New Nation, 11 February 1978

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    21 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Saturday, February 11, 1978 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 No. 2180 r I MIV i'} NATION COMMENT
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    Lock icon US warns Russia
    684 1 Vance: We'll lift arms ban if Ethiopian forces cross frontier Agencies W ashing ton, Saturday The US served notice yesterday it would reconsider its ban on arms aid to Somalia if Ethiopian forces Invaded the Somali Republic. Secretary of State Vance told a press conference here the
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    Lock icon Storms lash Los Angeles
    124 1 AP Los Angeles, Saturday Hurricane force wind* and torrential rains battered southern California yesterday leaving hundreds homeless, a score missing and at least eight people dead. The storm pounded ashore In California as residents on the opposite US coast in the northeast struggled to recover from
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    Lock icon Dayan: Peace talks to resume soon
    266 1 Reuter New York, Saturday Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan said yesterday he had been told by US officials that Middle East peace talks, broken off last month amid Egyptian charges of Israeli Intransigence. would resume soon. But Mr Dayan declined to go Into detail
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    PM leaves tonight
    67 1 lfr Lee Kuan Tew will leave for Australia tonight to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government regional meeting. The four-day meeting in Sydney begins on Monday. Mr. Lee will be away for a week. foreign Minister 8. Ralaratnam, and Enclk Rahlm Ishak, Senior Minister of State (Foreign
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    The main obstacle at Nantah—by PM
    470 2 The main obstacle at Nantah —by PM Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew last night spoke of the many difficult problems In reforming Nanyang University from within Into an Eng-llsh-medlum university. In addressing the university's Historical Society, he said the main obstacle was that the university campus was an established Chinesespeaking
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    Too bright for the 'Silver'...
    275 2  -  By Jennifer Schoon Unimaginative lighting switched off all atmosphere at the Sliver Convention concert last night. With the National Stadium lights on, the act of spotlight! was lost and such bright lighting mads risible all flawsllke technical crew running on the stage, photographers and Silver
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    Flu, so fitness test off
    88 2 The Singapore Sports Council has postponed Its national aerobic fitness award test, scheduled at Marine Parade next Saturday, because of the current influensa epidemic. This is to prevent overexertion by participants who may be suffering or recovering from influensa. The Council has also advised 47
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    Charter flights plan by top airline
    302 2 All Nippon Airways hopes to start charter flights from Japan to Singapore by the end of this year. ANA, Japan's largest domestic carrier, used to fly charters here in 1972 but was forced to discontinue flights about a year later, when fuel prices started
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    Cheaper pomfret at Welcome now
    253 3 The popular white pomfret has been added to the range of frozen fish on sale at Welcome supermarkets. And it Is cheaper by up to $4.70 a kilo, compared to fresh (chilled) pomfret sold by fishmongers In some markets. The Welcome price is $5.27 a
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    Exhibition
    32 3 An exhibition on the local building industry and architectural achievements will be held at the Joo Chlat community centre from Feb 14 to 28. from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. dally.
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    Hon's date
    32 3 The Minister for Finance and MP for givelock, Mr Hon Sul n, will attend a Chinese New Year reception at the Havelock Road Community Centre on Sunday at 10 a.m.
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    A shortage of coffee shop boys
    360 3 Coffee shop owners are having difficulty In employing young boys as waiters. An official of the Singapore Foochow Coffee Restaurant and Bar Merchants Association said with higher education many young boys now shun "coffee boy Jobs. "Together with national service, the younger people are
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    SIA's new lounge for the VIPs
    172 3 Singapore Airlines is building a new Silver Kris lounge for Its VIP passengers at Paya Lebar Airport. Located on the first floor of the departure building, the 300 square metre lounge la three times larger than the existing one on the ground floor. It
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    Tax evasion: Customs blitz on nightclubs
    137 3 Customs are cracking down on several nightclubs which evaded entertainment duty during the Christmas and Chinese New Tear festive seasons. These nightclubs, most of which are located In the city, are said to have Jacked up their cover charges and Imposed additional fees for
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    Accounts course
    25 3 A 15-lecture course on financial accounting will be held at the Economics Department. University of Singapore every Monday and Wednesday beginning next week.
