New Nation, 5 September 1977

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  • 25 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Monday, September 5, 1977 No. 2046 Price 25 cents M C. (P) 262/1/77 r p=v-^-=^ i NEW (t'j) NATION i COMMENT L—gll_^
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  • 152 1 A cabaret hostess was killed and three others Injured wfcen this car crashed into a tree on the bank of the Kallang River near Nicoll Highway early today. Miss Tan Swee Lang, 22. a Malaysian working in the Oasis Nite Club, was trapped in the front
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  • 577 1  -  By Gerry de Silva Pattaya, Monday ASEAN economic ministers have decided to set up an ad hoc study arouD to help ensure equitable benefits from joint Industrial projects. The Intention Is to Ret rid of the fear that one country or another may
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  • 53 1 Reuter Cuenca (Ecuador), Monday.—An Ecuadorian airliner crashed during Its approach to Cuenca Airport on an Internal flight yesterday and officials said all 33 people aboard were believed killed. The plane, a Vlckers Viscount turbo-prop owned by the National Air Service <BAN), burst Into flames on Impact
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  • 60 1 Reuter Moscow, Monday. —UN secretary-general Kurt Waldheim arrived In Moscow yesterday for talks with Soviet leaders on world crisis areas Including the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. Dr. Waldheim, on his second visit to the Soviet Union as United Nations chief, was met at the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 148 1 SONY h Trinitron. A unique system, tetter colour. INSIDE $7000 to be won... See Pago 10 and 20 What's On IN THE OTHER PAGEB: Crossword 2; Monej words 10; Stars 21; Comics 22; Cinemas 23. Forecast Singapore's wi utlook from 1 p.n p.m. today Occasional rain In early afternoon. leisure
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  • 368 2 In Phase Three of Primary One registration which begins tomorrow More than 27,000 places are available for Primary One pupils under Phase Three of the registration exercise which begins tomorrow. There are 19,813 places In the English stream, 7275 In the Chinese stream, and 104 In the Malay
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  • 45 2 A 12-lecture course on food English in business will be conducted by the University of Singapore's Department of Extramural Studies at the Toa Payob branch library from Sept. 12 every Monday and Friday, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. For more details, telephone *****6
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  • 51 2 Dancing on a Saturday night—that's the latest attraction at Sentosa. Folk dancing open to the public was Introduced by the Sentosa Development Cor- poration to promote night life. There was a good crowd dancing away on the rol'er skating rink from 7.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. last
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  • 269 2  -  By Gerry de Silva Pattaya, Monday Indonesia and Singapore took 45 minutes to come to a compromise on the ASEAN diesel engine project, said Philippine Secretary for Industry Vicente Paterno. As chairman of the Committee of Industry, Minerals and Energy (COIME) which deals with all ASEAN
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  • 17 2 Singapore Jaycees will conduct a six-session personal dynamics course at the Apollo Hotel from Sept. 12.
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  • 98 2 Quiet and routine trading prevailed during the first 45 minutes at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Share prices generally hovered at last Friday's closing levels. BUSINEBS DONE: Firat Section S.P. Textiles (3) 1.28. S. Darby (11) 3.46. Sett.: (20 3.48. Inchcape (5) 2.40. Haw Par (7) 1.02.
