New Nation, 5 March 1978
1978-03-05
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Title Section11 1978-03-05 1 Sunday Nation MARCH 5 r 1978 10 CINT9 M.C.(P) NO. SIT/1/7911 words
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Advertisement68 1978-03-05 1 What a dirty way to die Page 10 > sM i. *Wk" i .1 m >#■* ,3r Bring back the New Year bang-bangs Page 8 Win three houses A offer by yVI And give tc RI I W workers' B welfare Story in Page 2 When education is another obstacle68 words
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Advertisement96 1978-03-05 1 4 Upside down view of the world Page 6 Job outlook for grads and why it's harder for women Page 4 I I v/ •,>/*AM 4 i with the r*—~X?r—MM i>V r u cm easily afford. i m use nearly forty Canon lenses from Ftsh Eye to Super "etephoto, some96 words
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212 1978-03-05 2 rE Economic Development Board has set .up a scheme to stimulate and assist local firms to develop new or Improve existing products/processes related to their manufacturing activities. Called the Product Development Assistance Scheme, It has an Initial budget of $1 mUllon.212 words
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Article371 1978-03-05 2 And give to workers' welfare fund A $200,000 splitn level, semi-de-tached bungalow with five bedrooms heads a bountiful list of prizes for a lucky draw to raise money for the NTUC's Labour Foundation Fund. The bungalow comes furnished to the tune of $20,000. Second371 words
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134 1978-03-05 2 AP S WIDISH actress Anita Ekberg. ridiculed by the German press, broke off a comeback bid after three nights in a Munich nightclub, the management said on Friday. Miss Ekberg, who achieved fame as the curvy symbol of Roman hlghllfe In the 1959AP - 134 words
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Article, Illustration64 1978-03-05 2 THE emerging sewer worker. Long overlooked, he has Anally surfaced from the murklness of the underground to win recognition. Recently, the city of Stockholm decided to honour these people who do an unseen but Important job by building a bronze monument at Nybroplan, one of the64 words
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86 1978-03-05 2 NYT The Chinese community wu yesterday reminded that they cannot hope to solve their problem* by distributing their mandate to various political Dartles. MCA chief publicity officer, senator Michael Wong Kuan Lee said the Chinese should first decide to\ make known their dissatisfactionNYT - 86 words
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404 1978-03-05 2 rr\HE University of SlnL gapore's Buklt Timah campus Is to become a Joint campus for firstyear Arts, Science, Accountancy and Business Administration students from both Sintah and Nantah. "This is to enable Nanyang University students to study In an English-speaking environment,"404 words
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THE WORLD YESTERDAY
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Article64 1978-03-05 2 THE noise level in HDB estates could be reduced if the Housing Board used "softer" building finishes, according to Dr Raymond Heng, an engineering lecturer at the University of Singapore. Instead of using concrete for the celling it could be lined with noise-absorbent padding. The HDB should build64 words
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Article45 1978-03-05 2 SIXTY-SIX patients suffering from chronic renal failure were "left to die" in the hospital last year, according to the chairman of the National Kidney Foundation, Prof Khoo Oon Telk, because they couldn't afford dialysis and donated transplants were not forthcoming.45 words
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Article41 1978-03-05 2 ONLY 600 applications have been received for the allocation of 1,100 new NTUC Comfort taxis, a statement from the transport cooperative said yesterday. As a result, the closing date has been extended from Feb 28 to March 11.41 words
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Article29 1978-03-05 2 Reuter THE Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda accused China of supplying arms to Somalia for use In the war with Ethiopia In the Ogaden desert.—Reuter.Reuter - 29 words
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Article76 1978-03-05 2 LACK of a quorum forced the two coffee shop associations yesterday to postpone an emergency meeting that had been called after they had refused to reduce a cup of coffee by five cents as proposed by the Department of Trade and Consumers' Association. An official of the Singapore76 words
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Article76 1978-03-05 2 AFP PAKISTAN, International Airlines' Chief Air Marshal Nur Khan yesterday announced a US$2OO ($460) monthly life stipend for ex-ser-viceman Abdul Malik who foiled an attempt to hijack a PI A Jumbo Jet on an Internal flight la&t Thursday. Pakistani military ruler General Zia U1 HaqAFP - 76 words
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Article59 1978-03-05 2 THE Government will construct a long range air traffic detection system (long-range radar system) complex at the proposed new international airport In Changl. An official announcement yesterday said construction work on the 512.7 million project will begin soon and is expected to be completed by59 words
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Article65 1978-03-05 2 Reuter A SENIOR leader of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) yesterday dismissed as rumours reports of a posslb 1 e resumption of dialogue between the PLO and Jordan. "All that was published on this subject were pure rumours and speculation," the head of PLO's military dep aReuter - 65 words
