New Nation, 21 September 1977

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  • 21 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Wednesday, September 21, 1977 No. 2060 Price 25 cents M C |P) 262/1/77 r Nf.IV (0) NATION COMMENT J
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  • 284 1 Khalwat: 117-year-old man claims trial... This is Lebai Omar bin Dato Panglima Garang (right), the 117-year-old silat instructor who was charged In Alor Star yesterday with living out of wedlock with a 40-year-old divorcee. He was charged with committing the oSence together with Doyah blntl Dan. a mother of three,
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  • 90 1 AFP Kuwait, Wednesday. The Egyptian authorities thwarted a Palestinian plot to assassinate OS Secretary of Stall Cyrus Vance 94 hours before Mr. Vanoe started talks with President Anwar Sadat in Alexandria on Aug- 1. it was reported here yesterday. The daily A 1 Watan,
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  • 42 1 Washington, Wednesday Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy will today meet President Carter, two days after Israel's Moshe Da yah, to urge him to back the participation of the Palestine Liberation Organisation in a reconvened Middle East peace conference.
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  • 291 1 Reuter Brisbane, Wednesday Federal and State Police raided a sawmill In a southern Brisbane suburb yesterday and discovered what they said was a slave-labour camp where men were forced to work for no pay, robbed of their pension cheques and be a t e n-up
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  • 339 1 More horses down with coughs Koala Lumpur, Wednesday Tfcere will be no racing here this weekend as the coughing epidemic among the horses continued to spread. The races on Saturday have already been cancelled and an official announcement that Sunday's races have also been cancelled will be
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  • 33 1 Karachi, Wednesday Pakistan Is to urge tech-nologically-advanced nations to help developing countries with the development of nuclear power for peaceful purposes, Pakistan Atomic Commission chairman Munir Ahmed Khan said last night.
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  • 39 1 AP Bangkok, Wednesday— The current treason trial of 18 leftists, most of thom students, may take three to Ave years to complete because as many as 200 witnesses might be called, a government official said yesterday. AP.
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  • 38 1 AFP Istanbul, Wednesday Developing cou nt r ies which have 50 per cent of the world population account for no more than 15 per cent of the overall consumption of energy, experts said here yesterday. APP.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 26 1 INSIDE Parents: Then and now Page 12 IN THE OTHER PAGES: Crossword 5; Money words 9; Stars 12; Comics 22; What's On 23. See Page 7
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    • 73 1 COLOUR TV fi 2 S vt A OPEN TO MEMBERS OF CHILDREN'S LEAGUE ONLY OVER 160 PRIZES TO BE WON jtS? o'lSv Come along rV*r>vy chiWr#n the League P5 OMMHt jJJ today LEAGUE /aV and be eKgfcle V Hlvi/ for the Contest FORMS AT 3rd Floor Offlco At lt» Houm
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 270 2 Cost of living higher Singapore's exports slackened and Inflation rose last month, according to figures from the Department of Statistics. This has reinforced anxiety expressed by political leaders about prospects in 1977. Against strong growth In exports up to July this year, the marginal gain In
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  • 410 2 As an assistant air traffic controller, Corporal Jenny Chan talks constantly Into a microphone but once a week she faces the mike with a completely different personality, even a "different" voice. t That is when ah* goes on the air to ureaent the BAF
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  • 204 2 Canadian Minister for Transport Mr Otto Lang flies in tonight for a threeday visit in which he will have talks with representatives 0 f the grain business in Singapore. The 90-minute informal meeting win take £lace at Prima Limited a Keppel Road tomorrow. It will
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  • 123 2 An easier trading bias prevailed during the first 45 minutes of light trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Of the higher-priced Issues, Straits Trading dropped 10 cents to $5.80. Hotel Royal Ramada has reported unaudited net loss of 1103,873 for the half year ended June 30,
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  • 244 2 Wilson David, known as the "Elvis Presley of Singapore" in the early 196 C's, is getting ready for the biggest concert of his life. ..v, The concert will be ®i tribute to the late Presley, at the National Theatre oil Oct i, and WUaon will Mac
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  • Article, Illustration
    288 4 Pulau Tekong and Pulau Übin get their first public telephones The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore has installed the first public telephones at Pulau Tekong and Pulau Übin. The three phones at Pulau Tekong and one at Pulau Übin were Installed on Sunday and are expected to become operational
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  • 45 4 The Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research will oonduct a 15-lecture course on statistical design o! experiments for tuallty control and quaflsy~ Improvement from Oct. 7. Enrolment forms available from BURR's office In River Valley Road, and closing date Is Bept 30.
