New Nation, 6 May 1978

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    Masthead
    22 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Saturday, May 6, 1978 No. 2252 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 r— —-1 i NEW NATION [comment I
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    'US is not serious'
    683 1  -  over Japan's plea for presence in Asia By Swadesh de Roy our Tokyo correspondent If the Japanese reports oil Prime Minister Fuku da's Washington talks are any guide, President Carter does not take any serious view of Japan's advocacy perhaps utterly uncalled for in the American
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    Police find $250,000 loot
    127 1 Queenstown police have arrested five people and recovered more than $250,000 worth of stolen electronic watches and parts In a number of raids on Thursday. Police sources said the loot was the result of eight break-Ins committed since last year at an electronics factory In Lower
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    He died to save a friend
    358 1  -  Pinned against plane by runaway trolley By Terry Ang On the tarmac, a group of workers were getting the plane ready for take-off One of them was G. Govlndarajoo, 33, an assistant handling officer with Singapore Airlines. Nearby, a convoy of four trolleys were
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      48 1 INSIDE FA Cup Final special V 1* ifc FA CUP SPECIAL J A 4-page pullout World record find by narco dog! Page 3 Molest j'J L-} i Ministry may take action Pag© 3 IN THE OTHER PAGES: Stars 7; Comics 11; What's On 12 Moneywords 13; Crosswords 14.
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      238 1 Sludiocraft An Audible lmprovt*nv'nt in Railiatinq S; o ikois ATLAS SOUND CO r,\ 4 3'V Drowning s bold new shape toward better golf is way out in front! m IRONS This is the Browning 440 Some will call It daring, provocative or simply different. The designers of this unique Iron
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    Pan Am chain making a bid for hotel
    134 2 I nt e r-Contlnental hotels or America are hoping to come into Singapore. Sources said at least two top executives, Including the president of the company, had visited Singapore and had discussions with several hoteliers about managing existing and proposed hotels. Among
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    Seamen's sports
    48 2 The Ambassador of Norway Per Schoyen, will open the international Sportsweek for Seamen 1978 at the Toa Pavoh Athletic Centre today at S p.m. The sportsweek Is organised jointly by the National Maritime Board and the Norwegian Government Seamen's Service. It will end on May 14.
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    SMA call for workers to raise skills
    190 2 Singapore Manufacturers' Association chairman Michael Yeo urged Singaporeans to upgrade their skills In atep with the growth of nigh technology Industries. He was speaking at the opening of the seminar and exhibition on the Development of Chemical Technology In Singapore organised by the
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    Worry over lack of text in Malay
    541 2 Lower sixth form arts teachers in Malaysia are worried that there are not enough Malay text and reference books, according to a newspaper report yesterday. Their pupils are sitting (or uhelr HSC examination for the first time In Malay next year, the Penang
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    Kristine 'sells' Hamburg to the Japanese
    177 2 Kristine Schwahn has Just spent 20 days "selling" Hamburg to Japanese tourists. That was her assignment as Miss Cherry Blossom Princess. Kristine, 23, won the title from 64 rivals in a contest organised annually by the city ol Hamourg and the Ger-man-Japanese Association. Interviewed
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    Nantah may get SBS buses for students
    262 2 Nanyang University is considering using private buses to solve the transportation problem of University of Singapore students who are staying in its hostels. A Nantah spokesman said arrangements are also being made with SBS for a bus link between Nantah and the Jurong
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    Meeting
    36 2 The annual meeting of the Government School Employees' Branch of the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Lee Kong Chlan Hall, Wisma AUPE, Upper Paya Lebar Road.
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    Dr Lee's father dies
    34 2 Mr Li Chla Huang, 73, father of Dr Lee Chiaw Mens, MP for fairer Park and former Minister for Education, died this morning at the family home, at Slglap Hill.
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    Police hunt
    49 2 Police are still looking for a man who robbed and molested a woman In a lift at a block of Housing Board flats off Henderson Road on Tuesday. Police originally classified the report as rape but following investigations, they have classified it as a case of molesting.
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    World record find by our drug dog?
    194 3 HARDIE SNIFFED OUT 55 KG OPIUM A Singapore "narco" dog may have set a world record ijn sniffing out hard drugs. The dog, an airedale called Hardie, detected 55 kg of opium hidden under a spare tyre in the boot of a Singapore-registered
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    Molest: Ministry may take action
    190 3  -  By K.K. Fong The Labour Ministry is contemplating action against a renovation contractor because his workers have molested several housewives at the Kampong Chai Chee housing estate. At least three housewives were victims of these workers who are doing up several blocks of flats. According
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    Seminar
    25 3 Dr John Hunt, an Australian professor of organisational behaviour, will conduct a seminar on the Restless Organisation at the Hilton Hotel on May 11.
