New Nation, 9 July 1978
1978-07-09
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Title Section10 1978-07-09 1 Sunday Nation JULY 9, 1978 10 CENTS M.C.<P) NO. tIT/1/7t10 words
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Article126 1978-07-09 1 AT PRESS time, the National Front appeared to be heading for a comfortable victory. By 1 a.m. the Front had won 18 parliamentary seats (including nine uncontested) compared to one by PAS. The Front secured a majority in Kelantan. The Front had also won 12 state126 words
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Advertisement29 1978-07-09 1 CPF rate goes up to 16 x h X Employer and employee each pay one per cent more Page 2 How to enter f Nonye Queen Contest Page 2129 words
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Advertisement75 1978-07-09 1 Specialists in sports equipment accessories and leisure wear. 2359 655 ItTtlftfffcVK 23 Orchard Boulevard mlmlZxE** 9 Singapore 10. Singapore 10. HER WORLD td JULY 1978 CONTENTS \v. SPECIAL FEATURE HOMEMAKERS A special decor and entertainment guide presented by Violet Oon Cook Chinese Some favourite Cantonese recipes Filipino Fiesta The first75 words
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604 1978-07-09 2 THE GOVERNMENT has decided to raise the rate of the monthly CPF contributions of employers and employees by one per cent each from July 1. This means each will now contribute 164 Per cent. Announcing the Government's acceptance of the recommendations604 words
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Article, Illustration79 1978-07-09 2 fTHE Hua Y1 Qovern--1 ment Chinese Middle School girls are sun-wor-shlppers. Except that the "suns" In question are really balls sprayed gold for the school's Item Hall The Bun. The gaily-garbed girls were among thousands of schoolchildren who put up. an Impressive marchpast and mass drill display79 words
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282 1978-07-09 2 Ismail Kaasim, Sunny Wee - By Ismail Kaasim, Sunny Wee \f ALAYSIA'S Prime ATI Minister Datuk Hussein Onn said a new Cabinet would be announced as soon as results are known. Speaking to newsmen after casting his vote at a polling station in Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning, Datuk Hussein282 words
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Article76 1978-07-09 2 INDONESIAN Information' Minister, Lt-Oen All Moertopo. who suffered a heart attack on Friday morning, is reported to be Improving. Lt-Oen Moertopo arrived In Kuaia Lumpur on Thursday with a fourman delegation to observe the Malaysian elections. All his official programmes for the scheduled flve-day visit have76 words
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Article207 1978-07-09 2 rK government has contained the spread of drug abuse. iu new target Is to cut the reddhrtsm mte. Thirty per eent of drug abusers dlschariM from the drug rehabilitation centres between August 1979 and May 1979 relapefd Into their old haMie. In actual numbers, formed 1072207 words
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125 1978-07-09 2 UPI VIETNAM'S official newspaper reported yesterday that Cambodian soldiers have risen In armed rebellion against the Phnom Penh government In at least five areas. The dally newspaper Nhan Dan, quoting captured Cambodian soldiers, named them as Prey Veng Battambang, It waa not clear fromUPI - 125 words
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Article270 1978-07-09 2 A GOVERNMENT MI«V nlster yesterday warned that Singapore faces the unpleasant prospect of turning out Individuals who are decadent and self-indul-gent as more and more children enter English schools. Bpeaklng at the prizegiving ceremony for winners of a bilingual essay competition for primary and secondary school pupils,270 words
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Article253 1978-07-09 2 mHE press has been reX markably sensitive to the fine tuning of Asean intentions despite the many differences between the Ave countries. The Acting Minister for Culture. Mr Ong Teng Cheong, said the treatment of Asean topics has usually been backed by a sense of seriousness.253 words
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Article39 1978-07-09 2 Reuter A MAN armed with two pistols and a hand grenade was shot dead by police In a bank in north-eastern Thailand early yesterday after holding a woman hostage for 11 hours, provincial police said. —Reuter.Reuter - 39 words
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Advertisement27 1978-07-09 2 Him M«m wttfc '•mow* KHWtMiwi lot Uotunal Coummcm k a L»w»u«»« (iinantlwi (ASA PilllOW LCC t C<M<IIWO<I INCIMtI Slot** Homwl Al«« CIMHWI M Ht K«M| •Wl* TOO27 words
