New Nation, 25 December 1977
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Title Section10 1977-12-25 1 Sunday Nation DCCIMBIR 25, 1977 BO CINTS M.C.(P) NO. Ml/1/7710 words
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40 1977-12-25 1 THE Straits Times will not be published tomorrow. THE New Nation will appear tomorrow with today's race results and all the important Christmas Day news. Don't forget your copy of New Nation tomorrow.40 words
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Advertisement150 1977-12-25 1 k ITTIThTn new rules Details in Page 4 u Inside Track makes his pick Page 32 A world of top quaity shirts inaseries of eye-catching colours .taiored from body-comfort fabrics Potyoator Cotton SOftOtaaoUd cotouri IHtO Wotyaatar Cotton tM6 to prtnta 919.90 ftSSMff CMquttoTrtaoatala PotyamMa In aotld cotoura ***** Cotton Olngham150 words
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112 1977-12-25 2 AP CHINA plans to increase productioa.of medicinal herb# for export and domestic ow. n bong Kong eommunUt newspaper reported yesterihe Chinese-language Ta Kung Pao said tliu was decided at a recently concluded national conference on medicinal herbs In Peking. It described Chinese herbsAP - 112 words
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Article42 1977-12-25 2 AP YUU Vorontaov, the Soviet Union's chief delegate at the Belgrade conference, has been appointed Soviet Ambassador to India, Tasa reported on Friday. VorontsoT, O, will replace Viktor lfaltsev. who has been appointed first Deputy Foreign Minister.—AP.AP - 42 words
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Article, Illustration454 1977-12-25 2 But he's not optimistic about talks Reuter AP T ET the Christmas spirit of sacrifice and goodwill bring peace to the Middle East. With these words President Sadat of Egypt bowed In prayer at a mosque in Ismailia the place he will meet Prime Minister BeginReuter; AP - 454 words
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Article142 1977-12-25 2 AFP rl famous Indonesian batik will pour into, the European" market following the signature of a textile agreement between Indonesia and the European Economic Community in Brussels racently.' Indonesian dlr e e tor general for textile Industry M. Safloen. who Just returned from EuropeAFP - 142 words
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Article133 1977-12-25 2 AFP JAPAN has turned down Pan Am's proposal to offer budget fares, or sharply discounted air fares for Transpacific sendee, according to the Transport Ministry. Pan Am had been seeking the Japanese government's approval of Its plan to start offering from Jan 15 budgetAFP - 133 words
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Article183 1977-12-25 2 death toU In the 1 United States' wont grain Industry accident climbed to 32 on Friday with the recovery of more workers from office complex crushed by a massive load of concrete and iteel In Louisiana. Rescue workers said four more persons believed trapped183 words
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THE WORLD YESTERDAY
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Article65 1977-12-25 2 AFP THE Caracas OPEC meeting's failure to ag ea on a new oil price structure meant the collapse of OPEC'a capacity as a production cartel, a Tokyo dally said. The Influential dally, Asahi, In Its editorial, also said: "The question now Is what kind ofAFP - 65 words
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Article79 1977-12-25 2 UPI A PILOTS' strike that spoiled Christmas for thousands of travellers In Portugal appeared destined to extend Into the New Year. The pilots, who shut down Tap Airlines on Thursday, said they would not return to work until their salaries were doubled. The state-own-ed company saidUPI - 79 words
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Article63 1977-12-25 2 Reuter TNDIA has been promls- ed 18,150,000 Swiss francs (about $18 million) of aid so far to help last month's cyclone victims, the Genevabased League of Red Cross societies said. The aid, being dlstried through the TraHan Red Cross, has- come from governments, the European EconomicReuter - 63 words
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Article67 1977-12-25 2 AFP THIRTY-rOUR Vietnamese refugee* left Kota Klnabalu on board a Norwegian freighter for Manila, after they had been rescued from thelf fishing vessel, about 193 km West of Kota Klnabalu last Thursday. The freighter, "toledo" from Bangkok earlier picked up the refugees from their boat whichAFP - 67 words
