New Nation, 25 March 1978

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  • 19 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Saturday, March 25, 1978 No. 2216 Price 25 cents M.C. (P> 216/1/78 Mbbß^ SATURDAY, MARCH 25. 1978
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  • 152 1 American Scott Simpson, who Just managed to make the cut-off yesterday, got off to an impressive start In the third round of the Singapore Open golf championship at the Bukit Course this morning. Teeing off with Ron Wood of Australia and Hirobuml Nomura
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  • 500 1 —says Begin Reuter Tel Aviv, Saturday Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin returned home yesterday from his bleak encounter with US President Jimmy Carter and said he saw no need for a change in Israel's policies. Mr Begin again admitted his two days of talks in Washington
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  • 164 1 'It's falling out of orbit' Reuter Colorado Springs, Saturday A Soviet satellite Cosmos 849, is expected to fall out of orbit on or about May 6, the North American Air Defen c e Command (Norad) said yesterday. Two months ago another Soviet satellite, the nuclear powered Cosmos 954,
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  • 80 1 A provision shop proprietor in Sims Avenue has received an extortion letter demanding $200,000 to be paid at Johore Baru today. Written in Chinese, the letter was received through the post on Thursday. The extortioner said he would wear black to collect the money at a
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  • 76 1 Reuter Los Angeles, Saturday A major earthquake occurred yesterday in the southern Kurile Islands, the US. geological survey announced In Oolden, Colorado. It said there were no Immediate reports of casualties In the Islands, which are strung between the Kamchatka Knlnsula in Siberia and e Japanese Island of
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  • 114 1 Johore Baru, Saturday Customs officers have arretted seven men believed to be members of a syndicate Involved In Importing used cars from SlnsaDore bv us In? a false Import licence. Ten cars were also seised. One of the men Is a Singaporean. A Customs
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  • 174 2 Back from a trip to New Zealand, and Slak Fahn-Eln, nine, immediately became the apple of Mr Chan Chee Seng's eyes. Mr Chan, Senior Parliamentary Secret ary (Social Affairs), who is also president of the Jogging Association of Singapore, was obviously pleased with
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  • 68 2 Ipoh, Saturday—lpoh police have smashed a gang, believed to be responsible for two murders, four cases of causing grevious hurt and a number of wayside robberies, with the arrest of seven of Its members, Including Its leader, last Friday. The Deputy OCPD (Crime) Ipon, Supt Meor Zalnal Abldln,
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  • 153 2 Malayan Railway stands to lose $600,000 to $700,000 a day each time floods disrupt its cargo and passenger services on the main north-south line. Railway administration sources said if the perio dic flooding continues "the railway will suffer great losses/' They said the flooding
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  • 78 2 AP Tokyo. Saturday Mu Chlng. deputy director of China's H&inhua News Agency, gave a dinner party In Peking yesterday for a delegation of the Photographic Society of Singapore. In a dispatch from Peking, Hslnhua said the delegation was led by Mr Tan Lip Seng, former vice-president of the
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  • 369 2 Provision shopowners will consider offering better pay and fringe benefits to encourage more Singaporeans to take up Jobs as shop assistants. The president of the Singapore Provision Shops' Friendly Association, Mr Wee Boon Chye, whose association has about 1100 members said this would be done
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  • 261 2 The Postal Department will introduce a new speedpost service to Britain on April 1. This will be done on a reciprocal basis to provide a high-speed link between the two countries. The scheme will provide a fast and reliable means for urgent and Important business locuments to
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  • 49 2 The Ponggol community centre will hold a children's quiz competition at its premises In Upper Serangoon Road on April 2 at 9 a.m. Members oi the People's Association Children's Club and children studying In primaries four five and sac in neighbouring schools can participate In the competition.
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  • 25 2 The Rochore community centre In Prlncep Street will hold threemonth courses In restaurant cooking, cakemaking and ballet and a six-montxi course in dress-making.
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  • 27 2 The Senior Minister of State (Finance), Mr Goh Chok TOng, will open the second South-east Asian statistics seminar at the RELC on Monday at 9 a.m.
