New Nation, 21 January 1978

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  • 21 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Saturday, January 21, 1978 No. 2163 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 r —^=T~ I NI.W (t-| NATION COMMENT
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  • 62 1 Reuter New York, SaturdayFormer US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has joined one of the world 8 largest Investment and banking firms as a part-time adviser and consultant, it was announced here yesterday. The firm, Goldman, Sachs and Co., said Dr Kissinger would advise on how International
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  • 45 1 A 17-year-old girl was seriously Injured wher* she fell off a moving bus in Jalan Eunos yesterday morning. Lau Suen Hiang was standing on the steps of the bus as it approached a bus stop, when she lost her grip and fell.
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  • 694 1 Your conditions for talks are 'absurd' Dayan tells Egyptians Agencies Tel Aviv, Saturday Israel has rejected Egypt's tough demands for resumption of the stalled Middle East peace talks and vowed to withstand possible American pressure. Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan spelled out the Israeli position yesterday only
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  • 296 1 AP Jakarta, Saturday The government ban on four newspapers last night took journalists by surprise. All four editors expressed grave concern. "We don't know why they did this since the government has been quite tolerant," one of them said. The four newspapers are Kompas, the afternoon
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  • 71 1 AP Washington, Saturday President Carter yesterday imposed fixed fees on all imported sugar and said additional steps will be taken |f the flood of foreign sugar went on. From today, a fixed fee of 2.7 cents a pound will be imposed on all imP or
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    • 23 1 Jeffrey preview Back Pace Karachi hijacker $160 fine for litterbug IN THE OTHER PAGES: What's On 16; Crossword 19; Moneywords 20: Comics 21.
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  • 95 2 For throwing empty packet A motorists has been fined $160 (or throwing an empty cigarette packet on the rofcd, possibly the highest fine to date under the anti-litter laws. Neo Soon Chwee, who committed the ofTence on December 6 at 9 a.m. along Dunearn Road, was charged
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  • 170 2 Prime Minister Krlangsak Chamanand's pragmatic approach on foreign relations has borne fruit, according to the Thai ambassador here, Mr Jetn Sucharitkul. Speaking at a Foreign Correspondents Association of Seath-east Asia lunch at tho Hyatt Hotel yesterday, he said ho ■•Mitts more results
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  • 376 2 The Department of Civil Aviation has refuted a claim that the more experienced air traffic controllers have resigned because of poor pay. Commenting on a report. In the Par Eastern Economic Review (Jan 20) which said: "One criticism of the present set up (at the
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  • 226 2 The Singapore Port Workeri' Union (SPWU) will S«I1(1 a four-man .team to study port facilities In South fttatea In October under an ex- j change programme. The team will spend 1 10 days studying contains rlsatkm and cargo 1 handling methods u I Seoul and
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  • 127 2 These children are ■mi ling because aeon the dirt track which they use daily will be turned Into a metal road. The means no more sloshing through an* kle-deep mud when rain turns the track into a quagmire. About 900 volunteer* will start
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  • 40 2 The Pioneer Industries Employees Union will hold a talentime at the PIEU Supermarket I at Block 63-86. Yung Kuang Road. Jurong Town, on March 22 at 730 p.m. The talentime will mark the union'a annual scholarships presentation.
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  • 132 2 The Industrial Training Board intends to make safety at work second nature to its trainees, lTi* deputy chairman. Mr HR Hochstadt, said this morning. "It is our aim," i-e said." to so thoroughly Instil safety consciousness in our trainees that it becomes
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    • 126 3 85 St i flourishing x JF 1 Q\ •tt s i p Si r One key chai urchases over We stocks last < ■:> M f I "V k i SJSsS < f mfs > 2 p V I sO? o .1 r A <• S3 *N or L\ >:
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  • 281 4 This is one of the half -sized toilet doors that caused an uproar among the more than 400 workers of an electrical Arm in Jurong. The management of Acma Electrical Industrial Ltd had up to Sunday to scrap
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  • 159 4 More than 7000 people are expected to take part In Singapore's first mass Walkarun tomorrow. The acting Minister for Social Affairs, Dr Ahmad Mattar, will be the guest of honour at the event; which is jointly sponsored by New Nation, Sin Chew Jit Poh and Wrangler,
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  • 247 4 1000 expected Singapore is the venue of the biggest ever international medical congress in Asia which starts tomorrow. The Sixth Asia and Ocean 1 a Congress of Endocrinology is expected to draw about 1000 doctors and scientists from 36 countries, including experts in the various fields of endocrinology.