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    Union lends workers $8000 for festival
    88 3 Forty-five unionised workers of Robin Shipyard In Jurong received a $8000 union loan for the festive celebrations as they have not received their, annual wage supplement. The management and the Singapore industrial Labour Organisation (Silo) are dead- locked over the quantum of AWB and/
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    Prof back with ideas for teaching hospital
    317 3 A University of Singapore professor has returned from a study tour In France and the United States, with recommendations for the setting up of the proposed Kent Ridge Teaching Hospital. Prof. Edward Tock, Professor of Pathology and chairman of the Kent Ridge Hospital
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    A demand for cars under six years
    305 4  -  By K.K. Fong If you sell your car which Is under six years old, chances are you will get back the price you paid for It or even make a small profit. This is espeelally true If your car Is one of the
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    Impatient drivers face heart-aches
    448 4 —warning by AAS to 'weavers' Impatient drivers who weave In and out of traffic can end up with heart ailments warns the Automobile Association of Singapore. And. there are too many Impatient motorlate in Singapore who do thlr said AAS president. Mr Milton Tan, jesterday. "These
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    PSA schemes to meet demand for pilots
    242 4 The Port of Singapore Authority has Introduced measures to meet the demand for pilotage services especially during peak periods. These include pilotage exemption for vessels up to 8000 gross registered tonnes (ORT) and a marine pilotage scheme whereby school leavers are sponsored for
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    S'pore eggs
    39 4 The dally egg production by farms here should be 1.5 million and not 15 million and the wholesale price of brown eggs should be 124 cents each and not 2i cents as reported in Thursday's New Nauon.
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    Deft fingers work to get a harmonious whole
    138 4 With deft fingers, trainee teacher Pat Seah arranges about 30 art pieces to achieve a stained glass effect at the Insulate of Educatlon Creativity 77 exhibition. She explained that they are separate art pieces, each done by a different person and the
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    Praise for institute
    241 4 The Permanent Secretary (Education), Mr Herman Hochstadt, this morning praised the Institute of Education for organising the exhibition. Creativity 77, to promote greater Interest among teachers In works of art. Many of the exhibits were by teachers who hare no training in art. Others were done by
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    Lock icon KL bid to buy Burmese rice
    205 4 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Saturday—A Malaysian official rice-buying team, which has Just concluded a deal for supply of 150,000 tonnes of rice from Thailand, is now in Rangoon on a similar mission, official sources said here yesterday. The sources said the team, headed by the
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    Desai here on transit
    46 4 Indian Prime Minister Moraji Desai will arrive here tonight on transit to Australia to attend the Commonwealth Heads of State Regional meeting on Monday. An Indian High Commission spokesman said Mr Desai will remain in the plane during his one-hour transit stop.
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    Lock icon A stately home she doesn't want
    205 5 Reuter London, Saturday—A stately home with golf course and game park sounds like an idyllic inheritance, but not to the Marchioness of Tavistock. The former society beauty yesterday hit out at her father-in-law, the Duke of Bedford, saying he and the Duchess had Men
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    Lock icon Air talks in Peking
    61 5 AFP Tokyo, Saturday Japanese and Chinese civil aviation authorities will open talks in Peking on Tuesday for the first time since March 1975. Transport Ministry sources dlsclosedy yesterday. Officials of the two countries will discuss China's request to Increase flights of China Airlines (CAL) between Peking
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    Lock icon 'US throwing cold water on ties talks'
    389 5 Spy scandal envoy Thi hits out UPI United Nations, Saturday Vietnam's Ambassador Dinh Ba Thl left the United Nations yesterday with a wry chuckle over US charges that he was a spy but warned that in kicking him out of the country Washington
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    Lock icon 66,500 VIET REFUGEES RESETTLED -GROUP
    114 5 UPI Geneva. Saturday— About 66.500 refugees from Indochina have been resettled since April 1975. mainly in the United States and France, the Inter-governmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM) said yesterday. Among them were about 15.000 "boat people" from Vietnam, a spokesman for ICEM said. The
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    Lock icon 'Viet plan to end war is constructive'
    277 5 Agencies New Delhi, Saturday— India said yesterday that Vietnam's proposal for ending its war with Cambodia appeared constructive and hoped the two countries would sit across the table and discuss it. Indian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Samarendra Kundu told newsmen on
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    Lock icon Vance: Don't doubt US commitment to Seoul
    178 5 UPI Washington, Saturday. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance yesterday warned North Korea not to doubt the strength of continued American military commitment to South Korea, despite the planned withdrawal of US ground forces. "There should be no fear about the strength of America's
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    Lock icon Surrender
    34 5 AP Jakarta, Saturday About 750 former Irian Jaya (West Irian) rebels under the leadership of Martlm Tabu have surrendered to the authorities in the last month, Defence Minister General Maraden Panggabean said yesterday.
