New Nation, 25 July 1978

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  • 20 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Tuesday, July 25, 1978 No. 2319 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 ifcSBBBBSBF TUESDAY. JULY 25. 1978
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  • 525 1  -  We want more talks, say students in letter to ministry By Teresa Ooi,Jane Chew Sixty-four final-year private medical students have decided against signing the compulsory government bond agreement. At a class meeting last night, the students agreed that they cannot sign the bond "In Its present
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  • 34 1 AFP Santiago, Tuesday General Gustavo Leigh Ousman was yesterday fill ml Mori as a member of the military Junta and General Fernando Mathel named to replace him, an official source said here. —ATP.
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  • 98 1 AFP London, Tuesday Soviet Journalist Victor Louis, who is widely reputed to be a KGB (secret police) agent, has been refused a discount on a £32,000 ($128,000) car he ordered last we«k from the British car Arm Aston Martin. The order for the computer controlled car
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  • 574 1 AFP and Reuter Kuala Lmvpur, Tuesday Talks between Asean members and Vietnam on the Zone of Peace proposal will continue through diplomatic and other channels. Vietnam's Deputy Porelgn Minister Phan Hien said yesterday. Conditions in Southeast Asia are now favourable for declaring the area a
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  • 103 1 US dips even further Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday The US dollar opened at a postwar low of *97.80 yen In Tokyo today following Its overnight weakness In London and New York. The ailing American currency fluctuated between 198.30 and 197.90 yen in nervous early trading after closing at 199.10 yesterday. The
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    • 19 1 INSIDE Swee Lm'l Aug date -Page 18 JLiill PAGES: Moneywords 14; Crossword 16; Stars, Comics 17; What's On 19.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 192 2 These two pictures taken lift week tell the tad story of the newly Introduced bos service between the airport and hotels. The picture on the left shows a stream of passengers who preferred to wait up to an hoar for taxis rather than board
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  • 360 2 Japanese products likely to cost more The continued fall of the U8 dollar against the Japanese yen Is likely to Increase the prices of Japanese made products here, according to dealers In Japanese goods. They said they are watching the situation closely as the dollar plunged
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  • 121 2 President Carter's tax package, which Includes proposals to eliminate tax deferral benefits given to US companies abroad, has been removed from consideration in the US House Ways and Means Committee. A Business Times report says it has been replaced by another bill which includes modified
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  • 22 2 The Singapore Armed Forces will conduct military exercises at Chua Chu Kang daily till Thursday from 8 a.m. to 12 mHolght.
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  • 194 2 Haw Par featured in bullish and active trading during the first hour at the stock Exchange of Singapore today. After opening at $1.00, the counter advanced to $1.05, up seven cents at press time with a total turnover of 320,000 units. The bullish trading In Haw Par helped
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  • 35 2 In yesterday's Big Sweep results In the New Nation, one of the starters should read ***** and not *****. In the consolation prizes, the number ***** should read *****. The errors are regretted.
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  • 26 2 The vice-president of the China Society Mr C.K. Tseng, will speak on Chinese Surnames and their Origins at the Mandarin hotel tomorrow at 12.45 p.m.
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    • 21 2 SOS It always helps to talk to iwkone. Samaritans of Singapore exists to help thooe in despair or raUUaLlUsf tZl" AA
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  • 167 4 Telecoms Is appealing to telephone subscribers not to rush for their directories at Plaza Singapura as a deadline for collection has not been set. The two-week decentralized collection ended on Sunday and from yesterday the phone books can be coUected at Plaza 81ngapura
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  • 107 4 Reuter Jakarta, Tuesday The wife of the Malaysian naval attache here, lfra Mohammad Zawawl Adam, was reported to be In good condition In hospital today after being stabljed twice by a man aervant on Sunday night. Police said the 19-year-old servant told them that he
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  • 204 4 Singapore can expect a boost in tourism after the 39th world congress of the Association of International S k a 1 Clubs to be held here in November. This forecast, said International Bkal president Salvador Buenda. Is based on experience. Addressing a Skal lunch
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  • 308 4  -  By Judith Hale Many members of the Singapore Society of Tourist Agents are opposed to the formation at this time of a single body to represent the travel trade. At least 39 members voiced their opposition because some executive committee members have proceeded without their
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  • 118 4 Taiwan will set up a tourism office in Singapore. It will be the fourth country to set up an office here in about a year, after Thailand, South Korea and the Philippines. A source said approval had been granted by Foreign Affairs Ministry.
