New Nation, 12 February 1977

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  • 25 1 New Nation ■6IN'GApdBt J Saturday, February 12, 1977 No. 1872 Price 25 cents M C. (P) 262/1/77 r 1 j NEW (§0) NATION COMMENT i
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  • 422 1  -  By Teresa Ooi The Education Ministry is to stop the practice of releasing results of the GCE "O" and "A" level examinations for publication in newspapers. School, private and Adult Education Board candidates will now have to depend on their schools and the
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  • 205 1 You'll need a strong stomach for this sort of thing, of course... but the real secret, according to Mr. Ong Heng, Is the mastery of "chl," the kung-fu art of Internal strength. Mr. Ong will repeat this performance at the Vigilante .Corps 10th anniversary show at
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  • 124 1 Reuter Duesseldorf, Saturday. —A 38-year-old West German who learned to beg In four languages had nearly 80,000 marks ($80,000) In his bank account when he went on trial here for fraud, court sources said today. The man, whose name was not made public, was accused of duping
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  • 141 1 Reuter Washington, Saturday President Carter plans to send a mission to Vietnam to discuss possible diplomatic recognition by the United States and the question of Americans missing in the Indochina war, the White House said yesterday. Mr. Jerrold Schecter. spokesman (or the
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    • 31 1 INSIDE Up goes the price of coffee —Page 7 Three top I«-WW teams Cor S'pore? Back Pago IN THE OTHER PAGES: Cinema 2; Money words 12; Cryssword, Stars 17; Comics 18.
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  • 246 2 The Labour Ministry is to build up a corps of specialists In ministry affairs who, once In, will not be allowed transfers to other government departments. Civil servants at the ministry will soon have to exercise their option to Join this departmental service
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  • 61 2 A family of eight lost their home when a fire this morning gutted the Daisy Paper Cups and Wooden Sticks factory and partially damaged two adjoining houses at Lorong 23, Geylang. Three Are engines put out the blaze 15 minutes after flames were spotted in the
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  • 201 2 The Budget for 1978/79 will be presented simply enough for the layman to see what programmes are being pursued by the Government and at what cost. A Finance Ministry official was noted assaying this by Business Times today. The new-style Budget will be introduced
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  • 170 2 A 10-man Japanese car parts Investment team was in Singapore this week on a fact-find-ing mission as part of an ABEAN tour. It comprised leaders of the Japan Auto-part Industry Association (J APIA), which has more than 300 members, and was led by Mr. Masaya Kato,
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  • 30 2 The University of Singapore's Extramural Studies Department will begin a 10 lecture course on religion and ritual among Chinese in Singapore from March 2. The fee is $30.
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  • 199 2 13 bands, singers to perform on Feb. 20 A rock concert is to be held for the first time at the National Stadium in Kallang. About 10,000 people are expected to attend the show on Sunday, Feb. 20 at about 7 p.m. Concert 77
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    • 794 2 Today: 5.51 pjn. (2.1 m). Tomorrow: 5.12 a.m. (2.5 m); 8.13 p.m. (2.1 m). Monday: 6.42 a.m. (2.5 m); 8.13 p.m. (2.1 m). Tuesday: 8.11 a.m. (2.6 m); 10.14 p.m. (2.5 m). Wednesday: 9.12 a.m. (2.8 m); 10.52 p.m. (2.6 m). Tharsday: 10.02 a.m. (2.9 m); 11.25 p.m. (2.7 m).
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  • 211 4 More than 100,000 people are expected to cross the Causeway for the Chinese New Year In the next few days. Malayan Railway, which has an average of six services a day, will add three more coaches for every service to cope with the
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  • 236 4 Police have cracked down on touting at the Queensway office of the Registrar and Inspectorate of Motor Vehicles, Johore, where there is a big rush on for Malaysian vehicle entry passes. The rush began last week as thousands of peop'e who want to spend the Chinese
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  • 18 4 Queenstown Consumers Club will be closed from Feb. 17 to 27 for the Chinese New Year.