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  • 92 4 The University of Singapore la looking for two doctors to do research work on fertility regulation. These are temporary lobs on a year-to-year basis at the University's Department of Obstetrics ana Gynaecology. The Department will a)po employ doctors for part-time work. The work will Involve counselling
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  • 28 4 An art exhibition Vasarely, His Predecessors and Contemporaries will be held at the National Museum from Saturday to Oct. 16. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. dally.
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  • 204 4 Mostly cheaper at Welcome CASE study A recent CASE study of 250 consumer items sold at three supermarkets in Maripe Parade NTUC Welcome, Metro and Yaohan has shown a slight variation in prices. Between Welcome and Yaohan. 155 Items were found to be cheaper at Welcome, 53 were sold at
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  • 108 4 Cruise East, operators of the cruise ship, Rasa Sayang, will handle all bookings on their own from Oct 1 when the agency agreement with BIA expires. Booking centres In Singapore, Kuala Lumpur. Penang, Bangkok and Hong Kong will be set up to take
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  • 146 4 Crown Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan will be given a red carpet welcome when he visits Singapore early next month. Plans are currently being finalised for the visit of the prince, youngest brother of King Hussein. This U the second time in two years that
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  • 229 4 The Singapore Polytechnic has set up a Student Liaison Office to provide a closer link between its 8000 students and the administration. A full-time student liaison officer, Mr Lee Kwok Kiong, has just been appointed to head the office. A Polytechnic official said the
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  • 175 5 Reuter Manila, Wednesday President Ferdinand Marcos yesterday welcomed the growing interest of European business leaders in promoting greater trade relations with the Philippines and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the presidential press office said. The President made the remarks during separate calls
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  • 25 5 Jakarta, WednesdayPresident Suharto will visit Saudi Arabia on Oct. 8 on his tour of the Middle East, Informed Foreign Office sources said on Monday.
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  • 563 5 Fremaattle, Wednesday The remaining 51 cars on the last leg of the Singapore Airline's London/Sydney Rally were flagged off from Fremantle yesterday. The weary competitors and their b a 11 e r ed vehicles have already travelled half the world and more, over
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  • 28 5 Reuter London, Wed nesd aj— The cholera outbreak In the Middle East spread further yesterday with 50 new cases reported In Syria and eight more In Jordan.—Reuter.