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  • 139 3 The vicinity of the Church of St Joseph (Portugese Mission) in Victoria Street was transformed into a sea of flickering candles last night as more than 5000 people, commemorated the death of Jesus Christ. The worshippers, from all walks of life, started assembling at the
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  • 142 3 AFP Koala Lumpur, Saturday The Gurkha battalion In Brunei will continue to be stationed in the oilrich British protectorate, the British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Lord Goronwy-Roberts, said here yesterday. Replying to a question at a news conference, he
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  • 283 3 More than 200 Singaporeans have booked seats on coaches to Penang for the second-leg SingaporePenang Malaysia Cup match on April 9. The first game, played at the National Stadium, resulted In a draw. Mr Walter Koh, manager of the Country Club Hotel who
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  • 61 3 The seventh Asean film festival will probably be held In Kuala Lumpur this year. The deputy secretary general of the Malaysian Information Ministry, Datuk Wan Mahmood bin Pawan Teh said a meeting would be held this month. x The last Asean film festival was
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    • 155 3 SSI at Mandarin Court Sunday, March 26, 12 noon to 4pm. X-.C ?'<■' s -.-"'J' fi' Hi there! Welcome to the great, greet happenings at Easter Funland. Four solid hours of fun and feast all the way. Meet our bunny friends. And Mr. Megician too. Hell also be doina his
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  • 246 4 They will get lessons on how to read notes and play guitar At least eight former drug addicts will soon take music lessons as part of their rehabilitation programme. An official of the Singapore AntiNarcotics Association said the eight, all of whom are male youths, have
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  • 124 4 The Singapore Insurance Training Centre Is to Introduce a certificate course on life insurance. The SITC will conduct an examination and award certificates to those who successfully complete the proposed three month course. The course will cover topics such as elements of life Insurance,
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  • 81 4 Reuter Kuala Lumpur Saturday The Foreign Ministry has Investigated the case of a Malaysian diplomat In New Di!hl who was allegedly Involved In smuggling. Parliament here was told yesterday. The Parliamentary Betary of the Foreign Ministry, Encllc Zakarla Ab- dul Rahman, said in the Lower House that
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  • 236 4 This scene of a kavadl carrier getting ready for the Hindu festival of penance (Pangunl Utar am) was filmed by a Japanese TV network crew for a documentary to promote Singapore as a tourist destination. On the extreme left is Japanese
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  • 35 4 The University of Singapore's Department of Extramural Studies will hold a course on An Introduction to Geology in April. The lecturer will be Dr Jack A. Rykken, a consulting geologist. The fee is $55.
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  • 231 4 Singapore and the Soviet Union will have an active cultural exchange programme this year—their 10th anniversary of diplomatic ties. The programme ranges from exchanges In fine arts to sports and education. This was drawn up as part of a two-year programme of cultural and scientific
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  • 247 5 Probe into possible link with defoliant used in war Reuter Chicago, Saturday Government officialsare investigating mysterious illnesses among some Vietnam War veterans which may be linked to a powerful defoliant used extensively during the conflict in Indo-China. Symptoms reported by the Veterans Administration (VA) office
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  • 160 5 Reuter Tokyo, Saturday Japan's three major airlines plan to order more than 40 foreign planes worth up to U851.85 billion ($4.2 billion) in the next two years, according to plans submitted to the Transport Ministry yesterday. The ministry said Japan Airlines (JAL), the sole
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  • 74 5 When you're a tiny 68 cm, 24 kg Falabella horse, the world's smallest breed of horses, you might develop an Inferiority complex when faced with Hercules, an 18 hands (1.8 metre) high, one tonne English shire horse. But who cares about weight and size when you're Caesar?
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  • 145 5 Reuter Lahore, Saturday—The wife of condemned former Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfikar All Bhutto said yesterday a plot had been hatched to poison him In his death cell. Iranian-born lfrs Nusrat Bhutto said the idea was to make it appear that he committed suicide rather than
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  • 41 5 AFP Bangkok, Saturday An official of the Thai Ibrelgn Ministry on Thursday expressed fear that most of Thailand's 90,000 refugees will remain Thailand's problem. There had been a slowdown In the Intake of refugees by U8 and Australia. AFP.
