New Nation, 24 August 1977

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    20 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Wednesday, August 24, 1977 No. 2036 Price 25 cents M C (P) 262/1/77 f—- NEW (0) NATION COMMENT!
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    Lock icon Lanka takes action
    253 1 Mass resettlement of 25,000 people Reuter Colombo, Wednesday The Sri Lanka Government yesterday began a mass resettlement of 25,000 of Its Tamil-speak-lng minority In an attempt to end widespread violence which has claimed at least 54 lives. Prime Minister Junius Jayewardene also reimKsed a general elghtur night
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    Lock icon GUN DRAMA
    67 1 Escaped convict David* da Dalli, 30, points a gun at the kaad of a friend, Marina da Montis, as ha holds off polica in tha Italian city of Flora nee. Dalli, who ascapad from a naarby jail yesterday* gave up to police after four hours and had to
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    Lock icon Hussein to wed again
    98 1 UPI Beirut, Wednesday King Hussein of Jordan has decided to marry a Sung Lebanese girl from e BaakMn village In the Chouf district southeast of Beirut, the Frenchlanguage Beirut newspaper Le Reveil reported from Amman yesterday. The newspaper, citing Informed sources In the Jordanian capital, said
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    $20,000 blaze at factories
    100 1 A 30-minute fire partially destroyed a paint factories at Sin Min Road this morning. Damage Is estimated at $20,000. The fire started at 2.30 am. In Wlnson Chemicals, a terrace factory and spread to the Lian Hup Oil Refinery Ltd. and the Hoe Hup Hung Paper
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    Girl dies in fall
    79 1 A 22-year-old girl was found dead at the foot of a 20-storey block of flats off Queensway early this morning. Lee Yoke Meng is believed to have fallen from one of the upper floors of Block 108-A shortly before 8 a.m. She was clad In a
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    Heroin haul
    34 1 Zurich, Wednesday Police said yesterday they seized 6.4 Kilograms of heroin from a young couple who flew In from Bangkok. It was one of the biggest drug hauls in Switzerland, authorities said.
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    Exchange
    37 1 Cairo, Wednesday. Egypt and Libya have agreed to exchange prisoners of their six-day border war last month and to establish military observation opsts along the frontier to maintain the present cease-fire, African diplomatic sources said yesterday.
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    Lock icon 3 crashes make it a night NOT to remember
    154 1 Reuter Calgary (Alberta), Wednesday—Jim Dickie may have made the record books but he'd just as soon forget it: who wants to remember being in three car accidents in one night? Driving home early last Saturday, Dickie, 19, braked to avoid a
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    Lock icon Flight on a 'bicycle'
    71 1 Reuter New York. Wednesday —A Californlan claimed a £50,000 ($210,000) British prise for man-pow-ered flight when he pedalled and flew a makeshift aircraft over a two km figure of eight course In Shatter, California. Bryan Allen, 24, pedalling the 35kg craft like a bicycle. pUsded It
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      112 1 COLOUR TV INSIDE Midweek If BACK with story of Page 10 IN THE OTHER PAGEB: Cinema* 2; Moneywordi;, Stars IS; Crossword 18; Comics 19. Back on sale London, Wednesday The Financial Times newspaper was back on sale today after falling to publish-for nearly three weeks because of a dispute with
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    Meet Mr Airport
    241 2 Kallang in 1931, Paya Lebar in 1952 and now recalled from retirement to help at Changi Meet Mr. Airport -••-year-old bulldomer operator K. Ponnnsamy. «h larohred la tIM d«Telofwt of two airports Kalian* In 1911 mad Paya Lebar la 1952—and now he has heea recalled from retirement
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    Airport's new terminal ready in November
    233 2 Paya Lebar Airport's new arrival terminal, costing $17.3 million, will be operational by November. This was confirmed by a spokesman of the Department of Civil Aviation who said that the new arrival block will cater for the increase in traffic until the shift to
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    STOCK MARKET
    198 2 Mixed trading prevailed at the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first 45 minutes today, with some life being Injected into the market towards 11 a.m. Metro, queried by the SES on Its high turnover and price gain yesterday, Improved three cents to $1.74. S.P. Textiles which advanced
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    Chamber to submit a memo
    203 2 The Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry will submit a memorandum to the government on the increasing competition from the public sector. The chamber's standing committee must approve the document prepared by the drafting committee before it Is forwarded to the Government "The aim is
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    Lock icon Thailand keen on container service