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  • 59 2 Foreign Minister Mr. S. Rajaratnam this morning stressed the importance of supervision and regulation of conduct In the insurance business. Opening the third meeting of ASEAN Insurance Commissioners at the Bhangrl-La Hotel, Mr. Rajaratnam said this la to ensure that insurance companies are financially solvent and carry
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 84 2 TONS M HOTEL Ktiuuntui 11, BEACH ROAD, SINGAPORE 7. (NEAR RAFFLES HOTEL) TW: *****6 *****7 Quiet, Peaceful <ft Enjoyable. Charming A Friendly Waitresses to pamper you. i' SPECIAL OFFER On* M W—tern t—4 ftM (Chicken, Park Ch«f t l<w# St—k) wtHi tmy 14 kettle whisky or knntfy y*u HAPPY HOURS
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 104 2 Big Sweep and Toto BIG BWKEP drawn at Penang on Saturday: 1 No. ***** 2 No. ***** 3 No. ***** Btarters Not. *****, *****, *****. *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****. Consolation No*. *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****. *****. BIG SWEEP drawn on Sunday. 1
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    • 273 2 7 Crossword V H A id mm d a m j ■i il 10 New Mexico art colony 11 Factual 12 Rorem 15 Extra weight 17 Victuals 20 Frequently 23 Ice cream holders 24 Particles 25 Small monkeys 27 Previously 28 To-do 29 Goodnight girl 30 A Roosevelt 32 Cost:
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  • 506 3  -  Bosses comment on job discrimination By Richard Ho Nantah graduates generally have themselves to blame for any discrimination In their employment, several employers said yesterday. They said many Nantah graduates prefer to keep to themselves, do only what Is required of them and seldom make suggestions for
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  • 150 3 Special Constabulary National Servicemen (BCNS) will be deployed from today to help enforce the Pedestrian Crossing Rules. They will stationed at various designated crossings. especially those located at shopping centres, between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. The officer-ln-charge of the Traffic Police, Supt
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  • 290 3 Dr. Lau K1 en g Hiong, the man who is taking care of the day-to-day running of Nanyang University, is a dental surgeon in private practice. Dr. Lau has long been associated with both the University of Singapore and Nantah. He is
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • 206 4 Nee Soon New Town the eighth Housing Board satellite, town will be built over a period of 12 years. Intensive construction on the new town wUI only begin at the end of next year and is scheduled to be completed around 1990, an HDB spokesman
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  • 205 4 Several Singaporeans described as "ridiculous and absurd" a statement by a judge in South Africa that some men might be glad to pay their wives for sex. The Judge said this when rejecting a divorce petition by Mr. William Wyndham-Qulnn in a
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  • 111 4 The education Ministry Is offering teachers scholarships at the Regonal Centre for Educaun in Science and Mathematics in Penang. The scholarships, for senior teachers In science and mathematics, will be for three months, from Jan. 9 to March 23 next year. The course Includes development of teaching
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  • 157 4 The three milk banks In Singapore need donations urgently. There ts only 1704. 78ml (60 fluid ounces) of breast milk In the bank at the Outram Road General Hospital. And even less In the other two banks at the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital and the
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  • 326 4 Many school administrators consider art a frivolous subject, said Miss Sylia Tan, a designer. Art Is being taught only as an additional subject. The syllabus has not been designed to equip the student who may want to take up art professionally. "No career
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  • 153 4 Captain N. Segar has retired from Singapore Airlines on Aug. 22 as director of Inflight services after 20 years In the airline. Outlook, the BlA's monthly bulletin, said, he Joined Malayan Airlines In June 1051 as a second officer after obtaining a commercial Kot's licence
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 108 5 Reuter Hong Kong, Monday Hong Kong's drug addicts are now often supplied by "suitcase heroin drug factories," according to a top narcotics fighter. Mr. Fred Ting, acting commissioner for narcotics, told a local newspaper that these factories produced heroin on a small scale and were
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  • 70 5 Reuter Amman. Monday King Hussein who starts a 24-hour official visit to Prance today. Is expected to explain Jordan's views on the latest peace prospects in the Middle East to his host, President Valery Discard D'Estalng. The Kins has said that peace in the area can be achieved
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  • 61 5 Reuter New Delhi, MondayIndian President Neelam Sanjlva Reddy, 64, left for the United States yesterday for treatment of a lung ailment. He will be treated at the Memorial Hospital and Sloan Kettering Institute In New York and is expected to stay to the United States
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  • 380 5 London, Monday Four Catholic officials in Rhodesia have been arrested in an apparent attempt to suppress a report alleging continuing torture of black civilians by the Rhodesian army, the Observer newspaper said here yesterday. In a front page story, the newspaper
