New Nation, 8 April 1978

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    Masthead
    23 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Saturday, April 8, 1978 No. 2228 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 r —-=5- —=1 i NEW fcj) NATION COMMENT i
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    Lock icon A clean sweep likely
    228 1 Reports: An 80 pc lead for Marcos UPI Manila, Saturday President Marcos' coalition party headed for an apparent sweep of the key Manila election today with early tabulations showing an 80 per cent lead for the martial law government In this capital city. They also showed
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    Lock icon Mekong refuge
    57 1 A Thai policeman, with a Ml 6 In hand, watches as yet another group of armed Laotian hllltrlbes arrives on the bank of Mekong River to Join the Increasing tide of refugees coming Into Thailand. They later surrendered their arms, most of them M-16, before being transferred to
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    Lock icon Shock death
    30 1 Reuter Basle, Saturday A Swiss pulled out a gun In court and shot himself dead after a heated debate over his alleged tax offences, court officials said yesterday.—Reuter.
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    The man PM Lee spoke about on TV
    288 1  -  By Teresa Ooi Mr. Tan Llan Ker was the district Judge mentioned by the Prime Minister during the blllnguallsm discussion on TV on Thursday. Mr Tan who was qualified to Interpret four dialects (he knew five). Into English was the first court
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      238 1 Studiocraft An Audible Improvement in D"« ct Radiating SpeaMTh ATLAS SOUND CO. r t Browning's bold new shope toword better golf is woy out in front! n :.;.V This is the Browning 440 Some will call it daring, provocative or simply different. The designers of this unique iron are confident
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      23 1 INSIDE S'pore fear in Penang game Back Page IN THE OTHER PAGES: What's On 12; Crossword 19; Moncywords 16; Comics 17; Stars 19.
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    They're mates in class too
    254 2 Teaching couple back to school School teachers Mr and Mrs Heng Wah Tong are back at school after 19 years of teaching. And they are studying the same subject and In the same classroom too. They are attending the English refresher course at the Education
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    Bilingual talk: Why those 20 were chosen
    152 2 The 20 people who took part In the TV discussion on billnguallsm telecast on Thursday were picked because they represented a cross section of the people whose views on the language problems were sought. An RTS official said: "We wanted to get a
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    Re-opening
    27 2 The Paya Lebar Post Office will re-open business from Monday. Additional post boxes have been Installed and are available at an annual rental of $30 each.
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    Lock icon Rewards offered for top Reds in Sarawak
    116 2 Reuter Kuching, Saturday The government has offered large sums of money for information leading to the capture or killing of communist guerilla leaders still operating in Sarawak on the border with Indonesia. A government spokesman said 50,000 leaflets offering the rewards had been
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    New walkways for Singapore
    189 2 11 MORE TO BE BIJILT The Ministry of National Development will build another 11 walkways. This is in addition to nine others completed last year. According to a ministry spokesman, work is now in progress on six walkways costing $1.69 million. They are located at Robinson
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    Live firing
    42 2 Live firing exercises will be conducted around the sea of the Southern Island live firing range at Pulau Pawal today and on April 15, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The public is warned to keep clear of the range.
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    24-hour forex service now
    236 2 Many of the larger bank* in Singapore have begun providing virtually round the dock foreign exchange services, according to Dr Tony Tan, chairman of the Association of Banks. He said this trend is inevitable as Singapore further develops its image as a financial centre and because
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    Bid to let out eating place at tower
    120 2 Clifford Holdings is making another bid to get its revolving restaurant at Clifford Tower spinning. It has advertised In the Straits Times to let out the restaurant-cum-lookout deck, located next to the Change Alley Aerial Plaza. The company has been looking for
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    Madam Yeo
    45 2 Madam Yeo Eng Kim, one of the foster mothers who Is receiving an award from the Social Welfare Department for long service, has pointed out that she is not a widow as stated In New Nation's report on Wednesday. The error is regretted.
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    Canoeing
    23 2 The Orchard Road YMCA will conduct a two-day canoeing course for beginners on May 7 and 14. Tel. *****8 for more details.
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    Asean mail may all go by air
    243 3  -  S'pore asked to look into the possibility By Judith Hale All mall within the Asean region may one day be sent by air automatically. At present, mall sent from Singapore to all Asean countries except Malaysia must carry an air mail sticker if
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    Satellite links with towns in Indonesia?
