New Nation, 5 August 1978

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    21 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Saturday, August 5, 1978 No. 2329 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 r =^i i NEW NATION COMMENT
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    Sound start, says Raja
    656 1  -  US commits itself to Asean objectives From Edgar Koh Washlngton, Saturday Singapore Foreign Minister S. Rajaratnam said the first US-Asean ministerial meeting which ended here yesterday provides "a sound basis" for more detailed negotiations. He said Asean succeeded In obtaining direct, high-level US commitment for Its
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    Lock icon No progress made on Common Fund
    418 1 Reuter Washington, Saturday Asean ministers, in two days of talks here, told the United States they were disappointed at the lack of progress in setting up a Common Fund to stabilise commodity prices, a Joint statement said yesterday. Despite what both aides agreed was
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    Lock icon Tokyo missile secrets 'stolen'
    99 1 UPI Tokyo. Saturday Thousands of secret documents on missile research and troop deployment apparently were stolen from Japan's Defence Facilities Agency and diverted to China over a period of 10 years, the Yomlurl newspaper said today. Hie loss of the secret papers came to light following
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      85 1 Direct Reflectinq LoudspeaKer Sy s *eni ATLAS SOUND CO INSIDE Teng in power struggle: Report Page 5 IN THE OTHER PAGES: What's On 12; Stars. Crosswtrd 13; Moneywords 16; Comics 17. Imported clothes, handbags, and accessories trendy and casual. At unbelievable prices. Don't miss this opportunity. 01 I !< )l
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    Lock icon Garter full of praise for Asean
    582 2 Reuter AFP Washington, Saturday President Carter yesterday praised the harmony and stability of the five member states of Asean and offered help for the future. At a White House meeting with ministers from Indonesia. Malaysia. the Philippines. Singapore and Thailand, lfr Carter said: "I
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    Lock icon 30 for trade fair in Sydney
    110 2 Reuter Bangkok, Saturday— Awan will hold a trade fair In Sydney In October to promote Its exports to Australia, a Thai Commerce Ministry official said yesterday. More than 30 manufacturers of Asean industrial and semllndus trial products will take part in the fair at
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    Magic show
    35 2 The Interna tlonal Brotherhood of Magiel»ns. Singapore Ring 115, Will stage a two-hour show of magic at the Victoria Theatre on Aug 28 at 8.15 p.m. in conJunction with the National Day celebrations.
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    N-Day joy
    37 2 The Minister for Finance and MP for Havelock, Mr Hon Sul Sen, will open the National Day celebration* of Havelock community centre at its new building In Merchant Road on Aug 19 at 7.30 p.m.
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    NS man hurt in triple crash
    117 2 Still diwd from the impact of a triple crash, national serviceman Chin Soofc Onn, It, lies at the roadside to wait for the arrival of an ambulance. He was taken to the Alexandra Hospital where he was treated as an outpatient for eats on
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    NPB course
    24 2 The National Productivity Board will conduct a certificate course on Marketing Management from Monday to Aug 29 at the Holiday Inn Hotel.
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    Ideal Block contest
    136 2 Boon Teck constituency will hold an Ideal Residential Block contest to promote good neighbourliness and cleanliness. It will be launched by the MP for the constituency, Mr Phey Yew Kok, on Sunday at 3 p.m. as part of the 13th National Day celebrations. Community leaders, representatives of
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    Plans for $8m yard still unrealised
    129 2 Plans for an $8 million shipyard at Sembawang by Arab-owned Al-Jahra Shipyard have not materialised. The project was first announced by the managing director of Arab Investments for Asia, Mr Hussain Najadi, in 1975. The shipyard would have an initial investment of about $19
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    No such thing as too much growth: Dr Ow
    134 3 Singapore's economic development need not be slowed down because of changes and adjustments resulting from continuous growth. "There It no such thing u too much economic development." the Parliamentary Secretary (Culture), Dr Ow Chin Hock. said. Opening the National Day art
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    Sime's loan for future projects
    172 3 Sime Darby Holdings has reiterated that the balance of the 1475 mllrllon loan it has raised would be available to finance future projects, the Malaysian Business Times reported. Replying to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, which had given it until yesterday to provide more details
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    Tax rumours hit used cars trade
    345 3 Some secondhand car dealers have complained that their sales have been affected by rumours of an Impending Increase In road tax and fear of a crackdown by the Inland Revenue Department. The road tax rumour. they say, has been going on for a few
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      248 3 Catch the 24-hour Non-Stop Dancing Fever with Sony A 24-hour marathon dance contest Island Ballroom, Shangri-La HotelC^ Bpm Bth to Bpm 9th August 1978 marathon dance O o Catch the night fever, join the non-stop marathon dance contest and win fabulous pnzes Prizes: Ist prize $3,000/- cash 2nd prize: $2.0001-
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    Don't grouse about quotas, textile men told
    304 4  -  By Ting Hi Keng Singapore textile and garment manufacturers should stop grumbling about export quotas of other countries because these can actually work to their advantage to a certain degree. The president of the Singapore Textile Products Manufacturers Association and the Singapore Garments
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    Nantah dons going to work...