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  • 193 5 Reuter Geneva, Monday South African Foreign Minister Plk Botha and Ivory Coast President Felix Houphouet-Boigny met for surprise talks here yesterday In a secluded villa high above Lake Geneva. Mr. Botha, who flew to Switzerland yesterday morning from Tel Aviv, drove late this afternoon to
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  • 49 5 Police Inspect a San Francisco Chinatown restaurant where five people were killed and eight others woanded. Police are trying to find the motive for the gangland style attack by youths who opened fire on unsuspecting patrons of the Golden Dragon restaurant early yesterday morning UPI picture
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  • 192 5 Malik to resign at end of the month Antara Reuter Jakarta, Monday Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik will resign by the end of the month to become chairman of the Indonesian Parliament, the offlcial Antara News Agency reported yesterday. President Suharto gave approval for Mr. Malik to end his long
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 137 5 A' *o; f: a V* (Si Kr •i. 'V Come and discover the flavours of true Nonya Food with Mrs Bong at Ming Terrace Ming Court Hotel i -y Mi V* V, t of horn® cooked food of yesteryear. Different eet lunches daily $6.00 3% featuring for example: Chicken Buah
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  • 300 6 Reuter Jerusalem, Monday Israeli government ministers seem embarrassed by ambitious plans, outlined by colleague Ariel Sharon, to settle occupied Arab lands with two million Jews. Some Israeli officials scoffed at the idea yesterday, saying it is impractical in a country which has ceased to attract
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  • 106 6 Mei Lin: I heard you won a prize in yesterday's race. Ah Fook: Absolutely correct. It was for coming in last. 'Tinas Iiu5 nT luohan yfnqN J Wt i Vfy S/idlanr ve mei cup na sni liana qZ\ ft- ft p^-k) s. hou y\ mmy
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  • 126 6 AFP Munich. Monday Three survivors of the eight-man Palestinian oommando group which massacred 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games are today Uvlng in Beirut, each receiving a monthly life pension of U8)iooo <$2400) from Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi, a lawyer
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  • 177 6 UPI TODAY Is Monday, Sept. Bth. the 248 th day of 1977 with 117 to follow. THE MOON 1s In Its last quarter. THE MORNING STABS are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. There Is no evening star. Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo.
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  • 60 6  -  D.J. The (V*e of the Bsskervllleg has hit a Aim ■alt making new version of Sherlock Holmes "a Uw Hound of the Baskervllleg. The ace detechat and magnifying flaa* disappeared, hoond wont mUdai, the director was taken to hospital and the local pah, In Berkshire, England, ran
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  • 180 6 UPI Washington, Monday Wife beating has become so serious the Federal government is almost tripling funds to pay for shelters, special phone lines and counselling for battered women. The government is taking a hand in a problem that apparently has been widely
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  • 214 6 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Monday. Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia hope the International Maritime Consultative Organisation (IMCO) meeting in London today will give its early approval to their traffic separation scheme for safe navigation in the Straits of Malacca. Malaysia will represent the
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  • 131 6 Reuter Kuwait, Monday A Kuwaiti newspaper reported yesterday that President Sadat of Egypt and President Nlmeiri of Sudan held a secret meeting with a Saudi envoy last week to coordinate policies on Red Sea security. In a report from Cairo, where Arab foreign ministers were due
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  • 201 6 UPI London, Monday.—Air travellers waited up to 10 houra on Sunday for planes to leave Britain with no end In sight to a strike by assistant air traffic controllers that is costing airlines US$4.5 million ($lO.B million) a day. Airlines reduced their
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 145 6 •J MM WEATHER Tokyo Cloudy, 3025C. Headline: Discount rate cut. Moaoow Clear. 1525C. Pravda's headline: Our filial duty. Rome Clear, 14-29 C. Headline: At least 100,000 foreigners living In Rome Illegally. Par la Sunny, 23-13 C. Headline: Carter IS cities opened for Concorde. London Partly cloudy, 15-20 C. Headline: Bhutto
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  • 491 7 Pak move to ban from polls those who acquired property illegally Agencies Rawalpindi, Monday Pakistan's military ruler Oen. Zia uiHaq yesterday issued a martial law regulation requiring all who served as legislators since December 1970 to declare their properties and assets within 15 days. Those found to
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  • 227 7 Reuter London, Monday.—The national executive of the ruling Labour Party said yesterday that abolition of the non-elected House of Lords should be one of its main objectives. The conservative dominated Lords, with its 1139 hereditary and nominated peers, revises parliamentary legislation and although
