New Nation, 10 March 1978

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    20 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Friday, March 10 r 1978 No. 2203 Price 25 cents MX. (P) 216/1/78 NLIV (0) NATION COMMENT
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    Lock icon Somalia pulls back
    472 1 Reuter London, Friday Somalia announced yesterday that It was pulling Its regular troops out of the conflict In south-eastern Ethiopia and called for the withdrawal of all foreign forces from the Horn of Africa. The statement came shortly after U8 Secretary of Btate Cyrus Vance told a
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    Lock icon Police hunt forgers
    125 1 AFP Tokyo, Friday Japanese police have started an International manhunt for counterfeiters of American banknotes whom police believe are based in South-east Asia. A total of 54 bogus US$lOO bills were found in Tokyo last month. Police said the bills were passed by two men. who appeared
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    Zambia acts
    36 1 United Nation*, Friday —Zambia last night called for an urgent Security Council meeting on the latest Rhodeslan attack on Its territory. Council members will hold private consultations on the request today.—Reuter. Bee rag* I
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    Lock icon All clear
    29 1 AFP Santiago, Friday—The military Junta of President Augusto Pinochet will tomorrow lift the state of emergency imposed after the overthrow of President Salvador Allende in November 1973.—AFP.
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    Lock icon $ talks—by phone
    68 1 talks—by phone Reuter Washington, Friday The US and West German officials will dlsenas the dollar this weekend on the telephone. President Carter told a press eonferenee that a meeting wenld deal with ways of eembatQng the dollar's reeent wssknsse on world enrroney markets. Bat later, White Benes prses secretary Jedy
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    Lock icon Storm stops solo pilot
    46 1 AP Darwin. Friday. Thunderstorms over the Timor Sea forced British Tiger Moth pilot David Cyster to abandon the last leg of his flight to Darwin and return to Indonesian Timor yesterOyster was about halfway between Timor and Australia before striking 40-knot headwinds.—AP.
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    $ FALL MAY HIT GROWTH
    161 1 FALL MAY HIT GROWTH Tokyo, Friday A Japanese cabinet minister said yesterday Japan may fall to achieve a seven per cent economic growth this year if the dollar continues to decline. Mr Klichl Mlyazawa. director-general of the Economic Planning Agency, appearing before a parliamentary hearing, said "uncertainty over the dollar'!
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      40 1 Jeffrey Low's preview of Cup clash tonight Page 18 Woman gives kidney to save daughter Page 3 Why 1 T-Ul'l 1 -Tito Pag9 6 #IN TIB OTHER PAOEB: Money words 1* Stars 15; Crossword 16; Comics 18; What's On 19.
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    Case: Coffee shops must be chastised
    389 2 ...if they do not bring down price The Consumer Association of Singapore yesterday said the two coffee shop associations must be chastised If they do not reduce the price of a cup of coffee by five cents. In a statement. Cua said any consumer
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    STOCK MARKET
    125 2 Share prices opened on a steady note during the first 48 minutes of trading this morning on the Btocfc Exchange of Singapore with a slight upward bias. BUSINESS DONE: First Section: S. DARBY (10) 3.42. NAT. IRON (1) 3.50 (1) 3.52. HUME F.E. (1) 1.53 (4) 1.52 (1)
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    The 'last chance' for them
    288 2 The special English courses for graduating Nantah students during the coming vacation has been described by lecturers as a "last chance" for students to brush up on the language before they leave to look for Jobs. The president of Nantah Academic Staff Union, Mr Low
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    GETTING READY FOR GLASS SHOW
    104 2 Finnish designer Mr Antti Nurmesniemi and Mrs I. Halts, wile of an official of the Finland Embassy, arranging contemporary glassware for the Finnish exhibition which opens at the National Museum art gallery this evening. The 17-day exhibition also features a wide range of Finnish utility
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    Lock icon Mahathir: Govt will act against any corrupt leader
    220 2 AFP Kota Bharu, Friday The Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, has stressed that the Malaysian Government would not hesitate to take action agalpst any Umno leader who was disloyal, corrupt and betrayed the people's trust. "The National Front wants
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    Woman gives kidney to save daughter
    245 3  -  By Richard Ho A mother gave one of her kidneys to save her daughter whose life had depended on a machine for the past three years. Miss Lee Li Tiang, 22, a library officer, is recovering in an Intensive care ward after the kidney
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    SPCA opens 'classy' jumble store
    132 3 This Is the SPCA's newly-opened Jumble Store. It has "better class jumble," according to the SPCA. The range Includes toys, books, clothes, orna men t s, shoes, bags and knic&knacks. It was set up to raise funds to meet Increasing cost of food for the
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    Over quarter million births averted
    175 3 The number of births averted In Singapore from 1967 to 1976 exceeded a quarter million, according to a government survey. The survey published in the Singapore Statistical Bulletin shows 273.164 births were averted during the ten-year period. Births averted annually In Singapore are computed by
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    Seminar
    34 3 The Singapore Quality Reliability Association will organise a seminar on the management of quality control on March 28 and 29. Application for participation Is obtainable from the SQRA offices In River Valley Road.
