New Nation, 6 January 1978

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    18 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Friday, January 6, 1978 No. 2150 Price 25 cents M.CT (P) 216/1/78 FRIDAY. JANUARY 6. 1978
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  • Article
    Exports offensive
    427 1  -  Mission a month drive planned N by the Trade Dept By Rav Dhaliwal Singapore's Trade Department Is organising the blggestever exports offensive this year with 13 Buy Singa-pore-made campaigns around the world, twice the number last year, including for the first time one In South America. Most of
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    Lock icon Dollar dawn
    45 1 AFP Tokyo, Fri. The US dollar opened today at 240.70 yen, down from yesterday's close of 241.20 yen on the money market here. The drop In the value followed yesterday's steep rise against the yen from Wednesday's all time low of 237.00 yen.—AFP.
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    Lock icon Alexandra shops fire
    100 1 Mere than 20 firemen were this morning fighting a fire spreading across a row of line-roofed shophouses opposite Alexandra Hospital. The fire started at about 10 a.m. and at press time it was still raging. It was not immediately known how many people were made homeless or
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    New blast
    37 1 London, Friday Cambodia today accused neighbouring Vietnam of occupying towns and villages In the Parrot's Beak salient and replacing local cadres with what It described as remnants of hooligans of the old Cambodia society.— Reuter.
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    'Tail' found
    39 1 Bombay, Friday The Indian navy said yesterday it had found the tall section of a crashed Air India Jetliner which could contain the flight recorder showing why it went down in the sea off Bombay last Sunday.
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    Lock icon Arafat in surprise meeting with US officials
    248 1 Agencies Damascus, Friday Palestinian guerilla chief Yasser Arafat held a surprise sevenhour marathon meeting yesterday with visiting US congressmen, the official Palestine Liberation Organisation news agency Wafa said. Diplomats said the very fatt that Mr Arafat had met the congressmen Indicated that the
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    Freed yacht for S'pore
    112 1 The American yacht carrying three crewmen Just released by Vietnamese authorities, Is expected to arrive In Singapore next week. A U8 Embassy spokesman said the Brtlllg lett the port of Vung Tau on the southeast coast of Vietnam at 6.30 a.m. on Wednesday. "The trip Is
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    STOCK MARKET
    105 2 Dull trading prevailed at the Stock Exchange of Singapore (luring the first 45 minutec today, with shares prices moving on a slightly easier bias. Interest dwindled to a trickle as speculators sidelined. Nanyang Press eased one cent to 91.89 and Sin Chew was unchanged at 9198. BUSINESS DONE:
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    Bonded warehousing scheme scrapped
    296 2 The Port of Singapore Authority has scrapped Its proposed bonded warehousing scheme because of poor response from local banks. A PSA spokesman said the proposed bonded space at the Paslr PanJang warehouse complex Is now used for normal warehousing to meet Increased demand. The concept of
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    Scene of death
    58 2 This is the mess left behind after a fifht in which a man was stabbed to death. Police said a man visited the flat of the dead man in Bendemeer Road at about 9 p.m. A quarrel started, resulting: in a fight. Police have a detained a
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    Hot words expected at brokers' meeting
    340 2  -  By Lee Yew Meng Hot words are expected to be exchanged tomorrow when stock-brokers from 19 broking firms meet at the extra ordinary meeting called by the Stock Exchange of Sipgapore to discuss the feasibility of setting up a central clearing house. It Is
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      23 2 To to To to draw No 1/78: Five out of 49—48, 9, 6, IS. 45. Additional No 16 Three Circles 41, 16, 37.
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      208 2 Singapore Sweep The draw for the Singapore Sweep No 1/78: FIRST PRIZE ($400,000) No *****40 SECOND PRIZE ($150,000) No *****54 THIRD PRIZE ($75,000) No *****17 JACKPOT NUMBERS (each $10,660) *****35 *****21 *****74 *****65 *****13. LUCKY NUMBERS (each $5,666) *****01 .*****39 *****55 *****46 *****67 £*****2 *****91 *****84 *****20 *****16. GIFT PRIZES
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    Customs find 22 underaged girls working in bars
    233 3 Twenty-two underaged girls were found working as bar waitresses during Customs raids last year. Under the law. bars cannot employ girls under 17. The youngest waitress found last year In a bar In 8e ran goon Road was only 14. The parents
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    Tourists' delight...