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  • 111 5 Reuter Manila, Wednesday President Ferdinand Marcos yesterday invited students from four other countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to participate in an ASEAN quiz contest, the Presidential Press Office said. The President the proposal during a call on him by national
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  • 265 5 Tokyo, Wednesday Like Singapore, Japan and China have been simplifying Chinese characters, the main part of their writing symbols, over years but in their own separate ways. Now, some scholars and politicians propose that the two countries should use the same simplified forms of Chinese
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 262 5 a 4d ACROSS 1 Wing-shaped 5 Mergansers 10 Pair of horses 14 Hawaiian goose 15 Subdues 16 Opening 17 Space agency 18 Old-womanish 19 Inter 20 Launching site 22 Publicity 23 oak (ilex) 24 Store 26 Bpace term for "all's well" 29 Obligation 31 Watch out 35 Metal waste 37
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  • 311 6 AP Isabel* (Philippines), Wednesday War returned to the southern Philippine island of Basilan yesterday as government soldiers supported by howitzers and aircraft went into action against suspected rebel concentrations, witnesses to < the fighting reported. Army Colonel Salvador Ml son, commander of the Basilar) Brigade,
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  • 114 6 Reuter Jakarta, Wednesday. National Security Chief Admiral Budomo said yesterday that several student leaders had bam summoned lor Interrogation after holding a provisional parliament" to dlscriM student problems. Admiral Budomo said the government would not tolerate the student action which could ua-r dermine Its authority, and k
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  • 122 6 UPI TODAY Is Wednesday, Sept. 21, the 908 th day of 1977 with 101 to follow. THE MOON la between its first quarter nyf full phases THE MOBMINO STABB are Saturn, Ju««r. Mercury, Mars and nus. THESE la no evening star. -Those born on this date are under the
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  • 25 6 AP Britain's government-provided spectacles are out of focus, says a survey, because the frames are 30 years out of fashion, r— AP.
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  • 58 6 Reuter Bangkok, Wednesday. —The Thai government is undertaking additional surreys to determine the volume of uranium existing In the north-eastern part of the country, the Industry Ministry announced yesterday. Industry Minister perm Limpisawat revealed that Initial surveys since early this year showed an 7< interestlng amount of the
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  • 48 6 Reuter Taipeh, Wednesday. Seventy newly wed couples from Singapore arrived here on Monday tor a weeklong visit, the Central News Agency reported During their stay here, they will tour famous scenic spots on the island and celebrate the Chinese autumn moon festival, the agency said.
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  • 43 6 Reuter Hong Kong, Wednesday.—A Chinese government delegation left Peking yesterday for a friendly visit to Singapore, the New China News Agency reported. The agency said the delegation was led by Mr. Hsi Yeh-sheng, departmental director of the Ministry of Foreign Trade.—Reuter.
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  • 26 6 Reuter New Delhi, Wednesday Indian Prime Minister Morarji Desai will visit the Boviet Union from Oct 21 to 28, it was officially announced yesterday.—Reuter.
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  • 214 6 Reuter United Nations, Wednesday—The 32nd session of the United Nations General Assem-. bly opened yesterday, almost two hours behind schedule because of a row over Cambodia's voting rights. Intensive backstage negotiations failed to resolve the problem. The assembly therefore agreed to waive a
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  • 117 6 AFP Tokyo, Wednesday Chinese ambassador Fu Hao said on Monday that China approves of Japanese policies in Southeast Asia provided that Japan dealt on an equal footing with Its partners. During a meeting with the ambassador. Japanese Foreign Minister Ilchiro Hatoyama stressed that Japanese diplomacy
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  • 160 6 Reuter Nairobi, Wednesday. An all-out Ethiopian Air Force blitz appears to have halted, at least for the moment, a Somali onslaught on Ethiopia's eastern mountain defences, Informed sources said yesterday In Addis Ababa. But there were also reports that the Bomalis were countering with attacks on
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 321 6 Ah Fook and Mei Lin I fi$ $s tm t. XiaoxTn hie A'V J jjtJ y V t I ft R fir o •X >* .r V J n O yj n JiV V £2 e o o/." <u Ah Fook: I am planning to go to London by car.