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Article51 1977-12-25 2 AP AN ALLEGED member of an East German spy ring that may have stolen more than 1,000 secret documents been arrested on suspicion of treason, the Federal Criminal Office announced yesterday. Juergen Wlegel. a former employee of the West German Naval Staff was taken Into custody onAP - 51 words
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Article16 1977-12-25 2 VIKTNAMRSK Depotr Premier and Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh will visit Thailand16 words
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Article77 1977-12-25 2 Reuter THE Ethiopian government accused War On Want (WOW), a British international aid organisation,. of ccnsplrlng to make an alliance with military government. ...In. A statement issued in London, the Ethiopian embassy referred to a press conference given by the organisation on Thursday during which the secretaryReuter - 77 words
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Article57 1977-12-25 2 Reuter PRESIDENT Marcos won a massive 89.53 per cent vote of confidence In his martial law rule, according to the flnn| official results announced last Saturdays national referendum. It was the first time, however, that the Filipino leader had received a "yes" vote of less thanReuter - 57 words
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Article62 1977-12-25 2 AP THE Argentine government released 389 political prisoners, about one-tenth of those being held under laws permitting the government to arrest people on suspicion of subversion, for Christmas. There were -no. prominent detainees on the list and no mention was made of former President Isabel Peron, Jailed afterAP - 62 words
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Article53 1977-12-25 2 UPI A US BUte Department official said the United States assumes the Soviet Union, as well as Cuba, and some American allies are eavesdropping on AO communications that *re beamed by satellite. It is estimated that some 50,000 telephone conversations in addition to computer and teletype traffic passUPI - 53 words
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Article51 1977-12-25 2 AFP CUSTOMS officers In Hong Kong yesterday found 0.9 kg of high rlty heroin on board freighter, Tal Chuan Shan, which arrived from BengKok on Friday. The heroin, worth US$2O,OOO ($48,000). was found Inside a mast of the ship which Is still being searched -by theAFP - 51 words
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Article21 1977-12-25 2 TWO American congressmen Jonathan Bingham and Donald Fraser asked President Carter, In the name of humanltarianlsmand the21 words
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Advertisement78 1977-12-25 2 Create extra rooms in your home at low, low cost! »> i! M mil iniin liilli 6 a n iii'i 9i U V Movable Partitions A new idea in modern hone decor. Simple installation. Easy to clean and maintain. Total flexibility. Rust and rotproof. A wide range of fast colours78 words
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Advertisement82 1977-12-25 3 COLOUR TV FROM HOLLAND j 'V /^-Vv«Jt f*lS i£l tfTar^gl' {fl 1% ;§fev *4468? -30p-' st 2 mif 1 fHri 11 v H is® W 1 i Enri'.h S your-^-lf BT in > If you think thnt the SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN and THE BJONIC WOMAN are exciting, wait till82 words
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Article86 1977-12-25 4 AFP CAMBODIA* and Vietnamese troope are locked In "aerlour. combat in tbe frontier region known m the Panot'a Beak, high-ranking State Department officials .in Washington said on Friday night. While border Incident* between Cambodia and Vietnam have com on for years, the fighting recently Increased InAFP - 86 words
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Article217 1977-12-25 4 ...o« rental •f twe 'aid three roeei flats IfOUSINa Board 11 applicants whose total family Income Is above $500 bat below $800 will only be allowed to rent three- room flats from Jan S. They will no longer be allowed to rent two-room flats. The two-room flats217 words
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Article32 1977-12-25 4 BACHELOR of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees from the University of Singapore will continue to be recognised in Britain, according to the University of Singapore's annual report 1978/17.32 words
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Article129 1977-12-25 4 AP fHINESE workers will V 7 receive a year-end bonus In cash or goods as an Incentive to promote production, Japanese newsmen reported from Peking yesterday. Material incentives for promoting production had been abolished during the 1966-1969 Cultural Revolution, when they were perceived as a step towardsAP - 129 words