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  • 254 4 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday The Malaysian Judicial and Legal Services Association has voted overwhelmingly in favour of the wig for members appearing in court. It is believed that of the large group of members who attended a meeting of the association at the Majestic Hotel here,
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  • 354 5 Beven of the 28 floats to take part in the National Day procession will Join the march past at the Padang on Aug. 9. They are from the Industrial Training Board, People's Association, People's Action Party. National Theatre Trust. Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore Airlines,
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  • 51 5 The National Museum and the Association of Commonwealth Llterttue and Language Studies will jointly present an evening of poetry with Stephen Morris and prominent Singapore poets a het museum threat rette on July 37 at 8 p jn. Admission Is free on a first come, first served
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  • 127 5 Singapore will host the next South-east Asian mathematics conference next May. The president of the South-east Asian Math ematlcal Society Prof. G. Nebres said each Asean country will be invited to send five to 10 participants. Prance, Japan and Hong Kong will be invited as
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    • 184 5 i u** 25 n v. •For the first time in Aeia. handcrafted exotic cars from wortd-famous Italian design houses of Bertone, Pirvntsrtna, Michekrtti, etc win be on show for 10days. Each model from these designsrs is the only one of its kind; a state-of-the-art showpiece of automobile virtuoeity. •This will
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  • 359 6 World Focus AFP Rawalpindi, Tuesday The government of Oen. Mohammad Ziaul Haq yesterday Issued a 405-page White paper on the "large scale rigging" of general elections by former Prime Minister Zulflkar All Bhutto's government In March 1977. The elections were followed by a country- wide
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  • 220 6 Reuter Brunei*, Tuesday The European community and Its 54 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) partners yesterday differed sharply on several key issues at the formal opening of negotiations for an agreement to succeed the 1976 Lome Convention. Detailed bargaining at ambassadorial level Is not
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  • 180 6 Reuter Agana (Guam), Tuesday—A chain of dotsized Pacific tropical Islands yesterday appeared headed for unification after three of six electoral districts had approved a proposed constitution for a federated state of Micronesia. The constitution tying the 2114 Western Pacific Islands and paving the
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  • 76 6 UPI TODAY is Tuesday July 25, the 206 th day of 1978 with 158 to follow. Those born on this "Hate are under tne sign of Leo. ON THIS DAT IN HISTORY: In 1860, Ulysses S. Grant became the first American officer to reach the rank of general in
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  • 56 6 D.J. The bricle looked k>vel> in her £78 (8828) wedding (own, bat what she did not know was that the woman who had made it was paid only £IJI. The >hop-boafht dress is one example used to spotlight the scandal In Britain of lowpaid home-workers in a
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  • 100 6 AFP Geneva, Tuesday. —A cut In salary In return (or extra days off has been proposed at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) as a way of staving off redundacles, a trade union source said here. The idea was put forward by union officials following
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 440 6 Paris Mild. 25-15 C. Headline: Hlnault's tour de France triumph. Moscow Occasional rain, 22-13 C. Pravda'a headline: For further upsurge of creative Initiative of builders of communism. Bonn Partly cloudy, 24-16 C. Headline: The end of a boxer. Rome Partly cloudy. 13-28 C. Headline: Authorities open Inquiry Into Jaco Puccl
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  • 296 7 World Focus AFP Jakarta. Tuesday The Independent Jakarta dally. Slnar Pagl yesterday strongly condemned the gang-raping of two Indonesian maidservants by Saudi Arabian taxi drivers and deplored the treatment accorded to some 500 Indonesian women working as domestic help In Saudi Arabian households.