    216 3 A ground satellite station may be built in Singapore to link It with all the towns In Indonesia. The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Is conducting a feasibility study to determine the cost of setting up such a station. It Is understood that the Indonesian
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    Cup tickets
    89 3 Tickets for the Malaysia Cup between Singapore and Kelantan on Sunday, April 16 will be on sale tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. They are available at the National Stadium, Queenstown Athletic Centre, Toa Payoh Athletic Centre and Jurong Stadium. Each person Is allowed to buy a
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    Mandarin: Now grads cash in as tutors
    187 3 With the irowlni emphasis on bilin(talism and a greater demand for Chinese tutors, a number of Nanyang University and Ngee Ann Technical Co'lefe graduates have taken the opportunity to supplement income by giving private tuition. In fact, several of them have even stonned
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      161 3 Truly outstanding. In every city of the world there is a restaurant that stands out among tlie others. In Hong Kong, it's Gaddi's. In Singapore, it's the Marco Polo. Everything is just as it should be, at the Marco Polo. The atmosphere is at the same time both elegant and
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    Uphill task for hill-top residents
    338 4  -  To get to main road By Terry Ang Getting away from home Is sometimes a slippery affair for residents on a hill top off Whitley Road. This Is because their normal footpath to the main road has been covered up by excavators when construction work
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    No pledge on bus fares
    303 4  -  IN PARLIAMENT bv Rav Dhaliwal MFs yesterday failed to get an assurance from the government that bus fares would not be raised -tor aft leasft another three years. The assurance was sought by Mr Ivan Baptist (Fotong Fasir), Mr Seah Mul Kok (Buklt Ho 8
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    Dr Toh, MPs in war of words
    1095 4 (with some light moments, too) One of the most heated debates took place in Parliament yesterday as backbenchers a 11 a eked and Health Minister Dr Toh Chin Chye defended the government for the recent Increase in hospital and outpatient dispensary charges. Taking
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    Lock icon Police seize Narita radicals' 'fortress'
    165 5 UPI Tokyo, Saturday Police yeobera&y said tney nave seized a major stronghold of radicals opposed 10 the inauguration of Tokyo s new internauonai airport at Nanta alter a raid on their nlde-outs. Police said the fourstorey concrete "fortress built by radicals near the airport's second
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    Lock icon Ford Motor fined
    74 5 Reuter Ottawa. Saturday Ford Motor Company cf Canada wu found guilty by a court yesterday of failing to notify owners of about 500,000 fullslzed 1971-73 Fords of a steering assembly defect that could be a safety hazard. Judge Elmer Smith convicted the motorcar maker on two charges
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    Lock icon Opec date not set
    47 5 Reuter Vienna, Saturday—The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) yesterday would not confirm reports from Kuwait that an Opec oil ministers meeting next month will take place In Saudi Arabia. An Opec spokesman said an official announcement was expected within the next week.
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    Lock icon 11 killed
    46 5 Reuter New Delhi, Saturday— At least 11 people including a policeman were killed in a violent clash between police and striking miners in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh last Wednesday, the state's Minister of Tribal Welfare, Mr Ball Ram Kashyap. said yesterday.
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    Komoto for talks on energy...
    511 5  -  He will also discuss policies on primary products By Swadesh De Roy Tokyo, Saturday International Trade and Industry Minister Toshlo Komoto who will be visiting the five Asean countries later this month will "discuss energy and other topics" with the Asean leaders. One Japanese press
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    Lock icon Marcos casts his vote
    59 5 President Ferdinand Marcos casts his vote at a polling centre at his home town in Batac, Uocos Norte, yesterday. Voting in Philippines' first election under martial law was generally calm. In the soutti, however, armed men ambushed a track carrying plantation workers to the polls, killing
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    Lock icon Reluctant nod to pull out from S. Korea
    185 5 UPI Washington, Saturday A House armed services subcommlttee chairman yesterday said he will ask the full committee within two weeks to support his reluctant proposal to pull out 6000 US troops from South Korea. "We're reluctantly willing to go along with the
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    Lock icon Pensions raised tenfold
    86 5 AFP Jakarta, Saturday The Indonesian cabinet has raised pensions of retired senior officials and legislators to between about US$2OO and US$4OO ($460-$920) 10 times the original scales. An official announcement said the highest scale. 150,000 ruplahs or less than UBs4oo, will be for ex-ministers. Parliament speakers and
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    Lock icon Posters attack Peking mayor
    125 5 Reuter Peking. Saturday Fresn wall posteis attaching Peking Mayor wu ieh appeared ytsterday in tue city centre, Unkea witn tne campaign against extremist I ollowers of the purged "uang of Hour" and the anniversary of riots in lien An Men square In April 1974. Hundreds of