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251 1978-07-09 3 THE chairman oi the NTUC Industrial Aftairs Council, Mr. Lim Chee Onn, yesterday urged the banking community to set up productivity committees to improve labour manage me nt relations which in turn will Increase productivity. He pointed out that successful modernisation of the banking251 words
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300 1978-07-09 3 rpHE Bank of China has ruled out plans to go Into "capitalist" banking in Singapore, according to the Business Times yesterday. A spokesman for the bank said the Singapore branch had received no Instructions from Peking to adopt capitalist methods. He was300 words
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77 1978-07-09 3 AFP Holiday inn has suspended serving oysters at its restaurant'because of Its suspected contamination in Australia. A hotel spokesman said It had been looking for alternative supplies since Friday. Two other hotels the Shangri-La and Mandarin said they only served New Zealand and French oysters.AFP - 77 words
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Article58 1978-07-09 3 Reuter FOUR children were found dead In a freezer three days after disappearing during a game of hide and seek In Teheran, police said yesterday. The children, two boys and two girls aged be tween five and 10, had apparently suffocated in the freezer atReuter - 58 words
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210 1978-07-09 3 AFP KILLERS hired by a rich landowner massacred 42 members of peasant families on June 23, a top law-and-order official for Matto orosso State In* Brazil announced in Campo Grande on Saturday. The landowner, who was not named, wanted to take over the peasant's land,AFP - 210 words
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Advertisement225 1978-07-09 3 I I 7 1 3 MN W a 1 Ji H SSS? S *7 M I P O 1 *1 I *vi jIV if First Prizes Second Prizes Third Prizes^ Philippines 6 days/ Bangkok 7 days/6 nights LakeToba 1 '6 nights 6 days/ 5 nights Consolation Prizes 2 days/1 night225 words
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545 1978-07-09 4 UPI IT NOCKED off lis diplomatic tightrope, Vietnam is looking—lncredibly to Washington as a powerful counterbalance to Soviet influence. American and Asian Indochina experts in Bangkok agree that with its Peking relations shattered Hanoi will have to move quickly to try toUPI - 545 words
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Article160 1978-07-09 4 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat met in private talks with Israeli opposition leader Shimon Peres In Vienna yesterday to try to break the deadlock in Middle East peace negotiations. '1 am always optimistic and ready (or a dialogue," said Mr Sadat, who arrived on Friday for160 words
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289 1978-07-09 4 Reuter rpHE Ma in ic hi J- Shlmbun yesterday asked the Japanese government to be cautious about economic c o op e ration with Vietnam In view of the latter's relations with two rivalling communist superpowers, China and the Soviet Union. The paperReuter - 289 words
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104 1978-07-09 4 SLIGHTLY more than half of Italy's doctors have registered as conscientious objectors to Italy's one-month-old abortion law, according to initial reports. The new law that allows a woman over 18 a free abortion on demand within 90 days of104 words
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Article120 1978-07-09 4 "ITIETNAM'B ambasv sador to Indonesia, Mr Tranh My, met President Suharto yesterday to convey a message from Prime Minister Pham Van Dong on promoting Vlentnam's relations with Indonesia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). After meeting Mr Suharto, Mr Tranh My said the Vietnamese120 words
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Article239 1978-07-09 4 Reuter MARGARET Trudeau, estranged wife of Canaciian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, has accented a leading roie in a film due to be shot soon in France, a spokesman for the film company said yesterday. Mr Hellman, vice president of Prospec Films Inc.. said Mr TrudeauReuter - 239 words
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Article111 1978-07-09 4 SOVIET defector Viktor 1 Korchnol has armed himself with an electronic device to detect any hostile Invisible rays during his match with world chess champion Anatoly Karpov of the Soviet Union. Frau Petra Leeuwerlck, head of Korchnoi's entourage, said in a published statement In Manila111 words
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Article114 1978-07-09 4 Reuter SOCIALIBT Sandro Pertlnl, 81, a veteran anti Fascist and resistance hero, was yesterday elected as President of Italy, ending a 10-day political deadlock. His election, with the agreement of the ruling Christian Democrats and four parties Including the communists supporting their minority government, ensured that Italy'sReuter - 114 words
