New Nation, 11 January 1978

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    Masthead
    24 1 New Nation ORE Wednesday, January 11, 1978 No. 2154 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 M VI (0) N VI lON "1 COMMENT J
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    Lock icon New US trade threat
    725 1 ...as tempers cool over Japan AP Reuter UPI AFP Washington, Wednesday > US Labour Secretary Ray Marshall yesterday said that import quotas and other trade restrictions are being considered to pressure foreign countries into meeting, minimum labour standards for wo r king conditions and wages. He
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    Lock icon Viet-Khmer war quietens down
    472 1 Agencies Bangkok, Wednesday Fighting has virtually ceased in Cambodia where V i e t n a mese forces, estimated at eight divisions, have established themselves in positions 10 to 40 km inside Cambodian territory, enabling them to defend the Vietnamese border. This was the analysis of
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    Lock icon Oil—'freeze stays'
    66 1 AFP Riyadh, Wednesday Crude oil prices will stay froien throughout this year, Saudi OH Minis ted Ahmed Zakl Yamani said here yesterday. He told newsmen that some members of the Organisation of Petrol e u m Exporting Countries wanted an extraordinary meeting on the subject but that the
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    CHEAPER MALAYSIA CUP TICKETS ?
    284 1  - CHEAPER MALAYSIA CUP TICKETS By K.K. Fong Cheaper grandstand seats for Malaysia Cup matches and a ticket sales system designed to prevent a recurrence of last year's stampede In which a man died—these proposals are being discussed among sports officials and the police. I understand that some officials feel that
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    Lock icon Newspaper editor shot dead
    102 1 Reuter Managua, Wednesday A newspaper editor who was a leading opponent of the regime of Nlcaraguan President Anastaslo Somoza was assassinated yesterday as he drove to work, his family said. Dr Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, editor of La Prensa, the country's largest dally paper, was stopped In
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      25 1 INSIDE Worst dressed women of the Tear Page 6 Shock report on Edgar Hoover Page 7 IN THE OTHER FAGEB: Moneywords. Crossword 16; Comics 18
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    'Acquire new skills'
    315 2  -  Union chief urges 600 from broking firms By Ivan Lim About 600 unionised employees of 11 broking firms, who are worried aoout the Implications of the proposed computerised clearing house scheme, have been urge# to learn new skills by their parent union. "This will enable them tov
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    Rocky builds shipsat sea
    101 2 Rocky builds ships—at sea Seaman Grant Morrell, 23, builds ship# on. board a ship. He Is one of the 114 men on the New Zealand survey ship, the Monowai, which is in Singapore on its way home from Scotland. Rocky, as he is known to his shipmates, spends about one
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    Lock icon Korchnoy two up with three to go...
    201 2 LKA Victor Korchnoy won the 17th game of his match against Boris Spassky in Belgrade yesterday when the game was continued trom Monday night. Korchnoy now leads by two points with three games to play and looks set to qualify for the world
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    STOCK MARKET
    116 2 Steady trading prevailed during the first minutes at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Pahang Consolidated was the pace-setter, Improving six cents to $1.68. Firm spots In the commodity sector Include Supreme Corporation and Consolidated Plantations BUSINESS DONE: Firat Section: PAN ELECTRIC (1)1.78. U. 0.8. (1) 2.88. S.
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    Bonsai sale
    37 2 An exhibition and sale of local Bonsai (cultured miniature Dot trees) will be held at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce from Jan 20 to 29 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. dally. Admission is free.