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  • 216 7 UPI Hamburg, Monday- Kazuo Iwama, chief of Japan's Sony Electric and Electronics Company, said In an Interview published yesterday that streamlining of production with subsequent cost-cutting Is the prime factor for the successes of Japanese products in world markets. "Japanese enterprises are
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  • 110 7 Reuter Geneva. Monday—The fifth full session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will be held In Manila from May 7 to June 1. 1979, UNCTAD's Executive Board said in a decision published here yesterday. The decision has to be approved by the
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  • 451 8 The letter by Right Thinker In the Straits Times last Saturday talked of the danger of retirement on depleted CPF savings and suggested a review of the policy of allowing CPF withdrawals for purchase of publicly-built flats, because of what he called the "have all,
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 63 8 Not every boss likes to play the boa*. Some prefer to keep a low profile, like one owner of a chain of shops who enjoys walklnf Into his various bran- ches Incognito. Many a time he has been greeted by a salesgirl with a "Can I help
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    • 60 8 Apparently there Is something to be said for the old wives' tale that we should chew each mouthful of food 32 times before swallowing. A medical expert in Britain recently warned against Citron's Disease, which Is the infla m m a tion and scarring of the intestines.
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  • 569 8  -  MONDAY WITH SONNY YAP SONNY YAP I don't know whether it is apparent to you but if what I read in the papers is reliable and who says it isn't there is now a current craze over a nebulous something called human rights. Or
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  • 632 8 VOICE OF THK PRFSS LONDON TIMES Headline: Disturbed frontiers in South-east Asia. Among the disturbed national frontiers of South-east Asia the one mostreported in recent weeks has been that between Thailand and Cambodia Hand-to-hand fighting and incursions by Cambodian troops have in some cases been
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  • 436 8 AP San Francisco: If you become an overnight millionaire by winning a lottery, you may Jump for Joy, but researchers believe you may also find it hard to rise and shine for breakfast. That is one conclusion of a Northwestern University study on happiness, one of several presented
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  • 476 9 NYT New Delhi: Every Sunday morning, millions of Indians settle down with a cup of tea and the special weekend issues of their newspapers, just as Americans do. But here, with the marriage season approaching, many of them turn quickly to a Sunday feature that
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  • 398 9 Sinfaporeans are not the only people who have been urged not to be too choosy In their jobs. College graduates In the United States are facing the same situation, according to this Washington Post report. Washington Post It to6k Carlos Phears of
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 95 9 DRIN KM ASTER Is the space-saving, timesaving way to get INSTANT steaming, hot, fresh drinks. DRIN KM ASTER Hot water dispensers come In 2 sets: Standard (single) unit Deluxe (double) units. A wide choice of DRINKPACS available:- black or white coffee, tea, lemon tea, drinking chocolate. Soups:- tomato, oxtail, chicken,
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 327 10 13 13 1 AT YOUR SERVICE Telephone Service: Weekdays 8.30 a.m. 5.00 p.m. Saturdays 8.30 a. m. 3.00 p. m. Public Holidays 9.00 a.m. 1.00 p.m. Counter Service Regular office hours Ansafone Service After office hours So* C.A.T.B. 235-6677 HAW RAY A greatest genuine dlscoupt nle Swiss watches, from 910
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    • 280 10 CARVED FURNITURE AND camphor wood cheats manufacturers and designers, wholesale and retail. Contact Foo Ann Woodcraft and Furniture, 228, Jalan Kayu, B'pore 28. Tel: *****10. WMILB STOCKS LAST! British, American agency u pies brand new stocks, I quality consisting socks, cardigans, Jumpers, tee-shirts, baby shoes, luggage etc. to clear at
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    • 393 10 NAM HO TRAVIL Service i Singapore) Private Limited 1.T.P.8. LIC NO: 140 Weat Mm lays la Tour (Inclusive QenUng, Cameron Highlands) by deluxe ak-conditioned coach •even days *****/-, six days SUM/-, departure every Sunday. Vonday, Tuesday. Oentlng/ Cameron Highlands four day* *****/-, Oentlng Highlands 4 days *****/-, by deluxe air-conditioned
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    • 177 10 TV/Radio Sales Services •CIINCE TECHNICAL DAY/ Night Service, Colour, B/W T.V. Amplifier, Cassette. Repair Ouaranteed. Reasonable Charges. Tel: *****8/ *****23 •IMMO DAY/ MIGHT Service. Any make T.V./ Fixing Colour Antennae. Moderate Charges. Contact: *****0. TROPICAL T.V. SPECIALISE B/W colour repair. Antennae Installation. Tel: *****2. Fair charges guaranteed. QAM SLECTROOBX T.V.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 542 10 :<kx33£*JC>: EW-1 r®».v>*i L« Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address fill in J) G_ MISSING E E LETTERS M~Y across 7""N US,NG CLUES I I I P| BELOW LMBBMiHaCut along dotted linos BMMaBaa CLUES FOR EW-1 1. Plan of the countryside 2.'
