New Nation, 6 June 1978

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    Masthead
    22 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Tuesday, June 6, 1978 No. 2277 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 MVV NATION COMMENT TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 197«
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    Operation housewives
    284 1  -  Govt to launch big drive to get them to work By Ivan Lim The government will launch a nationwide drive soon to encourage more housewives to take up jobs in factories. The Ministry of Labour and the Economic Development Board will spearhead the campaign to publicise the kind
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    Lock icon Scot star on drugs banned for life
    498 1 WORLD CUP SCANDAL Agencies Buenos Aires, Tuesday Scottish forward Willie Johnston took illegal stimulating drugs before the World Cup match against Peru and will never s gain play football for his country. The bombshell announcement the first major scandal of the 1971 finals
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    'Oil crisis unlikely'
    180 1 New York, Tuesday If there is no new Middle East war or Arab oil embargo, an extended oil shortage of crisis proportions is unlikely before the late 1980s, according to a new study of the longterm outlook for world oil supplies. The study, prepared by the Petroleum
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      45 1 H« 03 SENSOR TOUCH NEEDS JUST ONE TOUCH squad Page 18 'TTTmiTT column today Page 13 fIN THE OTHER GEB: Stars 4; Moneywords 11; Crossword 14; Comics 17; What's On 10. Forecast Singapore's west her outlook from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. today No rain. '=(>`__._!&?\~=$!'"}||%!!>\?`@@
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    No dirt please, govt tells bottlers
    304 2 Advice follows a complaint The Ministry of the En v i r o nment has told two soft drink bottlers to take steps to ensure that soft drinks are free of foreign matter. This was done soon after two bottles of soft drinks were
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    STOCK MARKET
    173 2 Share prices opened higher during the first hour of trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Lack of follow-through support, however, resulted in the initial gains being chipped off. Block deals were recorded by Inchcape at $2.02 and by S. Darby at $2.30. BUSINESS DONE First Section
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    Lock icon In opposite camps
    83 2 AP Kota Klnab&lu, Tuesday The son of former Chief Minister of Sabah, Tun Muitapha has Joined the Be rJay a political party which toppled his father two years ago. Be r Jay a president and Chief Minister Harris Salleh saidTun Mustapha's son, Abdul Hamld, 36, had been
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    Metric stall
    23 2 The Singapore Metrication Board will set up a metric information stall at 81ms Avenue Market every morning from tomorrow to Thursday.
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    STPB to present courtesy awards
    82 2 The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board will present awards to winners of compeUtlons organised in conjunction with its three-month courtesy campaign ending this month. Department stores, hotels, restaurants and other establish ments which have selected the winners of their courtesy campaigns can send their nominations to
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    Society officials
    64 2 Mr George Nrelankavil has been elected president of the Singapore Christian Funeral Society.. Other officials are Mr. C. A. J. D'cotta (vice-president), Mar Tay Keng Hock (secretary), Mr L. C- Lopez (treasurer), Mr Lim Klan Lee (auditor). Committee: Mr Andrew B. Pinto, Mr 8. L. Cordelro, Mr C.
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      241 2 Record Breaking Moments Time it with a Ratio Slim Waterproof Chronoquartz LCD vS vv?\N N v W\v- iun., i n I +t "■J S h y-'r*" A C, r i 1 > I vm r hi f nii S3 "m v: r down to the last l/100th of a second.
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      30 2 SOS It always help* to talk to someone. Samaritans of Singapore exists to help those in despair or suicidal. Ring *****44. r_\H m a nr; PufllAma nprv •fiwim s& I
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    Guna scores a first for police gallantry
    264 3 Special Constable Gunasekaran Senkodu, 20, will be the first full-time police national serviceman to receive the Police Gallantry Medal. Ounasekaran, together with Corporal Chow Chee Kheong, of Beach Roa<| police station wIU receive their awards at a later date. Speaking at the presentation
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    Rotary talk by Baptist
    46 3 The executive secretary of Case and MP lor Potong Paslr, Mr Ivan Baptist, will speak at the Rotary C 1 ub luncheon at the Mandarin Hotel tomorrow. The club will present an award to Mr Baptist for his services to the public.
