New Nation, 20 September 1977

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  • 21 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Tuesday, September 20, 1977 No. 2059 Price 25 cents M C. (P) 262/1/77 r i NEW (0) NATION COMMENT
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  • 219 1  -  By Teresa Ooi A private practitioner, Dr. Llm Chin Shung, 37, was found dead in his Toa Payoh flat this morning. Police believe he died from an overdose of pills. Dr. Lim, a graduate from the Singapore University, was found dead in his bed in
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  • 205 1 UPI London, Tuesday The mystery man who bought the world's most expensive car will have a hard time staying anonymous when his U*****,125 ($350,700) Rolls-Royce hits the road. The gold plated, vel-vet-upholstered, dual alr-condltloned automblle will be conspicuous. "It has everything except bullet-proof bodywork,"
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  • 262 1 Justice Department steps in Washington, Tuesday The US Justice Department yesterday announced the appointment of a threemember panel to investigate the financial affairs of Budget director Bert Lance for possible criminal violations. The announcement came after the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee suspended for two
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  • 27 1 Damscus, Tuesday Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said last night that Qm Israeli army la using Amertcanmade ground-to-ground missiles and 175 nun guns against South Lebanon.
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    • 61 1 INSIDE Bangkok's marathon massage. Page 6 IN THE OTHER PAGEB: Crossword 9; Money words 11; Stars 17; Comics 18; What's On 19. Uniform New York, Tuesday The 7.25 per cent prime lending rate became virtually uniform among the country's major banks yesterday when two more Morgan Ouaranty Trust and First
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 332 2 Frozen fish is just as good expert Housewives are generally under the misconception that fish bought from the market is fresher and more nutritional than those obtained from supermarkets. Commenting on the NTUC Welcome's monthlong campaign to Introduce frosen flah to the dining tablet of Singaporeans, a nutrition expert said
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  • 77 2 Reuter Istanbul. Tuesday The President of the World Energy Conference yesterday called on nations which have surplus energy to remember that they had a responsibility to share it wisely and Judiciously with tne less fortunate countries. "I am convinced that today there exists enough conventional or
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  • 189 2 Major Japanese Industrialists are prepared to set up Joint ventures In ASEAN countries to upgrade the caat iron Industry In the region. It waa learned yesterday. This la what Japanese Industrialists have in mind if the ASEAN producers find it bard to sell
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  • 305 2  -  Receiver expects sale to fetch more than $5m By Lee Yew Meng Singapore's first glycerine factory in Jurong, which has yet to start operations, is to be auctioned on Thursday. The plant, believed to be the first of its kind in ASEAN region, was
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  • 260 2 Caned before appeal is heard —'he can sue' A person can sue the State if he has been caned while his conviction by a court is still under appeal. According to legal circles punishment meted out to a person under such circumstances is a violation of his constitutional rights. Compensation
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  • 117 2 More than 100 tourist trade representatives from East Asian countries will meet in Manila in May next year to discuss the business potential in the region. The meeting will be held under the auspices of the Pacific Area Travel Association's East Asia regional office. Among
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  • 22 2 The IS government hospitals have a total of 860# and not 8680 beds as reported In New Nation on Friday.
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  • 263 2 There Is no discrimination by the Education Ministry In drawing up two lists of secondary schools from which Primary Six pupils make their choice. This assurance was given by a Ministry official in reply to a statement by Dr. Lau Telk Soon, MP
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  • 41 2 The director of Chuan Hlanjc Company, Mr. Paul Llm Hong Say, 64, has reported to police that $36,500 was missing from his office In Bukft Timah Road yesterday. The rear gate and the office door were found forced open.
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  • 137 2 A mixed trend prevailed during the first 45 minutes at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Turnover remained Ught, reflecting the reluctance to strike fresh deals. Boustead Holdings gained a cent to $1.95 on the strength of Its bullish 1977 Interim profit results. Slme Darby however lost two
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  • 41 2 Mr. Ong Pang Boon, the Minister for Labour, will attend the 37th anniversary dinner of tne Slong Leng Musical Association, at the auditorium of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry building. Hlu Street, on Thursday at 7.30 pjn.
