New Nation, 19 August 1978

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    20 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Saturday, August 19, 1978 No. 2341 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 Nlw (Lyi N VIION COMMENT
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    Lock icon Goh's task force starts work
    397 1  -  By Teresa Ooi Dr Goh Keng Swee's task force on education has swung Into action. Yesterday, when I asked him to comment on his new duty after his third visit to the Education Ministry at Kay Slang Road, the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister
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    Lock icon SRI LANKA TO BAN GEMS EXPORT
    96 1 Reuter Colombo, Saturday Bxl Lanka hu decided that gem* are a govern men ft best Mend, It vm disclosed yesterday. Official sources announced that the state will stop the export of gems Immediately and buy the most expensive for a government "gem reserve" to
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    Lock icon Minister sacked
    56 1 Reuter Peking, Saturday China'i Minister of Commerce, Mr. Wang Lei, has been tacked after only a few months on the eb. The New China ews Agency said Mr Yao Tl Lin had been appointed In his place, Mr Chlen Min had been made Minister of the Fourth Ministry
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    Lock icon Peking pact worries Jakarta
    93 1 UPI Jakarta. Saturday. The peace and friendship treaty recently signed In PNdng by Japan and China has raised concern In Indonesia. Foreign Minister Mochtar KusumaatmadJa said yesterday: "Increasing exportation of oil from China to Japan will lower the Indonesian oil export volume." Many of yesterday's newspaper
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      207 1 -.V 7 r i c/i\n rvv.fr/utJ AV Interoudio (>iin• v !',t';' ii incroasp \ou r liMoniruj p.l«\i in ATLAS SOUND CO ijr Reserve Board acts Pfcge 7 My two TO -by PM Page 4 IN THE OTHEB PAGES: Stan 1; Crosswords 4; Comics 7; Whst'i on 12; Moneywords 16. U
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    Why our exports saw a big jump...
    472 2 The Department of Trade has attributed the big Increase In domestic exports last year to the rapid expansion In the magnitude and range of Singapore's manufactured goods. In Its annual report for 1977-78. It says Industrialisation In Singapore has brought about a distinct
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    Nerve centre for city traffic
    85 2 This Is an artist's impression of the nerre centre for the computerised centra! area traffic control system to be Installed In Singapore In 1981. It will be situated In the basement of National Development Building. The computer will control 150 traffic and pedestrian signals In
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    Singapore not on Viet PM's tour itinerary
    439 2  -  By Gerry de Silva Singapore Is not on the Itinerary of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Van Dong's proposed visit to the region, accord" ing to government sources. They were commenting on press reports that Vietnamese diplomats were trying to arrange for him to
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    Jubilee dinner
    77 2 A variety concert and dinner will be highlights of the silver Jubilee of Assump"tlon English School, Boys TOwn. The Archbishop of Singapore, Monslgnor Oregor/* Tong, will be guest or honour at to- morrow's variety concert at the Boys TOwn Home Hall at 7 pan. The Senior Minister of
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      264 2 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those naturally domestic people who delight In the trivia of every day. TOMORROW... LEO (July 23-Aug. 23) A quiet day brings you Into contact with thoughts almost forgotten. The future looks bright VIRGO (Aug. 23-Bept. 22) Morning
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      290 3 Gigi Galon (last 2 nights) An accomplished singer with the ability to bring out the best in a song. And the confidence to project her dynamic personality into the number. Make it a night to be remembered at The Neptune or Kasbah. With the dynamic and delightful Gigi Galon! lli
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    My 2 sons and their values—by the PM
    673 4 My 2 sons and their values —by the PM Mr Lee Kuan Yew has given a personal example of how an eastern value system developed through C h 1 n e se education had helped his sons ward off undesirable western Influences. The Prime Minister aald when his elder eon,
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    Need for 6 more leaders
    216 4 The Prime Minister has said he needs to find /another five or she more second echelon leaders to form the future leadership of the government. Presently the group Is rather small. Mr Lee Kuan Tew was speaking In Mandarin to a capacity crowd of 3000
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    Hold endof-year meetings call to teachers