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    Lock icon Not good enough, says Waldheim
    288 6 'Israel must withdraw from ALL Lebanese land' Reuter UPI United Nations, Saturday UN SecretaryGeneral Kurt Waldheim Is not satisfied with Israel's plans for a partial withdrawal from Lebanon, a UN spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said Mr Waldneim was pleased that plans were being made
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    Lock icon Tough entry rules plan by Tories
    140 6 Reuter London, Saturday Britain's opposition Conservative Party yesterday announced touKh new proposals for curbing coloured Immigration. Deputy Party leader William Whitelaw outlined plans for an overall quota limiting immigration and a ban on husband* and fiances of Commonwealth women from entering Britain. His party
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    Lock icon 28 die in Rhodesia guerilla attacks
    145 6 UPI Salisbury, Saturday Black nationalist guerillas attacked a hotel In southwestern Rhodesia In a spree of Incidents that claimed 28 lives In the past 24 hours, the military command said yesterday. The communique reporting the latest Incidents of a war that has claimed more
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    Lock icon Brez: US holding up Salt pact
    270 6 Reuter Moscow, Saturday President Leonid Brezhnev accused the Americans yesterday of deliberately holding up a new deal on limiting nuclear arms, through indecision and inconsistency. A major Brezhnev speech on the issue coincided with Washington reports that President Carter had decided to defer making
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    Lock icon Shot in legs and arm by the Reds
    117 6 Mr Felice Schiavettl. president of the Genoa Industrialists' Association, arriving on a st*etcher at a hospital in Genoa yesterday after two B«d Brigades members shot him in the legs and right hand. Police said he was ambuhdd outside his home. The two
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    Lock icon 'Ethiopia plans big attack'
    72 6 Reuter Rome. Saturday Eritrean rebels yesterday said they believe Ethiopia, backed by Russia and Cuba, Is about to lauched a threepronged attack in an attempt to regain full control of the disputed province of Eritrea. But Mr Ermlas Debesai, a spokesman for the Eritrean People's Liberation
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    Lock icon Jobless
    36 6 Reuter Washington, Saturday Unemployment in the United states rose slightly In March yet because of the growth of the giant American economy there are more people than erer before in Jobs, the goyernment reported yesteruay.
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    Lock icon Rare Bible sold for $4.6 million
    175 6 Reuter New York, Saturday A mystery buyer yesterday paid a record auction price of US$2 million ($4.6 million) for a Gutenberg Bible, one of the world's rarest books. British book dealer Martin Breelauer, acting on behalf of an anonymous buyer, paid the huge sum
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    Lock icon EEC polls date
    56 6 Reuter Copenhagen, Saturday The nine common market nations In an Important step (or the cause of Eu*ot>ean unity. Yesterday decided that the first direct elections to the European Parliament should be In June next year. The EJfiC leaders also agreed on a declaration of principles, which said
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    Lock icon TODAY
    133 6 UPI TODAY Is Saturday, April 8, the 98th day of 19<8 with 237 to follow. THE MOON la 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 The Odd Corner
    57 6 Reuter Sydney, Saturday Sydney's postmen want the city's street letter boxes changed so they do not have to kneel on the ground "in places popular with dogs" to empty the contents. Australian postal union secretary Merv Hawkins explained that dogs living in relatively treeless suburbs were especially
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      111 6 WORLD WEATHER Boon Surtny, 7-2C. Headline: Qarre presents new Cabinet. Rc'Jie Fain, 15-10C. Headline: Christian Democrats stand firm on Mbro. Paris Clear, 9-3C. Headline: President Giscard d'Estaing tells his new ministers—a threeyear election-free period ahead of you. Moscow —Clear, minus 1 minus 8C. pravda's headline: Discussion of new draft constitutions
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      117 6 Tokyo Sunny, 15-9C. Headline: Carter leaning towards Indefinite neutron bomb delay. Hong Kong Cloudy, 18-16C. Headline: North Korea willing to make settlement with South Korea. Manila Sunny, 3823C. Headline: 23 million go to polls today. Kuala Lumpur Cloudy, 33-23C. Headline: Aquino's team to give Imelda a tough fight. Bangkok Cloudy,
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      1034 7 A Community Project by Tan Chong&Sons Motor Co (S)Pte Ltd Datsun rCOB Sedan 'EH i W I' National Safety First Council of Singapore presents a Pat sun 120Y Sedan AFETY FIRST QUIZ CONTEST I I Sponsored by: Tan Chong Sons Motor Co (S) Re Lid i>7awii« irs sponsored by: •a
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    Facing the nation
    419 8 Not since 1965 when he came on television to express anguish over Singapore's separation from Malaysia has Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew opened his heart and mind, as he did on Thursday night, to the people. For two hours, he earnestly and patiently engaged a well-balanced group
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    Evel's hard-luck story
    114 8 [whispers (3> These are hard times! Motor cycle staqtman Evel Knlevel says that when he U released irom Jail next week, he will be relatively destitute down to his last yacht, two houses, three speedboats ana stripped of all but his larger jewelled rings. Evel. Jailed for
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    Don't abuse the Science Centre!