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    Lock icon I'm at their mercy —Dharsono
    247 5 AFP Jakarta, Saturday Gen. Harso Rekso Dharsorao, sacked on Thursday from his position as Asean Secretary-General on Indonesia's request, declared yesterday he was fully conscious that he would be from now on at the mercy of the Indonesian! government. Gen. Dharsono said in a telephone
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    Lock icon A weapons ban on guerillas
    473 6 Palestinians lower profile in Lebanon —report AFP Reuter Beirut, Saturday The Palest lnlan resistance has begun a concerted effort to lower its profile in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese Dally A 1 Llwa reported yesterday. Quoting what It called a memo from the Palestinian leadership, the
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    Lock icon Human rights report played down
    263 6 UPI Hong Kong, Saturday. Allan news media whose respective countries came under attack for human rights violations by a US State Department report played down the criticism yesterday or ignored it altogether. In the Philippines, which is in Its sixth year under martial law rule
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    Lock icon Manila: US attack a ploy
    162 6 AFP Manila, Saturday A top defence official yesterday said he believed the US State Department's attack on alleged Philippine violations of human rights was a ploy by the Uo in its negotiations over a new military bases treaty. Defence under-secre-tary for civil relations Mr Carmelo
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    171 6 UPI TODAY is Saturday, Feb 11, the. 42nd day of *****8 with 323 to follow. THE MOON is approaching its first quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury and Saturn. THE EVENING STARB are Venus, Jupiter and Mars. THOSE BORN on this date are under the sign of Aquarius, American
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    Lock icon A problem indeed!
    74 6 Motorists In the town of Fort Morgan, Colorado In the UB, were taken aback last week by the sign of what looked like a jogger standing headfirst in an Ice-filled dip in the street. Photographer James Carroll had used a rubber dummy to attract the attention of
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    Lock icon M-E arms sale: Carter's final look
    333 6 UPI Reuter Washington, Saturday President Carter yesterday said he is working to complete a Middle East arms sale package believed to include military aircraft for Egypt he will send to Congress soon. A spokesman, meanwhile. said Mr Carter has not ruled out a possible
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    Lock icon 33 die
    33 6 Reuter Montevideo, Saturday An Uruguayan Air Force plane, believed to be carrying 33 people, crashed yesterday near the northern city of Artlgas, killing everyone 011 board, an official statement said. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon Oranges picking drops in Israel
    125 6 Reuter Tel Aviv, Saturday. Citrus picking In Israel has been cut by 30 per cent because of the low demand In Europe where poisoned oranges have been discovered, the Israel Citrus Marketing Board Mid yesterday. But a spokesman said there were signs of an Increase
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    Lock icon Thai crew besieged
    35 6 AFP Bangkok, Saturday The construction crew of a remote stretch of road In Thailand's Chiang Ral province, 700 km north of here have been under selge by insurgents for three consecutive days.
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    Lock icon Odd Corner
    68 6 Reuter Helsinki, Saturday— After a four-year legal battle, a court official has won Ills battle against the city of Helsinki for a new pair of trousers. The official tore his trousers on a broken drawer handle while dealing B'tth a client In corn? four years ago. In addition
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      72 6 WEATHER Rome Bunny, minus 3-11 C. Headline: Happier Is dead. Paris—Overcast, 2-SC. Headline: Fighting worsens In Horn of Africa. Bonn Partly cloudy and sunny, 0-mlnus 6C. Headline: Italian Communist Party speaks now about "emergency pact." Moscow Overcast, minus 8-mlnus lie. Pravda's headline: Party meetings mobilise communists, all working people on
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      92 6 11 Russians for trying to recruit a spy. Hong Kong Sunny, 25-20C. Headline: Two sought on (missing Korean) actress. Manila Sunny, 3120C. Headline: U8landholdlngs facing seizure. Bangkok —Cloudy, 3224C. Headline: (Thai) government watchdog oil Industry. Koala Lumpur— Rain, 33-22C. Headline: US takes a direct role in Mid-Bast talks. Seoul— Overcast,
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    Lock icon Trudeau: We won't break Soviet ties
    471 7 AP Reuter Ottawa, Saturday Prime Minister Tfrudeau yesterday said the expulsion of 13 Soviet diplomats will make future relations with Russia "more difficult" but that it won't mark the "end of our relations In any sense." He also said he expected the Russians to
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    Lock icon KGB gimmicks for its spies
    384 7 UPI Ottawa, Saturday James Bond had nothing on the Soviets. In fact, even the producer of a grade-B movie would be hard-pressed to top some of the gimmicks the Soviets came up with for their Canadian spy network. Among the cloak-and-dagger methods used by the
