New Nation, 11 March 1978

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    Masthead
    20 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Saturday, March 11, 1978 No. 2204 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 r y=vNEW NATION COMMENT faßaßeaaaagj!
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    'That's well worth a goal, Song'
    65 1 Coach Sebastian Tap looks at Qnah Kim Song's swollen check the "price" that the Singapore striker had to pay for his coal against Kedah last night. 'It's worth it, though," Mr Tap told Kim Song, whose goal turned oat to be the winner for
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    Quiet start to polling
    395 1  -  By Ismail Kassim Kota Baru, Saturday More-than half of the 321,609 voters have cast their votes by noon today as the crucial Kelantan State election began on a quiet note. Up till the rast minute, the leaders of the National Front, Parti Islam (PAS) and Berjasa
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    World Cup bid
    61 1 RTS is now negotiating to telecast "live" the final round matches of the World Cup In Argentina in June. A spokesman said it will take about one month to finalise the plans. However, It Is almost certain that BTB will telecast "lire" the English Football Association Cup
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    2 claim that $1.6m
    215 1  -  Police will advise on court action By Terry Ang At least two foreigners have claimed ownership of the $1.6 million In foreign currencies and cheques found on a passenger seat In a Singapore Airlines jumbo jet last week. A police spokesman who confirmed this yesterday declined
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    'Miracle baby' survives against all odds
    223 1 Indianapolis, Saturday A baby who survived three open-heart opera- tions, pneumonia, kidney failure and three heart stoppages, Is back home after a hospital recovery that astonished doctors. Nine-month-old Steven McLaughlin, hailed as a "miracle baby" at RUey Memorial Hospital for Children, amazed doctori by
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    Lock icon Laos plane crashes
    42 1 AFP Bangkok, Saturday An Air Lao« plane crashed near Vientiane on Wednesday with 27 people on board. There were two surYlTors, It was learnt yesterday at the frontier port of Nong Khal, 27 kilometres from the Laotian capital AFP.
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      24 1 INSIDE Company 'cheated $3.5 mil* offers reward Page 3 |IN THE OTHER PAGES: Stars 3; Crossword 6; What's On 12; Moneywords 14; Comics 15.
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      239 1 Studiocraft An A»;-. 4, h!0 Improvement m D"- Radiating Spe.ikors ATLAS SOUND CO m,.. Drowning s bold new shape toward better golf is way out In front! 0 r LL I IRONS This is the Browning 440 Some will call it daring, provocative or simply different. The designers of this
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    Teachers offered varsity bursaries
    108 2 The Education Ministry Is offering special bursaries to teachers to take undergraduate courses at the two universities. Teachers must have good QCE "A" level results to qualify for admission to either the University of Singapore or Nanyang University. They must however, only take up courses on
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    Picnic
    25 2 The Kampong Übl community centre's women's sub committee wiy organise a picnic to Desaru, Johore, on April 2 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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    New appeal on work permits
    321 2  -  Association to ask govt to allow shopkeepers to employ one Malaysian each By Ivan Lim The Singapore Provision Shop Friendly Association will ask the government to allow shopkeepers to engage one Malaysian each as shop assistant. The association will make representations to the Labour Ministry
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    Light music
    39 2 The Singapore Youth Chinese Orchestra will present a programme of Ught and classical Chinese music with folk songs sung by coloratura soprano Chu Yung Yung on Sunday at the Singapore Conference Hall. Shenton Way at 5 p.m.
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    Case remarks offensive, they say
    243 2 The two coffeeshop associations will meet soon to discuss what they described as an "offensive statement" issued by the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) yesterday. They considered the statement "unacceptable" and "out of tone." Case alleged In Its statement that the co Hees hops were
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    New office
    41 2 The HDB's Clementl area office at Block 325 will open on Monday to replace the present one at Queensway. The office will serve the town's 400,000 residents until a new building Is ready In the town centre In mid--1979.