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  • 24 4 The University of Sinssusz& w Town community cen every Tuesday an Thursday from 7 9 p.m. from Tuesday- T fee is $45.
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  • 306 5 Scheduled date brought forward with delivery of DC-lOs Singapore Airlines is likely to start its United States service in December four months ahead of schedule. The service was to start in April next year so the airline could recruit and tra'n staff in
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  • 200 5  -  By Teo Lian Huay The Singapore Food Manufacturers' Association has proposed a three-point plan to encourage entrepreneurs to invest. The president of the association, Mr Pek Cheng Chuan, disclosed this plan at a monthly meeting of members recently. In an interview yesterday, Mr Pek
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  • 216 5 The Institute of i Education, which is J suffering from a staff shortage, has launched a recruitment i drive to get more experienced lecturers. t Advertisements for the j posts of lecturers in 1 most of its departments i were flrst published last i Saturday and repeated
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  • 178 5 The mounting cost of owning a car has kept numerous motorists from using private parking lots. As a result a total of 2252 unused private parking lots were "deregistered" last December compared with 654 for the corresponding month of 1976. The "de-registratlon" saves the car-park owner
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  • 100 5 Amateur artist Ani Ah Tee takes a final look at his painting of the 156-year-old Tlan Hock Kent Temple, before hanging it up for display. This pal n 11 ng Is among 135 works In the Singapore Historical Buildings art exhibition at Victoria Memorial
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  • 79 5 Talks for a renewal of the air services agreement between Singapore and Malaysia postponed twice before will be held here soon. The dates for the talks have yet to be decided, but aviation sources said they will be held within the next three months. Negotiations
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  • 67 5 The Ministry of Culture will feature Swiss tenor singer Raymond Voyat with the Ooh Soon Tloe String Orchestra In its Music for Everyone series at the Conference Hall tomorrow at 5 p.m. Tickets at *1 are available at the Conference Hall, Cold Storage, CK Tang, Yamaha
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  • 287 5 Singapore's bid to host tne 1981 Pacific Area Travel Association annual conference is being challenged by Los Angeles. The American city is the favourite in the straight tussle for host country. But the result of the battle will only be known on Thursday
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  • 23 5 The Kim Ttan community centre youth group will give free tuition to PSLE students In the English and Chinese streams in March.
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  • 327 6 Kriangsak's plea to the West UPI Banfkok, Saturday Premier Krlangsak Chamatiand yesterday called on the US and other developed countries to take In more refugees—"not Just the highly qualified ones." In a luncheon speech at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand, he lamented: "These nations
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  • 216 6 Reuter New Delhi, Saturday Indian Prime Minister Desal, who angered President Carter with his adamant stand on nuclear non-proliferation recently, has accepted an Invitation to address Congress on the nuclear Issue during his scheduled visit In May to the United States this year, a senior Congress
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  • 58 6 AFP Berlin, Saturday—The East German Military Court has sentenced a West German woman to 10 years Imprisonment for spying for the West German Intelligence Service, the East Oerman news agency, ADN reported yesterday. Hedwlg Lange was the fourth West German to have been sentenced on
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  • Article, Illustration
    41 6 Members of Soviet Jewry lock themselves In the London office of Aerofiot, the Soviet airline, yesterday. They were demonstrating for the release of Soviet dissident Anatoly Sharansky who is in prison on a charge of treason. UPI radio picture
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  • 81 6 UPI Walderslade (England), Saturday Anthony Lions skidded In his borrowed ear, crashed into another vehicle, went through the windshield and came face to face with the other car's driver his wife. The car he hit was his own. "All I could think was, oh, no, this must
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  • 361 6 UPI Chicago, Saturday A >huge winter storm paralysed the north-east yesterday. Major citie3 were Isolated, airports shut down, roads closed, rail service halted and the wheels of American commerce came to a virtual standstill. New York City slowed to a crawl. White drifts piled
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  • 194 6 UPI Washington, Saturday Mr. Leon Jaworski, special counsel to the House Ethics Committee Investigating alleged bribery and other activities, said yesterday a small number of sitting Congressmen violated House of Representatives rules in connection with South Korean efforts to buy influence on Capitol Some