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    Office block renovated
    42 3 The Sentosa Development Corporation has renovated Its former head office block Into a youth hostel near the roller skating rink. The 20-unit hostel will be available for rental from March 15. The minimum period of rental Is two days.
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    On doctors
    28 3 Physician Dr Owee Ah Leng will talk on the Use and Misuse of Doctors at the Kota Rajah community centre on March 14. Admission Is free.
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    Right up to the junction...
    154 4 This bus stop in Thomson Road is one of the closest to a road junction a major one in fact. But the Ministry of National Development says it does not hamper traffic flow. Buses pulling up at the bus stop near the yellow box junction
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    Problems of the Asean projects
    543 4 Problems of the Asean proj ects —by S'pore economist Good politics must combine with good economics for the Ase&n package-deal Industrial projects to be really beneficial to the people, according to an economist. But the two elements, as Is well known, do not always go hand In hand, said Prof
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    Angry car owners vent wrath on the AA
    312 4 The Auto m o bile Association of Singap or e has been flooded with telephone calls from angry motorists accusing it of "not taking a stronger line" against the introduction of increased taxes that affect private car owners. They alleged that the
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    Safety congress in S'pore
    169 4 Singapore Is the venue for the Second World Safety and Accident Prevention Congress on July 8 to 14. About 500 delegates from various countries are expected to attend the Wosapcon which will be held at the Mandarin Hotel. It will be hosted jointly by the Automobile
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    Lock icon All set for straits safety talks with Japan
    119 4 Reuter Jakarta, Friday—Officials from Singapore Malaysia and Indonesia yesterday completed preparations for their meeting with Japan today on navigational safety on the Straits of Malacca. The three littoral countries in an earlier meeting had reached agreement on the technical aspects of a
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    Library register
    70 4 Members of the National Library who joined between July 1 1970 and Dec 31 1974 are reSired to re-regliter elr membership at the library's central adult section by March 31. Registration hours will be between 8.30 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. from Mondays to Saturdays, excluding public holidays. Those
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    Mail order
    42 4 A new aerogramme depicting three aire rafts In flight will be on sale at all post offices from March 31. Advance orders for the aerogramme at 35 cents each can be made at any post office up to March 23.
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    Lock icon Third world agency gets ready
    124 5 Reuter Tunis, Friday A news agency pool, organised by the world's non-aligned countr.es, Is now preparing worldwide distribution of news from developing countries, the president of the pool's coordinating committee said here. Mr DR. Nankekar said the service of news pooled from member countries would
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    Lock icon Nato will be 'disturbed' by Red win
    176 5 AFP Brussels, Friday Ordinary Americans might lose interest in defending western Europe If the communists win a voice la the French government following the forthcoming general elections, some Nato sources said here yesterday. The sources said the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) would
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    Lock icon 'Political' strikes
    50 5 Reuter Lisbon, Friday Portugal's soclalist-l'd government yesterday denounced' as politically Inspired strikes called for today by more than 400,000 civil servants and teachers. The cabinet, already grappling with economic crisis, said the civil service strike was highly political In a communique Issued early yesterday after a long session
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    Lock icon US oil firms get warning
    239 5 Reuter UPI Manila, Friday United States Ambassador David Newsom yesterday confirmed that his government, had warned American companies that they prospected for oil Jn such disputed areas as the South China Sea at their own risk. Replying to questions at the Foreign Correspondents' Association of
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    Lock icon Lords uphold legal rights of mistress
