or the New Year. Amid above average turnover, gains some quite substantial were scored in all sectors. However, under the influence of the downtrend in
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  • 195 14 Reuter Hong Kong. MondayWorkers and peasants, in Peking have pledged to turn their hatred for China's four purged radical leaders into strength for promoting production, the New China News Agency reported yesterday. The agency reported on Saturday's activities in Peking marking the
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  • 148 14 f 3 Business News and Views Closing prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock exchange. AAR M 99 Aberfoyle 95 105 Auat Dev 22 36 BH South 103 10« B'vtlle 133 nil Cons Gold 149 nil Cleveland unq Cudgeon 39 nil Cons RuUle 90 90
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    • 35 14 Sapplytnr this service are the Lloyds Bank International of London, the Commersbanh of West Germany, the Credit Lyonnalse of France, and Bank d'Hom* of Italy. Roand-iy of stock markets for the week endlnc Jan. 7.
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  • 539 15  -  It's designed for the economy-minded [f Motoring 1] by Nick van Nugleren Ford has just added a new Cortina to the market, which has been designed to capture the eco-nomy-minded motor--Ist. The Cortina 1800 XL Automatic, however will be placed in the same class as Ford's
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  • 74 15 This new Lotos Formala. One ear, known as the John Player Bpeclal Mark 111, made Its first pabUc appearance at the Royal Garden Hotel in London Jast before ChristIn the driving seat Is Lotus chief Colin Chapman, who la flanked by Mario Andrettl on the
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  • 462 15  -  Motorcycling jj LU: Lee Chiu San This year will see some very lively happ en 1 n g s on the motoring and motorcycling scene. For a start, the Singapore Motor Sports Club is roaring off to a busy year. The club
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  • 496 15 AP Stuttgart, Monday Business Is booming for Mercedes, glamorous star of West German automaking, even though most Germans have to wait two years for one of Its products. "Germans come to us and say, 'my Mercedes has gone 120,000 kilometres and I want
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  • 265 15 UPI Reuter Tokyo, Monday Japanese automakers dominated the American foreign car market last year with top four Japanese car manufacturers making up nearly 00 per cent of foreign cars being sold In the world's largest market, according to preliminary figures. Japanese auco manufacturers,
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 161 15 22 share prize self with an unnecessary GRIF. If for pleasure, a TRIP needs no practical Justification. Preference for GRIP. DM-4:4: For them to CROW Is aulte "usual." Le.. not surprising as an occurrence. They Invariably GROW, all the time. Preference for CROW. DM-4:6: Since a TUBE can be distorted,
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  • 539 16  -  MARTIAL ARTS by Wilfred Shimmen The Singapore Amateur Judo Association will be making an allout bid to boost their 1975 medal tally record at the SEAP Games in Kuala Lumpur in November. This was disclosed by Mr. K.S. Moorthy, SAJA vice-president and National coach,
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  • 455 16 Reuter Buenos Aires, Monday Jody Scheckter of South Africa won the Argentine Grand Prix here yesterday after most of the top favourites dropped out of the opening race of the 1977 Formula One motor racing campaign. "It's a miracle," Scheckter said of his Canad lan-owned
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  • 226 16 United Press International New York, Monday US Cpen champion Jerry Pate, in a sudden-death playoff with Professional Uoliers Association king Dave Stockton, tapped in a Dutt of less than a metre on the first extra hole yesterday to win the US$2OO,OOO ($480,000) Phoenix Open. The two
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 414 16 ATTRACTIVE RATES FOR FIXED DEPOSITS and Saving Accounts 8% par annum. Klaw Alk Hang Financa Co. Ltd., 157, South Brldga Road, Singapore 1. Tal: *****-6, *****2 Adv. Permit No. 1261 HEY LADIES! DO you wish to know where you could get the most fashionable datnty shoes at sensible prices? Qo
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  • 401 17 United Press International New York, Monday A trimmed down Martina Navratllova outhustled and outhlt Chris Evert yesterday to score an upset triumph In the first 1977 tournament stop of the Virgina Slims women's tennis tour. The 20-year-old Chechoslovakian expatriate needed less than an
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  • 676 17  -  By TONY DANKER Kuala Lumpur, Monday The Malaysian selection put on a creditable performance at Merdeka Stadium last night despite their 1-0 defeat by Levski Spartak of Bulgaria. The Selection matched Spartak In skills and speed, more than hold- Ing their own in defence and
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  • 206 17 Reuter Brisbane, Monday—The Pakistan cricket team have asked the Australian Cricket Board for a signincant increase in the payment lor the current tour of Australia. The Pakistan team's management have re quested an extra A 540,000 to A 550,000 (8)150,000) a rise of between 50 and
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  • 472 17  -  By BRIAN MILLER Twelve handicapper, Wayne Bosley, fired a nett-69 to lead the field after the first round of the Police Cup played at the Singapore Island Country Club's Island course yesterday. Wayne, son of amateur champion Bill Bosley, is however hotly pursued by M.K.
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  • 64 17 AP New Delhi, Monday India have agreed to host the 1982 Asian Games In New Delhi, the President of the Indian Olympic Association announced yesterday. Retired Air Chief Marshal O.P. Mehra told the lOA that the government had given approval and Initial planning had already begun
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  • 32 17 Tunis, Monday—Tunisia drew 1-1 with Morocco in their World Cup soccer African Group One preliminary qualifying second leg match here yesterday, but won the two-leg tie on 4-2 penalty kicks.
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  • 160 17 Melbourne. Monday American Roscoe Tanner's speedy victory In the AS2OO.OOO< 5*640.000) Australian Open singles tennis championship at Kooyong here yesterday presented him with his first maior title and a big decision to make. Tanner, the 25-year-old second seed, powered his way past top seeded Argentinian Glllermo
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  • 153 18 AP Stockholm, Monday Indonesia's Liem Swle King, the world's top badminton player, made quick work of Plemming Dells, whipping the Dane In straight sets to take the men's singles title In the Swedish Open championships for the first time yesterday. Liem. 20, top-seeded In this
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  • 157 18 Sydney, Monday The Sydney Cricket Ground will present a new dimension of trouble for the Pakistan cricketers when the third and final Test starts on Friday. For the first time in the series the tourists can expect to be playing on real grass a fair bit
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  • 325 18 Tara Law set the pace, leading past the 800 m and Into the straight from Top Tudor and Canton. Groovy made up ground. With 100 m to go Top Tudor made t>. strong bid. but Tara Lass ran on strongly to coast home
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  • 296 19  -  By By FRANCIS EMMANUEL Ktiala Lumpur, Monday Choo Seng Quee, the Singapore soccer coach, has issued a warning to teams taking part in the World Cup qualifying tournament in Singapore next month: "Don't under-rate my boys." Seng Quee, a trim 63, told
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  • 22 19 Public Utilities Board Recreation Club beat Singapore Fire Brigade 2-1 in a Singapore Government Services Football League match on Saturday.
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  • 712 19  -  By PHILIP TAN If the one hour training session yesterday is anything to go by, then the Singapore soccer team are in for a tough time when they take on West Germany's First Division Amateur League club Sportsfruende at the National Stadium tonight
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