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Article35 1978-03-05 2 Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew last night presented scholarship awards to 24 primary, secondary and preuniversity students in the Tanjong Pagar constituency. The presentation was held at the Tanjong Pagar community centre.35 words
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Article28 1978-03-05 2 AFP THE NEW Japanese ambassador to Singapore, Mr Klyoakl Klkuchl, presented his credentials yesterday to President Benjamin Sheares at the I tan a Negara, AFP.AFP - 28 words
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Advertisement45 1978-03-05 2 THE CENTRE WITH MODERN EQUIPMENT AND LATEST TECHNIQUES, PERSONAL ATTENTION ANO ASSISTANCE IN ACQUIRING NEW SKILLS IN SECRETARIAL. COMMERCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING. NEXT coursi 20th Marc* 1»7« WE USE ONLY ISM SELECTRIC TYPEWRITERS" OF TEACHERS ARE DEDICATED PROPESSIONALS CONFIDENCE IS THE DIFFERENCE YOU'LL ACQUIRE. u45 words
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Article236 1978-03-05 3 All 47 crew and passengers killed AP Reuter A VENEZUELAN com- merclal airliner with 47 people aboard crashed into the Caribbean Sea and burned on Friday night shortly after takeoff from the Caracas international airport. Rescue teams reported recovery of 15 badly mutilated bodies and heldAP; Reuter - 236 words
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183 1978-03-05 3 AP |>RIME Minister lan I Smith appealed to US President Carter on Friday to support his agreement with black moderates for majority rule and asked for an American "helping hand" to remove international sanctions against Rhodesia. The white Rhodeslan leader also said itAP - 183 words
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170 1978-03-05 3 rpHE US ambassador to J- the United Nations, Mr Andrew Young has called off his scheduled trip to Thailand* Malaysia and Singapore because of a special session of the UN Security Council. The session will begin tomorrow. A US Embassy spokesman,170 words
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Article200 1978-03-05 3 AFP JAKARTA was the scene of traffic Jams lasting more than two hours yesterday as armed soldiers, anti-riot police, armoured cars and fire engines surrounded the State University of Indonesia moments after about 2000 students staged a rally inside their campus. The students. wearing yellowAFP - 200 words
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Article81 1978-03-05 3 UPI A HUNTER in Southern Japan recently mistook the noise of a chainsaw for the roar of a wild boar and shot a tree cutter to death, the police reported yesterday. Charging that some Japanese hunters will shoot Just about anything that moves, the police asked ParliamentUPI - 81 words
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Article72 1978-03-05 3 AFP rIE Soviet Union plans to supply Syria with "Scud" missiles which can carry nuclear warheads, an Arabic language weekly published In Paris reported yesterday. The weekly An Nahar Arabe et International said the missiles were part of a Utree-phase plan to enable Syria aloneAFP - 72 words
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Advertisement168 1978-03-05 3 THE SEARCH IS OVER THE ONLY CAR RADIO C IN THE WORLD WITH RG-5250 $255 2 Band Stereo Car Radio Cassette with APSS. FM/FM Stereo/MW Large 14W music power r± PLL (Phase-Locked Loop) FM MPX circuitry M Auto Stop*pleasing design 9 APSS means you needn't have to jjt fumble around168 words
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Article404 1978-03-05 4 rpHE JOB market improved for University of Singapore graduates last year, but the outlook for the next few batches of graduates Is not cheerful, an employment survey by Slntah concludes. Non-professional graduate* may have to accept Jobs which are not currently associated with university degree404 words
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454 1978-03-05 4 By a correspondent IT WAS the old ques--4 tlon again: To accept or not to accept pasar patois Singapore English as a legitimate. variety of the language. I am referring, of course, to the RTB forum on Singapore English at 9.55 p.m. on454 words
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Article70 1978-03-05 4 AFP COUR people were devoured by piranha fish last Wednesday when their boat capsized on a lake not far from the Amazon city of Santarem In Brazil, it was reported yesterday. Fishermen picked up what was left of the four victims. They were accompanying German priestAFP - 70 words
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136 1978-03-05 4 rnHE Job situation for JL most graduates Is no longer one of "pick and choose" but "grab and hang on." Last year's arts, social science, business administration and accountancy graduates said the job market last year was. better than they had hoped.136 words
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Advertisement140 1978-03-05 4 Read the New, Exciting Children's Magazine! Funland is an English-language fortnightly magazine for boys and girls, carefully planned, to be entertaining and informative, to arouse curiosity and stir the imagination. Get Funland Vol. 2 No 4 and... Meet the New Girl in School Visit the Kingdom of Ants Referee the140 words
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Advertisement169 1978-03-05 4 U 1 U I M I Nature Provided the Protein. WEIDER "POWERIZED" IT! Micioui htmtmmt Waidar liquid P»o1»«i it a complata orotain UJQ ptamant With ail X Amino Ac* inctudin« L-Trypttpfiana. Tha proim pradifauad by hydroiytit procaaa dial makat tha Amino Acidi matwitty MM<a tor uaa by ttia body Many169 words