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    Lock icon Uranium: Vote to honour contracts
    137 7 Reuter Sydney, Saturday A special conference of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (Actu), which represents 1.8 million workers, yesterday overwhelmingly rejected a call for a total ban on the mining and export of uranium. Instead, the conference decided to honour existing contracts, while attempting
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    Lock icon India visit by first China 'political' team
    263 7 AFP Peking, Saturday—For the first time since the Chinese-Indian border war in 1962, a Chinese delegation of a political nature will go to India, a reliable diplomatic source said here yesterday. The delegation will be headed by Wang Pingnan, president of the Chinese
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    Lock icon Socialist body condemns terrorism
    105 7 AP Hamburg, SaturdaySocialist International ended a two-day convention yesterday by condemning worldwide terrorism and warning that it plays into the hands of reactionary forces. "These (reactionary) forces use terrorism mainly to discredit peaceful and progressive movements," the closing statement said. "The result is all too often
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    Lock icon Enough rice
    89 7 AFP Jakarta, Saturday— Adversities affecting rice production will have no effect on the country's stability because of adequate supplies from domestic purchases and Imports, the chairman of the National Logistics Bureau (Bulog) said yesterday. Bulog chairman Buatanll Arifln told a Parliament committee that Indonesia's rice Imports, more than
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    Lock icon Visit by Italy Reds
    38 7 Reuter East Berlin, Saturday East German Communist Party leader Erich Honecker yesterday received two senior Italian communists, on the second day of a visit here that had previously been Ignored by the govern-ment-controlled media.
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    The price of credit
    421 8 It will be quite a while yet before most Singaporeans will shop or dine without money. There are only slightly more than 20/000 credit card-holders here or fewer than one in a hundred population. In the US, where credit cards have ceased to be a status
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      Between you all and I...
      81 8 When an 83-year-old retired oolonel of the Brazilian army, who had had a brilliant military career and been decorated several times for bravery, went into hospital recently, the doctors had quite ft ■hock. The colonel turned out to be a woman. He had Joined the
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      Starting young
      36 8 After a ao-mlnute chase in several police cars, Johannesburg police Anally caught up with the speedster, but were faced with a problem. Pot how many years do yon ban a 10-year-old boy from driving?
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    What are criteria for promotion?
    246 8 I am a teacher In a government primary school. I have been teaching for about 27 years, and as a senior assistant for 15 of those years, I have shouldered additional duties and responsibilities. I vu selected for both rounds of Interviews In the recent
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    Crossing at Changi
    85 8  -  Replies MRS NG JWEE PHUAN Please refer to Residents request for a pedestrian crossing along Changi Road between Lorong 105 and 106 (NN, Dec 77). The PWD is signalising the Junction of Btill and Changi roads. It will also provide a pedestrian crossing at this Junction. There
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    Hawkers
    39 8  -  TEO BOO TECK 8r PRO. Ministry of the Environment Singapore S. Please refer to the letter by DK (NN. Jan 21). The Ministry has taken action against unauthorised hawking outside the National Stadium and enforcement action will continue.
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    Make charges for orchid inspection reasonable
    241 8 I refer to your report, Exporting Costs of Orchids Up Complaint (NN, Jan 30) and your comment, Let the Image Blossom (NN, Feb 1). Our association has explained to the Primary Production Department why it objects to the "sealing practice" Introduced by the PPD
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    Heading towards nudity
    269 8  -  ANTHONY EDWARD In Mr Alex Josey's column (NN. Jan 30) entitled The Inevitable Return to Nudity, he envisages that In the end, "clothing will disappear from the earth" and men will return to "our glorious nudity." He does not argue that certain trends now visible will bring
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    Lock icon On the other side of the wall
    924 9 Calcutta's very rich live in the opulent world of the Raj seemingly oblivious to the poverty-stricken NYT Calcutta: Suresh Kumar, who explains that his family is really quite big In coal, has both a Rolls-Royce and a Bentley. The Maharani of Cooch-Behar, who
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    Lock icon Kite-flying — not for kids!
    482 9 Kite-flying not for kids! UPI Borrego Springs (California): Ed Grauel leaves his home in Rochester, New York, each winter and heads tor the desert community of Borrego Springs to fly kites. He brought 35 kites this year and will spend most of the next three montns conducting experiments on the
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    Lock icon What went wrong Comrade ?