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    • 415 3 Take the simple New Nation/ Singapore Handicraft Centre Test and win a 36cm Philips portable colour TV New Nation now has aiveasy-to-win fun contest giving you a chance to win a fabulous Philips 36cm portable colour TV every week for 4 weeks. Here's how the contest works. Three times a
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  • 222 4 Putting the finishing touches to their bookshelf unit are Baharuddln Vocational Ins t i t u t e students Chuan Wee Poon, Michael Ow Yang and How Wang Peng, all 18. They have spent M hours in the last Ave days designing and constructing
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  • 329 4 The Singapore Council of Social Service hat called for an increase in the $40 a month public assistance given to old people without means of support. In Its report on a study of 213 old people on public assistance, the Council pointed out that most
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  • 55 4 The Cairnhill Community Centre will hold a baby show at Its Buyong Road premises on Sept 25 at 2 p.m. Babies between three months aafl 24 months, in Cairnhill and River Valley, are allowed to participate. Applications close on Sept. 20. For more Information telephone *****7, between
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  • 26 4 Mr. Goh Chok Tong, the Benlor Minister of State (Finance )> will officially open Texas Instruments Singapore (Pte) Ltd at Bendemeer Road tomorrow at 4.30 pjn.
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  • 106 4 Reuter Bangkok, Tuesday. The seventh annual ASEAN film festival was opened here today by lir. Duslt Sirlwan. minister attached to the prime minister's office. The week-long festival at the national theatre will feature films and documentaries from Indonesia. Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. A Thai
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  • 26 4 The East Coast Swimming Lagoon will be closed on Saturday as It has been -booked for exclusive use by the Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation.
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  • 20 4 The Mobile Blood Bank will be at Goldhlll Plaza, Thomson Road, tomorrow from 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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  • 184 4 Reuter Geneva, Tuesday The Malaysian Red Crescent (former Red Cross) Society has been awarded the Nansen Medal for exemplary humanitarian treatment of refugees from Vietnam and Cambodia, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced. The society's national chairman. Tunku Tan Sri Mohamed
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  • 168 4 Paralysed lawyer Mr. Toh Teck Sung was offered two Jobs recently, but he had to torn them down because of transport problems. "A law firm and an insurance company offered me jobs after reading about my plight last month. "But I could not find an NTUC
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  • 136 4 Reuter Washington. Tuesday— A Singapore civil aviation team began talks with US officials here today on Singapore's request for a direct air route to the United States. Singapore Airlines also Wants the right to pick tip passengers at other Asian points on the
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  • 84 4 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday—Malaysia's national oil company, Petronas, will take part In an International oil exhibition to be held In Jakarta from Oct 11 to 13, Petronas officials here •aid today. The exhibition Is being organised In conjunction with a conference of the Association of Southeast Asian
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  • 393 5 AFP Labuan, Tuesday Restrictions imposed by the Philippine authorities on barter traders are causing concern among businessmen in this flourishing free port in Sabah. The latest restriction limits the amount of money that can be taken out of the Philippines by Filipino traders, according to local
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  • 97 5 UPI Tokyo, Tuesday Japan plans to assist in the development of the lower Mekong River basin as the first act of its economic co-opera-tion with Vietnam, government sources said yesterday. The sources said Tokyo's plan will be conveyed to Vietnam when Foreign Minister lichiro Hatoyama
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  • 190 5 UPI Hong Kong, Tuesday Vietnam's leading army newspaper alleged yesterday that Thailand "as a state policy" attacks neighbouring Laos. The charge in the Hanoi Army daily Quan Do] Nhan Dan was the harshest verbal assault to date by the communist government
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  • 25 5 Reuter London, Tuesday The Solomon Islands will have a single House legislature on getting Independence from Britain In mid-1978, British officials said yesterday. Reuter.