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  • 77 7 AFP New Delhi, TuesdayPrime Minister Morarjl Des a 1 has informed Lllaln O. Carter, mother of the United States President, that India is not keen on the return of the American Peace Corps to this country. Tnia was stated in a letter Mr Desal sent
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  • 422 8 In straight-from-the-shoulder language, a style not the best suited for a situation as volatile as the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Begin yesterday made plain an attitude likely to harden the stalemate. Nobody can get something for nothing, he stated. Israel, he added, shall not make any
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  • 113 8 fg> From the Singapore Employers Federation's paper presented at the recent Merit/Demerit Scheme Seminar: the level of Intensity and effort an Individual would assert In a performance situation is affected by three basic factor*. 1. The particular outooma which the worker pereetres "as a NHk «f working hard
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  • 698 8  -  Sharp differences but unity is not threatened By Peter Calvert Reuter Havana: The non-aligned movement of the socalled Third World shifts its scene of action from Cuba to Yugoslavia this week facing some divisions but determined to avoid a split. The 86-natlon movement, which Includes
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  • 283 8 Economist Are British manager! ehinless wonders born with a silver accent in their months? Many foreigners working in Britain will tell 70a so. They are wrong, according to a survey conducted in 1976 and published this week by the British Institute of Management, and covering 4SM of
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 150 9 Reuter Bangkok. Tuesday Thai Deputy Foreign Minister Wong Pholnlkorn left here yesterday for a week-long visit to Vietnam which will include talks on the sensitive Issue of Vietnamese refugees who have lived In north-east Thailand for nearly 30 years. Mr Wong told reporters before he
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  • 433 9 World Focus Israel will try for ties with neighbours Reuter Jerusalem, Tuesday Prime Minister Menachem Begin said last night that If a Middle East peace pact proved Impossible then Israel would try to settle (or informal friendly relations with its neighbours. Addressing the Knesset (Parliament)
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  • 131 9 Reuter New York, Tuesday A discharged employee of Citibank, New York's largest commercial tank, has filed a US$l4 million (SSI.9 million) breach of employment contract suit alleging the bank covered ufi fraudulent foreign currency trading operations among Its European branches. The suit was nied In
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  • 58 9 AFP Bangkok, Tuesday. Pour girl* between the ages of three and seven were abducted from a schoolyard la northeastern Thailand on Saturday, the Bangkok World reported yesterday. The kidnapping was the work of gangs who sell children In the southern provinces and Malaysia, theorised police In Nang
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  • 326 9 Reuter AFP Belgrade, Tuesday Diplomats from nonaligned countries yesterday endorsed an agenda and decided on the composition of a 15-member bureau for a five-day meeting of foreign ministers, opening today with an address by President Tito of Yugoslavia. The agenda calls for discussions of
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  • 173 9 Reuter Beirut, Tuesday Machine-gun fire and shelling yesterday interrupted a lull in the vollence in a south-eastern suberb of Beirut, but soon after nightfall the battered area was quiet again. The Arab peace-keep-ing force said three of its men had been injured by the
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  • 602 9  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times What I did on my summer vacation: I vu a telephone answering service. Only ptoplf who have children between the ages of 14 and 30 will appreciate what an important function I performed. I always started after dinner as soon
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  • 177 10 / 11 How to increase productivity? A widely accepted method is the introduction of Merit/Demerit schemes, which was recommended by the National Wages Council last year. Since then, many companies in Singapore have adopted such schemes. In doing so, they encountered various difficulties, not
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  • 449 10 / 11 Yaohan Singapore has since April 1976 implemented a productivity incentive scheme for its sales staff. The scheme basically rewards employees based on good work discipline and customer relations. The main objective of the scheme Is to lnclullate a sense of discipline and responsibility among the
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  • 548 10 / 11 The carrot and stick approach is used The Port of Singapore Authority currently operates an Incentive scheme, the measurement of labour work performance taking Into account shift work and the type of vessel worked on. Unlike the old bonus system which measured productivity for the
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  • 730 10 / 11  -  By Ivan Lim Management executives made no stirring pledges to put schemes Into practice; union officials, though keen, wanted adequate safeguards. But as the two-day tripartite national seminar on merit and demerit schemes drew to a close at the weekend, the 600 participants
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  • 401 10 / 11 Singapore Airlines has a demerit scheme in operation. This demerit scheme is introduced to ensure that employees whose work and conduct are unsatisfactory would not be eligible for NWC Increases. In 1977, the National Wages Council made an announcement on merit and demerit schemes. Both Singapore
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  • 1331 10 / 11 The firm spent $500,000 on training in the 1977/78 period "Economic history clearly shows that over the years, employees have been the beneficiaries and not the victims of productivity improvement the challenge Is—What do we do about It?
