New Nation, 8 June 1978

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    Masthead
    20 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Thursday, June 8, 1978 No. 2279 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 p NEW <t;j) NATION [comment j
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  • Article
    NWC bid to narrow wage gap
    470 1  -  By Ivan Lim The National Wages Council Is expected to come out with guidelines aimed at raising the wage level tif industrialworkers. The 10-member council, which wUI meet again tomorrow, is likely to finalise Its recommendations on w&fces and Incentive schemes to enhance efficiency
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    Lock icon 'I fear for hubby's life...'
    148 1 UPI Montreal, Thursday Dal11a Masehino, who claimed she was abducted from her home here, said In a dramatic telephone call from Algeria that she fears for her nusband's life. "Tell Denis to beware of everything. I will love him forever," she told a reporter en
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    Lock icon Jakarta denial
    49 1 AP Jakarta, Thursday Cabinet Minister Bmll Salem denied yesterday a US newspaper report that Philoo Ford Co. of the United States agreed In 1975 to pay US$2 million ($4.60 million) to Indonesian officials. The company sought an Indonesian government contract to build a satellite communication ground network.—AP.
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    Lock icon $115 mil suit
    87 1 Reuter Basle, Thursday The Swiss chemical company Hoffman-La Roche faces damages of up to US$5O million ($ll5 million) for the contamination of the Italian town of Seveso three years ago, company chairman Adolf Jann yesterday said. He told the company's annual press conference that three Seveso boys
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      31 1 INSIDE The girl who fliu Pag© 2 WORLD CUP Shocks for Brazil, Scotland Pages 16, 17 IN THE OTHER PAGEB: Crossword 4; MoneyworcLs 11; Stars 13; Comics 16; What's On 19.
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    STOCK MARKET
    190 2 Slightly easier market conditions generally prevailed during the first hour of trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. This Is generally regarded as a technically good sign. The biggest loss was borne by Trengganu Development, down six cents to $1.70. BUSINESS DONE First Section Qentlng (3) 2.53
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    Operas at Hong Lim
    60 2 The Ministry of Culture and the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board will present two Chinese operas at Hong Llm Park this weekend. The Sin Tlan Chal (81n Mah) Teochew Wayang Troupe will present The Btory of Justice Pao on Saturday and Sorrow of the Forbidden City on
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    KL to get a pushbutton car park
    201 2 The first electronicallyoperated multi-storey'car park in South-east Asia will begin to function at a Kuala Lumpur hotel in September. According to a Malay Mall report on Tuesday, this new parking system at Hotel Malaya will cost $1.2 million and is possibly the first
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  • Article
    Tien Jit graduates with honours
    138 2 "Rocky" Lim Tien Jit, the former Singapore footballer, has graduated with honours In buslneas economics from Rocky Mountain College In the United States. In a letter to his family, he said: "I'm happy. Graduation ceremony was memorable and the crowd gave me, a foreigner, the
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  • Article
    Baby show
    38 2 The Katong community centre management committee will hold a Katong constituency People's Association baby show 1978 at the centre on July 2 at 2 p.m. For more Information, telephone *****8 between I p.m. and 10 pjn.
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    Song of love
    203 2 S'pore star meets his match in bank girl Shirley Slngapore soccer's most eligible bachelor, Quah Kim Song, Is In love and the girl he plans to wed Is 24-year-old bank officer Shirley Wang. Kim Song, 26, and Shirley were engaged on Tuesday, exactly a year alter mey
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    Industry provided 50,000 jobs
    257 2 The electrical and electronics Industry last year recorded an output of $3.t billion besides providing employment for 50.900 workers. Speaking at the opening of the second IMF Asian Electrical and Electronic Seminar at the Hyatt Hotel this morning, the acting Minister for Labour. Mr Sla it
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  • Article
    POSB to spend $1.68m on automated teller machines
    261 2 The Post Office Savings Bank will spend $1.68 million to install 24 automated teller machines at its branches. The bank may equip all its 77 branches with the machines if they prove to be popular, a POSB spokesman said. The 24 machines
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    Tim sum
    36 2 The Calrnhlll community centre will begin a tlm sum class from tomorrow and a cake Icing from class from Sunday. Both classes will be held at the centre from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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    Factories lose orders...