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    Lock icon Ernest to become an envoy
    73 3 Reuter Colombo, SaturdayMr Ernest Corea, a former Sri Lankan Journalist, Is due to take up an appointment soon as the country's High Commissioner in Canada, the state-run Ceylon Daily News said yesterday. Mr Corea, 47, former editor of the Ceylon Dally News and foreign editor
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    Lunch for aged poor
    69 3 As part of its 17th anniversary celebrations, Chee Tong Temple will distribute food hampers to 300 old folks from poor families on May 22. Free vegetarian lunch will also served. Those above 55 are invited to register at the temple at 305 Bukit Timah Road, opposite
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    Second call to professionals
    263 3 The Singapore Professional Centre will make another effort to encourae Its members to conbute to ccmmunlty service. This Is because of the poor response to a recent Invitation by the SPC to Its 6500 members. Its chairman, Dr Tan It Koon, said: "The outcome Is not
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    Award for the 'most filial S'porean'
    161 3 A newly-formed charll ab 1 e organisation has decided to make an award to "the most filial Singaporean." Known as the Sal Oh Thye Hua Kwan Cboon Teck Seah Society, It has a 13-man committee with lawyer Lee Kim Slant as chairman. The society
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    Raja's date
    34 3 The Minister of Foreign Affairs, 8. Rajaratnam, will be the guest of honour at the Bengali Association's concert of songs and dances at the Victoria Theatre on May 15 at 8 p.m.
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    Ministry bid to get more cruises here
    371 4 The Ministry of Communications Is doing a study on how to boost Singapore as a stopping point for cruises. A ministry spokesman said the study would try to establish the potential growth of "flyand -cruise" where travellers fly Into Singapore and then catch
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    Steps to ease traffic jams at Orchard
    671 4  -  By Deborah Chia Steps are being taken to improve traffic flow in Orchard Road, near the Scotts Road Junction, where several shopping complexes are located. One is the construction of an overhead bridge from Lucky Plaza to the pedestrian mall near Wisma Indonesia.
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    Lock icon Tun Tan: Asean must industrialise rapidly
    358 4 Reuter Manila, Saturday Malaysia's former Finance Minister Tun Tan Slew Sin yesterday urged the five Asean countries to industrialise as rapidly as possible before considering if they should drop tariffs on goods traded among themselves. He said the best vehicle for such Industrialisation would
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    Lock icon Urea: Plea to Japan
    121 4 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Saturday Malaysia yesterday asked Japan to phase down Its fertiliser production after planned urea projects came on stream In Malaysia and Indonesia. Deputy Prime Minister and Trade and Industry Minister, Datuk Mahathir Mohamed, who made the request to Japanese Minister of International Trade
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    Chambers to stress entrepot trade, says Wee
    206 4 The newiy-form-ed Singapore Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry will place more Importance on entrepot trade and prom o 11 ng Singapore goods. This is because entrepot trade Is vital to the economy and the promotion of Slnga pore-made products is undoubtedly
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      20 4 Adios, odious odours! Springfresh is the airfreshener that gives you more for youf money. Just compare weights and pfices' r^r
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    Lock icon Bank bid to give S. Korea loan of $1900 mil
    196 5 Reuter Washington, Saturday US Export-Import? Bank yesterday informed an influential senator that it planned to extend nearly US$B3O million ($1,909 million) in direct loans and loan guarantees to South Korea for two nuclear power facilities. Senator Adlal Stevenson, an Illinois
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    Lock icon Blast death
    40 5 UPI Beirut, Saturday A United Nations soldier from Senegal has died in an accidental explosion near the Port of Tyre in South Lebanon, UN Beirut spokesman Samlr Sambar said yesterday. A second soldier was wounded in the leg.