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  • 721 4  -  More Govt plans for better S'pore By Gerry de Sllva Increased air pollution, more creches for working mothers and the disappearance of that familiar sight, the street hawker. These are among the things the Singaporean can expect as the Republic moves Into
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  • 208 4 The Government's new economic policies will help Singapore's growth and strengthen the recovering economy, three top executives of commerce and industry said yesterday. Commenting on the Finance Ministry's addendum to the President's address to Parliament. Mr. Tan Keong Choon, the president of the
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    • 76 4 Chinese New Year SpecialVersatile Trolleys For Festive Tit-Bits M 7' Hi m jJbHL y *N#V rS QUALITY PLASTIC HOUSEHOLD PROOUCTS FROM ITALY. I Trolley* Tumblers Salad Sett Punch Bowl Sett Dishes Condiments Sets, etc. all heat-resistant. Open 7 days a week Factory: 10. B/C Cavenagh Rd., S port 9. SHOWROOMS:
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  • 281 5 Sales of miniature ball bearings from NMB Singapore to Europe will not be affected by the stringent measures taken by the European Econpmic Community countries. Mr. Sim Tlan Chye, the company's managing director, was commentins: on the move bv the EEC to Impose a 20
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  • 245 5 Malaysia's c a t tie farming and fisheries industries welcome more Singapore participation in joint venture projects, the Malaysian Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development said yesterday. In an interview. Datuk All Haji Ahmai said: "We are cur- rently finalising details and
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  • 197 5 The Labour Ministry's Factory Inspectorate is to increase checks on building contractors and workers at construction sites during this festive season. A Ministry source explained: "This Is the time of the year when many building contractors and workers are in a great rush to
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  • 215 5 The Singapore Airport Terminal Services is beilieved to be studying the possibility of buying airconditioned buses to take tourists from the airport to their hotels. The move is to alleviate the shortage of airport taxis, especially during the peak hours of 6 pm. to
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  • 589 6 Officials told to spend more time on the farms and factories Reuter UPI Peking, Saturday China's bureaucrats are being told to get off their office chairs and spend more time down on the farm or on factory shop-floors. Recent letters and articles in the
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  • 290 6 AP Washington, Saturday The US government has reached a tentative decision to delay delivery of adv a n ced concussion bombs to Israel, congressional sources said yesterday. A formal announcement is expected before the start of Secretary of State Cyrus R.
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  • 165 6 Reuter Tel Aviv, Saturday Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said yesterday agreement had been reached on the withdrawal of Syrian units from Nabatlyeh, South Lebanon, starting next week. Speaking to municipal and village heads In northern Israel. the prime minister said diplomatic efforts made with the help
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  • 59 6 Reuter Jakarta, Saturday A former official of the now-defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) has been sentenced to life' imprisonment for complicity in the abortive 1965 communist coup in Indonesia, Antara news agency reported yesterday. The official, named as Soedlkoen (a'ias Mardikoen) was found guilty by a
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  • 224 6 AP London, Saturday It has been "Japan bashing week in Europe" with a 20 per cent levy on Japan's ball bearings and pressure to reduce its export surplus and competitiveness in shipbuilding, the Economist reported yesterday. The respected British weekly news and business
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  • 213 6 Reuter Washington, Saturday —US Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal said yesterday he does not expect a world "financial crunch" in 1977, despite the recent world oil price increase and the sluggish growth of some major world economies. In an interview with Reuters, the Treasury Secretary said
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  • 69 6 UPI Nairobi, Saturday A gunman attempted to assassinate Pre s 1 dent Julius Nyerere of Tanzania last week but was foiled by police, The Nation newspaper said yesterday. The attempt took place at a stadium in the northern Tanzanlan city of Arusha during nationwide celebrations when
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  • 145 6 UPI TODAY is Saturday, Feb. 12, the 43rd day of 1977 with 322 to follow. THE MOON Is between its last quarter and new phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury and Mars. THE EYENING STARS are Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign
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  • 62 6 Reuter Hon; Kong, Saturday Postal workers found a live snake in an unaddressed envelope about a week before the start of the Chinese Year of the Snake. A government spokesman said yesterday the snake was found last Tuesday by post office staff while they were sorting letters.