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  • 507 11 Market advances in spite of the low trading Following the August Ban* Holiday weekend stock markets opened on a firm note. This firmness followed on from the previous Friday and was due chiefly to the rejection of a strike call by workers at British
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  • 29 11 Supplying this service are the Lloyds Bank International of London and the Union Bank Switier land. Other market reports are held over dne to pressure of space today.
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  • 311 11 ZURICH Following the good market performance during the past few weeks, a consolidation phase set in due to profit-taking. Despite the rather bearish trend on Wall Street and the unrest on the foreign exchange markets, which led to a higher value of the Swiss franc against
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  • 807 11  -  Motorcycling Ih I I hiu S.tn They say that something good can come out of even the worst happenings. You would have had a hard time convincing me of that at strike-bound Heathrow airport last weekend where I was waiting for
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • trend EDITED BY SYLVIA LEOW
    • Dear Ros
      • 208 12 / 13 THE CASE OF A GIRL WHO WAS MOLESTED WHEN YOUNG When I was young. I was sexually molested. That incident still hounds me and I often think of killing this man and then taking my own life. As a result, life has become meaningless. I feel bitter
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      • 103 12 / 13 I have been married for four months. I found out that my wife is not a virgin. Sne said that she did not do anything wrong. I love her but how can I believe her? MONDAY Dear Monday, How can you not believe her? The presence
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      • 96 12 / 13 I have been married for the past few months, snd crave for a child. I know It Is normal tor a woman not to conceive early In her marriage, but the desire to have a child Is so great. HOTCFUL Dear Hopeful, A few months of
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      • 149 12 / 13 My parent* oblect to OUT relationship because they believe death will be the result of our marriage. They aleo think he Is too old for ne (he Is eight jean older) and le not educated nor rich enough X do not behove them but the situation hoe worsened
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      • 170 12 / 13 We were very happy going out together until she met another boy. He owns a car and they frequently go for driven which sometimes go on until 7 am. I scolded her for this, but she said she wss not doing anything wrong. She told me
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      • 314 12 / 13 I am not a snob but my problem Is that 1 come from a well to-do family while my girlfriend whom I want to marry does not. Her mother sells flowers for a living. In the six years that have known her, I have never brought her
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    • 1165 12 / 13 NYT New York: The water diet, the grapefruit diet, the Atkins diet, the drinking man's diet, the air force diet, the Mayo diet, the sex diet, the ice cream diet, the -rice diet, the low-calorie diet, the weight watcher's diet, the macrobiotic diet.... Did
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    • 84 12 / 13 Turn to cotton for comfort. It's the ideal fabric to beat the heat, and "to maintain an unruffled cool. Pale pastels emphasise the cool look. Shauna here wears a pastel green shift with soft-pink trim- mings. The simple shift features the latest dropped sleeves r o I
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    • GRAPEVINE
      • 111 12 / 13 There's a tavern In town...an old one really, refurbished to now look like a Vlctorlana pub. Lots of restaurants these days take a lot of trouble to recreate the atmosphere of faraway, romantic places. Somebody should tell them that Singaporeans care more for the quality and cost
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      • 77 12 / 13 Children's parties Just aren't what they used to be. A three-year-old boy, after being prepared for the event a week before, went with his parents full of excitement to one recently. It turned out to be one those Incidental children's parties where adults outnumber children. Finally, the
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      • 30 12 / 13 I'm wondering about those polythene backed brown paper which our hawkera use to wrap food. Won't steaming hot food dumped onto the wrapping melt some of the plastic?