    603 3  -  ...because of labour shortage By Rav Dhaliwal Labour shortage has resulted in several electronic and garment factories turning down orders recently because they were not able to meet delivery deadlines. Two electronics firms yesterday reported that some of the orders were "quite substantial." Several electronic and garment
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    Surveyor
    21 3 Mr Ho Kim Swee has been registered as a surveyor under the Land Surveyors Act, according to the government gazette.
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    SBS will pay out $300,000 as incentives
    83 3 Singapore Bus Service will pay out close to $300,000 in lncen tire payments to Its drivers, conductors and workshop workers tomorrow and Saturday. This is $32,000 more than the amount paid In February, an BBS-Singa-pore Industrial Labour Organisation statement said The Incentive scheme
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    Tripartite meeting on merit-demerit schemes
    203 3 Government officials, trade unionist* and employers will meet next month to work out guidelines for merit and demerit schemes. The tripartite brainstorming on this controversial topic will take place at a seminar to be held at Hyatt Hotel on July 21 and 22. The organisers
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      86 3 CT-411 MM M MM MT kZI V Incredible Calculator cum watch with alarrti Watch can also function as a stop-watch and j includes calendar j with day and H, j date Besides g^. showing you the time in hour. minute seconds it can also show the time In cities around
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    Way out of a smoky problem...
    459 4 —by AA's chief engineer Anti-pollution devices can only partially reduce emission of poisonous gases from motor vehicles, said Automobile Association's chief engineer, Mr B.L. Pee. For more effective control, car makers must Improve on their engines while owners ensure proper maintenance of their vehicles.
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    Lock icon Our project will start in '83: KL
    354 4 AFP Kuala Lumpur, Thursday Malaysia's US$23O million ($533.6 million) urea project In Blntulu one of the Ave Asean Industrial project s—will be launched in 1983, now that It has been accepted by the Asean nations with a slight modification, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk
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    Indian star Amit is here
    86 4 Leading Hindi Aim actor Amltabh Bachhan arrived In SlngaKr two days ago for lion filming. He completed one day of hit shooting schedule yesterday, hat few Hindi movie-goers know that he is here. Amlt Is here with his wife, Jaya Badhnri, also a film star,
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    Appointed
    18 4 Mr Chan Kal Cheng has been appointed Deputy Collector of Land Revenue, according to the government gazette
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    Buchwald the PR man very much like his cousin
    320 4 Writing and a sense of humour are common to the Buchwalds. Those who are familiar with the writing of Art Buchwald. the American satirist, will find the same effervescence In Ellas Buchwald, public relations man. "Art and I are cousins," said
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    Merchants' officials
    30 4 Mr Jople H.K. Ong has been elected chairman of the Singapore Retail Merchants' Association. Other officials are Messrs M. H. Major, ASanoh (deputy chairmen) and J.D. Raj. (secretary/treasurer)
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    Cigs: ROV says it
    137 4 A taxi driver can drive his passenger to the nearest police station if he (the passenger) insists on smoking In an ai--condltloned taxi. The driver can also take this coarse of action against passengers who do not puff but hold lighted cigarettes in defiance of the
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    'Don't be duped'
    48 4 The Singapore Council of Social Service has warned the public not to be duped by anyone going round collecting donations for "St Louis Orphanage." The public Is warned to alert the police or the Council If they come across such a person, a statement said.
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      266 4 Crossword 7 Plumbing problems 8 Attack 9 was saying 10 precedent 11 Double 12 Allude 13 Aquarium fish 19 Headllner 21 yovellst Remarque 25 Skillet 27 to you! 28 Lake Indian 29 Becoming popular 30 Wedging strip 32 Random 35 Give iry 36 Intellectual fad 38 Relinquish 39 Pie or
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    Lock icon Oh, what a night!