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  • trend 1
    • Article, Illustration
      251 12 If you like fantastic looks for the evening, any one of Michael Tay's designs will fit the bill. They are both extravagant, exotic and certainly out of the ordinary. A girl does not merely wear these dresses; she makes an entrance In them and she behaves according to
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    • 980 12 NYT New York: They've gone through the 2 a.m. feedings, the colic and the teething. They've climbed Into the sandbox with their toddlers and later sent them to play groups, nursery and elementary schools and camps. They've baked cakes for the class basaar and
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    • Dear Ros
      • 230 13 Should a girl be sporting when she goes out? Sporting In the sense that the should accept every boy's Invitation to dance, his hugs and kisses during the dance? I am 15 and I hate boys to hug an<| kiss me. 80 I turn all of them down
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      • 150 13 I have known this boy for some months and whenever we go out, he pets and caresses me. He says he likes me but will not stop me from going out with other boys. He says if I find a better boy, I can free to
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      • 211 13 My boyfriend and I pet heavily. If there Is no penetration, could I still get pregnant? If so, what should I do? What are the signs of pregnancy? I do not wish to get married at present. Please help. URGENT HELP Dear Urgent Help, It is likely
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      • 152 13 My brother has been out of a Job for nearly one and a half years now. He Just stays at home and does not look for work. He also avoids visitors to the home and any person who tries to talk to him. He keeps himself In
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      • 158 13 I will be going overseas for studies, and I would like to keep abreast of changes and events in Singapore. Is it possible for me to subscribe to the local papers, say, the Sunday Times or the Sunday Nation? And what about Her World magazine? I would
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      • 141 13 I met this girl by accident on the way home and since then, I have made It a point to be at the same bus stop In the evenings, and even, on one occasion. to sit next to her on the bus. I am so crazy
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      • 286 13 Ever since my steady of five years left me without giving any reason, I have become depressed and feel so inferior that I find It difficult to face people. I am 22 years old but already life seems so mean lngless, I want to lock
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    • GRAPEVINE
      • 125 13 In the new Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, "knickers" Is also a word to say when you're cross, acceptable even In the politest of society. "Bunny" Is "a young woman dressed In a garment that shows off the sexually attractive parts of her body with the addition
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      • 126 13 Women drivers are not the Idiots that men have long made them out to be. A scientific analysis of more than 70,000 road accidents in Denmark has killed the myth. 11 demonstrated, through statistics, that if men were as safe as women behind the wheel, traffic accldeotp (would
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      • 41 13 You cant tell a restaurant by its name these days. What food would you Imagine restaurants like La Parisienne Oril and De Vlenness serve? Not French nor Vlenness specialities, as one would expect, but Chinese and Mexican food, respectively.
