New Nation, 27 July 1977

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    24 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday, July 27, 1977 No. 2012 Price 25 cents M C (P) 262/1/77 r T i Ni:IV ft'} NATION COMMENT' f
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    Lock icon EEC gets tough with S'pore
    446 1 It wants a reduction in textile exports for the rest of the year AFP Brussels, Wednesday The European Econ o m lc Community has pledged "extremely tough" negotiations w i th Singapore and Macao. two of its main textile suppliers, to reduce their textile exports
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    Lock icon 21 women, kids drown
    46 1 AFP Jakarta, Wednesday Twenty one Indonesian women and children drowned when a newly built ferry overturned during a trial run between the South Celebes islands of Buntung and Slumpu on Saturday. The seven-tonne ferry had taken 70 passengers for the trip. AFP.
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    Hua's cheers
    31 1 Hong Kong, Wednesday.—Communist Ch 1 nese leader Chairman Hua Kuo-feng sent a message of congratulations yesterday to Sri Lanka Prima Minister J. R. Jayewardene on his recent election victory.
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    Lock icon Thailand demands compensation
    232 1 AP New York, Wednesday Thailand la demanding compensation from Cambodia for 17 Thai soldiers killed In a clash near the border, It said In a letter circulated lo all United Nations missions and made public here yesterday. Bangkok dispatches had (noted a Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman as
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    Kim Song gets pro offer
    209 1 Hong Kong's South China Football Club has made a "tempting offer" to Singapore star striker Quah Kim Song. Aocording to a Hone Kong report, the dub has gone all-out to "buy" him over with an attraefftre salary. The First Division Club feels that Kim Song
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    Lock icon 'We will attack'
    76 1 UPI Cairo, Wednesday— Egypt threatened to Btrlke Libya again after a tenuous two-day ceasefire which carried through to this morning following six days of tank, aircraft and artillery duelling across their common border. The threat came In an official spokesman's announcement late last night In which hs
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    Lock icon Surrender
    37 1 Reuter Manila, Wednesday. Nearly 1300 Muslim rebel* have surrendered to the government since a ceasefire in the southwest Philippines was agreed with the rebel Moro National Liberation Front six months ago, the Defence Department said. Renter.
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    443 fail English test at varsity
    265 2 About half of the 927 first-year students at the University of Singapore will have to do the compulsory English remedial course for failing their English proficiency tests. The 443 failures will have to take the remedial course as an extra fourth subject. They cannot
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    Mrs K resigns as head of MGS
    194 2 Mrs. Lucy Kandasamy, who introduced the first car pool system for Methodist Olrls* School, has resigned as principal to join her two daughters in Hawaii. During her five years as principal of MOS, she made sure that the car pool system, which began
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    Jolt for SIA SQ-75
    142 2 A Singapore Airlines stewardess and several passengers were injured when an BIA plane hit an air pocket while flying over the Indian sub-continent recently. The passengers had a severe Jolt. The plane shot up 213 metres In the turbulence which lasted about 20 seconds. It later
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    Disco Nite
    29 2 The Orchard Road YMCA will hold a Charity Disco Nlte on Saturday at Its premises In aid of the Breadline Group from 7.30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
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    JTC: No plans for more flats
    320 2 The Jurong Town Corporation does not intend to build any more Vowcoat flats in the next two to three years. This is partly because it has bulltenough flats •to accommodate local and foreign workers In the town, according to the JTC's 1976 annual report
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    The marrow that grows and grows...
    86 2 Gardener Sebunat Sartan and the marrow that (rows and grows... It is now 49-cm kn| and about lt-cm In diameter nearly twice the sise of the largest marrow yoa can find fat the local markets. It crows In the farden of Mrs. C.Y. Chen's
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    STOCK MARKET
    144 2 Gradual price erosion continued at the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first 45 minutes of light and dull trading today. Losses were generally marginal. Liquidation by weak-holders Is believed to be behind the share price falls. Haw Par dropped two cents to tl.oB In small-lot dealing. BUSINESS
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      121 2 German Asia* Travail Pta. Ltd. Lonely Beaches, typical villages, coral reefs are becoming rare In Singapore. We ar« specialized in offering tours to the surrounding countries that still offer the "original" tropical Asia. Visit the islands of the Rhiau to the south of Singapore 3 days for 5199.00, Soncfchla in
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      60 2 CARNIVAL and trade fair at Lorong One, Toa Payoh, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. HAPPY MARRIAGE (or youth, a talk at the Pek Klo community centre, 7.30 p.m. FILMS hourly until 4 C.m. at the Maritime [uaeum, Sentosa. NIGHT MARKETS at Aljunled Road, Changl Village, 1 Race Course Road, Still
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      304 2 AT THE CINEMA SILVER 8TBKAK: ThlS U a film with everything romance, excitement, thru la, suspense and mostly some very fine comedy. Thl* adventure, on and off a Chicagobound express train, feature* the talent* of Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgn, Richard Pryor, Patrick McQoohan. Orchard: 1.30, 4, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m.