    101 5 Reuter London Friday Britain's House of Lords, In a historic decision, yesterday upheld the legal right of a mistress to have a violent lover turned out of their home. The Lords, Britain's ultimate Court of Appeal, agreed unanimously that the action could be taken
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    Lock icon Students accuse troops of attacking them
    125 5 Reuter Jakarta, Friday—Armed Indonesian troops forced their way into a high school here and allegedly attacked students In an attempt to force them to abandon their study strike, student sources said yesterday. The students threw stones at the troops who moved Into the high
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      73 5 Jm». L\ I/JLZ: A 1200 Rugged-built for the Russians means towhness to w 111 A combination of Soviet technology and Fiat design, the 4-door t 5passenger Lada 1200 is one of Europe's most popular fuN stood family saloons. In performance, in safety and in standard luxury extras, Lada 1200 gives
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    Lock icon Tito's case of nerves
    367 6 Cause of wife's absence, he says Reuter Washington, Friday Yugoslav President Marshal Tlta on Wednesday night blamed his nerves for the absence of his wife Jovanka from public life and said she would be seen again. "You will m her again." the 85-year-old President said on
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    Tension in Guatemala
    51 6 Guatemala City, Friday Tension mounted In Guatemala city yesterday as thousands of political supporters gathered nervously awaiting the results of a general election. In an air of crisis, army and police guards were doubled around the Election Tribunal where votes from the poll on Sunday are being
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    'No need'
    39 6 London, Vriday Saudi Arabia saw no need for an emergency meeting on Increasing ol) prices in view of the decline of the dollar on world markets, Saudi Arabia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sheik Abdullah Allresa said yesterday. UFL
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    Lock icon Miners ordered back to work
    192 6 UPI Washington, Friday— A Federal Judge agreed yesterday to order 180,000 striking miners back to work and President Carter said If enough miners obey the law as he anticipates, a national crisis can be averted. US district Judge Aubrey Robinson said be would Issue a
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    Lock icon Inflation and the sinking dollar
    295 6 TWO BIGGEST PROBLEMS MILLER UPI Washington, Friday In his first congressional appearance as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Mr William Miller said yesterday the nation's two biggest economic problems are inflation and the sinking dollar. Mr Miller, who was sworn in on Wednesday to
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    Lock icon TODAY
    122 6 UPI TODAT Is Friday, March 10, the 69th day of 1978 with 296 to follow. THE MOON Is between Its new phase and first quarter. There is no morning star. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. Thoee born on this date are under the sign
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    51 6 Reuter Nancy (France), Friday Motorist Leak Chaehy, M, who poked his Unpt tat at pollec manning a motorway speed trap was fined tM francs (MM) for I—ltmg bchmrionr by a court here. Chaehy denied the charge, saying he was only licking his Upg because he month was
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    Lock icon DETENTE: SOVIET WARNING
    75 6 Reuter Belgrade. Friday.—The Soviet Union yesterday warned that Bast-West detente could be torpedoed If the West kept up political pressure over human rights In Eastern Europe. The warning was delivered In blunt terms as the 35-natlon European Security Conference ended. Bovlet chief delegate Yull Vorontsov, In a
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      202 6 -A>c* rfws Mei Lin So many countries ore at war; it's frightening. Ah Fook Yet, we have to teach our children not to fight. Mei Lin Banyak negara sedang berperang; ia menakutkan. Ah Fook Itupun, kita perlu mengojor anak-anak kita supaya jangan bergaduh. FOOTNOTI: Chinese it tonal lanfuofe. It kos
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    Lock icon Time for Carter to speak out
    375 7 State terms for breaking impasse, says Sadat Reuter UPI New York, Friday Egypt's President Sadat said in an interview p u b 11 s bed here yesterday tbat it was time for the United States to take responsibility as a partner and not a
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    Lock icon Carter: Israel must pull back or else...
