New Nation, 7 May 1978

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    10 1 Sunday Nation MAY 7, 1978 30 CENTS M.C.(P) NO. 217/1/7S
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    Lock icon Cancer: No point in cutting off the breast
    238 2 Reuter rpHE most extensive and X. disfiguring surgery for breast cancer radical mastectomy Is no more effective In ensuring patient survival than simpler operations and should be abandoned according to a report published In Chicago. In the largest study of Its kind,
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    Lock icon Suicides over new Hanoi move
    400 2 AFP COME people have committed suicide in Hanoi since the announcement that the North and South Vietnamese dongs (Vietnamese money) must be exchanged for new nation-wide dongs and would be longer be legal tender, said a source In the capital yesterday. Meanwhile, the Government has
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    'Separate training for family doctor needed'
    164 2 THE University of Singapore should set up a department of general practice/family medicine to upgrade its professional standards. It Is crucial that its Importance is appreciated in medical education so as to maintain a high standard of general practice. But little attention has been
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    DBS denies Yaohan is quitting Plaza Singapura
    186 2  -  By Terry Tan A RUMOUR that Yaohan Singapore is moving out of Plaza Slngapura In Orchard Road is untrue, a DBS spokesman told Sunday Nation yesterday. He attributed it to "Jealousy" and said DBS would "not hesitate" to take legal action against the
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    TKGS hits top note again
    116 2 THE music ended on a tearful note of Joy from Melissa Choi. Bhe had coaxed her cornet earlier and helped her band, the combined band of Tanjong Katong Girls' and Tanjong Katong Secondary Technical schools, to a resounding win in the finals of the annual
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  • THE WORLD YESTERDAY
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      Lock icon Hijackers beware!
      63 2 AFP MALA Y 8 lA' 8 own airport security force will be in operation soon. Announcing this in Kuala Lumpur yesterday Communications Minister Tan Sri V. Manlckavasagam said the force would be trained in antihijacklng and antl drugsmuggling measures besides carrying out the routine passenger security clearance. A
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      Lock icon 'More troops in Angola'
      62 2 Reuter ANGOLA has accused South Africa of pushing more troops across Its border and of lying about a pullout of the force that thrust Into Angola three days ago. "Reinforcements are still being brought in, even now, and the troops show no sign of withdrawing," the
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      Lock icon 28 killed in rescue bid
      76 2 AFP TWENTY-EIGHT Muslim rebels and soldiers were killed and 54 others wounded In flercp fighting for 43 hostages held by rebels In a mountainous hide-out in southern Philippines, a military communique said. The four-hour gunbattle erupted on Wednesday in Mount Manunggal of Basilan Island after
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      Lock icon China told to patch up
      75 2 Reuter 171 AST Germany told Hi China on Friday that a return to normal relations between Moscow and Peking would give an undreamed -of boost to the Communist cause. In a message sent to the Chinese National People's Congress, the East German Council of State
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      Lock icon Mabuhay and more trade
      69 2 Reuter THREE trade groups from as many countries are coming to the Philippines within two days of each other aiming for increased business with the Philippines and Asean, the Philippine department of trade said in Manila on Friday. The mission will come from China, Saudi Arabia,
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      More colours will bloom
      51 2 SINGAPORE'S Garden City campaign will be stepped up with the planting of more colourful shrubs and flowering trees and Increasing the planting density, Mr Wong Yew Kwan, commissioner of Parks and Recreation, said at the fourth convocation yesterday of the School of Ornamental Ho r t
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      Lock icon Hurried move
      66 2 Reuter Thousands of people were hurriedly evacuated yesterday from the foot of one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes which is spewing red hot lava down Its 2460 m side. The Vulcanology Commission. issuing warnings to residents In the area to take special precautions, said there was a
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      Lock icon Emergency powers
      61 2 Reuter THE Seychelles government has assumed emergency powers and police said 21 people, detained over a suspected coup plot, were being held under the new legislation. The Preservation of Public Security (emergency powers) Act, published on Friday gives the President powers to detain without trial anyone he considered
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    Banks hail lift of controls