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  • 330 7 Aussies alarmed over Opposition questions Fraser on recent $570 m fall in foreign reserves Reuter Canberra, Wednesday Uncertainty about the strength of the Australian dollar grew yesterday as the country's foreign reserves slid (town a further As3M> million ($587 million) over die past fortnight. The international reserves of gold and
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  • 158 7 UPI Bangkok, Wednesday— Three people were officially charged on Monday with high treason (or an alleged plot to assassinate President Ne Win and his Cabinet and to overthrow their regime, official Rangoon Radio reported. The broadcast monitored In Bangkok said the three, Mahn
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  • 265 7 Washington, Wednesday. Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan expresed optimism yesterday about solving the main problem blocking a resumption of Middle East peace talks Palestinian representation. "I think there Is a way... I think that ultimately an agreed formula will be found." he told reporters following
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  • 144 7 Winch*** (England), Wtdneitet—Tkte thu giraffe who did the splits, dM shock here yesterday, Minutes after Ufted Victor collapsed last artju "srss with eat of the three femalea thai shared hla Ben. He had been shMK oa the pound, aptey-lagged ever since, while keepem at
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  • 83 7 Reuter Colombo, Wadaesday The Brl LauUo Nattooal Lottory Board la negotiates to_ho*d sweepstokee in Wast Oermany. Japan and Middle Kaatorn countries, a boar* spokesman •aid hers ysslsrday. If approved. the board would eStor valuable gem*. whlefc aould be traded in tor a tour of Brl Lanka to sweapatako
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  • 139 7 UPI Tokyo, Wednesday Many workers tm China will reoetre the first pay raise in 14 jsan to October, the Xyodo news agency said yesterday. Kyodo's report from Peking said the ghuaned wage hike ranging from 15 to 20 par cent —was revealed If Chinese
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  • 406 8 Singaporeans are unlikely to be hooked In great numbers on frozen fish by the end of the month-long campaign' I to be launched next week by NTUC Welcome and the Trade Department. Past campaigns to encourage people to diversify their food preferences have not noticeably
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 71 8 A woman wu waitln« for some minutes for a taxi mil am the Supreme Court BulMjnf to St. Andrew's Finally. an' empty tajd drew up. but a lawyer and her eoUeague appeared from behind and hopped in first. Irritated, the woman Mid: "Hey, I came here
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    • 35 8 In the midst of all the fuss over the sick horses on the 'race course, one regular visitor to the tracks remarked: "I wonder what a horse's couch sounds like." Any Ideas, anyone?
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  • 729 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON The United States Supreme Court Is about to rule on a_n issue of staggering importance for multi-ra-cial communities everywhere from Singapore and Malaysia to Britain and the United States itself. The Bakke case requires the court to adjudicate on the
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  • 966 8 Los Angeles Times Washington: The Peace Corps, a 17 year-old, once-noisy offspring of the Kennedy administration's new frontier, has been rather quiet in recent years. But its new democratic administrators claim the international programme is regaining vitality under President Carter whose own mother was
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  • 473 9 The two leading Chinese dallies stressed the necessity of the National Seat Belt Campaign launched last week. NANYANG SIANG PAU criticised the taklng-the-easy-way-out attitude of Singaporeans. "It is on account of such mentality that many pedestrians prefer to dash across the roads Instead of
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  • 211 9 In assessing the outcome of the recent ABEAN-American dialogue in Manila, BERITA HARIAN described it as significant while NANYANG SIANG PAU called it a cabe of Well Begun Is Half Done. Though the historic meeting has not produced any concrete result, said Nanyang.