    209 7 Reuter Washington, Friday President Carter yesterday said that Middle East peace prospects would be dealt a serious blow if Israel failed to withdraw from Jordan's West Bank under a United Nations resolution approved after the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.* His remark was directed at
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    Lock icon Plan to double 'death ray' spending
    163 7 UPI Washington, Friday A Pentagon official yesterday disclosed that the Administration wants to douoie its multi-billion dollar researcn spending on char g ed particle beams the billion-volt "death rays" some analysts say the Soviets are already developing. The beams are a stream of atoms
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    Lock icon Security
    33 7 Reuter Taipeh. Friday. The board chairman of China Airlines (CAL), Mr. Szetu Fo, said security measures on CAL aircraft would be further tightened as a result of a hijacked incident earlier yesterday.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Viets report new border flare-up
    102 7 Reuter Hong Kong, Friday Vietnam yesterday reported yet another flareHp In Its border dispute with Cambodia. The Vietnamese news agency monitored here, said that on March S and 4, 100 Cambodian "Intruders" were "put out of action" and 45 firearms seised by Vietnamese troops In
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    Lock icon Big alert as urban guerillas go on trial
    203 7 Reuter Rome, Friday. Thousands of heavily armed police went on full alert yesterday as Italy's nroat feared urban guerillas were brought to trial In Turin. Only at the last minute did Judge Ouldo Barbara find a sufficient number of Jurors among the
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    Optimism after the storm
    413 8 China's amended constitution adopted this week by the fifth National People's Congress reflects what reportedly Is a more relaxed mood after Mao's death and the uncertainty of the "gang of four" episode. Chairman Hua Kuo-reng obviously has consolidated his leadership with his formal election as prime
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    For art sake!
    92 8 R WHISPERS £§> IS p r lV How can you possibly justify spending US$6O,OOO (about 9140,000) on a creation of art which consisted of the artist trailing tour 14 km long ribbons of crepe paper through the sky? A spokesman of the US National Art ■ndowment Fund.
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    Nobody can tell how it will go...
    722 8  -  Ismail Kassim reports, from Kelantan Ismail Kassim Kota Bahru: Leaders of the three coptestlng parties the National Front, Berjasa and Parti Islam (PAS) have expressed confidence of winning tomorrow's crucial state election in Kelantan. Finance Minister and Head of Kelantan Front Committee, Tengku
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    IRONY OF SYMBOLS IN KELANTAN POLL BATTLE
    582 8 Kota Bahru: The election symbols of Party Islam (PAS) and Berjasa, the breakaway faction led by former Kelantan Meptrl Besar, Datuk Hajl Mohd Naslr. provides a study In Irony. They are almost Identical, in fact, Indistinguishable from a distance, like a pair of
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    Lock icon YOUNG MEETS THE BISHOP
    241 9 '15 Zambians killed in raid' Reuter Lusaka, Friday Rhodeslan raiders killed 15 Zambian soldiers in their attack across the Zambesi river this week, according to medical sources In Lusaka yesterday who were disputing Rhodeslan claims that no Zambian troops died. The medical sources said the Rhodesians,
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    Lock icon Bush war goes on, UN is told
    426 9 'Until complete black rule* Reuter United Nations, Friday African guerilla leader Robert Mugabe wept before the United Nations Security Council yesterday and proclaimed that the bush war in Rhodesia would go on until there was a complete transfer from white to black rule
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    Lock icon Big ransom demand
    51 9 Reuter Antwerp, Friday.—Kidnappers of Wealthy Belgian Baron Charles Bracht have demanded a rast ransom from the family, a newspaper said yesterday. The Dutch language Het Laatste Neeuws said the abductors contacted the family of Bracht on Wednesday afternoon. It did not say how much money was demanded.—
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    Lock icon Apologise for Sikkim comment, Desai told
    138 9 Reuter New Delhi, Friday India's opposition members In both Houses ol Parliament yesterday led a strong attack on Prime Minister Morarjl Desal for telling an American newspaper that India's annexation of Slkklm In 1975 was "not a desirable step." In the Upper House (Rajya
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    Lock icon Fraser's open up marts plea to the West
    124 9 UPI Canberra. Friday A plea to developed countries to open up their markets for the products of developing countries was made yesterday by Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. Mr Fraser made tne plea at a parliamentary function for the Oover-nor-Oeneral of PapuaNew Guinea,
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      Melodrama abounds
      1022 10 / 11 The Arts Raw passions of love, Jealousy and revenge will dominate the stage when the Ministry of Culture presents Srlwana In the play Rlbut Pagl (Morning Storm) at the Victoria Theatre on March 17 and 18 at 8 p.m. So you can look forward to empathising with the
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      Lock icon New talent shines at Soviet festival
      419 10 / 11 Novosti Press Moscow: There was not an empty place In the hall seating 6000 when the Moscow School of Choreography with the Bolshol Ballet company presented Del 1 be s' ballet Coppella at the Russian Winter festival this year. The festival is a parade
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      Trio knows how to strike up right mood
      423 10 / 11  -  Sundown scene l»v Peter Ong Some questions are especially sensitive to people in showbusiness. To the Corpuz Trio, a question like "Where is home?" brings grimaces to their faces. But this is quite understandable. For the last seven years, the two Filipino
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      A pity that the food didn't match the decor
      481 10 / 11  -  fEating Our with Violet Oon Some restaurants have the right atmosphere and decor but do not rate full marks because of quality of their food. One of these Is the Four Seasons Restaurant in the basement of Straits Trading BuUdlng. Battery
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    Tension under imposed calm...