    332 8  -  Stern measures should be imposed ANTHONY TAN My wife aud I visited the Science Centre a few days ago. Our first impression was that the place was rather small, but after going round we found there Is plenty to see. Generally, the exhibits are well-arranged
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    Leave these floors rough
    203 8  -  PEEKAY, Singapore 19. At the Parliamentary sitting on March 15, the MP for Kallang, Mr S. Dhanabalan, suggested that the Housing Board leave the floors of new flats In a rough state to make It easy for buyers who want to put In their own floorings.
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    Left in the cold...
    185 8  -  PLASTIC PALACE. Singapore 25. It was with disappointment that I read your report on goskating (NN, March 30). It Is regretable that the management pf Kallang lee Palace Skating Rink has decided to convert the ice rink into a plastic skating rink. Does the rink also
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    Cut the 2 1/2-year waiting period
    125 8  -  A.R.R. Under the Housing Board regulations, a former owner of a private house can only apply to buy an HDB flat 30 months after selling his property. The long waiting period places severe hardship on wage earners who were forced to sell their houses
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    Lock icon It takes time to come down to Earth
    556 9 NYT Moscow: After examining the two Soviet astronauts who spent a record 96 days In space, scientists and physicians believe that longer flights are possible, the Soviet press has reported. Several articles printed since the return to Uarth on March 16 of
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    Lock icon A little gambling doesn't hurt
    631 9 —says study Most people aren't reckless with their money UPI London: One of the things that fascinated film star Grace Kelly when she became Princess Grace of Monaco was the gilded gambling casino that at its height made Monte Carlo the world capital of big
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      26 9 oif a p* ice you can afford S.RH.DE SILVA JEWELLERS G-13. Tanglin Shopping Centre. Tangim Road Singapore 10 Tel *****8 Branch: 1/3 Central Building. Hong Kong
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      45 9 We'll meet at Raffles! tggSjg? Lunch, Dinner Reservation *****1 We have small Private Function Rooms too! PROTECT YOUR CURTAI AND FURNISITI V'J W wwwvmw y v: .'in SUNSmELDI/' s WINDOW TREATMENT CUTS OUT THE SUN S HARMFUL ULTRA-VIOLET RAYS WHICH CAUSED FADIN Tel: *****8 *****6
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    Problems HDB residents face—by a reader
    669 10  - Problems HDB residents face —by a reader |[sight Sound bv Judith Holmberg Why doesn't Radio Singapore broadcast only in the VHF band? This was the question posed by a reader. A businessman and a keen radio listener, he put this intriguing and extremely practical query to me two weeks ago
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      57 10 THE ONLY CAR RADIO CASSETTE IN THE WORLD Auto Program Search System or-> -r-> w I RG 5250 $255 2 Band Stereo Car Radio Cat telle wtlh APSS FM/FM Stereo/MW Large 14W music power PLL (Phase Locked Loop) FM MPX circuitry Auto Stop pleasing design mvr LECTROWIC I AC COMPANY
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      1521 10 YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE i SHARP c Lint§traH+plus (SINGAPORE 5 SATURDAY 1.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by Sesame Street. > 2.10 SATURDAY MATINEE: Sword of All Baba. All Baba, the fairy-tale figure In Scherezade's Arabian Nights' stories. Is seen here as a man whose father Is betrayed by a crooked minister.