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    Lock icon PLO bombs kill six
    38 5 Reuter Beirut. Saturday Palestinian commandos said here yesterday they planted time bombs in a bus at the central bus station In the Israeli port of Haifa on Thursday. killing a least six policemen. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Pacific security vital: Mondale
    431 5 World Focus 'Indonesia and US share fundamental interest in region* AFP Jakarta, Saturday Indonesia and the United States share "the f u li d a mental interest In consultation and cooperation that will safeguard the security apd prosperity" of the Pacific region, US Vice President Walter
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    Lock icon On that 7pc growth again
    174 5 Reuter .Ottawa, Saturday Japan's External Economic Affairs Minister, Nobuhlko Ushlba, yesterday predicted the Japanese economy will acnleve a seven per cent growth this year, a rate regarded as important to stimulate the world economy. .A Canadian spokesman quoted Mr. Ushlba as saying this during a
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    Lock icon Refugees get VIP visitor
    163 5 AP A Vietnamese refugee girl creels US Vice-President Walter Mondale and his wife Joan when they visit a refugee transit eentre in Bangkok yesterday. Mr Mondale heard at Aral hand from the Indo-Chinese refugees their hardships and why they had fled their countries. Those he spoke
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      179 5 Special offer *From 7th April-7th May 78 HURRY LAST, K li 1 DAYS 7; J 9 4- *1 cv /o 20 Discount BEDROOM SET MODEL: CB 4004 The cool quiet elegant of this modern designed bedroom set, complete with double bed, side cabinets, dressing table and wardrobe gives that pleasant
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    Lock icon Swapo will avenge raid on Angola
    190 6 AP UPI United Nations, Saturday Guerillas of the South-West Africa Peoples Or g a n 1 s a tlon (Swapo) wIU attack South African civilian centres In south-west Africa In retaliation lor the Angola raid, Swapo leader Sam Nujoma said yesterday. Ifr Nujoma said
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    Lock icon Iraq bid to 'up' the price of oil
    473 6 US accused of leading assault against Opec World Focus Agencies Baghdad, Saturday Iraq's Oil Minister Indicated yesterday he would seek an Increase In the price of oil during today's meeting of the Organisat ion of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) in Taif, Saudi
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    Lock icon First to reach North Pole alone
    167 6 NYT A Japanese explorer has become the first person to reach the North Pole alone by dog sled after having struggled across 965 km pf frozen Arctic ocean and survived attacks by a marauding polar bear. The explorer, Naomi Uemura, 37 years old, reached
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    Lock icon He wants to row across Pacific 'for kicks'
    146 6 UPI San Diego, Saturday— Patrick Satterlee plans totoorrow to row across the Pacific to Australia "for kicks." But his mother, Mrs Joan Cornett, said she thinks M he's kind of crasy." The ex-marine Is using the 10m rowboat Britannia II loaned to
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    Lock icon TODAY
    79 6 UPI TODAY If Saturday. May 6. the 136 th day of 1978 with 239 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. Slgmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis, was born on May 6. 1856. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1975, President
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    35 6 AFP Tokyo, Saturday A portable TO-JS ninf machine for pet dogs physically *7 weak due to overeating and lack of ex*r-*S else has been marketed by a Tokyo belt" conveyor maker. AFP.
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    Lock icon Israel is a fact, it's there -PLO
    165 6 UPI Reuter United Nations. Saturday The Palestine Liberation Organisation's UN representative indicated yesterday the PLO is coming closer to recognising Israel's right to exist as a state —but said it really Is not that Important. "Israel does not exist because we recognise It
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    Lock icon Carter: No change in planes package
    126 6 UPI Washington. Saturday President Carter said yesterday he plans to make no changes whatever In his Middle East warplanes package despite hints that some compromise with Congress might be possible. His comment followed the appeal of Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Begin that the US
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      164 6 [I WORLD WEATHER 1 Moscow Rain, 9-8C. Pravda's headline: Press day Traditional Soviet HoUday. Bonn Sunny, 19-10C. Rome —Sunny, 24-IOC. Headline: Red Brigades strike again—twice. London Cloudy. 1811C. Headline: Republicans hammer Carter on defence. Paris—Overcast, 16-6C. Headline: Brezhnev in Bonn A Trip Without Illusions. New York Rain, 127C. Headline: Wholesale
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    Lock icon Soviets want UN vote to ban N-bomb
    399 7 Reuter Bonn, Saturday Soviet Pre si d ent Leonid Brezhnev told West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt yesterday Moscow would demand at the special UN disarmament conference- later this month that the neutron bomb be banned. The bomb which would kill people while leaving
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    Lock icon China's new tourist inn
    60 7 AFP Hong Kong, Saturday— Shanghai has opened a new 18-storey hotel to cope with an increasing number of travellers, China News Agency said. The tallest among the new ones built since the liberation of the city In 1949, Dah Ming hotel commands a panoramic view of
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    Lock icon Red pledge
    33 7 Reuter Nicosia, Saturday Cyprus said yesterday that the Soviet Union had given It assurances that It did not Intend to sell arms to Turkey or help It establish a war Industry.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Miss USA's higher hopes
    81 7 World Focus With a wide smile that we will be seeing more of, the newly-crowned Miss USA 1978 perches atop Pan Am Building to capture that top-of-the-world feeling. The jagged skyline of New York, the city she conquered on the way to the finals, is a
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    Lock icon 'Barter' snag in Soviet talks with W. Germany
    191 7 AFP Bonn, Saturday A Soviet preference for barter deals is a major obstacle to trade expansion between the Soviet Union and West Germany, Bonn officials said yesterday as the two sides were preparing for the signing of an economic cooperation agreement today.