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Miscellaneous460 1978-03-05 4 In and around town HAfS TIGER AND HMS MOHAWK, berthed at Naval Base, Sembawang, will be open to the public, 2 p.m. to 5 pm. Today and next Bunday only. TALK ON PHOTOGRAPHY by Mr Ang Klan Hock In Mandarin. Llm Chu Kang community centre, 8 p.m. Admission free. NUMISMATIC460 words
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138 1978-03-05 5 AP FISH Republican Army guerillas skimmed at least £1 million (about $4 million) from British government housing contracts In Belfast to pay their men and buy weapons, well-informed sources say. Prime Minister James Callaghan's Labour administration has been tight-lipped about the allegations despiteAP - 138 words
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Article30 1978-03-05 5 AFP SIXTEEN Vietnamese soldiers were killed In an unsuccessful attempt to seize Dak Dam district in the northern C a m b odlan province of Mondol-Kl-ri on Thursday.—AFP.AFP - 30 words
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Article, Illustration133 1978-03-05 5 YfOiTD be out on a limb 1 II you're as obsessed with Miss Nicola Lanzenberg's art as she Is with the human body. But If you can foot the bill, It la surely a conversation piece to beat all conversation pieces. The sofa (above) costIPS photo - 133 words
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Article123 1978-03-05 5 AP AN INTERNATIONAL warrant was Issued on Friday in the hunt for graverobbers who stole comedian Charlie Chaplin's body from a village cemetery In Switzerland, but police said they have no clue yet as to the motives. The warrant. Issued for "unknown" offenders, asks policeAP - 123 words
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Article124 1978-03-05 5 UPI r[E Soviet Union on Friday asked China to open talks aimed at "normalisation of relations" between the two hostile governments, Japan's Kyodo news agency said in a dispatch from Peking. It said the message was addressed to the fifth session of China's National PeopleUPI - 124 words
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Article195 1978-03-05 5 UPI PE US State Department said on Friday Soviet-Cuban intervention In the Horn of Africa poses a possible military threat to vital US and European oil supply lines. "The introduction of Soviet and Cuban forces Into Ethiopia, especially in such magnitude, has inevitably IntroUPI - 195 words
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Article142 1978-03-05 5 AFP mHE Hong Kong Trade 1 Development Council Is safeguarding the colony's clothing Industry by a vigorous policy of diversification through upgrading, the council's chairman. Mr T.K. Ann, said yesterday. Addressing the Insurance Institute of Hong Kong, Mr Ann said upgrading meant adding more dollar valueAFP - 142 words
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Article341 1978-03-05 5 WHY pay more for fragrant Thai rice when the fragrance disappears after cooking, the Consumers' Association of Singapore has asked Singaporeans. Warning that rice prices will be rising steadily, Case said consumers must be prepared to take counter-measures. Singaporeans are now consuming 4500 to 5000341 words
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Advertisement137 1978-03-05 5 How mudi more would a nutritious and balanced diet cost supplement i poll™ bee-collected An analysis of bee-pollen ("honey scrap') revealea traces of 11 vital enzymes, 14 amino-acids. 11 minerals and 14 vitam ins. The key factor is the enzyme content. Enzymes are important substances whicn control the metabolism and137 words
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Article219 1978-03-05 6 COMMENT It was Mr Justice T. Kul&sekaram's exacting eye which caught some new female lawyers on the wrong side of sartorial law. The offence was committed on Jan 18 this year before a packed Chambers at the Supreme Court when 43 of them were being admitted219 words
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Article, Illustration715 1978-03-05 6 VOU might have 1 thought that the map of the world Is the one thing that doesn't change. If you did, then It could be time to think again. A German historian, Dr Arno Peters, of the University of Bremen, now claims that715 words
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Advertisement173 1978-03-05 6 THE LADY SEIKO QUARTZ. A STARTLING S ftf£W y STANDARD OF ACCURACY FOR WOMEN. 4302-3019 The Lady Seiko is stylish without being obvious; fashionable without being flamboyant It has the kind of exquisite good looks you Ve come to expect from Seiko. Yet the Lady Seiko Quartz is accurate to173 words
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118 1978-03-05 7 JOHN Hitter, ion of Tex. the cowboy star whom you might remember on a long-ago TV programme called Ranch Party, finally feel* like a star. You would think that the reason for this is that his ABC TV series. Three's Company, is top118 words
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Article61 1978-03-05 7 WOULD you trust your 14-year-old on an escalator alone? One shopping complex, at least, doesnt think that you ought to. They advise, by way of a notice, that children under the age of 10 should be accompanied on the escalator by an adult. Those teens of 1061 words
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Article, Illustration300 1978-03-05 7 GLORIA CHANDY - Why this conflict witli filial piety? GLORIA CHANDY rnHE chairman of -1 one Singapore home for the aged sick recently rose to the defence of those who choose to put their aged relatives In homes rather than care for them within the family300 words