    84 2 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday—Malaysia's stateowned Malayan Railway plans to introduce 1 direct container servtoe S22S SM M announced yester* Star ssaui&i Aniotne told rsporteta he had Just returned from Baackok after talks with fhaf authorities who were rwry keen on the proposed service. Mr Antoine
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      257 2 AT THE CINEMA AIRPORT 77: This is not a sequel to Arthur Haley's Airport but a new tale of airborne adventure. Take a lavishly accoutred, privately owned 747 Jttmbo Jet. Load it with a cargo of priceleas art treasures, people It with a gathering of Clamorous let letters, and set
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      63 2 Today: 7.13 a.m. (1.9 m); 6.04 p.m. (2.3 m). Tomorrow: 8.47 am (2.1 m); 7.37 p.m. (2.4 m). Friday: 0.41 a.m. (2.3 m); 8.47 p.m. (2.6 m). Saturday: 10.21 tm (2.4 m); 9.39 p.m. (2.7 m). Sunday: 10.55 a.m. (2.5 m) 10.28 p.m. (2.9 m). Monday: 1137 am. (2.8 m);
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    It's just ideal, say artists
    439 3 Orchard mall for art display Art circles are in favour of converting the Orchard Road pedestrian mall into a display centre for budaing artists during weekends. They agree that a car-nival-like atmosphere In which the public can move around without the formality of an art
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    Balloting
    50 3 Enclk Hajl Sha'ari Tadln, MP for Bedok, will attend the balloting ceremonies for sale of flats at Bedok New Town today at Block 127, Bedok North Street 2 at 2.30 p.m. and again tomorrow at car park between Blocks 119 and 121, Bedok North Road, at 2 30 p.m.
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    Chua makes police history again
    199 3 Deputy Supt. Chua Cher Yak, has created history In the Singapore Police Force for the second time In three years with his promotion to the rank of superintendent. DSP Chua, 30, Is now the Traffic Police chief. The promotion, which takes effect from October, makes
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    Interpol on the lookout
    183 3 Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday—Two foreigners, believed to be members of an international counterfeit syndicate, last week cheated a Malaysian money changer using fake Japanese travellers cheques. According to the ClD's deputy chief, Supt. 8. Kulaslngam, the gang exchanged three cheques two valued at Japanese yen each and
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    Lock icon He's a chess champ at 13...
    126 4 A study in concentration as young ckess star Wang Meng Kong analyses his position and plans his next move. Meng Kong, 13, a Secondary Two pupil at Anglo-Chinese School, became the youngest winner of the Pesta Sukan chess championship last Saturday. He scored 5i
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    Hanoi team here on buying mission
    191 4 A three-man trade mission from Hanoi is here to buy rubber processing equipment and machinery spare parts. They are officials from the Vietnam National Machinery Import and Export Corporation. The team has visited some rubber processing factories In Singapore. It is now negotiating with
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    Display and seminar highlight of 'quiet' drive
    460 4 The Education M i n i 8 try s Careers Guidance Month is well into its fourth week with the public almost totally unaware of it. So far, little 8 Eubliclty has been given the campaign aimed at "creating an awareness among schoolchildren
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    Warning lights at junctions
    216 4 A new warning system has been installed at 20 road Junctions to prevent Jams in case the traffic lights break down. A flashing amber light will warn motorists that the traffic lights are faulty. When this happens, motorists should approach the junction cautiously and give way
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    Inner Wheel officials
    63 4 Mrs. Gita Sen-Gupta has been elected president of the Inner wheel Club of Singapore at its recent annual meeting. Other officials elected are: Mrs. Rosalie Heron (vice-president), Mrs. Evelyn Macatangay (secretary) Mrs. Kanak Mehta (treasurer), Mrs. Nlsha Jumabhoy, Mrs. Julia Oh, Mrs. Clara Anclano, Mrs. Dorothy Hon,
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    Plan to pool resources
    229 4 Local optical manufacturers are planning to pool their resources to meet large overseas orders. "In the past, there were orders which could not be met by just one or two manufacturers here because of their limitations," said Mr. Um Slah Row. secretary of the Singapore Optical
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    Pupils who work during the school holidays
    207 4 About 15 per cent of the pupils at Buklt Panjang Government High School work during the holidays to earn pocket money. Most of these 190odd pupils work at factories or In farms during the short holidays, said the school's principal, Mr. Loo Pul
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    Concert
    43 4 The Institute of Education music education department will present its second public concert OPUS 2 at the Singapore Conference Hall, Shenton Way, on Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. Tickets at $3, $2 and $1 are obtainable at C.K. Tang and Cold Storage.