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52 1977-12-25 4 UPI EIGHT French exprisoners of the rebel Sahara group Pollsarlo Front celebrated Christmas at home yesterday after their release. The hostages, seven men and one woman, were handed over by the Algeria-backed Pollsarlo on Friday In Algiers to UN Secretarygeneral Kurt Waldhelm, who negotiatedUPI - 52 words
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Article, Illustration150 1977-12-25 4 Up and over. And Maria, the seallon, clears the bar. It may not be a record but It will surely thrill the crowd, especially the children, at her performance today and tomorrow at the Singapore Zoological Gardens. It Is only one of the many150 words
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Article121 1977-12-25 4 AFP SOVIET leader Leonid Brezhnev hat almost recovered from a case of flu which kept him out of the public eye for over a week, western diplomatic sources said on Friday. The sources, who asked not to oe identified, were assured by highranking Soviet officials andAFP - 121 words
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Article84 1977-12-25 4 THE Singapore Bus Service will put out special holiday services and more buses for Christmas and New Tear. The special holiday services are 401 and 403 which will take holiday-makers to »\e East Coast Lagoon and Faslr Rls resort respectively. More buses will be added to84 words
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Article34 1977-12-25 4 Reuter THE Soviet Union yesterday launched a new cosmos unmanned satellite into space, Tass news agency announced. It said' the satellite. Cosmos 971, carried scientific equipment to continue space exploration. Reuter.Reuter - 34 words
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Advertisement7 1977-12-25 4 Where did Brezhnev go wrong? Page 87 words
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Miscellaneous591 1977-12-25 4 In and around town LIFE AS I SEE IT. A METRICATION Mo- Chang! alrfled. Upper BOTANIC GARDENS photographic exhibition, bile Exhibition at the Changl Road. 8 a.m. to 2 —Sam. to 10 pjn. AdNational Museum, Kampong Bonos commu- pm. mission free. Stamford Road. 9 ajn. to nity centre 0 p.m.591 words
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Article256 1977-12-25 5 REMEMBER Adam's apple? It has made history again, this time In Britain's Court of Criminal Appeal. And the man who ate the "forbidden" fruit was sentenced to three years, jail for arson. Caught because he took a bite from an apple while setting fire to256 words
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Article104 1977-12-25 5 Reuter AN Indonesian student has been arrested for alleged distribution of Illegal pamphlets calling on some army units to rebel against the government, a senior military officer In Jakarta said yesterday. The pamphlets were sent to some units of the division which resulted In an armyReuter - 104 words
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Article175 1977-12-25 5 UPI Bangladesh President Zla-ui Rahman on Friday returned from a goodwill tour of India, Pakistan and Nepal, satisfied that peace and stability were common desires shared by the Indian subcontinent leaders. Preceding visits by US President Jimmy Carter to India and British Prime Minister James. Callaghan toUPI - 175 words
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Article54 1977-12-25 5 Reuter THE Shariah (religious) court of Kota Bharu, Kelantan fined a teacher and an 18-year-old girl student $1,000 each for the offence of khalwat (close proximity). Another teacher was also fined $1,000 for abetting the offence. The three accused,, arrested on Friday, pleaded guilty of the onenceReuter - 54 words
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Article93 1977-12-25 5 Reuter Bermuda faced an economic crista on Friday oyer a major drop in tourism following riots protesting against the nanting of two blacks convicted of murdet. Hotels were flooded with tourist cancellations. Tourism Minister Jim Woolrldge put the loss in revenue at more than UBsl millionReuter - 93 words
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217 1977-12-25 5 rs US Army admlnlsCSFed nerve gas to American soldiers during a secret experimental programme In 1901, the Denver Post said In a copyright story in Its Saturday editions. At least one of the soldiers. John Ross, now 30, was subsequently hospitalised for 18 days217 words
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Article259 1977-12-25 6 COMMENT It seems that American Federation of Labour-Congress of Industrial Organisation leader George Meany may have to ask Congress to protect the United States' domestic pornography trade. That Is, If the market Is flooded with Japanese products. A Tokyo supreme court Judge last Thursday ruled that259 words