    59 5 World Focus AP picture In a traffic jam bat gloriously happy you would be too If you were in these Argentinians' shoes. Thousands of them thronged downtown Buenos Aires on Tuesday night to celebrate their soccer team's 2-1 victory over France In the World Cup. This
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    Lock icon Carter is lying says Tass
    326 5 'We chose peace long ago' Reuter Moscow, Thursday The Soviet Union hit back hard yesterday at President Carter's latest speech on superpower relations, accusing him of telling lies about this country and its policies. In an unusually swift response, the government news agency Tass threw
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    Lock icon Huang Hua leaves with a pledge
    112 5 UPI Kinshasa, Thursday —Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua left for Brusesela last night promising that Zaire could count on Peking for support against Soviet Imperialism. But he declined to say what kind of support he had discussed with President Mobutu and other Kvernment officials
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    Lock icon Nuclear powers must give an assurance, says Thailand
    148 5 Agencies United Nations, Thursday—Thailand supported the establishment of nuclear-free regional zones and a Saudi Arablan delegate made some novel suggestions at the UN disarmament session yesterday. Thailand's chief delegate Pracha Ouna-Ka-sem, told the Oeneral Assembly that countries which have nuclear arms should
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    Lock icon 'Friction at Red border'
    232 5 Reuter Hong Kong, Thursday Vietnam yesterday re ported friction between Vietnamese militiamen and Chinese In two recent border Incidents. The Vietnam news agency, monitored here, said on May 25. about 40 Hoa (Chinese) crossed the border river of Ka Long into Vietnam twice and took away
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    Lock icon US, Russia discuss how to avoid satellite war
    122 5 Reuter Helsinki, Thursday US and Soviet officials begin talks here today on ways to avoid satellite warfare In space The meeUngs, expected to last about a week, were described by a U8 Embassy spokesman as bilateral discussions on antl-satelllte satellites space vehicles
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    Lock icon Wreck found
    29 5 Reuter Jakarta, Thursday Human skeletons and Hie wreck of a Piper Aztec have been found eight years after the light aircraft crashed Into the Jungle of Aceh.
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      79 5 7'V k m* 1 >.> DIVA. V w iii 8 U£U DIVA SUMMER 78 Thursday 15, Friday 16, June Ten beautiful girls dance, act, and cheekily wiggle their way through a delightfully ring a splashy collection of coordinated beachwear by Crystal Ballroom Hyatt Singapore Hotel (Doors open at 12 noon)
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    Lock icon Another Sadat warning
    253 6 Reuter AFP Sues, Thursday— President Anwar Sadat said yesterday he has warned the Israelis that another Middle East war would break out after fire years unless they solved the Palestinian problem. In his second hardline speech In two days, he repeated that Egypt would (o to war
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    Lock icon Judge fined for shoplifting
    135 6 AFP London, Thursday A London court yesterday fined an Indian Judge £25 ($104) for shoplifting. Judge Dhanya Kumar Jain. 43, was said by police to be the deputy secretary to the Indian Ministry of Law and Justice. He admitted stealing a shirt and two ties from
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    Lock icon 21 Iraqi Reds hanged
    227 6 But party leader foresees no change in Moscow ties World Focus Reuter Baghdad, Thursday An Iraqi leader yesterday disclosed that 21 members of the pro-Bovlet Communist Party, had been executed, but dismissed spec illation over an Impending break with the Soviet Union. The executions were confirmed
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    Lock icon Record voyage?
    58 6 Reuter Dartmouth, Thursday Lone yachtswoman Naomi James yesterday sailed up the English Channel towards a record single-handed voyage around the world. The slightly built, 29-year-old British housewife Is set to cross the finishing line here this morning to clip two days oft the world record of 274 days,
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    Lock icon Watching ILO from the sidelines
    78 6 Reuter Oeneva, Thursday The international Labour Organisation, In financial crisis since the United States withdrew last year, yesterday began Its annual conference here watched from the sidelines by U8 government officials. The Americans walked out In November because they said the ILO was too Involved
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    Lock icon TODAY
    77 6 UPI TODAY la Thursday June 8, the 159 th day of 1978 with 206 to follow. Of* THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1869, Ives McOafTney of Chicago obtained a patent for a "Sweeping machine" the first vacuum cleaner. In 1965, American astronauts Ed White and Jim McDlvltt completed their
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    36 6 Reuter Hong Kong, Thursday Hong Kang*a ram-bling-mad racing fans bet an astounding US$67O million ($15,466 million) last season that moans US$l4B dollars per head of population, according to official statistics published here yesterday.