    79 4 It's a comfortable half-boor bos ride for these Nanyang University lecturers going to work at the Buklt Ttmah Joint campus. The 14-seat mini-bus leaves Nantah in Jurong four times a day. The number of passengers depend on the number of lecturers to be conducted by
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    PA all geared for new policy
    229 4 All 'Staff of community centres have been prepared to put Into practice the People's Association's new policy of catering to the social needs of the people, particularly those living in public housing estates. About 500 organising secretaries and assistant organising secretaries of 167 community
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    S'poreans eat less rice
    169 4 Singaporeans eat less rice than people of the other four Asean countries. They also prefer fragrant rice, although it cost more and Its price has been rising more rapidly than that of other grades. The consumption pattern Is reported In the latest Issue of the Trade
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    Beng Lock elected
    37 4 Mr Lim Beng Lock has been elected president of the Institution of Fire Engineers (UK) Singapore Branch. Other officials are Messrs Loh Kah Loon (vice-president), Han Jin Phong (secretary) and Wong Hlng Sing (treasurer).
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    PSA plans to set up another nursery
    66 4 The Port Authority Is planning to set up another nursery on a 4.7 hectare piece of land in Thomson Road. Its one-hectare nursery In Keppel Road has 18,000' grown planU, but not enough to meet the landscaping and decorating requirements for the various
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    N-Day joy
    37 4 The Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and MP for Braddell Heights. Mr Lee Khoon Choy. will open the National Day celebrations In his constituency at Ming Sin School on Sunday at 7.30 p.m.
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    M-cycles don't need permit to enter Malaysia
    102 4 Singapore motorcycllsti no longer need a vehicle permit to ride into Peninsular Malaysia. A spokesman for the Malaysian High Coramission's ear permits section said this is because of a recent amendment to the Malaysian Boad Traffic Ordinance. The amendment, which took effect from
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    Contest
    31 4 Enclk Rahlm Ishak, Senior Minister of Btate (Foreign Affairs), will attend the 1978 Slglap Kebaya Queen contest at the People's Action Party Slglap Branch on Aug 16 at 8 p.m.