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  • 161 6 Reuter Moscow, Saturday An unmanned Soviet spacecraft blasted into orbit yesterday carrying supplies and equipment for two cosmonauts now ending their sixth week aboard the Salyut-6 space staton. Tass news agency said the Progress-I due to dock with Salyut about 26 hours
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  • 96 6 UPI TODAY is Saturday, Jan. 21, the 21st day of 1978 with 344 to follow. THE MOON is approaching its full phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn. THE EVENING STAR is Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. Civil War
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 242 6 WORLD WEATHER London Sunny, 6Mlnus 3C. Headline: Vance fights to save peace talks amid Mideast gloom. Bonn Partly cloudy, 5-1C. Headllner Sadat recalls Egyptian delegation from Jerusalem. Patio Overcast. 3-1C. Moscow Overcast, Minus 13-Mlnus 19C. Corner I, Saturday Anthony "•wed car, crashed Into hrongh the windshield th the other ear's
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  • 417 8 Most of the measures under consideration by the Registry of Vehicles will hit Inconsiderate, lndlsclpllned and dangerous drivers where It hurts their pride. But being considered, too, are safeguards against those who cannot help driving badly. A re-test for the repeatedly-suspended motorist Is a logical extension
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  • 120 8 fs> A not-so-young Singaporean had his faith in women both reaffirmed and shattered one day. At an URA parking lot in the city, he was going to pay his park ing fee, but the car park attendant said: "No charge. Remember, I told you last week
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  • 549 8  -  H. K. YEO Chairman, Vocational Service Committee, Rotary Club of Singapore, While we are grateful for the publicity you have Riven to our "Four Way Test" In your editorial (NN, Jan 9). we would have been happier if you had placed our present publicity campaign In
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  • 283 8  -  P. WEBB FRANCISCO I am utterly discouraged and disgusted at the starchy attitude of the work permit department. I really wonder what the conditions are for obtaining a work-permit? The non working mother is often requested, even urged to go back to work or
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  • 85 8  -  D.K. Action should be taken against hawkers selling unclean food. At the finals of the Ho Ho Cup tournament last December my brother came home after watching the soccer match, with a bad stomach ache and diarrhoea. Apparently he had ea,ten some food bought from one of
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  • 191 8 I am concerned with the safety of commercial aircraft, having read of the most recent disaster the Air India Jumbo Jet (ST, Jan 2) which crashed in Bonrvbay. On whom do we pin the fault? The pilots are they careless In preflight and other checks?
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  • 238 9 Reuter Karachi, Saturday An armed hijacker who took over a plane with 42 people on board was overpowered last night after a scuffle with the Pakistan International Airline (PIA) chief and crew members, police sources said. The PIA chief, retired Air Marshal Nur Khan, was hit by
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  • 139 9 Reuter Blackpool, Saturday Britain's tiny Liberal Party will today decide whether to continue the shaky alliance that has helped keep the Labour Government in power for the past 10 months. Whatever the outcome of a one-day party assembly here, it is unlikely to provoke an immediate
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  • 35 9 Reuter London, Saturday Judgment was reserved yesterday on a move by Shell and British Petroleum (BP) to block high court action on allegations that they ignored international sanctions and supplied oil to Rhodesia.—Reuter
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  • 187 9 UPI United Nations, Saturday US ambassador to the UN Andrew Young win launch a new diplomatic drive in Europe and Africa next week to revive the British-Ame-rican plan for ending Rhodesia's guerilla war. diplomatic sources say. Mr Young will fly to London on Monday and meet
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  • 358 9 AFP Reuter Addis Ababa, Saturday The Organisation of African Unity has warned Iran against seeking to extend its sphere of influence in Africa and called on foreign powers to stop "meddling" in African affairs. Reacting to a recent statement by the Shah of Iran
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  • 116 9 UPI Beirut, Saturday A Soviet passenger plane collided with the personal aircraft of Somali President Siad Barre at Sanaa airport in North Yemen yesterday shortly before takeoff, the Iraqi news agency reported from the North Yemeni capital. The agency said an airport employee was badly injured in the
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  • 200 9 Reuter UPI Ankara, Saturday Turkish Foreign Minister Ounduz Okcun greeted US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance yesterday with a blunt warning against American Interference In TurkishGreek relations or the Cyprus dispute. Mr Vance will spend less than 24 hours here In talks
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  • 32 9 AFP Jakarta, Saturday Twenty-nine people died from an unknown disease which hit the island of Slberut, Western Sumatra, in the past 10 days, the Antara News Agency reported yesterday. AFP.