    978 12  -  The cloud can be lifted if Congress meeting rises above expectations INDONESIAN HEADLINES by Ismail Kassim The biggest political event of the last Ave years in Indonesia is scheduled to begin tomorrow when the supreme policy-mak-ing body the Peoples' Congress (MPR) meets for its first session.
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    Lock icon Vietnam in dilemmas over Khmer border conflict
    725 12 Reuter Bangkok: Vietnam, frustrated by Cambodian rejection of its proposals for talks to end their border war, appears to be caught In dilemmas that make Its next move hard to predict, Indochina analysts said. Some observers believe that the Vietnamese, with their vastly
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      23 12 Superb Chinese Cubine served in pleasant atmosphere &A&I9 Its Steamboat Garden Ov el^oom-y 275-B. 285-*B, 2nd. Fl.,S*t«gi« Complex. S4t«gi« Rd, S*pore. Tet *****1,*****4.
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    Memories of an ex-civil servant
    1492 13  -  by Roderick McLean My coming to the East at all was a split second decision going back to October 1940. We were Army potential cadets under training, and during a midmorning break our company commander asked whether any of the batch of potential cadets wished
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    Lock icon Tankers sold for scrap
    337 14 Record 1.5 m tonnes In 12 days r- Business News and Views Reuter London, Friday Falling world demand for oil is forcing shippers to scrap tankers at a record rate. A least nine tankers totalling more than I.S million Tonnes hare been sold for scrap in
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    Lock icon Opec's dollar assets
    65 14 UPI Washington. Friday Oil exporting nations placed more than half their total assets In dollar Investments during 1977, a Treasury Department otnciai said. Assistant Treasury Secretary Fred Bergs ten said assets of uie organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries were estimated «t US$l7O billion last Sept SO. Mr
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    Lock icon Preserve free trading, HK tells Escap
    158 14 Reuter Bangkok, Friday. Hong Kong yesterday called on members of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap) to help preserve a free trading environment. Addressing the 34th plenary session of Iscap. Mr Q.W. Lee, Hong Kong Executive and Legislative Council
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      203 14 Blue Chips* ended two-dfty rally yesterday as the stock market finished mixed after President Carter ruled out mine seizures to get coal strikers oack to work. Trading was active. The Dow Jones Industrlftl average, up ftnd down In ft narrow rftnge througnout the morning, fell 0.87 point to
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      35 14 UPI Hew York, Friday Dow Jones closing average on the NYBK rMterdav: 30 industrials 760.00 (off 0.67): 30 transport 169.31 (off MS); 15 utilities 105.63 (up 0.11); 66 stocks 362.63 (off 0.36). UPL
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      216 14 AFP Reflecting the Japanese yen's sharp appreciation, prices on the Tokyo stock market closed lower for the second day running yesterday. Concerned over the Impact of the yen's persistent rise In value on the still faltering economy in general and on the export Industry In particular, Investors held back
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      PARIS
      70 14 Closing price* At ths Paris Bcurw ymtrrcUr: Paribus 144 10 Fooctor »3 —l.M Print*tn pa 40 50 JO Bun ssjo .10 Royal Dutch XUM +M0 MVh»lln 1030 3# COB 379 1 Thomson 1M 3 CFP #7.30 —4 JO Rhone MM JO Air MO BAN m 1» phiitp. mm .to
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      82 14 Source: Union Bank of Switzerland C to sins Driers on the Zurich Stock Exchange yeaterd*jr: UBS Bearrr 3050 40 UBS neclatered <00 4 SBC 358 8 Credit Sulaae 2350 30 Swlanlr B. 710 20 Swlaa Reinaur. 2690 50 Winterthur B. I860 70 Zurich Inaur. 8260 60 Juvena. B. 180
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      SYDNEY
      118 14 Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACT 160 165 ADC 15 36 Ampol Pet 70 71 Anl 133 134 Bank NSW 510 514 Brambles 176 176 BHP 560 653 Bora! lit 330 CBA 334 335 C8R 373 374 CIO 337 336 Coal Allied