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      • 37 13 For a change, more on what reduces tue risk of cancer. According to a medical researcher, a slice of two of rye bread at evenr meal might reduce the risk of colon cancer.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • 242 14 Reuter LONDON: British government ministers are leaning In favour of collaboration with the American Boeing aircraft builders rather than with European rivals, parliamentary sources said yesterday. But aviation industry sources stressed that tne government has still not reached a decision. Boeing offered Britain's aviation industry |a share in
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  • 341 14 Business News and Views Reuter AFP Brussels, Tuesday Common Market finance ministers yesterday got down to their first detailed discussions of the Bremen Plan for a new European Monetary System (EMS) and Immediately ran Into problems over technicalities. The main problem, according to EEC
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  • 230 14 UPI London, Tuesday The US dollar closed at a record low In Zurich and lost further ground on all European markets yesterday. Dealers said they expected the slide to continue* In Tokyo, the dollar closed at 199.10 yen and this had an additional effect on European mar k
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 166 14 New York, Tuesday. The stock market staged a late-session rebound, but prices still closed lower yesterday in reaction to the dollar's sharp decline abroad. Trading was moderate. The Dow Jones Industrial average, which had been behind more than six points at midday, finished with a loss ot 1.82
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    • 37 14 UPI New York, Tuesday. Dow Jones closing average* on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 831.90 (off 1.82); 20 transport 229.99 (up 1.03); 15 utilities 105.38 (up 0.31); 65 stocks 288.75 (up 0.15).—
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    • 90 14 AFP Tokyo, Tuesday The Tokyo Stock Exchange gave up further strength yesterday to finish lower for the fourth session in a row amid growing concern about the Japanese 2n's upsurge aganlst e US dollar. Yeaterday's closing quotation# of the gllt-eugedy In yen, with Saturday's In bracket: Hetwa Real Estate
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    • 5 14 Reuter teji K7[i raTTj^1
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    • 85 14 Union Bank of Switzerland, Zurich Closing prices In Swiss francs on Bit Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS Bearer 3078 —10 UBS Registered 555 BBC 364 3 Credit Suisse 3155 —10 Swissair B. 823 —11 Swiss Relnsur. 2960 Wlnterthiir B. 2310 —10 Zurich Insur. 8500 —00 Juvrna B. 103 —17
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    • 113 14 Reuter Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian tljni) on the Sydney 8tock Exchange: A CI 160 161 ADC 15 30 Ampol Pet S3 14 AN1 148 153 APM lie 117 Bank NSW 800 630 Brambles 178 180 BKP 770 773 Bond 237 340 CBA 333 337 CSR 306 CIO
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 550 14 TUESDAY 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 LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. mmmtmtmm■ Cut along dotted line* CLUES FOR GQ-2 More than merely damp There's apt' to be trouble H
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  • shopping
    • 401 15 Floor and wall tiles are becoming Important parts of brightening up the home part and parcel of modern living. And why not? Afterall, if you have put ao much thought and money Into a nev borne, it 1b as well that you make It as beautiful
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    • 192 15 1 1 mom mottwrj Noal MoMart'i britliam Indtoimn of dta vatt oNtankara wMcfc imparl d» waa In awar «rowin« nienber. mefces Snpen*<p one ol the meet neluebfe documantt to appaar in thitdacada. AWorMNo. t baaaaMar and Book of tha Month In tha UIA, d»to to dia moat doeumantad warning yat
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    • 35 15 M Sole Distributors For J'LJ \:JA RETAIL: B-7 Peninsula Shopping Complex, Singapore, 6 Tel ***** WHOLESALE 14 Tonglin Rood, Singopore, 10 Tel *****00 *****68 Call on us tor all your sporting requirements and leisure items
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    • 329 15 m w J v -> Range of furniture can be viewed at our showroom from 11am to 9pm daily. KAZA SNGAPURA 3RD HOC* UNTT 33* SHOWKX3M TEL *****9 SMGAPORE ."fe I?" t Jl *~*r i%r-NV^ S INTRODUCING THE AQUA FUN LINE FLOATING LOUNGIS SWIM AIDS FOOL AND PATIO ACCf SSORIfS
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  • 265 16  -  By BRIAN MILLER The Singapore Badminton Association intend sending a team of 12 players for the World Cup c h a m p 1 onships at Bangkok in Oct. 6-8. Two weeks ago, the BBA received an invitation for a team of