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    Members of the public who stopped 26 crooks
    268 3 Civic-minded members of the public caught eight street robbers and 18 snatch thieves over the last 12 months. Police Commissioner Tan Teck Khlm said this today when he presented commendation certificates to police officers and members of the public at the High
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    100 for martial arts tourney
    118 3 Mow than 100 tae-kwon-do exponents will take part In the Slnga*pore open taekwon do championships at the Oay world Bsadium from Sept 14 to 17. The competition. Is divided into eight weight sections and competitors, will include exponents from South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong. Australia,
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    Lock icon Hijacker a foreigner, says KL
    468 3 Hope crash mystery will be solved Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday Investigators have established that the lone hijacker of a Malaysian air liner which plunged Into a swamp while approaching Singapore six months ago was a foreigner, and there is now hope that the mystery of
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    Lock icon Move to expand P. Klang
    148 3 AFP KJang, Tuesday Port Kl&ng proper might be expanded under a long term plan to Include Pulau Lumut, Communications Minister Tan Sri V. Manlckavasagam said yesterday. He said undftr the plan, the Island, about 12 km off Port Kiang, would be developed Into a scenic
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    Ensemble to play at Vic
    50 3 The National Theatre Trust and the International Communication Agency will present the Eastern Wind Ensemble from the United Stats* at the Victoria Theatre on June 10 and 17 at 8.30 p.m. Tickets are available at the National Theatre, Cold Storage. C.K. Tang and John Little's.
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    Singpex '78 at museum
    86 3 Slngpex "78 the national stamp exhibition—will be held at the National Uuwum Art Oallery, Stamford Road, from Nor 25 to Dec 1 Instead of Victoria Memorial Hall as announced earlier. All stamp collectors who are Singapore clttaens or residents here are Invited to take part. Entry
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    Late-night shops: We are keen, but...'
    704 4  -  Shopkeepers want a collective effort By Deborah Chia Shopkeepers in the city area are keen to keep their premises open at night if it is done collectively. The general opinion of 15 shopowners interviewed by New Nation yesterday la that people will only come
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    No holidays for me: Top speaker
    345 4 While all hl« Indonesian school-mate* from Serangoon Seco n d a r y School are back home for their holidays. Go Slang Ouan to making use ot the one-month break to catch up on his studies. For Slang Ouan, three-time winner of the beet
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    Film show
    26 4 Two films, The Shadow of Progress and The Three E*s: Energy, Economics and Environment, will be screened at the Science Centre on Sunday p.
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    Kit Siang calls for polls code
    145 4 Penan*. Tuesday—Opposition leader Lim Kit Slang yesterday called for an electoral code to ensure that the forthcoming general election will be democratic and fair to all political parties. Mr Lim, secretarygeneral of the Democratic Action Party, told a press conference the code should be
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    'KL may recruit British teachers'
    124 4 The Malaysian Education Ministry is taking measures to overcome the poor performance of student* in the Engifch Language in various examinations. A Malaysian newspaper, The Malay Mail, on Saturday said one of the measures la to bring In expatriate teachers from Britain. The report added
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      339 4 YOUR LUCKY si £TTO IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a true friend. You will put up with Injury—spiritual or physical—avoidance or Insult, but will not desert your friends. You are a straightforward, honest person to whom pretence Is as foreign as dishonour. Your faith In your ability
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    Lock icon US joins rest of world to feed Laos
    218 5 World Focus Washington Star Washington, Tuesday— The Carter administration has decided to give aid to an Indo Chinese country for the first time since the communist victories three years ago. Officials notified Laos that 10,000 tonnes of rice worth about US$5 million
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    Lock icon Ship picks up refugees
    63 5 Reuter Oslo, Tuesday A Norwegian tanker has picked up 45 Vietnamese refugees, including 22 children, from a small craft in the South China Sea, a Foreign Ministry spokesman yesterday said. The refugees could settle in Norway if the country of their choice does not accept them,
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    Lock icon Escapees tell of hours of brainwashing by the Reds
    223 5 AFP Bangkok, Tuesday Three Thai villagers, abducted by Thai communist Insurgents and sent to a "liberated zone" Inside Cambodian territory, escaped after two weeks and returned to Thailand to report spending more than eight hours a day In political Indoctrination seminars,
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    Lock icon Challenge ahead for Asean