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Article169 1978-03-05 7 \fULTI STORETYED 1»1 car parks lii the many new shopping complexes in town can be a maze getting out of. Getting In Is po problem since all the motorist) is concerned with is finding that empty lot and then seeking the lifts to get into the building169 words
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Article, Illustration223 1978-03-05 7 nnHERE have been a couple of celebrities In the past who have made a fad of sleeping In a coffin. But they aren't the forerunners of this society In America, where anything goes, who sell "coffin kits." You're right, that runs along the223 words
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Advertisement26 1978-03-05 7 I r wmm:: a HOW TO ENTER BbIBBh ii^Trt:«»r.T-HriT« im m u .f- I I r Lt EE I tlx I 1/liKrr* 0 r X J&26 words
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Article, Illustration1221 1978-03-05 8 SAROJINI KUMARASAMY - A degree is an open sesame to jobs. But for paraplegics it could slam the doors on satisfying employment BY SAROJINI KUMARASAMY A PARAPLEGIC HERSELF EDUCATION is a passport to security. The more you learn, the thicker your pay packet. A degree may get1,221 words
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Article, Illustration362 1978-03-05 8 If you ask me... WITH alarming alacrity, the Lupar New Year celebrations are losing their hold on the Chinese. Year after year, the festivity has dipped; there Is a danger that Chinese New Year will lose all Its significance, especially as the362 words
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Advertisement49 1978-03-05 8 IF YOU have tomething to say which yo« think onr readers woald like to know why not pat It on paper and send It to ms. We welcome contributors to this eolamn. Articles can he on any subject bat shoald preferably he opinion pieces of •Mat 5M words each.49 words
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Advertisement41 1978-03-05 8 They should be typewritten (double-spac-ed) on one side of each sheet of paper. Contributors should state their occupations as far as possible. We pay $M for every article published. Address your articles to: Sunday Nation, 3M Kim Seng Boad, Singapore 9.41 words
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Article, Illustration1009 1978-03-05 9 Morris - Try as they might they can't disguise those giveaway gestures MAN WATCHING MANWATCHING Is published by Jonathan Cape, price £7.95. Dr Desmond Morris, who is the author of some 50 scientific papers and a dozen books on animal and human behaviour,1,009 words
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Advertisement52 1978-03-05 9 (Car Park) Tel: *****6, *****19 mtfutest vn Wfantic mwyMte-M\ mmm w m 4 A J| 13 ss y* m A t M Ail w simp? vmm A r« M 4 i ft ss ii I V > I ii 1 w >•/ 'IP #r# 5"7 >:•• 1 "W 'II? i52 words
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Article, Illustration1607 1978-03-05 10 / 11 Anthony Tucker - Anthony Tucker on the effects of radiation from the neutron bomb Anthony Tucker WHEN the "clean" tactical neutron bomb burst over the battle salient, those who die quickly will be the lucky ones. Within 400 metres of ground zero, where the blast and burn1,607 words
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Article, Illustration357 1978-03-05 10 / 11 JT IS time we learned to love the neutron bomb (enhanced radiation weapon, ERW) says Dr. Harold N. Agnew, director of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and nuke-designer in chief to the US Department of Defence. There has been so much confusion and misinformation and misunderstanding about357 words
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Miscellaneous1232 1978-03-05 12 Sunday Nation Your 12-page TV pullout PICK OF THE WEEK fc'\ h *k few Lauren Hutton NEW SERIES: THE RHINEMANN EXCHANGE (Best Sellers) on Saturday, Ch. 5 at 9.55 p.m. in COLOUR Replacing SEVENTH AVENUE in the Best Sellers slot this week is a threepart drama based on Robert Ludlum's1,232 words
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Advertisement194 1978-03-05 13 J A HEAD OF OUR TIME at* *TT» The GX Hnad i t, it |!c rv'.t.r t» .1 it ."i -V'n .1 1 .1 H.M 1 Iv.i It -it, .i■ |,i| t -> AKAI-THE MOST USTENABIE FASHION TODAY AKAI Enquiries Tel *****1 your records First, you play your favorite records,194 words
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Miscellaneous964 1978-03-05 13 MONDAY Colourent Colour T.V. Specialists 3.60 P.M. Open 3.03 SIRUVAR ULAGAM (r) 3.30 Diary of Events (T) 3.35 AFTERNOON MATINEE: I'd Climb The Highest Mountain (Pt. 1). The joys and sorrows of a new parson and his city-bred wife in rural Georgia at the turn of century. Stars Susan Hayward,964 words
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Advertisement124 1978-03-05 14 The Super Boy (The Big Boy in dashing Console) 'i F KV-2020ES Sony's 20" (51.8 cm) New Trinitron colour tv system with 60% brighter and sharper plus instant picture make him the best colour tv system in town. warranty ►24 months' cover for free labour ►24 months' cover for all124 words
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Miscellaneous943 1978-03-05 14 WEDNESDAY 3.00 P.M. Open 3.03 SERBANIKA (r) 3.30 Diary of Events (M) 3.35 BONANZA: Long Way to Ogden 4.25 Intermission 6.05 Open 6.08 ELECTRIC COMPANY 6.30 NEWS IN BRIEF 6.35 WILD. WILD WORLD OF. ANIMALS: Badger Country 7.00 Samudra 7.30 NEWS AND NEWSREEL (M) 7.55 PRELUDES. Pianist Tamas Vasary plays943 words