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      334 2 )$<[(<{"`*},>+&'=/(?+<&}&<^|`<} T•d a y: 7.49 p.m. (2.5 m). Tomorrow: 9.46 a.m. (2.2 m); 8.51 pjn. (2.0 m). Friday: 10.34 am. (2.4 m); 9.43 p.m. (2.8 m). Batarday: 11.18 ajn. (2.5 m); 10.31 p.m. (2.9 m). Sunday: 11.57 ajn. (2.5 m); 11.16 p.m. (3m). Monday: 12 .34 p.m. (2.6 m). x
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    Housewife Hamilah just loves to sing and dance
    184 3 Dancing and singing have always found a place in the heart of housewife Hamilah M. Said (right). Neyt to her family, these two are her greatest loves. Clk Hamilah, 30, is a a full-time Malay folk dancer in a local hotel. When
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    20 VCs are charged every week
    318 3 Absentees' favourite excuse is that they have to work, says Vigilante More than 20 Vigilante Corps members are charged In court every week for failure to turn up for training, according to the VC monthly newsletter, Vigilante. It says many of them offered no
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    Tickets worth $500,000 sold—SSC
    175 3 Tickets worth $500,000 sold —SSC More than half a million dollars was collected from ticket sales for the Metro 20th anniversary soccer tournament recently. A spokesman for the Singapore Sports Council, which co-ordinated ticket sales for the four matches, said that 163,268 tickets were sold altogether. "The $4 gallery tickets
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    Chapter officials
    41 3 Mr. Lionel Tan was elected president of the Singapore Career Development Chapter of the American Hotel and Monual general meeting held recently. Other officials are Mr. Robin Lee (vice-presid-ent), Mr. Lim Je Fee (secretary) and Mr. William Wee (treasurer).
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    Balloting for flats
    50 3 A balloting ceremony for the sale of flats at Buklt Pan Jang Estate will be held toda at 2.30 pjn. at the car park behind apartment Block 8, Teck Whye Avenue. Mr. Tang See Chlm, Deputy Speaker and MP for Chua Chu Kang. will attend the ceremony.
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    Colour TV sales drop
    233 3 Sales of colour television have dropped by about 200 seta a month during the first half of this year compared with the same period last year. According to Mr. FOo Kin Sack, president of the Radio Electrical Traders Association, sales In the first six months of
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      93 3 4>It. Sample the true, authentic flavour of local specialities at Ladyhill's Coffeeshop M V 8 For dessert, try something delightfully different like Bobur Cha-Cha or Quia Malacca. In the evenings, there's seafood chillied crabs, steamed prawns. Really fresh and good. Our Satay is reputed to be best in town. So,
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      88 3 savours of Olde England Lunch or dine in a grill room that savours of Olde England with food just as savoury. The Stables an ideal place to combine business with pleasure. Cosy and private, with English-manner service too. Chef's Specialities Lobster Clarence lobster slices on rice with cream cheese sauce
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    Clubs for poor kids in housing estate
    146 4 The Family Service Centre in MacPherson Estate plans to set up clubs for "soclally-dis" advantaged" children in the area. These "block clubs" are aimed at getting the children to play together In communal living areas, such as corridors. The children can also meet
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    Youths for night tour
    47 4 The Kakl Buklt community centre youth group will organise a night tour on Aug. 0 at 9 p.m. Starting from the centre In Jalan Damal, Singapore 14, the tour will take In the Straits Times Press, Jurong Fishery Market and a midnight show.
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    S'pore boy among the top three in organ contest
    208 4 A Singapore schoolboy, Leong Wai Meng, 17, has been picked as one of the three top electone organ players In South-east Asia In a contest in Jakarta last night. Leong, who took part in the South-east Asian Electone Festival- will represent
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    Improved design for threeroom flats
    224 4 The Housing Board has an improved design for threeroom flats. The new flats will have alcoves along the corridor, slightly larger bedrooms and bathrooms, but a smaller living room and kitchen. This design will be introduced as a pilot scheme In a block of 110
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    Tours to Haadyai that made them so angry...
    336 4 Scores of Singaporeans who went to the South Thailand resort of Haadyai on coaches are angry with some travel agencies which or g a n 1 sed these tours. They claimed the travel agencies did not keep to their promises. One of
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    Three British firms to set up plants
    270 4 Three British firms have decided to set up factories here two on a joint venture basis to produce woodwool and the third to assemble switch gears. They are among the six British firms which have shown Interest in investing In Singapore and had
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    Ceremony
    21 4 Fairfield Methodist Girts' School will hold its founder's day-cum-graduatlon ceremony on Aug. 4 at 10 a.m. in the school auditorium.