    314 5 Improve people's lot: Suharto Reuter Jakarta, Tuesday The greatest challenge facing Asean was to improve the standard of living of the majority of its people, President Suharto said here yesterday. Failure to build Asean societies, Individually and collectively, towards this goal would lead to social Instability
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    Lock icon Carter ups and downs
    46 5 Reuter New York, Tuesday Public confidence In President Carter has sunk to its lowest point, the Harris public opinion poll said yesterday. On Sunday however, America's other major poll taker, George Gallup, reported that Mr Carter's popularity had risen In May. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Teng: Chances good for treaty
    118 5 Reuter Hong Kong. Tuesday.— Chinese Vice-Premier Teng Hslao-plng has called on Japan to negotiate a peace and friendship treaty with his country from the viewpoint of global politics, the New China News Agency reported yesterday. He made the statement at a meeting In Peking with
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    Lock icon Malik call to help develop economy
    107 5 Reuter Denpasar (Bali), Tuesday. Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik yesterday called on private businessmen to step up their role .In the development of national economies. Mr Malik was speaking at the opening session of the international chambers of commerce for Asia and Pacific Affairs
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    Lock icon 'Refugees must go back'
    260 5 Reuter Dacca, Tuesday—President Ziaur Rahman said yesterday 200.000 Muslim refugees who have crossed into Bangladesh from Burma were Burmese nationals and must return to their country. He said he hoped the Burmese government would provide a solution to the problem. A nine-man Bangladesh government delegation leaves
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    Lock icon $2.3b aid plan for Africa
    388 6 Also training for Pan-African force World Focus Reuter UPI France yesterday called for the creation of a US$l billion (|2.3 billion) development plan as well as western material and training for a Pan-African force to help boost the stability of moderate African states as a
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    Lock icon TODAY
    106 6 UPI TODAY Is Tuesday, June 6, the 157 th day of 1978 with 208 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. ON THIS DAY IN HI8TOBX: In 1944, hundreds of thousand* of Allied troops started crossing the English Channel In the D-Day Invasion
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    48 6 Reuter London, Tuesday A Californian woman ii first to claim a £1 million (|4i million) prise for anyone producing a genuine flying saucer from outer space. She claims to have found an Interstellar four-seater and is offering a trip to a "new snfsll planet." Renter.
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    Lock icon Aussie pledge
    50 6 AP United Nations, Tuesday Australia, a major uranium producer, assured the United Nations yesterday that Its overseas sales of uranium and any material derived from It would be restricted to peaceful purposes only. Premier Malcolm Ftaser said Australia hopes to develop nuclear energy without compromising non-proliferation objectives. AP.
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    Lock icon Don't aid Reds in Africa, OECD told
    114 6 Reuter Stockholm, Tuesday Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said yesterday member countries of the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) should not finance Soviet or Cuban expansionist tendencies In Africa or elsewhere by extending credits on a purely economic basis.
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    Lock icon Hamburg voters answer call of 'nature'
    125 6 Reuter Bonn, Tuesday—West Oerman Liberal leaders held anxious discussions yesterday on the party's surprise defeat in state elections in Hamburg and lower Saxony on Sunday. The Liberals (Free Democrats) were catapulted out of both government and Parliament In both states by a dramatic shift
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    Lock icon Bomb blast
    34 6 UPI Rome, Tuesday a powerful time bomb exploded In front of an Alfa Romeo showroom at the mountain resort town of Tlvoll early yesterday, police said, causing heavy damage to the building.—.UPL
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      586 6 Id u Moscow Overcast, 20-4 C. Pravda's headline: To arrange properly the school-students holidays. Boon Sunny, 29-10 C. Headline; la Interior Minister Malhofer going to reslsn? Porta Cloudy. 25-17 C. Headline: African security conference In Paris. Borne Bunny, 10-28 C. Headline: One week from the referendum*. London Continuing very warm,
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    A city for shoppers?
    395 8 A suggestion that shops in the city area remain open up to nine every night was apparently more wishful thinking than practical town planning. The Mirror, the Ministry of Culture publication, proposed this as one of the ways to Inject life Into the city after dusk.
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    The reluctant Romeo
    107 8 (g> A woman, coming out of the supermarket weighed down by heavy parcels, was confronted by a group of youngsters passing cheeky remarks at her. One, trying to 1m press his friends, sidled up to her and asked mockingly: "Lady, can I carry your parcels fbr you?"