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    $3.5m fraud: Reward offered
    243 3  -  By Douglas Chan A British firm allegedly cheated of $3.5 million ($l5 million) recently Is offering a reward for the arrest of the persons and the recovery of the money. Albert Plaut Ltd of Iliord, Essex, it Is understood, was presented with 109 fraudulent bills of
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    Watch Assn officials
    53 3 Mr Soh Teck Chee has been elected president of the Singapore Clock and Watch Trade Association at its annual general meeting held recently. The other officials elected are Messrs Lim Kok Liang, Quek Moh Teng (vice-presidents), Leong Lum Thye (treasurer), Cheong Tai Kong (secretary, Chinese), Song Chin
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    Walking in comfort
    164 3 Pedestrians wearing high-heeled shoes will soon be able to walk in comfort on our public walkways. The Public Works Department has come up with three kinds of perforated slabs to replace the knobbly checker board-like BO slabs which have been found difficult to walk on because of
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    All set for Chinese art display
    229 3 Mrs Yvonne Wlepklng and Mrs Claudia Childs, wanted to do "something crea 11 v e and artistic" In their spare time, so they took up Chinese brush palnt'ng. Now they are eagerly looking forward to their flrst exhibition next Saturday. Dutch housewife Mrs Wlepking,
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    Arrest order bid for 60 ex-addicts
    186 3 The Probation and Aftercare Service has applied for warrants of arrest against 60 male ex-drug addicts who failed to turn up for their weekly urine tests. They were all released on supervision from the drug rehabilitation centres. A spokesman for PAS yesterday said some
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    Duke to meet Sheares and Lee
    105 3 The Duke of Kent will call on President Sheares and Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew during his four-day stay here. He will be received by the Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Enclk Rahlm Ishak, on his arrival tomorrow. The Duke will also
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      300 3 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you find a certain amount of excitement is essential to your well-being. Travel, participation in sports, the formation of new, perhaps dangerous relationships bring into your life the spice you need. Extravagant where your emotions are concerned, you either love or
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    $560,000 plan to give House new look
    151 4 Parliament House Is to be renovated at a cost of $559,790 this year. Over half of this sum will be expended on replacing the building's alrcondltlonlng plant which is very old. a spokesman for Parliament House said. The rest will pay for general
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    For the poor
    34 4 Eyamalai Andavar Kovll Keramat will hold a prayer meeting as part of Its annual feed-the-poor session at its premises in Buklt Tlmah Road on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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    Temple still looking for a home
    166 4 This almost disappeared into a huge "bowl" of earth. Passersby along Henderson Road can barely see the roof of the 120-year-old Tang Suah Klong San Soh Hoo Chu Temple. A narrow footpath leads to the temple over the lip of the "crater." Bulldozers had
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    'Specials' on English language
    131 4 The Singapore Educational Media Service will telecast special programmes focusing on the English language over Channel 8 during the school holidays next week. There will be three programmes on English grammar. The first one, on how to use verbs, will be telecast on Tuesday at 9.35
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    Concern over air link
    427 4  -  Asean govts send joint paper to Fraser govt on Skytrain By Peter Ong Asean governments have submitted a joint paper to the Australian government voicing concern over a proposed air lipk between Britain and Australia. It Is understood the paper was jointly drafted and approved by
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    Pre-U seminar
    71 4 A residential seminar for pre-u niverslty students on Leadership in the Future, will be held at Jurong Town Hall and the Euspff College, University of Singapore, from May 29 to June 3. The annual seminar, the 10th in the series, is organised by AngloChinese Junior college. According to
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      15 4 We'll meet at Raffles! Lunch, Dinner Reservation *****1 We have small Private Function Rooms too!
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    Kelantan elections: A lot more at stake
    664 5  -  Ismail Kassim reports from Kota Baru Ismail Kassim The results of today's Kelantan State election may have grave implications on the future course of the country's politics. This was underlined by Finance Minister and head of the Kelantan National Front, Tengku Razalelgh Hamzah,
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    Lock icon Jakarta govt to try the rebels
    180 5 AFP Jakarta. Saturday About 50 university students out of more than 200 recently arrested will be tried in court for undermining the government of President Suharto, the chief of staff of the command for the restoration of security and order, Admiral Sudomo, said yesterday.