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  • 374 9 Is drug addiction an illness or a crime? NANYANG SIANG PAU joined the debate sparked off by the president of the Sinfapore A n 11 Narcotics Association (SANA), Mr. Baey Lian Peck. Recently, Mr. Baey appealed to the government and employers not
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  • 285 9 -BIN CHEW JIT POH commented on complaints by local building contractors against aggressive competition by their Japanese counterparts. The paper agreed that the Japanese were aggressive and had an edge over the rest because of their strong financial resources, advanced techniques, modern equipment and
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  • 162 9 The revamping of the 17-year-old People*! Association earned plaudits from two non*n)gUsh dallies last week. With this move, said the BERITA PARIAN, the PA shows Its awareness of the changing needs of the people over the years. It added that the reorganisation will enable the
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 532 9 :<?£«;«£>i c: Wednesday EY-3 Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS CLUBS FOR Vf-l future 2. It's quite possible for a woman to 3. Any country or eree not mo 4. For the garden, one might begrudge the
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  • DESIGN, PACKING AND PACKAGING A NEW NATION FEATURE
    • 848 10 Packaging must protect what it sells and sell what it protects. And in view of the intense competition for markets, packaging has become an integral and inseparable part of marketing. Packages should be designed with the necessary strength to withstand rough handling
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    • 743 14 There 1b a general misconception that in recent years nothing much hu been developed for metal cans. In fact, in the last (Jecade the canmaking world has been undergoing a kind of revolution with new materials and new methods Implemented. Some of these
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    • 677 15 East Asiatic Comp a ny (EAC) are among the leaders in the local market for modern sophisticated packaging machines for various consumer products. EAC handles the Multlvac vacuum packaging machines for meat products. Vacuum packing in gas-proof and transparent film helps products retain their
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    • 98 15 Manu a 11 y cartoning •mall runs, Introductory samples or urgent orders can be quite a costly problem. The Cartopac 40 s flexibility allows It to be used for semi-automatic production or ai an integrated part of a packaging line. It has an output of 40
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    • 1173 16 Food packaging in metal containers probably began In earnest in Malaysia and Singapore Just after World War Two. It was initially to help the Johore pineapple canning 1n dustry. A small can reforming factory was set up In Johore Bahru and
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    • 691 17 Rigid plastic cop(•lmrs or pottles In Singapore today actgenerally found to be those made from polyethylene, PVC, polystyrene, polypropylene and others. Nevertheless, the most common types of containers or bottles we associate with our dally life would be those made of polyethylene and PVC. One
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    • 585 18 Light is the main culprit but fats, acids, alkalis, soaps and heat may react with pigments too Oovlti ft better resistance to colour ehaafft be Achieved by the mm of higher tuaMty inks? Tfclg MMttn ta often Mktd MM MMt always the same >»
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  • trend EDITED BY SYLVIA LEOW
    • 1681 12 / 13 Unlike yesterday, when the roles and responsibilities of parents were, strictly and clearly laid down, today's parents have to contend with a more fluid picture of what parenthood is all about. The Wongs and the Sees are both young parents of today of the same
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    • 904 12 / 13  -  Wednesday, 5ept.21,1977. by H.L.Lim The controversy over whether Charlie's Angels is worth watching reminded me of the days when I was a film critic. I sat through films good and bad and even worse —as part of my Job between February 1959 and November 1962. Last Saturday's New Nation
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  • Page 12 / 13 Miscellaneous
    • 366 12 / 13 I YOUR LUCKV STABS BORN today, you are one of those restless individuals who may have difficulty adjusting to any kind of routine. You thrive on change. You do not work well In an open ended situation, hut need to know that there Is a definite, achievable goal. You work
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    • 212 17 EAC supply a complete range of packaging machines that meet >w a M Vm. jfssa I *5L ■H r** f*~«* fl c.-K r*~< j£* 4 o wyv''*' 4 -.'-TV *z vfff swm»"v < r >';. y ;.~> 5- ;<:,<;■ v. M I ss €)^i B. 1» !S > l|te< I;.
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  • 148 19 UPI Brussels. Wednesday— The US dollar ciosed mostly lower on European money markets yesteraay. Gold was up in Zurich ana London. The dollar fell In Frankfurt, Zurich. Paris and Milan. It went from 2.3240 German marks to 2.3232. from 2.3800 Bwlss francs to *****. from 4.9295 French francs
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  • 59 19 Reuter Bangkok, Wednesday— A network of undersea and onshore pipelines bringing natural gas from the Gulf of Thailand to Bangkok will cost this country US$4O4 million ($909.8 million) the Industry Ministry announced yesterday. A feasibility study recommended that the pipeline be built to meet an anticipated dally
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  • 221 19 Chinese daily will put out 6 mil. shares Business Neu/s and Views Investors will be able to get into a thriving $15 million a year business when Sin Chew Jit Poh (Singapore) Ltd. offers six million shares to tne public before the end of next
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 186 19 The stock market, aided by last-minute buying, closed mixed yesterday. But Investor concern about the economy and Interest rates that carried the market to a 21-month low the day before remained. The Dow Jones industrial average, down two points at the outset, managed to gain 0.26 Point to
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    • 35 19 UPI New York, Wednesday. Dow Jones closing averages on the NYSE yesterday: 30 industrials 661.76 (up 0.26), 20 transport 214.16 (up OJ3), 16 utilities 112.13 (off OJM), 65 stocks 290.50 (up 0.23). UPI.
