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Title Section10 1978-01-01 1 Sunday Nation JANUfItY I, 1971 30 CENTS M.C.(P) NO. 217/1/7810 words
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Advertisement84 1978-01-01 1 Did you pay $60 for a drink mImLaO Find out what Gloria Chandy last flight has to say Page 7 Malaysian and Thai Reds We will not )!&,[.'+>+*:^\`&>!*}`<^~:`!^}$| lL' 1 Miracle More natural and yet safer childbirthI by remote^control The Defective Baby Test i 9 y Special two-page spread in84 words
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Advertisement76 1978-01-01 1 "x ORIS ****** W3 d^v 1 1 -..X^ ORID liMt CO LID MR LEE KUAN YEW says: The Singapore Girl has worked wonders because others inSIA. helped her. The Singapore man can work miracles if we help him. Full text of Mr Lee'i New Year message in Page 6 HAPPY76 words
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Article438 1978-01-01 2 AFP riTHK Malaysian Prime X Ml.,it>er Datuk Hussein Onn yesterday appointed his deputy, Dr Mahathir Mohamed as the new Trade and Industry Minister in a major Cabinet reshuffle. The appointment reflects the Malaysian government's 1 n c re a sing concern at the slow paceAFP - 438 words
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223 1978-01-01 2 ]L|ANY residents In ATI Marine Parade do not know they have a community centre in the area, says Its MP. Mr Goh Chok Tons, who Is the Senior Minister of State (Finance). This Is because the temporary community centre, which223 words
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Article44 1978-01-01 2 AFP HONO KONO has signed the protocol extending the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) for four years, from today, it was learned from official sources yesterday. The MFA provides the mu 1 tilateral framework for Hong Kong's textile agreements with other participating countries.AFP - 44 words
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176 1978-01-01 2 AP Reuter PRESIDENT Carter pledged on Priday that the United States would never start a war except by accident and he said the Soviet Union would never start a war except under "the most profound provocation or misunderstanding." Winding up a day ofAP; Reuter - 176 words
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Article31 1978-01-01 2 A FIRE broke out yesterday on board tbe Greek tanker, Tornado, berthed at the Jurong Shipyard. No one was injured In the 45-mlnute blaze which caused slight damage.31 words
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206 1978-01-01 2 »TTHE recent Singapore J- trade mission to West Africa secured nearly $4 million worth of contracts from Nigeria, Ghana and the Ivory Coast. Senior Assistant Director of Trade Ng Chong Chew, who led the 16member mUslon, said at a news conference yesterday about206 words
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99 1978-01-01 2 Reuter Anew op p os i tion movement. Inspired by Eurocommunism, has sprung up In East Germany and Is challenging the official dogma there, the news magazine Der Spiegel said on Prlday. The Wast German magazine said the group, calling Itself the Federation of GermanReuter - 99 words
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THE WORLD YESTERDAY
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Article74 1978-01-01 2 UPI DEFECTION of a Soviet Air Force pilot to Japan In 1976 In a MIG--25 fighter plane was an Intelligence disaster for the Soviet Union be- cause It completely unmasked the planes' topsecret radar system, the Tokyo newspaper Nlhon Kelzal said. fa a result, tte paper said.UPI - 74 words
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Article42 1978-01-01 2 AFP THE US State Department granted two-week visas to the Sex Pistols, the British "punk rock" band which has made headlines for Its calculated bad taste. The action overruled a decision by the American Embassy In London.—AFP - 42 words
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Article67 1978-01-01 2 AFP THE International Sugar Agreement, which would have expired at midnight last night, was extended for one year by the last-minute adherence of the Soviet Union at the United Nations on Friday night. The agreement, reached at Geneva In 1973 under the* auspices of the United Nations,AFP - 67 words
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Article46 1978-01-01 2 AP PALESTINIANS kidnapped the ion of a Lebanese businessman and have demanded US$l million ($2.4 million) ransom for his release, police sources reported yesterday. Monah Zeln, 8, was kidnapped on Friday night while playing outside his house in an Athens suburb—AP.AP - 46 words