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Article, Illustration1013 1977-12-25 6 When 24 were crammed into one A symbol off West Germany's success Hitler's idea off a people's car Reuter VOLKSWAGEN'S 40- year-old "beetle" one of the most successful cars ever built is finally going out of production in WestReuter - 1,013 words
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Article, Illustration229 1977-12-25 7 GLORIA CHANDY - GLORIA CHANDY respectable and vel 1-establlshed supermarket in the Orchard Road area is in danger of losing its much-earned respect. That U if the attitude of its languid (or Is It Just plain stupid?) counter salesgirls persists. The last time I asked for 10G gm229 words
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626 1977-12-25 7 What happens when bingo results are announced Reuter WITH one hand on the steering wheel, both ears on the radio and one eye on a piece, of paper in his lap, -the taxi driver zig- sagged through the rilshhour traffic playing. France'sReuter - 626 words
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346 1977-12-25 7 JjOMEHOW the glitter and theglamoiir and all the other trappings that go with the yuletlde season seem to be milder this-year. It could be rising costs. Everything Is twice or, thrice what It was last year or the year before. From346 words
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Article85 1977-12-25 7 AGE catches up with us faster than we want It to. I had occasion to pass through the- Customs checkpoint at the Causeway last week. On the way back the Singapore Customs officer pulled my passport out o( the six I handed him and85 words
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253 1977-12-25 7 I DO NT know how many of you ladles were In the same predicament bat many of my girlfriends and I were. Buying clothes for the season, and within a reasonable budget actually spoilt the mood for most of us. Men cant fathom253 words
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Article98 1977-12-25 7 4 NIMALfI at the BPCA had a taste of the Christinas Joy earlier this week, thanks to a more fortunate metxlber of their species. Mikl, a Spitz, one of the four dogs belonging to a Singapore family, was at the association the other day to deliver the98 words
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Advertisement82 1977-12-25 7 A beautiful face aglow by the candlelight. Colburful birds twittering in the twilight. A smile bathed in natural room light. And lively children playing happily in bright sunlight. Capture these memorable images with the help of the new Sakuracolor 400 negative films, an extra fine grain, high speed film that82 words
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Article, Illustration961 1977-12-25 8 A bad year for the Soviet supremo both in and out of Russia Guardian WITH fresh rumoifta of health, the durable Mr Leonid Brezhnev celebrated hit 71st birthday on Monday. Since the Russians reserve their really major celebrations for the years markpig off each rounded decade, this birthdayGuardian - 961 words
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Article192 1977-12-25 8 Reuter fOULD "comrade" be Vy dropping out of fashion In the Soviet Union? Sixty years after the Bolshevik Revolution, the Russians still have difficulty sometimes deciding how to address each other. And to Judge by a recent newspaper article in Moscow, the traditional communist formReuter - 192 words
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Advertisement70 1977-12-25 8 ks lately? 1 N°l CUP LONDON. SWI ALCOHOLIC COftDUl MINIMUM COMTtNTS TOeh MtQOOCtD IN tNOiANO PIMM'S THE REFRESHING LONG DRINK B Mix 1 measure of PIMM'S to 2 or 3 of lemonade. 7 UP or Ginger Ale. Add plenty of ice. a slice of lemon, or orange and cucumber if70 words
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Article, Illustration612 1977-12-25 9 JAMEB - That's what James suggests our schools should teach the children If you ask me... JAMEB. SINGAPOREANS in the service sectors were criticised re cently. An Australian delegate to the Singapore Airlines" World Marketing Conferetice all e ged that our tourism business frontline people lacked service with a smile,612 words
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Article, Illustration908 1977-12-25 9 Sausages sprayed with glycerine, ice cream made from shaving-soap kippers moulded from bananas. They're some of the dodges nsed by TV commercial-makers to create food that looks as good as they hope it will taste when yon buy 1t... Features International A RECENT TV com-Features International - 908 words