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    Lock icon Gaddafi claim 'ridiculous'
    495 5 Sadat: It's only a small patch of land and it's all desert land Reuter Alexandria (Egypt), Wednesday President Sadat said yesterday the border, clashes between Egypt apd Libya were over a small patch of sand and that it was now "all over." "It Is a small strip
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    Lock icon Arabs will not turn to Russia...
    334 5 But Hussein warns of radical wave UPI Amman, Wednesday King Hussein of Jordan said he does not think the Arabs will turn increasingly to the Soviet Union if US-spon-sored peace efforts fail. But he warned a more radical wave would overran the Middle East
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    Lock icon Sadat sets terms for Soviet relations
    154 5 Reuter Cairo, Wednesday—President Sadat has told Soviet leader Brnhnev that he supports all efforts to improve relations between the two. countries provided there is no Interference in each other's Internal affairs, the official Middle East News Agency reported yesterday. MENA said the two leaders
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    Lock icon 'US spy plane shot'
    81 5 UPI Ankara, Wednesday Libya's envoy to Turkey told a news conference yesterday that a US spy plane was shot down over Libya on July 21. Ambassador Sadettin Bushweireb told the news conference that Libyan antl aircraft batteries had shot down the plane, but he gave no
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    Lock icon Left defeat
    32 5 Reuter Madrid, Wednesday Spain's socialists and communists were defeated yesterday in an attempt to win greater representation on a parliamentary co mmlttee that will decide the urgency of government bills.—Reuter.
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      71 5 2! i n m w tV^ ..U on mow y, f o« M wfi» V.i #i*fP m ••V v !i 'M V Avaitab'e at ill (o. shops and provision shops leading depaitmenlal w stalls, medicine shops\ :< I'M Vs/ <s ,jl m wu' I m v-s;?s vs. '9^l lit' I';
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    Lock icon Israel 'yes' to 3 towns rapped
    319 6 US disappointed Reuter Washington, Wednesday The US yesterday/ told Israel it was deeply disappointed by the decision of the Begin government to give legal recognition to three Israeli settlements op the West Bank of the Jordan River. State Department spokesman Hoddlng Carter said the
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    Lock icon Assault
    34 6 UPI Oakland (California), Wednesday—The drummer for Led Zeppelin has been arrested on charges of assaulting three members of the Billy Graham organisation, which sponsored the English rock group's two-day concert appearance in Oakland.
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    Lock icon PIPELINE BLAST: IT IS SABOTAGE
    87 6 Reuter Anchorage, Wednesday. The operators of the Alaska oil pipeline said yesterday an explosion that damaged It on Monday night was apparently caused by saboteurs. The Alyeeka Pipeline Sendee Company said the blast had not been strong enough to cause a leak and oil was
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    Ah Fook and Mei Lin
    77 6 Mei Lin: Cultural shows are very colourful. Ah Fook: Pity I'm not cultured enough to appreciate them. w «WU \*aoyan J,, 63. v 4 Mei Lin: Pertunjukan-pertunjukan budaya sungguh menarik. Ah Feok: Sayangnya soya tidak berminat dalam budaya untuk dapat menikmati semua itu, FOOTNOTE: Chinese
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    Lock icon US TO DECIDE SEA TALKS
    118 6 UPI Washington, Wednesday Ambassador Elliot Richardson said yesterday the US will decide after "the next several weeks" whether to continue in the UN Law of the Seas Conference or to pull out probably dooming the meeting. Mr. Richardson made the remark to a Senate energy
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    Lock icon N-power—'the only hope for energy'
    179 6 N-power —'the only hope for energy' UPI Paris, Wednesday. The only significant form of energy which could meet the Industrialised world's needs during the next 16 years is nuclear poweiy.but Its use has been by strong public resistance on safety and envlromental grounds, a report ssid yesterday. The Nuclear Knergy
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    Lock icon Lanka's free trade zone in 6 months
    200 6 Reuter Colombo, Wednesday Finance Minister Ronnie De Mel said yesterday. preliminary work on Sri Lanka's proposed 320 sq. km free trade zone, fashioned along Singapore lines, would be completed in about six months. He said the zone would be located at, Katunayake, .near
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    'Soviets head Europe nuclear race'
    144 6 Paris,, Wednesday The Soviet Union holds total nuclear supremacy in Europe over the US, French nuclear expert Oen. Pierre Gallols has written In the political magazine Paradoxes. And the general warned that the US could soon lose its superiority In nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles. In
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    Lock icon China post
    34 6 Reuter Peking. Wednesday Mr. Leonard Woodcock, former president of the United Autoworkers' Union, arrived here last night to take up his poet as chief of the United States' liaison Office In Peking.—rßeuter.