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Article62 1978-01-01 2 AFP BRITAIN'S chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey promised the country tax relief in 19-8 "if the pay policy contihold as well as it has so far." There should then be "quite a substantial amount of money available," Mr Healey said In a television InterviewAFP - 62 words
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Article60 1978-01-01 2 AP MINING Minister Mohammad Sadli has aald the oil exporting countries' decision not to raise oil prices was unsatisfactory to Indonesia, but the current oil surplus did not favour a price boost. Mr Sadll added that a two million barrel a day surplus on (he world oilAP - 60 words
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Article64 1978-01-01 2 Reuter A LEADING member or the rebel Moro National Liberation Front iMNLF) Said the rebels v/aated a resumption: of negotiations with the Philippines government. Mr Hatlmll Hassan, a close aide of rebel leader Nur Misuari, admitted In an Interview in Zamboanga City that the ceasefire whichReuter - 64 words
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Article48 1978-01-01 2 AP SPAIN'S northern Basque region, autonomous before the Spanish Civil War, was granted home rule on Friday by the government of Premier Adolfo Squares. Manuel Clavero Arevalo, Minister for Relations with the three Basque provinces, made the announcement after a 10-hour Cabinet meeting. AP.AP - 48 words
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Article60 1978-01-01 2 UPI THE Chinese government probably will continue to get along without a ceremonial Chief-of-Btate, a position abolished In 1975, Japan's Kyodo news agency said in, a dispatch from Peking. Kyodo said its information came from Chinese sources. There has been speculation -that the Job would be re-esta-blishedUPI - 60 words
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Article44 1978-01-01 2 AP THE EMIR of the oilrlch Sheikdom of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Salem Al--Babah, died early yesterday at the age of 65, an official announcement In Kuwait reported. It said Crown Prince Sheikh Jaber Ahmad Al-Sabah was proclaimed the new Emir. AP.AP - 44 words
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Article40 1978-01-01 2 MALAYSIAN Customs have smashed several tin ore smuggling syndicates, seized more than 200 tonnes of tin ore to the value of $3 million, and arrested 60 suspected smugglers last year. Duty for the ores amounted to $740,000.40 words
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35 1978-01-01 2 AP HEAVY tog on the superhighway In Southern Taiwan, near Tainan, caused a 22-vehicle collision yesterday killing at least five persons and injuring 19 others, police reported. AP.AP - 35 words
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Article31 1978-01-01 2 Reuter THREE tremors shook the coastal town of Hlnatuan in southeast Mindanao, about 800 km from Manila, for the second day running, the Geophysical Observatory In Manila reported.Reuter - 31 words
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Article140 1978-01-01 4 I (HE Muslim Missionary Society of Singapore Is Including subjects like English, Mathematics and Mandarin In their courses to keep up with the times. This Is to help young people cope with the social and economic conditions of mcderfi .Singapore, where the 1980s will see a140 words
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Article443 1978-01-01 4 Accuses it of endangering economy Reuter AP f AMBODIA said yesterday it was temporarily breaking off relations with Vietnam and accused its communist neighbour of sending thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks to plunder Its rice crop and destroy the Cambodian economy. Radio Penh,Reuter; AP - 443 words
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224 1978-01-01 4 AFP A SMALL, group of traitors backed by Vietnam attempted a coup against the Cambodian government In 1975-76, Radio Phnom Penh reported yesterday. The radio broadcast reviewed the antagonism existing between the two countries since the communists took over Cam-* bodla inAFP - 224 words