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    Lock icon Plea to Brez: Allow my mum to visit me
    186 7 Reuter Hamburg, Saturday Russian ballet star Rudolf Nureyev appealed to Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev yesterday to allow h 1 s 74-year-old widowed mother to visit him In the United States, France or England. In an open letter In the Hamburger Abendblatt,
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    Lock icon Peking, Zurich direct air link
    101 7 UPI Hong Kong. Saturday China has opened a direct air route between Peking and Zurich, the New China News Agency said yesterday. The official news agency said a Boeing 707 Jetliner of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) landed in Zurich airport on Thursday
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    Lock icon Austria, Hungary to lift visa restriction
    183 7 Reuter Vienna, Saturday Austria and Hungary announced agreement yesterday to abolish visas for citizens travelling between the two countries, opening up what used to be one of Europe's most heavily guarded borders. Visa requirements will be lifted on Jan 1, 1079, under the first
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      352 7 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are an exact, careful, methodical person, threatened by disorder. You Vork hard to keep up with your work, and even harder seeing that others do not fall behind In theirs. You should direct your efforts solely toward your goals, for
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    The HDB home guards
    407 8 There was obviously a touch of the pioneering spirit when residents of a HDB block of flats In Marine Parade formed their own brigade of volunteer watchmen to keep out loiterers and prevent crime In the vicinity. In true gotong royong fashion, a manner of living
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    Close encounter
    123 8 [whispers A female colleague, usually poised and confident Is still blushing over how she reacted when she met the Prime Minister of Brl Lanka while holidaying there recently. The encounter took place at the Yala National Park. When the jeep she was In met another vehicle coming In
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    Bikes and buses too
    193 8  -  WILLIAM S.W. LIM I refer to your motorcycling columnist Mr Lee Chiu San's comments in Bikes the Answer to Traffic Crisis (NN, May 1). Motorcycling is a very efficient mode of transport. The Initial capital cost Is relatively inexpensive. It provides great mobility and the running
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    What can you give?
    150 8 Don't ask me what you would gain! Instead I should ask you what you could contribute to our society, keeping In mind that you are a labourer, a professional man, a student or a big boss The third conference of management committees of community centres organised
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    The old traffic lights are better
    146 8  -  J. M. NG Since Traffic Police officers were placed at the Junctions of Thom-son-Adam Roads and Upper Thomson-Braddell Roads In the morning, traffic congestion along Upper Thomson Road has stretched to 800 Chow Estate and along Braddell Road to the Toa Payoh flyover. This
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    Smokey place
    68 8 Will the government please ban cigarette smoking In the Cecil Street branch of the Singapore Turf Club where a large number of 4-D punters can be seen smoking. The smoke-filled atmosphere la most harmful to the non-smoking punters who may have to spend half an hour or more
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    NOT SO MUCH CUTTING PLEASE
    124 8 With higher entertainment duty and overheads, It It quite fair that the cinema admission prices Is Increased alter three decades of stagnation. To ensure clnemagoers get their money's worth, cinema operators have been Instructed to Improve some of their theatres as a precondition before the
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    Warning sign needed
    208 8 I read with great disappointment your report, Worry Over That Wrong Turn (NN, April 19). I Just don't understand why it is that whenever there is a problem on the road, the motorists are blamed. In your report, Mr Randhlr Singh gave three main reasons why motorists
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    Lock icon It's such a shameful feeling...
    907 9 Those who can't read live in loneliness World Focus NYT .New York: He is a successful Manhattan businessman. Dapper. Articulate. Gifted with figures. But whenever a waiter hands John Cannon a menu in a restaurant, he freezes momentarily. He has to feign a lack of
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    Lock icon THE AIRPLANE SUB-CULTURE
    577 9 Fasten seat belts. No smoking. It's all part 0f... Russell Baker column NYT New York: Riding the big Jets, I studied the culture of airplanes. It is patriarchal. At the head of the airplane, occupying the best seats, sit the pilot and his crew. They are always
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    Cancer show that fails to tell all
    769 10 / 11  -  New series will leave viewers' queries unanswered Sight Sound I by Judith Holmberg Medicase, TV Singapore's attempt to examine medical matters begins tomorrow, but viewers will And that the debut programme raises more questions than answers. This show deals with the more common
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      1493 10 / 11 YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE i (SINGAPORE 5] Enter TELEFUNKEN Holiday Contest I.H OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by SESAME STREET. 2.90 SATURDAY MATINEE: Hot Millions. (See Top Show* of the Weekend). 3.45 POLICE SURGEON: North Light. Percy Rodriguez guest stars as a talented artist who Is Involved In a counterfeit money scheme.