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    Write to me says MP
    146 2 An MP has asked his constituents to *rite to him and air tJheir views. Mr Goh Chok Tong. the Senior Minister of State (Finance) and MP lor Marine Parade, asked them to write and provide him with feedback. Constituents can write to him at his
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    $8 MIL TARGET BY UNION
    75 2 The Pioneer Industries Employees' Union (PIEU) plans to raise $8 million fn two years to support Its union house now under construction In Jurong. The eight-storey PIEU Unity House project is estimated at $8.5 million and scheduled to be ready by late 1979. The building
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    Drugs: Deal with it as world problem
    327 3  -  —says Holdridge By Terry Ang Drug abuse can only be successfully tackled If It Is seen as a global and not as a national or even regional problem. The United States ambassador here, Mr. John Holdrldge, said this at the opening of the
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    Call for action at the Golden Triangle
    416 3 Effective suppression of international drug trafficking will depend on the actions and cooperation of Burma, Thailand and Laos in curbing the cultivation of the poppy. This Is because they are the major suppliers. At the other end Is the addict and In between
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      107 3 It s about time you make-up with June •> vou v. 3i; "•tj« v: 3'-" v'-n' r "fs >'vi !/v ••XJ C Mr ij'>* i,'*i,p.. ior>-i t'-ocK you ■''Jn hovt* >'String .ij' v-e t eavP xrf ►> w 'OS *V't i > pit*'* C.'.' fJf r,( (j,, r *311 ifll
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    Lock icon Lady W does the tourist bit
    152 4 Lady Mary Wilson doing the tourist "thing" In Singapore a trishaw ride in Chinatown. Following la another trishaw fa Ml* OUria Jooeph, one of the two proteeol offloers, a security officer and tooriet (aide Mr Lin Kim Gan, who accompanied Lady Wilson on her
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    INCOME plans 3 campaigns
    322 4  -  ...to meet its sales target of $125 million this year By Jane Chew INCOME, the NTUC Insurance co-opera-tlve, has lined up three campaigns this year to meet its sales target of $125 million and they include sales talks at market squares. In an Interview wltn New
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    Lock icon ...and Sir Harold keeps a sentimental date at Levers
    241 4  -  By Sunny Wee Sir Harold Wilson too* time off from his crowded schedule yesterday to keep a sentimental date during his visit to Jurong. He made an unscheduled stop at the Lever Brothers Singapore factory in Jalan Boon Lay for a
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    Lock icon ASEAN-Japan talks
    67 4 Reuter Jakarta, Wednesday Senior ASEAN and Japanese officials yesterday ended their first dialogue on how to promote cultural cooperation within the regional alliance. An official spokesman said yesterday that a Joint study group for cul- tural cooperation has been formed among the flv*> ASEAN members. The group Is
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    'Go west by SIA' drive
    190 4 Singapore Airlines is to promote its United States service with a special publicity drive in New Delhi. The campaign will coincide with the annual conference of the Pacific Area Travel Association to be held there from Jan 23 to 26. This will be the first
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    Parade
    25 4 The Airport and Fire Rescue Service will hold Its inspection parade at the Paya Lebar Airport fire station on Jan 19 at 7.45 p.m.
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    Lock icon Europe Reds split over border war
    312 5 Yugoslavia denies backing Vietnam Reuter and UPI Vienna, Wednesday European coma.u.;lst parties appear to be divided over the fighting between the Vietnamese and Cambodians. While three Soviet bloc countries blamed Cambodia for the border war, Yugoslavia offlclaUy denied recent news reports that It supports
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    Lock icon Concern grows over Rome communists
    230 5 Reuter Rome, Wednesday American Ambassador Richard Gardner flew to Washington yesterday amid concern in the United States over communist demands for more power In Italy's government. He will see Secretary of State Vance for what one US diplomatic source here described as "not a routine
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    Lock icon Berlinguer gets death threat
    85 5 UPI Rome, Wednesday Right wing terrorists threatened yesterday to assassinate Italian Communist Party secretary general Enrico Berllnguer In revenge for the deaths of three neo fascist youths. The warning came as police stepped up security precautions In and around the capital In an effort to contain
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    Lock icon Talks on fighting
    57 5 North Vietnamese DeButy Premier Nguyen ay Trlnh (right) talks with Russian ambassador to Thailand Boris Ilylehev in Bangkok on Monday night. Mr Trinb is in Bangkok to discuss Thai Vietnamese relations, bat the earrent conflict with Vietnam Is bound to be mentioned, observers say. Russia backs Vietnam
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    Lock icon High anti-Israeli feeling in Cairo
    396 6 High antiIsraeli feeling in Cairo AFP Cairo, Wednesday The Joint IsraeliEgyptian military committee opens its first meeting here today with anti-Israeli feeling in the Egyptian capital at its highest level since President Anwar Sadat's trip to Jerusalem in November. Tension has risen sharply over plans for new Israeli settlement In
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    Lock icon Shah, Saud 'in close agreement'
    245 6 AFP Riyadh, Wednesday Saudi Arabia and Iran are In close agreement about the Middle East, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Baud A 1 Faisal said after what he called exhaustive talks here yesterday between King fchaled and the Shah of Iran. The Shah, speaking In Egypt
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    Lock icon A pledge
    29 6 UPI Yamlt (Israeli-occupi-ed Slnal), Wednesday An Israeli Cabinet minister yesterday told worried settlers the government has no intention of abandoning them In a peace settlement with Egypt.—UPL
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    Lock icon Sinai: A counter claim?