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    Lock icon TV star Cabot dies after a stroke
    146 5 UPI Victoria (British Columbia) Wednesday Actor Sebastian Cabot died early yesterday after suffering a stroke. He was 58. Cabot, a long-time resident of the Victoria area, was born in London and came to the United States In 1955 with his wife, a son
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    Lock icon Panama: US asks for assurances
    325 5 Carter: We want to be involved Reuter Washington, Wednesday President Carter said yesterday he had asked Panama for assurances that the United States would be involved if a sealevel canal were built to supplement the existing waterway. "If It becomes necessary In the future for
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    Lock icon Vance to meet Teng
    195 5 AFP Peking, Wednesday •—The Sino- American discussions will really get off the ground here today when US Secretary of Btate Cyrus Vance meets Chinese Vice-Premier Teng Hsiao-ping. It will be the first major meeting between Mr. Teng and a western visitor since the Vice-Premier was given
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    Lock icon The role smell plays in love
    124 5 AFP Melbourne, Wednesday People who cannot smell cannot fall In love. This was the message yesterday from United States sexologist Dr. John Money. Dr. Money, a man who has devoted 26 years to the study of human sexual behaviour, said today: "They can live
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    Lock icon Cuba visit
    25 5 Reuter Havana, Wednesday Angolan President Agostinho Neto arrived yesterday on a private visit and was greeted at Havana airport by President Fidel Castro.—Beuter.
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    Lock icon Somalis score in new raids
    164 5 UPI Nairobi, Wednesday Somali insurgents said yesterday they killed and wounded nearly 1500 Ethiopian troops and shot down an Americanbuilt warplane in a continuing offensive to seize control of Ethiopia's southern Bale province. About 320 km to the north, government forces said they smashed a
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      58 5 m <,N r f* I v» V .<* f*: r 4# V w» 9 t 1 Come and discover the flavours of true Nonya Food with Mrs Bong at Ming Terrace Ming Court Hotel fi, StMj J -r ,s/ J ssasrssf Portuguese Rojak Prawns with BNmbing etc. mmcwtamm. TangHn Road
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      117 5 «l» •tJk t li. Sample the true, authentic flavour of local specialities at Ladyhill's Coffeeshop 7!. Mr«!" :iT. i 7, Keluak Ay am, Fried Kang Kong, Hain*nese Mutton Soup, Fried Beef Kuey Teow. For dessert, try something delightfully different like Bobur Cha-Cha or Quia Malacca. In the evenings, there's seafood
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    Lock icon New UK, US bid for Africa peace
    347 6 Agencies Washington, Wednesday President Carter yesterday said the United States and Britain will Jointly present to African leaders their proposals for "a peaceful solution to the Rhodeslan or Zimbabwe crisis" at a meeting beginning Friday in Lusaka, Zambia. He said UN Ambassador Andrew
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    Ah Fook and Mei Lin
    88 6 Moi Lin: We bought an Alsatian for a watchdog. Ah Fook: A mongrel can look after the house too. maile y' lanaikL Icti lean m/n K m*i i"V /ihimi shuo za< 3pu\ (ii'A&m) Met Lin: Kita telah membeli seekor anjing Alsatian sebagai pengawal. Ah Fook:
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    Lock icon College wins award
    64 6 UPI Manila, Wednesday *n» College of Agriculture of the University of the Philippines was yesterday named winner of the ftaaaon Magsaysay Ami tor International the Nobripeaee prise. Tne award's board of trustees etted the college at Los Banoa. 48 km south of Manila, "for Its quality of
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    Lock icon TODAY
    155 6 UPI TODAY la Wednesday, Aug. 24, the 236 th day of 1977 with 129 to follow. THE MOON is moving from its first quarter to its full phase THE MORNING BTARB are Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STAB Is Mercury. Those born on this date are under
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    The Odd Corner
    30 6  -  D.J. Off-duty nurses In Britain have been ordered to stop stripping down to bras and panties to sunbake in hsopital grounds because they make patients' temperatures soar.—DJ.