    155 2 F NANCE Minister Hon Sui Sen's announcement of the removal of all exchange control regulations is hailed by the Association of Banks in Singapore. Describing the move as a reflection of Singapore's strong financial position and the consistent surplus in her balance of payments, the
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      106 2 rrs WEIGHT WATCHERS Ist ANNIVERSARY <£>» Todays WEIGHT WATCHERS program teaches you to enjoy foods you never thought you could eat and still lose weight. So drop everything. Join Weight Watchers today and celebrate with us. (From May 6th May Bth I{T7B) Photographs Exhibition of successful Weight Watchers, stories. Free
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      494 3 AUDIO COMBINED SYSTEM r w ,*< > ■9 <.;// V /A.v;< A /A> ;/.;i />/» v, </.'<,.7.71 \f>H >h i v I'N/i /V, I /'/<« .lUtlio i V/'( '/> /A \A<7 1 in J.;f\.n ihii i itA t Z"/ 1 I nO/f>"Ni Ht\ tin J ,< ////< >///'( />/ a
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    Drivers are too(t) much —don
    416 4 VLTHILE the quality of life in Singapore has Improved substantially, there are other factors, like road courtesy, which have gone down, according to Professor T.lm Chong Yah of the University of Singapore. Giving his account of the sains and losses. Prof Llm of the Economics
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    Lock icon US pilots getting too little flying
    109 4 AP U3 AIR FORCE Secretary John stetson, contending that America's air defence effectiveness Is marginal, says his pilots are not getting enough flying time. He blames Congress. "We have reduced our actual training and flying to the point where if we reduce It further
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    Lock icon Trudeau joke finds its target
    78 4 |VfK NOBUHIKO iU USHIBA (left), Japanese Minister of State for external economic affairs, laufhs as Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau points to the Japanese cameras which were being used by photographers and suggested raising the traffic duties on such equipment. This was in the light
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    Lock icon China courting the Saudis reports HK paper
    251 4 AP CHINA has begun courting Saudi Arabia, allowing unpubUclsed visits to China by Saudi businessmen, as part of its strategy to unite with the Third World, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. 'The Independent Eng-lish-language dally said Peking has quietly issued visas
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    Lock icon Why it's bad to be macho
    176 4 UPI PYCHOLOGIST Herbert Goldberg says men follow a "blueprint for self-destruction" by living out traditional macho roles and they would be happier If they expressed their emotions more readily. Golderg, author of The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege, told
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    Lock icon Carter firm on warplane sales
    256 4 UPI AFP PRESIDENT Carter said on Friday he plans to make no changes whatever in his Middle East warplane package despite administration hints some compromise with Congress might be possible. His comment followed the appeal of Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Begin that the United States
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    Lock icon Aircraft, electricity and loans for playing right role
    166 4 AFP \riSITINQ US Vice f President Wa 11 e j Mondale said in Jakarta yesterday he was very impressed by the Indonesian economic progress In recent years and praised the role Indonesia was playing in Asia, in Asean and In the north-south
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    Lock icon Eye for eye attack
    90 4 AP OUERIUjAB of th 6 South-west Africa People's Organisation will attack South African civilian centres In South-west Africa In retaliation for South Africa's Angola raid, Swapo leader Sam Nujoma said on Friday. Mr Nujoma, In an Interview with AP, said hundreds of women and children and
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      507 4 In and around town POLK DANCING at the Sentosa Folk Dance Centre (opposite the roller skating rink), 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission free. Call IfT Lim Seng Kok. *****0, for details. Every Sunday. MUSIC AND SLIDE SHOW by the Ooh Soon Tloe Music Studios. Cultural Centre, 10.30 a.m. Admission
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    Lock icon Dump the dollar? No way, says Opec chief
    192 5 UPI Reuter rE current president of the organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries said an Opec ministers meeting which opened yesterday In Saudi Arabia would not consider abandoning the US dollar as the world 011-prlclng currency. "We will not even discuss the Issue,"
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    Lock icon Hua: US must pull out of Korea
    358 5 China wants to stress its claim to Taiwan, say observers AP THE United States must withdraw from South Korea all its aggressive troops, arms and equipment, Mr Hua Kuofeng was quoted as saying on Friday In North Korea during his first trip abroad
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    Lock icon Brezhnev: There could be nuclear war unless...