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Miscellaneous178 1978-07-09 4 In and around town INTERN A T I O N A L STUDENTS' PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON 77-71 National Museum art gallery, 10.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Colour slide shows at 11.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission free. On till Wednesday. THE THIEF WHO CAME TO DINNER. Action drama film starring Ryan178 words
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Miscellaneous167 1978-07-09 4 RAMA. Magic shows and games for children. Yaohan Katong, 5 p.m. Admission free. BORNEO ART exhibition with a selection of &r 1 m 111 v e art from alayslan and Indonesian Borneo. Shangri-La hotel. 11 a.m. to 9 p m. Admission free. Last day. GRAPHIC ART 8HOW. Works based on167 words
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Article391 1978-07-09 5 UPI AP EUROPEAN Com- mon Market leaders have formally set a target (or energy conservation and challenged the US to do likewise. Heads of government of the nine-nation EEC decided on Friday they will try to hold dependence on Imported oil to half totalUPI; AP - 391 words
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120 1978-07-09 5 UPI THIRTY -ONE Japanese tourists had an unexpectedly expensive ride Into Bangkok on Friday. Two gunmen boarded their tour bus at Bangkok's Don Muang Airport and robbed them at gunpoint of USSSI,MO $117,300 worth of cash, valuables and travellers' cheques. The robbers took aUPI - 120 words
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Article186 1978-07-09 5 Reuter TWO men have been sentenced to 15 years in Jail after being convicted of spying for Vietnam in the flrst US spy trial involving Hanoi. Ronald Humphrey, a US Information Service employee, and Vietnamese expatriate David Truong denied they were spies when they were sentencedReuter - 186 words
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Article73 1978-07-09 5 AP TWO Japanese firms have won a Joint order to build a 25-billlon yen (about $264 million) ethylene plant with American technology at Tachlng, the major oil complex in northeast China, a Japanese report said on Friday. JGC Corporation a major plant engineering company, and MarubeniAP - 73 words
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Article179 1978-07-09 5 Reuter by the Red -1 Brigades was one reason for a decision by President Carter to bypass Italy when he travels to Europe this week, U8 officials disclosed yesterday. But they said It was not a decisive consideration. Mr Carter plans to leave on ThursdayReuter - 179 words
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Article84 1978-07-09 5 Reuter rE Philippine Food and' Drug Administration has debunked claims that copper bracelets can kill pain or relieve symptoms of arthritis, rheumatism and related ailments. FDA admlnis tra to r Arsenlo Regala, In a statement on Friday said copper bracelets were nothing more than a "putReuter - 84 words
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Advertisement209 1978-07-09 5 ■A QkS DAYS WITH P GEON Japan's largest manufacturer of baby products and with thirty-five years of experience in child care PIGEON helps to make "Happier, Healthier Babies Worldwide." l„ .11 rw i*9k PIGEON SINGAPORE PTE LTD Available in all Dept Stores, Emporiums and Baby Shops. Unit 408, 4th Floor,209 words
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Article250 1978-07-09 6 COMMENT The message was "promote/' the medium was art and the method was to set up static display cases along the Orchard Mall. A simple solution to the simple problem of bringing art to the people since the people seem manifestly unwilling to go to tne art. But250 words
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Article, Illustration836 1978-07-09 6 David Landau - By David Landau Gemini ON TOP of all his numerous headaches —the stagnant peace talks, galloping Inflation, political unrest within the country Prime Minister Menahem Begin now finds himself up against a controversial Issue which could threaten the stability of his government the draftingGemini - 836 words
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Advertisement170 1978-07-09 6 •> 2606-3040 TOMORROW'S TECI-WOIOGY TODAY'S FASHION. THE LACY SEKD SPORTS VWOi A Lady Seiko sports watch offers many advanced features that until today were found chiefly in men's watches, Including self-winding, dav/date calendar, sweep second hand and water resistance. They're the features today's active women demand In a watch. Not170 words
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Article, Illustration822 1978-07-09 7 I —Why not, when most business letters are drags to dictate and to type? FeatureS International A SHINY metal RadKet about the size of a packet of cigarettes sits on a tripod amid an array of letters and documents laidFeatureS International - 822 words