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    Lock icon Libya, China may discuss relations
    140 5 Reuter Peking, Saturday Senior Libvan leader Abdel-Salam Jalloud arrived on a surprise visit yesterday, and Arab diplomats said he might discuss the establishment of diplomatic relations between Tripoli and Peking. Major Jalloud. regarded as the Number Two man in the Libyan Jamahlriyah, was greeted at
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    Why ties with Viets went sour
    379 5 China opposed Vietnam scheme for Indo-China grouping, says Li World Focus Tokyo, Saturday Chinese Vice Premier Li Hsien-nien said yesterday h1 s country's opposition to the alleged Vietnamese scheme for an Indo-china confederation was a major reason for strained relations between Hanoi and Peking,
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    Lock icon Bulgaria backing for Hanoi
    73 5 Reuter Vienna, Saturday Bulgaria and Vietnam Issued a Joint statement condemning China's policies in South-east Asia yesterday at the end of a four-day official visit to Sofia by Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh. The statement, carried by the official BTA News Agency, pledged Bulgarian support
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    Lock icon HK defends plan for offshore tax
    249 5 AFP Hong Konf, Saturday Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Phliip Haddon-Cave has defended government's Intention to tax certain offshore profits of financial Institutions operating here. He was replying to critics of the proposal to impose a 17 per cent tax on Interest earned in an
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    Lock icon Power struggle in China, says FEER
    137 5 AFP Hong Kong, Sat. The Far Eastern Economic Review, In Its latest Issue, published a highly speculative article on an alleged power struggle In China, claiming vicePremier Teng Hklao-plng "may have made his decisive bid for domination of Peking leadership." The article depended on
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    Lock icon 'ME talks at critical point now'
    408 6 Vance: US prepared to put forward its own proposals World Focus Reuter Washington, Saturday Secretary of State Cyrus Vance said yesterday the Middle East peace talks had reached a critical point and the United Btates was prepared to put forward Its own proposals to
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    Lock icon TODAY
    123 6 UPI TODAY Is Saturday, Aug. 5. the 217 th day of 1978 with 148 to follow. Those born on this date aire under the sign of Leo. French novelist Ouy De Maupassant was born on Aug. 5. 1890. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1982, actress Marilyn Monroe died
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    75 6 AFP Bonn, Saturday The Health Board of a small West Gorman town generously paid for "therapy" Involving weekly visits to a prostitute for a young patient suffering from sexual hangups bat the treatment failed to produce results and had to be stopped after six months, the Medical
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    Lock icon 'Security risk'
    56 6 Reuter Oeneva. Saturday The International Labour Organisation yesterday said It had sacked a senior Soviet official at its Oeneva headquarters because the Swiss government considered him a security risk for the country. Oregorl Mlagkov, 51, was dismissed from his Job in the ILO's training department last Monday at
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    Lock icon It's Miss Costa Rica!
    82 6 Tokyo, Saturday Vivian Del Carmen Uncer Borbon of Coata Rica waves for photographers after being crowned Mlw Young International *78 yesterday. Other prlse-wlnnlng beauties are (from left) Cagiayan Bin got of Turkey (Ml4l Friendship). 15-year-old Brook Alexander of Hawaii (second) and Mexico's Martha Enftnta Games (third),
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    Lock icon Manila talks on N-safeguards
    163 6 Reuter Manila, Saturday Philippine and Australian officials sat down yesterday to hammer out a nuclear safeguards agreement that could lead to regular supplies of Australian uranium to thfe country's first nuclear power plant. Their talks were started In Canberra In March and an Australian Embassy spokesman
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    Lock icon Mine deaths
    35 6 Reuter Bangkok, Saturday Three people were killed and several others wounded when their bus hit a landmine believed to have been planted by communist guerillas In eastern Thailand, a military spokesman yesterday said.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon House puts aside the Foreign Aid Bill
    157 6 Reuter Washington. Saturday The House of Representatives yesterday temporarily put aside a major foreign aid Bill after cutting more than U851.2 billion ($2.7 billion) from President Carter's request*. Before agreeing to postpone further action, the House voted to add more than US$l3 million
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    Lock icon Salt pact pledge by the US
    115 6 Reuter Washington, Saturday Secretary of State Cyrus Vance yesterday pledged the' United States would work for a new strategic Arms Limitations (Salt) agreement with the Soviet Union until a satisfactory treaty was obtained. Mr Vance, making a brief statement to the House of Representatives
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    Lock icon Ball pen kills man
    46 6 AFP Yokohama, Saturday —A motorcyclist was killed on Thursday when an ordinary metal ballpoint pen, kept in hla left shirt pocket, stabbed his chest in a fall. The 30-year-old man fell from the bike after a slight collision with a forkllft truck.—AFP.