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  • 151 5 AFP Bangkok, Saturday Sri Sanyanwong director general of the Laotian Public Relations Department, yesterday denied accusations of napalm bombing and other atrocities against Meo rebels fleeing to Thailand, and dismissed reports of Vietnamese troops in Laos as "all lies," aimed at discrediting the Laotian
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  • 451 6 For talks to resume: Vance Reuter UPI Washinfton, Saturday US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance said yesterday Middle East peace negotiations could not progress unless Israel changed Its stand on withdrawal from the West Bank of the Jordan and on settlements In occupied Arab lands. At
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  • 172 6 Reuter Beirut, Saturday Palestinian commandos in Lebanon, outnumber ed and outgunned by Israel's Invasion army, yesterday faced the prospect of running out of arms and ammunition. A communique issued by the Syrian-dominated Arab League peace force here said its command had decided "to prevent
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  • 341 6 AFP Tel Aviv, Saturday. Many Israeli leaders yesterday came out strongly against an alleged American attempt to Impose a new Premier on Israel, following reports that a senior U8 official had suggested Premier Menachem Begin be replaced. They Included Defence Minister Kser Welzman, tipped aa a
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  • 86 6 UPI TODAY is Saturday March 25. the 84th day of 1978 with 281 to follow. THE MOON is between its full phase and last quarter. THERE is no morning star. THE EVENING STABS are Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. ON THIS DAT IN HISTORY: In 1875. King Faisal
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  • 27 6 Reuter Manila, Saturday Manila police have uncovered a crime syndicate which planned to kidnap businessmen, the Philiprich Filipino Chinese pines Daily Express reported yesterday.—Reu-
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  • 228 6 AFP Salisbury, Saturday Rhodesia's Interim government will have "no sympathy" for nationalist guerillas If they refuse to respond to its appeal to down arms, Bishop Abel Muzorewa, one of the four members of the transition ad m 1 nistratlon's top level executive council told AFT.
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  • 30 6 Reuter Utrecht (Holland), Saturday A Tnrlc was jailed for nine months here recently for chopping off the top of his son's little Anger to stop him stealing.—Renter.
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    • 155 6 WORLD WEATHER Bonn Partly Cloudy, 6-3 C. Headline: Severe dispute between Carter and Begin on settlements and Lebanon campaign. Borne Rain, 13-SC. Headline: Carter says outlook bleak for peace In Middle East. Paris—Partly cloudy, 6-2 C. Headline: Entire leftist leadership meeting with Discard. London Showers. 9IC. Stalemate in Begin s
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    • 40 6 Singapore Singapore's weather for the 24 hours to 7.30 a.m. today: Max. temp. 33.0 C, Mln. temp. 25.0 C; Hours of sunshine 8.85; Total rainfall for the month to date 78.1 mm, total ralndays for the month to date 6.
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  • 287 7 AP Washington, Saturday With President Jimmy Carter's approval, the Pentagon yesterday slashed by more than half the US Navy's plans for building new warships over the next five years. The new Carter administration proposal would dash the Navy's hopes to enlarge its fleet from the current
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  • 218 7 Reuter Moscow, Saturday— The Chinese Embassy here has moved in fast with-some "chopstick diplomacy" following Canada's recent expulsion of alleged Soviet spies, diplomatic sources said yesterday. In a pointed display of hospitality, the Chinese have invited the entire staff of the Canadian Embassy next
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  • 180 7 Reuter Vatican City, Saturday "You cant sell the Slstine Chapel..." So an American, priest working here summed up the financial dilemma of the Roman Catholic Church, often believed to be one of the world's wealthiest organisations. Church leaders admit they are battling against rising costs and
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  • 182 7 UPI Rome, Saturday Italian leaders considered using clairvoyants and Wild West-style bounties yesterday In the bogged down search (or kidnapped presidential candidate Aldo Moro. Investigators reluctant- ly admitted that every lead they have followed since 12 Red Brigades commandos abducted Mr. Moro in a blase
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  • 233 7 AP AFP Belgrade, Saturday The Soviet Union has poured US$l billion ($2.3 billion) worth of military aid Into Ethiopia for Its war against Somalia, a Belgrade newspaper said yesterday. The Dally Politika, In a .despatch from the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, said the Soviets
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    • 86 7 Easter Sunday March 26 1978 The Delicious Solution A delightful Easter Buffet Luncheon With the culinary concoctions of Chef la meson With the sweet goodies of Chef How With the sounds of the Corpuz Trio and the I Trio Los Santos With our love 11.30 am to 2.30 pm Adults
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  • 411 8 Many people may. find Health Minister Dr. Toh Chin Chye's prescription of higher medical and dental fees In certain services to preserve efficiency a bitter pill to swallow. Medicines usually are. Fee increases of up to 150 per cent, for example, for treatment at the accident
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    • 38 8 It la no longer unusual, but one Is still surprised if not shocked by it. One secretary was both, when she came across a letter from the US addressed to The Straits Times, Singapore, China.