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    • 166 19 AFP Prices generally closed higher on tne Tokyo Stock Exchange In active trading yesterday. The Dow Jones average of 225 selected Issues gained 18.38 yen from Monday's close to finish at 5,196.09 yen. Ihe T3E Index of all listed stocks in the major section ros? 1.38 points to 387.75
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    • 75 19 Cfo»lng prion on tb» P*rt» booiM ytiUrdMj PWtiM* 160.0Q —144 Rnckr U1M unclt Prli tump* 30 30 Buli 2V IbrvaJ Dutch 273 50 +1.M UtcheUn UN C O I Mi unchi Ttwmwn ITT —40 CPPH —M Rhone 61 -W —.70 Air XT* —4 B 8 N Ml -1 Philip*
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    • 81 19 Unlon Bank of Switzerland Zurich CV»ln« price* on tr*nc« on lite ZJurtch 11 Cifhan** yeaUnUf: UBS Bcitrr nm tt) uae Rctuuied ui SBC 590 CmlU euiaaa 2340 45 6wU*»Lr B 791 trmlH Helmut. MM Wuiterthur B. aoao mmm Zurich Iniur. 78» 75 Jimnn B s«o Ne»U« B. 350® 6
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    • 124 19 Prkca on Lb* Sydney stock. Lanhance it 11.30 ».m (AustralUn Umo tod*r ACT 1M lfIB ADC W 01 Ampul M W 11 AW I IU 136 APM 111 111 Bank NSW 614 MO 0 rumble* 1M 15ft BHP MO eu Borfcl 223 330 CBA n« HO can na no
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  • 144 19 A new luxury tourist coach company has been set up to cope with the ever-increasing demand for sightseeing tours In Singapore. The company, Singapore Sightseeing, Is investing half a million dollars on three luxury coaches. Mr. Tan Chee Chye, managing director of World Express, the
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  • 32 19 Kuala Trengganu. Wednesday Exxon's oil project off the coast of Trengganu Is expected to begin production at the end of the year. State Chief Minister, Datuk Wan Mokhtar, said yesterday.
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  • 295 19 The Chase Manhattan Bank's area director for Asia and Australasia, MR. RICHARD J. HIGGLRSON, has assumed his new post In Hong Kong. With his new assignment, the bank's area headquarters In Hong Kong has been upgraded to encompass the entire region of Asia and Australasia. A senior
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    • 176 19 Esso ESSO MALAYSIA BERHAD (Incorporated In tha StatM of Malaya) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the declaration of a First Dividend of 3% per Participating Redeemable Cumulative Preference Stock Unit of $1.00 each for the year ending December 31,1977 exempt from Income Tax under the provisions of the Pioneer Industries
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    • 748 20  -  Squash i-v Eric Cooper R&hlm Qui, this year's Singapore Open championship winner, and Hussein Ibrahim, the National champion and PIA tournament title holder, leave thl* weekend to take part In the forthcoming Australian circuit Now that Pakistan's ban cm their players competing against
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    • 459 21 ••as he bows out to lesser known Frenchman Tennis UPI Reuter Paris, Wednesday Little -known Frenchman Georges Ooven used a doublestringed "wonder" racket to upset Rumanian star Hie Nastase 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 yesterday in the first round of the US$5O,000 (about S$120,000) Poree Cup Grand
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    • 483 21 I Booting Honolulu, Wednesday.— An attorney and a doctor for Ben Vlllaflor, the former two-times World Boxing Association Junior lightweight world champion, say he will never fight again. Thomas Foley said an examination of Vlllaflor's injured left elbow by Dr. Robert Smith on Monday
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    • 504 21 Stoart's Cavalier set the pace, leading past the 800 m. He was joined by Not To Worry at the 600 m, and the pair raced neck and neck Into the straight. Norderal, the only other runner In the race, trailed. Not To
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    • 534 22  -  Wee sends out urgent appeal to the women Bowling By BRIAN MILLER National Bowling squad chairman Wee Tnlam Bock yesterday made an urgent appeal to woman bowlers to forget their differences and support the Singapore Ten Pin Bowling Congress In their preparation for the SEA Games.