    262 5 AP SOVIET President Brezhnev said on Friday that the world may be engulfed In a thermonuclear war unless the EastWest armaments race Is halted. After meeting for 24 hours with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt on the second day of his fourday visit to West
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    Lock icon Just in case, two ambulances stand by
    150 5 Reuter OOLITICS aside, I the state of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's health has proved one of the bis talking points of his visit to West Germany. At 71. the President and Communist Party chief is clearly show- inj his ace. From the moment
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      84 5 What better way towashdown an squash than f^MBACARDI ■yipE; O T^ 1 i&4fl&Tonic rMH r W. J Pour a generous measure of light, dry Bacardi rum over ice cubes in a tall glass. Top up with tonic and a slice of lime. Spot on! I v r/1 r 1 WW*.
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    Recipe for success
    223 6 COMMENT The best recipe yet for a successful food centre In Singapore will soon be put to the test. Rasa Slngapura Food Centre Is due to open next month. Since announcement of plans in June last year, four subcommittees set up by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board
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    Lock icon Hong Kong tries to put science into herbal cures
    769 6 The olde medicine shop isn't what it used to be. And now... Guardian fHAIRMAN Mao reportedly drank a preparation from a bark (tu chun) which helped to control his hypertension for the last 10 of his 82 years. Chinese millionaires spend
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      158 6 n m A A 7009-6001 Seiko started out making watches with uncompromising ideals like pride in workmanship and dedication to a standard of excellence. As our technical knowledge and expertise grew, we developed a micro technology far ahead of its time. We became the leading manufacturer of watches for men
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    Washing could be bad for you
    120 7 IN some Instances, too much soap and water on the skin can be as devastating as a nuclear holocaust. One German skin specialist warned In a medical journal that too-fre-quent washing and even swimming can destroy the natural bacteria that form 4 protective shield
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    One step ahead
    54 7 AS IF the year hasn't passed fast enough already, one department store Is advertising Its mid-year specials. And here we are right at the beginning of the fifth month of the year. If that's what staying one step ahead of the rest meaps. get ready for Christmas
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    Famous beauty Bettina goes back to work
    181 7  -  GLORIA CHANDY RETT IN A has had to go to work because she needs the money. Who Is she? The beautiful Vogue model who used to be the late playboy Aly Khan's mistress before his death and after he was through with Rita
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    Lock icon Sailing boats may make a comeback
    228 7 CPF nON'T think the day of the sailing boat is over. In these days of energy-shortage fears several companies and inventors* are already working on ways of using wind power for really large vessels. One American company. In fact, hu developed a prototype far
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    For its carnival charm, I'll miss the pasar malam
    391 7 ANOTHER Singa"pore tradition has ended, give or take a lew feeble attempts to keep it going by unhappy stallholders. The last sanctioned pasar malam stalls at Alexandra Road packed up for good last Bunday, the final phase In a government campaign
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    Your bag could be a hyperspecial
    121 7 Supermarkets ar« 1 where some of the wiliest of pick-pockets operate, I've just learned. One girl was so caught up with a special offer that she didn't notice three women pressing around her in a supermarket one evening. When she did turn around one
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    Gasakgasak gado-gado
    122 7 rC curious concoction offered by one restaurant In an advertisement that ran in the newspapers over a number of days had us guessing and finally betting on what a "chocolate gado" really was. My friend, the gourmet and food columnist, insisted that It was all the result of
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      104 7 Staff Training Centre Pty Ltd SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA are pleased to announce the apppointment of Staff Training Centre (Asia) Suite 221, Peace Centre, 2nd Floor, Singapore 9. as their Sole Franchisee in Singapore Malaysia for their new, exciting and highly rewarding READING IMPROVEMENT STUDY COURSE This course has been specially designed