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  • 377 16  -  RSflockey By SURESH NAIR In the face of numerous problems, Including the last minute withdrawal* of several key players, It will be a proud day for Singapore If the National hockey team once again qualify for the final of the Razak Cup
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  • 420 16  -  RalRugby PHILIP TAN St. Andrew'! School regained the Kiwi Cup. symbol of schoolboy rugby supremacy, when they best Raffles Institution »-7 at Woodsrille yesterday. After winning the first leg 4-3. the Saints brushed aside the brief resistance put up by Rallies yesterday with a brilliant
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 272 16 7 Swift horses 8 Not so much 9 New Guinea city 10 Introduce 11 Withdrew 12 Metric measures 15 State with conviction 17 Canaveral sight 18 Ostrich's relative 23 Astrologer 24Deterloratlon 26 Hilly country feature 27 Rex Sf rout's Bertha 30 Lever 31 Beat It! 32 Gates 33 Egss 3
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  • 501 17 Lilt Mariene led past the 800 m and into the straight froir. Jaime and Antasena, *lth Miss Maggie closing in. LIU Mariene began to shorten strides rapidly. Jaime hit the front in a flash and went on to win by two lengths from
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  • 231 17  -  CSOnthe gj track By TURF RAY Penang, Tuesday Pret«nd (late Airlock) showed attractive form when he did a fluent 600m workout In 39.4 on a yielding track and Batu Oanioni this morning. The Tudor Melody five-year-old found one to beat in his last three starts over
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  • 17 17 The Queens town swimming pool will be closed for renovations from Friday until further notice.
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 43 17 ANDY CARP S "h ;i siU» m VI ■I ll < sJ I 1 c NORBERT UST ONE INI4E liM >/ > W m&»' aw? I !Ss 555 9 a a as a-: i m ii •4 by George Fett (JJOOLD NOU6O ALOiyS* UJITU DIRTY f?AT
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    • 147 17 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you almost always appear to best advantage. You are careful about personal grooming and you make an effort always to keep your spirits up, your mind active, your responses fresh. TOMORROW... LEO (July 23-Aug 22) A new friend broadens your social
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    • 147 17 Jan 19) A romantic Interlude early In the day may cause the bloom to fade from other activities. AQUARIUS (Jan 20Feb 18) Take on one thing at a time; otherwise, you may find that you have created a confusing situation. PISCES (Feb 19March 20) Business Interests demand more of your
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  • 239 18  -  By SURESH NAIR After an •■forced lay-off of nearly two years, Singapore's Asian Games 409metre record bolder Chee Swee Lee will be back in action pn Aug. at the lnaagaral Plash, Sembawang Tamils and ANZUK Triangular Open relays at Dieppe Barracks. Bat she will hare
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  • 369 18  -  ...as Mokhtar is certified fit again Soccer By FAUZI OMAR, TONY DANKER Malaysia's chief striker Mokhtar Daharl is fit again and should be able to play against Iraq tomorrow. This assurance was given by the Malaysian team medical officer, Dr Raja Malek, and his return will
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  • 226 18 Boxing AP Washington, Tuesday Muhammad All has charged that Leon Bplnks took a drug from a little black bottle during their light last Feb. 15 that cost All his heavyweight crown, the Washington Btar reported yesterday. The newspaper quoted All as saying: "I had that guy
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  • 231 18 Soccer Two goals, one in each half, by Hamdan Hamid gave Cairnhill a 2-1 win over second-placed Kakl Buklt Chal Chee In a Division One soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium last night. The nippy Singapore Malays striker scored the first goal in
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  • What's On
    • 330 19  -  Starting next Wednesday By Judith Holmberg Some of novelist P.G. Wodehouse's humorous and irreverent digs at society will be telecast in a series of plays starting next Wednesday. Wodehouse Playhouse consists or seven halfhour plays, and will be telecast on Ch. 5 at 10.40 p.m. from
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    • 38 19 A film entitled Future Shock will be screened at the teaching laboratory of the Science Centre today at 4 p.m. Six films on Light will also be screened at the centre on Friday at 4 p.m.