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      • 91 12 / 13 Which working mother doesn't feel guilty over leaving the child at home? Take heart however. An American study about the effects of working mothers on children cited In a new book: A Guide for Working Mothers written by American writer, Jean Curtis found that "all the children
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      • 81 12 / 13 If you're slimming and are thinking of cutting out all carbohydrates, don't treat them all alike. Recent research at the United States Department of Agriculture suggests that excessive sugar In the diet may behave differently from excessive starch. Sugar will put on more fat on the body
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      • 46 12 / 13 The plans were made, the bags were packed, they were going off on a driving tour of Europe. Then suddenly the trip had to be cancelled. The reason? The owner of the car to be used for the tour failed her driving test.
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      • 93 12 / 13 Scuba diving in Hong Kong may not be as exotic as in the South Seas, but it does have its useful points. A team of over 40 divers here recently launched an underwater crusade against pollution of the sea bed, and in one day surfaced with close
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      • 28 12 / 13 Do you know what "satu empat Jalan" Is? It appeared In a publicity blurb about a new bar In town. Give up? It's "one for the road."
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  • Page 12 / 13 Advertisements
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  • 5th South East Asian Water Skiing Tournament A New Nation Special
    • 678 14  -  By Lulin Reutens More than 40 water-skiers from live countries will be competing in the Fifth Southeast Asian Water Ski Tournament to be held this weekend at Sembawang Pier, at the end of Sembawang Road. This will be the first tlmw that thl«
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    • 354 15 Although water skiing has been in Singapore for more than 20 years, it was only in January last year that the Singapore Water Ski Federation was formed. The founding affiliate members were the Water Ski dub (formerly the Singapore Water Ski Association), the Metropolitan YMCA
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    • 302 16 An expert skier can be as temperamental about his skis as a tennis player about rackets or a golfer about clubs. The welght. length and width, position of the binders and their lit and other seemingly minor characteristics can mean the difference between a flawless
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    • 244 16 As in any sport, water skiing has its do's and don'ts to help enhance the safety of the sport. Following certain rules also helps in the communication between skier and boat driver. Here are a few safety tips every water skier would be wise to keep
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    • 195 17 Connelly ski equipment, available at The First Boatlque, Include the following: COMPETITION BKI ROPES. Comfortable non-slip glad handle, rubber hand protectors and American Water Ski Assn. approved 12 strand polypropylene rope. A number of new Items have been added this year. They are: Standard
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    • 525 18 Few countries have the ideal conditions for water skiing which Singapore enjoys excellent weather, calm protected waters. with lovely beaches on deserted islands to boot. Yet It vu only recently that water skiing as a competitive sport really took off. when the Republic
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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    • 152 16 COME TO PONGGOL BOATEL THE MOST POPULAR, PLEASURE BOATING LOCATION IN SINGAPORE. For your water-skiing and boating pleasure hire a speed boat powered by a 115 hp outboard motor complete with skis, life jacketsand drivers for just $40.00 per hour. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: MARTIN TEO OR WILLIAM TEO
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    • 141 17 Schedule of events Saturday 7 a.m. Preliminary round Slalom. Final Round Tricks. Sunday 7 a.m. Final Round Slalom, Jump; 8 p.m. Awards, dinner at Sir Stamford Raffles Room, Hyatt Hotel. Prizes to be presented by Dr. Tan Eng Liang, Chairman of the Singapore Sports Council £r Minister of State for
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    • 273 18 I ®03 3 Ocio 1 s >■ »■> <:••• m iM&I f ~.n The All American Plain Paper Copier See it in action at the sth South East Asian Water Ski Tournament from Sept 6-11,1977 New space age electronics. H^Bs9gBBHHr r Saxon has used electronic miniaturization techniques m a developed
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  • 784 19 GOLF ROUND-UP BY LIM KEE CHAN Tay Kwang Jin won the Singapore Island Country Club "A" Division stableford medal competition on countback from Roger Edmonds when he returned a total of 39 points at the Island Course yesterday. Ashok Malik, the fivetimes winner of the
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  • 361 19 Draw for the third leg of the series sponsored by Colgate Palmollve. Hongkong Bank and Merdings: Ist tee. 13.30 p.m. N. Clayton (10) I, E. Conjugation (10) I, J. Benschop (11) Bg.: 13.37 C. Bosley (11) I. R. Ooh (14) S. N. Low (14) I; 13.44
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  • 403 19 The Kinr Maker and Bnnbnry fought for the early lead. At the home turn It was Bnnbnry from The King Maker, with Siti Soondart closing In third. Closing the gap rapidly Stti Soondarl swept past the leaders 100 m out to win by
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  • 642 19 By SCRUTINEER Asll Stable's Tientsin should be in every punter's list of horses to follow. The five-year-old by Minor Portion will be something to bet on at Penang this weekend. Tientsin ran a terrific race over 1400m on Saturday, opening day of the Penang meeting,
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  • 21 19 Hong Kong, Monday Hong Kong's Chan FalLui won the gruelling 100-km race at the International cycling championships here yesterday.