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Article39 1978-01-01 4 SINGAPORE can expect fair weather In the next three to five days, followed by a short spell of showers before the onset of more dry weather. predicts the Meteorological Bervlce Department of the Communication Ministry.39 words
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Advertisement67 1978-01-01 4 any ks lately? PIMM' N'ICUP JZwArdfwM LONDON. SWI. ALCOHOLIC COftOtAL MINIMUM CONTINTS TOcl. MtOOUCIO IN INOLANO THE REFRESHING LONG DRINK [4 Mix 1 measure of to 2 or 3 of lemonade. 7 UP or Ginger Ale. Add plenty of ice, a slice of lemon, or orange and cucumber if desired/67 words
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Advertisement191 1978-01-01 4 Advertisement Many factors rob your complexion of its natural radiance i beauty markable results .become You know that a bit Cabot's is more than just more than thorough another cosmetic cream. cleansing, a suitable diet It is a laboratory tested and sufficient sleep is super moisturiser fortirequired because time, fied191 words
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Miscellaneous250 1978-01-01 4 Whats THE WORLD OF THE PRE-8CHOOL CHILD. Exhibits from the National Museum's Young People's Collection on display at the museum. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission free. POP SHOW at the National Theatre, Clemenceau Avenue, 7 p.m. Tickets at *2. $3. $5. $6 and S8 Available at the theatre. KOAD250 words
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Miscellaneous164 1978-01-01 4 Museum, Sentosa, at 10 a.m., 12.30 p.m. and 3 p.m. SALE AND DI8PLAY of arts and crafts of local students and young artists at the Singapore Youth Art Centre, Hotel Premier, Nasalm Hill, until P m. Admission free. C A K N IV A L ANI> TRADE FAIR in Wood164 words
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Article, Illustration303 1978-01-01 5 We will not interfere because it is not our i 4 w problem, says deputy Foreign Minister Reuter VfIETNAM ye st er- day said it would not support communist guerillas operating in Malaysia and Thailand. Deputy Foreign Minister, Vo Dong Ohlang told a press conference InReuter - 303 words
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Article216 1978-01-01 5 AP "1/IETNAM and Indonesia yesterday agreed the time has come'to step up friendly relations between the two South-east Asian countries after the devastation of the Indochina war. The agreement followed three days of talks between Vietnam's Foreign Minister, Nguyen Duy Trlnh, and Indonesian leaders InAP - 216 words
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Article129 1978-01-01 5 Reuter mHE US Energy DeI partment on Friday approved a UBs2 bUhon billion) project that will bring Indonesian liquified natural gas Into California for 20 years beginning In the early 1980s. But It said it had declined a request that the United States tieReuter - 129 words
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Article163 1978-01-01 5 UPI Millionaire Tongsun Park, the central figure In alleged South Korean Influence buying'on Capitol Hill, yesterday said he hoped his planned testimony before US courts will resolve controversies between Seoul and Wash-' lngton. Park Issued the statement in Seoul after the US and KoreaUPI - 163 words
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Article92 1978-01-01 5 NST rftHß SULTAN of SelanJL gor ordered last Miiursday that the word "ratu" meaning queen should not be uaed as a title for the winners of* any beauty contest In the State. The word was not appropriate for use In such contests, the Sultan said, addingNST - 92 words
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Advertisement191 1978-01-01 5 From 569,900 upwards, you can buy one of the finest designed and finished apartments/town houses in increasingly popular CLEMENTI PARK And watch its value appreciate r 'V I i- |*pf rWmS- ~f> ,j RV m' 4 No restriction for foreigners Low maintenance charges Anti-termite treated foundation Own private gardens for191 words
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Article258 1978-01-01 6 COMMENT Today, first day of 1978, Is for some magical reason positively new, as yesterday was 1077 and regarded as old. Apart from a numerical change In the way we will have to refer to our dates for the next 365 days, we tend to258 words
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921 1978-01-01 6 Full text of the Prime Minister's New Year message SOME grace and921 words