    278 3  -  They flock to Chinatown, Sungei Road for shopping m Ting Hi Keng nDMnatown and gMOgl Road have bettpMtevourite shopfor tourmany tourUKSraes can be seen in these two buses come jSSmtta as Thailand ■fgafcrs from Penang. Nec3#toe days, there as 20 buses ■7' People s Park in "Business has
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    112 workers claim $500,000 from firm
    398 3  -  By Ivan Lim About 112 Singing pore citizens OCK permanent on contract Jobs 3K the Saudi ArnhjLipjg port of Jeddah Hp cently, are taki&g] legal action to recosos $500,000 in wages, rest day pay and incentive payment! from a sub-contract* lng company. They are
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    SC counselling service
    121 3 The Special Constabulary Is to expand Its drug counselling service to all eight police land divisions from this month. It will boost the strength of the squad from 300 to 800, with volunteers from the various divisions. Sources said the squad, which is now attached to the
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    WHERE CABBIES CAN REFUSE TO G0...
    100 3 The Registry of Vehicles said yesterday that taxi drivers may refuse to pick up fares going to "notorious" places after dark. An ROV spokesman defined "notorious" places as those where taxi drivers were often being robbed. Sources said among the more notorious places are
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    On squash
    37 3 A film on squash will be screened at the Queenstown branch library on Jan 11. Another film on swimming will be shown on Jan 18. Both films begin at 7.90 p.m. and admission Is free.
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      84 3 am Ujr T* Jan 6 7 7-'/,,// Ming Court Hotel celebrates La Fete des Rois in French tradition. and queens. Nke i|WPPHVi Plf •*'< l i-\ Our French chef Monsieur Lemolne is baking a special cake Galette des Hois which will be presented complimentariiy to dlners.on these two evenings. Let
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    $9.31 pay day shock for hospital worker
    314 4 Pay-day for hospital worker Radln Supadl was also a "pay-out" and In the end, he went homo with only only M.SI In his poeket. All story of tkr Tan Took Senf Hospital employee came to light la a iters letter sent to the
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    'Rocky' in US college list
    144 4  -  By Suresh Nair Former national soccer kiar Lim Tien Jit, now doing his final year In business economics In the United States, was among IS students honoured this rr with membership "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. The 13 from Rocky Mountain
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    Refresher courses for cops?
    220 4 All police offloets may have to attend refresher courses periodically. This is one of the propoeals put up by a committee set up last year by the Ministry of Home Affairs to renew training for police officers. The committee's objective is to see If there is
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    Lock icon Police quiz hotel men in KL
    344 4 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Prlday More than 100 of Kual Lumpur's small back-street hotels have been branded by police as dens of vice and crime where gangsters have set up their headquarters. Police chief Datuk Mansor Mohamed Noor recently called In the proprietors of 128
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    Union to present 109 bursaries
    145 4 .The Public Dally Rated Health Workers' Union will give away 109 bursaries to members' children st a presentation ceremony to be held at the National Theatre tomorrow at 7.50 p.m. The bursaries which are worth $60 each will bo handed out by the NTUC Secretary
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    3 school children died in this bus crash
    128 4 Tliis is the bos in which three schoolchildren died when it crashed with another feu at the 42 km IpohTeluk Anion road on Tuesday. Among the three were a 18 year old schoolgirl, Chan Lai Chee, who was on her way home
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    $20m up in smoke last year
    302 4 Properties worth about $20 million went up In flames last year. The biggest in terms of property loss vu the six-hour blase which destroyed the Thiam Joo painty faCwOry in Jurong The damage was estimated at SS million. It took 80 firemen and 12
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    71 tariff cuts a 'first step'
    214 4 By Gerry de BUva Tariff cuts on 71 Items traded among ASEAN member*, which took effect on New Year's Day, should be viewed as the first step of a long-term experiment In trade liberalisation, according to officials here. "It is not for Immediate gain,"
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    Lock icon Jungle girl
    184 5 14 years to get over love af f air Reuter AFP Jakarta, Friday An Indonesian girl, given up for dead more than 14 years ago, has been found alive in the jungles of Aceh, North Sumatra, the local KNI News Agency reported yesterday. It said the girl, who
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    Lock icon Border war: No arms aid by Big 2
    416 5 Only verbal support —US officials AP Washington, Friday The Soviet Union and China appear to be withholding any direct arms aid or other tangible support for the rival Cambodian and Vietnamese troops en- gaged In a border war, US officials said yesterday.