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    Lock icon 51 plead not guilty to murder charge
    193 6 Reuter Cairo, Wednesday—All 51 members and leaders of an extremist Muslim group accused of kidnapping and killing a former minister yesterday pleaded not guilty on 12 charges carrying the death penalty. The charges Include an attempt to change the government of President Anwar
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    Lock icon Israel's West Bank 'an obstacle to peace'
    297 6 Reuter Washington, Wednesday President Carter said yesterday that the Israeli settlement of villages on the West Bank of the Jordan River Is an obstacle to a peaceful solution in the Middle East. But the President told a press conference here he did not
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    Lock icon 'Aussie children smuggled abroad'
    133 6 Reuter Canberra, Wednesday Divorced Australian fathers ate smuggling their children out of Australia by flying them from remote air strips to South-east Asia and Rhodesia to avoid custody laws, a Member of Parliament claimed yesterday. Senator Ruth Coleman said she had been told by an organisa
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    Lock icon 'Dead' girl alive in hospital
    136 6 Reuter Rotterdam, Wednesday —A Dutch girl thought to have been cremated after a car accident three weeks ago Is alive in a Swiss Hospital, police said yesterday. Henrlette Blokland. 16, who had been swathed In bandages and In a coma since the accident, regained consciousness
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      180 6 Lob4m Bunny intervals, isolated showers, 18-15 C. Headline: Holiday flights hit by strike. Imm Rain, 26-17 C. Headline: Defence Minister to justify government behaviour in Kappler escape today. Paris Variable cloudiness. 20-13 C. Headline: Do the South. Africans have the atomic bomb? Moscow Overcast, 18-BC. Pravda's headline: Fraternal Solidarity. New
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    Lock icon Reds using student leftists and refugees against us -SAYS THAI COLONEL
    243 7 AFP Bangkok, Wednesday Thailand's Indo-Chinese neighbours are using Thai leftists and the refugee problem to undermine the security of the kingdom, an army spokesman said yesterday. Lt.-Col. Thanit Vasaphuti of the news division of the Secohd Army's Forward Section
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    Lock icon 30 hurt in plane drama
    219 7 UPI Talpeh, Wednesday A China Air Lines jetliner enroute to Talpeh frcm Manila encountered clear air turbulence yesterday and plunged "like a rock" about 304 metres, s c a 11 e ring passengers around the plane's cabin. Tafpeh International Airport officials said at least 30
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    Lock icon Governor guilty of racketeering
    187 7 Reuter Baltimore, Wednesday Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel, who succeeded former US VicePresident Splro Agnew as the state's chief executive, was yesterday convicted on racketeering and mall fraud charges. Mandel and five others also found guilty will be sentenced on Oct 7. Each mail frauxl charge carries
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    Lock icon Saigon hit by food shortages
    406 7 Drastic ration cut and almost no meat, says refugee UPI Banfkok, Wednesday Food rations in Saigon have been drastically cut, with meat now almost unavailable, recent refugees from the Vietnamese city said yesterday. "In the past three months, rice rations have been cut from nine
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    Lock icon Hirohito: It was my wish not to be divine
    180 7 UPI Tokyo, Wednesday Emperor Hirohito said yesterday It was his own desire to reduce hl« status from the sovereign head to a symbol of Japan after World War Two. In a rare news conference, the 76-year-old Emperor said he gave up
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    Lock icon On human rights
    77 7 UPI Manila, Wednesday The World Law Conference yesterday heard a proposal to expand the International Court of Justice to hear cases against people accused or violating human rights. While delegates debated strengthening human rights in an unruly session at the elegant Philippine Inter national Convention Centre, a
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    Timely and tolerable
    451 8 President Marcos did It In Kuala Lumpur earlier this month and repealed It In Manila this week, showing his mastery of the art of the conference-hall flourish. His unexpected announcement that he was taking steps to drop the Philippines claim to Sabah drew warm and thunderous applause
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    Troublesome trip
    91 8 WHISPERS rS> IS B p y Y A locally published guide book for the uB Nary offers helpful hints, Including Ao's and donts on our taxi drivers: "Dont argue with the driver over Cues Taxi drivers lure friendly and eonddcnd by many to be courteous. How- ever, when
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    Lock icon Kissinger still exerts power in the US
    805 8 Washington Pott Washington: When Henry Kissinger was at the height of his public power nearly two years ago, a Washington c o 1 u m nist speculated that he would never be content to slip into obscurity taking the subway to council on
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    THE HONEYMOON GRINDS TO A HALT
    759 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON Yugoslavian President Josei Tito's visit to China later this week casts an interesting light on the new and confident role which Hua's China is now pursuing in Uy* international arena. It could sec the real on the apparent
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    Papers review effects of Fukuda's tour
    409 9 VOICI OF THE PRfcSS rnui»<t* up «»f editorials in thv non I n«(lish pi«»\s in Sin4|«t|>ort* The relationship between Singapore/ ASEAN and Japan was reviewed by the nonEnglish press last week In the wake of Japanese Prime Minister IFukuda's goodwill tour of the region.
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    Aim high but be realistic in jobs
    154 9 In Its editorial on the Prime Minister's speech at the National Day rally, Rerita Harlan explained that the lowering of expectations does not mean a lowering of ambitions. It said: "They are two different things. One should aim high and strive for the
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    Lock icon 'Amazons' run wild in Europe
    473 9 AP Frankfurt: An "Amazon complex" is said to be running out of control in West Germany these days, as psychologists and experts in social sciences debate why so many young women have become terrorists. A good half of the unflattering pictures on the latest wanted
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    Learn the lessons
    185 9 In an editorial on two surveys, one which shows that German youths know nothing about the Nazi era and the other that British youths are generally Ignorant of current affairs Nanyang remarked: "The two examples illustrate one phenomenon: some of the youths born during the post-war period
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    The emergencies that aren't...