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    • 71 8 Mr Harry Tenby of Leeds, England, had a hearing aid fitted 20 years ago. but he could still hardly hear what his wife If ay was saying. Last week, he went for a check-up and the doctors discovered the gadget was fitted Into the wrong
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  • 226 8  -  BAEY LIAN PECK Chairman/Chief Executive, NTUC Welcome Consumer*' Co-operative Limited. Singapore 14. Your correspondent, A Customer (NN, March 11) was understandably annoyed when he could not buy the six-kilo pack (10 per cent broken) rice, currently on sale at $5.10 per pack, from our
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  • 58 8 We refer to your report, Temple still looking for a home (March 11) and wish to clarify that the Housing Board compensated us $184,000 for the Temple's land which has an area of 5000 sq. metres and not 930 sq. metres as reported. COMMITTEE, Tang Suahn
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  • 252 8 Allow me to comjrrmt on the subject of coffee price in coffee-shops. A cup of coffee in cof-fee-shops should cost 25 cents and not 30 cents which Case has generously suggested because of the fall in coffee beans. Let me confirm that coffee-shops use the cheapest coffee
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  • 449 8  -  ALISON WONG I refer to Violet Oon's music review of the recital by Four Voices (NN, March 14) which was shabby, superficial and unprofessional. The criticism was destructive and personal. First and foremost. It is Important to remember that the grotip, like most other groups In
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  • 185 8  -  HAJI SHA'ABI TADIN I refer to the editorial headlined A 8 winker Against Lift Stench (NN, March 17) arising from my suggestion In Parliament requesting the HDB to build urinals near children's play areas. When I made the suggestion in Parliament, I was
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  • 196 8  -  NGIAM TONG FATT According to reports published In the press, the Ministry of Education Is going to introduce moral teachings In schools. The public Is grateful that our educational authorities are now emphasising the Importance of moral education In our school curriculum. In our Asian society.
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  • 167 8 The teaching In Primary classes of both English and the mother tongue Is certainly a laudable practice. Unfortunately, certain minor groups of Singaporeans of Indian origin are facing a problem In choosing a second language, since not all Indians are Tamils. Tamil Nadu Is a comparatively small state
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  • 145 8  -  P.L. TAN (MISS) Motorists from MacPherson Circus and Kim Keat Road find It most Inconvenient to go to Lorong 6. 7 and 8, Toa Payoh as they have to drive up the flyover, go round the circus and make a long loop back to
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  • 1026 9 British are taking an interest in what they eat Los Angeles Times London: The once muchmal i g n e d culinary arts in Britain are undergoing a quiet yet dramatic renaissance, In the land of the overdone roast and soggy vegetables,
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  • 785 9 Russel Baker column NYT One of the worst handshakes I have ever been Involved in occurred a few weeks ago in the middle west. This hand placed itself in my hand, as hands commonly do when their proprietors are being introduced, and immediately
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  • 612 10 / 11 r Sight Sound bv-Judith Hoi in l> r <| L One Tuesday and Wednesday, back bench er s launched their yearly broadside at Caldecott Hill officials when Parliament discussed the Budget for the Ministry of Culture. They carped about discrimination, the low standard of
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  • Page 10 / 11 Miscellaneous
    • 1459 10 / 11 YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE SINGAPORE 5 SATURDAY 1.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by Sesame Street. 2.05 SATURDAY MATINEE: The Jackpot. James Btewart, Barbara Hale and Fred Clark star In this comedy In which the prliewlnner of a radio quiz game has to raise money to pay taxes on his winnings. 3.30
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    • 685 10 / 11 FM STEREO SATURDAY 6.00 P.M. Opening Announcements and Programme Summary followed by At Sunset with Ferrante and Telcher Body and Soul, Llberace —liberace Now 6.30 News (E) 6.45 At Sunset (cont'd) 7.00 "Dutch Concert Hall featuring tha Rotterdam Phlharmonlc Orch. conducted by Ed o de Waart: sinfonla In D Major
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    • 553 10 / 11 Top shows of the weekend d 1 kl Shirley MacLaine MIGNIGHT MOVIE: What A Way To Go. (Ch. 5 at 11.15 p.m. In colour). A gaudy and rather over-worked comedy about a girl whose sad fate Is to marry a succession of men, who shortly after tying the nuptial knot
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    • 322 12 and around town VIOLIN RECITAL by Raphael Hllller presented by the Singapore Musical Society and the United States Information Service. DBS auditorium. 8.30 p.m. Admission $8. $5 and $3 to nonmembers and $4 to members. Tonight only. HARMONICA CONCERT by the SAT Reservists' Association. Victoria Theatre, 7.45 p.m. Tonight only.