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      502 6 WORLD WEATHER Bonn—8unny, 28-17C. Headline: Moscow: Nato planning crimes in Africa. Moscow—Clear. 21-8C. pravda's headline: The leading role of secretaries of party organisations. Paris Rain, 22-14C. Headline: Paris conference considers what to do about security of Zaire. London Cloudy, 21 13C. Headline: Callaghan wants pay target of 6-8 per cent.
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    Lock icon Jakarta scraps import tax
    92 7 AP Jakarta, Thursday The Indonesian government yesterday abolished import tax on pure silver, pure copper and metal threads to be used by the people's handicraft Industry. Prior to this, importers of the metals had to pay between 15 to 30 per cent tax. Bpeaking to news
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    Economic briefs
    231 7 TA1PEH: Taiwan's garments, sweaters, and knitwear were enjoying brisk sales in world markets. a leading exporter here said. He said manufacturers In Taiwan were receiving "more than usual" orders from foreign customers. Some of them already have enough orders to keep them busy until October. AFP. BANGKOK: Thailand's
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    People in business
    156 7 Singapore Oxygen Air Llqulde has appointed MB MIKE SOLOMON general manager (special gases) to head its newly appointed special gases division. Singapore Hilton has appointed MR ANDREW N. HEPBURN as executive assistant manager of hotel Prior to this, he held the same position in the Kuala Lumpur
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    Lock icon Agree or else no deal
    312 7 —says Strauss E =3 Business News and Views L J, UPI Reuter Washington, Thursday US trade ambassador Robert Strauss said yesterday that there would be no deal on the first multinational trade agreement unless there was a stance on citrus, beef, grains, tobacco and other
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      153 7 Blue chips yesterday fell for the first time in seven sessions as profittakers cashed in on the past week's gains. Trading was active, but reduced from record levels. Yesterday's prices followed by the difference on th» previous session's close: AT T 61] unch Beth 8teel Caterp Tra 24
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      62 7 AFP Yesterday's closing quotations of the gllt-edgeds. In yen, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, with Tuesday's In brackets: Helwa Real Btate 636 (637), Nippon OU 603 (687), Komatsu 347 (346), Matsushita Electric 716 (730), Honda Motor 676 680), Toyota Motor 088 (806), Mitsui and Co. 333 (333), Mitsubishi Corp.
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      PARIS
      66 7 Closing prtoM on the Pirti Bourw fMterdav: PftrlbM 111.60 a.50 Vtondar MO 4 Prtntemps M.IO +1.70 Bull 43 unch. Royal Dutch 964 unch. Mlcheltn 1436 +37 COB 374 6 Thomson 193 —1.40 CFP 137 +.60 Rhone 103.50 +3 Air 308 +1.30 BBN 570 +4 Philips 56 30 Suez 366
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      Lock icon ZURICH
      88 7 Union Bank of Switzerland Closing prices in Swiss francs on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday UBS Bearer 3030 5 UBS Registered 545 3 SBC 371 —1 Credit Suisse 2155 10 Swissair B. S63 3 Swiss Relnsur. 2175 ■S Wlnterthur B. 209 ex —140 Zurich Insur. M50 unch Juvena B.