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    Lock icon Schmidt helps boost the dollar
    276 14 Reuter London, Friday West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt yesterday helped boost the value of the dollar on European foreign exchange markets in a day marked by shrinking confidence in the French franc and the steady rise of the Japanese yen. Mr Schmidt told the Bonn
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    211 14 LONDON: Spot price* for raw sugar fell below £100 ($440) a metric tonne for the first time since mid-November on the London market yesterday as the recent declining trend continued. Fixed at £99.50 a tonne, £1 under Wednesday's level, the price has now fallen £14.50 since the year's
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    287 14 London, Friday The dollar rallied on all European money markets yesterday, finishing at Its highest rates In weeks. But gold In turn dropped. In Frankfurt the dollar was up to 2 ***** marks from the previous close of 2.*****. In Zurich the dollar was nearer to the 2
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    134 14 Reuter Geneva, Friday Britain has warned a United Nations meeting that general rellet of debts demanded by Third World countries would raise acute and Insoluble difficulties. Overseas Development Minuter Mrs Judith Hart told delegates from more than 100 states that generalised debt relief would be
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      He's now in world top 15
      325 15  -  KM WeightEfeiiS iif|i lifting By PHILIP TAN Weightlifter Chua Koon Slong, who won the coveted Sportsman of the Year award recently, received another big surprise this week. He has been ranked by the International Weightllfting Federation (IWP) as 13th among the world's top 15
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      Lock icon 90-day ban on Spinks
      207 15 E3 Boring UPI Reuter AP Las Vegas, Friday. Heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, who planned a US$l4 million (about B$3S million) rematch with former champion Muhammad All In Africa In September, ha* been suspended for 90 days by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Dr. Donald J. Romeo,
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      Eight juniors for Manila
      583 16  -  TEE-lIP Asia tourney has finally materialised uith Lim Kee Chan Singapore will be sending a team of elgnt golfers for the first i Asian Junior championships to be playea in Manila on May 30 to June 2. This wis disclosed to me by Jeanette 81m, who
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      Benda shoots hole-in-one
      179 16 Cakatta, Friday. American golfer Faal PartMr led ike first round ef the VSUMN (akoat BMMM) Indian Open golf ehampicnflhip Mwttk a brilliant seven ■nder-par <i here yesterday. Bat his compatriot Jehn Beuda had kask on his side and won ÜBItIM with a hole-ln-one on tke third. He
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      Bee Khim triumphs
      360 16 Kee Bee Khlm became the overall winner of the Singapore Island Country women's Open Day competition when she beat Mary'Moffa at the 19 after both had tied with a nve-over-par 79 at the Island Course yesterday. Bee Khlm shot a birdie on the par-four first hole of
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      WEEKEND FIXTURES
      351 16 Keppel's Parlelgh Cup (Ist rd) stroke competition tomorrow: 12.45 p.m. Au Chin Tong (24) Rudy Tip (24) Dominic B. Oel (24); 12.51—Long See Lin (21) Jack A. Phillips (24) Johnny Slau (23); 12.57 —K.B. Seow (24) N. Segarajaslngam (22) Wilson Cheah (24); I.o3—Goh Ho Wee (23) C. Lazaroo
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      Cinema shows top form
      401 17  -  He's ready for winning break By BRIAN MILLER Cinema X (Late Mesmerizer), who finished on board in three of his last four starts, could get his winning break when he goes over 1800 m in Race 5 on Sunday. This son of Showdown showed exciting form
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      94-run lead
      42 17 Auckland, Friday New Zealand led ftigland by M run* with «1* second Innings wickets left at lunch here today on the sixth and last day of the Third Test. Scores: New Zealand 315 and 208 for four. England 439.— Renter.