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  • 154 9 UPI Bangkok, Saturday—An American sentenced to life Imprisonment for heroin smuggling was freed by a Judgment handed down yesterday by the Thai Court of Appeals. James Warren Smedley, alleged to be one of the biggest dope dealers in Asia by narcotics agents,
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  • 670 10 / 11  -  Sight Sound by Judith Holmberg TV Singapore will go through another Malaysia Cup season of uncertainty uncertain as to whether it will be allowed to cover Singapore's matches both here and in Malaysia. The station wrote to both the football associations of Singapore
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  • Page 10 / 11 Miscellaneous
    • 1486 10 / 11 YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE The right colour choice for 1978 SHARP CTV i SINGAPORE 5 SATURDAY 1.99 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by SESAME STREET. 2.99 SATURDAY MATkNEE: The Nljht Fighters. (See Top Shows of the Weekend). 3.S9 WHAT'S MY LINE. Panel game. 3.59 SOCCER: Friendly International SlngaKre versus Atvlaargs (r). Spectacular
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    • 642 10 / 11 FM STEREO n SATURDAY 6.00 P.M. Opening Anno uncements and Programme Summary followed by At Sunset with Tommy Garrett—50 Guitars Down Mexico Way, Los Indios Tabajaras The Fascinating Rhythms of their Brazil 6.30 News (E) 6.45 At Sunset (Cont'd) 7.00 Dutch Concert Hall featuring The Hllversum Radio Philharmonic Orchestra conducted
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    • 484 10 / 11 TOP SHOWS OF THE WEEKEND Today SATUR DAY MATINEE: The Night Fighters. (Ch. 5, 2 p.m.). Set in 1941, a new outbreak of IRA violence offers an excuse for a group of aging rebels, grown lethargic through drink, poverty and lifetime of V Robert Mitchnm listening to nostalgic tales of
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  • Malaysia Cup
    • 854 12  -  Reports: Philip Tan The name Jalil Che Din may not mean much to Singapore fans but to the success -hungry Perak supporters it means hope for a better season In the Malaysia Cup. Penang born Jalll has been given the job
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    • 1081 13 / 14 As Singapore prepare to play Kedah in their first Malaysia Cup match tomorrow night, here is one advice worth remembering: Kedah are the most improved side in the North Zone. Yet, Kedah are a threat and judging from
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    • 167 15 National coach Sebastian Yap must get the Singapore players accustomed to playing on bone dry pitches that Is the state of grounds in Kedah and Perils. Both states are drought stricken, and unless there is rain the dry and sandy pitches will cause our boys plenty
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  • What's On
    • 605 18  -  ilK'llKl »>v Gloria Chandy GREASED LIGHTNING; Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, Pam Grier, Gleavon L 1 111 e, T Richie Havens, Vincent Gardenia. Directed by Michael Schulti. Written by Kenneth Vose, Lawrence DoKore, Melvln van Peebles and Leon Capetanos. (Comlnf to Globe). Wendell Scott comes home
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 1318 18 At the cinema THE SPY WHO LOVED ME: That celebrated agent of Her Majesty's Secret Service it back, thU time played to perfection by Roger Moore. Barbara Bach stars as the beautiful Russian agent* who distracts his attention as he goes on the trail of. an insane shipping magnate whose
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    • 803 18 and around town JAZZ OF JAPAN By Nobuo Hara and his Sharps and Flats at Victoria Theatre, 8.30 p.m. Presented by the National Theatre Trust. Tickets at $15, $10, $8, $5 and $3 available at the National Theatre. CULTURAL SHOW debut performance by the People's Association Regional Youth Council Troupe—at
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  • 398 19  -  Market Round-Up by Lee Yew Meng The bulk of the trading activities at the Singapore stock market shifted from the sound plantation stocks to the more speculative issues this week. The speculative revival was led by Olympla Plywood which was not only the
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  • 259 19 UPI AP London, Saturday The dollar opened lower on most European money markets yesterday following President Carter's State of tne Union speech. The dollar opened in Frankfurt at 2.1155 marks down from 2.1263 and the rate in Zurich dipped from 2.0015 Swiss francs to 1.9895. Swiss dealers blamed
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  • 197 19 Reuter Brussels. Saturday The European Common Market yesterday offered tariff cuts worth about US$9 billion ($20.7 billion) a year on farm and tropical products Imported from nonmember countries. EEC officials said here this was part of the package put forward by the
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  • 600 19 ...as he downgrades targets r Business News and Views UPI Washington, Saturday President Carter yesterday downgraded some of his economic goals to more modest proportions and began a new drive to combat inflation with voluntary cooperation from the nation's business leaders and workers. In a wide-ranging
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 264 19 Stocks, plagued by New York's near-blizzard, fell for the second straight day yesterday In lisht and abbreviated trading that made It difficult to determine reaction to President Carter's economic messages. The Dow Jones industrial average, down more than three points at one point, fell 1.73 points to 776.94.