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    • 222 22 Hockey Rome. Wednesday Twelve countries from four continents will tight for four spots In next year's-Work! Hockey Cup when th« first Intercontinental Cup opens here tomorrow. The event Is the first world-wide tournament for. second-ranked hockey nations, who will compete In two pools
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    • 433 22 Rugby We are ready this was ths hidden warning the Singapore Civilians rugby team B**s to Selangor when they beat KMNZB Canterbury 16-10. in a friendly match at Orange Road yeeterday Although the players from th«r New Zealand ship Canterbury did not
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    • 315 22 I Soccer Manchester, Wednesday.—Manchester United director Sir Matt Busby and chairman Louis Edwards will represent the club in their appeal against Monday's decision by the European Football Union (UEFA) to ban them from this season's Cup Winners' Cup. The board of directors met last
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    • 457 23  -  By Leonf Weng Kam This year's RTS Chinese Talentime promises to give viewers a high standard of entertainment for the next 12 weeks, judging from the performances in the first quarter final telecast "live" and in colour last night over Ch. 8. With only two or
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    • 127 23 Express Veteran Hollywood actor Fred Macliurray Is fighting cancer, he revealed recently. But, said the 69-year-old star of dosens of film hits and the television series My Three 8ons: "I'm going to lick it." He cited the case of John Wayne who beat lung cancer.
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    • 641 23 Sports diary SOCCER: President's Cup second round Changl United v Pasir Panjang, Serangoon Gardens v Queenway Cosmos. (Both matches at Jalan Besar stadium, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. respectively). Changl, lresh from their 8-3 victory over Jalan Besar FC In the first round, will face stlffer competition from Pasrl Panjang.
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    • 899 23 In and around town il CULTURAL SHOW to celebrate the Moon Cake Festival at the Handicraft Centre, Tanglln Road, at 5.30 p.m. Admission Is free. This show depicts. In the form of dances, the mahy legends connected with this festival. THREE ONE ACT PLATB presented by the Stage Club at
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    • 81 23 6.00 A.U. Opening Anncti. followed by At Daybreak with Romantic OyPSy String*/ Rapha Brogiottl and Hie Orch. 8.30 News E) 0.40 Morning concert 8.00 News (C) 8.10 Light and Bright Yes sir, That's My Baby Victor SilTester and his Orchestra: Bteppiug Out Dawn; Little Old Song About Lore Bobby Russell:
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  • 42 24 AH FOOK: It Is heartening that our music lovers are giving the Singapore Philharmonic Orchestra their full support. BIKI LIN: If they are truly music lovers, other concerts by local and foreign artistes would not be playing to half-filled houses.
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    • 703 24 TV AND RADIO 1 SINGAPORE 5 LN OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by SERBAN1KA (r). Malay magazine series. U9 DIARY OF EVENT8 <M>. Mf WILD WILD WORLD Or ANIMALS: The Beaver (r). Natural history series. 4.99 STABS IN ACTION: Nothing lo DO Till Next /all. 4.J9 INTERMISSION. sowed by BODTL* V IN
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