    126 6 UPI Jerusalem, Wednesday An advance party ot Egyptians arrived in Israel yesterday to prepare for the Palestinian round of the Cairo peace talks against a backdron of public demands by Egypt for Israeli compensation for oil extracted from occupied SlnaL Prime Minister Begin responded to the
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    Lock icon Farrah and Marie on 'worst dressed' list
    140 6 UPI Hollywood, Wednesday Far r a h FawcettMajors yesterday topped the list of 10 "worst dressed" women in the annual selections by Hollywood dress designer Mr Blackwell. "Enough splits In her dress for an earthquake," Mr Blackwell said of the actress 'of Charlie's
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    Desai visit
    29 6 New Delhi, Wednesday Prime Minister Morarjl Desai is likely to pay an official vis't to Australia in the second week of February, it was learnt here yesterday.
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    Lock icon Aground
    44 6 UPI Gloucester, (New Jersey), Wednesday A L 1 ber 1 a n registered tanker, the Tulsa Getty, loaded with 922,000 barrels of heavy African crude oil, yesterday ran aground ofT the Delaware Bay about 20.8 km west of Cape May, New Jersey. UPI.
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    Lock icon Oil find
    23 6 Reuter Accra, Wednesday—Oil has been found in commercial quality, in Ghana, the Ghanaian Head of State, General Ignatius Acheampong, said yesterday.—neuter.
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    Lock icon TODAY
    102 6 UPI TODAY Is Wednesday, Jan. 11, the 11th day of 1978 with 354 to follow. THE MOON Is between Its new phase and first quarter. THE MORNING BTARS are Mercury Venus, Mars and Saturn. THE EVENING STAR Is Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of
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    The Odd Corner
    49 6 Thousands of lonely woman soldiers have won the right to take a boyfriend back to their barracks. The US army in Britain has began a threemonth trial of what Is called DVP—the dormitory visitation programme. The only condition b that operations most end at It p.m.
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      278 6 Vi J I i 1 L m v V v i V\ AW £05 V vV > Ah Fpok: I like obedient and quiet children. Mei Lin: What you like are well-trained dogs. Ah Fook: Saya suka kanak-kanak yang patuh dan pendiam. Mei Lin: Apa yang anda sukakan adalah anjing-anjing
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    Lock icon Hoover's 'free' FBI workers
    392 7 Shock report by US Justice Dept AP Washington, Wednesday The late director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover, was yesterday accused by the Justice Department of accepting special favours and services from FBI employees and taking part with other former FBI officials in
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    Lock icon AMERICA TOLD OF INCREASE IN KGB ACTIVITY
    230 7 Reuter Washington, Wednesday Soviet Intelligence activity In the united States Is increasing, two leading Carter administration officials said yesterday. Attorney General Griffin Bell and CIA director Stansfleld Turner both referred to what they said was a build-up in the number of Bovlet KGB
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    Lock icon Sonoda, Kosygin in sharp Kremlin exchange
    154 7 AP Moscow, Wednesday. Japanese Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda and Soviet Premier Alexel Kosygin had "a sharp discussion" in the Kremlin yesterday during which each repeated his country's position on disputes over future treaties and Japan's territorial claims against the Soviet Union, Japanese officials said.