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    Lock icon Son Sen continues talks in Peking
    139 6 Reuter Peking, Saturday Chinese Vice Premier Chen Hsl-kien and Kampuchean Defence Minister Son Sen continued their talks in Peking yesterday. Mr Son Ben arrived in Peking on July 29 at the head of the most senior Kampuchean military delegation to visit China since the
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    Lock icon Roof-to-roof
    28 6 Reuter Beirut, Saturday A newspaper columnist yesterday coined a new term for a weapon used in the Indiscriminate shelling between East and West Beirut the "roof-to-roof" missile.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Sonoda recalls his man from Peking
    188 6 Reuter Tokyo, Saturday Foreign Minister tiunao Sonooa yesterday ordered home a senior member of the Japanese delegation which has been negotiating a proposed peace and friendship treaty with Chinese-offi-cials in Peking, the Foreign Ministry said. Mr Yosuke Nakae, director-general of the Ministry's Asian Affairs
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      190 6 i ;Ui WEATHER Paris Cloudy, 1421C. Headline: Two more Arabs killed In Parli shootout. Rome Partly cloudy. 18-32 C. Headline: President Pertlnl meets Pope at Castel Oandolfo. Moscow Clear. 2818C. Pravda's headline: Detente—the real cause. Bonn Partly cloudy, 24-16 C. Headline: Arab! waging war In Europe. London Rainy, 2114C. Headline:
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    Lock icon Newsman (he won't give up his notes) jailed
    281 7 World Focus Reuter Hackensack (New Jersey), Saturday New York Times reporter Myron Farber went to Jail yesterday for refusing to give up his notes on a murder case. Farber lost his battle to stay out of jail yesterday morning when a Supreme
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    Lock icon Amin unhurt in crash
    59 7 Reuter Nairobi, Saturday Ugandan President Idl Amln, competing in a four-day motor rally, escaped unhurt yesterday when his car was involved in an accident while being driven by his Junior wife, Sarah. Sarah was his co-driver In the rally, staged to mark the sixth anniversary of
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    Lock icon 500 protest
    37 7 Reuter Osaka, Saturday. About 500 ban-the-bomb activists yesterday lay down In the road In front of an electric power company headquarters here to protest against Its plan to resume work with an atomic power plant.
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    Stuck in a groove
    386 8 The Singapore record Industry appears to be in a groove, following Chief Justice Mr Wee Chong Jin's decision, in a reserved Judgement on Wednesday, to allow an appeal by a businessman against conviction for possessing "pirated cassettes." The prosecution had charged that the businessman had for
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      At wit's end
      83 8 A Journalist always prides on his or her ability to explain statistical discrepancies. But one such problem cropped up during a press conference with a famous film star that had the reporters at wit's end. Asked about her marriage and family, she revealed that she had been
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      Sizing up the problem
      55 8 Take a tip from the man who has found an ingenious solution to the problem of constant weight fluctuations. He does not worry about having to "grow" into his pants nor feel the pinch of buying new clothes. His solution: keep four sets of clothes of
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    SBS shares puzzle
    112 8 THE CPF Board published a list of Custodian Receipts for SBB shares, reported to have been lost or destroyed (NN. July 15). On going through the list, I could not help noticing the names of holders with more than one lot of 500 shares. I wonder how
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    That Clemenceau letter...
    283 8  -  C. B. ROBBINS. It is with the greatest interest that I read your article on street names <NN, July 11). Referring to Clemenceau Avenue, you mentioned a 1920 letter asking the French Prime Minister, Mr Georges Clemenceau, for permission to use his name. I was the American
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    Schools: All should be treated equal
    394 8 The Minister of State (National Development), Mr S. Dhanabalan deserves a pat on the back when he rapped mission schools for resorting to "subtle pressure and benign neglect" in bringing aboct excellent academic results (NN, July 27). As an old boy of a Catholic
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    Contact lenses: 'I did not say that'
    173 8  -  H.C. LEOW President, Singapore Contact Lens Society, Singapore 9. With reference to your story on "Society to meet on lens fear" (NN, July 19), your reporter had put words Into my mouth by quoting unless strict control is exercised in the form of
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    Don't pooh-pooh the idea of muesli or granola—they make for a better diet
    657 9  -  Bj Gloria Chandy Singaporeans may still pooh-pooh the idea of sitting down to muesli or granola breakfasts and substituting brown rice and whole grain bread for the usual staple food. But the fact that late evening and
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    Growing interest in health foods in S'pore
    290 9 "The business seems to have grown in Singapore since I started," said Mr Brown. "But people are still more interested in vitamins and food supplements than In natural and organic foods. They will not buy anything at random. "1 Keep a lot of
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    In other words...