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    • 625 12 At the cinema HOT BLOOD (Cantonese) A cops and robbers drama In which the police go on the trail of a gangster mob Involved In thievery. Stars Aman Chow Yun Fat, Sarlna Sal, Chang Lei. Majestic: 1, 3.30, 7 and 9.15 p.m. THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT: The lives of
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    • 237 12 SQUASH: Third East Asian Championships Singapore v Malaysia (4 p.m.), Japan v Philippines (4 p.m.), Thailand v Hong Kong (0 p.m.). All matches at Kallang Squash Complex. HOCKEY: National Under 23 Tournament Singapore Recre all on Club v Singapore Malays (SRC Padang), Ceylon Sports Club v Indian Association (Pales tier
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  • What's On A page that tells you everything you want to know of what's happening in town
    • 549 12  -  Absurd adventure with charm Cinema by Gloria Chandy I WILL, I WILL ...FOR NOW: Elliot Gould, Diane Keaton, Paul Sorvlno, Victoria Principal, Robert Alda, Warren Berllnger. Directed by Norman Panama. Written by Norman Panama and Albert E. Lewln. (Now at Lido). With such comedies
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  • 347 13 NEW YORK: The United 8tates is losing ground against other Industrial nations and American stock market investors are losing money because Inflation is eating up American capital. US book-keeping methods are Incapable of showing this loss. So says Mr Alfred Neal, an economist and president of the US
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  • 154 13 AP Washington, Saturday US Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal Is urging President Jimmy Carter to set a May 1 deadline for imposing a special tax on oil Imports if congress has not yet approved his recommendation for a crude oil tax. "Blumenthal wants a deadline
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  • 281 13 Big meet today to discuss yen's upswing I 3 Business News and Views L— —Ji UPI Tokyo, Saturday Cablpet ministers In charge of economic affairs will today discuss effective measures to trim Japan's swollen foreign exchange holdings as the Japanese yen kept an upward swing in relation
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  • 148 13 AFP Tokyo, Saturday AfTected by the yen's further appreciation, prices on the Tokyo stock market closed mixed yesterday. The 225-stock DowJones average finished the day at 5,262.48 yen, a drop of 4.30 yen from Thursday. But the TSE index for the first section, where volume came
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  • 528 13  -  Market round-up «>v I Yrw Mrni) The Singapore stock market saw its liveliest trading week with daily average turnover rising to a new year high and substantial price gains being chalked up in the industrial and rubber sectors. The week got off to a
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  • 36 13 AFP Brussels, Saturday The governments of the European Economic Community have rejected the EEC commission's steel deal last week with Japan, and the agreement cannot come into effect on April 1, EEC official* confirmed yesterday.—AFP.
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  • 174 13 UPI AFP London. Saturday The dollar closed at 4.8050 French francs down from 4.0750 In Paris yesterday and In Brussels It ended the week worth 31.77 Belgian francs up from 31.755 on Thursday. The closing rate In Milan was 854.70 lira, almost unchanged from Thursday's over n 1
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    • 367 13 I YOUR LUCKY SIMS IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a warm hearted generous spirited person whose fiery temperament hides a sympathetic nature. Not impetuous or aggressive, you achieve through patience and {reparation. Tou never acfcle a project without Investigating Its requirements and preparing yourself to meet them.