    135 9 The Nanyang criticised patients who go to government hospitals' Accident and Emergency Departments although they are not emergency cases. It referred to a fourmonth Ministry of Health survey which showed that only 18 per cent of the patients surveyed needed hospitalisation, while 18.7 per cent and
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    Carter's only success
    116 9 The agreement on a new Panama Canal treaty ends a disreputable chapter in American history, according to Nanyang. It said: "81nce .coming Into power, President Carter has achieved little In his diplomatic activities in the Middle East, Rhodesia and South Korea and the new Panama Canal treaty
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      85 9 ft Fashions on Fridays 26 August Lunchtime Robinsons A department store with a collection of some of the most exclusive clothes. It will feature a complete range cf casual day wear and evening outfits. Jean Gatineau, the latest Parisienne skincare and makeup in town. Models from Mannequin. Eat as much
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      Midweek
      935 10 / 11  -  Wednesday, August 24,1977 k H.L.Lim It's good to he back, as they say. (Did you notice the absence of an exclamation mark?) But it is really good to be back. And this selfindulgent Midweek after a break of nearly three months is one big reason; especially since one reader
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      Making music away from home
      2663 10 / 11  -  Popular concert pianist Dennis Lee, pianist Toh Chee Hung, music teacher The Lian Tjo and soprano Loh Slew Tuan fathered recently in Singapore to make music together and to talk about it. They discussed their choice, concentrating on European music, why they are still studying
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      137 10 / 11 Get on the right track with Swish. A 4h Til.: »MMB West Cabot 's Nitamin ESs New York FaeM Miiqw Cabot's Mugm actually olaana daapar than any soap or facial claanssr. It paals off easily-, removing that layar of dull, dead i skin and grime thai quickly aocumulatae due to
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    Jones boy is back but wit is lacking
    507 12  -  Cinema THE BAWDY ADVENTURES OF TOM JONES: Nicky Henson, Trevor Howard, Terry-Thomas. Arthur Lowe, Georgia Brown. Joan Collins, William Mervyn, Murray Melvin. Madeline Smith. Screenplay by Jeremy Lloyd; directed by Cliff Owen (now at Jade). liv Gloria Chandy That Jones boy is
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    Lock icon Suffer from travel sickness ? There are drugs to combat it...
    693 12 Suffer from travel sickness There are drugs to combat it... Los Angeles Times New York: For those who suffer motion sickness, a vacation can be an anxious, unpredict able time. A longawaited trip by car. boat or plane can become a miserable experience. There are several theories on the causes
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    Lock icon The Vietnam Syndrome
    1663 13  -  The walking time bomb that's going to explode By Haynes Johnson Washington Port Washington: When police were developing ttelr Ideas about "Son of Sam," the crazed New York gunman who strikes in the dark, one of their widely discussed theories tagged him as a Vietnam veteran. Embittered,
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    Tourist trade a big boost to hotel's profits