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    Lock icon Where No. 4 is unlucky...
    658 8 'Watch out for such idiosyncrasies of Japanese traders' Exporters to Japan have always been pat off by seemingly Insurmountable obstacles in their attempts to penetrate the Japanese market. Bat the- Japanese consumer market can be tapped more efficiently by a better understanding of Ha idtosyncraciea,
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    May reason rule
    389 8 VOICE OF THE PRESS UTUSAN MELAYU Headline: Between rational and emotional calculations. Delegates' conferences of Umno divisions throughout the country ended today. Divisional leaders were elected In a rather stirred political atmosphere with the approach of the election season. In these conferences, contests for the posts of
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    Lock icon Indira trial will be 'swift'
    311 9 But Desai is not sure of an ironclad case World Focus AP New Delhi, Tuesday Prime Minister Morarji Desal says h 1 s government Is not sure it has an Ironclad criminal case against his predecessor. Indira Gandhi, accused of authoritarian excesses during her decade-long
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    Lock icon Huang's visit
    26 9 UPI Ankara, Tuesday China'* Foreign Minister, Mr Huang Hua, will pay a four-day official visit to Turkey beginning Saturday, the Foreign Office yesterday saidUPl.
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    Lock icon Narita: Now aviation chief raps the govt
    208 9 Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday A leading Japanese aviation official yesterday criticised authorities for not fully considering the Interests of local farmers after its decision in 1966 to buj}|d Tokyo's new international airport at" Narita. Mr Hisao Takahashl, director-general of the Transport Ministry's Civil Aviation
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    Lock icon A joke that wasn't funny
    151 9 UPI Stockholm, Tuesday A Swiss who Joked at the airport as he threw his keys Into his attache case,. "I put the bomb here." has learned the hard way the Swedes didn't find It very funny. After his Joke at Arlanda Airport on June 2
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    Lock icon Careful, your child may sue you for malpractice!
    644 9  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times A small news item in the papers a few weeks ago caught my attention. A young man named Tom Hansen, 25 years old, decided to sue his parents for $350,000 damages because he thinks his family failed
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    Lock icon Computer men who can cause chaos...
    117 9 Reuter London, Tuesday An official report has warned that a few skilled computer operators bold the power to paralyse essential government business In Britain. Government ministers are studying the report, which warns of "dramatic risks" to essential services posed by mechanical breakdown or strike
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    Lock icon Vietnam 'no' to offer
    70 9 UPI Bangkok. Tuesday Vietnam yesterday bluntly rejected Cambodia's conditions for negotiations to end their bloody border war and heaped scorn on the Cambodian government as the "black pawn" of China. Responding publicly for the first time to a Cambodian peace proposal offered in a diplomatic note
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      218 9 .mjj a;;ir». NAMED JltM* mommamw BmomuaoM "IMi HO AQUA RUSH BLUE. TO FRESHEN UP MY LOO, «WfTs*tUsUtt AN OVERBPE DMRMN!" Aqua Flush Continuous toilot cl«an»«r! Bluo froshnoss you can mo! How about an Aqua Rush Mmartcfc front you? Sand It to tha Product Managar. Maxwell P.O. Box 3000. and you'll
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    On wheels of courage
    473 10/11  -  How Eric has put his legs 1 to good use By IRENE HOE Eric Chew rides the escalator Just like everyone else. Except that he does so on a wheelchair. It really poses no problem for him. What he is worried about actually is that he
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    Why they remain so aloof
    366 10/11 Integration Is the name of the game. The players include charitable organisations, government departments, a r c h 1 tects, employers, volunteer workers and the disabled. Society remains at best a sometime participant in the game of integrating the disabled into society. Occasionally praised, more
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    THE UPHILL FIGHT THEY FACE IN SINGAPORE
    1081 10/11 The obstacle course Is familiar to schoolchildren, past and present, who have wriggled, tumbled or crawled through, over and under hoops and strings. For the physically handicapped, their whole environment is one continuous, enduring and unavoidable obstacle course. One even more daunting to
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      479 10/11 [OEHIfiMuE TUESDAY *i Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below. Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss): Address: N.R.I.C. No: Tel: FILL IN MISSING LITTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW ■aaaaaaCut dong dotted Knee CLUES FOR GJ-2, 1. Wide-mouthed vessel 2. There's no reel difficulty in making e 3. Rose or vulgar
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      Train of pleats
      94 12 Imaginative, elaborate but not Impractical, these are what set 18-year-old student Francis Cheong's designs apart from others received. He makes good use of the draped scarf and the almost forgotten train In his designs. SKETCH 1: An evening gown with a train. Just extend the spilt skirt
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      Lock icon Haven for battered kids in US
      589 12 Los Angeles Times Beaumont (California): A five-year-old boy who has been thrown against walls, kicked into the air and habitually beaten at home has been ordered by the juvenile court to become the first resident of a unique centre here designed to treat both
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      50 12 If fMilton sketching Is tow secret lore, ■end 7Mr efforts to as. Well pay |M for each work wo pablkh. Mount TOUT drawings on cardboard together with fashion details yon may like to add. Inelade your name. Include your name. liMrws and photograph and send them to our Sketchpad Series.