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    Sumptuous theatre fare helps to keep London a top tourist attraction
    1083 8  -  And if not for foreigners, playhouses would collapse By Ivan Fernandez THE theatre In London 1b a curious blend of art, entertainment and razzmatazz. In a hyphenated word, It Is a knock-out. London theatre Is probably the flnest In
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    Lock icon Isolated, neurotic and even insane
    488 8 Misery marks the. lives of many zoo animals says study RBA SOLITARY conlinement, as a psychological torture, has driven perfectly stable people mad, with suicide offering the only apparent release. So keep that somewhere In mind the next time you stroll round a zoo and
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      96 8 Your Complexion r with WEST CABOT'S VITAMIN ECREME Imported from U.S.A. Join the thousands of women using this luxurious moisturising creme because it's more than just another cosmetic cream. Super-saturated with 14.000 units of vitamin E it moistens, softens and beautifies all skin types. Marvellous for rough-dry zones and delicate
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    They laugh at this — and you feel like crying
    508 9  - They laugh at this and you feel like crying When they had to cut up human flesh, someone in the audience shouted IF YOU ASK ME... By K. S. Kang for 11/E HAVE heard of the ugly Singaporean who cares for nothing but getting on in life. It's about time
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      113 9 HEAD Ttennis Vlfear and Equipment is not for Everyone... /f& 20* 1 3v »ll*p v jlllr JV9IIJ ■i i I ,/^gJ The 1978 Singapore Junior Championship is open to boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 18 years. To obtain your entry form, fill out this coupon and
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    Bionic man: From fiction to reality
    1155 10 / 11 THE six-million-dollar bionic man or woman of fiction, put together with plastic, matal and alactronic parts, is getting closer to reality. Researchers and medical engineers are devising replacements for the human body from skin to spinal cord holding out the promise of finding ways
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      803 12 Sunday Nation Your 12-page TV pullout TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS W'' R i Lr iPli WW:'* I BALLET RAMBERT: The First 50 Years,on Ch 8 at 7.00 pm in COLOUR. Britain's first ballet company lives on half a century later because of the indomitable character of founder Dame Marie (now 88) and
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      259 12 xW/ Beware a lump or thickening in the breast or elsewhere MEDICASE: Cancer, on Ch 5 at 9.00 pm in COLOUR. Cancer is, for the third year running, Singapore's top killer, having taken over from heart diseases in 1975. According to the December issue of the Singapore Demographic Bulletin, more
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      150 13 The True Colour 1> v» I 4 < KM ri» V that olvee you the true colour of ime, and tnla la what makes Graetz >w with the Now Hoi loch rom picture 1 reproduces sharper, mora brilliant and aupor luminous picture* for your viewing pieaaure. Check theee feeturea -Super
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      784 13 MONDAY A speaker unlike any other 3.00 P.M. Open S.OS NALLA ILLAM (T/r). Last in series. 3. SO MARY Of EVENTS (T) 3.35 Afternoon Matinee: Claudia (Pt 1). A story of how a young couple face the prospect of the person they love dearly dying. Stars Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young,
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      144 14 The Super Bay (The Big Boy in dashing Console) r 'i rm an KV-2020ES Sony's 20" (51.8 cm) New Trinitron colour tv system with 60% brighter and sharper plus instant picture make him the best colour tv system in town. *****4 warranty •24 months' cover for tree labour •24 months'
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      852 14 WEDNESDAY 3.00 P.M. Open. 3.03 SWING HIGH, LANTERNS. The traditional Lanttrn Festival in Akita, an old city in northern Japan, with 2000 performers and teams competing. 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (M) 3.35 BONANZA: Tko Grand Swing. A boy helps Ben catch three thieves. 4.25 Intermission 6.05 Open 6.08 December Bride:
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      874 15 FRIDAY A speaker unlike any other 3.00 P.M. Open. 3.03 Housewives' Matinee: Forget Me Please (r). Mandarin film. 4.30 Intermission. 6.05 Open. «.0S EXERCISE WITH GLORIA. 6.30 NEWS IN. BRIEF 6.35 THE TONY RANDALL SHOW: Tlm Lawndole Report. Judge Walter Franklin enters prison incognito. Guest stars Dick Sargent, Linden Chiles.