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  • 398 5 Reuter Santa Monica, Tuesday Sitting in a courtroom full of horrific memories, film director Roman Polanski was told yesterday that he had to undergo 90 days of psychiatric treatment in a state prison before being sentenced for unlawful sexual Intercourse with a 13-year-old schoolgirl.
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  • 171 5 UPI Zamboanga City (Philippines) Tuesday Two grenades exploded inside a government building early yesterday In the latest violent incident in the rebelliontorn southern Philippine island of Basil an near this seaport city. Military authorl ties said the explosion caused heavy damage but no casualties in
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  • 339 6 AP Washington, Tuesday US President Jimmy Carter warned In an Interview released yesterday that if communists become part of Western European governments, NATO could be Jeopardised because some communist leaders might give their loyalties to the Soviet Union. The security of advanced weapons systems
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  • 105 6 Ah Fook: I am afraid to donate my kidneys. Mei Lin: Why be afraid? You won't need them after you die f h M $f W tW'.y 7a shenme V A nf si hou jiu yonqbuzhao] 4 j fa Te J &1. z 7 Ah
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  • 105 6 AFP Jakarta, Tuesday —Indonesia will next month send one of Its best trained antl-lnsurrectlon battalions to serve In the United Nations peacekeeping force In the Middle-east, It was reported here yesterday." The battalion "Llntas Udara 700" of the South Sulawesi military district was set up In
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  • 126 6 UPI TOD Ay Is Tuesday, Sept. 20, the 263 rd day of 1977 with 101 to follow. THE MOON Is in Its first quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Saturn, Jupiter. Mars. Mercury and Venus. There are no evening stars. Those born on this date are under the sign of
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  • 49 6  -  D.J. A monk for 40 years. Father Aloyslas, who is 57, is to 'offer sex advice from an abbey in England. His superiors say he is a wise man, but professional marriage guidance counsellors comp'atn that he Is a bachelor and has led a sheltered life*
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  • 75 6 Reuter Beirut, Tuesday Fierce fighting raged between rival forces battling for control of villages in southern Lebanon. Palestinian sources said Israeli warplanes intensified flights over the Cbmbat zone. Both sides the Palestinian leftists and the Israeli-backed rightwing forces seemed to be preparing for fighting on an even
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  • 31 6 Reuter Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday Former Prime Minister Zulflkar All Bhutto's wife yesterday stepped intp the shoes of her jailed husband as temporary leader of the Pakistan's People's .Party. Reuter.
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  • 32 6 Reuter Jakarta, Tuesday An American oil rig collapsed off the. oil town of Ballkpapan In Indonesian Borneo killing one man and Injuring several others, oil sources said here yesterday. Reuter.
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  • 27 6 Paris, Tuesday France's three leftwing opposition parties yesterday decided to try again to agree on a Joint platform for the National Assembly election next March.
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  • 205 6 UPI Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister Sheik Ahmad Yamani was quoted yesterday as racing an easing of his country's oil policy depends on how soon Israel will withdraw from occupied Arab territories. Ikko Kasuga, chairman of Japan's opposition De-mocratic-Socialist Party (DSP),
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  • 127 6 UPI United Nations. Tuesday—A conflict between the world's rich and poor nations over global economics delayed yesterday's planned final meeting of the 31st general asrembly even as delegates prepared for the opening of the 32nd Assembly today. The rump session of the 31st Assemb'y originally
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  • 140 6 UPI Bangkok, Tuesday —A Bangkok massage parlour owner has come up with something new the "marathon massage." Fretty Miss Krisana Amporn, owner of two Bangkok massage parlours told newsmen she now rents out her masseuses by the month at least seven hours massage per
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  • 32 6 Israeli devalued Reuter Jerusalem, Tuesday Israel last night devalued Its pound by 1.9 per cent. A 1 Israel has frequently cut the International exchange rate of its currency by small amounts. Reutej;.,
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 201 6 WEATHER Rome Cloudy: 15-24 C. Headline: Earth tremors In the Frlull region and more panic. Paris Variable, 2010C. Headline: The leftist Opposition makes up Its quarrel. Moscow Overcast. 4BC. Pravda's headline: "To Increase the effectiveness of use of agricultural machinery." London Dry, 13-17 C. Headline: Ex-glrlfriend sought In Mormon kldnao.