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Advertisement124 1977-12-25 9 IF YOU have softiething to iay which 7on think ou readers woo id like to know why not pat It on paper tend It to as. We weleome oontrlbators to this eolamn. Articles can ha an any sahjeet hat shoakl preferably be opinion pi ees af about SM words each.124 words
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Article, Illustration938 1977-12-25 10 / 11 —that is the slogan at the Singapore Zoological Gardens and here are some of the new faces rrais Is one place A Dr Margaret Loh and her family planning diehard* will never be able to penetrate. Where the oftrepeated words, "stop at two," "sterilisation" and "the938 words
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Miscellaneous1035 1977-12-25 12 Your ]2-page TV pullout NEW SERIES: PRELUDES on Wednesday, Ch. 5 at 7.55 p.m. in COLOUR Chopin, Rachmaninov and Debussy played in 10 episodes by Europe's leading pianists. In the first three, Christoph Eschenbach of Germany plays the complete book of 24 Preludes, Opus 28 of Chopin. Englishman Moura Lympany1,035 words
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Miscellaneous423 1977-12-25 12 ROMS ADVENTURE (Holiday Matinee) on Monday, Ch. 5 at 10.30 a.m. in COLOUR "I'm going where they REALLY know what love's about to Italy." Off Suzanne Pleshette the librarian marches, riaht into the arms of a charming Italian rogue (Rossano Brazzi). •She then meets an architectural student (Troy Donahue) and423 words
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Advertisement221 1977-12-25 13 EPITAXIAL it the name of a superfine magnetic particledeveloped by Maxell: r 9 needle shaped crystal consisting of gamma-hematite and eobaft-ferrfet. Both UD-XU and UD XIH use the New EPITAXIAL However, in the EPITAXIAL used In the UD-XLH, a larger amount of cubett-ferrite is used to epvelope the gemme-hemetita core221 words
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Miscellaneous869 1977-12-25 13 MONDAY 10.00 AM. Open 10.01 Oil MUSS: Hw Hm Grinch SNb ChHtlmn 10.30 HOLIDAY MAT1HEE: Imm Adventur* (1962 Delmer Oaves). Stars Troy Donahue, Suzanne Pleshette, Angie Dickinson, Rossano Brazzi, Constance Ford, AI Hirt, Hamoton Fanrhw 1X20 PJ*. CARTOON CORNER 12.33 RUGBY UNION: W*Im n England 2.09 ASIAN ALL-STAR PIRFORMAHCE (r)869 words
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Advertisement160 1977-12-25 14 Sony Sonnjrboy Sony Trinitron now comes in with a 31 cm (13") screen portable color TV. The Son of Sony. Your ideal second set The Son of Sony has a Special ECONOQUICK system that gives you instant picture and sound, saving the unnecessary wastage of power while awaiting the tube160 words
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Miscellaneous1051 1977-12-25 14 WEDNESDAY Rent from Colourent and select your tree gifts worth up to $62. 3.00 P.M. Open 3.03 SERBANIKA (r) 3.30 Diary Of events (M) 3.35 DISAPPEARING WORLD: Shilluk (r) 4.30 Intermission 6.05 Open 6.08 Electric Company 6.30 NEWS IN BRIEF 6.35 LAST OF THE WILD: Dragon 7.00 SAMUDRA (r). With1,051 words
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Advertisement86 1977-12-25 15 YIPPEE! Ofi i istii MS). —f -pr- k,.:. <* 'W/f'', v A i i™ 1 J hUn f 4W <- >V 1 I Mi% i »'*i«r* i mmmmadrnmM > vT w Get your 50-page Bumper issue now! "Yippee!" magazine is freely available at all newstands, bookshops and departmental stores. SUBSCRIBE86 words
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Miscellaneous970 1977-12-25 15 3.00 P.M. Open 3.03 Housewives' Matinee: The Twins (Mandarin/ r) 4.30 Intermission 6.05 Open 6.0« IXCRCISK WITH GLORIA 6.30 NEWS IN BRIEF 6.35 PJ. During the absence of his father, Preston the President's son, switches role and identities with PJ, a delivery boy. 7.30 NEWS AND NEWSREEL (M) 7.SS SPORTS970 words
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Advertisement125 1977-12-25 16 The fifoongate Collection of Folktales from the Orient The Orient abounds in folktales and myths, some dating to the children of the world. Every story is re told in back thousands of years. Many of these tales remain simple English, suitable for 7 to 9-year-olds. Brilliant unknown to the rest125 words
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Advertisement369 1977-12-25 17 / 18 St R.D.LAING Do You Love Me by R.D. Laing, an entertainment in conversation and verse is ah astonishing, funny, savage and entertaining book. It explores all the resonances of that painful question 'Do you really love me?'. A wise and witty book. From-Penguin naturally. Other books published by the same369 words