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      613 10 FM STEREO SATURDAY 6.00 P.M. Test Tape 6.04 Opening Announcements 6.05 Programme Summary 6.10 Music at Sunset 7.00 Radio Concert: Llm Yau (bass-bari-tone), Quek Soo Hlang (soprano), Ng Kok Cheow (piano): By the Seaside (Narlta), Congratulation (Lin Sheng SI), The Lark (Glinka); Teacher's Chinese Orchestra Song and Dance of the
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      173 10 MIDNIGHT MOVIE: Paris When It Sizzles. (Ch. 5, 11.15 p.m. in colour). Only the tourist musts in Paris are featured in this film, providing a glamorous facade for an almost non-existent plot. But one cannot expect much from a light romantic comedy. It stars William V Audrey Hepburn and William
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      354 10 nmw VILLAGE OF LONGEVITY. (Ch. 5, 4.35 p.m. in colour). In certain pockets of the world, there are people who live beyond 100 years and are still healthy and active. This film Introduces viewers to a somewhat Utopian village in Ecuador where the climate is Ideal, the environment, stress-free and
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      Computer that became a father
      540 11  -  Cinema by Gloria Chandy DEMON SEED: Julie Christie, Friti Weaver, Gerrit Graham, Berry Kroeger. Directed by Donald Cammell, Screenplay by Robert Jaffe and Roger O. Hlrson. .(Soon at Cathay). The possibility of ours becoming a machine orientated world In the future has whet the appetite
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      362 11 AT THE CINEMA THE OTHEH SIDE OF MIDNIGHT: The UVPS ot three characters are interwoven In the romantic melodrama. It is a story of love, revenge and power set In the early 40s In Greece, Trance and the US. Stars Marie-Fiance Plsier, John Beck and Susan Sarandon. Orchard: 1.30, 5.30
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      831 11 In and around town EXHIBITION of contemporary Japanese graphic art featuring over >150 works by 21 leading Japanese prlntmakers. Presented by the Japanese Embassy and the National Museum. At National Museum art gallery, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission free. On till April 30. TALK CUM SLIDE SHOW on how
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      404 11 lebratlon of Hope, presented by the Trinity Methodist Church. Victoria Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets at $10, $6, $4 and $2. On till tomorrow. FLOATING BOOK EXHIBITION on board the M.V. Logos anchored at PSA Godown 40-41, Anson Road between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
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    Prices hit new levels as the bulls storm in
    393 12  -  Market round-up »>v Lee Yew Meng Bulls took the Singapore stock market by storm this week as they lifted share prices to new levels in one of the most dramatic run-ups seen this year. The Straits Times industrial index of 30
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    Lock icon Conserve energy call by BP man
    100 12 Business News and Views Reuter Hong Kong, Saturday Worldwide oil production will peak around 1990 and a major International energy conservation effort is vital. British Petroleum chief Peter Walters said yesterday. Mr Walters, speaking at a business conference here, noted that In the next
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    Economic briefs
    320 12 ZURICH: The Swiss National Bank Is moving to plug a potentially major loophole In Its curbs on the Inflow of foreign capital. It was disclosed yesterday. The action was triggered by reports from diplomatic sources that some foreign central banks, chiefly from developing countries, have transferred their Swiss
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      224 12 Stocks closed out a successful week yesterday by registering their fourtn consecutive gain with the aid of some favourable money news. Heavy trading Indicated traders Ignored a Jobless-rate hike. The Dow Jones Industrial average, a 12.91polnt winner the previous three sessions, rose 5.63 points to 769.58, the highest
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      34 12 UPI New York, Saturday Dow Jones closing averages on the NYSE yesterday: 30 Industrials 769.58 (up 5.63); 20 transport 208.02 (up 1.16); 15 utilities 105.95 (up 0.40); 65 stocks 269.70 (up 1.67).—
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      158 12 AFP Prices on the Tokyo stock market continued to decline In moderate trading yesterday. The 225 stock Dow Jones average closed at 5485.22 yen, a drop of 13.03 yen from Thursday. The TBE Index for the first section, where volume came to about 280 million shares against Thursday's 360
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      PARIS
      81 12 Closing prices on the Puis Bourse yestendajr: Pari bos 100 SO JO Ponder 336.60 -60 Prln temps 71.76 1.76 Bull 34.00 .36 Royal Dutch 369 unch. MlcheUn 1410 so CQB ***** JO Thomson IN i CFP 123 H Rhone 73.90 H inch. 1-2.10 h .30 Air 295 B8N 448