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Article208 1978-07-09 7 ONG before all this talk about "vanishing foods" came up, I'd pronounced some of my favourite nosh dead. Only last week I ate one of the poorest excuses for nasi brlyanl it's ever been my bad luck to order. Dry, pale yellow rice and tasteless208 words
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Article, Illustration140 1978-07-09 7 GLORIA CHANDY - GLORIA CHANDY SHOULD SBS be giving our senior citizens tne benefit of free travel on their buses? Yes, says one reader who telephoned me a lew days ago to tell me so. "They should be given free rides at least during ott-peak hours. They have the time140 words
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Article62 1978-07-09 7 FORTUNATELY for us. r but not so much (or you poor fellows, a diamond is a Rirl's best friend. What is a man's best friend supposed to be? Dogs are supposed to fit the bill. However my friend of the witticisms tells me that he's been trapped Into62 words
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Advertisement142 1978-07-09 7 M Your car 11 The cost of keeping a car on the road is rising dramatically every year. However, you can do something to reduce wear and tear of your car engine by using STP OIL TREATMENT STP Oil Treatment makes all the difference to your engine s performance, by:142 words
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Article, Illustration982 1978-07-09 8 Chang Kai Ming - PERSPECTIVE fey Chang Kai Ming qnHE most dlstln- gulshed secondary school In England Is probably Eton College. It has a motto: "Manners make th man." It has more than that, according to Japan's Nagoya University: Its pupils have the right accents for teaching982 words
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Article752 1978-07-09 8 Anonymous - THIS is the sixth in a series of short stories by our own writers. You are welcome to send in your unpublished work. Please give your age, occupation and a phone number at which you can be reached. Unpublished contributions will be returned.752 words
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Article, Illustration641 1978-07-09 9 Edgar Koh - Edgar Koh HAVE discovered that the cheapest way of keeping physically fit here is to walk very briskly from place to place. Walking briskly is one way of keeping warm in cold weather, when the tunnel effect caused by tall641 words
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418 1978-07-09 9 F. Wong - If you ask me... By F. Wong f HAVE always wanted to say something about the golf scene in Singapore. I have tried to get information on the rapid growth of golf, but I always get a "why are you asking these418 words
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Advertisement154 1978-07-09 9 IF YOU have something to say which yoa think oar readers woald like to know why not pat It on paper and send It to as. We welcome contributors to this eolamn. Articles can be on any sahject bat should preferably be opinion pieces of a boat 5M words each.154 words
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Article, Illustration1703 1978-07-09 10 / 11 TERRY TAN - TERRY TAN sacrifices his waistline to give you a stall by stall guide to the newlyopened Rasa Singapura TERRY TAN QOOI) but not the l)est was the opening-day crowd's verdict on the Rasa Singapura Food Centre. Taste is subjective, of course. But my1,703 words
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Miscellaneous986 1978-07-09 12 Sunday Nation Your 12-page TV pullout TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Pre-Examinatibn Programme: Tragedy Of King Richard fl on Ch 5 at 10.50 a.m. in COLOUR Shakespeare based this King Richard D profile of tragedy play on Holinshed's Chronicles. It deals with the exi-le of Henry Bolingbroke and the Duke of Norfolk by986 words
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Miscellaneous444 1978-07-09 12 In Scorch Of: Inco Treasure on Ch 5 at 3.55 p.m. in COLOUR It is believed that somewhere in the high mountains of Peru lies wealth beyond man's imagination. Men still search.some out of love for the past and others out of lust for gold, that which has been out444 words
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Miscellaneous1096 1978-07-09 13 MONDAY 3.00 P.M. Open 3.03 Star Performance: The Hard Way 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (T) 3.35 Afternoon Matinee: Great Guns (Pt 1). Boys in the army get to be targets at target practice and a pain in the neck to the sergeant. Stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sheila Ryan, Rick1,096 words