    527 9  -  by Tan Bah Bah Granted that what Mr S. Rajaratnam said In Belgrade was true, years from now, one of your great grandchildren may well ask you: What did you do In the Third World War, great grandpa? Tou could try either one of two honest answer*:
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    Slam-wham! That's how ads are put in
    337 10 / 11  -  Siqht Si Sound l.v Judith Holmberg Don't mention advertisements to me. They are a constant bugbear. Interfering with the smooth presentation of a programme. A little more acceptable when they come during built-in commercial breaks, they are particularly vile when the stoppages are
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      1292 10 / 11 YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE Enter TELEFUNKEN Holiday Contest (SINGAPORE 5 SATURDAY 100 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by SESAME STREET. 2.00 SATURDAY MATINEE: Massacre Harbour. Set at the beginning of World War II. Four soldiers from the Allied Forces are assigned to free 5000 Allied prlsoners-of-war held In a North African camp
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      735 10 / 11 FM STEREO SATURDAY 6.00 PM Test Tape 0.04 Opening Announcements 6 05 Programme Summary 0.10 Music At Sun&et with Santi Latora Latin Soul 6.30 News (E) 6.40 Music At Sunset with Percy Faith Orch. and Chorus Angel of the Morning 7.00 Radio Concert: Yeh Yoke Lay (soprano). Shul Chlng Jun
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      612 10 / 11 Top Shows of the Weekend V r i I «0 IiMT MIDNIGHT MOVIE: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. (Ch. 5, 11.20 p.m. in colour). Anita Loos' witty and extremely funny novel of a dumb blonde imbibing the social life of gay Parel is turned into a slapstick comedy that only retains its
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  • What's On A page that tells you what's happening on TV and in town
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      Blyton's Famous Five now a TV series
      221 12 The legendary Famous Five stories by Enid Blyton—the most widely-read children's author In the world have entered the world of television. The £1 million (S4J million) Southern TV aeries in M parts Is being screened In Britain with Five oo Klrrln Island as
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      Lock icon Beatles' beat goes on
      584 12 Reuter Los Angeles: Sergeant pepper Is about to make another small fortune for former Beatles, John Lennon and Paul McCartney and they don't have to sing a note. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band, a film based on tne Beetles' record album hit of 10 years
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      That fatal 55 th move
      160 12  -  Chess bv Leslie Leow If Viktor Korchnol comes close but fails to defeat Anatoly Karpov in their current world championship match, he may never forgive himself for his 55th move in the fifth game. In one 111-concelved move he negated more than six masterful hours
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      655 12 [C and around PRESS PHOTO exhibition featuring prlzewlnnlnn pictures from the first Singapore Press Photo contest Lucky Plan. On till tomorrow. R1818 ORCHID MAKING demonatra Hon, opera mask-malting demonstration, shoe making demonstration, Pewter cutting, fortune telling. T-shirt design contest and a fashion show at Isetan Singapore Fair 10 ajn. to
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      255 12 Today: 12.11 p.m. (2.3m); 11.34 p.m. (2.7m). Tomorrow: 12.38 pjxi. (2.4m); 6.07 p.m. (0.9m). Monday: 12.10 ajn. (2.7m); 1.04 p.m. (2.4m). Taesday: 1X43 am. (2.7m), 1.33 p.m. (2.5m). Wednesday: 121 a.m. (2.6m); 2.02 p.m. (2.5m). Tharaday: 2.01 am. (2.5m); 2.36 p.m. (2.4m). TOUGH OUT (Mandarin): A well-known eonstable la sent
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    Lock icon Money Market
    154 13 UPI London, Saturday The US dollar closed mixed on European and Tokyo monu markets yesterday, Riding the week on a generally low note. Gold remained over the US$2Ol mark, though closing down on the day In Zurich and London. The dollar quickly sank to 1.7052 Swiss francs in
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    Bullish week: ST index a 5-yr high
    320 13  -  Market roundup by Rav K.Dhaliwal Bullish sentiment dictated the rapid pace of business at the Stock Exchange of Singapore this week, sending the Straits Times industrial index soaring to a five-year high of 360.76. The uptrend, which boosted the blue chips, was visible
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    NEW YORK