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      75 12 Union Bank of Switzerland Closing prices on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS B. 3055exd —100 UBS R. 69ft It SBC 36t I credit Suisse 339ft 30 Swissair B. tit Swiss Relnsur. 3866 3ft Wlnterthur B. 3030 Zurich Infeur. t77ft 3ft Juvena B. 113—3 Nestle B. 331ft 15 Interfood
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    Lock icon HK a top money mart now
    287 12 Two unique features revealed UPI Hong Kong, Saturday Hong Kong has emerged as one of Asia's most important foreign exchange markets, Financial Secretary Philip Haddon-Cave said yesterday. Speaking at the first Asian Foreign Exchange and Money Dealers' Congress, Mr Haddon-Cave said the government has
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    Lock icon $3 million tyre contract
    91 12 AFP Kuala Lumpur, Saturday Dunlop Malaysia Industries Limited, an associate of the British Dunlop Rubber Company has won a $3 million contract to supply earthmover tyres to Poland. The contract Involves the supply of large tyres for standard earthmover machinery used In the country's earthmovlng, construction
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    Lock icon Money Market
    137 12 UPI London, Saturday The US dollar rallied slightly yesterday on several European money markets and slipped only fractionally on others in light pre-weekend trading. Gold closed slightly lower. In Frankfurt the dollar closed at 2.0178 West German marks, up from Thursday's closing 2.0160 marks. In Zurich It also
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      270 12 12 81mian 13 Civil War letters 14 Tokyo money 18 Front part 22 Bath powder 23 Pianist Peter 24 One of the Ages 25 Disembark 27 Advocate: comb, form 28 Waite.— of baseball 29 Wind instrument 30 Darn 31 Pronoun 32 At this placa 33 Essayist 34 FDR's kind of
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    Lock icon Vietnam fall: A meticulous documentation
    638 13 m 55 Days: The Fall of South Vietnam. By Alan Dawson. Prentice HalL I S $12.50. Reviewed by Bert W. Okuley. (Alan Dawson was UPI Bureau manager in Saigon during the April, 1975, communist victory in Vietnam). UPI Hung on a fall of the UPI
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    The best and the brightest
    465 13  -  By Leslie Leow The world's strongest tournament In years was held earlier this year at Bugojno, Yugoslavia The fleld of 16 seasoned grandmasters boasted of 10 who rank or have ranked among the top 10 In the world, with several others good prospects for the
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    Benson hedges his songs
    342 13  -  Pops bv Peter Ong GEORGE BENSON: Weekend in L. A. (Warner Bros): George Benson was once a thoroughbred jazz guitarist who could not enjoy the trappings of life at the top. Commercial sue cess eluded him for years, until one day when he was waylaid in
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      76 13 HI This week's charts with last week's positions in brackets: 1 (1) Night Fever: Bee Gees 2 (2) Can't Smile Without Too: lUrry Manilow 3 (3) Lay Down Sally: Eric Clapton 4 (4) Stayln's Alive: Bee Gees 5 (10) Dust In The Wind: Kansas 6 Thunder Island: Jay Ferguson 7
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      84 13 1 (1) Denis: Blondle 2 (3) W u t hering Heights: Kate Bush 3 (2) Baker Street: Gerry Bafferty 4 (4) Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk: Cats and Dogs Brian and Michael 5 (17) I Wonder Why: Showaddywaddy 6 (12) If Yon Can't Giie Me Love: Suzi Qpatro 7 (5) I
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    292 14 A twice weekly advertisement feature Health 1b wealthy, Judging from the way sportswear are snapped off display racks these days, It Is gratlflng to note that an Increasing number of people are investing in their health. Bportswear selling particularly well are those for squash, tennis and golf due to
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      206 14 SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY I OFFER! i Welcome For The Installment Payment Special Discount For Cesh Payment $600/- per icl $120/- deposit $40/- monthly poyment Entrust your vision to us. For hard and soft contact lenses, consult: ALPHA OPTICS CONTACT LENS CENTRE Head Office: 163, Orchard Road, Singapore 9. Tel: *****7. Branch:
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      190 14 RENOVATION SALE FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY ALL FaSHIONWEaR for ladies CHILDREN REDUCED TO CLEAR BELOW COST' DRESSES FROv SS 00 SKIRTS FROM S3 SO SLACKS I ROv SS 00 BLOUSES FROM SI SO SwimwEAß S5 00 CHII.DRENWFAR FROm SOc RUSH TODAY TO: ONLY AT Bob's (KATONG) 21 EAST COAST ROAD