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  • 200 6 AP Indianapolis. Saturday Anthony G. Kiritsis, the revenge-minded gunman who -thought he could walk away free by releasing unharmed a hostage he held for 63 hours, was arraigned yesterday on state kidnapping charges and ordered held on US$B5O,OOO ($2.04 million) bond. Kiritsis, who complained that
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 178 6 WORLD WEATHER Hon* Kong —Fine, 1810C. Headline: Slide Bill will top HK$5O million. Manila—Cloudy, 30 20C. Headline: Marcos plotters convicted. Bangkok Cloudy, 30 20C. Headline: Embargo placed on Khmer trade. Seoul—Cloudy, 4 minus 6C. Headline: New capital site under study. Kuala Lumpur—Cloudy, 31-24 C. Headline: Border tension hots up: Cambodians
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  • 614 7 This is the way to block Red ambitions, says Tan Sri Ghazali Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Saturday A Malaysian gove r n m en t minister yesterday said his country, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia were developing a regional resilience which would act as a bulwark against any communist attempt
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  • 135 7 UPI New Delhi, Saturday.— India's chief election commissioner yesterday said national elections will take place as scheduled in March despite the death of President Fakhruddln All Ahmed. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi dissolved Parliament three weeks ago when she announced elections, which are to
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  • 254 7 UPI New York, Saturday Colombia, the world's second largest coffee pro ducer, yesterday raised the official price of coffee by 18 cents to US$2.OB ($5) a pound and food chains in the US warned they may begin passing along soaring coffee prices to consumers. In
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  • 114 7 AP Colombo, Saturday Prime Minister Slrlma Bandaranaike yesterday announced that the state of emergency that has dragged on In Sri Lanka for nearly six years will be lifted next week. Mrs. Bandaranaike announced the ending of the emergency, which was Imposed In April
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    • 153 7 The Mandarin Singapore presents The Ambivalent Crowd at the Neptune Kasbah An explosive musical extravaganza. By The Philippines' most versatile group. 11 talented young men and women with a fantastic repertoire ranging from pop to rock to jazz. The rave in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Australia. Now in Singapore for
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  • 406 8 Will the money-faced label stuck by critics on some government departments and statutory boards become more prominent when the new-style budget to be Implemented by 1979? Finance Minister Hon Sul Sen, In his addendum to the President's parliamentary address, states that allocations under the new system
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 58 8 Public rel a 11 ons gractitloners striving maintain good Eress relations will be appy to know about one colleague who is equally keen on a happy partnership. On receiving an unsigned Chinese New Year card from a PR firm, she said: "I'll have to thank everyone I know
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    • 29 8 Nothing is free anymore; you're expected to pay even for "give-aways." Saw this classified ad recently: "Potted plants given away, at 50 cents to $2.50."
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  • 769 8  -  By Lawrence van Gelder Chinese communism is, of course, the wrong answer. The red tide in question here is one of those products that is so literally under everybody's nose (and sometimes on the chin, fingertips and other repositories
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  • 180 8 On my KLM calendar picture, Amsterdam is described as being "singular," having features that other cities envy and dream of; and that its 17th century heart would never be destroyed. Haven't we in Singapore got a singular quality in the old parts of
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  • 111 8 Recently, the ECA Centre started a string ensemble which holds practice sessions every Saturday. My daughter, out of sheer schoolgirl enthusiasm, auditioned as a pianist. She was nervous and fumbled while playing her piece. The conductress. In front of all the children, told my daughter
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  • 74 8  -  TEO BOO TECK Ministry of the Environment, Singapore 3. I refer to the letter Smell That Fouled Up His Dinner by Singaporean (NN, Jan 29). The source of the smell was traced to a corner at the back of a row of shophouses adjacent to the Orchard
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  • 91 8 As a member of the Singapore branch of the Malayan Nature Society, I fully agree with what Lulln Reutens wrote in Our Disappearing Natural Life (NN, Jan 31). One little part of our precious jungle Is being turned Into a rubbish dump. Travelling along Mandai Road and turn-