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      722 10 / 11 FM STEREO SATURDAY 6.00 P.M. Test Tape 0.04 Opening announcements 6.05 Programme Summary 6.10 Music at Sunset 6.30 News (E) 6.40 Music at Sunset 7.00 Radio concert: Tan Slew Oek (soaccompanied by Ng Kok Cheow (piano). 10.15 Ballet HighIt's difficult to part (Samuel Ting), Drinking Song (Samuel Ting). At parting
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      449 10 / 11 Top Shows of the Weekend SATURDAY MATINEE: Hot Millions (Ch. 5, 2 p.m. In colour). Peter Ustinov stars as an ex-convlct who impersonates a computer expert to secure the top post In a computer firm. Once in, he tries to outwit the computer for personal gain. He's aided and hindered
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      306 10 / 11 THE BLACK AND WHITE MINSTREL SHOW (Ch. 5, 745 p.m. in colour). One of television's fastest-moving musicals which appeals to the whole family returns to the screen. It promises another season of spectacular song-and-dance routines, a selection of well-known hits with the Mitchell Minstrels, the TV Toppers and a host
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  • What's On A that tells you everything you want to know of what 's happening in town
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      Fiery musicians who play as a team
      293 12  -  Pops l»v Peter Ong EARTH, WIND AND FIRE: All In All (CBS): Earth, Wind and Fire is the biggest black group in America today, but unfortunately they have yet to score any kind of success across the Atlantic. Whether It's because of racialism
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      Ten 1956 'babes' now making their mark
      314 12  -  Chess by Leslie Leow 1956 was a very good year for Singapore chess. Nobody realised it at that time, but numerous chess players born then are now making their mark on the game. At The International level, most prominent are four time national
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      1109 12 At the cinema ONE ON ONE: Robby Benson stars as a young fellow on a basketball scholarship In an American university who has to prove that he Is a winner and does! Also starring Annette OToole. Lid©: 1.45, 4. 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. THE SOUL OF THE SWORD (Mandarin): The
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      584 12 In and around I > Vli CONCERT by Boon Lay Garden Primary School, Chung Cheng High School choir and the Montfort Junior School H a r m o nlca Ensemble. National Library lecture hall, 2 p.m. Admission free. EXPLORING SCULPTURE, workshop by local sculptors and artists. Young People's Gallery, National
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    Prices go up as...
    324 13  -  cheaper shares dominate the exchange Market roundup by Rav K.Dhaliwal S e c on d-liners figured on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this week. The shifting of Interest to these stocks follows several weeks of bullish activity. Right from the beginning of the four-day week, a
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    Lock icon Price hike for steel?
    160 13 AP Tokyo, Saturday Japanese steel makers plan to raise export prices of their rolled carbon steel for Southeast Asia by at least US$3O ($69) per metric ton Free On Board (FOB) from the July-September shipment, Japan's Kyodo News' Service reported yesterday. Kyodo said the planned hike
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      PARIS
      68 13 Closing prices on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Pari baa 163 —1.80 Fonnler 332 +3 Pr In temps 71 —1.90 Bull 37.95 —0.40 Royal Dutch 265.10 —1.30 Michelin 1480 +10 COB 368 3 Thomson 197.60 2.50 CPP 128.80 0.50 Rhone 91.40 +2.90 Alv 312.10 +1.10 BSN 489 +12 Philips 52.60
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      NEW YORK
      112 13 Yesterday's prices In US dollars followed by the difrence on the previous session's close: AT T 63* Beth Steel 33* Caterp Tra Chrysler 54| Hi 1 Coca-Cola 41* —1 Contl. OH Mi 3* Dow Chem 2ft* Dresser 43 1141 unch. Du Pont E. Kodak fta* Exxon 48 J
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      35 13 UPI New York, Saturday. Dow Jones closing averages on the NYSE yesterday: 30 Industrials 829 09 (up 4.68), 20 transport 224.78 (up 0.88), 15 utilities 105.85 (up 0.84), 65 stocks 286.73 (up 1.61).