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      61 14 Sole Distributors For ADMIRAL RETAIL: B-7 Peninsula Shopping Complex, Singapore, 6. Tel: ***** WHOLESALE: 14 Tanglin Rood, Singapore, 10. Tel *****00 *****68 Call on us for all your sporting requirements ond leisure items. N CALCULATORS CASIO, SHARP, SANYO in large variety. 1 wholesale only SHANKAR'S EMPORIUM PTE. LTD. Rm 502,
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      84 14 HOUSE OF ORIENTAL ARTS CRAFTS HSU BROS., H'\ (Al'lTOt. SHOWING (KNTKK SINGAPORE •> VIETNAM CERAMIC ELEPHANT STOOLS in BROWN GKF.F COLOI H CALL I'S AT: SECOND HAND CAMERAS CENTRE Buy, Sell, Trade-in all brands of Cameras t Repairs all kinds of Cameras. HighOffer for used Leica Camera. SINGAPORE COSMOS TRADING
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      150 14 ■N"* i Italian Ceramic Wall A Floor Tile*. Marble, Tenraao, Parquet A Vinyl Tiles. Kitchen Cabinet. Aluminium A Iron Works. Carpet A Wall Coverings. Special Package Deal To HUDC A HDB Flats. Open everyday from 9.15 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. ■interiors AlO, President Hotel Complex. (Behind President Shopping Canter) 181,
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      Cosmos step up Cruyff bid
      616 15  -  $3m offer for 10 games S International Soccer by Doug Gardner New York Cosmos seem determined to make superstar Johann Cruyff an offer he can't refuse. Every time the Dutchman shakes his head, another zero Is added to the Americans' bait. They refuse to believe
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      202 15 j^j^fennis UPI Rotterdam, Saturday.— Top-seeded Jimmy Connors came from behind to outlast defending champion Dick Stockton 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 yesterday In their allAmerican quarter-final clash at the U*****,000 (about *****.000) World Tennis Championship tournament. Connors victory came after second seeded BJorn Borg of
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      Crest 'off' in shame
      107 15 Bombay, Saturday Eleven of the 18 members of the Indian team, defeated In the World Cup hockey tournament In Argentina, returned here yesterday. Samachar News Agency said the players looked dejected and some of them had removed the Indian crest from their blazers to avoid identification.
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      223 16 Lim Swee Chew finished best among the Singapore professionals after the second round of the Taiwan Open yesterday when he shot a 76 to be on 151 with eight others—ll strokes behind the Joint leaders Kuo Chl-Hsiong and Chen Kien Chung, both Taiwanese. Foh Eng Soon
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      418 16 ii'" UPI Augusta, Saturday Ailing Lee Trevipo and Rod Funseth shared the second round lead In the Masters golf tournament yesterday with flve-under-par 1395. Funseth. a 45-year-old with a tendency to belittle his own efforts, earned himself part of the halfway lead for the second
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      SCORES
      89 16 Leading scores: 139 Lee Trevino 70-69; Rod Funseth 73-68; 140 Hale Irwin 73-67; Gene Littler 72-68; 141 Tom Watson 73-68; Leonard Thompson 72-69; Hubert Green 72-69; 142 Wally Armstrong 72-70; Arnold Palmer 73-69; Miller Barber 75-67; Don January 72-70; Joe Inman 69-73; Jerry Pate 72-71; Tom Welskopf 72-71; John
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      295 16 Unesco control rejected Reuter London, Saturday The four-day conference of 22 European Sports Ministers ended here yesterday with a plea to governments to keep politics out of sport. But the resolution adopted fell short of the original French motion calling on sports bodies to apply penalties against
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      World 200 m record
      132 16 Swimming Moscow, Saturday Yulla Bogdanova, a 13-year-old Russian schoolgirl, set a world record for the women's 200 metres breastroke of 2 mln 33.32 sec at a swimming International against East Germany In Leningrad yesterday. Her time clipped three hundredths of a second off the old record
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      Thunderer my best bet for tomorrow
      545 17  -  RACING with Brian Miller Thunderer looks the best bet at the Ipoh Pro-Am meeting tomorrow and I take this Royal Artist gelding to win In Race 3. This nice-looking five-year-old showed definite sprinting ability when he outran the oppoeition to score a three-length win
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      47 17 RACE 1: WARLOCK Osslto RACE 2: MONITOR Jumboy Joy RACE THUNDERER Bora RACE 4: SIMPLY WONDERFUL Don Markos RACE 5: MAJORANA Umaytrust RACE 6: FONDEST REGARDS Eagle Stride RACE 7: RAISE YOUR GLASS Amirah Jay a RACE 8: SEMANTAN Llvinf Legend RACE 9: NOT GUILTY Pahlawan
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      Danes fancied
      288 17 ES| Badminton HL London, Saturday Denmark, led by world champions F1 e m m 1 n g Delfs and Lene Koppen, are favoured to retain their team title In the European badminton championships at Preston from tomorrow. The powerful Danes, who captured the team event from the 1972