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    Lock icon TODAY
    119 6 UPI TODAY is Wednesdays July 27. the 208 th day of 1977 with 157 to follow. THE MOON is moving from its first quarter toward full. THE MORNING STARB are Venus, Mars and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARB are Mercury and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    51 6 UPI London, Wednesday Tlum hndrel eofftn bearers, hearse driven and eoffln makers held a anion meeting yesterday, fweini caneellatlon e( abeut fanerals la the capital. The nemlen ef the National Union of Vtaneral Senrlee Openthroe gathered to approve dsasends for pay Ineroasee Areas £51 («M1) to £1#
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      152 6 •JHM WEATHER Moccow Partly cloudy, 26-17C. Headline: The source of confidence and optimism. London Partly showers 19-16C. Headline: Rhodesia peace moves "must go on." Tokyo Sunny, 3125C. Headline: Both Egypt, Libya accept ceasefire. San Francisco 1216C. Headline: Surprise pleas of guilty In Chowchllla kidnappings. New Terk Sunny. 46-44C. Headline: Egypt
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    Lock icon 'SAUDIS WILL GO FOR 5 pc ONLY'
    261 7 Reuter Beirut, Wednesday The Arab-language magazine, A 1 Mostakbal, says Saudi Arabia has promised the US not. to raise its oil prices by more ithan tfive per cent annually until 1984. The Paris-based mafazlne, which reached lere yesterday, said that in return the
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    Lock icon 'Trusted leader'
    59 7 Reuter Washington, Wednesday President Carter began talks yesterday with Italian Prime Minister Olullo Andreottl saying the Italian government under his leadership was trusted as well as admired and respected. His greeting underlined his confidence In the ability of M*. Andreottl's minority Christian Democratic government to survive without communist
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    Lock icon N-poser for terrorists
    175 7 Reuter Whitehaven (England,) Wednesday Potential terrorists who breached security checks to steal material from a nuclear power plant would still nave to extract chemically the plutonlum before they could make military Weapons a nuclear fuel executive said yesterday. The plutonlum for thermal or fast nuclear reactors is
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    Lock icon US 'yes' to arms for Somalia
    433 7 Bid to break Soviet hold on Horn of Africa Agencies Washington, Wednesday The US has agreed In principle to provide arms to Somalia, the State Department said yesterday. K The spokesman said the US would act with other countries to provide defensive weapons for
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    Lock icon Guerillas pull out of Lebanon hot spots
    164 7 Reuter Sloon (Lebanon), Wednesday Warring Palestinian and Lebanese guerillas have begun withdrawing from volatile regions In southern Lebanon, following an agreement aimed at ending fighting in the area. Palestinian commandos and their Lebanese leftists allies had abandoned the southern coastal road as far
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    Lock icon Cambodia's wrongs
    203 7 Reuter Washington, Wednesday. A senior State Department official yesterday accused the Cambodian government of flagrant and systematic violations of basic human rights. But Mr. Richard Holbrooke, Assistant Secretary of State for Asian and Pacific Affairs, said there was little the Carter administration could do to alleviate the situation
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      126 7 THE SOUNDS OF "YOUNG HAWAII A young spirited group of Hawaiians who will sing and dance their way to your hearts. Grand wholesome entertainment for the family. See the thrilling fire dance! Plus a 4 'Hawaiiana'' Boutique show featuring refreshing Hawaiian styles. TWO DAYS ONLY!!! JULY 29 30 Crystal Ballroom
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    Thais dig their heels in
    407 8 •> The Thai government's decision this week to meet force with force to protect the country's borders Is In contrast to Its restraint .In recent months In the face of Incursions by Cambodian troops. In authorising local commanders to launch Immediate retaliatory attacks against Invaders
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      Whistles while she works
      57 8 Shapely Sue Faulkner In Bngland ha* t*ken the plunge as the first female swimming pool attendant at Britain's Royal Military Academy. The problem Is that there are no doors to thfc shower rooms. 80 sweet Sue, SO, gives the bashful bturrackroom boys a chance to dodge
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      Off-key pitch
      51 8 slip of the tongue can be oostly, as one car salesman found. In he eagerness to impress a potential customer daring a test-drive, he blurt- Ed: "You'll love this beautiful ear. Its pick-up is terrible." Be meant terrific, of course, which is hardly the word for his sales
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    THE BACKLASH IF JAPAN FAILS...
    762 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON It is gradually dawning on politicians, civil servants and businessmen In the smaller countries of North-east and South east Asia that the failure of Japan to get back on to its 10 per cent grdwth course will have nasty
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    Lock icon Matadors of the road...