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    Lock icon Last-minute wooing by the ministers
    344 5 Reuter Kota Baru, Saturday Malaysia's central government ministers yesterday made lastminute efforts to woo voters on the eve of the crucial Legislative Assembly election in Kelantan which will influence the government's decision on when to hold general elections. Umno hopes to win the majority of
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    Lock icon Lanka offers tax holidays
    119 5 AFP Colombo. Saturday— Sri Lanka yesterday offered tax holidays and other attractive incentives to foreign enterpreneurs investing In its investment promotion zones. Mr Upall Wljewardene, Director General of the Greater Colombo Economic Commission, announced a five-year tax holiday to licensed enterprises. All foreign personnel at these
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    Lock icon Saudis may up oil prices
    270 6 ...if they don't get F-15s, says envoy AP Washington, Saturday The US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, John C. West, has told US Senate staff members that he thinks the Saudis will no longer try to hold down oil prices If their purchase of sophisticated American
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    Lock icon Combat units are all set to strike—paper
    129 6 UPI Beirut, Saturday The United States now have three combat companies ready for immediate intervention anywhere in the Middle East, the Gulf or South Korea, the Parisbased Arabic language weekly newspaper An Nahar Arab and International said in today's edition. Quoting military sources
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    Lock icon Muldoon urges harder line against Japan
    267 6 AP Wellington, SaturdayNew Zealand Prime Minister Robert Muldoon has called for a harder line by the international community In Its dealings with Japan. He told a National Party meeting In Christchurch today: "There has been a considerable element of commercial Imperialism In Japanese activities
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    Lock icon TODAY
    85 6 UPI TODAY is Saturday, March 11, the 70th day of 1978 with 295 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. Those born on this date are under the sign
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    Lock icon Soyuz men return
    85 6 Reuter Moscow, Saturday Captain Vladimir Remek (right) the Czechoslovak cosmonaut who broke the superpower monopoly of manned space flight, smiles shortly after having returned safely to Earth yesterday with his Soviet crew-mate Alexel Gubarev. After spending a week aboard the Soviet space station Salyut 6, the two
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    Lock icon US awaits Nato nod
    158 6 AFP Brussels, Saturday The Untied States will decide to go ahead with production of the neutron bomb If Nato agrees In principle to Its deployment as a Lance missile warhead, according to Nato sources here. With the European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation unwilling
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    Lock icon Odd Corner
    53 6 Reuter Vienna, Saturday. After fallinr In an attempt to end It all by kitchen a young Viennese woman reached for a comforting cigarette and Mew up her flat. Police said today the 2fi-year-old woman, who was not named, suffered burns in the explosion and was being treated at
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      58 6 i iwm WM •'v m 'm 5# V-. wM REDUCE HEAT, GL4RE F4DE with A-V), s y* Sun Control Film USA Reduces 76% solar heat gam Of fers balance of indoor comfort Cuts out ultra violet transmission Lower airconditioning operating cost (Determined by Yellott Solar Energy Laboratories. Phoenix, Arizona) SINGAPORE
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      188 6 [EMS!] Tokyo Rain, 8-SC. Headline: United States and West Germany to discuss disorder in money markets. Moscow— Overcast, 2minus SC. Pravda's headline: To strengthen oractical ties between science and industry. Bonn Partly cloudy, 10-3 C. Headline: Open dispute in Begin government because of settlements. Rome Sunny, 17-7 C. Headline: Red
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      275 6 8 "The man" 9 Of the ear 10 M. Coty 11 Very: Fr. 14 Permits 15 Jubilant 17 "How —the little busy bee" 21 Children's game 25 Shady or Abbe 27 Frisco hill 28 Biblical patriarch 29 Skirt 30 River ln-France 31 Assns. 32 Lasted well 33 Plunder 35 Military
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    Lock icon I SPIED
    675 7 —but Aquino denies he was a CIA agent in taped TV interview AFP Manila, Saturday Filipino opposition leader Benlgno Aquino Jr openly admitted on TV last night he had worked with the US Central Intelligence Agency and had contacts with communist guerillas but said he did this on
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    Lock icon Spratly: Manila bid to avoid a dispute