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      337 16 LOVE FOR LYDIA: H E Bates All the happiness and the sorrow of young people in love is put in its correct perspective by the maturity and skill of a born storyteller in Love for Lydia. A book likely to be one of the most read love stories of our
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      134 16 iBHO m f. QZOOQN and MBL.CXbSON tomee, ibue N Uoeo5COP£ foe 10C*V SAVS f ee CA&fuiWlTM UOVfcP M 0<?4\A7& v lKiS MtitUkV 1**fk Wi m W It m etlz series Your MVoeire PoesNT m doa&e.m et otf.rto' MHiJG AT MOTORS Mouse "I&fsllOi-lT la ig Mi a il? WgUL, LgT'S AC
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      380 17 / 18 J "T--1 -J' •> V. YA'LL LOVE THIS PLACEMAN 1 TH' PRICE I*s. Kirtur/ IS RIGHT/ HEARD tS THAT BEFORE/I /URK/ J ISN'T THIS THE OLD SNAGGLETOOTH MANSION P !< M smsMm i 1% wt V. ft r TO r jtmr m iff f5! 7/ «»1 TL IT r 3r
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      316 19 Mainly from Penguins FROM WOMAN TO WOMAN: Lucienne Lanson Here, at last is clear, accurate and sympathetic information from a gynaecologist speaking woman to woman in a book that will enable every woman to understand the workings of her own body. There are important questions which need frank answers. Like
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      329 19 GARTH BE Carey and Pompey arrive I BELIEVE CAREY WILL RETURN here fob my daughter/ hrve RRMED MEN PO«TEO IN AND HROUND THE HOUSE TO TRRP HIM m TWO OF THEM/ DO I GIVE THE SI6NRL NOW, EXCELLENCY? I I MmIL m n <t ft .'A c I < iV
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    You'll love Paris when it sizzles but don't let it burn you
    755 20 HUNOVR with paJJc- ILIAY is in the air, spring is in your step and if go you must, then here are some of the sights to look out for. When in Rome...or any pizza Italy for that matter,
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    Why Diane has every reason to sit pretty...
    670 20 OE A WOMAN. Wear A Dress, says tne slogan on the tag of thousands of dresses designed by Diane von Furstenberg who, at 30, has been herself labelled as the most marketable female In fashion since Coco Chanel. If she thinks about
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    CHANDY'S SINGAPORE
    83 20 A JAPANESE laat week became the first man to make a solo crossing of the frozen Arctic Sea and reach the North Pole. Another first: He'll be the first to head south from there. ARMY experts In London last Sunday exploded a wartime antl- Aircraft sheil dag 09
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    Lock icon The singing was so good it should have lasted longer
    334 20 Off the Record by CKT rpHERE was a good A show on television recently and it wasn't the Hagemeyer Special. It was With the Voice In Time, in the Arts and Attitudes series produced by Goh Quan Slew. A group
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    Boring —the made-in-Tokyo stamp
    988 21  - Boring —the made- in-Tokyo stamp Bigger eyes, sharper noses. They are also leggier. But the girls look alike By G. Lee ("URL WATCHING in Tokyo can be quite d bore. Revisiting Japan after 13 years, I found a sharp change in Japanese girls. To begin with, they have sharp noses.