    479 9  - What went wrong Comrade Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times It didn't take the Soviets long to start their own Investigation as to why their nuclear satellite Cosmos 954 fell down after being sent Into orbit. Don't ask me how I found out, but this 1b how the hearings have been
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      109 9 '.k~ RADIO STATION A "PEACE B AND £4 PROGRESS" Inttrnfwi to Know something about tho Soviot Union, it* oconomic and scientific development*? Or tho Soviot people's view* on-intornotional problomi and tho situation in China? Tuna in to tho English Service of Radio Station "Peace and Progress" voice of Soviot public
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    Smile, candid camera is back again
    642 10 / 11  -  26 rib-tickling shows on the small screen starting from Thursday Sight Sound b V Judith Holmberg "Smile you're on Candid Camera." This catch-phrase, which is synonymous with good fun and hilarity, will be heard again over local TV next week. After a long lay-off
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      1620 10 / 11 YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE The right colour choice for 1978 SHAR P CTV SINGAPORE 5 SATO MAY lowed by SESAME STREET. •IN BATUBDAY MATINEE: For Those Who Think Young. (Bee Top Shows of the Weekend). Lit WHAT'S MY LINE Panel game. 1.55 SOCCER: Friendly International Singapore versus Sao Paulo of
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      673 10 / 11 8.00 P.M. Opening Announcement* and Programme Summary followed by At Sunset with Peter Nero and Liberace 8.30 News (E) 6.45 At Sunset (cont'd) 7.00 Dutch Concert Hall featuring the Amsterdam Concert gebouw Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haltlnk Serenade for B wind instruments (R. Strauss). Symphony No. lb (Shostakovitch). 8.00 News
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      400 10 / 11 Top shows of the weekend Today SATURDAY MATINEE: For Those Who Think Young. (Ch. 5, 2 p.m. in colour). Fan, frolic and foolishness on a beach and at a nightspot, more or less sums up this movie about a virtuous student who is pursued along the beach (where else) and
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      316 10 / 11 TOMORROW SUNDAY MATINEE: The Cross of Lorraine. Ch. 5, 10.35 a.m.). Partly based on Hans Habe's autobiographical A Thousand Shall Fall, this gutsy, allmale war drama tells how a group of prisoners were brutally treated In a German stalag. It was made in 1943 when war films were the rage.
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      When a girl quits town
      638 12  -  Cinema by Gloria Chandy JACKSON COUNTY JAIL: Yvette Rflmleux, Tommy Let Jones, Robert Carradlne, Frederic Cook. Directed by Michael Miller. Screenplay by Donald Stewart. (Now at Lido). If you were to go by the ukss of this movie, you would actually believe that the Inhabitants
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      990 12 At the cinema THE 38th CHAMBEE OP BHAOUN (Mandarin): An tl-Ching patriots. under the guidance of their leader, set up Due In Cfcnton under cover of being school masters. One of their pupils, determined to Join their ranks, becomes a courier for them. But he la forced to flee when
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      870 12 and around town DOCUMENTARY SHOW tlonal Theatre. ClemenON VENEREAL DI- ceau Avenue, till 8 p.m. BEASEB at Buklt Merah Admission free. Community centre. 7.30 JADE EXHIBITION at p.m. Admission free. the House of Jade. NasTALK on how to fill slm Road, till 5.30 p.m. up your Income tax form Free
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    Lock icon Jobless Aussies: The reasons
    365 13 Business l News and Views Reuter Canberra, Saturday Three factors have contributed to Australia's unemployment figures reaching a post-war peak of 7.2 per cent of the country's 6.2 million work force. Acting Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations, Mr. Lan Vlner said they were: Employers had
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    Lock icon $6m for Thai project
    112 13 Reuter Canberra. Saturday. The Australian government has announced It will contribute A 52.6 million ($8.7 million) to a project aimed at slowing the rate of population growth In Thailand. Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Andrew Peacock, said the estimated population of Thailand was 44 million and its
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    SHARE PRICES IN A MILD RALLY
    360 13  -  Market round-up '•v Lee Yew Meng Trading ruled from steady to firm In the holiday shortened week at the Singapore stock market. the 1} days of trading, share prices staged a mild rally. The improved sentiments, with the advent of the Horse Year, had
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      Lock icon NEW YORK
      135 13 UPI Stock prices turned In an uninspiring performance yesterday to cap a week during which some hopes developed that perhaps a sustained rally was ahead. Yesterday's closing prices icikxwed by the difference on the previous session's close: AT A T 60% *4 Beth Steel 21% Caterp Tra Chrysler
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      30 13 UPI New York, Saturday Dow Jones closing averages at the NYSE yesterday: 30 industrials 775.99 (—1.83), 30 transport 313.68 (—0.73)* 15 utilities 105.65 (+0.03), 65 stock 373.36 (—0.58).