    177 7 Reuter Manila, Saturday—The Philippines yest erd a y sought to head ofT any possible diplomatic row with China over the aisputed Spratly Islands on the eve of a visit here by Chinese Vice Premier LI tfslen Nlen and Foreign Minister Huang Hua. Upset
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    Lock icon Israel, US ties 'tense'
    135 7 UPI Washington, Saturday. Israeli Defence Minister Ezer Weizman yesterday described US-Israeli relations as "rather tense" and disclosed his nation has requested 175 more US warplanes. Mr Weizman, laying groundwork for Prime Minister Menachem Begln's arrival on Monday, won assurances from President Carter and Defence Secretary Harold
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    Lock icon Charles learns to samba
    64 7 Prince Charles got a chance to leain how to dance the Braslllan samba something he said he has wanted to do during a visit to Rio de Janerlo recently. Having watched, he did at a show by the Beija Flor Samba School on Thursday when he
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    Lock icon Unusual pacts by Laos and Vietnam
    178 7 UPI Reuter Hong Kong, Saturday. —Individual provinces in neighbouring Vietnam and Laos have signed trade agreements for the second time this year, the official Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported yesterday. Observers see the unusual step being made at the provincial rather than national level
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    Lock icon Bhutto trial judges threatened
    159 7 UP Lahore, Saturday Three Judges sitting on the murder conspiracy trial of ousted Prime Minister Zulflkar Bhutto have received threatening phone calls amid massive police roundups as the day for Bhutto's sentencing near s, a High Court press release said yesterday. The press release also said
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    Lock icon Pham calls for aid
    58 7 Reuter Hong Kong, Saturday— Vietnamese Prime Minister Phain Van Dong has called on overseas Vietnamese to contribute to the country's post-war reconstruction, the Vietnam news agency reported yesterday. The agency, in a despatch from hdnoi monitored here, said that the Premier had received visiting representatives of
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    Lock icon Poisoning: $60m damages
    117 7 Reuter Tokyo.—Two Japanese companies were ordered by a district court in Kitayushu, yesterday to pay damages totalling six billion yen ($6O million) to 729 people who suffered serious chemical poisoning after cooking with contaminated rice bran oil. The oil wu found to be contaminated with polychlorlnated blphenyl
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      88 7 The Gale GS4OI is a loudspeaker and not a monitor. But professionals use it for monitoring. Including very famous musicians and producers like Elton John, Gary Walker, Oscar Peterson and Gus Dudgeon. The Gale GS4OI, designed and built to give the most accurate reproduction possible. available at: PETER CHEW'S Suprtm#
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    Carbon copy babies
    388 8 The clone controversy this week sounds more like a carbon copy of some great classical hoax than Is based on actual success In the reproduction oI man from a single cell. American science writer David Rorvlk certainly has reason to stir up Interest In an otherwise relatively
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      It's hidden — somewhere
      104 8 It's hidden somewhere A colleague vu recently tipped off by his businessman friend about a likely news story contained In a highly confidential circular that was making the rounds in the friend's office. The friend, who kept a copy of the document, had agreed to send It to the reporter
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      Tempting morsel
      36 8 What can a hamburger cooker do which an ordinary grill, cant for a lump of minced meat? Nothing much, except that the device, yet to come to Singapore, has the irresistible name of "Burgerall."
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    Teaching of morals vital
    262 8  -  NGIAM TONG FATT I refer to the report on Big Education Ministry Plan For Moral Teaching (NN, Feb 10) by Teresa 001, in which It was stated that all 170 secondary schools had returned the completed questionnaires on moral education to the MinistryIt was also reported
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    The World Cup Story
    87 8  -  YANG YEE This Is In reply to the letter from DOK (NN, Feb 22). We have taken note of the Interest shown In the Story of the World Cup and will be attempting to acquire this for telecast. Soccer fans may be interested to know that
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    Variety needed
    101 8  -  WONG KIM ANN As pointed out by Dr P. Lee (NN. March 4). the FM Btereo Service should have a variety of programmes to cater to the thousands of audlophlles In Singapore. Too much of a particular thing can be boring. I do listen to classical music but
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    Flats for anyone?