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    Lock icon Stuck to the spot
    48 7 AFP Liege, (Belgium), Wednesday Traffic In the main street here yesterday literally came to a sticky stop when a runaway lorry crashed Into a building and spilled several tonnes of glue onto the road. Firemen took several hours to clear away the mess. AFP.
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    Lock icon Police uncover SER—a wife swapping club
    145 7 UPI Talpeh, Wednesday Talpeh police recently cracked down on a wife swapping club but are haying a hard time finding which law makes it illegal. Police said they discovered the club, which calls Itself SER when a housewife identified only as Mrs Chou complained
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    Uncertain reality of a war
    418 8 Going by the dictum that winners seldom If ever complain to the United Nations, Cambodia Is presumably In at least some difficulty in Its war with Vietnam. Its official note on Monday to UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldhelm charged that the Vietnamese are engaged In barbarous
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      Yours tenderly...
      64 8 Tender notices are some of the most impersonal means of communication. The tender system was invented to eut out favouritism and personal feelings In the awarding of contracts. A colleague this week comided thai; when he was younger friirt much more romantic, he thought the tender notices he
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      Still one up
      48 8 Sexual equality, though more prevalent In Singapore than many trther countries, has yet to penetrate eertaln areas of society. One hotel has, on its ltth floor, the Empress Suite, and one floor above, the Emperor Suite. Bald a Mend: "No wonder it's called one upllANshlpt"
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    A MORE MATURE STAND ON CHINA
    654 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON Not long ago, I was asked to talk about contemporary China at a leading British girls' school, one with a reputation for fierce Intellectuality. I went with my usual talk about Mao and communism and Chinese modernisation, only
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    Why Japan's keeping clear
    622 8 f r —1 From WAW SH Dt Ksr> i>ui rmo til lofcyo 4 As Japan and US get set to talk of Asian security, this correspondent finds out... Japanese and US defence planners meet In Hawaii early next week to discuss Asian security and American strategies
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    Lock icon History of hatred that blew up...
    1060 9 The,Vietnam-Cambodia border war is one where the communist ideology has been eclipsed by national interest says this report AP Bangkok: Literal adherence to its revolutionary creed has pushed Cambodia into a bitter war with Vietnam, observers here say. The border conflict has shattered all
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    Lock icon When the CIA plants a 'crisis'
    666 9  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times The New York Times has run a series of articles on the CIA and the media. One of the revelations is that the agency had its own "disinformation department" charged with planting false stories in the newspapers through foreign
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    Midweek
    1030 10 / 11  -  Wednesday, Jan.11,1978. by H.L.Lim It's good to be reminded that people are sometimes not as nasty as they seem. (Surprised?) I vu in MacPherson Road one morning last week and had to get back to the office In a hurry. I hailed a taxi, NTUC Comfort blue. "Kim Seng
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    Lock icon Matching fashion
    454 10 / 11  -  How an ethnic costume can be given a new look WORDS: Jennifer Schoon Fashion designers have been having a heyday reviving ethnic themes and churning them out as high fashion. First we had the Chinese look followed by Russian peasant look, the gypsy fantasy and now Kerzo turns
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    Lock icon Family planning will work if...
    463 12 Worldwatch Washington: World birth rates will fall only if women are treated as full and equal partners in society, according to a new study, Women and Population Growth: Choice Beyond Childbearing, released recently in Washingtop. "If womeif do not have alternatives to motherhood, attitudes about
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    Lock icon Now it's the whites' turn to protest!