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      197 13 AFP The Tokyo stock exchange closed the holiday shortened week on an easy tone yesterday as the coming holiday weekend turned floor activities into a monotonous affair. The 225-stock Dow Jones average, a 3.49 yen gainer on Thursday, finished 3.58 yen lower at 5.144.54 yen. The Dow Indicator stayed
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      72 13 UPI Closing price* In French francs at the Paris Bourvt yesterday: Paribus 136 —0.60 Foncter 276 10 —1.40 Prlntemps 38.40 —0.10 Bull 36 80 —0.06 Royal Dutch 273.70 —0.80 Mlchelln 1036 —IS COB 263 —1.80 Thomson 125.80 —0.60 CFP #7.60 +0.5O Rhone 60.60 —1.00 Air 136 —1 BSN 330
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      79 13 Union Bank of Switzerland Closing prices In Swiss francs at the Zurich Stock Fxchansre r* trrday: UB8 Bearer 3510 UBS Reg. 647 a SBC Oft i Credit Suisse 3438 Swissair B. 860 Credit Suisse +3438 Swiss Reinsur 3M0 Winterthur B. 3430 +10 Zurich Insur Juvena B. isa Nestle B.
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      78 13 The Jurong Town Corporation la Introducing new designs in its range of standard and terrace factory buildings to meet the growing demand by light and medium Industries. To date, more than 400 such buildings, ranging from 870 sq metres to 8271 sq metres, have been either sold or
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    242 13 Reuter Paris, Saturday The major noncommunist industrial nations, with the possible exception of the United States, seem to be using their energy resources more efficiently, statistics re 1 e a sed here yesterday indicated. The figures compiled by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation
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    192 13 UPI AFP London, Saturday The US dollar and gold both ended the week on a stronger note yesterday. But, u in the past few days, exchange rate changes were minor. The dollar closed higher in most money markets. One exception was Paris, where a stronger French franc regained
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    469 14 ECONOMICS PROBLEMS AND PBOB- IN AtfBAN COtJNTBIES edited by Saw Swee Hoek and Lm 100 4 wl *i f bllih ed by Slnrmyore University Pre— for the Applied Bcwtreh Corporation, IN pt|W. Be viewed by Chay WalCtaeen. This book comprises the papers presented to
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    568 14 UPI The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has fired the starting gun for this year's Oscar race by mailing 3424 ballpts to Its members for nominations. The nominees will be announced Feb. 21 and another ballot will be circulated to academy members
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    Are you ready for the Rats-race to the top ?
    451 14  - Are you ready for the Rats-race to the top K(»c <>r«ls in Violet Oon IHE BOOMTOWN RATS: Boomtown Rate (Mercury): All oyer the music world, a lot of strange things are happening. Musical savants and pundits call them the New Wave or punk rock. Bands with crudesounding, perverted names like
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      101 14 Their latest, timed to coincide with a publicity barrage surounding their latest film, la Take A Chance On Me which has Just made a big leap from 26th to 4th in the London charts. Like all their other records, It's bland, predictable and will undoubtedly go to the top. I
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      99 14 Withers 8 (11) The Groove Line: Heatwave 9 (7) Love's Unkind: Donna Summer 10 (13) Sorry I'm A Lady: Baccara NEW YORK 1 (1) Stayln' Alive: Bee Gees 2 (2) Short People: Bandy Newman 3 (4) Just The Way Yon Are: Billy Joel 4 (3) Baby Come Back: flayer 5
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    Chance to meet the masters...