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    Lock icon Mekong River project
    91 5 AFP Mekong, Friday A declaration -was signed yesterday in Vientiane by representatives of Thailand. Vietnam, and Laos, to set up a committee to further the development of the Mekong River project, a diplomatic sources said yesterday. The declaration, implementing an agreement singed in Bangkok last April, calls
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    Lock icon SALT pledge to Europe
    228 5 Reuter 'Omaha Beach (France), Friday President Carter yesterday injected new warmth into Franco American relations with a firm pledge that US troops will continue to defend the freedom of Western Europe. He backed up this commitment with an assurance that the US will protect the security
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    Lock icon Mediate call by Albania
    81 5 Reuter Vienna, Friday Albania yesterday appealed to China to mediate in the Cambodian-Viet-namese conflict. The official communist party newspaper Zerl I Populllt in Tlrena said Albania hoped "that People's Republic of China will offer to mediate in order to settle the dispute in a fraternal way
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    Lock icon HK 'no' to flights over Hanoi
    146 5 Reuter Hong Kong, FridayHong Kong will not allow Tnal International flights across Vietnam to land here until agreement has been reached with tne Vietnamese authorities on air traffic procedures, a civil aviation spokesman said yesterday. The Thai airline is reported to be planning to
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    Lock icon Bhutto spends 50th birthday in jail
    150 5 UPI Islamabad, Friday Deposed Prime Minister Bhutto spent hla 50th birthday in Jail yesterday accused of murder, while his supporters clashed with police in malor cities in a big major offensive against the military government that ousted Mr Bhutto. The worst confrontations were reported
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    Lock icon Union to call off strike
    228 6 Firemen give up claim AP London, Friday Leaders of Britain's fire brigades' union gave up their claim for a SO per cent pay hike last night and said they will ask the country's 33,000 regular firemen to call off a 54-day-old strike. Earlier, the union
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    Lock icon West Bank leaders: We won't accept Hussein
    381 6 Reuter AFP Tel Aviv. FridayLeaders In the occupied West Bank of the Jordan said yesterday they could never accept Jordan's King Hussein as a representative of Palestinian Arabs in Middle East peace talks. They said the PLO Is the sole representative of their
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    Lock icon How Israel can hasten M-E peace: Fahd
    200 6 UPI New York, Friday. Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia has said an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories will facilitate chances for Middle Bast peace. Israel "should think logically and constructively and withdraw from the Arab territories that it has occupied since 1967,"
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    Lock icon Coldwave
    31 6 AFP Dacca, Friday Two people have died so far in a coldwave In the south-western districts of Pabna and Jessore in Bangladesh where the temperature fell on Wednesday to 6.7C—AFP.
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    Lock icon DAYAN TO MEET POPE
    78 6 AFP Vatican City, Friday —Pope Paul, and Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Day an will discuss the future of Jerusalem and the holy places here on Jan 12, highly-placed church sources said yesterday. The Pope, according to observers here, Is ready to accept any solution relating to
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    Lock icon Now the Chinese can buy tickets at cinema
    155 6 AFP Peking, Friday—Peking cinemas have seen a big ohange since Jan 1 as people can now buy tickets at the door. Cinema tickets were previously distributed by production units and cinema box offices had only a few places. Trips to the cinema
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    Lock icon Buddha figures
    44 6 AFP Bangkok, Friday—More than 100 gold Buddha figures and other artifacts were discovered on Wednesday In a mysterious cave In the southern Thai province of Nakhon Sri Thammarat. A young man discovered them quite by accident while hunting oats with a slingshot.—AFP
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    Lock icon TODAY
    134 6 UPI TODAY Is Friday, jan 6, the sixth day of 1978 with 359 to follow. THE MOON is approaching its new phase. THE MORNING STABS ara Mercury, Mars, Venus and Saturn. THE EVENING STAB is Jupiter. Those born on" this date are under the sign of Capricorn. American poet
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    43 6 Reuter London, Friday Florrle the eat got her revenge on British Airways yesterday. The airline was fined £150 ($675) for allowing her to be flown to London from Tel Aviv in a basket so small she eou.d not stand properly.—Beater.