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Advertisement156 1978-07-09 14 The Super Boy (The Big Boy in dashing Console) -i i iiiimir r h rm ur/miam#' 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. warranty ►24 months' cover for free labour156 words
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Miscellaneous957 1978-07-09 14 f p 3.00 P.M. Open 3.03 THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES: Midnight Shorty (r) 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (M) 3.35 BONANZA 4.25 Intermission 6.05 Open 6.08 PETTICOAT JUNCTION: Mok. Room For Boby (r) 6.30 NEWS IN BRIEF 6.35 TIMANG TINGGI YINGGI (r) 7.05 CANDID CAMERA 7.30 NEWS AND NEWSREEL (M) 7.55 CAPRICCIO957 words
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Miscellaneous962 1978-07-09 15 FRIDAY '--AA-/ A speaker --•//a-t'3 unlike any other 3.00 P.M. Open 3.03 Housewives' Matinee: The Old Place (r). Mandarin film 4.30 Intermission 6.05 Open 4.08 EXERCISE WITH GLORIA 4. JO MEWS IN MIEF 6.35 December Bride: Song Plugger 7.00 PERSEMBAHAN KU (M) Tumiyati Tugimon, Rohani Yusoff, Hilal Alwi, Roof Mogad962 words
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Miscellaneous40 1978-07-09 16 ~+.`-]_`!{/-^)%;\`!&`@[!<'"(((. 9 10HEAJIM this acse TDVOOI CAJjT MEBP W HMJDS OFF UDO RDR SAWE. DORIS, war 100WJ... si 12 Si Vfopuei IS REALLY NOTHING I BUTfl n YOU TRAVEL POWN LIFE'S HIGHWWY f /«f?£ RAtfheP RWTH'R^Pj l tkmni y k THOUCHT/40 words
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Advertisement349 1978-07-09 17 / 18 Library of Art Western Art and civilization through the lives of major artists in the last 700 years this series will give you an insight into the artists and their times, for you to better understand their contributions to the richness of the world of art. 20th Century Matisse Michelangelo349 words
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Miscellaneous232 1978-07-09 17 / 18 WHATS SOINGON, I DONT KNOW ANY MORE V/THANNOU DO, OOP.' HIS i)ift"TMl6 STUFF ABOUT} HISHNESS IS<SONNA < fflL AN INVASION? BRIEF US WHEN HE < I SAID'FALL IN, NOT 'FAJ± DOWN 4 STUPID f NOW STAND UP/ A 38 a NICE MAN TALK TOO LOUD.' HURT FERDY'S BAR.' v. *h232 words
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Miscellaneous183 1978-07-09 19 GARTH The Ortamtd returns with QtHana... r' e 55 1 LUA LyMAai^l rNT> a V>-_ V. fit* V X&S v i! s sr i* 1 ?r».o m r h n !> K THE WDMRN SPRTP-9HE IB gBOUTIPUL TOO/ BELSPSE HK, little RCorweaz/ a! r S* K f 1i «fc n183 words
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868 1978-07-09 20 HUMOUR with I HAVE yet to pick up a recent publication that does not carry an article bent on exploding myths or destroying illusions with such vengeance .as to leave the reader all but broken.868 words
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Article276 1978-07-09 20 Off the Record by CKT rpO TWIST a prized 1 W.S. Gilbert line, Is the microphone a boon and when its passing comes, must come too soon? Our old mlcky made Frank Sinatra but no regrets for the passing of the microphone, heck no,276 words
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Advertisement61 1978-07-09 20 0 >- V t v y.:. <« .v 4 REF. *****0 Automatic, Day Date, Water Resistant Guarantee Card i With a Purchase! ORIENT SERVICE CENTRES> SINGAPORE: Unit G-8 (Ground Floor) Fook Hai BMg. 150. South Bridge Road KUALA LUMPUR: 400. Jatan Tuanku Abdul Rahman JAKARTA: Wiama Hay am Wuruk (0861 words
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Article, Illustration1151 1978-07-09 21 Carol, a teacher - With a puff the darkskinned boy killed a bird By Carol, a teacher Taman negara, Malaysia's National Park, has always held a mystery for me. For a long time I have wanted to explore It, but friends' remarks such as "Aren't1,151 words
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Advertisement105 1978-07-09 21 From today you can have a beautiful complexion clear, soft smooth with WEST CABOT'S VITAMIN ECREME Imported from U.S.A. loin 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 all105 words
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Advertisement138 1978-07-09 21 Here's a chance lo tell it And to a much wider audience than you'd ever have thought possible. Sunday Nation is running a weekly travellers' eohunn written by our reader*. It can be a travelogue type story or Just a little incident or your most unforgettable or forgettable experience. How138 words
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Article, Illustration458 1978-07-09 22 Tan Bah Bah - jJd By Tan Bah Bah AFTER seeing RISE A AND FALL OF A SEX SYMBOL (now showing at Capitol) and observing the crojvd which thronged the cinema, I am now wondering what or who is at fault the producers for458 words