    86 8 My family has been living lri~a JTC rented flat for some years. We are not happy with the recent Introduction of the JTC's revised scheme on the rental of flats to any Tom Dick or Harry Irrespective of status or Income, provided he. can pay the rent
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    Rice query for NTUC
    162 8 Last Saturday evening (March 4) on my way home, I dropped in at the NTUC Supermarket in Queenstown to buy a slx-kllo bag of rice as usual. I was not aware that prices of the three grades of rice had increased. As I did not have
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    Glaring lights
    114 8  -  M. CHENG The energy crisis In the world is far from over and yet the way we waste electricity does not seem to Indicate this fact. Take for example, some of the bigger departmental stores. The light Intensity in them Is just short of blinding. It might be
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    Case of teachers: Adding insult to injury
    172 8 As an avid reader of your newspaper, I have taken particular Interest In the letters submitted by your readers pertaining to the promotion of teachera (NN, Feb 11 and 35). It Is most alarming and disconcerting to learn that the more senior personnel
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      45 8 iSTniiv in v::i? II If IK Ml y VI .i ll Ht H i'iT I IT l*9 If f Vt, V. ft "5 m M/ 4i 38 fl V 3 Ill &ll% WD THEN I HAD THIS Brilliant IDEA Wfty DoNT W€ SRoW OU* OWN
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    Some of us are tree murderers!
    750 9  -  By Ting Hi Keng Tree murderers that is what many of us unwittingly are. Some of the thoughtless things we do to trees Include suffocating them by sealing up to the trunks the areas in which they grow and strangulating them by tying tight
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    Lock icon Cued Speech to help the deaf
    524 9 Washington Post Washington: Paul Swadley, age 9, is profoundly deaf, a condition he's had since birth. Unlike most deaf children he's reading well above the normU level for his age, despite the fact that he's never heard a word of spoken language. It's not
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      111 9 Kr«TtirMa r rrni: f »T M I I and other poems NALLA TAN VWIS IS AN ANTHOLOGY of pourn which I dMis with lift, love and death. Writtan with 1 graat aantitivlty and faaling, thay ara in fact tha writtan axpraationt of Or Nalla Tan't idaaii, har daaply fait axparianeaa
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  • YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE
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      TOO CALM TO BE EXCITING
      590 10 / 11  -  No anxiety at all on show 'r Sight Sound l»v v Judith Holmberg Is It fair to handpick contestants for TV quiz shows way ahead of time or should they be selected from the audience on the day of the recording? This was the problem
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      1408 10 / 11 (SINGAPORE 5] with LinqtrnH+plus) 1.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by SE8AME RTRPRT 1.50 SATURDAY MATINEE: Lassie Feature —Hanford's Point. Two young men block tbe development of a lakeside recreational project until Lassie gets Involved. Stars Lassie, Robert Bray and Tony Dow. 3.06 CARTOON CORNER. 3.15 HAZEL (r). 3.40 POLICE SURGEON: Losers
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      699 10 / 11 I FM STEREO SATURDAY 6.00 P.M. Opening announcements and Programme Summary followed by At Sunset with Pepe Jar amlllo and His Orchestra This is Pepe Jaramlllo and Pepe and The Tijuana Sound 6.30 News (E) 8.46 At Sunset (cont'd) 7.00 Dutch Concert Hall featuring the Hllversum Radio Philharmonic Orch and
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      596 10 / 11 THE GREAT COMPOSERS: W.A. Mozart. (Ch. 5, 6.35 p.m.*in colour). Mozart's instrumental music can be regarded as perfect in melodic contour, harmonic balance and rhythmic interest. These qualities are made apparent by such Mozart exponents as Nina Milkina, who plays his Ninth Piano Concerto and provides a commentary; If or
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      Rebel who dared to defy
      677 12  -  Weill played by Peck Cinema by Gloria Chandy Mac ARTHUR: GreFfcory Peck, Ed Flanders, Dan O'Herilhy, Jttfr) Dusay, Sandy Kenyon. Directed by Joseph Sargent. Written, by Hal Barwood ind Matthew Robbins. tNow at Prince). The billboarda have exhausted all possible adjectives, complimentary or otherwise. In
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      682 12 At the cinema THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT: The Uvea of three characters are interwoven In the romantic melodrama. It u a story of love, revenge and power set In the early 40s In Greece, France and the US. Stars Mirto-rraace P1 sle r, John Beck and Susan Sarandon. Orchard:
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      808 12 and around town EXHIBITION of contemporary Finnish Industrial designed products including glassware,. ceramics and woodware. National art gallery, Stamford Road, till 5 p.m. Admission free. Till March 27. TALK on producing and publishing small magazines by Miss Ilsa Sharp, associate editor, Business Times. National Library meeting room. 2.30 p.m. Admission
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    Lock icon Scurry to dump the dollar
    354 14 /*****5156 UPI New York, Saturday The growing weakness of the US dollar Is beginning to erode Its role as the world's major reserve currency, Business Week magazlpe said yesterday In Its March 20 Issue. It said not only wealthy Arabs but also foreign central banks,
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    Lock icon Money market
    162 14 UPI AP LONDON. Saturday The US dollar closed out the week on a slight upturn yesterday. Gold fell In London and Zurich. The London gold close was U*****.1250 per ounce against Th u r s d a y's U*****.6250. In Zurich, gold finished at US$lB6.3750 per ounce against
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      265 14 Stocks finished their best week of 1978 yesterday with their second biggest rally of the year following an unexpected drop In the nation's jobless rate and news of the dollar's rebound abroad. Trading was heavy. The Dow Jones Industrial average, a 0.87polnt loser on Thursday, climbed 8.58 points
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      35 14 UPI New York, Saturday Dow Jones closing averages on Che NYSE yesterday: 30 Industrials 758.58 (up 8.58); 20 transport 201.69 (up 2.38); IS utilities 106.83 (up 0.20); 69 stocks 265.38 (up 2.56). UPL
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      80 14 Closing prices on the Zurich Stock Exchange terday: yesUBS Bearer 3010 40 UBS Registered 585 15 SBC 346 12 Credit Suisse 2320 30 Swissair B. 770 Swiss Relnsur. 2600 Wlnterthur B. 1810 50 Zurich Insur. 8200 50 Juvena B. 180 Nestle B. 2900 —150 Inter food B. 3350 Clba-Oeigy
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    467 14  -  Market Round-Up *»v Lee Yew Meng Share prices were fuelled upwards under a fresh round of speculation at the Singapore stock market this week. The speculation attention was initially focused on the plantation stocks, but shifted later to the second and third liners. And yesterday
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    328 15  -  Chess by Leslie Leow Who was the best chess player last year? Early each year th® International Association of Chess Press (AIPE) attempts to answer precisely this question by Its members around the world, ceremoniously awarding the chess Oscar to the winner. The event has
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    54 17 Two fantastic saves—but they are not good enough to hold S'pore Malaysia Cup SAVED goalkeeper tips DolUh's chip over the her Naair JalLl Just can't control hia joy aa he deliriously jumps Into the net after the foal. Pictures by JERRY SEH SAVED Ismail Che Lah clear* a
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    500 18  -  By BRIAN MILLER Medal of Honour, who carried stable support In his debut last month, can be backed with confidence when he goes over 1200 m in Race .5 at Buklt Tlmah today. This well bred son of Royal And Regal comes with an
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    176 18 p^pquash~ Dublin, Saturday. Australian Geoff Hunt, the world squash rackets champion, rallied after losing the first'game to defeat Ahmed Maqsood of Pakistan in the Irish Open championship last night. Hunt, holder of the Irish title, won the second round match 5-9, 9 -4, 9-2, 10-8 in Just
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    410 19 By SCRUTINEER Sentak Surla II has an outstanding chance to score an overdue wip in the Class 5 Division 1 1800 m (Race 6), and I rate him as one of the top bets at Bukit Timah tomorrow. The flve-year-old New Zealand gelding
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    79 19 Kuala Lumpur, Saturday Chan Tze Ming, the Taiwanese amateur, yesterday fired a two-under-par 70 for a tworound total of 134 and held a one-stroke lead at the halfway mark of the Dunlop Masters golf tournament. CALCUTTA: American Paul Purtzer, who shot a brilliant seven-under-par 06 in the
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    628 20  -  Malaysia Kedah 0 B'pore 1 By Jeffrey Low Alor Star, Saturday What a laborious, lucky win It was for Singapore in this North Zone encounter last night a match Kedah should have won thus staking a strong claim for a semi- final berth. Tears were shed at
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