    580 14  -  I ompany profile tiv. Lee Yew Meng Apollo Enterprises, the local hotel and development company, has performed remarkably well since it became a publicly listed company two years ago. Its Interim result* released last week, show pre-tax profits of $1.7 million for
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      NEW YORK
      225 14 Stocks lost ground yesterday when a b»uechlp bargain hunting rally ran out of steam in late afternoon. Trading was moderately active. The Dow Jones Industrial average, up about four points at one time, filtered towards the end and lost 1.73 points to 865.56. It gained 3.81 points on
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      Dow Jones
      36 14 New York, Wednesday Dow Jonea ctoetag mrigw on tl>« New' York Stock exchange yeetwrflay: SO Industrials 846.56 (off 1.73); 10 tnuuport ***** (up 143); 16 uUliUee 111.61 (up 0J1); 66 stocks 193.67 (up 6.41).
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      112 14 AFP Prices oh the Tokyo stock market yesterday advanced, led by blue chip*. Trading was moderate. Hie 225-stock DowJones average closed at 5183.60 yen, up 18.56 yen ovtt Monday. The TBI Index for the first section, where volume came to some 340 million shares against Monday's 188 million was
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      SYDNEY
      170 14 PilOee it 11.90 ftjn, today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock exchange ACT 161 IM ADC 12 1ft Ampol Pet 88 89 AN1 13ft 123 AW 114 US Bank NSW 47ft 47S Brambles 143 180 Biff 840 800 Boral 30ft 300 CBA mi 271 C8R 200 300 CIO 300
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      ZURICH
      77 14 Closing prices in Swiss francs on the Zurich Stock nchange yesterday: UBB Bearer 3040 8 UBS Registered 6M a SBC' 393 I Credit Suisse 21Sfi 8 Swissair B. 760 3 Swiss Reinsur. MTO +M Wlnterthur B. 1930 —13 Zurich meur. 787S +78 Juvena B. 330 Nestle B. MIS 3380
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    Lock icon India to replace Coke with new drink
    176 14 Business News and Views AFP New Delhi, Wednesday A new "national beverage" to be known as "Seventy-Seven" will be Introduced soon to replace the American softdrink Coca Cola in India, It was announced yesterday. The new drink will be marketed within the next
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    Lock icon Bonn cuts its trade surplus
    387 14 July imports up against that of same period a year ago Reuter Bonn, Wednesday West Germany, which has been urged by other nations to buy more of their goods and cut its trade surplus, announced yesterday that the embarrassingly high surplus has been reduced. Its
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    Lock icon Riyadh will pay Lebanon's oil debts
    154 14 AFP Beirut, Wednesday Saudi Arabia will pay Lebanon's US$l2O million ($2BB million) debts to oil companies, the Saudi ambassador, General All Chaer, announced here yesterday after talks with Foreign and Defence Minister Foud Boutros. The talks mainly covered post-civil va r security in Lebanon,
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    Lock icon Debts poser
    30 14 UPI Genera, Wednesday Developing and developed countries began two weeks of talks yesterday on ways to relieve the debts of Third World nations and help promote their exports.—UPl.