    407 14  -  Chess bv Leslie Leow Sponsored by OCBC and SIA. the 1978 National championship will be played In one section open to all Singapore residents. unlike in recent years when most finalists had first to qualify. Thus chess players will have the chance to rub shoulders
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    235 15 I advertisement feature It is very important for us to realise that some accidents occur because of Ignorance, not carelessness. The Increasing number of new and highly sophisticated gadgets for homes and offices require that people be better Informed so that they can use them effectively and, more Important,
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      119 15 Entrust your vision to us. For hard and soft contact lenses, consult: ALPHA OPTICS CONTACT LENS CENTRE Head Ottice: 163, Orchard Road, Singapore 9. Tel: *****7. Branch: Basement 12, Hong Leong Building, 16, Raffles Quay, Singapore 1. Tel: *****94. FOURSOME SPORTS (PTE.) LTD. 205, (2nd* Floor) CAPITOL SHOPPING CENTRE. S
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      149 15 •MfHTuric CASIO, SHARP, SANYO in large variety, wholesale only SHANKAR'S EMPORIUM PTE. LTD. Rm 502, sth Floor, High Street Plaza S'pore 6. Tel: ***** *****0 SECOND HAND CAMERAS CENTRE Buy, Sell, Trade-in all brands of Cameras ft Repairs all kinds of Cameras. HifhOffer for used Leica Camera. SINGAPORE COSMOS TRADING
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      533 15 SATURDAY »v>a A Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss Address: N.R.I.C. No: Y I FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW ■m mm mmm m Cut along dotted lines rnmm CLUES FOR FS-6 1. Popular wine from Spain 2. Not to fast
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      Taiwan women fancied against S'pore
      246 16 Singapore Women soccer team, In the midst of a controversy which eventually led to the resignation of their coach Idroa Albar recently, are the underdogs when they play Taiwan in the friendly International tonight at the Jalan Besar Stadium. (Klckoff 8 p.m.), writes PHILIP TAN.
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      337 16 RJ Soccer Reuter UPI London, Saturday Mick Channon, who Joined English First Division club Manchester City for £300,000 (about Ssl.3 million) last year, will be hoping for a change of luck when he suns out against Queen's Park Rangers tomorrow. Channon. who helped his old
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      W. Cup: Italy lose shine
      303 16  -  International Soccer bv Doug Gardner In the first dress rehearsal for the World Cup finals, Italy and Prance, who are drawn In the same group In Argentina, tied 2-2 in a friendly In Naples this week. It may not turn out to be such a
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      Marimuthu can still travel with certificate of identity
      213 17 Singapore's told en boy of fOlf, M. Marimuthu. can dill play In (the Asian Circu&t this year with a certificate of Identity from the Immigration department. This la because he is not entitled to a Singapore pansport as he is not on
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      Milne's five strokes off the pace
      347 17 BE Manila, Saturday David Milne of Singapore, who shot a 71 on Thursday, had a 74 yesterday for a two-round total of 145 in the Philippine Masters golf championship at the par-72 Nichols Course. Milne shared 12th spot with seven others Including defending champion
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      Luu brothers impress
      247 17 pj^^fennis Raffles Institution, who are making an all-out bid to retain the National School's tennis title, showed all-round skill when they handed Whitley Secondary School a 5-0 beating in their match at Farrer Park yesterday, reports BRIAN MILLER. In the Luu brothers Koki and Kola the Raffleslans
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      Schools show wealth of talent
      175 17 Soccer Some of the matches played In the National Bchoola' Secondary tournament (Serangoon Zone) at Mount Vernon Road yesterday brought to light a wealth of talent among Under 18 schoolboys. The players of three schools Upper Serangoon Technical, Mount Vernon Secondary and Victoria stood out.
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      Look out for Bright Future
      584 18  -  Couple him with Air Marshal for a forecast RACING with Brian Miller Bright Future, who won his last three starts in Impressive fashion, can make it four off the reel when he goes over 2000 m in Race 5 at Kuala Lumpur today. This six-year-old
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      KUALA LUMPUR CARD AND FORM GUIDE FOR TODAY
      2832 18 1 B mm 2.0 Clm 4, Dhr 1200m fHO AM ft7 (ion b. 1 a 9 4060 UOM M <M TlMM emu Ca» a (CKP) ciMtng M (d3 >1.5) tow N (KL Cbon«) Manaor 4 57 (ud mum) M MB (Ontovalll) Chonf
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      127 18 BRIAN MILLER FAIRWAY BLUEGRA8S bM It Book Town Charlie The Mach Thunderer Caught My Eye rbndevr Boom Town Char 11» Blae Andrea Thunderer I»m t: Natural Beauty Gar (Ja Just Ntoa Oarda Natural Beauty Oarda Natural Beauty Little Pancho Imi St ftp Mm Sweet Mule Emerald Qlaw Out of
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      Piggott can land double on Nalanda
      523 19  -  RACING with Scrutineer Lester Piggott, who rode a great race to land Gentle Jim a neck winner in the Lion City Cup last month, can bring off a "classic double" In the $75,000 Tunku's Gold Cup (Race 6) at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. He has
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      2872 19 1 ra ce 1 1 Blntong Timor 111 (Porto bello Perslca): sth to Ovation over 1200 m yielding. sth to Profeaaor Wlnstun over 1290 m Ipoh Jan, food; 2nd to Chief of Staff over 1200 m last Bat. good. Camarede (Be Friendly
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      127 19 1 BBIAN MII.IJCB FAIBWAY 1 bM 1: Golden Show Camarade Golden Show Sue Shun San Shan Oolden Show Golden Show Keep SmlUn' Km* S: Salutation Sound of Sensation r%btlfif Typhoon Amlrah Jaya Sovereign COanft Sporting Gesture Amlrah Jaya K«M t: Ntrada DUoaod Sweet Memory Nanda IHsiswd Chief of Staff
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      Despicable! Forces' call to maim players
      301 20 Alor Star. Saturday Malaysian Armed Forces feel totally ashamed of themaelves after what their officials and reserves did from the bench in a cup match against Kedah here last night. reports JEFFREY LOW. In the last 10 minutes of the game, as Forces were
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      S'pore must go for the early goals
      509 20  -  Malaysia Cup, >^\7B By JEFFREY LOW Kangar, Saturday Young E. Shanmugaretnam will definitely be in the Singapore first XI to play Perils today at 5 p.m. So said coach Sebastian Yap after he gave regular striker Dollah Kssfitm a fitness test this morning.