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        We're close but snag is our minds don't meet
        296 13 We've been going steady for five years but I am beginning to think she Is not my type. I do not think we match Intellectually though we are both "0"-level graduates. I want to leave her but because I've slept with
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        Doesn't want to marry
        294 13 My boyfriend Is a 35-year-old divorcee. I am 18. He says he will never marry again. This hurts me a lot because It may mean I can never marry him Despite our relationship, no doesn't trust me to remain In his house alone. He says he
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        Gambling mother
        173 13 My mother goes out to gamble every after- noon. Last year she only gambled during the New Year. I have told her not to gamble but she says she does not take It seriously. She also says she does It to pass time. I have suggested other Interests
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        Before he finds out
        143 13 Should I tell my boyfriend whom I like very much about my previous affair with a married man? I dont think I could keep it a secret because I do not want to deceive him. However I do not want to hurt him. Will he still
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        Fear of getting pregnant
        146 13 I'm afraid of getting pregnant. I wanted to go on the Pill but the pharmacist said I needed a prescription before I could buy them. Is the condom safe enough? I do not know my safe days and my period Is Irregular. DOUBTFUL Dear Doubtful, The
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    • GRAPEVINE
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        Deep-fried rattlesnake
        83 13 It was the Americans who thought of cooking worms and now In a folk-life festival In North Carolina, they're planning to dish up deepfried rattlesnake, reports NYT. It's like frying chicken," said Ralph Hayes of Durham, North Carolina. "You skin him, take out the entrails and cut him
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        Too good to be true?
        101 13 Don't Imagine that only the young have any fun. A woman in her mld-40s received a call from her penpal of schooldays asking her to meet him for tea. She agreed. But since 30 years Is a long time, they decided that she wear a
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        Cary on aging
        80 13 More about the older generation. This time Cary Grant on growing old gracefully. The elegant man Is now 74 and has no illusions aboui the compliments he receives. People don't recognise him as quickly as they did 12 years ago, he said, and whea they do, they
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        Shut up, please
        88 13 Cinema ushers used to be quiet types who showed you to your seat and If they sppke, they did so In whispers. But not the breed nowadays, i especially those at the Jade cinema who were particularly Irritating during the Jesus of Nasareth season. They made loud
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      Like Cinderella
      101 13  -  TING HI KENG Step into the fairy tale world and whirl like Cinderella at a ball, In this hand-made fown of illk chiffon and hand-woven lace. Champagne coloured and with a shimmering satin waistband, the dress has taffeta trimmings and Is fully lined tn the tradition of the
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      154 13 When you've clinchod a business deal. Give it impact with the seal X Of a really first-class meal. Where? At Fosters A When the contracts you aspire Somehow, suddenly, misfire, Cl A stiff drink's what you require. Where? At Foaters When you simply want to chat With your pals, on
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    Lock icon Money Market
    198 14 UPI AFP London, Tuesday Alter a shaky opening, the US dollar showed gain* yesterday on all European markets except Brussels and Milan. Gold lost strength, closing In London at U*****.626 an ounce compared with Friday's close of U*****,375 and lp Zurich at U*****.12<6 against U*****,125 on Friday. In
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    Lock icon Improving US exports
    363 14 Move to correct trade deficit Business Neus and Views 1- I UPI New York, Tuesday The Carter administration will formulate an aggressive programme for expanding and improving American exports to help correct the projected US$45 billion ($lO3 billion) U8 deficit with its trading partners this year, a
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    Lock icon $1410m hydrocracker project held up
    158 14 Reuter Jakarta, Tuesday Construction of a US$6OO million ($l4lO million) hydro-cracker complex at Dumal In Sumatra Is being held u?i because no agreement has yet been reached on financing the project, a spoilsman for the Pertamlna state oil company said yesterday. The spokesman said the
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    Lock icon Tokyo team to study engines project
    96 14 Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday—Four leading- Japanese vehicle manufacturers will send a joint surrey team tor Indonesia this month to study the feasibility of an Indonesian project to manufacture vehicle engines, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said here yesterday. The four Japanese firms are
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      156 14 New York. Tuesday Cash-laden Institutions, fearful of missing a major move before the end of the second quarter, stormed the stock market yesterday, driving Eces to a nine-month jh In heavy trading. Favourable news about the nation's trade deficit, capital gains taxes and car sales sent the Dow
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      37 14 —UPI. New York, Tuesday Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 863.83 (up 16.29); 20 transport 239.55 (up 3.51); 15 Utilities 109.39 (up 0.30); 65 stocks 295.25 (up 4.45).