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Advertisement94 1977-12-25 17 / 18 JVUCftONAUTS HAVE INVADED SINGAPORE! WW:. V ><r i I *i; *> w o *r? From all leading stores and toy shops The Micronauts the latest in toys and accessories are now in Singapore. Wildly imaginative visitors that are guaranteed to fire any child's creativity and imagination. Of rugged construction, perfectly94 words
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Miscellaneous196 1977-12-25 17 / 18 f i i J WW**-' «»w I r L. <m v> >A V *>$& i-S -w r?ai «v*oi ■> REMEMBER, TH' WORSE 1 lAM QUITE WE SING, TH SOONER WE/ /AWARE OF MV GET TH' GOODIES/ MV CACOPHONY OF DISCORD WILL BE ASTOUNDING s TO THE EAR > LOUD, CLEAR,196 words
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Miscellaneous332 1977-12-25 19 GARTH FLOWN THE COOP, EH? L*T<S CHECK MIS ROOM/ s! ■C. ITS' A* ■< somewhere among these servants and STAFFMEN ZAMOS MM HIS OWN MEN PLANTED-BUT/HMO AND HOW MRNY? •V. W» 533 I*W i x KEEP VOOR TOP GUESTS UNDER SECURITY GUARD RND CHBCK THE BEACHES IN CASE ZAMOS TRIES332 words
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911 1977-12-25 20 HUMOUR with JkJ^h While the Women's Page editors are dictating you put your best foot forward this season of turkey, I'm putting my foot down, over a grouse or two and then some. There are six counters at911 words
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Article146 1977-12-25 20 A verbal battle raged last week ever the poor quality of government stockpiled rice. Rice Importers claim* ed the Block's oualltj had dropped because of loop storage. The NTVC Welcome Consumers' Co-opera-tive hit back that the tuaHty had gone down bssa—e the importers did not collect the rice146 words
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Advertisement211 1977-12-25 20 WVO BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN CLASSICS 'J 1 Which do you think has been honoured at the Hall of Fame? (New York) The AURORA "Thesf ballpen is. truly a mognifioent writing nstrument that has been bestowed the rare honour of being permanently displayed at the Museum of Modern Art. New York, in211 words
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Article, Illustration928 1977-12-25 21 Before she could get through she had to wake me up... :*bipN DURING my army days (1964-1971), I usually spent my leave in peninsular Malaysia with a couple of colleagues. Train trips were free and were a part of my928 words
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553 1977-12-25 21 S. G. MORGAN - Letter to the Editor... letter to the Editor... Lett S. G. MORGAN. T REFER to an article 1 In the Sunday Nation of Nov 27 head, ed Perth Sun, Sea and Surf, but no Fun. by Judith Hale which I read553 words
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Advertisement36 1977-12-25 21 Chitf cook Mr. Hoi Kok Wai WELCOME TO TASTE OUR Hot Plate Deer Meat Japan Roast Port Rib Hongkong Roast Chicken Fresh Prawns (from Ipoh) Fried Shredded Chicken with Yam PHONE:* 2204 see *****29 EASY PARKING36 words
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Article, Illustration532 1977-12-25 22 Edgar Koh - —where visitors can live out their wildest fantasies like taking a space walk J J'J «i Edgar Koh DON'T care too J much for scl-flcs because they tend conveniently to make their own rules as they go along, and yet are too concerned to532 words
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Article, Illustration597 1977-12-25 22 AFP MICKEY MOUSE A will be 50 years next year and birthday plans are already underway In the land of his birth. The Ladles' Home Journal thi§ month carries an Interview with Walt Disney's whimsical little mouse who has been entertaining the world for threeAFP - 597 words
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Article, Illustration1141 1977-12-25 23 Angela Neustatter - The Book Page The latest merchant of hope from America tells... By Angela Neustatter Guardian |\R WAYNE DYER 17 is the latest American hope merchant; he comes to us peddling a brisk and bracing formula for eternal happiness Jtorget the spiritualGuardian - 1,141 words
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Article, Illustration690 1977-12-25 23 Alex Josey - TNI TORY LEADKltS. By Niger Fisher Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1977. 209 pp. £5.95. By Alex Josey ALTHOUGH this A book la all about leaders of a British political party, I recommend it to Singaporeans interested in parliamentary democracy. I do so because690 words
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Article, Illustration362 1977-12-25 23 1 that crowes a moat surrounding a luxury high-rise apartment, enter the lobby and take the elevator to the penthouse floor. The door to the penthouse Itself hat been open with an axe. Inside, inspector Fletcher Ryland Is waiting for you. He motions towards the DOQy362 words