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      245 6 >rV 5henrri€ A "t Bu m<5i 'Mei Lin: What are you buying with your bonus? Ah Fook: Nothing. I'm saving it for my old age. Mei Lin: Apakah yang anda beli dengan bonus anda? Ah Fook: Tidak ada apa-apa. Soya hendak berjimat untuk hari tua. FOOTNOTE: Chinese it o tonal
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    Lock icon Fukuda forecasts accord with US
    404 7 ...on differences over bilateral trade imbalances UPI Tokyo, Friday Prime Minister Fukuda yesterday predicted Japan and the US will reach agreement on bilateral trade imbalances when President Carter's trade specialist comes to Tokyo next week. "After several months of trade negotiations," Mr. Fukuda said, "Japan
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    Lock icon FLAMINGO SWING
    76 7 Despite all the problems about trade barriers and the yen, Japanese Premier Fnknda has still time for some baseball. Here he Is seen demonstrating the one-legged swing—or the flamingo swine—at his private residence In Tokyo. And looking on is Sadaharn Oh who slammed his way Into the record
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    Lock icon American irony...
    89 7 Reuter Washington, Friday American trade official Frank Weil knows at first hand why the US is running a US$B billion ($18.4 billion) trade deficit with Japan. Mr Weil, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, told a Los Angeles audience yesterday he could not resist a chuckle when a colleague brought
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    Lock icon Earnings rocket at Levi's
    83 7 AP San Francisco, Friday —Levi Strauss and Company, the blue jeans manufacturer, reported record sales and earnings for Its entire 1977 fiscal year. The firm said it earned U5129.8 million ($304.5 million) or U55.87 a share, on sales of US$l.56 billion for the 12-month period ending
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    Lock icon Bomb blasts
    18 7 Reuter Belfast, Friday Three bombs exploded in central Belfast yesterday, badly damaging a row of shops.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'Chile polls rigged'
    157 7 UPI Washington, Friday The US yesterday accused the Chilean government of rigging the election that gave President Augusto Pinochet's military regime an overwhelming vote of confidence on Wednesday. "We believe as a matter of principle that any election should offer all parties sufficient guarantees to present their
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    Lock icon We are not a close family, says Billy Carter
    211 7 Marathon 24-hour interview with Playgirl Reuter Los Angeles, Friday Billy Carter, beer-drinking brother of the US President, said in a magazine interview published yesterday that the Carters were not a very close family. "None of us talk much to each other,"
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    Tilting in favour of Sadat
    412 8 The Palestinian Issue remains an obstacle to a Middle East settlement, with Egypt, Israel and the US In a semantic tangle over the problem. A comprehensive agreement Is as remote as before with the rejection by the Soviet Union, the Palestine Liberation Organisation and hardline
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    Occupational hazards
    103 8 rs>, How many would-be applicant* were about to answer the Straits Times/Business Times/ New Nation advertisement for reporters and sub-editors cm Page 7 of Wednesday 1 New Nation, which read: "Join the exciting world of Journalism? n Then hesitated when they read 0n Page 6. the news Item
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    Singing generals
    210 8 What do Indonesian generals do In peace time? They sing, according to the Indonesian Times. At a gathering of garudas, I mean, eagles, one general after another strode up to the rostrum not to bark out orders, but to sing a song. First, Indonesian Army strategic command chief
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    Puffing success
    93 8 Thai*' smoking habits do not make them financially better off. and M they smoke their money and health away, the Thai Tobacco Monopoly counts Its Income In terms of millions .of baht. Thais smoke about 1200 million packages of cigarettes wirth 6100 million baht ($732 million) a year.
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    Can you help, CATS?