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Article, Illustration1196 1978-07-09 22 Tony Verner - I can't agree with that view of JULIA says Tony Verner Tony Verner QSCAR WILDE once wryly afv Armed that "A truth ceases to be true when more than one oeison believes In it." In the interest therefore of Wlldean1,196 words
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Advertisement232 1978-07-09 22 Nonya Queen Contest that women of any age may enter WHETHER you're a Nonya of 20 or 80. a teenager, mother or a greatgrand mother, this could be the contest for you. The Nonya Queen Contest organised by the Times Orchard Centre, showroom of the Times Organisation, will pick the232 words
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Article, Illustration658 1978-07-09 23 Peter Ong - Album cover story—from brown paper bags to an art form The Book Page THE ALBUM COVER ALBUM. By Storm Thorgesen and Roger Dean. Dragon's World. 1978, $29. By Peter Ong WHEN avant-garde artist Andy Warhol was asked to design a cover for the Rolling Stones' LP, Sticky Fingers, in 1970/71,658 words
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Article, Illustration464 1978-07-09 23 Silver Fish - LOOSE CHANCE. By Sara Davidson. Fontana. 1978 346 pp. £1.25. By Silver Fish SARA DAVIDSON. Susie Berman and Tasha Taylor were sorority sisters at the Berkeley campus of California U n 1 v e rslty. They were beginning their twenties and thought464 words
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361 1978-07-09 23 Alex Josey - CHINA MAN'S CHANCE. By Ross Thomas. Hamish Hamilton. 1978. 383 pp, £4.95. By Alex Josey r[S is a fabulous piece of fiction centred on two unusual characters. They are runaway orphans. One Is a fat Chinaman called Artie361 words
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Advertisement438 1978-07-09 25 APPOINTMENTS The SGV Group Management Consulting Services Our client, a fast expanding trading group of companies, wishes to appoint a qualified candidate for their Indonesian operations as their: INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a small team that sells directly to the industrial end-users such as438 words
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Advertisement362 1978-07-09 25 The SGV Group Management Consulting Services Owing to rapid expansion, our client, a long established foreign international trading concern is seeking the services of a suitably qualified executive to head its Agricultural Department in Malaysia. MANAGER AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT Around M 540,000 p.a. plus attractive benefits The successful candidate will be362 words
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582 1978-07-09 26 Peter Lo - SQUASH Peter Lo r[E 3rd PIA Closed champion ships will kick off with an exhibition match by two leading PIA professionals, Torsam Khan and Maqsood Ahmed, currently ranked Uth and 18th In the world. This match will be played at Kallang Complex on582 words
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Article, Illustration555 1978-07-09 26 UPI MILLIONS of Americans watched on television, qpd shared In his triumph, when Frank Shorter won the gold medal in the 1972 Olympic marathon at Munich, and the silver In the 1976 Games at Montreal. Now, Shorter would like these same people, andUPI - 555 words
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Article390 1978-07-09 26 Tan Kim Seng - ATHIIfKS Tan Kim Seng r»PL. Wong Mul Kim of RABF and Tan Sok Chuan of HQ (C it E) won the best performance awards in the women's and men's sections respectively at the recently concluded Singapore Armed Forces 11th athletic meet at the Jurong Stadium.390 words
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Article, Illustration664 1978-07-09 27 EXPATS' CORNER UPI UPI AP since the World Hockey Association was formed some six years ago the National Hockey League has wished Its costly rival would disappear. Next lummer It might by becoming part of the NHL. The possible merger may be the biggestUPI; AP - 664 words
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Article491 1978-07-09 27 S. H - MIME The Aces S.H. WE WOULD like to thank all those who sent their solutions to our quiz contest of June 18 and our congratulations to the following three winners from whom we received the three best entries: Alan Leow, Mrs AUcc Lam and Paul491 words
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Article268 1978-07-09 27 Joyce Tan - Joyce Tan THE SWNA netball League has attracted a record 55 entries. Unlike the inter-con-stliuency tournament, the league Is open to all Singapore residents. The 55 teams have been grouped Into seven envisions one more than last year. University of Singapore will defend their division268 words
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Article651 1978-07-09 28 Alfred Tong - 1978 Los Angeles Times Syndicate TENUIS TALK Alfred Tong rrtHE S1 ngap o re 1 Open Grass Court c h a mplonshlps, which drew such tremendous player and spectator response tlie last two years, will not be held this year. The erstwhile organisers, the Singapore651 words