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      101 7 Reuter Prices at 11.90 a.m. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Cxc ACI lftft ADC 30 30 Ampol Pet •1 •4 ANI 146 14ft APM 110 130 Bank N8W CIS ftlft Brambles 1M 183 BHP •M 700 Boral 336 33ft CBA 335 340 CSR 301 303 CIO 340
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    Lock icon Money Market
    191 7 UPI AFP London. Thursday The dollar eased on most European money markets yesterday. The price of gold was unchanged In Zurich and closed higher In London. London dealers said the dollar was relatively steady during most the dcy's trading but later cased against the major currencies. Gold closed
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    Making haste slowly
    389 8 The main results of this week's twoday sixth annual meeting of Asean economic ministers in Jakarta are as disappointing or realistic as one may expect them to be. After a marathon latenight session which ended In the early hours of Wednesday morning, two out of the five
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      Home remedy
      63 8 There Is little you can do about soccer fever, except wait for it to break. One hostess had her dinner Invitation for Saturday—Malaysia Cup Final night—turned down because the guest, running a Higher than normal, temperature, confessed he wouldn't do Justice to the meal. Finally, she had to
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      Double billing
      58 8 A number of striptease clubs In Buenos Aires have Installed large television seta so as to encourage con--11 au a 1 patronage through the duration of Che World Cop. The Idea, I suppose, Is that If you are dis appointed with the performance of your favourite team, there
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    It's all part of the game
    679 8  -  Carter's coyness is traditional Edgar Koh New York: President Carter, like most of his predecessors, shies away from an early commitment to seek reelection. ABk e it early' last month whether he would stand for a second term. Mr Carter replied he did. not
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    The minus factors
    519 8 r r VOICE OF THE PRESS BUSINESS TIMES Headline: An area we can hold our own. The time has come for the authorities to consider whether the accounting market ought to be closed to any further foreign encroachment. If the furore over Delolttes' entry Into Singapore illustrates
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    Lock icon Comrade Brezhnev, you've made a fatal mistake
    632 8  -  By James Reston NYT New York: The first hotweather or sillyseason news of the year comes from Moscow. It was announced there the other day that Armand Hammer of Texas, Russia's favourite capitalist, had offered to build the first 18-hole championship golf course
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    Lock icon All eyes on China
    1265 9 South-east Asia is watching to see how far Peking will 'i go to protect overseas Chinese World Focus By Frank Chin g, Asian Wall Street Journal. Hons Kong: The exodus of overseas Chinese from Vietnam like the story of refugees everywhere —is undoubtedly full of personal
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    Lock icon Obscenity—that's this juror's headache
    544 9 Art I Buchwald J Los Angeles Times The Supreme Court to Still wrestling with the question of Obscenity. Last week it pried that while fifties must vote What is obscene by the standards of thef local community, they cannot Include qhlldren as part of the community.
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      36 9 'X/ v N .lil'lln Jit to.I Da ii y 4 Bpri) Happv r J >u rs Lh BIST HO mm "tf home of th« start T r oPi°ail4 fhnatre R nstajrant Nitni'uh 9 3i olt T
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    Falling out of flavour
    663 10/11  -  Your chance to try the goodies of yesteryear By Liew Soon Chin If we turn the clock back 15 or even 20 years, we might Just hear the blare of a pump horn followed by a hoarse voice shouting "wah koh keh," or the then familiar
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    So simple, the ting-ting man
    170 10/11 The tlng-tlng man derived his name from the noise he makes when he cnips at the pan of hardened malt candy with his metal wedge and hammer. Mr Tan Chlk Hwa. 68. modestly says that preparation of the food Is simple. To learn the skill,
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    The only one of its kind here
    101 10/11 When Mr Abdullah bin Mohammed, 43, decides to call It a day at his ice-water stall in Merchant Road, he will receive $100. This is the sum promised him by a woman executive in exchange for his cart. As Mr Abdullah will proudly
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    Here how it's done
    88 10/11 These children in Buklt Ho Swee have something to be happy about, for Mr Cheong Seng, 72, is the only malt sugar seller in Singapore. He took up hawking eight year ago to help pay the rent. They watch mesmerls- Ed as he uses two bamboo
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    Peanut candy — take your pick
    79 10/11 Peanut candy take your pick This is one of the two stalls In Singapore which sells home-made peanut candy. Mr Koh's stall in Queen Street offers two -varieties. The first type is roasted peanuts set in molten sugar. For the second variety, the peanuts may be grounded into an almost
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    A RARE FIND
    106 10/11 You may still find the odd puttu malyam seller at hawker centres early In the morning. He is equipped with his shining metal container Eerched atop the back of Is bicycle. Mr R.B. Maniam, 46. was. a rare tind. He sells his Indian beehoon cakes from the
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    Fit for the gods
    116 10/11 You can recognise him by the bright green and orange U3 can In which he keeps the malt candy. Bold red letters on the sides of the can gives his address. He Is ware t'ng chang poplah, which consists of a piece of hard malt candy,
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      562 10/11 THURSDAY Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below. Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss): Address: N R.I.C. No: Tel: N T Y A T I S H FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW ■ißasaiiCut along dotted bnes CLUES FOR GJ-4 1. Guesswork is unlikely to get it exactly
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      Ad men, know your power...