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    • 272 13 Crossuord 3S 7 Upland plain 8 Olympian B Household caustic 10 Headline 11 Problems 12 Prepare to make glass IS Lacrosse teams 21 Bell sound 22 Seaver 24 —a load of (sees) 25 Shore birds 26 Pusslement 27 Portiere 28 Sanctum or self 29 Buspiclous 30 Places 31 Neighbor of
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    • 189 14 Italian Ceramic Wall Floor Tiles. Marble, Terrazxo, Parquet Vinyl Tiles, Kitchen Cabinet. Aluminium Iron Works. Carpet Wall Coverings. Special Package Deal To HUDC A HDB Flats. Open everyday from 9.15 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. ■interiors AX). President Hotel Complex, (Behind President Shopping Center) 181, Kitchener Road, Singapore Bletephone *****61 Luxatrak
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  • 321 14 A twice weekly advertisement feature It is gratifying to know that In spite of a hectic life that leaves one with little time to do all the things that one wishes to do, sports is generally not neglected by many Singaporeans. I am not referring to the passive kind
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  • 388 15 THE GREAT PEBBLE AFFAIR by James Grady. Hodder and Stoughton, 192 pages. Reviewed by Tan Tee Jim. After Six Days of the Condor and an Impressive debut, James Grady's The Great Pebble Affair is a big disappointment. There Is nothing novel about this novel.
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  • 411 15  -  Bjr Charles Killinger Los Angeles Times San Luis Obispo (California): The sign of the old white frame house proclaims: Violin Maker, Repairer. In the basement of the house the music man was hapdcraftlng the top of a viola. A music man since a teenager in his native
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  • 495 15  -  E =3 Chess Sy Iwliv L«*ou For many years the Dutch town of Wljk aan Zee has consistently held one of the strongest annual fixtures on tne chess calendar. However, all good things must end, and this yeur's tourney may well
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  • 302 15  -  Records Ik lvt«'r (>M«I BOZ SCAGGS: Down Two Then Left (CBS): Life must be extremely frustrating for William Royce (Boz) Scaggs. He was overwhelming under-rated and ruefully missed the success he so much deserved. During the 15 years of his career, Boz Scaggs didn't score any
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    • 148 15 VICTOR SPOKTS Sole Distributors For ADMIRAL RETAIL: B-7 Peninsula Shopping Complex, Singapore, 6. Tel: 3)410 WHOLESALE: 14 Tanglin Road, Singapore, 10. Tel: *****00 *****68 Call on us for all your sporting requirements and leisure items. YONG KEE TRADING CO. WE ARE DEALERS RADIO CASSETTE I 11l 4 CAR STEREO PLAYER,
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 75 15 SINGAPORE This week's chart with last week'* positions la brackets: 1 (1) Baby Come Back: flayer 2 (S) Take A Chance On Mo: Abba S (5) Words: Blta CooHdffe 4 <*> Desire*: Ndl Diamond f (4) Sweet Sweet Smile: Carpen8 Night FcTcr: Bee Gees 1 (9) Jnst One More Night:
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  • 454 16  -  By BRIAN MILLER Bold Chief, who has been on board In four of his last five starts, can score his long overdue win when he goes over 1600 m In Race 3 at Buklt Timah today. This seven-year-old son of Copenhagen, came from long
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  • 4355 16 1.30 CLAM 2, DIV 4 1900m <115.000 110.800 to winner) 117M UK O-I—III t (OmUofi) DanfM 5 47 (dl +1.4) 1440m Mrt 14 t MM) (Blfgaln) K Noordln 157 (<t3 +14) lWn Mm MM «Ml Pmm a (AS Lm) DtnMl 4 57
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  • 163 16 SCRUTINEER FAIRWAY rVBKKSft' Race It Atonic Hwr Silver linage NatteawUa 811vcr Image Fearien OrA Nationwide SUrer loaage Pearleas Oak a Dream Duw 81 tl Payong Dream Daaerr Joyful Affair Dream Dancer Montana Bill Dream Dancer Oalteemore CQ Bold Chief Port of Joy Bold Chief Terrific Challenger Patriarch Aero be
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  • 469 17 By SCRUTINEER The "hot tip" for tomorrow at Buklt Tlmah is Cheni 111 in Race 4, the 1600 m for Class 2 Division 1 horses. The Serenader II four-year-old chestnut gelding Is a Cup prospect, in his very first outing at the Buklt