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      144 21 Do you have a travel tale to tell? Here's a chance to tell it. And to a much wider audience than you'd ever have thought possible. Sunday Nation is running; a weekly travellers' column written by our readers. It can be a travelogue type story or just a little incident
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    The Nose teams up with Those
    454 22  -  jJ3 JiiMd By Tan Bah Bah The animal (now showing at Cathay) is Just an excuse for two people to come together, both with different reasons. That, however, hardly detracts from the hilarious results of the meeting. Let us pick their thoughts. First, the
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    Two Beatles films today
    62 22 IT WOULD be, of course, a knock-out to 1 see John, Paul, George and Rlngo together again. But hard-core Beatlemanlacs have to make do with old memories. The Singapore Film Society Is showing two Beatle Alms today at the Cultural Centre. Help! starts at 4 pm
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      88 22 CATHAY PACIHC SUPER TRISTAR DAILY TO JAKARTA ill® fm>mm- if* j *13H ■HHIWi' w WE ,W,t m h Flight HostesB:Mardiana Ika Cathay Pacific's SuperTriStar service leaves Singapore daily at 7.10 p.m. and arrives Jakarta 8.10 p.m. Return daily at 8.00 a.m. from Jakarta to Singapore. Multi-national hostesses will offer you
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    Why put your husband in the woodshed, said clergyman's wife
    707 23  -  THE TRIAL OF ANNIE BESANT AND CHARLES BRADLAUGH. By Roger Manvell. E I e k/Pemberton, 1976. 180 pp, £5.95 By Alex Josey IN APRIL 1877, Annie 1 Besant, the estranged wife of an English clergyman, stood trial for publishing an
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    Lock icon More credit than is due
    278 23 Book Page S.K. E X TRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF AN OR D I NARY MAN. By Thio Chan Bee. Crosvenor Books. 1977. 12!pp, $5.50. this book, A Dr. Thio relives particularly the role he played In bringing Onn Ja'afar and Tan Cheng Lock to an amiable
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    Lock icon Clayhanger author had a hard time with his women
    419 23  -  By Norman Shrapnel Guardian ARNOLD BENNETT, A LAST WORD. By Frank Swinnerton. Hamish Hamilton, 1978. £4.95. ALMOST before he was awake Arnold Bennett would reach for his pen like an addict, habitually getting through hundreds of words before breakfast as a
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    Plenty of ingredients but too much to swallow
    322 23  -  By Sarojini Kumarasamy BIRDS WITHOUT WINCS. By John Tan Chor-Yong. Pan Pacific, 1977. 235 pp, $4.50. DICH Rebecca falls in love with Ramon, a poor youth from the backwaters of the Philippines. He has come to Manila for a university education for
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    107 24 NOTICE Acknowledgements THE FAMILY of the late LIM HEE RUNG thanks all relatives and friends for their condolences, attendance, wreaths, banners, contributions and other forms of kind assistance. It also thanks the surgeons, doctors and nurses of the Singapore General Hospital and In private practice, as well as the Pastor
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      390 24 DEPARTMENT HEAD PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATION SINGAPORE A well-known progressive and established branch of a large foreign bank, offers excellent opportunity for a suitable candidate to fill the above position. This position offers challenge, self-fulfilment and further growth to the selected candidate who will most likely be one presently occupying a
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      452 24 o The SGV Group Management Consulting Services T7l ASIA EQUIPMENT BANKING/FINANCE (Singapore-based) Our client, Delfin-Armco Financial Services, is a joint venture between a major Australian merchant bank and a major U.S. corporation specialising in large equipment finance/leasing in Southeast Asia. Due to business fkpansion, the Asian representative office seeks an
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      'Cubs' to replace 'Lions'?
      521 25 Gutsy King's Cup squad may be better than the first team INSIDE TRACK THERE were some fans who found It hard to believe that Singapore's second string footballers had entered the final of the Thai King's Cup in Bangkok. They wondered: How did these boys manage
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      17 banned for trying to get coach sacked
      108 25 SEVENTEEN Sparta Prague players have been suspended by the club. Their "crime": signing a petition asking for the removal of coach Arnost Rlozek. The players claimed that Rlosek made them work too hard In training and thereby demoralised them. The ring leaders
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      WORLD SOCCER
      78 25 NEW YORK Cosmos will pay Brazilian champions Flumlnense 1.3 million ($5.48 million) for ace midfielder Roberto Rlvellno if Brazil win the World Cup. If Brazil fall to regain the World champions crown, then Rlvellno will receive only £1 million. BRUCE RIOCH, Scotland World Cup team captain, believes the
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      CRUDE
      75 25 "Brazil's crude approach highlights the problem all European teams face. South American teams are determined to ally their natural skills to what they think Is the European physical game. "But what we termed Elcal strong tackltodlly contact, detertlon to win possession bears no resemblance to the South American Interpretation.