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Advertisement133 1978-03-05 15 > -jI m v «.Va«*-■ > --*j ?< y -r **j w Vl., tjp. flies 5 times a week to DUBAI MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS from Singapore. TUESDAYS and SATURDAYS from Bangkok. V "1 ygj *V If** 41 t jr.-. C k ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES G2. Mandarin Hotel Arcada 333,133 words
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Miscellaneous992 1978-03-05 15 FRIDAY Owl *Jrti ■i. Rent now and buy it later if you like it. 3.00 P.M. Open 3.03 Housewives' Matinee: The Impossible Dream (r). Mandarin feature film 4.30 Intermission 6.05 Open ••08 EXERCISE WITH GLORIA 6.30 NEWS IN BRIEF *.35 THE TONY RANDALL SHOW: Case: Mario Strikes. Again. Miss Reubner992 words
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Advertisement385 1978-03-05 16 SE m N E r-i BUZZ OFF SMILE .AGAIN C DOYOU 'LOVE ME? 00 Vot/ /.owe Afe by R.D. Laing, an entertainment in conversation and verse is an astonishing, funny, savage and entertaining book. It explores all the resonances of that painful question 'Do you really love me?'. A wise385 words
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Miscellaneous78 1978-03-05 16 I m m si WMVfc BROWN and MEL 6#3S£N 0H« 1 I m. ?is ss c, i VCO COOT T) UUXRSfNJD... I KWLTT TO WUOlU WHAT KIUDOF RDOD fc l/U IT •9 i MS S L. V. 1 »Vx<l n II I I 80 ~»s tffl i I V A78 words
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Miscellaneous150 1978-03-05 17 / 18 HEY, SYLVESTER/ f I KNOW, SIRE, I HAVE OVERSTAYED MY WELCOME AS SOUR MOUSE GUEST DURING THE HOLIDAYS/ f 4 w ER... BEFORE I I DEPART I WISH L to compose: a 7 s SET OF NEW YEAR'S fI.L GET VV. A PENCIL AN' WPER/ I >< JfrZZ i*ATER'\ IT150 words
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Miscellaneous70 1978-03-05 17 / 18 SL CLUTTER/ •'a; 'V. r*. iod SORE KEEP. A NEAT DE&K, SIR ALL GREAT MEN DO > ■>. > *> A ,m :iv' 'W V v ffc,. 2XFS* IkSN .r. w ifl£S f| 5 clutter > A s M SST 0 <-. "<• mil, T a*' THERE'S NOTHING SO A£~lW„70 words
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Miscellaneous63 1978-03-05 17 / 18 HUH? IJUST CANT UNDERSTAND WHAT WHATD NOLI SAY? EVtFED R CAMFF FAULK WJFFALL IMMY VOU'RK SAVIN' MR. OOP/ a\ KWflar. ft: i i Si 'V w yiffr 3f*j tern r mm.--; wxan*i rr> <:T 4 ♦4 •stvr frr <X v W < v- >&* 3* d 4» 1 §E$ r63 words
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Advertisement545 1978-03-05 19 SPECIAL COURSES FOR SCHOOL LEAVERS Congratulations to all school leavers on completion of G.C.E. Examinations. On the threshold of embarking upon a new phase of your life, your next move will determine your future prospects, we have, therefore, specially designed a range of courses to help enhance your career prospects.545 words
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Advertisement115 1978-03-05 19 TO i» t-1 J LUCIENNE LANSON This book is written for all women regardless of age, social position, educational level or sexual inclination. Here, at last is clear, accurate and sympathetic information from a gynaecologist speaking woman to woman in a book that will enable every woman to understand the115 words
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Miscellaneous481 1978-03-05 19 OUR SHIP 19 HOLED AND SINKING WC WRVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SURRENDER, CAPTAIN CAREY K 0. mw w *Li Hi ft';!* sr:?. 7 v<v i? •j H 1 sk x j^M. Wi.rTii \>T sr; K 'A 7 i i 1 Hi IT IS STILL YOUR SHIP, > SENOR STAY481 words
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506 1978-03-05 20 HVNOUR w th cA^i) •fTHAT mighty mas- ter of unmean--1 n g rhyme." I've known a' few in my time and, if I may, this March morning in a departure from the norm, abdicate my Sunday prose in favour of a selection of506 words
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Article163 1978-03-05 20 A prr\nnat t t, u f V us rGLISH as it is spoken by a very well-educated English speaker is what is needed in Singapore, according to speakers at a TV forum on Thursday night. Okay, fine. FOOTPRINTS hawe been found In Tanzania which may have been left163 words
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279 1978-03-05 20 CRT - Off Hie Record by CRT 1J ARMONIC A pracnll ce s generate their own tensions, for sure. At one Sunday afternoon rehearsal of the SAF Reservists' Assclatlon's Harmonica Ensemble, the Introductory bars of Suppe's Light Cavalry Overture bounced off the279 words
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Advertisement111 1978-03-05 20 THE NEW >A NKJ& K 1 Ml 9 Itr n. > rV Jf*"* S M ,-TV <'"»V sh i •M Mythsof local K<Wo on the Skfeyicfa •V 31 1 T b. 1 :i '-M TT; mmwfti #11 !4 ,#s If'U %S, ri Vi v m 4 v. -a. .J'V;- K#111 words
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Article, Illustration731 1978-03-05 21 Wong Kin Hoong - UK Backyard, vineyard, rubbish dump, flophouse and prison cell—l've slept in them a 11... By Wong Kin Hoong "fXCUBE me, sir, could you spare me a cell for the night?" I was stranded, cold and stone broke. I had Intended731 words
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Article, Illustration559 1978-03-05 21 Jenny Lee - By Jenny Lee THE signboard off the main road reminds me of a Balinese painting with its bold but monotonous strokes of colours. The painting bears little semblance to 4he hill resort. The two slopes are well-defined and equalled with a gaping plateau which looks more Uke559 words
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Advertisement41 1978-03-05 21 RESTAURANT OUTRAM PARK, ■LK. 26 6Hi STORKY (E) ChM-cook Mr. Hat Hal WELCOME TO TASTE Oil Wlmum Hot Plate Deer Meat Japan Roast Pork Rib Hongkong Roast Chicken Fresh Prawns (from Ipoh) Fried Shredded Chicken with Yam PHONE:*****88 *****29 EASY PARKING41 words