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      ZURICH
      76 13 Closing prlcta on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. UBS Bearer 3915 —5 UBS Registered 646 —4 SBC 348 Credit Suisse 2186 —6 Swissair B. 764 Swissrelnsur. 2640 10 Wlnterthur B. 2000 26 Zurich Insur. 9076 Juvena B. 170 Nestle B. 3150 45 Interfood B 3726 —26 Clba-Oelgy B. Baby
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    108 13 UPI London, Saturday The US dollar closed slightly lower on most European foreign exchanges yesterday but It was 10 points up against the British pound. The pound closed at (J511.8275 compared with the opening oi U551.8325 and Thursday's close of U551.8285. After an Ascension Day holiday on most
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    191 13 PARIS: Members of the World Bank yesterday pledged greater aid for Sri Lanka this year than In 1977 at a meeting here of the group for assistance to that country. AFP. MANILA: Three trade groups from China, Saudi Arabia and the EEC. are coming to the Philippines within
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      517 13 MBNEYWIMS Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name iMr./Mrs./Miss.): Address: N.R.I.C. No. Tel:. FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW ■BaaaaaCut along dotted lines CLUES FOR GE-4 1. A more Hton sufficient quantity 2. They ore used in building 3. Apt to be kit
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    More than a boy in the bush
    663 14 Poetry Corner Books. A Story Like the Wind by Laurens van der Post. (Penguin). 474 pages. Reviewed by Tan Tee Jim. "The story," the Bush men prisoner said, "Is like the wind. It comes from a faroff place and we feel it." This
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    686 14 Old Bond still has a big pu ll... AP London: James Bond was 25 years old last month, and despite a wee bit of overexposure, there's life in the old boy yet. "He's still being read by the millions, said Klngsley Amis, perhaps the best living authority on the world's
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      74 14 If you write poetry and would like some expert advice, you are invited to send your works to us, to be featured in a new Poetry column, soon to be launched on this page. Well-known Singaporean poet and artist, Mr Arthur Yap, will comment on the works submitted, and, in
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      171 14 People goinq OVERSEAS" go to FOOK ON first Because we have the widest range of Winter Clothings at the, most reasonable prices. FOOK ON CO [PTE] LTD (Department Store) 83 85 South Bridge Road. Tel ***** Branches.(Open on Sundays) 347 People's Park Complex Tel *****5 B 40 Peninsula Shopping Complex.
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      270 14 Crossword 11 Footless creatures 12 Embankment 13 Autocrats 21 Sorrow 22 Dining 25 Exec. 26 First-class 26 First-class 27 Coarse file 29-A Ford 30 Oahu wreath 31 A Oabor 33 Lost Intentionally 35 Fresh-water duck 36 Fish-eating birds 37 Boy-girl event 40 Corn unit 41 Holy lady: abbr. 44 Warned
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    383 15  -  A twice weekly advertisement Feature By Ting HI Kenf A *%nl« Hunting for a pair of shoes that exactly suit you Is, I think, the most difficult and frustrating part of shopping. If the height Is right and the style becomes you, more often than not, the price would
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      Malays give FAS six reasons
      717 16  -  Soccer By PHILIP TAN The S1 n g a p o re Malays Football Club have written, to the Football Association of Singapore giving six reasons why the FAS should reconsider their ban on all National, Intermediate or Youth players from taking part in the
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      Farrer to rely on Cup stars
      315 16  -  By SURESH NAIR Farrer Park United will be relying heavily on the current top form of their three King's Cup players to score their first win In the National First Division soccer match against Kakl Buklt/Chai Chee FC tomorrow at Jalan Besar Stadium (klckoff:
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      Eight Cup players selected
      188 16 Hockey Eight Junior World Cup Under 21 players are included in the Republic's squad preparing for the Malaysian Hockey Federation's Under 23 tournament to be held in Malacca from May 17 20. They are goalkeeper Supahan Ismail, midfielders Ong Teck Ghee, S. Morgan and Ong Kim
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      Blanket ban: Czech loss
      507 17  -  Blow to European Nations Cup bid International Soccer bv Doug Gardner After an extraordinary rebel lion against the discipline imposed by their trainer, Arnost Hlozek, 17 players of the top Czech club Sparta Prague have been banned from the game for varying periods. Some of them
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      New Super-league gets off the ground