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293 1978-01-01 6 r Singapore is to face the future with confidence, the need to ensure continuous and dynamic leadership In the political and labour movements, and In various civic Institutions must take pride of place In the thinking and planning of public leaders, Mr Devan Nalr293 words
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Advertisement152 1978-01-01 6 6306-8020 Seiko started out making watches with uncompromising ideals like pride in workmanship and dedication to a' high standard of excellence. At our technical knowledge and axpartiM graw, we developed a micro technology far aheed of it* time. We became the leading manufacturer of watches for men end women, from152 words
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Article, Illustration484 1978-01-01 7 GLORIA CHANDY - GLORIA CHANDY r THERE are probably several people in bed right this moment nursing some very expensive hangovers. Last night's, and early this morning's revelry Is over. And those of you who weren't at private parties or clubs ringing484 words
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Article115 1978-01-01 7 AMONG the Christmas presents that-one young lady received from her husband was a negligee. She ripped off the cover of the box when she saw It and found Instead of a sleek, sheer little black number that she would have preferred, an ankle-length affair In clinical115 words
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Article107 1978-01-01 7 rE St. Ceellla's Choir from the Church of Saints Peter and Paul delighted a lot of people when they performed at the lobby of the Marco Polo Hotel this Christmas. They were so good in fact that the hotel immediately booked them for Dee 20107 words
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254 1978-01-01 7 MY NEW YEAR resolutions have been made. The list has been drawn up. And, unlike past years, this Is one list I can safely swear that I am golnglo stick by. r am going on a diet And I-AM going to254 words
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434 1978-01-01 7 you ask mo r THE price for massive and irreversible brain damage suffered by an individual, through the negligence (wilful or otherwise) of another, is a conservative £243,309 or $1 05 million, so estimated a British judge. What then would be a fitting figure permanently434 words
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Article, Illustration887 1978-01-01 8 Every time tiny Stephanie stopped breathing an alarm rang in her mattress. But the baby refused to die...and now she is home with the mother. who calls her 'my living miracle' Spotlight on MOTHER and 8A8Y... little Stephanie who defied death, special test IPS ITTLE Stephanie Slater IsIPS - 887 words
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505 1978-01-01 8 Christine Doyle - By Christine Doyle Guardian SUCCESSFUL tests In which mothers and their babies are cheeked daring labour by remote control monitors coold herala a new era In more natural yet safer childbirth. While tlie mother walks freely a boot, a palm-siGuardian - 505 words
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Article, Illustration589 1978-01-01 9 JHE day is rapidly approaching when EVERY expecttant mother can fulfil her dearest wish that the child she is carrying will be born normal. Clare Dover reports on a plan that can fulfil the wishes of expectant mothers thatExpress - 589 words
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Advertisement105 1978-01-01 9 s •f* >:« M m «v. v >iV>t ife'A 9 m hit*Wfc v. I *.7 W yj 0& T A TSINGTAO now rated the top beer in China. Tsingtao beer is distilled from the sparkling mineral waters of Mount Laoshan in China. There's abundant goodness bottled up in Tsingtao... The105 words
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Article, Illustration1712 1978-01-01 10 / 11 NANCY KOH COMPILES A LIST OF SOME OF THE MOST QUOTABLE QUOTES BY THE FAMOUS AND THE NOT-SO-FAMOUS OF THE YEAR GONE BY "I HOPE he (Bhutto) will com# back and stand for ■Lrtlna icc i ton. G«n. Mohd. Zia ulHoq, Hm or my chief1,712 words
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Miscellaneous1199 1978-01-01 12 Sunday Nation THE SECRET OF T.K. GEARING on Monday, Ch.5 at 4.05 p.m. in COLOUR Freckled face framed with flopping gplden hair, Jodie Foster has played a hooker, a gangster's moll and a murderess at 13 years old. Still fresh in mind are her roles in Taxi Driver, Bugsy Malone,1,199 words