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Article337 1977-12-25 24 Peter Lo - Uses better tactics to f j beat Desmond Peter Lo DENNY SEE, recent winner of the OKA •quash title, retained his Cha n g 1 Club squash crown by defeating 20 -year-old Desmond Hill In five sets. Belna a little more than 10 years older337 words
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Article253 1977-12-25 24 Teny Koh - BASKETBALL Teny Koh CJINGAPORE*B basketO bailers had a disappointing time In International competitions this year. The youth team crashed In the Asian Youth championships In Kuwait In October. After almost two months of training, Including two weeks' centralised training at Nanyang University and a five-day tour253 words
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Article, Illustration565 1977-12-25 25 Alfred Tong - Young Singapore player blows his chance TENNIS TALK Alfred Tong WOULD a rising young crlc- keter miss the chance to spend a couple of hours at the nets with Gary Sobers or Geoff Boycott? Would a young baseball hope look askance at the chance565 words
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273 1977-12-25 25 Joyce Tan - NETBALL Joyce Tan GEYLANG East Constituency Sports Club gave a good account of themselves on the opening night of the IntraZone Three netball tournament at the Slm'a Avenue community centre last Monday. Although they finally lost.to the more experienced and fancied team, Kolam Ayer,273 words
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Article, Illustration338 1977-12-25 25 Tan Kim Seng - ATHLETICS Tan Kim Seng IYERRICK de Souza, 17 51, a well-known local race walker, coach, official, and organiser, has scored a first for Singapore. He has been listed as one of 116 international race-walk Judges in the International Amateur Athletic Federation's 1977/78 official handbook. Derrick338 words
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399 1977-12-25 25 Ernest Frida - QOLF Ernest Frida FN a move to raise the level of competition In the Singapore Ooif Association circuit starting on Jan 24, the SOA have Invited the top Malfeyslan professionals to take part. The chairman of the SOA circuit, Jamee Loh, •aid: "We399 words
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650 1977-12-25 27 Brian Glanville - By Brian Glanville IPS Terry neill. Arsenal's manager, said recently: "Sometlmes now when we are asked by national youth organisations to nominate players for them, not only do they ask their positions but actually specify DEFENSIVE mid-field or ATTACKING midfield. Top classIPS - 650 words
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Article, Illustration522 1977-12-25 27 Lim Kok Ann - Lim Kok Ann COME chess fans have complained that they are unable to follow the games I publish because I use the algebraic .notation. As with many adult players, they learned chess by the descriptive notation and have difficulty with the algebraic. The algebraic notat'on522 words
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Article, Illustration635 1977-12-25 27 EVMKAN MSmp OAYERN Munich, D thrice European Cup champions, but now battling to avoid relegation from the West German first division, have set aside £1 million to buy players to strengthen their first team. Once mighty BaCro are finding it ugh635 words
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Article, Illustration796 1977-12-25 28 Bob Green - 'All of a sudden I know what Arnold Palmer felt like 10 years ago' Bob Green AP rrHIS was the year A golfing great Jack Nicklaua heard the footsteps. 'There were two significant occasion* on which the firm,, quick tread of jrouth echoed InAP - 796 words
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Article, Illustration261 1977-12-25 28 Gerry Chan - BADMINTON Gerry Chan XTO ONE else wIU cherish 1977 as a year to remember more than national champion Tan Ban Chew For Ban Chew won the title that had eluded him for the last four year*.... In the 1974 final he loet narrowly to Lee Ah261 words
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Article, Illustration1675 1977-12-25 29 Eric Batty - By Eric Batty UNTIL the early 1970s Polish football lingered In the background of the European game, although as individuals they did produce one or two outstanding stars. Ernst Pohl of Gornik Zabrze was a great Inside forward, out playing1,675 words
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Article, Illustration1068 1977-12-25 30 UPI rpHEY are scattered among the landed gentry of four nations 28 colts and fillies who could represeijt one of the biggest letdowns In the thoroughbred breeding Industry. 7 They are the two-year-old sons and daughters fo Secretariat, the gleaming chestnut stallion who flashed throughUPI - 1,068 words