    178 8 They might not have been Mona Lisas but they obviously sufficed. At a recent exhibition of paintings held in Bandung, the central theme was: Who's afraid or a Cat? Of 72 works, 40 were paintings of felines. The paintings on display at the Taman Ismail Marzukl
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    REVOLUTION IS THE BEST-SELLER
    721 8  -  FRIDAY WITH ALEX JOSEY ALEX JOSEY 7rom all accounts the Chinese are a rebellious lot. They look upon good government as a human right. If they get It, they revolt. Much of China's history Is a tale of perpetual revolution. The characters for revolution are "doming."
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    The fire officer's trouble with bald tyres...
    144 8 The offence was driv- lng a car without reasonable consideration and colliding with a mo-tor-cycle. Chng Oeok Lim. the motor-cyclist, had stopped his vehicle at a Junction when he was knocked frocrt the rear by a car driven by Nunls. It was only
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    Medicine men go back to school
    140 8  -  ASEAN ASIDES by Tan Bah Bah Patients In rural Philippines may soon have difficulty getting to see their local medicine man, who will be going back to school for refresher courses. According to the Filipino newspaper Bulletin Today, herbolarlos traditional medical practitioners will soon
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    Lock icon Cabinet has come out stronger after reshuffle
    1615 9  -  V. K. CHIN analyses implications of Hussein's new line-up V. K. CHIN Malaysian Business Times Kuala Lumpur: The Cabinet reshuffle last week will not merely strengthen the administration of Datuk Hussein Onn. but should also play an important part In determining the lineup
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      Shot in the arm for drama scene
      773 10 / 11 w The Arts The Ministry of Culture's 10-month-old Drama Committee which was set to promote the development of drama has moved into. top gear this year which will certainly perk up the drama scene here. Formed only In March last year the committee
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      Back to the place where the food is good
      737 10 / 11  -  p < Latiny out Moderately priced meal, easy parking the main attractions v.o. Last week I paid a return visit to Food Alley as I find It a conducive place to have a moderately priced meal with friends and parking is
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      All set for Tony's big, big show
      464 10 / 11  -  Sundown scene ui I h Jennifer Schoon Three months ago the Neptune engaged a' new director and chore ographer Anthony Then, a local dancer who returned home after several years abroad and this month we see his first full scale production. He has
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    Japan to mend Hanoi ties with a 'gift'
    561 12  - Japan to mend Hanoi ties with a 'gif t' By Swadesh de Roy New Nation's Tokyo correspondent Tokyo: Japan Is writing off 154 billion yen ($l5O million) it considers Hanoi owes it. This unilateral gesture, considered a gift In Tokyo and mere book-keeping in Hanoi, will remove a three-year-old diplomatic
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    Lock icon How to add 30 years to your average lifespan
    673 12  -  By Peggy Polk UPI Moscow: Soviet specialists believe that man Is capable of adding some 30 years to his average lifespan. According to academician Dmitry Chebotaryov, director ol tha Kiev Institute of Geron- tologv, medical care and social conditions are important.
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    Lock icon Macao acts to stamp out its greedy 'loan sharks'
    628 12  -  By Paul Majendle Reuter Macao: Floundering gamblers adrift In Macao's neon-lit "fiilnffli have always been easy prey for voracious "loan sharks". But times they are a-c.hangln'. For the Portugueee authorities in thlrf tiny gambling lfeeca hate brought in SUIT new legist
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    Lock icon Flexitime—it works but has its snags
    805 13  - Flexitime —it works but has its snags The beginning of the end of the nine-to-five job in Singapore was when the civil service introduced Stagatime as a means of easing traffic congestion dliring peak hours. Today, 100,000 workers In both government and private sectors start work as early as 7.30
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    Lock icon KOREANS HIT TARGET AND SURPRISE EVEN THEMSELVES
    419 13 New York Times Seoul: Half the sweaters sold In Sweden, 90 per cent of the wigs that Americans buy each year and 70 percent of the Ashing rods that the Finnish use come from South Korea. They are among 1300 items that Korea
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    Lock icon Cough—and you may live
    417 13 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles: Coughing may prevent sudden death after a heart attack.^. Doctors Michael Criley and Daniel Brown have accumulated evidence that deeo cough every second of so forces flood through the heart and brain during the crucial period after a heart attack when
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    Lock icon Economic woes are 'serious'
    247 14 —but we can tackle them, says Thai bank governor r Business News and Views Reuter Bangkok, Friday Thailand faces serious economic problems, particularly In the agricultural sector, this year, but it is well prepared to tackle them, according to Bank of Thailand Governor Dr Sanoh Unakul.