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Article, Illustration62 1978-07-09 28 Don J. Leary - The Teaching Pro... By Don J.Leary Mboa Bay CM). Nmport Batch. Ca. 1. Grip racquet like you would an ax. 2. For spin to left, carve or peel around outside edge of ball when it hesitates at apex of toss. 3. Finish on left side of body.62 words
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Article, Illustration527 1978-07-09 28 Lim Kok Ann - Lim Kok Ann DORIS BPASSKY, the tenth World chess champion, had to qualify twice In the Candidates' tournament before he took the title from Petroslan in 1969. Born in 1937, Spassky was already a first category player at the age of *11. In 1955527 words
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Article, Illustration903 1978-07-09 29 UPI OACE car driving Is a burgeon- ing avocation among motion picture stars with Paul Newman leading the pack. Recent newcomers to the hazardous sport are James Brolin, Clint Eastwood and Oene Hackman. James Garner, com-poser-actor Paul Williams, Tommy and Dick SmothersUPI - 903 words
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365 1978-07-09 29 Tony Koh - BASKETBALL Tony Koh rpHE national squad have again been selected by the Basketball Association of Singapore to represent the Republic in the annual Pesta Bukan Invitation tournament from Sept I—lo. It was surprising, however, to see that the selection committee have Included in365 words
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Article233 1978-07-09 29 Gerry Chan - BADMINTON Gerry Chan QOCCER may. be the most popular sport In England but badminton Is the fastest growing. Researches by the Badminton Association of England show that more than a million young people are regular* ly playinK organised badminton in schools not just knocking about but233 words
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Article, Illustration188 1978-07-09 30 International Press Service JIM METERS and Jack Mattson of Garden Grove, California, both experienced pool play- era, have given a facelift to the game with their new table. They decided that playing the conventional way was a bit dull, so they ironed out theInternational Press Service - 188 words
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Article, Illustration906 1978-07-09 30 Eric Batty - Attack-at-every opportunity Argentines set example for rest of world By Eric Batty THE World Cup went n\ore or less as 1 had expected, with the general standard of play about the same as 1974 —better than 1966, but not half as good as Mexico. But906 words
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449 1978-07-09 31 'Quick energy? It lasts about a minute' UPI TORANCO Columr bu, one of the world's top bodybuilders, now answers to the name Dr Columbu. The chunky former Mr Universe and wife Anita operate a thriving chiropractic talon In west Los Angeles, numbering many professionalUPI - 449 words
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Article, Illustration391 1978-07-09 31 Ernest Frida - Ernest Frida CELETAR Golf Club will be going flat out to do what other clubs have failed to achieve beat the Singapore Island Country Club In the Singapore Golf Asso elation Premier lea gue competition at Buklt Course today. Seletar would have ended BICC'g unbeaten391 words
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Article321 1978-07-09 31 WORLA SOCCER TiNGLAND versus Argentina that could be the soccer spectacular of the year If a deal between NBC, one of America's top television companies, and the World champions comes through. David Miller of the Dally Express said negotiations are taking place between the bankers of321 words
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Article1175 1978-07-09 31 Trainer oarnet Bougoure won the first two races with SPIDER KING II and INVESTIGATOR II at Buklt Tlmah yesterday. BCOTTISH RIFLE caused an upset In Race 7 when he beat the favourite SEFENITE to pay $121 (or a win and $30 for place. Raee 1 CLASS1,175 words
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Article404 1978-07-09 32 Adßoba Raoa 7 Aytmer Road Auric Flam# II 7 ABC I All Oo 4 Altogether Mow 1 Auoual Moan II Avandara Rata Karaite Raca 7 Bahagla IV SOfcftMl ||d eeeeeeeeeeeeaeeee* I ■oom Bo Coal Currant Race 7 Camarada CMMMI Chatter onga 4 CRM of Staff 10 Clntu Km404 words
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Article134 1978-07-09 32 SCRUTINEER - By SCRUTINEER THERE is little need to look beyond LEE TIT SENG for the winner In the Class 4 Division 1 1600 m (Race 8) at Buklt Tlmah today. He ha* shown promise In his three outings over 1200 m. and was particularly Impressive last time134 words