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Article1154 1977-12-25 30 lIOT favourite 11 RICH REGENT scored a popular win In Race Five In Penang yesterday. Brilliantly-handled by Larry Olsen. the four-year-old by Decoy Boy beat BPECIAL FIND by a neck with ABTISTIC a bead away third. He started at odds-on and paid $9 for1,154 words
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Article335 1977-12-25 31 A Abductor < Raca 7 Aggraaaat Abov« AM 4 Mar H miH t Air MbmImI H 4 Aapfcatton 4 Art HwmimI 1 B Mk Raca Bayawat 7 Bantang II 4 Bom CM 1 ■ofnfew in i BuNtati Frai 1 c Cartal Mm 7 Charty M'goy335 words
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Article183 1977-12-25 31 By Scrutineer fHARLT M'BOY, who will be making an all-out bid to gain inclusion in next week's line-up for the Yang De Pertua Negeri Gold Cup, can be back with confidence in Race 8, the 1700 m for Class 1 Division 2. I make183 words
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2980 1977-12-25 31 rwm 1.30 ClMt S. Dhr. 4 1200m IdU ($0,000 $0,300 to witUMT) 1 MM Art• HlMliMd (VQ) Paul 17 (MUM) lSOOm V Nafta 1 SIMM* WW W e (Pahlawmn) M*n*ir 7 67 (eune) 1718b Waft* a IS IMNM mtm n (Tjakrm) Dun S2,980 words
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Article113 1977-12-25 31 Raea It SCBUTINtU SB BRIAN MII1M FAIRWAY H%hMt ChalM PuHnkufi Top Tudor Mom* Olynipla H«iwmi«n Mallaley B«M Frenoorchamps OtWllM B«iwian Sparta Ov Top Tudor DeeUhatfen omokeecrean Top Tadnr Bhahrinaa Meant Otya*la Imposition retrograd Terello Eureka AT Marriul Terello Boa cat Bat Mi Dark Stranger Sawadee TenOa Petrogxad Kim 1:113 words
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Article, Illustration878 1977-12-25 32 INSIDE TRACK No doubt about it, Junie's the best SPORTS NATION TO PUT it mildly, 1977 was not a vintage year for Singapore sports. Singapore's performance at the Sea Games was not very inspiring. With a meagre haul of 14 golds, we finished second last in878 words
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Article75 1977-12-25 32 UPI BXX of the World's largest ooean racing yachts three American and three Australian will line up tomorrow with a record fleet of 19 entires for the 13rd annual Sydney to B»bart yacht clastic. American Jim Kllxoy, reoord holder for the S9O-nautical mile race, In his 22.7-metreUPI - 75 words
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Article54 1977-12-25 32 Reuter ITALY'S 01 aeo m o AgoetinL snnlsimad u one of the gioatest motorcycle racers of all tiau, has annonnoed his Ntinmint from the sport The dashing, fearless rider, who von IS world titles during hie professional career which spanned 19 years, said he was leering motorcycling withReuter - 54 words
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Article24 1977-12-25 32 Reuter GARY PLAYER has become president of the South African Professional Golfers' Association. PQA Tournament director Dave Proctor announced on Friday.Reuter - 24 words
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Article351 1977-12-25 32 Brian Miller - Brian Miller XTEXT year's hockey calendar will be geared towards building a strong team lor the Junior World Cup tournament to be held In Paris In early 1079. In an Interview last week, the Singapore Hockey Association's Secretary, S. Yogarajah, said: "The bulk of our efforts351 words
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Miscellaneous539 1977-12-25 28 ill: TV. k 4 Capricorn (Dm. tl-lan. 19): Although you may be aware of an Indiscretion which a friend committed In the past, you should refrain from talking about It. An argument over rightful ownership will be settled In the best wax by consulting some one qualified to glrcn an539 words
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Miscellaneous46 1977-12-25 30 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $8,798 IST: No. ***** ($2,992) 2ND: No. ***** ($725) 3RD: NO. ***** (|MS) STARTERS: (943 each): Noo. *****, RIM, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****. CONSOLATION: (838 oacli): Noo. *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****.46 words
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Miscellaneous36 1977-12-25 32 Sports B; »> t 80CCEB: Singapore Malaya Football Clob Challenge Trophy FKIBB Corporation rc (5.45 PJML); Commonwealth Palaoe PC Sakaranal FC (S p.m.). Both matches ml MFC. Balestler SKFAK TAKIAW: National Tonth CndOT-lf tonmament Ferae* Chntro, Jalan36 words
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