    1037 12 For years, America's blacks and other minority iroups have foufht an uphill battle against discrimination and for equal rights. The tables, according to this Los Angeles Times report, have turned, and whites are protesting against discrimination against whites. Los Angeles Times Washington: Robert
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    Lock icon 264 pages—all about the British
    706 12 Washington Post London: Of every three British girls under 20 reciting her marriage vows, one is already an expectant mother. Half of all British men tend gardens, a pasttime exceeded only by watching television and dining out. Britain has lost pride of place to Japan
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    Movie with Palma touch
    486 13  -  Cinema by Gloria Chandy OBSESSION: Cliff Robertson, Genevieve Bujold, John Li thgow, Wanda Blackman, Stanley J. Reyes. Directed by Brian de Palma. Screenplay by Paul Schrader. (Soon at Orchard). Director Brian de Palma, who started his career as a satirical director of the underground school turning
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      222 13 WalKarun! A brand new road race. You may walk part of the distance, then run the rest of the way to the finish. Or you may either walk or run all the way. Enter Walkarun! You'll enjoy it. And there's lots of prizes to be won! Here's the date: Sunday,
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    Lock icon Magistrate cracks Swiss bank secret
    287 14 He gets details of accounts as he probes alleged fraud r— Business Neus arid Views Reuter Rome, Wednesday An Italian magistrate has obtained details of numbered Swta bank accounts while investigating alleged fraud by one of Swltserland's biggest banks, an authoritative source said yesterday. It
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    Lock icon Malaysia, UAE sign pact for co-operation
    143 14 Reuter Abu Dhabi, Wednesday, MalaykUi ana tne United Arab feSnlrates (Uakj yesterday stt uo a Joint commission headed oy their respective lorelgn ministers to study ways of expanding cooperation between tne tvro countries. This would include possible' joint projects and UAE nnancing tor Malaysian
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    Lock icon Airline plans big cut in fares
    144 14 Reuter New York, Wednesday American Airlines yesterday proposed fare reductions of up to 43 per cent for 44 cities along the lines of Its transcontinental "super saver" The airline said the new fares, which It plans to Introduce on Feb 24 assuming the Civil
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    Lock icon $200m loan for KL
    55 14 AFP Kuala Lumpur. Wednesday—Prime Minister Datuk Hussein Onn said yesterday the Japanese government will provide Malaysia a MI2OO million loan under the lourth yen credit scheme following his recent visit to japan. He told the Malaysian Senate that, the agreement for the loan would be signed
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    Lock icon Sparkling record
    58 14 Reuter Tel-Aviv, Wednesday— Israeli exports of polished diamonds reached a record of more than US$l billion ($2.3 billion) last year, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce announced. In 1976, exports were worth Just under US$7OO million. The United States was the main customer, taking US$32l million worth last
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    Lock icon Money market
    157 14 UPI London, Wednesday— The dollar dipped slightly In light trading on European exchanges yesterday. The price of gold appreciated. In Frankfurt, the dollar slid- to 2.1340 marks from Monday's close of 2.1503. It was down In Zurich to 2.0110 Swiss francs to 2.0150. And In London the pound
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      NEW YORK
      293 14 .The Dow Jones Industrial average hit a 33month low yesterday as the stock market, plagued by rising Interest rates, fell for the sixth consecutive 1978 session despite two rally attempts. Trading was active. The Dow average up nearly four points at the outset knd around a Slnt in
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      34 14 UPI New York, Wednesday DowJooes closing averages on the NYBS yesterday: 30 industrial® 781.53 (off 3.03); 30 transport 305.74 (Off 0.87); Ift utilities 107.04 (off 0.44); eft stocks 371.74 (off 1.10). UPi.