    465 8 Singapore la not alone in its crackdown on jaywalkers. They are also under attack in other Asian countries, according to this report Crackdown on jaywalking in Asian cities Reuter Jaywalking, which la almost a way of life or death in 4sla, Is the latest target for
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    Hanoi's attitude towards ASEAN flayed
    1211 9 VOICE OF THE PRESS ttffkly round-up of editorials iu the lion* English press in Singapore For the ucck July 17 2.'i The recent accusation by Vietnam and Laos against ASEAN (or being a potential American backed military alliance was deplored by the non English press
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    Plan to stop the march of deserts
    310 9 Fourteen per cent of the world's population —from 58 to 70 million people live in "drylapds," lands where agricultural production is minimal, bordering on nil. And, according to a recently completed United Nations study, 15 percent of thiS drylands population* e s 11mated
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      Yes sirree! That's my girl
      131 10 / 11  -  by Jennifer Schoon How to get into the good books of a man? We asked the guys and found out just what turns them on and what makes them turn around and head in the other direction. The men were specific about what they like,
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      Nothing like freshly washed hair..
      358 10 / 11 David Milne, 26, golf pro at Kippd Club, «ayt: "Greasy, nuHtd half It a turn-off. And tkero it nothing to boat Hio look and small of frostily washod kair." Your head has sweat glands and oil-produc-ing ones too. In hot climates, hair goes lank a
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      Having a penchant for pouty lips
      580 10 / 11 Dick Lee, 21, fashion designer and currently here on holiday, says: "If girl has body odour I wouldn't want anything to do with her. In a woman it's really sluttish." Each of us has a natural body smell and it can be attractive, even
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      A mouth like an ashtray
      358 10 / 11 National footballer Urn Tian Jit, 26, on vacation from the US where he is studying Business Economics, says: "I won't kiss a woman if aha smalls and tastes like an ashtray." If he la smoking himself he probably won't notice, nor will It be oveipowerlng
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      Not a 'French' accent, please
      291 10 / 11 |o« Chandra**, 30, leader of The and on* of Singapore's battor known musicians, says: "There ia nothing worsa Hian a woman who smalls as if she has had an entire bottle of perfume poured on her." A man should be abia to catch a tantalising
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    Lock icon A new low
    35 12 [Business Neus ami Views fa. A UPI Madrid, Wednesday. The If ad rid Stock Exchange sttd to a new low (or the year yesterday after labour spokesmen criticised the government's austerity plan.—
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    Lock icon Burns kicks up dollar row
    320 12 Money I market Agencies Washington, Wednesday Federal Reserve Board chairman Arthur Burn* said yesterday the US has an obligation to support the dollar and immediately sparked a major controversy over who runs U8 foreign exchange policy. Carter administration officials have constantly stressed that the US
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    US to import Indon gas
    38 12 Washington. Wednesday A US Federal Power Commission examiner has approved a proposal to Import four trillion cubic feet of natural gas from Indonesia to California over a 20year period, the VPS said yesterday.
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    Lock icon We won't budge on textile pact: US
    476 12 Reuter AFP Geneva, Wednesday The US Is to go ahead with its quest for a new International tariff and trade agreement on textiles despite opposition from developing countries, sources here said yesterday. A 50-natlon General Agreement on Tariff* and Trade (GAIT) Textiles Committee
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  • Markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      116 12 Stocks fell yesterday for the second consecutive day because of pro-fit-taking and Investor uncertainty about the economy's outlook. Trading was active. Y«aterday' a prices dollar* followed 1 difference on the In UB by the pivrioue AT T Beth Steel Caierp Trm Chrjnler Oontl. Oil DMChem Du Foot B.
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      Dow Jones
      33 12 New York Dow MM dating intiM on the New York Stock fehinii yertcr- indurtrtels WW.lt (off •M); SO tnuuport SMJ9 (off 1» utWttea 117JT (off «4t); M atooka SUJS (off I).
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      TOKYO
      162 12 With Investors retreating to the sidelines, share prices declined on the Tokyo stock market yesterday cinder the lead of export-oriented Issued Ckwtng prlcee In yva on the Tokyo Stock Kx change yeatardty: AJtownoto 471 3 C. Itoh 978 uncta. Dowa Mining 104 S Hitachi 114 uncta. Japan Mall Ste
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      PARIS
      77 12 Poring prtow In fMnM an tte Pir&Bonm pUrtv: Pirttaa 14ft.00 unci). Fonder 284 50 +2.60 piintempa 30.4ft .06 Bull 37.40 JO Royal Dutch llfaihalln 2SS —9 JO 1130 6 COB 234 1 Tbamaon lft3 1.20 c r p Mmwi Air B 8 N Philips Bum Pvugeot-Cttro Fechtney C BP
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      SYDNEY
      115 12 dosing price* at 11JO un. today (Australian time) an the Sydney Stook kebuge: ADC 10 16 Ampol Pet 61 02 Ani ISS 13ft APM lift 118 Bank NSW B20 624 Brambles lftft lft8 HHP S78 MO Boral 208 211 CBA 28ft 290 C8R 210 212 CIO 20ft 220 Coal
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      63 12 AngLo-french brevet. 'if l i,hi H< .H:, Siru j<ip<;r»■ K I r.-i-OH LEISURE TOURS PTE. LTD. I.M St.imf or (i Hnib'' i>ijo;■ t■ •S pore I.>l 3? 1 K.I Fi'l; i' A SPECIALIST IS A CARRIER WeatherettelOO Air Conditioner NOW ONLY $599 CIRCULAR AIR QONOmONMG (S) PTE. LTU 318 Tanjong
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  • INSURANCE INDUSTRY
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      CHALLENGING TIMES AHEAD...