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    Lock icon US stock exchange fraud: Nine arrested
    245 14 Reuter New York, Friday Nine floor traders of the American Stock Exchange were arrested yesterday on charges of entering false options trades on the exchange's tape. New York State Attorney General Louis Lefkowlta said the arrest followed Indictments by a grand Jury charging the
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    Lock icon Bomb scare at exchange
    46 14 Reuter Parte, Friday The Parte Stock Exchange was hurriedly evacuated yesterday after, en anonymous caller said a time bomb ints due to explode there at any moment. A search of the building was launched by police sappers but no bomb was found.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon A bad year for steel and iron industry
    301 14 1978 WON'T BE BUTTER, SAYS U.N. COMMISSION Reuter Geneva, Friday—The world iron and steel industry had a bad year In 1977, and there is little liope that 1978 will be any better, according to a United Nations body. The UN's Economic Commission
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    Lock icon 12pc jump forecast
    62 14 Reuter Pittsburgh, Friday The chairman of US Bteel Corporation, the largest American pro-ducer,-yesterday forecast a rise In steel consumption this year of about 12 per cent. Mr Edgar Bpeer said US consumption should Increase "moderately In 1978 to perhaps 112 million tonnes." The American Iron and Steel
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      PARIS
      68 14 Closing prices In francs on the Paris Bourse yesterday: P-nbas 134.50 +0 80 Fonder 283 —1 HiinUmps 35.90 +1.10 Bull 24 +1.30 Royal Dutch 265.70 +4.70 Mlchelln 1121 +35 COB 249.50 +4.50 Thomson 130 +4.20 CFP #7 +2 Rhone 51.50 +1.50 Air 241 +1 BSN 384 +12 Philips 54.50
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      49 14 Union Bank of Switzerland Zurich mmmzmmmi |ij:» M H Juven ft B. 188 Nestle B. 3600 +8fi Interfood B. 3300 60 Clba-Qeigy B. 1100 +88 Baby Roche 8700 325 Sandoz B. 3990 25 BBC 'A' 1620 +45 Sulwr 382 1 Alusulsse B. 1290 +60 Bond-Invest 68K Ponsa 84%
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      267 14 The stock market sutlered Its third consecutive 19 <8 loss yesterday when a rally sparked by US support of the dollar abroad ran out of steam. Trading was active. The Dow Jones industrial average, ahead more than six points at the outset, dropped B.QO points to 804.92. In
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      32 14 UPI Dow Jones closing averages on the NYSE yesterday: SO industrial 804.93 (off 8.06); 80 transport 313.87 (off 1.46); 15 utilities 110.63 (off 0.33); 6S stock 360.71 (off 3.36). DPI.