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      147 14 AFP The Tokyo stock market scored another gain on the post-holiday yesterday. The 225 -stock Dow Jones average, a 5.21 -yen gainer on Saturday, posted a 9-52-ven rise to 5495.28 yen. The Dow Indicator thus rose for the fifth straight session. The wider-based index for all listed stocks was
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      PARIS
      67 14 Closing prices on tlx Paris Bourse yesterday: Paribus 160.60 —l.M Foncler 340 4 Printemps 83.10 +3.7t Bull 41.30 .70 Royal Dutch 360 3 Mlchelln ISM .10 cor 363 —3.M Thomson 1M M CFP IIS +3.M Rhone M.10 —«.10 Air 399.00 1.50 B81V Ml 7 Philips M.70 JO Sues Ml
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      122 14 Reuter Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACI 160 163 ADC II 30 Ampol Pet 70 00 ANf 146 146 APM 130 136 Bank NSW 630 636 Bramblee 160 166 BHP 666 700 Bor»l 340 346 CBA 336 MO CBR 300 303 CTO
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    251 14 BEIRUT: Oil tankers owned and operated Jointly by Arab oil producers registered a US$4.4 million ($10.1 million) loss last year, the Middle East Economic Surrey (Mees) said yesterday. For Its story, Mees quoted the annual report of the Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company (AMPTC), a venture sponsored by
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      383 16 Jj^jTfennis Reuter Paris, Tuesday Guillermo Vilas of Argentina finally got int« top gear yesterday. and demolished American Arthur Ashe 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 to go through to the quarter-finals of the US$4OO,OOO (about Ssl million) French Open tennis championships. Vilas, the defending champion, took one hour
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      447 17 Buoy Bussy and MacFherson's Choice led Into the straight from Baden'* Girl, with Grey Rhythm and Berllnnle closing in. Bony Bussy forged ahead at the distance with Baden's Girl challenging. Baden's Girl shot past Bnsi\ Buuy close home to win by IV2 lengths.
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      371 17 j^jjcricket Reuter London, Tuesday Controversy raged after England had beaten Pakistan In the First Test cricket at Edgbaston here yesterday over the bouncer bowled by Bob Willis, which hit Pakistan's Iqbai Qaslm in the mouth. Qaslm was helped from the field with his faced swathed In
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      48 17 Hamilton. Tuesday Biddy Jehan of Pakistan and Bruce Brownlee of New Zealand won third roand matches last night In the International squash rackets challenge series. Jehan beat New Zealander Murray Lllley 9-7. 9-C, t-f and Brownlee defeated Torsham Khan Of Pakistan 4-9, 9-5. 9-7.