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    • 390 19  -  Glitter Chatter —A By Teo Lian Huay Remember Fong Po Po, that cute little child-star In the heyday of Cantonese movies in the *****? She lias now grown up, graduated from a British college In Interior decoration, happily married and la
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 402 19 cinema JULIA: Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave Rive sensitive performances as Lillian Hellman, the writer and Julia, her adored friend. Redgrave won the Oscar "78 for Best Supporting Actress In this role. This is the story of the very special relationship that existed between them. Also stars Maximilian Schell, Jason
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    • 342 19 Sports diary HOCKEY: Division One —Jansenltes "B" v 8embawang Shipyard. SCC "B" v Safsa "B" (SCC Padang). Division Two —SRC "B" v Khalsa "B" (SRC Padang). Division Three—Jansenltes "C" v Prisons "B". All at 5.15 p.m. SOCCER: Friendly Singapore Referees v Tien Hwa Press (Farrer Park. 5.15 p.nr* Brunei v
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    • 626 20 TV AND RADIO CTV Elegant Beautiful Modal C2&73E Experenced Famous. 3 55 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by THE WORLD OF 80UND. CIS SIRUVAR U LAGAM (T/r). The children discuss the Use Your Hands Campaign; there's a sketch called Use Tour Hands and a dance by Susan Das. 4.45 N E W
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    • 241 20 PUSPABJMA. (Ch. 5. 7.«5 p.m. In colour). Tnls musical variety show features Mllah Hussein. Sakura Tens, Gerry Lachlca and If. IsmalL The show also Includes a comic sketch by Ismail Fak Wan. Samad Ayob and 8. Samsuddln. Sam Oan's combo provides the must c a 1 accompaniment. WAR AND PEACE:
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  • 68 20 AH FOOK: The YMCA Scenes hifters should not ring down the curtain. It Is their Infrequent advertisement rather than what their chairman describes as an apparent lack of appreciation of the stage among Singaporeans that has resulted in dwindling support for the group. MEI LIN: Yes, our drama
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  • SPORT FOR EVERYONE
    • 425 21 Sport in Singapore Is for all. Ever since the Singapore Sports Council took office In 1973, succeeding the National Sports Promotion Board, the emphasis has been on mass participation. And in line with Its "Sport-for-all" policy, the SBC geared Its efforts to promote sport
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    • 823 22 The accent on this year's Pesta Sukan Is mass participation. For the first time, a mass swim Is being organised. It will be open to all. The Singapore Sports Council are still working on the details. It is not decided yet whether the swim
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    • 1204 23 It's so thrilling and yet so easy to karn Next to swimming, water skiing is the most popular sea sport in Singapore. And the popular haunts or water skiers here are Ponggol and the southern islands. Pew sights In sport are more spectacular than a
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    • 380 24 Fashion has invaded the world of sport so much so that a sports event these days has become something of a fashion show for spectators as well as competitors. "I know that a stylish appearance won't help improve my backhand but at least
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    • 324 25 For boating enthusiasts, there is a wide range of pleasure craft available in Singapore. There are something like a dozen brands ana numerous models to choose from. Coronet boat manufacturers from Denmark and Chrysler of Canada both have a vide selection, from the neat and
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    • 162 25 The need to get away from the hustle and buttle of city life is driving more and more people to the golf course. As a result, the sale of golfing equipment has become a booming business In Singapore. Oolf shops have sprouted In every corner
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    • 156 25 Tennis superstar BJorn Borg 1* cashing In on the Ricnthf footwear market by launching a number of sports shoee that will catch the eye of any fan. Bora. 22. who won the Wimbledon crown for third consecutive year, signed a lucrative contract with Italian
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    • 420 26 In the last six months, sports fans were entertained to a variety of events Involving Singapore representatives. For the army of soccer followers, the performances of the Singapore team In the Malaysia Cup was the highlight In the sporting calendar. Under coach Sebastian
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    • 982 27 Scuba diving Is fun. The underwater world is without doubt the most fascinating part of the globe, perhaps because so much of it is still largely unknown. Apart from the purely recreational pursuit of underwater hunting, there are many other phases of the
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