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      50 20 Singapore: Edmund Wee, Hasll Ibrahim, Kd Mutallb, Samad pitchay, Robert Sim, Zalnal Abldeen, Wanhtm Hosnl, Mat Noh, Naslr Jalil. E. Shanmugaretnam, Quah Kim Song. Perils: All Osman, Rosll Mahmud, Ibrahim Saad, Osman Ibrahim, Sallm Mohammed, Bakri IbnL Sallm Talb, Radzl Yaakub, Azhar Mohammed Noor, Saldln Osman, Syed Abdul Rahman.
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      27 20 Reuter Wellington, Saturday New Zealand were 198 for eight at lunch here today on the second day of the first Test against England. Reuter.
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      28 16 r! Il j '.u:i nva rasa sayang We wish to advise that arrival and disembarkation will take place on "TTTV FEB. 12 8 A.M. at Godown 42/43 PSA
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      73 16 THE BORN LOSER by Art Sansom m m WA Sm m m t»» MA. fct, t A tat tu. m. m SHORT RIBS FOUR ACES. (1 WIN AGAIN JTfe "TIMETI IN AW CHIf CASH A Million v—by Frank O Neal .„vou won't bet able "TO <3£T THAT MANY wfi'ii r:
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      108 17 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I LIM FANG MOH Of No. Blk 34, 396-C Circuit Rd, Singapore, have applied for a second Class Public House licence In respect of premises No. 5196 5108, Wah Hup Complex Singapore, and that this application will be heard in Court No. 5, Subordinate
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      34 17 APPROVED BY: S.R.A. •BLUE dot-fast •RED dot-medium WHITE dot-slow •YELLOW dot-super slow Available at all leading sports shops Sole agents SUNRISE COMPANY 56, WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE 1. TEL: *****6 ***** Sales store: *****04 *****42
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      201 17 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are resourceful and practical. You can set aside all fanciful Ideas atid set your sights towards the feasible: you do not waste your time with the Impossible. Nor do you attempt to achieve the possible against odds that make the
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      110 17 leader need not keep you from being an able follower. Anticipate requests for aid. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Associates come to your rescue early today. Be assured of success, though things look tricky. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Confusing circumstances at home make It Impossible to sort out personal feelings. SCORNO
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      80 19 ALL EYES ON CARL ZEISS FOR SPLIT-SECOND FOCUSING AND A PERFECT VIEW fcARLZEisJr JENA 2* JENOPTEM Bx3o. 10x50 and BINOCTEM Ixso An outstanding all-purpose binoculars made by world-famous Carl Zeiss. Zeiss binoculars are compact, lightweight and so easy to handle. A must for sportsmen, pleasure seekers and professionals. The care
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      175 20 Doing More With Your Book $12 50 value with purchase. The Money Manager is ideally suited for use In business, as well as at home. It can provide rapid, direct calculations of cost, selling price and gross profit margins. In addition the Money Manager has the advanced mathematical capabilities to
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      38 20 ANDY CAPP '18 PIGEON 9 SOUND A BIT V OF AN ©©SESSION 'IMj PLORRIE NOT REALLY, DEAR, 'E'S ALSO VERV > KEEN ON DARTS AN 1 SNOOKER m m I II <■ m W m m m Wsr"i f msmSm
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