      744 12  -  You mutt realise you are also influencing your kids by Sylvia Leow I am ashamed of myself. For a long time, I had been'worrled over the effect ads, especially TV ads, had on my child but I did nothing about it. Oh, like many parent*,
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      WENG'S FINDS
      171 12 If 1 gtre my heart to rot, will yon handle It with carer fees the eU son*. Be or she weald have to with this Mae andwhite heart of porcelain. From Token Hoase Orchard Tawera or Flasa Slngapnra, tfs aetaally a eon t alner. Cosh m The candy
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      Dresses that easily go from day to night
      88 12 Soft and feminine, with belts worn across the shoulders and at the waist in a style introduced by Colonel Sam Browne, a British officer in colonial India—these are some of the dresses in the latest collection of Gianni Versace for the fashion
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      Lock icon A mother's best friend
      536 12 UPI Columbus (Ohio): A computer that calls new mothers by their first names, gushes over their babies and commiserates about their sore bottoms just might be Dr Spock's replacement In the next decade. Hlbaby, the newest computer-assisted course offered by Ohio State University's college of medicine,
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      28 12 For your medical needs and pharmaceutical requirements please call at: UUI A CO (TTI) Lit 3 Philip Street (Junction of Market ChuHa Streets) Singapore 1 Tele: *****2 91i0Q3
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      Artistic eye helps a tight budget
      519 13  -  Decor m Margaret Chan Francis Yeoh is a man of many talents: Not only is he a dancer and lawyer, he is also an avid dog-lover and Judge at dog shows. His flat reflects his interests. For one thing, his dogs were everywhere when
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      341 13 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BORN today, you enjoy public life Immensely. Nothing gives a greater spiritual and emotional boost than performing well before an appreciative audience. And If the audience is not appreciative. you will soon make it so. You would thrive in politics with your talent for
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      404 13 id* Puzzles, riddles, crosswords, jokes to ■hare? We pSy |5 for every contribution. The address is Kids Only, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, Singapore 1. Don't forget to add your name, age and address. 1. Put on your thinking caps, for Deepak L. Surtani 11, of 61 -Z, Block 72,
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      369 14 Around the world Pepsi is associated with soccer. So what better idea than a series of Pepsi Soccer Contests here in Singapore, where the sport is so popular! Pepsi and New Nation have joined together to co-sponsor "PEPSI Soccer 78". HOW TO ENTER 1. Answer the question in the entry
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  • SHORT STARTS HERE
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      Bettega will occupy centre stage
      552 15 The* Pele Exc lb sive Buenos Aires, Thursday The tall, handsome and slightly greying figure of Italian striker, Roberto Bettega, is thrusting into the spotlight of the World Cup, stage in Argentina as an outstanding performer. It's a memorable name. It could be. a little
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      Johnston: The Cup star in a fix
      499 15 Buenos Aires, Thursday I could not believe the story of Scotland's Willie Johnston when I heard it. The sad story for football. The sickening story for the Scots. The pathetic story of Johnston. A World Cup star taking dope? Actually consuming the perilous
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      IN — after 24 years!
      543 16 IN after 24 years! THE 1978 WORLD CUP Austria defeated Sweden. 1-0 with a penalty yesterday to qualify for the second round of the World Cup finals for the first time since 1954. The Austrian*, one of the revelations of the competition, took their goal with a penalty just before
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      TABLES
      165 16 GROUP ONE P W D L P A P Italy 1 2 0 0 ft 2 4 Argen. 2 2 0 0 4 2 4 Prance 2 0 2 2 4 0 Hungary 2 0 0 2 2 0 GROUP TWO P W D L P A p W.
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      Lock icon THE PATHETIC SCOTS...