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  • 220 8  -  VOICE OF THE PRESS YOMIURI SHIMBUN One year has elapsed since the Lockheed payoff scandal was exposed by the United States Senate Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations on Feb. 5 last year. To what extent has the truth about this biggest postwar scandal been clarified before
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  • 601 9  -  By Joanne Omang Washington Post Marambio Air Base, Antarctica, Saturday Maps of this Argentine science and weather stations are full of dotted lines: This will be the new run- way, that the recreation centre, this the big hotel. Plans to turn part of the
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  • 334 9 AP New York, Saturday Most adults cannot digest milk, but they may someday be able to derive nutrition from the liquid food with the help of a chemical additive being tested at Cambridge, Massachusetts. If successful, the tests could help provide a new source
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  • 869 10 / 11  -  Many goodies for Chinese New Year Sight Sound »>v Judith Holmberg What an angpow! RTS has lined up so many goodies for Chinese New Year, It'll be hard to take advantage of the long week-end to leave town. The festivities, as usual, start the night
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    • 1256 10 / 11 YOUR WEEKEND ENTEKIAINMENT GUIDE SINGAPORE 5 SATURDAY 1.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTB followed by SESAME qtrvvt 2.00 SATURDAY MATINEE: The Loyal Hurt. A farmer, who falls badly In debt, is forced to sell his beloved sheepdog. This Is a tear-jerker which stars Harry Welchman and Percy Marmount. 3.20 MALAYSIA CUP FOOTBALL MATCH:
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    • 556 10 / 11 U FM STEREO H SATURDAY 6.00 P.M. Opening anncts. followed bv At Sunset with Paul Mauriat and His Orch: "Le Lac Majeur," "Gone Is Love" 6.30 News (E)'6.45 At Sunset (cont'd) 7.00 Chamber Music: Bach Sonata for Da Gamba, Haydn String Quartet In B Flat Major Op. 76 No. 4,
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    • 626 10 / 11 Top shows of the fveekcnd MIDNIGHT MOVIE: The National Health. (Ch. 5, 11.20 p.m. In colour). A British drama revolving around the life of chronically ill patients and their medical staff. Stars some of the top British actors and actresses Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Bob Hoskins and Eleanor Bron. TOPIC
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    • 517 12 Saturday DS-6 NEW NATION MONEYWORDS Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address immmmmmmm—m■ Cut along dotted lines CLUES FOR DS-6 Part of a fork A voyage will hardly bother a hardened teaman To sound the depth of water Two babies born on the
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  • 407 13  -  Business Ncu/s and Views Market round-up by Lee Yew Meng Share prices ended higher at the Stock Exchange of Singapore this week because of the final buying spurt yesterday. The small lot buying support which was noted yesterday was apparently triggered by the firm overnight Wall
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  • 135 13 AP Kuala Lumpur, Saturday Malaysia has signed a U5524.96 million ($6O million) loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank to finance fishing projects on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. The loan involves a total investment of U5547.34 million
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  • 132 13 AP Tel AviV, Saturday.— The Israeli Cabinet decided on Thursday to propose a temporary price and wage freeze to stop what Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin called "a serious situation" in the economy. The powerful National Hlstadrut Labour Federa- tion, which backs the proposal, called the
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 134 13 Stocks skidded to a three-month low yesterday in the slowest trading of the year of New York Stock Exchange issues amid growing concerns about earnings prospects and President Carter's tax revision proposals. Yesterday's prices followed by the difference on previous session's close: AT T 63Vs Beth Steel 36
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    • 28 13 Closing averages on the NYSE yesterday: 30 Industrials 931.52 (off 6.40); 20 transport 224.24 (off 2.73); 15 utilities 106.08 (off 1.09); 65 stocks 306.10 (off 2.69).
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    • 68 13 Closing prices (In francs) on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Paribas 150.80 0.30 Ponder "311 +6 Prlntemps 40.40 —0.10 Bull 28 —0.80 Royal Dutch 271.50 +0.90 Mlchelln 1162 +14 COE 264 —2 Thomson 177 +2 CPP 105.80 +1 Rhone 73.50 —1.30 Air 331.50 —2.50 B8N 435 —2 Philips 53 +1.30
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    • 72 13 Zurich Stock Exchange closing prices in Swiss francs yesterday: UBS Bearer 3290 20 UBS Registered 550 SBC 398 5 Credit Suisse 2720 Swissair B. 640 1 Swiss Reinsur. 2675 5 Winterthur B. 1905 —15 Zurich Insur. 8500 Juvena B. 183 Nestle B. 3335 25 Interfood B. 2375 Ciba-Gelgy B.