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      142 17 Reuter Brisbane, Tuesday West Australian rtayer Muros scored a heartstopping win In the Brisbane Cup at Bagle Farm Race Course yesterday. Riding a driving finish by West Australian Jockey Danny Brosnan Muros beat Bflmg Dynasty, who nan led for most of the race. Muros' winning margin
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      224 17 By FAIRWAY Pen&nf, Tuesday Last-start winner Irian is retaining his form and should be worth following in the Class 2 Div. 1 —1400m race on Sunday despite a promotion. With Johnny Ng astride, the Snlfway six-year-old was pulling double In a 600m workout in
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      415 18  -  Cup final tension may be too much for Chuan Hwee By PHILIP TAN Lim Chiew Peng, the I nt e r m e diate squad goalie who earned the cheers for his fine showing dur- lag the King's Cup tournament In Bangkok. will Join the Malaysia Cup
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      226 18 Reuter AP Mar Del Plata, Teesday Italian manager Knee Bearast said yesterday he WMU be satisfied erlth a draw against H angary bat that U| team weald flay te win In their elash here teday. Speaking ta repdrter* after a training seesien at the
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      349 18 Cordoba, Tuesday Defending champions West Germany, hungry for a clear victory to restore their prestige and morale, will make three or four changes in* the team for today's match against Mexico,, manager Helmut Schoen said yesterday. West Germany could managed only a disappointing goalless draw against Poland
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      424 18 Reuter Buenos Aires, Tuesday France will bring In three new men to strengthen their defence against the brilliant Argentine attackers In their crucial Group One match here today. In come six-footers Patrick Battlston, Christian Lopez and defensive mlufleld player DominiSe Bathenay, and out go
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      131 18 Reuter Mendosa, Tuesday Rene Van De Kerkhof, the outstanding winger In Holland's win over Iran, has a hair-line fracture of a bone in his hand and is a doubtful starter for their second Group Four match against Peru tonight Rene—one of twins in the team—wag taken
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      179 18 Reuter Alta Oracia, TuesdayWillie Donachie will return to the Scotland side fbr their second Group Four match against Iran In Cordoba tomorrow. The Manchester City fullback missed the disastrous opening match against Peru on Saturday. He was serving a one-match suspensatlon following two bookings In
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      278 19  -  By Judith Holmberg A mechanical hook may not be much of a substitute for a real hand, but It can be functional as Mohldeen PUlay has discovered. In the picture above, he works at improving his dexterity with the book through what seems
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      398 19  -  but for Chang Ling it opens horizons Glitter Chatter 4 By Teo Lian Huay "We've split," announced liee Hlong Kum and Tham Peng Mung. the popular "husband and-wlfe" team In TV dramas, at the preview of their latest slapstick movie held in Hong Kong
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      348 19 At the cinema YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE: Story of a young girl who grows up doing a stage show that she hates. But she finally realises her dream of becoming a great singer. Stars Didl Conn, Joe Silver. Orchard: 1.30. 4. 7 and 9.15 p.m. ABBA: THE MOVIE The
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      554 19 THIRD SISTER LIU (Mandarin): Somewhat of a classic that has been made Into a musical, this tells the story of a peasant girl famed for her witty folk aonr* that jibed at the tyrannous landlords who made life miserable for farmers. Golden: 1.30. 5, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. Palace: 1,
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      202 19 FM stereo 6.00 a.m. Opening announcements and Programme Summary 6.06 Morning Prelude with the Werner Muller Orchestra The Sumptuous Strings of Werner Muller 6.30 News (E) 6.40 Morning Concert: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn), Rae Woodland (soprano). Helen Watts (alto), Netherlands Radio Chorus and Youth Choir, Amsterdam Concertgebo u w
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    70 20 AH FOOK: What a touching story that was about the com-mon-law wife of the taxi driver who was an Illegal Immigrant Now. the family faces the possibility of her being deported. I hope the Immigration authorities will be compassionate. MEI LIN: I wonder how many other similar cases
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      881 20 TV 5] AND RADIO Enter TE LEFUNKEN SS IN OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT8 followed by WHAT'S MY LINE. lit DAIRY OF EVENTS. 3.3# AFTERNOON MATINEE: Happy Anniversary. (Part 2). Strained comedy about a married couple who receive a shocking anniversary present—their daughter reveals a family secret on TV to the whole nation.
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      224 20 Today's top shows ARTS AND ATTITUDES. <Ch. 8, 7 10 p.m. In colour). This programme concentrates on music played by a group, we hear Laura and There'll Never Bo Another You played jazz style by Teresa Fllmer on piano, Sanip on drums and Winston Fllmer on baas guitar; The Grazing
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