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      161 14 AFP Prices yesterday dropEi on the Tokyo stock change, for the first retreat of the year, as Investors took profits. The 225-stock Dow Jones average lost 26.24 yen to 4.968.49 yen, JH* first setback in seven sessions. The wider-based TBE Index for the major, first section was down 1.55
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      PARIS
      69 14 Closing prices In French francs si the Paris Bourse: Oorbellle Part baa 139 +2 Fonder 285 +3 Prlntemps 39 05 +0.75 Bull KM +0.80 Royal Dutch 380 2.50 Mlchelln 1131 +S1 COB 255.50 3.50 Thomson 137 +7 CFP 98 30 +0.20 Rhone 53 +0.40 Air 247.50 +8.50 B8N 372.50
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      SYDNEY
      90 14 Sydney: Share prices fell heavily across the board In response to overnight falls on overseas exchanges and on reassessment of the outlook for domestic Interest rates, dealers said. BHP fell 14 cents to A 55.30, the National Five to $2.40 and the ANZ two to $3.22 while ICE, Tooth,
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      Lock icon ZURICH
      81 14 Union Bank of Switzerland, Zurich Closing prices In Swiss franca at the Zurich Stock Exchange: UBS Bearer 3370 —10 CBS Registered 616 •4- 1 SBC 431 .3 Credit Suisse 3340 10 Swissair B 806 6 Swiss Relnsur 3780 Wlnterthur B 3330 Zurich Insur. 8360 Juvena B. 183 Nestle B
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      Lock icon Recalled
      33 14 Reuter Wolfsburg (West Germany) Wednesday— The West German car maker Volkswagen said yesterday It has ordered a worldwide recall of 383,00 c* Golf and Sclrocco models for safety adjustments to their steering.—Reuter.
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      Lock icon Jobless
      37 14 Reuter Ottawa, Wednesday The number of people unemployed In Canada rose to 882,000 last month—B.s per cent of the work force compared with 840,000 In November and 754,000 the previous December, according to official figures Reuter.
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      Lock icon Tax halved
      38 14 Reuter Jakarta, Wednesday Indonesia has more than halved Its export tax on processed timber In an effort to boost overseas ■ales while at the same time Increasing the export tax on logs, Antara News Agency reported.—
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    Lock icon Now top US bank ups prime rate...
    203 14 UPI New York, Wednesday. —Bank of America, the nation'* largest bank, Increased Its prime lending rate yesterday a quarter point to 8 per cent, the highest level since October 1975. More than 10 other US banks also Increased the benchmark rate for their
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      W-Cup: The top three in Argentina
      393 15  -  SARDOOL SINGH With Brazil, Argentina, Scotland, West Germany, Holland and Italy in the World Cup, it will be difficult for anyone to predict the top three teams. In my opinion, I'll take Scotland, West Germany and Brazil (though, not In that order) to fill
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      Rohmat: Statements by reader 'baseless'
      417 15  -  PAUL CHUA General-Secretary, Singapore Amateur Bodybuilders' Federation, Singapore 2. The letter by "Bodybuilding Enthusiast" Is to say the least ludicrous. The statements he made are baseless and could only have been written by someone who Is obviously not aware of the true circumstances Involving Rohmat
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      S'pore not likely to retain the M-Cup
      244 15  -  JASBIR SINGH I have my doubts re gardlng Singapore's chances of retaining the Malaysia Cup in 1978. Firstly, Uncle Choo is the only man who is capable of coming up with a winning team. Secondly, Singapore's performances lately have been very disappointing. We
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      Technical fault
      221 15  -  LIM HENG TOW We appreciate the comments by viewer F.C. Chong (NN Dec 7). Two points were raised by reader Chong the men's 100 metres backstroke final and the final Qf the women's 200 metres freestyle event. For our coverage on videotape, the facilities of Radio Television Malaysia
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      League title almost in Forest bag
      778 16  -  on SOCCER EMLYN HUGHES I hate to start the New Year this way, but I must confess that Liverpool seem certain to hand oyer the championship trophy to Nottingham Forest this season. In 32 leuoni since the war, only three teams at the top
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      Lock icon Vilas rated Number One
      170 16 Reuter New York, Wednesday Argentina's Guillermo Vilas was ranked No. 1 tennis player in the world (or 19T7 by World Tennis Magasine yesterday. BJorn Borg of Sweden was rated second and Jimmy Connors of the United States third In the men's rankings. The WTO had delayed
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      Jamil up for award