      857 13  -  New incentives for re-insurance companies to expand operations By Lee Yew Meng The Insurance industry Is now undergoing a change hopefully for the better with the powers of regulating it now vested with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The reason for putting the Industry under MAS's wings
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      Career of agent lucrative and challenging
      499 14 A career as a life insurance agent is not an easy one, as many in that line will tell you. It can .mean mapy personal sacrifices, work ing four or more nights a week, and postponing a special outing or .holiday unexpectedly. It involves
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      Support for Asian Re-insurance Corp
      299 14 Bangladesh has become the fifth country to sign a United Nationssponsored agreement providing for the establishment of an Asian Reinsurance Corporation. In a ceremony at the United Nations building in Bangkok recently Nazrul Islam, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Thailand, signed the agreement on behalf of
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      Re-insurance Corp. plays a vital role
      781 15 Company's underwriting profits go up by 24p.c. The Singapore ReInsurance Corporation plays an important role as the central body for domestically financed Insurance firms. It has been making good progress since it began writing reinsurance business in September 1973. Last year, its pre-tax profits
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      Growing need for health, medical benefits planning
      524 16 The health insurance business is picking up in Singapore and the region. This Is the view of Mr. James W.K. Heng, assistant manager of Red Shield Co. (Pte)., a firm of underwriters for employee benefits. He said it is too early to talk
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      Popular trend to protect against business, personal losses
      904 17 A wide range of Insurance policies are available In Singapore to cover all types of hazards that can cripple an establishment or individual, financially or otherwise. It has become a popular trend ampng Singaporean* to take out an insurance against perianal, business
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      A rapid growth in the fire business
      798 19 The fire Insurance business has seen a tremendous growth in Singapore since the *****. This growth Is a reflection of the economic development of the Republic since then. The economic structure has undergone a great deal of changes over the the years. In
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      141 13 Bain Dawes can handle it Bain Dawes is one of the world's leading insurance broking and underwriting agencies. Formed as a result of mergers of important insurance broking firms, the long history of Bain Dawes goes back to Lloyd's of the early 1800s. It is a history of growth that
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      108 14 STANDARD CHARTERED Insurance Brokers (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. OFFERS A COMBINATION OF LOCAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WITH THE WORLD-WIDE CONNECTIONS OF THE BLAND PAYNE GROUP ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHARTERED BANK. STANDARD CHARTERED EXPERTS IN MARINE HULL LIABILITY PROTECTION INDEMNITY COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL RISKS SPECIALIST RISKS REINSURANCE CARGO AVIATION .OFFICE: 2ND FLOOR, CHARTERED
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      43 14 LONDON GUARANTEE REINSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AN INTERNA TIONAL REINSURANCE COMPANY IN SINGAPORE'S LIFE AND PART OF IT Regional Office For Tho East: 1003, 10th On Life Building, Cecil Street. Singapore 1. P.O. Box 3309 Tel: *****74 5 Cables: Longuare, Singapore. Telax: ***** Elgeere
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      73 15 SINGAPORE'S STRONGEST INSURANCE SECURITY I 8 24 Combined assets and expertise of UNITED OVERSEAS INSURANCE A wholly owned subsidiary of the United Overseas Bank Limited also Managing Underwriting Agents for Alliance Assurance COMPANY LIMITED Singapore's first insurer since 1827 a principal member of SUN ALLIANCE S LONDON (b*S) INSURANCE GROUP
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      90 16 3ifKsAPO3E ALL CLASSES OF REINSURANCE (except Life) Pait-ip Capital: $5,M0,000 Crass PreariM 1070: $10,300,000 Owned by Domestic and Overseas Insurers in Singapore. TOWER tlO2, D.B.S. BUILDING, 6, SHENTON WAY, SINGAPORE. 1 TEL: *****77 X >• V v PHOENIX ASSURANCE COMPANY LTD. (Incorporated in England E51d.1782) Group Assets Over £759 Million.