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      238 14 AFP Share prlcee advanced sharply and widely on the Tokyo Stock EX- change market yesterday with the Dow Indicator recovering the 4900 yen mark lost two weeks ago. The upswing was led by Issues expected to benefit from a change In the denomination of the yen and export oriented
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    325 14 US marks up with new buys Reuter New York, Frlda'y The US was buying dollars with marks yesterday morning, helping to maintain the upward momentum of the dollar achleyed by Wednesday's announcement that the government would intervene to prop up its currency. Currency dealers on the New York exchange said
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    191 14 UPI AFP London, Friday The American dollar contined to gain on European foreign exchanges yesterday. But on bullion markets In Zurich and London gold, slumped, closing in Zurich at US$165,125 an ounce, down US$7 from the previous close, and In London at US$166,125, down US$5.75. The dollar closed
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      Lock icon Borg through after a hot match
      557 15 |^^ifennis Reuter New York, Friday Sweden's BJom Borg beat Roscoe Tanner 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 in the most hotly contested match so far and Brian Gottfried defeated Raul Ramirez 6-7, 6-2 t 6-4 in the second round of the Grand Prix Masters tennis tournament here
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      183 15 UPI Moscow, Friday.—Lord Killanin, president of the Inter national Olympic Committee, said yesterday he was pleased with the progress the Soviet Union are making on construction for the 1980 Olympics. Killanin, who is visiting the Soviet Union, held a news conference attended by dozens of
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      52 15 Denver, Friday Se-cond-degree murder charges were filed formally yesterday against leading heavyweight boxer Ron Lyle for the New Year's Eve death of his former trainer. Jefterson County Judge James Zimmerman agreed to a preliminary hearing on Mar 13 but he denied another defence motion to bar any
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      133 15 I^Bioodng AP New York, Friday Muhammad All has formally filed an agreement with the World Boxing Council to fight Ken Norton, thereby avoiding being stripped of the heavyweight championship, Jose Sulalman, president of the WBC, said yesterday. "He has complied with the first part or
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      Gay Breeze fancied
      104 16 GAY BREEZE Is itroofly fancied to ■core a comeback win la Baoe i, the 17Mm 4 event for Clan C Division X horses at Ipoh tomorrow. The icven-jr ear-old ehe st nut Australian gelding by Western Wind has not won a race for more than a year,
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      438 16 a On the track Ipoh, Friday By FAIRWAY Martial Call, winner of two races In the lower classes In his last two starts, tackles a strong Class 2, Dlv 1 1200 m field on Sunday and looks good for a hattrick. The way this
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      110 16 SCRUTINEER BRIAN MILLER FAIRWAY BLUEGRASS ■ace I: First flhuM Canton Greea Oeeaa Bun bury First Princess Bee Full Can ten First Princess Rate t: rwJrtfpn'i Cham Jaime Fetert Ttajoni Template Here I Am One Two Three Jaime Fendraggon'* Charm Rug 1: D Cencorde 8IU Seeodarl Mia Maah) Bang Bens
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      151 16 r j Scratchingsl l a RACK ONE: 1H Class Z Dlv 5 Ulta Palm Green. Ttn-Vf, Ratlow, Battle Win, lW Answer, RACE TWO: t.M CUM IMv 4 IZOOm Vmkf Lacky V. Folyanna, Secret Minutes, Umytmt, Italian's Touch, Tartar, Km n. Kwsntan 111. Birthday Present FbUm Car. RACE THREE: IN
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      Only the best for this year's circuit
      625 17  -  TEE-UP with Lim Kee Chan The Singapore Golf Association Local Circuit this year will see a strong field of 52 selected professionals battling it out for attractive prize money. UlUlke previous years When all-comers were accepted, this year's eight-leg circuit will be fought
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      148 17 Colleen Bosley won the "A" Division of the Singapore Island Country Club women's golf competition with m nett <9 at the Bnkit Course yesterday despite a broken toe. Bhe broke her toe a'ter a fall at home on New Tear's day bat gallantly strangled through
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      224 17 -7 j nvii Kis Miof Cup first round draw at the BICC New Coune on Bun day lat tee. 7.45 ajm. —M. Lap (11) T. Mori (14); 7JI YC. Woo* (If) a Sakamoto (IS) 8. Kyle-Little 7J7 C.H. Loke (II) T. Takahaahl (II) R. Kdmonda (6); SOON/I 5
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      107 17 Keppet Oold Medal at Buktt Chermln tomorrow: 1.10 p.m. H. Mbchlsal (19) Chua Slan Bnr (33); 1.17 8. Burchflnd (7) Chua Uan Ho (14) John Marfana (9); 1.94 Tan Choong Tan (14) Paul OooSm (17) David Lau (19); 1J1 T. Obata (19) Twr Tuan Ann (19) Oah Ik
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      Hashim's big break