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      Kedah hoping for a draw
      541 18  -  But Singapore cannot afford to drop a point JEFFREY LOW Alor Star, Friday Nothing la Impossible. That will be the Kedah stance when they enter the Darulaman Stadium tonight for a vital North Zone claah with Singapore, (kickoff: 7.30). Not since 1940 when Kedah lost
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      Hasli is OUT
      111 18 Hasll Ibrahim, the Singapore fullback, will not be in the Singapore team when they take on Kedah at Alor Star this evening. Hull, who was hoping to join his teammates at Alor Star later this afternoon, coald not get leave as there was no one to take
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      Teacher stops Naval Base walkout
      369 18  -  EH SURESH NAIR Anglo-Chinese trounced mural Bue Secondary 4-0 In a Buklt Tlmah District Schools soccer tournament clash at Jurong ground yesterday. There wss a tense moment during the match when Naval Base midfielder Yeo Thlam Beng, who was ordered off the field by referee
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      71 18 Baktt Tlmah District Group "A- aUadlnft: F W D L F A pta Jorotic I 4 t 111 lit WhHeMj M I 1 II 111 Dunearn I 4 1 11M I ACS 7 4 1 S It 4 9 N. But 7 3 2 2 29 12 S A18S
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      INDONESIA GAMES PROPOSAL
      82 18 Jakarta, Friday.—lndonesia have offered six sports events to be contested in the Tenth South East Asia Games to be held In Jakarta In September next year, to replace rugby and bowling which will be scrapped, the Indonesian National Olympic Committee announced yesterday. As in the last Games
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      Tough tie for Forest
      157 18 Soccer London, Friday Nottingham Forest's long march towards a clean sweep of English soccer's major competitions meets one of its stlffest remaining obstacles tomorrow. Brian Clough's allconquering team, six points clear of the field In the First Division and finalists in the League Cup, have a
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      287 15 `/_'@$,^?".\_[-);@>\"]_=`-'-,`] IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are temperamental and Inclined to explode when upset. You are always abjectly apologetic when others are hurt throuih your outbursts, but you seem never to learn your lesson. You are Inclined to dwell uoon life's darker side and are often depressed, although
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      Lock icon Bruce is back after 5 years
      237 19 Motorcycle drama too Reuter Hone Kong, Friday Legendary kupg fu superstar Bruce Lee is to burst back on screen here on March 23 almost five years after his death, a film company spokesman said yesterday. For 40 precious minutes of the late martial arte
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      Element of surprise missing
      322 19  -  Review By Ivan Lim No Man's Land (Ch. 5, 7.10 p.m., every Saturday). No Man's Land (Pa-Wap-Kok), a 13eplsode Cantonese television serial, opens with dawn breaking over the slums of Diamond Hill, Kowloon. We are introduced to the 12 families around whose lives the drama will
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      Thriller series in five parts
      208 19 Intrigue, sex, the Gestapo, big business and double-cross all these Ingredients can be found In The Rhlnemann Exchange, the latest best-seller to be dramatised In the series of the same name. Robert Ludlum's spy thriller is serialised in live parts with the first scheduled to
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      579 19 the CON ABTIBTB (Mandarin): A comedy about two girls who work In the same office, live In the same apartment but are on the worst of terms. Stars Sylvia Chang, Chlng Hslang Ling, Deborah. OdeonKatong, Baby: 1, 3.30, 7 and 9.15 p.m. Majestic: 1, 3.30, 7 and 9.30 pjn. THE
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      674 19 SOCCER: Malaysia Cup (North Zone) Keel ah v Singapore (7.30 p.m., Darulaman Stadium. Alor Star). (South (£one> johore v Negri Sembllan (Muar Stadium). National Business Houses Junior Knockout 'iournament Vosper Singapore v Mandarin Hotel (Qeylang Stadium). SEEL v OCBC (langlln 1), Singapore But* Services v Ooodwood Oroup (joa Payoh AC).
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    71 20 AH FOOK: The personal hygiene routine our SiA stewardesses have to go through is very rigorous. At the end of it all, they must be almost antiseptic. MEI LIN: It doesn't sound any more elaborate than a normal person's daily routine, except perhaps for the daily coat of
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      748 20 c SINGAPORE 5 l: )H OPENING ANNOUNCE.ttENTS folAND RADIO SHARP C J,y Limftrati+plus WIVES MATINEE: The Impossible Dream <r). Mandarin movie. 4.M INTERM188ION. (M OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by EXERCISE WITH GLORIA. 8.38 NEW8 IN BRIEP. MS THE TONY RANDALL 8HOW. (See Top Shows of tne Day). 7.83 IN SEARCH OP
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      221 20 Today's top shows j THE TONY RANDALL SHOW: Case Mario Strikes Again. (Ch. 6. #.3i> p.m. In colour). Miss Reubner hires young Mario Lanza whom Judge Franklin had previously turned down for a post in tne court. The Judge tries to Dut up with Mario's obnoxious ways but finally blows
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