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      460 17 Ismh •<t V ff tf V*, •>•"■ rjr.'i# >< i 4 >j£BgMn| N v- «t V yss -v «r s *V $3 l trS v y z. •f. -V* f4k i y i "< ,to* X >» *s^- r -;v: .>• ■•mrm u IV "v >s i*A.. i RS u
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      60 18 INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE BROKERS CONSULTANTS (PTE) LTD 6th Floor, Wing On Llfo Bldg., Cecil Street, Singapore 1. INSURANCE REINSURANCE BROKERS ALL CLASSES OF GENERAL INSURANCE CALL: 2200 266 Managing Director: Michael H.H. Tan WORLD FAMOUS THE TOKIO MARINE FIRE INSURANCE CO. (S) PTE. LTD. THE WORLD RENOWNED TOKIO MARINE 6ROUP Tower
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      150 18 Stop at 2.Then make it 3. With Great Eastern Life. Two is just right. But three can be even Ml better especially when that third member of the wfl family is Great Eastern Life. We understand about children. And the responsibilities in raising a family. You want to give them
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      90 19 the red shield company (pte) ltd., SPECIALISING IN EMPLOYEE/MEDICAL INSURANCE SCHEMES FOR COMPANIES, INDIVIPUALS FAMILIES. CALL: 2207 366 International Plaza (12th Floor) Singapore 2. G.P.O. Box 2960. A Asia Insurance/Asia life Assurance Serving the Insurance Public Is a job that calls for Efficiency, Service Speed. Call us. And let us
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      152 20 i CATS. 238 6877 HILDA'S MMOVAL SALS at Hlld*'* Cold Storace A read* on textiles from #foo $3.50. dreeses $12.80, clock* H price, shoes, hsndoacs. ladlee' »wlmmlng sulta, children's mr, lewehery, etc. Open dally from boo a.m. 7.00 p.m. T.H.C. MAOIC S HOP-Maglc House of 1001 Trie*S, Jokes, Novettle* Maglclana
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      263 20 SMALL OROIN fURTLSO (or MM tO cU each. Hurry I! limited stock only 40 Dhoby Ohftut CHANOM 10 K.M. Newly-built double-storey terrace, semidetached houses. Pour bed" rooms. Terrasto/parauet flooring Enquiries *****41. CONFIDENTIAL/ INOIVIOUAL INTRODUCTIONS to exciting new frlondi/ marriage partners. Colombo Court P.O. Box 144 Singapore J urmosoL' mats all.
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      197 20 liSL^rawi NAM HO TRAVtL Service (Singapore) Private Limited 8.T.P.8. UC NO: 140 West Malaysia Tour (Inclusive denting. Cameron Highlands) bv deluxe air-conditioned coach deluxe air-conditioned coach •even days BSIBS/-, six day* 8$ 196/-, departure every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday Qentlng/ Cameron Highlands four days B*l3o/-. Oentlng TfTtr r W" days *****8/-,
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      450 20 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, MDM. ANNIE LOH CHEOW KIM of No. 5, Kheam Hock Road (11) Singapore, have applied for a Beer House Second Gass licence in respect of Kemises No. 2, Seng Poh Lone off Tiong thru Road (3) Singapore, and that this application will be
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      547 20 :<7/as a *<> EQ-3 Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions oppear below Name Address Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELQW i Cut along dotted lines ■■■■■■■■■< CLUES FOR EQ-3 1. Is quite often ueeful In houMhokl affairs. 2. Mannar of walking. 3. The boaa
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    In defence of squash
    1023 21  -  Or shall we all retire and take to tiddly winks? I SQUASH Eric Cooper After taking up squash rather late In life and having played almost every day for the past 15 years, I was extremely perturbed to read in a recent newspaper article that all
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  • Sportsfront Send your letters to Sportsfront, New Nation, Locked Bay 15.GP0. Singapore 1.
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      China can dominate
      579 21 The World badminton t° urnamen t which took place In Sweden recently saw Indonesia once more fail to win the men's singles title. Since the great Rudy Hartono briefly went Into retirement his fellow players have failed to maintain Indonesia's superiority in badminton. Llem Swle King, picked
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      L'pool lucky? Rubbish!
      646 21  -  LAWRENC WEE I was astonished to read in Eric Batty's world football column about Liverpool's "lucky'* path towards capturing the European Cup this year. Not only was I surprised and angry,-but I was shocked to read that a well-known football writer should commit himself towards criticising one
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      Call to improve on weak points
      224 21  -  SEAH KIM KNG As I am too old (at 67) to go to the National Stadium, I watched our national soccer team play against the bettertrained Critic team on TV. Our boys should be encouraged to train more and strengthen their weak points. In
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    DRAKE IMPRESSES ON GOOD GOING
    506 22  -  WALL STREET SHOWS IMPROVEMENT ON THE TRACK uith Brian Miller Drake gave notice of his chances In Bat u r day's 1800 m event for MARA Class 2 amateur horses when he turned In an attractive workout on good going at Buklt Tlmah this morning.