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    26 14 AFP Bangkok, Wednesday— The Board of Trade predicts that Thailand will earn some 5800 million baht ($6OO million) from natural rubber exports this year.—AFP
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    171 14 AFP Manila, Wednesday A panel on multinational corporations yesterday agreed on the need for adoption of a code of conduct to provide guidelines not only on MNC's conduct but also that of host nations. An announcement issued at the end of the panel's deliberations
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    149 14 UPI AFP Brussels, Wednesday The dollar closed lover on European money markets yesterday and the price of gold declined. Gold closed In Zurich at U*****,875 an ounce compared with US$l44.125 on Monday. In London gold dropped from U*****,125 to U*****,625. In Frankfurt the dollar closed at ***** marks,
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      344 16 Bulgarian beats Olympic hammer champ Reuter Sofia, Wednesday Only Tom Andrews of the United States stood against a golden avalanche for eastern Europe early In the final session < athletics competition at the World Student Games here last night. Andrews burst through and won the 400
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      YESTERDAY'S GOLDS
      91 16 Yesterday's gold medal winners: BULGARIA: Men—E. Dalferov (hammer throw); women T. Petrova (1540 m) and K. Stoyanova (shot pat); U8: Men T. Andrews 444 m hurdles); 4 z 440 m relay; FRANCE: WWen J. Cartel (long jump); RU- MANIA: Women —F. Mlkhal and V. Rtudcl (tennis doubles CZECH
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      Toa Payoh and Tampines: A little over-blown
      432 16  -  CONCERNED FAN The latest controversy on the soccer scene over the Division One League match between Tamplnes Rovers and Toa Payoh United seems a little over-blown. Of course, It Is typical of both the FAS and the Press to make "mountains out of
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      350 16  -  KELVIN CHUA Political Interference In sport is commonplace these days. They fall into two categories political influence ex c e rted either at individual national level or collectively where several nations represented by a single organisation or bloc try to exert political pressure on
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      Game a 'disgrace' to League
      381 16  -  JUSTICE PAO This is about the last League game between Tampines Rovers and Toa Payoh United. It was a disgrace to the League tournament and unfair to Oevlang International's Dollah Kassim. Mow let me come straight to the point and examine why both the teams
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      Timber Exporter looks in line for a double
      426 16  -  ON THE TRACK u/ith Brian Miller Timber Exporter 11, who beat a smart Class 4 field on this course last month, Is retaining his form and looks In line lor a double wl:en he goes over 1200 m on Sunday. With Jockey
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      Squash has arrived!