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  • 511 7 Govt has no guts Indira To make her political prisoner Reuter Kanpur (India), Tuesday Former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi yesterday launched a scathing and sarcastic attack here on the ruling Janata Party government and said it lacked the guts to arrest her as a political prisoner. "If they had
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  • 119 7 Athens, Tuesday Greek Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlls announced last night that he plans to hold a general election in November, a year ahead of schedule, to obtain a fresh mandate to tackle the Cyprus Issue and other problems. A government statement said Mr. Karamanlis
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  • 34 7 Reuter Washington, Tuesday Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan, still declining to explain his mysterious dash home from Europe at the weekend, presented a Middle East peace plan to the United States yesterday.
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  • 227 7 Reuter UPI Eritrea, Tuesday—The lives of hundreds of Ethiopian soldiers may be threatened by a possible outbreak or cholera at a crowded prisoner-of-war camp run by guerillas here. Five prisoners died last week and several are ill, said nurse Anganat Abraha who serves as medical officer
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  • 233 7 Reuter Winchester (England), Tuesday The Royal Navy was yesterday planning to winch Victor, the zoo giraffe who collapsed after a night of love, back to his feet again. Marwell Park Zoo experts said they expected Victor would then be put Into a specially-built padded box which will support
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  • 173 7 Reuter Hong Kong, Tuesday.— The late Chinese leader Chairman Mao Tsc-tung was a TV fan who kept watching TV even from his sick bed, the KWangming daily of Peking said in a recent article. Chairman Mao was not only a TV enthusiast but
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  • 108 7 UPI Colombo, Tuesday The distinguishing yellow cloth used in making robes for Buddhist monks is being sold on the black market by dealers who charge exhorbltant prices. In an effort to aid angry monks who are upset by laymen wearing the yellow robes, the state-owned
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  • 419 8 How we should retire is as Important, apparently, as when we should retire. A gradual retirement system like the one suggested by sociologist Peter Chen at the weekend will help minimise the trauma of those waking up on the wrong side of 55 or 60
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 62 8 Silence may not always be golden, but It can cost money. A 60-mlnute cassette tape that teaches one how to overcome hypertension Is on sale In Britain for about $1530 It In- cludes a 10-mlnute silence (or meditation. That works out to about $2.50 (or the
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    • 45 8 A colleague was attracted by an "Adults Only" advertlsment In the papers the other day. but his visions of buying some "matur- Ed goods" were shattered when he realised It was merely a supermarket limiting Its sale of special offers to adult customers.
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  • 568 8 NYT Kuala Lumpur: Television viewers here will soon be treated to a new sports spectacle sofbol. There will still be the same 10 men on a diamond-shaped field, the same bats and balls, and even catchers' mitts, In use for generations. However,
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  • 421 8 VOICE OF THE PRESS SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST HEADLINE: Burial of the "Big Brother." In the long term, It would not be surprising If China and the Soviet Union were able to achieve some relaxation of tension but the prospect for real rapprochement or accommodation
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 37 8 ONE TH/N6 I MUST admit, HE HAS HO RAC/AL PRfTMDICF. HE CELEBRATES AilTWe FFST/MLS- CHEESE, MALAX. INDIAN, EURAS fAH, EVEMTHIN6 n i if 1 rs < g R .a B p 2» aa bl "3 MM £2^ E9Si
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  • 940 9  - Drop in heart transplants and why Ten years after the first heart transplant operation by Dr Barnard, surgeons are asking: Is it all worthwhile? By B. D. Colen Washington Post Washington: South African grocer Louis Washansky was the first, a selfdescribed Frankenstein's monster who lived for 18 borrowed days in
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  • 650 9  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times TV Guide had an article a few weeks ago which contained an interview with five television producers on the question of TV violence. The producers were upset because pressure groups such as the Parents Teachers Association and the American Medical
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    • 264 9 L Crossword J 8 Phony 9 Black substance 10 Of private land 11 Vacation spots 12 Wood nymphs 13 Galloping dominoes 14 Pavers 17 Thick shrubbery 23 Moving about 24 Welcomes 26 Seed coats 28 Contest for two 30 Portable machine gun 31 Railroad job 33 Certain letters 34 Take
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  • 864 10 / 11  - The life savers Corpsmen gear up for bigger project next year WORDS: Sonny Yap LAUGHTER turned to panic when a sampan, carrying a family on an outing In Changl, capsized. The father and two daughters plunged into the waters and began struggling vainly for the only life-buoy in the boat.