      402 18  -  Praises for Rajagopal K3 Soccer By JEFFREY LOW Fairer Park Unlted's Hashim Hosnl will get his big break tomorrow night when Singapore meet Pahpng In a Malaysia Cup tune-up match at the National Stadium. National coach Sebastian Yap yesterday said Hashim would be in the first Zl
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      Schools' soccer: Move to curb blacklisting
      562 18  -  By SURESH NAIR The Singapore Schoola' ell have recommdMr ed all schools adbtf* certain measures' «o* prevent the recu&K* rence of last blacklisting of Tne recomrn« n (}flflHH are set out in *cki'i annual rrport. taken by the the committee, ao<)M|H chairmanship of Pee
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      189 18 Soccer Reuter The Hague, Friday HoLapd yesterday protested to Argentina against the possibility of Italy being one of the four seeded nations in the World Cup soccer finals in June. The president of the Dutch Football Assoclation (KNVB), Wim Meuleman, said a telegram had been
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      358 18 K3 Soccer Reuter London, Friday—Former England striker Allan Clarke, out of football since early last year with a knee Injury, could be back in the Leeds United side to play Manchester City In the third round of the English Football Association (FA) Cup tomorrow. The
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      289 18 pj^j^Soccer Newly promoted HdMp Equatorial easily Mt/mb- ed MMoned a Business Housea OMK ■lon One match at /alga Beear yesterday. A beaming BQUgftgMv, convenor Mohqgflpef Lajam said: "Thle<fiM*f first match In. Bin On® and a win seasoned Rollel haa Mi> ly boosted the
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      46 18 London, Friday—Allen Batsford, •manager of England's newest football League club Wimbledon, resigned yesterday because of Interference by the club chairman Ron Noades. Wimbledon have made little Impact since being elected to the League and ar» currently fourth from bottom in the Division Four table.
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      295 18 Reuter Rawalpindi, Friday Pakistanis military ruler General Zla-Ul Him yesterday ordered a pay rise and generous expenses for Pakistan's Te st cricketers in an effort to meet players' grievances. And Sarfras Nawas, Pakistan's vice-captain who walked out on the lest team after a dispute with
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      558 17 a±j c: Cut along dotted lines i CLUES FOR FN 5 1. Official examiner of films, writing*, etc 2. Becoming fainter or weaker 3. Once it's been agreed to, there should be no backing out 4. Tyrannical ruler 5. Travelled by bike 6. A copy of a famous old picture
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      763 19  -  You've heard the voice behind German soccer, now meet the man By Judith Holmberg Nearly every TV viewer of German football must be cursing everytlme he hears these words high, wide and handsome. Many have said ."Oh, not again" when that deep, enthusiastic, but slightly
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      922 19 At the cinema THE LAST BEMAKE OF BEAU GESTE: A formidable -cast of funnymen star In this movie that has been applauded for its many gags and brilliant individual performances. This spoof on the famous novel is filled with surprises like the appearance of Gary Cooper from the original 1939
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      265 19 and around town VENEREAL DISEASE—documentary tilm show at the Changl community centre, 8 p.m. Admission free. ROAD SAFETY EXHIBITION at Bras Basah community centre, 8 p.m. Admission free. BLOOD DONOR SESSION at the Kuo Chuan community centre. 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. SINGAPORE IDENTITY—a talk at Rochore community centre, 7.30
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      443 19 BUILDING MATER- IALS ON DISPLAY at the Singapore Institute t of Architects Building Centre, Podium Floor. Block 19. Outram Park Complex, until 5 p.m. Admission free. SINGAPORE; -MADE PRODUCTS on display at the Singapore Manufacturers Association. Colombo Court Building. North Bridge Road, until 5 p.m. Admission free. I SALE AND
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    66 20 AH POOK: Judging from the reaction of the man who hit his former fiancee with a bottle and fractured her cheek when he was rejected by her, the saying should be changed to; "Hell hath no fury as a man scorned." MEI LIN: It'll also mean that when
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      949 20 AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 Happy N^^SLSHARRiCTV 3.H OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by HOUSEW I VIS MATURE: lftrst Lore (r). Hoklden iM INTEBMI88ION. 9.95 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by EXEBC18E 4 u y: in wj: r IN NEWS IN BRIEF. Ul HAZEL: Such A Nice Little Man (r>. C Comedy starring Shirley Booth.
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      207 20 Today's top shou/s (Ch. 5, 9.50 p.m. in colour). Oo•w 1 1 County, 1824. Kunta's daughter, Klzzy, la now the mother of a grownup son named George. She has a brief romantic interlude with another slave, Samuel, who takes her to the Reynolds' plantation. There she learns her father died
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