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      Back-in-form Gee Bah scores winner for Safsa
      829 25  -  Peter Lo I/'ANO GEE BAH, playing at No 3 for Safsa, returned to form on Thursday night and defeated Stewart Ballard 9-5, 5-9, 9-6, 9-2; thus gaining the point that enabled his team to edge the Police Lions 3-2. This exciting encounter was
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      Lock icon Pitcher of month Grimsley's 5-0 record
      506 25 EXPATS' CORNER UPI AP AP Reuter ESS than 24 hours after being selected as the National League pitcher of the month for April, Montreal's Ross Grimsley went to work on the month of May. The 28-year-old Grimsley ran his 1978 record to 5-0 on
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      Day Garrincha drove Bulgarians 'bananas'
      351 26 World Cup Golden Goals BRAZIL'S Garrincha was a parody of an athlete, with his bandy mis-shapen legs and his limp. Yet in his own way, he was as much a' genius as the great Pele. His ability to make the ball do almost everything but
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      Seletar and SICC in big clash today
      296 26  -  69LF Ernest Frida rpHE clash between A defending champions Singapore Island Country Club and Seletar Golf Club in the Singapore Golf Association Premier League today at Seletar will be an important one for both. Important because both are in the running for the
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      Not as good as some said they were
      564 27  -  'BEST PAIR' ARE BEATEN BY KASPERS-SUNDIN TENNIS TALK Alfred Tong frpHEY were thought by some to be the best doubles combination in Singapore, and were even reported to have arrogantly acclaimed themselves as the best pair in the region. Last week, at
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      Lock icon The Teaching Pro
      74 27  -  KEEP CENTER ANCHORED ON FOREHAND TOUCHSHOTS By Don J. Leary Btlbo* Bay Club. Buck C* 1. Forget body English, or tilting the body one way or another to "help" a drop shot or lob. This player maintains good balance through the center of his body. 2. Use
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      Chance for three
      440 28  -  Joyce Tan DUNOGOL's Pauline r Low and Eng Peng Sim and Queenstown's Vicky Woo Wai Cheng are thrilled at the prospect of playing alongside the national players In their first overseas tournament In Australia next month. They are the three young players BWNA have selected for the
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      Kunalan tells of his 'strange experience' with leg cramps
      486 28  -  ATHLETICS Tan Kim Seng p KUNALAN, who shocked spectators at the National Stadium last Sunday by stumbling to a hobble when ru nplng the last leg for Swifts in the 4x400 metres relay, is no worse off for the experience. Recalling
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      Lock icon Women's tour is tougher now
      895 28 UPI rpHE old lady may have been right, after all. Billie Jean King, 34 and loquacious as ever, always said women's tennis would stand equal to the men's game, not only in prize money but in quality of play and depth of talent. She even
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      Are Peru too old and too slow to do well?