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  • 346 20 Reuter Duesseldorf (West Germany Monday Olym pic champion Alberto Juantorena of Cuba worked off his fury at Saturday's muddled 400 metres race when he edged to a narrow victory in the re run on the third and final day of the World Cup here
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  • 237 20 Reuter MEN 200 m 1 C. Edwards (U8) 20.17, 2 P. Mennea (Eur) 20.17. 3 8. Leon aid (Am) 20.30. 400 m (rerun)—l A. Juantorena (Am) 45.365 ec, 2 V. Beck (E Oer) 49.50, 3 R. Taylor (US) 45.57. 110 m hurdles 1 T. Munkelt (E. Oer)
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  • 580 20  -  Tussle between two loves is over she proves it at Open By JEFFREY LOW Maimoon Azlan yesterday told how she fought and won a battle against the bulge that could be a lesson to some of Singapore's younger athletes. It began after the birth
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    • 100 20 YOUR LUCKY IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those serloUs Individuals who Is never satisfied with his own work and seldom satisfied with the work of others. Fortunately, you are also a tactful person, so your dissatisfactions can be expressed without giving real offense. It Is
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    • 266 20 22) Your native character may not Influence your destiny today as much as you think. You can overcome much you thought everlasting. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 31) Analyse your feelings toward the young. You may be expecting too much from your relationship with them. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dsc. 21) Create your own
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    476 21  -  SEAP gold medallist Sin Aun shows he's still fit by winning national judo title By TONY KOH Thirty o ne-year-old judoka Tan Sin Aun, South East Asia Peninsular Games double gold medallist. made a triumphant comeback after, a three-year layoff by capturing the National half-light weight title last night.
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    495 21 National cycling discard proves a point by beating 47 men to win the Tour of Singapore title Abbas Mutallb, a national cycling team discard after the 1973 South East Asia Peninsular Games here, yesterday took a step closer to representing Singapore again In the forthcoming South Bast Asia Games
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  • 147 21 Reuter Sydney, Monday— Maddocks, manager of the Australian cricket team crushed 3-0 by England, admitted on his arrival here yesterday that the Kerry Packer circus Issue had a disastrous effect on his team's morale. "There were overtones of the Packer thing all the time.
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  • 531 21  -  MARTIAL ARTS by Wilfred Shimmen The National karate championships at the Gay World Stadium last Saturday dragged on to well past midnight because of too many protests by team managers who bickered over every point awarded to a rival contender. I have always felt
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  • 46 21 Dusseldorf. Monday Lamine Dlack, president of the African Athletic Confederation and a member of the Supreme Council for Sport In Africa, said yeaterday African nations will not boycott the 1978 Commonwealth Games In Canada If New Zealand continue to denounce apartheid In South Africa.