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Advertisement139 1978-03-05 21 tale to tell? Here'* a chance to tell It And to a much wider audience than jou'd ever have thought possible. Sunday Nation Is running a weekly travellers' column written by our readers. It can be a travelogue type story or just a little Incident or your most unforjrtUble or139 words
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Article, Illustration181 1978-03-05 22 Masaki kobayaSHI'S KWAIDAN (1964) will be brought back by the Singapore Film Society today at the Cultural Centre at 4 and 8 pm. The film Is made up of three self contained parts. Kurokaml is a tale of a181 words
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417 1978-03-05 22 Edgar Koh - J jjjjjj Out in the wilds but this family manages nicely, thank you! By Edgar Koh fjiROM time lmmer mortal man has gone back to nature. A more recent fad was grow-your-own, blo-degradable communes set up by hippie-types In retreat from big cities.417 words
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Advertisement168 1978-03-05 22 Singapore to Hong Kong 18 flights a week. m HKifl *W ,C* r Flight Hostess RhimMyoOck Our morning norvetop flight to Hong Kong leaves at 11.20 am every day of the week. It's a Super TriStar service (except on Friday when we operate a Boeing 707). Every afternoon at 4.05168 words
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Article, Illustration790 1978-03-05 23 HELLA PICK - m But still fascinating for its insight into the White House and continuing malaise of presidency THE ENDS OF POWER. By H.R. HaJdeman. With Joseph Di Mona. Times Books, 1978. 326 pp, illustrated, U5512.95./ REVIEWED BY HELLA PICK Guardian WHAT began as a governmentGuardian - 790 words
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Article, Illustration305 1978-03-05 23 TVI sleek foreign X convertible WM like many ether* tat the Mldcity Garage e:icept for the tel men's brawn show and socks protruding from the opened driver's deer. -Ho was I. William Clancy, Now York's top sap sit en men's fashions," Inspector Whiten told305 words
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Article426 1978-03-05 23 Observer HRHE printing of THE 1 ENDS OF POWER Involved the most elaborate security operation In the history of political publishing. The Irony of It was that one day before the material was aent out for newspaper serialisation by the New York Times to ItsObserver - 426 words
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Article482 1978-03-05 23 Alex Josey - FROM APES TO WARLORDS *****6. By Solly Zuckerman. Hamish Hamilton 1978. 447 pp £7.95- By Alex Josey pROFESSOR Lord Zuckerman Is a talented but lucky man. He was born, of Jewish parents, in South Africa in 1904. He went to England as a medical482 words
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609 1978-03-05 26 UPI fIENRY MORROGH, a County Cork Irishman has taken on what some might consider a foolhardy and unnecessary task: teaching Italians to drive fast. As anyone who has driven in Italy and seen cars screaming past them at (160 km/h) or more knows, teachingUPI - 609 words
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Article, Illustration112 1978-03-05 26 rIS la Howard Angus, king of real tennis. In case you didn't know, what they play at Wimbledon isn't real tennis. Real tennis Is something else again. It Is handreds of years old and Is traly a sport of kings: "real" means royal In112 words
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237 1978-03-05 26 Brian Miller - Brian Miller AST week's frlend- ly international matches between the Singapore women and their Malaysian counterparts was a tremendous success all the way. Both teams had good, tough games, and Doth countries finally agreed that more matches should be arranged on a similar scale.237 words
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259 1978-03-05 26 Gerry Cban - BADHINTON Gerry Cban Schools which were unable to put up teams to compete In the National Schools badminton team championships have urged ECAC to reconsider their three-year-old ban on Individual championships. Individual events for boys and girls were stopped In 1974 because they were getting259 words
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Article493 1978-03-05 27 INSIDE TRACK SINGAPORE'S SOC--9 cer mad fans have been denied the chance to see Malaysia Cup games "live" on TV, but RTS can make up for this in a big way by televising "live" the English League Cup final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.493 words
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Article, Illustration800 1978-03-05 27 Lawrence Altman - By Lawrence Altman NYT CPORTS medicine, having developed slowly in the background since athletes began competing in the ancient Olympics, is becoming a medical specialty in the US. A growing number of sport-medicine clinics are opening throughout the United States, and sports-medicine doctors—by devoting moreNYT - 800 words
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303 1978-03-05 27 Joyce Tan - Joyce Tan IN A surprise move the SWNA have lncluchd ine mixed league, hitherto an off-season activity, in the early part of this year s calendar. Explaining the move, Mrs Cynthia Naldu, the SWNA tournaments chairman, said: "It Is not a reverse303 words
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Article, Illustration638 1978-03-05 28 Beverly Moore - 'When I get the urge again, I II start working at my record' By Beverly Moore UPI CK>R self-assured r track star Edwin Moses, breaklng his current 47.45 world record In the 400-metre hurdles Is no big deal. That's hla goal for the 1960UPI - 638 words