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  • Page 10 / 11 Miscellaneous
    • 478 10 / 11 Tuesday EY-2 M. Frvnl A Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address FILL IN USING CLUIS MMiaaaCut (long dotted lines CLUES FOR EY-2 1. There are seven of them In a week 2. You doni expect to get a bill for a Job
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  • trend 1 EDITED BY SYLVIA LEOW
    • 605 12  -  SOAP BOX I 7T. I ill n.,j Beoky Funny things happen to writers. For example, the other day, a guy whom I hadn't seen for years rang me up to lament his lost love. He had been "going steady" with this sweet. Innocent Roman
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    • 293 12 That's the look these days says Jennifer Sehoon It wasn't too long ago when we looked down our noses at cotton. It's cheap and dated, we thought and the preference then was for non-crease synthetics which drip-dried and was so easy to care for. But now,
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    • 648 13 The matchmaker in this case is the room referral agency which seeks out prospective roommates for New Yorkers to share their home (and costs of running it). For a fee, such agencies will interview people needing a place to live and
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    • 235 13 Doc's Casebook My son saw some dwarfs In a circus over TV and wants to know why they are so small." The clowns, midgets and dwarfs that you see on TV are by and large the victims of a disease called achondroplasia. Achondroplasia Is a congenital
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    • 439 13  -  GIRL-TALK by J. Schoon The irritating thing about knitwear and that includes cotton knits is sending them to the wash and getting them back shrunk and shapeless. And knits seldom come with washing instruction. At most you're told that they can't be machine washed. So
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  • 276 14 shopping 1 A twice weekly advertisement feature Unlike in temperate and cold countries, a water heating system is not an absolute necessity in Singapore. It Is, however, a very useful and practical Installation and, excent for the Initial cost in buying the heater does not Incur very much to run.
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  • 297 15 C-mart 'yes* to raise quotas Business News and Views Reuter Brussels, Tuesday Common Market finance ministers reached broad agreement yesterday on the need to increase quotas of the members of the International Monetary Fund by up to 50 per cent, British Chancellor of the Exchequer
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  • 30 15 Reuter Kuwait, Tuesday Kuwait yesterday took over the American independent Oil Company operating here and announced it was setting compensation -terms unilaterally after failing to reach a settlement.
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 93 15 Beth Steel 20% unch Caterp Tra 63% ft Chrysler 16% Coca-Cola 38% Contl. Oil 30 unch Dow Chem 3154 Dresser 43 Du Pont 106% —1% E. Kodak 69% Exxon 48% ft Firestone 16% Ford Mot 44 Gen Elec 63% ft General Mot 68% Goodyear 19% unch Hilton HU
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    • 34 15 UPI New York, Tuesday.—Dow Jones closing averages on the NYSE yesterday: 30 Industrials 851.52 (off 5.29), 20 transport 213.33 (off 1.85), 15 utilities 112.31 (off 0.26), 65 stocks 290.28 (off 1.77). UPI.