      315 16 Reuter UPI Cordoba, Thursday Scotland, with another World Cup display that totally lacked fire, Imagination and spirit, were held to a 1-1 draw by tiny Iran In their second Group Four match here last night. It was a pathetic per- formance against a brave but limited Iranian
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      'Austria .are better than Brazil'
      287 16 Buenos Aires, Wednesday Austrian team manager Helmut Senekowltsch said his team deserved their 1-0 victory over Sweden and he did not expect to change the side for their final first round match against Brazil on Sunday. "We want to keep the team together, and we
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      Lock icon Instead of praise, only tears...
      516 17 By courtesy of PEPSI COLA Mar del Plata, Thursday As they said of Julius Cesar I came to praise Brazil, not to bury them. But Brazil —my beloved Brazil have given us reason only for tears In two World Cup games In which they have
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      197 17 Mendosa. Thursday Pern ran like deers and tackled like terriers to hold Holland to an unexpected draw In the World Cup last night Holland, the runnersup to West Germany In the 1974 finals, had little to show except for their precious point. But their one bright
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      563 17 Rivelinofe absence sorely felt Reuter AFP Mar Del Plata, Thursday Spain put a big dent in Brazil's World Cup hopes when they held the pre-tournament favourites and threetimes World champions to a 0-0 draw in a Group Three match last night. After successive ties against Sweden
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      Mokhtar cannot be stopped —Chin Aun
      435 18  -  But S'pore have strong midfield, he adds By TONY DANKER Kuala Lumpur, Thursday Selangor striker Mokhtar Daharl Is bound to be the target of strict marking by Singapore In the Malaysia Cup final on Saturday. But skipper Soh Chin Aun feels that Mokhtar should
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      GOLDEN SHOW SHINES IN SOFT GOING
      230 18 the track By FAIRWAY Penang, Thursday Golden Show (K.S. Goh) did a dashing gallop on a soft track here this morning when he was hard held over 600 m In 41.2. Oolden Show has been placed in two of his (our starts this season
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      370 19  -  Review The Man From Atlantis By Judith Holmberg Last wees, I was introduced to a rather fishy character. His name was Mark Harris and we "met" when he sprang from the depths of the ocean onto our screens in a programme called The Man
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      Soul-breaking news: Hutch wants to bow out
      367 19 ...to sing and play Beckett David Soul Is bowing out of the cops and robbers series Starsky and Hutch. Soul, who has been threatening to give up his role as Detective Hutchinson for some time now, made the shock announcement last week, lust
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      380 19 In and around town FRESH FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS. an exhibition of Japanese styles by Mr and Mrs Sekle and Mrs K.B. Toh. Young People's Oallery, National Museum, 11 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. Admission free. Today only. CATHEDRAL THRIFT SHOP sells clothes and other articles for men. women snd children. Proceeds to
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      87 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 ttnany realises her dream of becoming a great singer. Stars Didl Ctonn, Joe Silver. Orchard: 1.30, 4. 7 and 0.15 p.m. ABBA; THE MOVIE: The
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      491 19 9.16 p.m. UTAH WAB8: The world's number one box office hit stars Mark Hamlll, Carrie Fisher. Peter Cushlng. Alec Guinness and Harrison Ford In a marvellous space adventure with spectacular visual and sound effects. Odeon: 1.15. 4. 8.45 and 9.30 p.m. THE STING (re-run): Top stars Robert Redford. Paul Newman
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    71 20 AH FOOK: It's a good idea to let shops remain open at night to inject some Ufe Into the city after dark. But shop-owners will not be happy If shoppers don't come and business is bad. MEI LIN: Don't you know that Singaporeans are full-time shoppers? Some department
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      885 20 TV AND RADIO (SINGAPORE 5] Enter TE LEFUNKEN 3.88 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES: Jed Buys Central Park (r). Ul DIARY OF STENTS (C). f" f I 'J J 4 1 UN (r). Mandarin aerial. NOUNCEMENT8 followed by AFRICAN ANTELOPE. Documentary. I.M NEWS IN BBIEF. 4.35 TIMANG T1NGGI
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      259 20 Today's top shows YOUTH. (Ch. 8, 7.10 p.m. In colour). Pre sented In Chinese and English, the series features a fllmlet on glass sculpture and Interviews with Tee Ka Slew and Yuen Kum Tho, who are both glass blowers. There's also a talk on fish rearing as a hobby, a
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