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Article159 1978-07-09 32 1 SCRUTINEER BRIAN MILLER LL CHAN TURF RAT Race 1 Mannequin Rising Son Persuader Oakdene Persuader Expressway Delia's Choice Daring Prince Kmc t Boldest B!d Coral Villa Boldest Bid Harbin Boldest Bid Cinema Lssdss Bitdge Coral Villa Race 3 Gimner B Rising Tower Gunner B Paltltl Gold Jalan Mlnyak159 words
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3549 1978-07-09 32 J 11.30 CLAM 4, Diy 2 1,200m aMM ($12,000 st.400 to rlmwr) ***** lip reeevey a (Highway) Sameurl 8 37 (ud +0.9) 1,400m Oai 1 t OH* lanallMOood Fellow) Ahmad 3 30.9 (dd +2) 1.400m I Chan 14 3310 Be My Opaaen3,549 words
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Article169 1978-07-09 33 Reuter A ROME court magistrate on Friday halted all transfers of soccer players within Italy because of Illegal practices and blocked transfer deals worth millions of dollars which have already been signed. At the same time, police, acting on orders from magistrate CHancarlo Costagllola, broke up aReuter - 169 words
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Article79 1978-07-09 33 UPI ATHLETES who take part In December's Asian Oames In Bangkok will not be allowed to compete In track and field events In the 1980 Moscow Olympics if the .Jksian Oames organisers ahead with their decision to ban Israel, John Holt, secretary general of the International AmateurUPI - 79 words
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Article62 1978-07-09 33 Reuter A SOVIET team was tarred from the European Cup modem pentaihlon competition in Rumania last week after a competitor was found to have taken alcohol, Hie Hungarian MTI news i ?ency reported on Frluy. The agency said in a port from its corres ondent in BucharestReuter - 62 words
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Article36 1978-07-09 33 UPI THE Soviet Union defeated the US 92-42 on Friday to win the fournation women's basketball invitation tournanent In Kobe Japan. The Soviets, ended the tournament with six wins against no defeats. UPI.UPI - 36 words
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Article100 1978-07-09 33 AP KENT and Essex, lying first and third In the English county cricket championship table, were thwarted In bold victory bids on Friday. Kent challenged Lancashire to hit 182 runs for victory In 145 minutes at Old Trafford, and Lancashire sportlngly resrded with 54 for one InAP - 100 words
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Article73 1978-07-09 33 Reuter TONY OREIG, former England cricket captain, will take an international team to the US In September to play against an American All-Stars side, a spokesman for the organlsera said in London on Friday. William Rlcketts. who has been handling the British end of the matchReuter - 73 words
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Article53 1978-07-09 33 AFP JOE JIMINEZ, the 51-year-old US Seniors champion, beat Paddy Skerritt, his British counterpart, by five and four In the 38-hole play off for the World seniors title at Whltecraigs, Olasgow, Friday. His reward was £2000 ($8800) and the 52-year-old Skerritt had the substantial compensation of aAFP - 53 words
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Article, Illustration636 1978-07-09 33 SPORTS NATION AP SHE'S tougher than I am. Chris Evert refused to equivocate. She didn't bat ail eyelash or reach for an alibi on Friday In assessing Martina Navratllova's 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 victory for the Wimbledon women's tennis championship. "She played her bestAP - 636 words
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Article77 1978-07-09 33 AP SWEDEN'S BJorn Borg became the lint man In tomr decades to win three consecutive Wimbledon titles yesterday by beating Jimmy Connors C-2, <4,14 In one hoar, 47 minutes. His victory this time was far more decisive than the five-set brawl he struggled through last year,AP - 77 words
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Advertisement236 1978-07-09 28 OTHER RACKETS iA n i f Ml AHA ABSORPTION Every racket vibrates after impact but the YFG 20 does so for a much shorter time. A glance at the cross sectional diagram reveals the Yamaha secret: fiberglass material wrapped around a rigid polyurethane foamcore (the urethane foam core's sponge like236 words
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Miscellaneous236 1978-07-09 33 Sports Diary ATHLETIC8: National Whampoa C8A (Queens- Calrnhlll CSC v Eftst Masters* age-group town AC), Tanjong Pagar Coast Marinas, Moulmeln championships tTemasek v Jubilee 8A (Gloucester v Commonwealth Avenue Junior College, 4 p.m.). 1). All matches at 4.30 Rovers SC (4.45 p.m.). 8AAA Team Walking p.m. All at Farrer Park236 words
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