      1712 29 Although they were very good in Mexico in 1970, the veterans are now past their best Eric Batty's World Cup Spotlight AFTER taking part in the first World Cup in 1930, Peru failed to qualify for all the subsequent competitions
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      Discovery techniques
      551 30 MIME The Aces A USEFUL tool In the armoury of any declarer Is the "discovery" play. Using this technique the declarer delays a vital decision until as late In the play as possible In the meantime making plays the main purpose of which are to "discover" vital information
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      Surprise win in Race 5
      1340 30 WHERE was a sensa--1 tlon in Race 5 at Buklt Tim ah yester d a y when PATRIARCH, second past the post, was awarded the race after a protest. KUANTAN in, With Ron Hutchinson astride, had led all the way to ■core a narrow short
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      Steinitz won the first world title
      499 30  -  His ideas influenced generations of players Lim Kok Ann anatoly karA POV, who defends his title on July 16 In Bagulo, Philippines, Is only the world's 12 world chess champion. About 100 yean ago, the world title vu beatowed by public acclaim. Wilhelm Stelnltz
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      ABC guide
      410 31 A A B C Race Aasaaaln 1 Above Par Atlantic FM t Auguat Moon II I B Bay Express Raca 3 Bandy Baby Big Tlmo S Brie He Brilliant Esquire 3 Bahagla IV 1 Bartarl Bettor Tlmoa I Big Ouna Boldaat Bid Bronco c Candid Glow Raca 3
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      GO NAP ON SAAS FEE... ... says SCRUTINEER
      142 31 GO NAP ON SAAS FEE... says SCRUTINEER rjo NAP on SAAS FEE in Race 5, the 1800 m for Class 2 Division 2 horses at Bukit Timah today. He should prove too good for his six rivals. The four year old gelding by Hasty Cloud showed definite promise in his
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      SELECTIONS
      140 31 SCRUTINEER BRIAN MILLER FAIRWAY l^m!* Km* It Satisfaction Satisfaction Second Nature Bahagta Satisfaction rn uifraJ Imi S: Tnu Ranter Tyranny Choon Fonc Hello Peter Sunset Breese Choon Pong HrputaUon Culzean KM* S: Gallant Stallion Oala Display Gala Display Country Lord Gala Display Sovereign Count Km* 4: Chief of Staff
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      BUKIT TIMAH CARD AND FORM GUIDE FOR TODAY
      3646 31 wmmmm 2.0 CI«M 4, DIV 1 1,100m U ($13,000 $0,100 to wlnim) 1 8122 a* toe ady (Weaaex) Buang 4 87 (43) 1,300m BCRATCHSO 13 a i mmi ■Han II ft <8aU» faction) E Braukalan 3 58.5 4-1) 1 200m F Ht
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      Filipinos to meet in final
      676 32  -  SPORTS NATION By Deborah Chia TNBEEDED Blen Dlmalanta made it an all-Flllplno affair in the National Open Clay Court championships mens' singles finals when he shocked secondseed Oreg Whltecross 6-3, 6-3 at the Tanglln Court* yesterday. In this afternoon's finals, Blen, 26, will meet big
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        Lock icon Fibak, Okker in finals
        127 32 UPI 117QJTEK Flbak and Tom Okker have reached the finals of the US$2OO,OOO WCT-World doubles championships even If It Is a year late. AS the top-seeded team last year, Flbak and Okker struggled the entire week to finish a disappointing third. But with the pressures of
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        Lock icon Mexico, Bonn teams draw
        38 32 AFP MEXICO were held to a 2-2 draw by Weit German first division aide Elntracht Frankfurt In Friday night's friendly football International in Kaaael, West Germany. All the goals came In the second naif.—AFP.
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        Lock icon Nakamura leads
        41 32 AFP JAPANEBE pro Tbru Nakamura rolled In three birdies against one bogey for a two-under-par 70 and moved Into the lead after the second round of the 25 million yen ($250,000) Wizard Golf Tournament In Hashimoto. Japan, yesterday; AFP.
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        Lock icon World boxing tourney
        45 32 AP THE Second World Amateur Boxing Championship began In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, yesterday with the United States. Cuba and Eastern European nations expected to dominate the event. A tqtal of 220 boxers from 41 nations will fight In the two week event —AP.
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        Lock icon Atet is top seed
        70 32 AFP CHINESE and Indonesian players are expected to dominate the Hong Kong Open invitation tennis eham plonshlps which begin tomorrow. Iwading Indonesian playerAtet wijono, winner of the recent Malaysian Open, Is the top seed In the men's singles of the seven-day tourney which has attracted some
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      265 32 Sports Diary B A 8 K KTBALL: National Super League Singapore Schools T Kong Slong (0.45 p.m), Hardware Armed Forces "A" (8 p.m.), Police 8A v 8 p e c 1 a 1 Constabulary (9.15 p.m.). All matches at Gay World Stadium. 8EFAK TA1BAW: National Division One League Setts Baktt
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