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      1144 17 m 2.0 MARA CLASS 5 400m (CatchwlflhU 79 kg) 1 1490 LNBe An* (Ukandar PC) l.B M penalty Lw 1 ***** Mm m (Ukandar PC) 1.5 k( penalty WaoArertk 4 IHHCM (Selancor PRC) turn 4 0006 Kami Ma (Selan«or PRty Naarta (-1 7794 Clew (y
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      1115 17 1.45 JACK A JILL STAKES 7X1 MARA CLASS 4 1100m (v/iicnwtvgnii 74.9 KQ) -i 2233 Mate m (Buklt Tlmah SC) 6.5 kg penalty MMa Partdn t 2 Worto ok (Buklt Tlmah 8C) 3 kg penalty Brown S 3447 Rakut (Selangor PRC) 1 kg penalty Jandl 4 trnyf (Selangor PRC)
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      Geylang Serai in fine form
      318 18  -  K9 Soccer By PHILIP TAN Raffles Institution. Geylang Serai Vocational and Singapore Vocational Institute advanced into the second round of the National Post Secondary soccer tournament after yesterday's matches. Raffles, one of the fancied sides in this year's competition, edged St. Patrick's, last season's finalist,
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      Eng Bock pays tribute to champs
      355 18  -  HWaterpolo By BRIAN MILLER Raffles Insti tut i on ousted defending champions New Town Secondary 12 2 in the final of the National Schools' waterpolo championship at Grange Road yesterday. The Rafflesians, who won the bronze medal last year, were a distinct cut above
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      Back to reality...
      439 18  -  PCS Rugby Rafflesians end the Anglo-Chinese 'holiday* By SURESH NAIR High flying Anglo Chinese, after their recent century win over Telok Kurau, were sent crashing down to earth when they were beaten 10-7 (two penalties, one try to a penalty and a try) by Raffles Institution in
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      Holders get scare
      230 18  -  By TONY KOH Defending champions Thomson Secondary barely escaped defeat when they beat fighting Chinese High 68-63 in their Secondary final round match at Chung Hwa Girls School yesterday. Thomson, who took to the court as clear favourites. started the game impressively when they raced to a
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      Ruby the star in CJC win
      119 18  -  j^Jp-jockey By P. BALA Catholic Junior College began their title hunt wltn a 3-0 win over Outram secondary in the Post Secondary Girls hockey championship at the Padang yesterday. Inter national midfielder Ruby Tan was the star In CJC's win. She opened account In
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      145 18 By KOH SWEE HUA Title holders Rallies Institution inflicted a stinging 5-0 victory over Saint Andrew's Junior College at Farrer Park yesterday and looked set to meet Catholic Junior College In the final of the boys Post Secondary tennis championship. RI star Frederick Lim, who represented Singapore
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      Thumbs up!
      430 19  -  Edmund gets nod to travel —for the sake of team togetherness By JEFFREY LOW Only one fear Is there: Can ipjurylnfllcted Singapore muster enough confldence to face Penang on their ground? More hopefully, can Singapore prove only to their own credit—that the touching courage they displayed In last
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      MISSION ROEDER
      290 19 London, Saturday Olenn Roeder. at 21 probably the youngest sweeper In the English League, -has a special reason for playing well when he takes the field for Orient against Arsenal In a Football Association (FA) Cup semi-final here today. For Roeder was turned away by Arsenal after Joining
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      LINE-UP
      57 19 Singapore: Eric Paine. Hasll Ibrahim, Syed Mutallb (Abdul Ghanl substitute), S. Rajagopal, Robert Sim, Hashlm Hosni. Zainal Abidin, M. Kumar, Quah Kim Song, Dollah Kasslm (Naslr Jalll substitute), Ronnie Llew. Penang: Rahlm Mohamed, 00l Hock Kheng, Lim Cheng Hock, Teoh Ylt Huat, Namat Abdullah, Shukor Salleh, Radzl Ahmad, Fadzil
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      533 15 IFTI :A Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (M./Mrs./Miss) Address: N R.I.C. No: Tel:. FILL IN MISSING LITTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW Cut along dotted lines CLUES FOR GA-6 1. Gaze steadily 2. Colour opplied with a brush, usually 3. A wasp con do
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      277 18 YOUR UJCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you have a pleasing personality that draws people ana their services. You should know little trouble out of which others are not willing to help you. Financial difficulties will be short-lived, and emotional upsets will be only temporary. Even children feel
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