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    • 141 15 AFP Prices sagged across the board on the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday because of the lack of fresh Incentives to stimulate trading. The Dow-Jones average of 225 selected Issues slipped by 29.78 yen to 5,177.71 yen. The composite TSE Index of more than 900 Issues also was down 1.14
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    • 69 15 doting prices on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Parlbas 152 —2 Ponder 282.50 —.70 Prlntemps 35.80 —.80 Bull 29.40 —.40 Royal Dutch 271.60 (exdlv 8.45) —11 Mlchelln 1250 —1 COB 264 —1.80 Thomson 177.60 unch CPP 99.50 —.40 Rhone 62.60 —1 Air 281 —6.10 BSN 443 —2 Philips 63.60 +.10
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    • 80 15 Union Bank of Switzerland Closing prices on the Zurich b toe It Exchange yesterday: UBS Bearer 3180 +40 UB8 Registered 680 2 SBC 393 1 Credit Suisse 2285 Swissair B. 801 5 Swiss Relnsur. 2625 25 Wlnterthur B. 2050 Zurich Insur 7600 —25 Juvena B. 240 Nestle B. 3595
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    • 112 15 Closing prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time) oh the Sydney stock Exchange: ACI 167 170 inp on Ampol Pet 60 61 ANI 136 137 APM 111 112 Bank NSW 516 520 Brambles 150 155 BHP 544 546 Boral 225 228 CBA 276 285 CSR 300 301 CIO 285
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  • 181 15 AP Washington, Tuesday US News and World Report said yesterday that "all around the world, business leaders and government officials are wrestling with a common problem Japan." The weekly American news magazine said: "the question is how to compete with a country that seems to
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  • 129 15 UPI Brussels, Tuesday The dollar declined on European money markets yesterday and the pi Ice of gold rose. Gold gained US$l.5O in Zurich to close at U*****.8750 an ounce, while in London It rose US$l.25 to U*****,625. In Frankfurt the dollar closed at 2.3240 marks against 2.3268 at
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  • 54 15 Reuter Washington, Tuesday— The US economy grew at a slightly faster pace In the second quarter of this year than had been estimated last month, the government said yesterday. The Commerce Department reported that the real gross national product rose at an annual rate of 8.2 per cent
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  • 448 16 The King Maker made the running, leading Into the straight, with Gempar and CokMNvn closing In. Nanking was looking for a run on the rails. Colosseum forged ahead 100 m out and then ran on strongly to beat. Nanking by 2Vj lengths. The King Maker finished
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  • 517 16 V^chting Reuter The crews of Courageous and Australia put the final seal on the 1977 America's Cup series over lunch yesterday, where the topic of conversation was a new challenge in three year's time. Ted Turner, skipper of the victorious Courageous,
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  • 129 16 Golf Reuter London, Tuesday.— British golfers Nick Faldo and Peter Oosterhuis, both unbeaten in the Ryder Cap matches against the United States last week, have been invited to play in the £130,00# (about *****.000) World Match Play championship at Wentworth, Surrey, next month. The organisers
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  • 51 16 International Mahinder Singh of Kedah scored the winning goal for his state in their 1-0 win over Singapore in the hockey final of the Malaysian and Singapore Sikhs sports carnival at the Municipal Padang, Ipoh, yesterday. In the earlier semifinals, Singapore beat Penang 2-1 and Kedah bt Perak
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  • 478 16  -  Tabletennis By TONY KOH Nanyang Slang Pau team "A" and "B", Robin Group and Singapore Airlines will feature In tomorrow's clash of the "giants" to decide the group champions of the Business Houses table tennis League championship at Chung Cheng High School. Nanyang "A"
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  • 257 17 UPI Tokyo, Tuesday —Lord Kllianin, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), just back trom a fourday visit to China, said yesterday China has no intention of participating in the Olympic Uames unless Taiwan is expelled from the lOC. He said, however, the lOC will
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  • 84 17 The Swift Athletes Association are organising a 10-kilometer road run and a big walk on Oct 9. The road run is an open race with the walk divided Into three sections juniors, seniors and veterans. The competitions are open to members of the public (men only)