    247 13 The stock market, battling profit taking pressures all day, closed out a record trading week yesterday with a modest pain that pushed the Dow Jones Industrial average to a 12-month high. The Dow average, up and down throughout the day, managed to gain 1.56 points to 888.43, the
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    36 13 UPI Maw York, Sfetuntey"—Dow Jones closing average* on the NYBC yesterday: JO In* duatrlala IHti (up LM); 20 transport 34* 83 (up 0.10); 15 utilities 106.15 (up 0.30); 65 stocks 307.31 (up 0.49). UPt
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    Lock icon TOKYO
    149 13 AFP Price* scored another good gain yesterday, the second rally in a row, with the Dow Jones average Jumping 19.89 points to 5576.61 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange market. The 225-stock Dow Jones average rose 5.90 points on Thursday. Market analysts attributed the gain to the Japanese yen's
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    PARIS
    68 13 Closing prices on the Parte Bourn yesterday: Part bah 111.60 —l.flO Fonder an —3.30 Prtntempa 100 60 Bull 46.00 60 Royal Dutch MlclnJtw MB ino —M COB 3M50 —«J50 Thomson MK —6.30 CFP 147 Rhone 10B 50 unch Air MO —•JO BSN Mt —M PhltJpe BUM 51 45 JO
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    Lock icon Japan to adopt new measure of growth
    143 13 r n Business News and Views v AFP Tokyo, Saturday Japan will switch from the present national Income statistics to the United Nations recommended system of national accounts (SNA) to measure the nation's economic growth, it was decided yesterday. The switch, approved at
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    240 13 AP BANGKOK: The presldent of Japanese Chamber of Commerce I. Hayashl promised to urge Japanese businessmen to Import more product! from Thailand. President of Thailand's Board of Trade Ob Vatsurat, said. Reuter. COLOMBO: The Sri Lanka government Is negotiating with a number of countries to export 100,000 tonnes
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    120 13 AFP Hone Kong. Saturday A Hong Kong document relating to overseas Arms tendering for government contracts will be presented at the current Tokyo Round talks In Geneva, it was learned yesterday. The document will be the basis of Hong Kong's negotiating position on the
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    106 14  -  POETRY CORNER Arthur Yap A.M. LYNN Two dark screens divide his face Into two hemispheres, physical barriers to colour and brightness, optical hopelessness. A tapping stick substitutes for his vision. Tap, tap, tap—sighs of despair ricochet In the air. Flies, documents, books have greedily retained their share
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    215 14 This poem la striking In the way It brings out vividly, graphically almost, the details concerning the blind man. The flrst two lines etch a face with dark glasses, a physical feature of some blind people. This Is then extended Inwards to bring out the
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    1133 14 Robust poetry by Asean Literary Award winner Hi TIME AND ITS PEOPLE. By Muhammad Haji Salleh. (Heinemann, 1978) 80 pages. $4.50. Reviewed by KSK. From the graceful pen of last year's winner of the Asean Literary Award comes this slim collection of 12 poems.
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    689 14 A FAMILY FORTUNE. By Jerome Weidman. 474 paces. Simon A Schuster. U5510.95 Review by Thomas Lask. NYT It Is hard not to admire the craft, the mastery that Jerome Weldman displays In hit newest novel, A Family Fortune. The easy transition from scene to
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      328 15 Other than old movies and photographs, the next best thing to turn to for an idea of the past ways of lives Is probably to visit an antique shop. Antiques are things that we prize not only because they are rare and enduring (stUl In good recognisable
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      365 16 Swimming records fall like ninepins The 11th Commonwealth Games UPI Edmonton, Saturday Carol Klimpel of Canada won the gold medal for the women's 100 metres freestyle the first medal of the Commonwealth Games. Kllm pel's time of 57:78 seconds was a new Commonwealth Oames record. The
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      289 16 ...but it's called off by midday Edmonton, Saturday A wildcat stoppage by but drivers and rallwaymen left Edmonton without public transport on the first morning of competition yesterday In the Commonwealth Games here. Games officials used school buses operated by private companies to ferry athletes to competition venues.