      332 17  -  SACA's Sportsman choice By TONY KOH South East Asia Games gold medallist Jamil Mohamed has been nominated by the Singapore Amateur Cycling Association for the Sportsman of the Year award. This was disclosed by SACA secretary, Mr. J.J. Saran, yesterday. His nomination for the coveted title
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      680 17  -  SQUASH I by Eric Cooper The Civil Service Individual squash championships begin on Jan 16 at the Police Academy, with virtually all the leading local players participating. Oon Chong Hau is the No 1 seed, followed by V. Oopal. Patrick Choy and Kang Gee
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      442 18 Ku Soccer Reuter London, Wednesday A goal in extra time gave Bolton Wanderers a 2-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in their English Football Association Cup third round replay here last night. substitute Gary Jones, who came on after regulation time, shot the winner after
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      697 18  -  Benthaus praises Paine K3 Soccer By BRIAN MILLER Apart from the physical condition of our players, Singapore appear ready to begin their defence of the Malaysia Cup. This was the Impression they gave after being beaten 3-2 by Swltserland's Basel FO in their friendly Malaysia
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      254 18 199 Skating The International Skating Union (ISU) have given the local body the green light to stage the lint Singapore Ice-skat-ing championships to be held at the Kallang Ice Palace from Jan 28-30 from 7.30 p.m. loe skating, Introduced here late In 1074, has
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      288 18 ESVon the track By FAIRWAY Ipoh, Wednesday Magician's Touch underlined his chances in the Class 2. Dlv. 4 1250 m race on Sunday with a splendid workout here this morning. With a riding boy astride. the Roan Rocket four-year-old was striding out better than stablemate
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      732 19 Features International Singapore viewers may have been wondering what had happened to TV's Danger Man Patrick McOoohan who disappeared from the screens 10 years ago. Actually, he was on self-imposed exile. But it is all 07er now. He's the star of a new medical series one of.
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      97 19 Sports diary SOCCER: National Business Houses League Division One: United Motor Works v Guthrie Waugh (5.15 p.m.). Shell Rollel (7.15 p.m. Jalan Besar Stadium). Division Two: Goodwood Group v Jurong Shipyard (Tanglln 1), Rheem Hume v 8EEL (Toa Payoh AC), Division Three: SlngaSore Tobacco v Tractor lngapore (Farrer Park AC),
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      923 19 At the cinema GHOST GALLEON: A group of adventurers go In search of sunken treasure and meet a phantom ship. On board, to scare the lives out of them, are a band of monks, once excommunicated and now vampires in search of victims. Stars Jack Taylor, Maria Perschy, Carlos Lemos
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      197 19 and around town FILMS at the National Museum, 8 p.m. Admission free. They are Overseas Trainee In Japan, Mount Fuji Symbol of Classic Beauty, Four Sea&on for Children and The Art and Meaning of Ikebana. SQUASH—a film show. Queenstown library, 7.30 p.m. Admission free. VENEREAL DISEASE—documentary film show, Buklt Pan
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      445 19 TRADE FAIR In Woodlands New Town at Martiling Drive, 7 p.m. tc 11 p.m. Organised by the Singapore Armed frtorces Reservists' Association. Admission: 20 cents. RPECIAL EXHIBITION on the National Maritime Board's functions and the training ship, Slngapura, at the Sentosa Maritime Museum's special exhibition gallery, till 8 p.m. BUILDING
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    64 20 ah FOOK: It is shocking to know thai so many of our schools are in an appalling condition. Since the students pay the same school and supplementary fees, It Is unfair that some enjoy a great deal better facilities than others. MEI LIN: It's unreasonable to expect all
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      932 20 TV SINGAPORE 5 M mMMHI AND RADIO Happy New Year SHARPCTV S.M OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by 8EBBANIKA (M/r). In this edition, a lllmlet on paraplegic* at work. Information on supertanker* and a feature on the holiday street camp organised by the YMCA. 3.39 DIAKY OF BVENT8 (M). 3.15 HORIZON: Pedal
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      248 20 CHARLIE'S ANGELS: Angels at Sea. (Ch. 5, 8.30 p.m. In colour). Sabrlna JU1 and Kelly loin a trip to Hawaii on a cruise ship to Investigate the murder of a young honeymooning couple. Frank Gorshln and Joe Marosa make guest appearances. THE ASCENT OF AN AIRLINE. (Ch. 5, 9.45 p.m.
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