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Article, Illustration361 1978-03-05 28 Tan Kim Seng - ATHLETICS Tan Kim Seng ItfORE than 400 ATI competitors In four divisions took part In the first 1 o c a 11 y-sponsored cross country run last week organised by the Singapore AAA. Newk Plus Four Far But Pte. Ltd., the sponsors generously donated361 words
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Article681 1978-03-05 28 Tom Whitfield - By Tom Whitfield UPI IKE most 18-year-old US college freshmen, Renaldo Nehemlah has plans. He'd like to have fun, get an education, broaden his horizons, maybe even play some football eventually. Those plans are currently on hold except for the education, of course becauseUPI - 681 words
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Article, Illustration673 1978-03-05 29 Alfred Tong - TENNIS TALK Alfred Tong fl> AMANATHAN 1V KRIBHNAN Is a youthful 41, a prosperous businessman and proud father of Ramesh Krlshnan. AllIndia and. more recently, Selangor Open champion. Although a little on the heavy side, he still plays superb tennis. As one673 words
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469 1978-03-05 29 «wm SOCCER A COMPUTER, fed A with Information by university students In Lima, Peru, has predicted that Holland will beat Scotland 2-0 In the World Cup final In June. The machine also predicted that West Germany will win the opening game 2-1 against Poland, and Italy469 words
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504 1978-03-05 29 Jim Cour - By Jim Cour UPI so often, Alleen Eaton's family will ask her why she doesn't retire. America'! premier lady boxing promoter has a stock reply. '1 ask them," the say* with a bright smile, "what would I do? Then they .stop and don'tUPI - 504 words
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Article, Illustration463 1978-03-05 30 Some call it sport, others torture. But mors and mora intrepid man are taking Hie icy plunge into the world's newest, toughest race game. IPS ITB the roughest, 1 toughest, coldest and most punishing new sport In the world. The name ofIPS - 463 words
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Article337 1978-03-05 30 Tony Koh - BASKETBALL Tony Koh VTCNE former youth Internationals who competed in last year's Asian Youth championships in Kuwait have been drafted into the men's national squad. Four members of last year's national team, Ang Keng Lin. Chua Boon Hal, Ho Tal Nam and Ho Whye Tong, failed to337 words
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Article, Illustration296 1978-03-05 30 Lim Kok Ann - Lim Kok Ann IN THE recent zonal championship prelimlnary rounds, played In Japan, Wong Meng Kong, 14, crushed International Chess Master Arovah Bachtlar of Indonesia. It was, Ironically, Meng Kong's only win. Bachtlar loat only one other tame—to Grandmaster Ballnaa of the Philippine* who finished296 words
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Article, Illustration1311 1978-03-05 31 Ronald Atkin - She's 15, pigtailed, and she wears pinafores on court. Yet under that folksy front Tracy Austin hides a killer instinct. Ronald Atkin reports. Ronald Atkin 1977 Los Angeles Times Observer HTRACY Austin, darl- ing of Wimbledon, heroine of Forest Hills, pauses to address her audience before1977 Los Angeles Times; Observer - 1,311 words
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Article, Illustration82 1978-03-05 31 Don J. Leary - OVERRUNNING FOREHAND? TRY PURPOSELY MISSING THE RALL ON THE "OUTSIDE" By Don J. Leary Bitot Bay Club, Newport tuck. Ca 1. The most common error in tennis is running too close to the ball, then having to hit it with the throat or handle. (UK 2. Try82 words
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Article252 1978-03-05 32 For the EXMTS UPI f EORQE Bamber- ger's legacy has suddenly become Ray Miller's responsibility. Bamberger, the newlynamed manager of tne Milwaukee Brewers, was tor many years the pitcnlng coach of the Baltimore Orioles and Is credited with developing tne likes of Jim Palmer. DaveUPI - 252 words
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Article173 1978-03-05 32 AP THANKS to cantankerous Harold Ballard, you still cannot tell the Toronto Maple Leafs without a scorecard. Facing the threat of a US$5,OOO ($12,000) fine, the Leafs' owner gave in after a fashion to a National Hockey League rule requiring players' names to be sewnAP - 173 words
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Article, Illustration36 1978-03-05 32 American skateboarder Shane CutU perform* a hall-pipe demonstration at North London's 80bell Sporta Centre. Bhane was snowlnß oil his style before the main event, a skateboard rampage featuring 50 of Britain's top skateboarders. Pana Pana photoPana photo - 36 words
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Article184 1978-03-05 32 AP Even the sun has deserted the Phoenix Buns. Heavy rains pelted the "valley of the sun" on Wednesday and the roof of the Phoenix Coliseum sprung a few leaks. A mop-up crew got the arena in shape for the sun's game againstAP - 184 words
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Article111 1978-03-05 32 AFP CHRIS LAID LAW, the Paris-based former All-Black scrumhalf who upset the New Zealand and South African rugby establishment with hi* hard-hitting book. Mud In Tour Eye, will soon take up an appointment with the Commonwealth Secretariat. Leading sportswrlter Terry McLean said In Auckland on FridayAFP - 111 words
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Article97 1978-03-05 32 Reuter JOHN NICHOLSON, one of Australia's greatest sprint cyclists, may never ride again after a bad crash last week. The 28-year-old former world sprint champion broke his hip when he was in a bunch of six riders who crashed at b4 km an hour justReuter - 97 words