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    • 35 19 UPI New York. Saturday Dow Jones closing averages on the NYSE yesterday: 30 industrials 776.94 (off 1.73); 20 transport 210.85 (off 0.39); 15 utilities 108.77 (up 0.04); 65 stocks 272.47 (off 0.45). UPI.
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    • 178 19 AFP Prices on the Tokyo stock market lowered slightly yesterday. The 225-stock Dow Jones average closed the day at 5,064.10 yen, a drop of 2.05 yen from Thursday. The TSE Index for the major first section, where volume came to about 300 million shares against Thursday's 338 million, was
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    • 69 19 Closing prices In French franca at the Parte Bourse yesterday: Paribas 140 4-3.50 Fancier 375.50 —5.3*0 Prlntemps 35.10 —0.55 Bull 34 +OJO Royal Dutch 383.60 —100 Mlchelln 1005 10 COE. 356 —0.50 Thomson 134 3 C.F.P. 96.05 —0.05 Rhone 50.50 —1.00 Air 350 3 B8N 348 —3.60 Philips 53.80
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    • 85 19 AP Hong Kong. Saturday Hong Kong's garment Industry stages Its most glamorous and elegant show of the year today for overseas buyers. Hong Kong will show Its latest creations of colourful knitwear, fur coats, silk evening dresses, casual wear, sports outfits and children's wear at a gala
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  • 161 19 Reuter Tokyo, Saturday—Jap an's trade surplus with the rest of the world quadrupled last year to a le-ord USS9.I9 Diliion <$22.4 billion), the inance Ministry an nounced. In a preliminary report of figures based on Customs clearances, the ministry said the surplus for December alone
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  • 336 20 It Is a great pity that many people's involvement In sports ends with their school or university days. After that, most slip into passivity, enjoying games only from the spectators' gallery or worse still, from television in the comfort of their sitting rooms. With Jogging tracks available in the
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  • 612 21 Story of 2 dogs who were tortured H UPI THE PLAGUE DOGS by Richard Adams. London: To hear the critics raii you might think the man wno wrote the publishing phenomenon called Watershlp Down has come out and confessed to eating rabbit pie twicc
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  • 294 21  -  Pops l>v Peter Ong DAVID BOWIE: HEROES (KCA): David Bowie obviously doesn't believe in remaining stagnant. He's always on the move and going from strength to strength. He doesn't rely on the tested and successful formula he has employed on previous works. Every new LP
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  • 364 21  -  Chess by I Leslie Leou The recept Candidates Final match overshadowed what Is always one of the strongest fixtures on the chess calendar. While Viktor Korchnol was putting away Boris Spassky for the right to meet Anatoly Karpov In a world title match, the
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 411 21 t Top charts of the week This week's charts with last week's position in brackets; LONDON 1 (1) Mull of Kintyre: Wings 2 (2) Love's Unkind: Donna Summer 3 (3) It's A Heartache: Bonnie Tyler 4 (10) Uptown Top Ranking: Althea And Donna 5 (4) Floral Dance: Brighouse and Rastrirk
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    • 271 21 Crossword l\ J ACROSS 1 Arch 5 Org. 9 Marshes 13 Whip mark 14 Harbor expert 16 Arm bone 17 What 18 Maine college town 19 Man of untruths 20 State of anxiety 21 Termites' delight 23 Oaxaca women 27 Colonnade 28 Branches 29 Port 33 Tireless performer 38 Czech
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    • 415 22  -  By NICOLAS ANDERSON Japan's Maasakai Tsujl was disqualified in Race Six yesterday putting him In second overall position at the end of the Pacific 505 championship at Changi. Disqualification was due to a protest lodged with the Race Committee late yesterday afternoon. Tsujl allegedly touched Paul
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    • 26 22 Tokyo, Saturday—Australia swept to a commanding 2-0 lead over Japan on tne first day of the Davis Cup eastern aone semi final here today.
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    • 611 23  -  SASA boss calls for analysis into deteriorating standards By PHILIP TAN The Singapore Amateur Swimming Association have called for a study in depth to find out why Singapore's swimming standards have deter i or ated and what must be done to improve them.
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    • 577 23  -  V International Soccer bv Doug Gardner The business of trying to persuade Johann Cruyff to take part in the World Cup finals goes on and on. Next week. Dutch team manager Ernst Happel. who has already named Cruyff among his preliminary World Cup squad,
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