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      140 16 |T3 Athletics Reuter Brescia. Saturday Sara Slmeonl of Italy became the first woman to Jump higher than two metres when she set a new world record of 2.01 metres at an athletics meet here last night. Miss Slmeonl. 25, eased over the bar
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      59 16 Swimming AFP Woodlands, SaturdayAustralian swimmers broke the longest-stand-ing national record at the United States swimming championships here yesterday, not once but twice. In the men's 100 metres freestyle trials. Mike Wende's 1968 Olympic gold-medal winning time of 52.2 was bettered by Mark Kerry with 52.00, then
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      125 16 Basketball Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Saturday—A late second half rally enabled Singapore to beat Indonesia 55-47 In the Seventh Asian women's basketball championships here last night. With the win Singapore completed their outings with 11 Singapore, who led 3230 at half time, topscored through Quek Leng Ouat
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      302 16 p^j^gBadminton Reuter Edmonton, SaturdayMalaysia quickly clinched their first match In the team event of the badminton competition here yesterday by beating Guernsey 5-0. Malaysia and Canada, who also beat Isle of Man 5-0, won all their matches In straight sets. But England and India, who
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    Exposed! Two flaws in our team...
    368 17  -  |M3 Athletics By SURESH NAIR Two of the biggest flaws In Singapore athletics at school level was exposed at the recent Asean meet In Kuala Lumpur the lack of Quality long-distance runners and throwers. Singapore's representatives in races above the 800 m were slaughtered.
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    Fast 1500m
    43 17 Oslo, Saturday—Britain's Btere Ovett, who will not be competing In the Edmonton Commonwealth Games, ran the fastest 1500 metres race of the year at an athletics meeting here last night, clocking 3:15.8 sec., to beat Steve Scott (US) by OA seconds.
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    Ploenchit,the scourge of the left-handers
    378 17  -  By BRIAN MILLER Bangkok. Saturday The fifth Asian bowling championships will be remembered not only for their high scores and the abundance of Thai hospitality but also as the tournament that turned out to be a graveyard for the left-handed bowler. Scores seldom He. And
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    697 17  -  With seven games to go R9 Bowling BRIAN MILLER reporting from Bangkok Singapore's K. M. Mok, the only member of the Singapore team to qualify for an individual event, could only manage an eight-game series total of 1488 at the end of the first phase of
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    536 18  -  By K.L. CHAN Metropolitan II should make the grade In Race 8. the 1200 m event for Claas 4 Division 2 horses at Penang today. The three year old Irish gelding, has had two outlnga to date. Making his debut at Buklt Tlmah In May. he was trailing
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    147 18 SCRUTINEER BRIAN MILLER K.L. CHAN TURF RAY Race 1: New Hand Proud Moment Liquidator Spring Water Mar Do PteU New Hand On A Par Tong Hong R*w t: Kmc t: John tabid Mahmouh Pleasanton Lady Oytal Eafk Mahmouh Persaader Lave Me Tender Hypersonic Rainbow Lad Neat And Paat John
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    514 19 Dragon Command in line for a post-War record RACING vi itli Scrutineer i 9 Drafon Command will be attempting a feat no horse has succeeded in postwar years when he lines up for the Sultan's Gold Vase Trial (Race 5) over 1100 m straight at Ipoh tomorrow—to
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    488 20  -  BRIAN MILLER discovers an all-out. training programme for a December impact in Bangkok BRIAN MILLER B&nfkok, Saturday Bouth Korean athletes wtll be the ones to watch when the Asian Games get underway here In December. This "warning" vu expressed by the South Ko*Tean bowling delegate,
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    EDMUND IN TROUBLE...
    231 20 National goalkeeper Edmund Wee broach! oat all his trick* at the National Stadium last night. Bajt It wasn't enongh to stop Armed Forees from putting two goals past aim In a fc-i win over Tainpines Rovers. Now Ferces remain the only unbeaten team in the First Division
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    41 20 Reuters Edmonton, SaturdayCanada took the second S>ld medal on the openg day of the Commonwealth Games In a dramatic last-leg duel with Australia in the men's 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay, winning in 3:27.04 sec., a new record.
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