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  • 359 21 Reuter AP Flint (Michigan), Monday—Bobby Cole of South Africa fired a flve-under-par 67 In the final round yesterday to finish with a 17 under-par 271 and a one-stroke victory over Fred Marti in the US $100,000 (about *****,000) Bulck Open. Cole. 29. started
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    712 22  -  Thailand's Games champion gets too big for his weight By PHILIP TAN Thailand's C. Bamroorjgras, Asian Games light-heavy weight champion and twice South East Asian Peninsular Games gold medallist, has been banned from representing his country in all inter national competitions fpr a breach of discipline at the third
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  • 32 22 Nsw York, Monday The US Open tennis championships were suspended briefly last night when a spectator was shot in the leg during a match between Eddie Dibbs and John McEnroe.
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  • 380 22 Barker out of Open Reuter AP New York, Monday Little Tracy Austin scored the biggest win of her short career when she knocked fourthseeded Sue Barker of Britain out of the US Open tennis championships with a 0-4 victory at Forest Hills ye Tbl
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  • 170 22 Reuter Koala Lumpur, Monday.—Malays!* has Invited Brunei to take part In the Bouth East Asia Qames here from Nov. 19, the Game* Federation seeretarygeaeral, Mr. Thongpoh Nyen has said. Mr. Thong said Malaysia as the hoc* Issued the Invitation because it was only appropriate that
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  • 136 22 AFP To kyo, Monday Japan's only heavyweight hope, Aklra Sal to, knocked out* an apparently overweight, slow American in his homecoming bout here last night, keeping clean his previous record of five straight knockout wins on the US prize fighting circuit. No sooner had the bell opened
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  • 132 22 AFP Munich, Monday West Germany's most prolific goalscorer, Gerd Muller, has been contacted by the New York Cosmos soccer club, It was reported yesterday. The 31- year-old Muller, who has scored more than 6H coals for his club, Bayern Munich, and country, said he
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  • 31 22 Caracas, Monday The exhibition match between North American Soccer League champions Cosmos and Venezuela's Portuguesa ended In a 1-1 draw here yesterday. Cosmos led 1-0 in the first half.
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  • What's On A page that tells you everything you want to know of what's happening in town
    • 289 23 There's absolutely nothing to do in Singapore this is a complaint that's heard very often as Singaporeans, with more time on their hands, ponder how to fill their leisure hours. New Nation's new daily leisure page, which begins today, aims to help our readers solve this daily
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    • 402 23  -  J. Holmberg In a breakaway from the usual Malay plays telecast every week, TV Singapore puts out tonight In colour a dramatisation of one of the most famous Malay literary works, Athels, at 7.45 p.m. over Ch. 5. Written by Indonesian novelist
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    • 42 23 AH FOOK: It Is shocking how Insensitive Singaporeans are to chll- dren, as shown In the experiment conducted by the two sisters. MEI LIN: Maybe we have met too many "con" cases to be able to recognise the real ones.
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    • 1351 23 In and around town ART AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION organised by the Vigilante Corps, at the Victoria Memorial Hall until 7 p.m. According to the VC. this Is Singapore's first combined art and photographic exhibition. On display will be some of the finest paintings and sketches by VC members and the
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    • 59 23 TIDES To day: 3.04 p.m. (2.4 m). Tomorrow: 4.09 a.m. (1.9 m); 3.49 p.m. (2.2 m). Wednesday: 5.32 a.m. (1.7 m); 431 p.m. (2.1 m). Thursday: 759 a.m. (1.8 m); 6.21 pjn. (2m). Friday: 9.01 a.m. (2m); 7.51 pjn. (2.1 m). Saturday: 9.35 ajn. (2.1 m); 8.50 pjn. (2.3 m).
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    • 199 23 SOCCER: FriendlySingapore Chinese versus Jebsen and Jesse n (Farrer Park Ath letic Centre, 5.15 p.m.). The Chinese are using this match as a warmup for the Malaysian Chinese FA Cup competition which starts here on Friday. About half the national team will be in action in today's match. They include
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    • 1028 24 TV > y AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.CO OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by V A L A B PIRAI (T/r). This edition Includes a fllmlet on MacRltchle Reservoir, a discussion of the verse on good behaviour from the book Thlrukkural, and a dance called Nathanal Kandeegala. 3.25 DIARY OF EVENTS (T).
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