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  • 122 13 The loses ground UPI Brussels, Saturday. The US dollar ended the week with a mixed performance yesterday. The British pound lost ground. Gold also eased in light trading, closing at U*****,125 f.n ounce, down from U*****,875 in Zurich and from U*****.6250 in London. The pound closed In London at U551.7125
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    • 226 14 EASIER NOW! SPECIAL OFFER! Now Stop Roach with improved design for easier self installation! Keeps cockroaches, insects and smell out of your home from the sewers Helps to maintain a clean and healthy family Chinese New Year Special Offer (Only 7 days left) $5.90 (usual price $7.00) One free installation
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  • 505 14 A twice weekly advertisement feature Have you started cleaning up hour house for Chinese New Year? Do not forget that you must also take steps to get rid of the cockroaches. There Is one effective way of ridding your house of cockroaches. Bar their entry! Effective prevention of cockroach
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    817 15 The velvet irony of a historical present created with great wit and beauty [Bookshelfj NYT THE ALTERATION by Kingsley Amis. (210 pages. Vlkin,?. U557.95). Reviewed by Christopher LehmannHaupt. Kingsley Amis seems to have enjoyed himself hugely, as always, writing his latest novel, the alteration, and there are a
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  • 436 15  -  Chess by Lim Kok Ann The national junior championships will be held in the next school holidays from March 12 to 18, in the usual sections. Details will soon be c i r c u 1 a ted to all schools. This was decided at
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  • 494 16  -  Splendid acting despite just five weeks' shooting Cinema by Gloria Chandy CONDUCT UNBECOMING: Michael York, Trevor Howard, Stacy Keach, Richard Attenboroujh, Susannah York, Christopher Plummer, James Faulkner. Directed by Michael Anderson. Screenplay by Robert Enders from a play by Barry England. (Now at
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  • 147 16 There's a new look to the London Top 10 this week. In first place Is Leo Sayer, who has been out Of the limelight for some time despite the fact that he's one of the most ori ginal of the British pop singers,
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  • 365 16  -  Pops l>y Peter Ong paul McCartney AND WINGS: WINGS OVER AMERICA (EMI): Live recordings always have a special place in a record collector's shelves. More so, if they are of a special quality. Unequivocally, I say this Is a superb album despite some misdeeds from Paul
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 366 16 here's a new look the London Top 10 s week. i first place Is Leo ?r, who has been out he limelight for some > despite the fact that one of the most orl il of the British pop ers, with When I I You. le record jumped places to
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  • 178 17 London, Saturday Dutch captain >,Tohan Cruyff has confirmed that he will not play in the 1678 World Cup soccer finals in Argentina. In an interview with BBC Television to be transmitted today, he says: "I will not play for Holland in Argentina because I am
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  • 276 17 Reuter UPI Manila, Saturday Tai w a n's Chen Chien-Chen, with a sparkling display Jn the back nine, tied for the lead with def ending champion Ben Arda of the Philippines in the second round of the Philippine Masters golf championship here yesterday. Arda shot,
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  • 468 17  -  BADMINTON by Brian Miller Accusations levelled at the Sin g a pore Badminton Association on selection of representatives to the Peking coaching seminar seem unfounded. In fact, the whole "partiality" charge made up by officials of the Fraser and Neave training scheme lacks water and leaves a
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  • 164 17  -  By ERIC COOPER Jeremy Yeo defeated Kevin Hill 9-3, 9-2, 9-4 In the seml-flnals of the Under 19 event of the Singapore Squash Rackets Association Junior tournament at Raffles' Institution yesterday. Kevin, the top seed, had the misfortune to twist an ankle early in the first
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  • 92 17 Chicago, Saturday Top -seeded Chris Evert and Margaret Court won auarter-flnal matches In le Virginia Slims tennis tournament last night as Evert beat her best friend for the second time in Slims competition. Evert eliminated Krlstien Shaw, her roommate on the tour, 6-0, 6-1, running her
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  • 61 17 Mexico City, SaturdayWorld Boxing Council welterweight champion Jose Cuevas of Mexico will defend hla title here against Miguel Campani no of Argentina on March 5 or 12. nls manager said yesterday. The fight was originally set for this month in Los Angeles but had to be moved