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Miscellaneous370 1978-01-01 12 >. JAMES CAGNEY ANO IRENE PAPAS TRIBUTE TO A BAD MAN (Western Feature Special) on Thursday, Ch. 5 at 9.55 p.m. in COLOUR In a rare excursion Westward, James Cagney as a horse rancher who rescues a gal (Irene Papas) from saloon Ufe but she later hassles him to stop370 words
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Advertisement165 1978-01-01 13 V w» JIII I J i. IL 1 is even greater now. 3 Graetz of West Germany offers you a colour TV set that's top of its class. With 3849, you not only get the traditional features which make Graetz so special today, but also the most advanced features that165 words
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Miscellaneous1102 1978-01-01 13 MONDAY Hpv fM Colourent Colour T.V. Specialists 10 00 A.M. Open Fleischer). Stars Rex Harrison Samantha Eggar, Anthony. Newley, Richard Attenborough, Peter Bull 12.50 PJvL GAMES OP THE XXI OLYMPIAD (r). Impressionistic coverage of the 21st Olympic Games at Montreal. 2.40 VARIETY SPECIAL. With Liza Minnelli, Bing Crosby, Steve Lawrence,1,102 words
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Advertisement152 1978-01-01 14 °y 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 tube to152 words
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Miscellaneous1141 1978-01-01 14 WEDNESDAY 8^1 fWi'.RfYa MMicisi P.M. Open I CLASSIC KEYSTONE COMEDY CAPERS Diary Of Events (M) I NO PLACE TO GO (r). How the Mexican government, with the help of the United Nations, tries to solve the problem of rural migration to the cities. Stars In Action: The House That Jackson1,141 words
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Miscellaneous965 1978-01-01 15 3 00 P.M. Open 3.03 Housewives' Matinee: First Love (Hokkien/r) Stars 4.30 Intermission 6.05 Open 6.09 EXERCISE WITH GLORIA 6.30 NEWS IN MIEF 35 HAZEL: Such A Nic« Little Man (r) 7.00 SERBANIKA. Filmlets <>n supertankers, paraplegics at i ■«n Vmmii play* CMcken cock trainer, alto in KOOT) 3.00 tM.965 words
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Advertisement467 1978-01-01 16 This month is a special month for Pelicans, which have always offarad an unrtvallad roll-call of outstanding authors. Top namas who not only know thair sub)act wall, but who can writa wall too. Above all, writers who stimulate end antartain as weM as inform J.K. Qalbreith, HJ. Eysanck, Edward da467 words
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Advertisement328 1978-01-01 19 Good reading on lil ih from Penguin China the mosl populous nation in the world. Fast emerging as a major power in world politics. Isolated from the rest of the worjd for over two decades, world attention has nevertheless turned to this most enigmatic of nations time and again. Starting328 words
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Advertisement120 1978-01-01 19 NEW n '3 from Pengu w 1 Li L* L -L LUCIENNE LANSON This book it written for all women regardless of age, social position, educational level or sexual inclination. Here, at last is clear, accurate and sympathetic information from a gynaecologist speaking woman to woman in a book that120 words
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Miscellaneous234 1978-01-01 19 GARTH !LJL!J. VlrZamoe nfbrMßd IB POSTBO OT TUB TELEPHONE SWTCHBCAgD/ w i irm. w w (s I!' V WMBN XDU*Z« TWSBI 3fVS Mi -me OOOEO WONRL «NO WELL VO/B INBMOBB/ A Lli kidnap gang mcvB m... I \1 SB SOMBTHIN® IS WKONS. NPMiySH/TUS TBIfPWONBi ft N» -0 »v- >F 5234 words
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1159 1978-01-01 20 HIMOUR w th and no more gossips from you, Gloria, except the good ones A FRIEND who looks suspiciously like that actor on the Mandom ad took his son to a club kids' party. One of the highlights was the pony rlae.1,159 words
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Article, Illustration251 1978-01-01 20 Off Hie Record by CKT T EATING through the second Issue of "that gala hi-fi quarterly" The Craft of Sound (Just out, $3, published by Times Periodicals), I read of one contributor's years of pleasure and pain in the hobby. Pain? There la this fellow251 words
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Article168 1978-01-01 20 Arab hardliners denounced President Sadat's Christmas Day meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and called It a "summit of treason." High treason? New Year's Eve revellers In New Delhi greeted 1»78 with little alcohol and si —iilm of even less In future because of Prime Minister Desal's168 words