      352 17  -  Basketball By TONY KOH The month long revamped basketball Super League gets underway tonight with Armed Forces "B" taking on Singapore Schools in the opening game at the Gay World Stadium at 6.45 pm. While 15 teams had to fight it out in the
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      Lock icon Not guilty, says Spinks
      58 17 Reuter St. Louis, Saturday World heavyweight boxing champion Leon Splnks pleaded not guilty In court here on Thursday to two charges. Judge Oliver Collins ordered him to stand trial on May 18 on a charge of possessing cocaine and August- 10 for the less serious charges
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      Lock icon Woodcock gets his big England break
      435 17 I Soccer Agencies London, Saturday Tony Woodcock, the exciting young striker who helped Nottingham F or est win the English Football League championship, is the only uncapped player in the England squad named yesterday for the British international championship. Manager Ron Greenwood includes all
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      Irish Fun in top shape
      429 18  -  RACING with Brian Miller Irish Fun stands out as an extra good thing in Race 5. The seven-year-old New Zealand gelding by Acharacle has been going great guns on the track, and I rate him as the best bet at Buklt Timah today. Although Irish
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      BUKIT TIMAH CARD AND FORM GUIDE FOR TODAY
      4009 18 SB 2.0 CLASS 4, Ohr 1,100m lnn»f) ($12,000 $0,400 lo w 1 0 MM n waaaw (Shared Hcodia irricM *i t) i.non MH 11 3 9330 Praia d HmmH N a (My Ways) Manaor 57 (dfl *7 5) 1.300m w 3 <*30
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      141 18 SCRUTINEER BRIAN MILLER FAIRWAY K.L. CHAN Kmc 1: The Qoeot Blue Andre* Daring Prince Blue Andrea Foreign Oeat Proud Moment Bine Andrea The Quest Raee t: Cash Return Rajah's Reward Rajah's Reward Antelope Rajah's Reward Kunta Klnte Cash Return Ooogwee Raee S: U CressVda Ne Problem XX. Be Friends
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      Mount Olympia looks a sound bet
      421 19 RACING with Scrutineer L. A Mount Olympia, a model of consistency, looks a sound bet in the Class 2 Division 1 1800 m (Race 6) at Buklt Timah tomorrow. The five-year-old New Zealand gelding by Stunning was unplaced only once in five starts this
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      BUKIT TIMAH CARD AND FORM GUIDE FOR TOMORROW
      3946 19 2.0 CtaM 4, Dtv 1 1,100m jm (010.000 00,100 to m fcvwr) 1 tits o* mi g (Wawm) Buang #7 1.300m 1 tCRATCNaO IS t 1 Mhh ■Mao N ft (RalUfactton) —jjB 1 SO 5 1) l.JOOm 9 •m S 23 Bafcagk
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      142 19 ■■■■PBM1 SCRUTINEER BRIAN MILLER FAIRWAY 1II. IJ W MM* 1: Bthtfte Satisfaction Satisfaction Second Nature Bahagia Satisfaction x BswwJ Nature Satisfaction HH Tnu Ranger Tyranny Choon Fong Hello Peter Sunset Breem Choon Pong Reputation Culzean KM* 1: Gallant SUIllon Gala Display Gala Display Country Lord Gala Display Sovereign Count
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      Lock icon Now Russian trip may be the reward
      538 20  -  Soccer By PHILIP TAN The call by Malaysian coach Chow Kwal Lam to the Football Association of Singapore to despatch the Singapore Intermediate team for a European tour has brought an Immediate response. FAS chairman Mr N. Ganesan told the boys In Bangkok
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      Lock icon A hattrick again?
      160 20 Reuter Glasgow, Saturday Glasgow Rangers have their sights set on a notable treble going Into today's final of the Scottish Football Association Cup against Aberdeen at Hampden Park here. The Glasgow giants have already won the League championship and the League Cup this season and are In
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      46 16 D.B.S. SHENTON WAY lUIMI! 4 FAREWELL SHOWS. 7-5-78 11.30, 2.30, 5 P.M., 8 P.M. ($l/-, $2/-, $3/-) TICKETS FROM 9-AM. AT 0.8.5. YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO-SEE ALL THE HISTORIC TEMPLES OF PUNJAB INCLUDING THE GOLDEN TEMPLE IN "NANAK NAM JAJAJ HAI" WS& rum *a=aeo3 Mr ,-t
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      18 16 ALL EYES ON CARL ZEISS FOR SPLIT-SECOND FOCUSING AND A PERFECT VIEW cfIRLZEISs JENA V Available in modals
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      23 17 > *>** art&as Jt available at aU leading sports shops ~x[~? sole agects, 3B G.S. GILL (PTE) LTD. gm NO. S. DESOUZA STREET,SINGAPORE I. >■ ■■■■wn
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      108 17 ■i rm A BREITLING 1 CHRONOGRAPH can multiply, divide, convert currencies,, calculate fuel consumption, check factory production rates and do much more... than just tell the time. Not everybody would need to use all the features built into the Breitling chronographs. But sportsmen, professional people, pilots, scientists, engineers and businessmen