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    • 278 17 Crossword IV--9 Less obese 10 Takes the first step 11 Facial projection 12 Hoary 13 Lokl and Agnl 21 Poetic contraction 22 Leaks 25 Of a certain noble 26 Pointless 27 Rice dish: var. 29 Legal wrong 30 Bub equipment 32 Partner of peace 33 —den Linden" 34 Shangrl-Las 36
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    • 426 17 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you possess an exceedingly determined nature but one that Is at the same time highly flexible and able, therefore, to direct Its determination into varying channels. A highly proficient talker, you are equally persuasive whether faccd with the masses or in
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  • 247 18 By FAIRWAY Kuala Lumpur, Saturday Lester Piggott, the star English Jockey, will be the one to follow today. He rides four fancied mounts, Rocket n (Race 2), D'Concorde (Race 6), Jaszy (Race 7) and The Tsar (Race 8). Rocket II should prove hard
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  • 445 18  -  RACING with Brian Miller Punters can start today's racing on a triumphant note by going solidly for Softly Spoken In Race 1 at Kuala Lum-r pur. Th 1 s three-year-old son of former Melbourne Cup winner, Sliver Knight, finished a creditable second to
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  • 122 18 1 SCRUTINEER BRIAN MILLER FAIRWAY BLUEGRASS Race 1: Softly Spoken Tender Kisses Softly Spoken Prancorchampe Fraacorohampo What About Me Softly Spoken Archibald Base S: Kceket Russian Tank Rocket Serplco Night Clab Rocket Race S: Tremenieo So What Tremenlea Miss Vera Ngawlni Miss Vera Sc What Raja Mm Kacc 4:
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  • 140 18 Reuter Tokyo, Saturday European players won four of six matches against Japanese opponents In an International invitation badminton tournament at Kofu yesterday. Svend Prl of Denmark was taken to three sets before beating Japan's K. Akiyama 5-15, 15-7. 15-9. Flemming Delfs, also of
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  • 1454 18 rmm■ 2.0 CLASS 5, DIV 5 1200m JBJi ($8,000 $5,600 to wlnnor) 1 6000 Tlnggl IIot»w IV (Tunku, TCN L O'Sulllvan) Heddle 57 (d2 same) 1200m 'Mehhot 12 I860 Might rOreola(8umadara)Osman8 56(d2-l*) 1200m Vetu 8 3 8450 Pram sorehampe a (Asll) Tulloh 5 55* (d2 same bl) 1200m
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  • 680 19 He's much fitter now after the last 2 runs RACING with Scrutineer I J Fort Martello, a strong candidate for the Tunku's Gold Cup next week, goes over a longer trip for the first time and should come out of his stamina test with flying colours in
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  • 123 19 SCRUTINEER BRIAN MILLER FAIRWAY BLUEGRASS Race 1: Airlock Diplomat Airlock Not Oullt? Airlock 8enang Hatl Airlock Pangllma Race t: Think Tank Jerantut Shdford Road Sureman Kim Steed Bombara Jerantat Usaha-Betla Race S: I Low Yen Yenan I Lore Yon Wang Masok Whiskey Ayer King's Knight Malaysian Royal I Love
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  • 2952 19 JJi 2.0 CLASS 5. DIV 1 1200m MMM (*8.500 15.950 to winnorl 1 0800 MM HWar (8oh) Rod fen 3 58 (dc-l*) 1200m r ftafaa I 5412 tan mm Han H (8D) Donnelly 5 50 (43) 1200m f... Hilar J 7508 Ugt
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  • 194 19 Reuter London, Saturday English trainer David Morley was fined a total of £1500 (about *****0) here yesterday after the first official enquiry by the Jockey Club into the use of anabolic steroid drugs on race horses. .He was fined £250 under
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  • 36 19 Turin, Saturday Former soccer player Lulgl Bertollnl, who helped Juventus win four Italian championships and played for Italy In 29 International games In the *****, died In a Turin hosoltal yesterday. He was 72.
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  • 588 20  -  SOCCER bv Philip Tan Arsenal and Celtic from Britain and Red Star Belgrade from Yugoslavia—three of the most famous soccer clubs 1# the world who may visit Singapore to play In a quadrangular tournament with the national team between July 17 to Aug. 3.
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  • 552 20 Bertie Mee, the form* er Arsenal manager, will watch the national team play South Korea on M6hday, and will be happy to offer any tip* to the Football Association of Singapore. Mee, who in his 10 years as Arsenal boss •aw the
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  • 92 20 London, Saturday After enduring a goalless League spell stretching back over 1020 minutes play, Sunderland scored in their First Division match against Bristol City at Roker Par last night. Mel Holden's goal, 32 minutes from the end, the first they have scored since last November 23,
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