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Article, Illustration614 1978-01-01 21 Ivan Fernandez classifies the non-feathered variety. How do you fit in? BIRD watchers roving the streets and shopping centres of Singapore In pursuit of Its famed ornithological delights nave often been perplexed by the variety of specimens found here. And they have largely remained unclassified. It is to614 words
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Article, Illustration633 1978-01-01 21 GEOFFREY ABISHEGANADEN - mm A.I I > I I J 1 I 1 GEOFFREY ABISHEGANADEN AS ONE of a group on an "educational and recreational" tour of China, I was in Peking in October two years ago. This capital city still appears a timeless, somewhat dusty, glorified633 words
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Article, Illustration792 1978-01-01 22 Joanne Wills - Farrah Fawcett-Majors, the blue-eyed blonde who until recently starred In Charlie's Angels, is the victim of constant death threats. Now, she *nd her husband, Six Million Dollar Man Lee Majors, have fortified their Hollywood mansion against a reallife enemy who bears a mysterious—and perhapFeatures International - 792 words
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Article, Illustration625 1978-01-01 22 Edgar Koh - JjJJ By I Edgar Koh fTHE POSEIDON ADA VENTURE (Midnight at Cathay) obviously is brought back Just for its New Year's Day disaster. It was a film we thought we'd .all said auld lang syne to nearly five years ago. Sorry to bore you with625 words
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Article, Illustration663 1978-01-01 23 Alex Josey - Book Page MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE. By Laurence E. Morehouse and Leonard Cross. Simon and Schuster. 1977. 352 pp. US$B.95. or, for that matter, in anything else By Alex Josey iy> YOU want to be a better lover? A better golfer?663 words
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Article, Illustration429 1978-01-01 23 Sarojini Kumarasamy - THE SLEEP OF LIFE. By Richard Gordon. Penguin. 1976. 305-pp. 85p. By Sarojini Kumarasamy mHE author also note the "Doctor" series. But this Is not a comedy. It Is the story of anaesthesia. Gordon, a former anaesthetist, pays tribute to429 words
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Article, Illustration606 1978-01-01 23 John Sturrock - By John Sturrock Observer LAZARUS By Andre M a I r a u x. Translated by Tei rence K i I m a r t i n (M a c d o n aid and Janes £6.25). |N 1973 Andre MalA raux, Gen. de Gaulle'sObserver - 606 words
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Article, Illustration501 1978-01-01 24 Brian Miller - HOCKEY Brian Miller TF THERE was an award for hockey player of 1977, T. Nanthakumar would win it hands down. This adroit striker was the toast of the hockey fraternity and nobody can deny that It was through his skills that Singapore shone on the501 words
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Article169 1978-01-01 25 AP MARTINA NAVRATILOVA, the best lefthanded woman tennis player in the world, hopes to start off the 1978 pro tour the same way she did last January with a victory. With high hopes of becoming No. 1. the 21-year-old Navratllova will de'end her championship this weekAP - 169 words
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Article50 1978-01-01 25 AFP MUHAMMAD AU on Friday became a father for the sixth time when his third wife. Veronica" Porche, gave birth to a daughter who weighed In at 3 kgs 500. The world heavyweight boxing champion has four other daughters and a son all by previous marriages. AFP.AFP - 50 words
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Article73 1978-01-01 25 Reuter BJORN BORG. and Chris Evert were named the top men's and women's tennis players in the world by Tennis magazine in Its 1977 rankings. The top 10 men: 1. BJorn Borg (Sweden); 2. Oulllermo Vilas (Argentina) 3. Jimmy Connors (US); 4. Brian Gottfried (U8); 5.Reuter - 73 words
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Article33 1978-01-01 25 AFP knock!)UT specialist Carlos Zarate of Mexico will defend his World Boxing Association W B A) bantamweight title against Callfornlanbased compatriot Alberto Davila in Los Angeles on Feb. 18—AFP.AFP - 33 words
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Article, Illustration389 1978-01-01 25 Peter Lo - Peter Lo RAHIM GUL, a coach at the Tanglin Club, has been named one of the world's top 20 professional squash players by the International Squash Players' Association. OeofT Hunt retains his top ranking, while the brilliant Qamar Zaman takes nurrtber two sDot from compatriot Mohlbullah389 words