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      59 20 SINGAPORE HONG KONG TOKYO SYDNEY Texas Instruments asia ltd 990. Bandamaar Road. Singapore 12. P.O. Boa 20U. Singapore 1. TEL 29M7M 2HII22EXT2H FX-29 SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR Multi Functions. Solves all your Mathematical. Arithmetical and Scientific Calculations below $40 Agents: ft Thokral emporaun PTf LTD G-6, High Street Plaza. Singapore Tel: *****
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      55 20 ANDY CAPP TCH. THE WAV VOU PLAYEb IDDAY v > -UKE A BIG < DAFT LASS.' YOU) rAVE them that FOUf?fH GOAL > MEBBE ISHOULO HANG UP MY -< f BOOTS, ANDY..} KSi MINbYOU, I A THINK THERE'S STILL A OF football^ LEFT IN ME J THERE MUST Bt, NONE
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      Lock icon Arsenal have the edge over Ipswich
      585 21  -  as told to Philip Tan By Trevor Hartley Arsenal, sh o wing terrific form at the moment, will have a distinct edge over Ipswich Town In tonight's English FA Cup final. Although I played for West Ham, I enjoyed watching Arsenal. In fact, I
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      Howe to win with Highbury harmony
      666 22 / 23  -  By MICHAEL HART "VICTORIA Concordia Cresclt" reads the Latin Inscription under the official Arsenal badge. For those of you not familiar with the language It means: "Victory through harmony." A motto, I feel, that Is particularly apt this season a season that has seen
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      The Young gentle giant
      463 22 / 23 By Alex ClydeIT IS difficult to believe that it is barely a year since Willie Young "crossed enemy lines" to become an Arsenal footballer. To put it bluntly, the giant Scotoman's debut against Ipswich, no less, on March 5 1977 was a disaster. Arsenal were humiliated.
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      A master tactician at Ipswich corner
      728 22 / 23  -  By PETER BLACKMAN THE fact that Ipswich manager Bobby Robson has been linked with almost every major Job that has become vacant In the past decade ensures that Arsenal will be competing against a master tactician on Wembley's broad stage. The qualities In him
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      Don't make a Mick-ey out of Mills
      432 22 / 23  -  BY MICHAEL HART The season could not have had a bleaker opening for Mick Mills. "I needed a cartilage operation before a ball was kicked and I missed the first nine games," he recalled. At that time Mills could not have imagined that
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      Tipping the winners...
      534 24 Tipping the winner of an FA Cup Final can be a hazardous business, ax Sunderland and Southampton have proved In recent years. So many factors have to be taken Into consideration, such as Injuries to key players and big-occasion nerves. But It can also be fun. which
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      THE ROAD TO WEMBLEY
      134 24 ARSENAL Third Bound Sheffield Utd (A) 5-0 (O'Leary, Macdonald 2, Stapleton 2) Fourth Round Wolves (H) 2-1 (Sunderland, Macdonald) Fifth Round Walsall (H) 4-1 (Stapleton 2, Macdonald, Sunderland) Sixth Round Wrexham (A) 3-2 (Macdonald, Sunderland, Young) Semi-final Orient 3-0 (at Stamford Bridge) (Macdonald 2, Rlx) 17-4
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      ARSENAL
      546 24 PAT JENNINGS (goalkeeper). World-class goalkeeper with the biggest hands In football. Signed for a giveaway £40,000 from neighbours Tottenham last August and has had an outstanding season. Made record 472 appearances for Tottenham. Northern Ireland International (74 caps). Age: 32. Born: Newry. PAT BICE (right-back). Arsenal captain with over
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      IPSWICH
      577 24 PAUL COOPER (coalkeeper). Replaced Laurie Sivell as first choice and Is one of most Improved goalkeepers In the First Division. Signed from Birmingham for £30.000 In July 1974 after three-month spell on loan. Has now made over 100 League appearances. On small side, but agile and fearless. Age: 25.
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      51 21 live via satellite 9.10 pm. Channel 8 Ml Gillette World's Best Selling Razor Systems. "Coca-Cola" la boMlad and distributed ureter authority of Tha Coca-Cola Company by lion Group of Companlaa (A man** o« fl JlFraaar A N«awOraup| and "Coha" am mQiatemd trademarks whk* ktemity ttia aama product o< Tha Coot-Cola
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      132 24 y j*m itiH tvery Tanita, like the Tanita 07 Series, Is designed to last. The Tanita 07 Lighter, for example, has a specially designed high-performance transformer for years of operation. Ha circuits are practically fail-safe after stringent design and testing processes. Ypu may have bought it for its looks. Or
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