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Article56 1978-03-05 32 Reuter AUSTRALIA'S bowls selectors have cho sen a new-look team to compete in the Commonwealth Games at Edmonton, Canada in August. John Snell has been chosen for the singles, Geoff Oakley and Bruno Panozzo will compete in the pairs, and Errol Bungey, Jack Wilson, Phil Bushby, andReuter - 56 words
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Article94 1978-03-05 32 AP Its SPEEDSTER Eric J Helden, 19. defended his World alfround speed skating title by winning the third event, the 1,500 metres, in the World championships at Goteborg, Sweden last Sunday. Helden clocked 2:00.22 ahead of former European champion Jan Egil Storholt of Norway who managed 2:01.93.AP - 94 words
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Article73 1978-03-05 32 AP WEST GERMAN Sepp Schllnghammer captured the 39th annual Pine (fountain invitational ski Jumping tournament In Michigan last Sunday with jumps of 109 and 107 metres* Willi Puertsl of Austria was second with jumps of 101.5 and 96.8 metres. Oebhard Aperer, an 18-year-old Austrian, set a USAP - 73 words
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Article71 1978-03-05 32 AFP French spectators travelling to Cardiff for the vital FranceWales five nations rugby union match on March 18 on Thursday received the annual warping against bringing bantam cockerel fhascots into Britain. In a letter, the British Ministry of Agriculture pointed out that it was illegal to bringAFP - 71 words
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Article83 1978-03-05 32 UPI Reigning world champion Glen Dexter of Canada raced way In front of hometown favourite Gastao Brun of Brazil on Monday to win the'third regatta of the World soling championship off Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach. Rio Yacht Club officials clocked Dexter at three minutes ahead of BrunUPI - 83 words
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Article679 1978-03-05 32 Peter Lo - SQUASH Peter Lo OOLICE 'B' team blasted Army 5-0 last Thursday evening at the Police Academy courts, and shot off to a flying start with the maximum score of six points to lead the B grade table. V. Oopal, playing No. 1 for Police, found the familiar679 words
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Article, Illustration1041 1978-03-05 33 James Mossop - I talk to them, shout at them, fine them and have a few beers with them on a Friday. Yes, a Friday... When I was at Derby, we used to take our own stout away with us and they sleptSunday Express - 1,041 words
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863 1978-03-05 33 Harold Sinnott - By Harold Sinnott Reuter rpHE stage is set and only the finishing touches are missing for the greatest ever international event to be held in Argentina—the 1978 World Cup soccer finals. But for a time it was touch and go whether Argentina wouldReuter - 863 words
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Article, Illustration304 1978-03-05 34 Brian Miller, Deborah Chia - Wily Japanese in complete control, dominates Lewis from start to end of match By Brian Miller, Deborah Chia TWENTY-SIX OLD Kenlchl Hlral of Japan created a major upset in the Straits Times STC Tennis Classic yesterday when he beat Britain's Richard Lewis 6-2, 8-4 to earn a304 words
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Article192 1978-03-05 34 Ernest Frida - Ernest Frida TIE indomitable Poh brothers Eng Soon, 25. and Eng Chong, 22 are all set for a 1-2 finish In the Hlcee Open golf championship at Changl course today. The pair have stretched their overnight lead from five strokes to eight with a scorching192 words
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Article72 1978-03-05 34 SPEAKING &t the opening of the $900,000 Kalians Bquash and Tennis Centre yesterday, the chairman of the Singapore Sports Council, Dr Tan Eng Liang, said it was the first pro-, vision in the government's Master Plan on Sports Facilities. Dr Tan added that by 1982 the SSC72 words
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Article79 1978-03-05 34 Reuter JAPAN plans to Invite about 240 top foreign athletes to take part In an International track and field competition in Tokyo in July, the Japan Amateur Athletic Federation said yesterday. A JAAF spokesman Said, under the plan, the federation will Invite a 30-member teamReuter - 79 words
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Article35 1978-03-05 34 Reuter THOUSANDS of drenched and disappointed gamblers filed out of the Happy Valley race-track In Hong Kong yesterday when torrential rain washed out the weekend meeting after just one race. Reuter.Reuter - 35 words
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Article74 1978-03-05 34 AP UNSEEDED Tom Gullikson dominated BJorn Borg at Hollywood, Florida, on Friday, defeating the No 1 seed and Wimbledon champion 6-2, 6-4, In the quarter finals of the US$5O,OOO ($115,000) Grand Prix tennis match. "It was certainly my best win ever*" said Gullikson. 'It's the best IAP - 74 words
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Miscellaneous125 1978-03-05 34 Sports Diary TENNIS: Straits Times--BTC Tennis Classic (STC, East Coast Parkway, 3 p.m.). TABLE TENNIB: InterConstltuency t'o urn ament. Finals Nee Soon v Geylang East (8.30 p.m.); third place Geylang West v Tanjong Pagar (7 p.m.). Both matches at Gay World- j Stadium. ATHLETICS: MR2S second progressive crosscountry run ((Mac125 words
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