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531 1978-01-01 25 INSIDE TRACK A TEAM of former English football internationals led by Martin Peters may play in Singapore in May, it was reported last week. We have heard similar stories before. First, it was the Bobby Charlton Invitational XI that ope Tied negotiations with531 words
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Article, Illustration624 1978-01-01 26 Reuter JAPAN, which has lacked talented boxers for more than two years, Is heading for a busy new year with five world title matches between tomorrow and Feb 1. The Japanese boxers include Japan's only reigning world champion, Yoko Oushiken, who will be makingReuter - 624 words
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Article269 1978-01-01 26 WORLD SOCCER DUTCH superstar John Cruyff has come under strong criticism from teammate Jan Peters for not wanting to go to Argentina to play for Holland. Peters condemned the campaign to try and persuade Cruyff to change his mind and Dlay In the World Cup. "It's269 words
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Article, Illustration430 1978-01-01 26 Lim Kok Ann - Lim Kok Ann THE word "CheckA mate" Is derived from the ancient Persian words "Shahmat," meaning, "the King is dead." TO surround the enemy King and deliver the final stroke requires, of course, a strong position with the attacking pieces In the right places. Yet, very often, one Is430 words
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309 1978-01-01 26 Tony Koh - BASKETBALL Tony Koh AFTER the dismal per formances of the various Singapore teams In 1977, the Basketball Association of Singapore should take steps to ensure that they are not duplicated this year. It is time for the officials in the various committees of309 words
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Article634 1978-01-01 27 Alfred Tong - TENUIS TALK Alfred Tong "IT'S almost in--1 decent." With those words, the chairman of the All England Club, 81r Brian Burnett, announced Increases in prise money for this year's Wimbledon championships. In wha» amounts to an overall Drlse increase of £43,432 ($182,414), the men's singles winner will634 words
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Article, Illustration700 1978-01-01 27 Roy McKelvie - By Roy McKelvie Sunday Express UVONNE OOOLAQONO in tennis she uses her maiden name rather than Mrs Cawley is on her way back. For the next two years "until I have my second baby" she poses the biggest threat to Chris Evert, Virginia WadeSunday Express - 700 words
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Article, Illustration550 1978-01-01 27 Gary Kale - Gary Kale UPI PROFESSIONAL tennis star Sandy Mayer would love to turn the clock back 11 years to a certain meeting with Jimmy Connors. "We were playing In the under-14 boys division and It's the only time I ever beat Connors," recalls the 25S ear-oldUPI - 550 words
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Article, Illustration706 1978-01-01 28 Brian Glanville - Look out for Fischer,. Muller and company By Brian Glanville WHEN Gerd Muller turned on the ball, shot a second time, and beat the Dutch keeper Jongbloed to win West Germany the 1974 World Cup, he 4r%* demonstrating the priceless Importance of a striker. After706 words
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Article550 1978-01-01 28 Gerard Loughran - Gerard Loughran UPI O RACEFULLY lift* its cement profit another colossus of sporting architectonic proportion. A dedepurate design including the most advanced technologycal concepts to provide to the trig stadium the greatest comforts and armony. lit AH DEL PLATA Is an Argeptlne resort town of hotelsUPI - 550 words
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Article, Illustration977 1978-01-01 29 Tan Kim Seng - ATHLETICS Tan Kim Seng TWO meets will dominate the new athletics season. Top biTlng, of course, goes to the Asian Games. But In view of the stiff standards that are going to be set, It Is unlikely that many Singapore athletes will977 words
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Article1205 1978-01-01 29 UPI 'THE Inaugural World x Cup last September provided the competitive highlight of the 1977 Athletics year but the chaiqploiF ships (at Dusseldorf, West Germany) suffered in that they were restricted in entry in each event (one per team) and mandatory representation by non worldclass performers which meantUPI - 1,205 words