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  • 451 17 World Cup: The Czechs must watch for Scotland's... Soccer Glasgow, Tuesday Kenny Dalglish, Britain's most expensive footballer, could be Scotland's trump card when they face European champions Czechoslovakia in a vital World Cup qualifier at Hampden Park here tomorrow. Dalglish, who cost Liverpool 140,000 (511.85 million) when
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  • 344 17 Hockey Pint-sized Jansenites were narrowly edged by more experienced Combined Schools 2-0 in the Singapore Hockey Association Under 19 Knock-Out quarterfinals at Hwl Yoh Secondary School yesterday. Schools, with three Under 21 players, only managed to score in the 40th minute after a goal-
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  • 145 17 Badminton Jakarta, TuesdayIndonesia have rejected proposals that a rival body to the International Badminton Federation (IBF) should be formed In a bid to expel Taiwan, Indonesian badminton officials said yesterday. The Asian Badminton C on f e d e ration (ABC) were reported to have planned to
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  • 386 17  -  By Philip Tan Singapore will take part In all 18 sports In the South East Asian Oames In Kuala Lumpur from Nov. 19 to 28. A Singapore National Olympic Council (8NOC) spokesman who said Malaysia had been informed of this, added: "We have
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    • 344 17 YOUR LUCKY STARS compensate another for your feelings, others may slty may bring you Into 20) Method and the IF IT S YGUR having beaten him to believe you are unfeel- conflict with another's wise use of time: these the punch In a recent lng. Express yourself privacy. Understanding will
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  • 523 18  -  Hussein, Majid and Andrew must be given a chance SOCCER SCENE by Jeffrey Low When training for the National team resumes today, there Is bound to be an air of uncertalnty over whether Hussein Aljunled, Majid Ariff and Andrew Yap will be able to
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  • 571 18  - Crash —then Shukor has to use crutches Soccer By BRIAN MILLER SlncADon'i team to the King's Cup soccer tournament put up only a satisfactory performance when they beat Toa Payoh United S-I In their first warm-up match at Jalan Besar yesterday. They still hare a lon* way to to before
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  • 127 18 Kuala Lumpur Two poole from gate collections will be created for next year's Malaysia Cup saecer competition becaues Borneo Cup champions Sabah are taMng part far the first time. Previously. only one pool operated. The funds derived from 10 per cent at the frees
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    • 336 19  -  By Richard Ho Humour, drama and music all in one evening. That's what the Stage Club oiTers in its three one-act plays at the Cultural Centre from tomorrow to Friday at 8 p.m. The first, The Pen Is Mightier by Robert Victor, is a hilarious account
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    • 360 19 The Chinese Talentime series which begins today at 7.10 p.m. over Channel 8 features special guest artistes as well as the contestants. This evening's show features three popular singers: Lee Yin Hul, June Liu and Tit Soo Yong. ,An RTS spokesman said: "The Inclusion
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    • 1426 19 At the cinema THE DEEP: Based on the novel by Peter Benchley. Three people go In search of sunken treasure and meet with unspeakable terror on the ocean's bed. Stars Robert Shaw. Jacqueline Blsset, Nick Nolte, Louis Gossett. Ell Wallach. Odeon: 1.15, 4. 0.45 and 9.30 p.m. AIRPORT "77: This
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  • 68 20 AH FOOK: It'll take more than lower prices to convince Singaporeans that they should eat frozen fish. Housewives will still insist on examining v the gills to be sure the fish they buy are fresh. MEI UN: But seafood lovers will either have to ehange their eating •habits
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    • 810 20 TV m AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 iM OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by THE PLYING NUN (r). Sitcom starring Sallv Fields. r UtWAEY OP EVBNT8. u» AFTERNOON MATINEE: Sweet smell of Success. (Part 2 of This movie la about ft powerful columnist who enlists the aid of ft fftwnlnc press agent Iq
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    • 255 20 SWITCH: The Cruise Ship Murder. (Ch. 5, 8.30 p.m. In colour). The first In a new series about a retired police officer and an ex-confldence trickster who team up as private eyes. This week, Harmon, the head of an investment company who used a hired killer to cover up his
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