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    Lock icon Pollerton scores 7-length win
    153 22 Reuter London. Wednesday Irish-trained Pollerton took advantage of the late withdrawal of Epsom Derby runner-up Hot Grove to romp away with the Gordon Stakes on the opening day of the Goodwood July meeting yesterday. Pollerton. ridden by Christy Roche, landed odds of 11-to-two as he ran
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    Lock icon Packer's men face ban
    367 22 IGC: 'Super-Tests' damaging Reuter AP London, Wednesday The International Cricket Conference decided yesterday to impose a Test ban from Oct. 1 on players contracted to Australian businessman Kerry Packer. The decision was taken at a full meeting of the ICC at Lord's which was attended by
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      44 22 IT ~4v Why Billy Jean King chooses only Bancroft Tennis Rackets. It just feels like a racket you ran win with" MRS Further information available from: RMerdings Pte. Limited 22. Kum Hing Court. Tomlnson Road. Sngapcxe 10. Tfl«: *****55.*****18 Bancroft HAND-CRAFTED RACKET FLOWN IN
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      278 22 7 Mechanical Impossibility, so far 8 Criminal facade 9 Evil grin 10 Stir from sleep 11 Amity 12 Adjust again IS a customer 21 West 23 Maple genus 25 Nose 27 Plate 28 Old Or. cry 29 Make up for 50 Exist 51 UJ3. agent: abbr. 34 Pay for 36
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      428 22 YOUR LUCKY IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those easily Influenced persons whose emotions are very near the surface. You cry easily and you laugh easily. Tou are quickly encouraged—and Just as quickly discouraged. Indeed, your life Is a series of ups and downs as you
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    Zainal's return will spur on Toa Payoh
    297 23 Toa Payoh United, smarting under two successive defeats within a week by Armed Forces and Oeylang International In the First Division soccer League will seek to redeem themselves with the return of midfleld star Zalnal Abldeen against Sembawang Constituency at the Jalan Besar
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    CHANGI ARE BACK IN TITLE HUNT
    371 23  -  By BRIAN MILLER Changl Constituency put themselves right back Into contention for Division One honours when they beat Tamplnes Rovers 2-1 In their soccer League encounter at Jalan Besar last night. Changl never allowed themselves to be rattled by Tamplnes' impressive line-up that Included
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    Beginners' course in squash
    71 23 An eight-lesson beginners course in squash costing |25 a pupU is starting in the first week of August at the Farrer Park courts with once weekly lessons from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. It Is Jointly organised by the Singapore Squash Rackets Association and Singapore Sports
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    ROV says 'no' to Pesta race
    125 23 The Registry of Vehicles have rejected an application by the Singapore Motor Sports Club to revive the Gap Hill Climb as thl& year's highlight of the Pesta Sukan motoring events. An official of the Singapore Sports Council, through wnom the BMBC made the application,
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    'Adoption' plan by FIFA
    423 23  -  Developing nations need help By PHILIP TAN Brazil's Joao Havelange, president of the International Football Federation (FIFA) has outlined a plan which he hopes to put into effect if re-elected. The plan is for advanced soccer nations to adopt one or two developing countries to help
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    Lock icon Walker misses world record
    160 23 AP Stockholm, Wednesday John Walker- New Zealand's Olympic champion, ran the fastest 1500-metre race of the year yesterday to highlight a Sweden-Britain-Poland track and field meet at Stockholm's Olympic Stadium. Walker, in an attempt to break the world record. won the special invitational race In 3
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      47 23 THE BORN LOSER by Art Sansom USTW, W6HT 6H5 JVSTASOIPA6M V iTi 16) 0 i^FTAMPrrsTO=ecr v rf*\ a a* H m <Y* V Gfs cM W\ m m m <* »s jl n> a 11 %?> ft* s IS I I TUOUWT IT OJ*S MCAOSEttV WAO7C OAH46 ey M
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    Talking Point
    40 24 AH FOOK: It's a pity that the only Singapore team has to opt out of the 8IA rally. MEI LIN: Where Is the national spirit of local companies? Surely they can pool their resources and sponsor the drivers.
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      187 24 Jats nr C w. tm 1 I *88 ft ri Ki •> s<** ZR iv as V wl W& A' mm O fo *< 4 J CO French Restaurant featuring superb French cuisine delicious Siamese Seafood Javanese Rijsttafel (Sat/Sun) Dragon Palaca Raatanrant featuring famed Cantonese cuisine appetizing Hong Kong Tim-Sum
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      779 24 TV AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 LdUL 1.15 WILD, WILI WORLD OF ANIMAL8 Admirable Octopus. IN STABS Of ACTION: Enoch Prentiss. 4JU INTERMISSION. AM OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by A JOURNEY THROUGH THE LAND8 OP FAIBY STORIES: living Masterpieces. AM NEWS IN BRIEFS SS» LAST OF THE WILD: Bears. 7.M FLAT GUITAR
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      264 24 THE NEW AVENGERS: Gnaws. (Ch. 5, 8.30 p.m. In colour). Two men plan to make living things grow to enormous proportions by using stolen radioactive material. Strange things happen when their plans go awry. And Steed, Gambit and Purdey set out to Investigate. Stars Patrick MacNee, Joanna L u m
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