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  • 4004 17 fM 1.90 CLASS 3, DIV 2 111 ($11,000 SO. 100 to 1000m 1 3M Afeaa (Aim) Choi* 4 87 (mm)iaaou t QUO TMaf «f NNM I (JacqualliM) Alton 4 M S (dd *3.5) Mm 4 cimw ia MLaa a 411 Ma 4
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  • 147 17 .1 TriTl iTTTT^H1 FAIRWAY BLUKOKASS Prince Meledy Batu Sinai Brie He Mick The MUIer Deatl AIM Mica Bata Atari Mick The Miller Nleabar Aspiration Dark Stranger Wells Fargo Dvk Itnagar Nioobar Km* It ErS53iPlili 8aas Fee Antl-Corruptlon lau Fee Credit Centra ItN 4: Cheal Omt Ogn Cheal Film Ooer
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  • 685 18  -  He shoots 67 to tie for second spot BRAIN MILLER rft the SINGAPORE OPEN BRAIN MILLER Like previous winners Haruo Yasuda, Takaakl Kono, Yutaka Suzuki and Kesahlko Uchlda, Takahlro Takeyasu, another "unknown" Japanese golfer shot Into the limelight at the Buklt Course yesterday to tie with Filipino Ben
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  • 308 18 Reuter Lusaka, Saturday Britons Brian Barnes and Michael Gallagher shared a one-stroke lead after the second roand of the. Zambia Open golf tournament. They were on 138 slx-under-par after Barnes matched his first round <9 and the ~24-year-old Gallagher added a <7 fo his
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  • 325 19 13 Soccer Reuter London, Saturday Everton cut Nottingham Forest's lead at the top of the English First Division to three points with a 2-0 away win over re-legation-haunted Newcastle. Forest have three games in hand. Everton looked vastly superior throughout. Bob Latchford put them ahead after
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  • 105 19 Reuter Buenos Aires, Saturday Torrential rains which have been troubling the Fourth World Cup hockey tournament since It stajted last weekend, struck again here yesterday, forcing the postponement of three matches. Only the match between Olympic silver medallists Australia and Belgium took place as scheduled before the
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  • 941 19  -  Easy day again for HK and S'pore p^Squash~ By ERIC COOPER Hong Kong and Singapore wasted 110 time in demolishing the opposition when the East Asian Team championships resumed yesterday morning. With another match to play the same evening, no one wanted to risk being
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  • 62 19 AFP New York, Saturday World heavyweight boxing champion (WBA) Leon Splnks will defend his title against Moham med All next September In Africa, it was announced here yesterday. Promoter Bob Arum, who has an exclusive contract with Spinks, refused to reveal which country would stage the
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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  • 445 20  -  Recent S'pore form shows it, but Zainal's absence will certainly be felt again By JEFFREY LOW Either It's going to be extremely difficult more so without Zalnal Abldln and Syed Mutallb or Singapore will march on strongly Into the seml-flnals. Such Singapore unpredictability has become so
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  • 56 20 Per&k: Llm Chuan Chin, Bajanlck Singh, Ong Lay Seng, P. Umaparan, Asml Noor, 8. Pushpanathan, Effendy Hussein, R. Visvan a than, Tajul Arrlfln, K. Nagarajan, Chan Sae Tong. Singapore: Edmund Wee, Hasll Ibrahim, Samad Allapltchay, 8. Raj agonal, Robert Sim, M Kumar, Hashlm Hosnl, Mohammed Noh, Do 11 ah
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  • 462 20  -  OVERSEAS TRAINING FALLS THROUGH By PHILIP TAN Coaching stints abroad for three top local coaches have fallen through. STINT No. 1: Chan Slew Kay, currently In charge of the national Under 12 squad and Ibrahim Awang, the assistant national coach, were picked to attend a
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 56 20 ANDY CAPP 1 mvrn It's AH AWAY MATCH, FLO I DOUBT IF I'LL BE y > BACK < f IN TIME .A V SORRY J m Oi A PITY THAT, PET ESPECIALLV AS 11Ab A RATHER GOOb WIN AT -<\ BINGO LAS'NIGHT 1 i»l! TO 'ELLWIfH 'EM. I'M not MARRIEOtO
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