      810 17  -  Crowd response at Open is enough proof by Eric Cooper SQUASH The Singapore Open championships which ended last Sunday proved beyond any doubt that the game has a large ever growing and enthusiastic following here. Throughout the weeklong tournament spectator space was at a premium and during
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      147 17 Reuter London, Wednesday.— Pakistan cricket captain Mushtaq Mohammad has resigned as skipper of English county club Northamptonshire, It was announced yesterday. Mushtaq, who Is contracted to play In the Kerry Packer supertest series In Australia later this year, said he had given up the Job because
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      158 18 Reuter Tokyo, Wednesday The U*****,000 (*****,000) Talhelyo (Pacific) kl alters, one of the world's richest golf tournaments, will be held In Ootenba, central Japan, from Oct. f to 9 with the participation of about 40 golfers from the US golf circuit, the organisers said yesterday. The
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      Jackson's fight-back
      406 18  -  Composure pays off By TONY KOH Jackson, defending men's champions of the volleyball Independent Cup, fought back from the brink of defeat to beat SAFSA 6-15, 10-15, 15-8, 15-9, 15-13 at the Qay World last night. In the opening set, Jackson struggled desperately to stave off the deadly
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      Lock icon Recs win in Pearse Cup mis-match
      360 18 The annual Pearse Cup hockey match yesterday between Paaang rivals Singapore Recreation Club and Singapore Cricket Club failed to produce the excitement and fighting spirit so evident in previous clashes. SRC, at full strength with seven internationals, beat SCC 3-0 to win the Cup
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      202 18 UPI Peshawar (Pakistan), Wednesday—The Singapore Airlines LondonSydney motor rally entered Pakistan yesterday with A.R. Fowkes of Britain in the lead In a Mercedes Benz. Fowkes was closely followed by Britain's Mike Broad, also drlvlna a Mercedes. The third entering Pakistan was West German Aired Kling
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      176 18 Reuter London, Wednesday.— Scot Kenny Dalglish, Liver poo I*B 440,000 (8$ 1.85 m) replacement for Kevin Keegan, rcored the decisive goal for his new club In their First Division 2-0 win over Newcastle last night. Liverpool, defending their championship without the mercurial Keegan, took the lead soon
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      PIA 6-0
      29 18 Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday The Pakistan International Airlines hockey team, fielding seven national players, handed out a 6-0 defeat to Malaysia's state chamKn, Negerl Sembllan, lo emban yesterday.
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      Park Cup: FAS reconsider appeal
      515 19  -  By PHILIP TAN The South Korean Football Association have appealed to Singapore to field a team for the President Park Chung Hee Cup tournament scheduled in Seoul on Sept. 3-17. Singapore opted out of the tournament when the FAS found that it clashed with the
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      Seng Hock ranks among world top 10
      408 19  -  By PHILIP TAN Ten-year-old L 1 m Seng Hock, winner of seven gold medals at the recent ASEAN championships, can be regarded as one of the world's top swimmers In the world In his age group. Seng Hock's times returned were all within
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      200 19 Reuter London, Wednesday Ron Greenwood, England soccer manager after the departure or Don Revie to the United Arab Emirates, is optimistic about his side's chances of making next year's World Cup finals In Argentina. To do so, England would have to thrash Luxembourg and beat the
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      HARTLEY'S BOYS GET THEIR CHANCE
      208 19 The Football Association Of Singapore, who embarked on an ambitious Age Group training scheme, will have an opportunity to gauge the results when the National Under 12 side take on the visiting Hiroshima YMCA team from Japan at the Toa Payoh Stadium today (Kick-off 5
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      St. Pat's fifth win
      166 19 St. Patrick's "A" beat St. Joseph's Institution by 121 runs to win the Inter-schools cricket final for the fifth straight year at Tanglln yesterday. Taking the bat first, the Patricians chalked 177 for one In 120 minutes. The Josephlans collapsed against St. Pat's attack and were
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      Malaysia agree
      25 19 The Malaysian Schools Sports council have finally agreed to compete In the ASEAN Schools' Under 18 athletic championships in Jakarta on Bept. 20-22.
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    45 20 AH FOOK: SIA's offer of no pay leave to rehabilitate drug addicts among Its employees should help encourage the addicts to volunteer for treatment. MEI LIN: It's an offer they can't afford to refuse. This Is the time for them to take advantage.
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