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Article1084 1978-01-01 30 SADDLEBACK flnally found his right form at Penang yeaterday when ne scored a narrow win In Race 4. Formerly named Ounong Kawl. the three-year-old by Virginia Boy came with a sustained run In the last 600 m to beat the favourite. CONNECTION (O. Podmore).1,084 words
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Article253 1978-01-01 30 Joyce Tan - Joyce Tan mHE ClTll Service net--1 ball tournament, better known aa the lnter-mlnlstry competition for the Nglera Tong Dow trophy, starts this weekend at the National Stadium courts. As in previous years, there will be two dlvlslons. In division one will be Defence, the defending champions, Education,253 words
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Article279 1978-01-01 30 Gerry Chan - BADMINTON Gerry Chan TOROM the look of things, Singapore are unlikely to host the Asian Badminton Confederation (ABC) championship in July. Since announcing their decision to organise the championships after the last AOM, the Singapore Badminton, Association have not, apparently, done anything. And now they have suspended279 words
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Article270 1978-01-01 30 Ernest Frida - Ernest Frida rHAS been another miserable year lor Singapore golf. The natlona l team put up a pathet' performance to flnl&h ninth among the 10 teams that took part In the Asian team championship at Kuala Lumpur last May. Then In November, they again played badly to270 words
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Article303 1978-01-01 31 ABC guide to today's runners A Abductor tot! Arttattc S Air More** N 7 Al Coder t Alabama Leal .1 Aepkeden 7 Auric name II T Bayonet Race 0 c Charty MBoy Race g Colombo Court II g Corinthian t Cool Cumri y D DtocoKM ....Race 1 E Kuphorick Race303 words
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207 1978-01-01 31 By Scrutineer rnRAINER Teh Choon Beng, *> who has already won six of the classics, can cap a great season by winning the $71,500 Governor's Gold Cup (Race 6). over 2000 m with his REGAL TAN at Penang today. Regal Tan, who wonBy Scrutineer - 207 words
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2812 1978-01-01 31 RACE 1 1 3241 a 3170 ***** ***** 404 2290 HIM »)f MX 7 00*0 «ni9 woo 1 MSI »> TkMH Mwrti tklata II (Courilng Kim Atutln): 2nd to Not Oullty over 1200m Ipoh July, good: 4th to King Comedy over 1200m good,2,812 words
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Article89 1978-01-01 31 BB1AN MILIXB 7AIBWAT Bam 1: Twnpalton Shlnta Houae Bus Houm Bug HOom Bog «mi t: IM OwitiM LM VefM Ffait Generation LM VetM Flirt Oainilii Warlike Oeetare IM S: Otymmk) 8M* ArtMtlc Artistic Corinthian Olympic Saac Mabrouk Artirtie Corinthian ■•n 4: Km V.ii. Thiam Hock nniie war Ttm Bien89 words
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Article, Illustration1067 1978-01-01 32 SPORTS NATION Reuter qnHE courageous return 4to world cham- plonshlp form by racing driver Nikl Lauda, the rise of American wonder Jockey' Steve Cauthen, some spectacular athletics records and Increased demands for "player power" were the sporting highlights of 1977. It wu a boom year for teamReuter - 1,067 words
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Article173 1978-01-01 32 Reuter tl/HATEVER thrills and surprises 1978 provides, the key event of the year will be the Werld Cup soccer finals In Argentina. For the last two years over a hundred teams have battled for the 14 qualifying places alongside the two automatic entries, hoots ArgentinaReuter - 173 words
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Miscellaneous135 1978-01-01 28 Capricorn (DM tt—Jan 20) Casual conversation with a stranger may give you an Idea which, if properly developed, could be of great benefit to you. You will be satisfied to hear from a mutual acquaintance that your chief speaks very highly of you. You would make It easier for you135 words
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Miscellaneous423 1978-01-01 28 Pisces (Feb 2ft—Mar 20) You should make considerable headway during the first weeks of the new year If you arv very careful not to take the wrong turning. A financial matter may be the cauae of friction in the family and you must make an attempt to settle if once423 words
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