    193 4 Hold end-of-year meetings call to teachers Teachers should hold conferences at the end of each year to record their observations on pupils they have taught. This will provide "a good profile" of the pupUs which can be used by the next group of teachers who will teach them. The director
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    Wasteful change
    87 4 Schools should not change their prescribed textbooks unnecessarily. This Is to cut down costs and wastage, the Education Ministry said In a circular to all schools and Junior colministry will only enteftaln a .change of textbooks If there are valid reasons and the books have been In uae
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    Wee Kok glows with success
    108 4 T»n Wee Kok. I*. cant see the trophy he has won but the feeling of suceems makes him flow. The primary three blind student was top in the School for the Blind's braille reading contest (Junior section) last night. He looked surprised when the results
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      287 4 ACROSB 1 Soft drink 5 Information 9 Having beams 14 Monkey saw, monkey did 15 Came to rest 16 Wear away 17 Teil the truth to 19 Tall: Lat. 20 Groups of three 21 Past due 23 State: abbr. 24 Reception hall 25 Blessing 27 Adored one 29 Become discouraged
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    We will return if there is support
    433 5 say SPpore physicists Four Singapore physicists who are working abroad said they would "gladly come home" to serve the country If they can get support and research facilities. They gave their comment* In an Interview yesterday. They were here to attend the Ave
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    Only four attend talk on divorce
    100 5 Only four people turned up for a talk on divorce given by a lawyer at the YMCA Orchard Road centre last night Undaunted by the poor turnout, Kir Bam Klshan delivered his talk on the law of divorce. He said desertion was the most
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    Lawyer dies
    41 5 Mr Tan Koon Inn, 73, a municipal commissioner in IWB—4l who died yesterday, will be cremated at the Mount Vernon crematorium at ISOpjn. today. Mr Tan, a lawyer, was the great grandson of of the late Tan TOck Seng.
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    Poet Goh shares Penang memories
    208 5  -  By Jane Chew His head bowed In concentration, his back rigid, he sat still and recited for 90 minutes. Poet Dr Goh Poh Seng was reliving a week he spent in Batu Ferringhi four years ago. He shared his memories with an audience of about
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    SBS stamps on sale
    49 5 Singapore Bus Service concession stamps will be on sale from Monday to Sept 5 at all pott offices, the BBS Jurong Interchange and the six Silo supermarkets. The supermarkets are at Boon Lay, Buklt PanJang, Halg Road. Kallang Bahru, Taman Jurong and Upper Berangoon Road.
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    Small blind population
    180 5 Singapore's blind population of 1500 Is far smaller than the world average of two per cent of a country's total population. The world average was worked out by the World Council tor the Welfare of the Blind and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (lAPF).
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    Jega talk
    32 5 Mr. J. Jegathesan, author of Journey to God, will give a talk on Sal Baba and Sal Seva at Oovindasamy Filial Kalyana Mandapam, Race Course Road, today at 7.30 pjn.
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    Scope for chemical industry —dean
    99 5 The building of a petrochemical complex in Singapore will open up new hortaons for the chemical Industry, Professor Ang Kok Peng, dean of the University of Singapore's Paculty of Science, said today. Prof Ang, who was opening the seminar on petrochemicals at the Regional Language
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      100 5 r*mst V" a hmo at* «,>»■»..>. MERLIN POOI .SfDF. SNACKBAR It's on the 4th floor of the Merlin Hotel. We open at noon; come any time between 12 and 8 p.m. daily for beverages, ice-cream and long, cool thirst quenchers. On Saturdays. Sundays and holidays, we pamper ypu; we serve
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    Lock icon US team for Hanoi talks
    426 6 World Focus Reuter Washington, Saturday Eight members of the U8 House of Representatives left yesterday for Vietnam for talks on missing American servicemen and the future of US Vietnamese relations. The group, headed by Mississippi Democrat O. V. Montgomery, *u chosen by Houie Speaker Thomas
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    Lock icon TODAY
    137 6 UPI TODAY Is Saturday, Aug 19. the 231 st day of 1978 with 134 to follow. Those born on this data are under the sign of Leo. American elder statesmen Bernard Baruch was born on Aug 19. 1870. ON THIS DAT IN HI8TOBY: In 1915. two Americana were killed
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    72 6 AFP MUwankee (Wisconsin), Saturday Heroin addict Percy Morgan, S3, has cured his addiction by saving his yoanger sister's life. When Percy, an addict slnee ho waa 17, heard his sistor Carolyn, 19, wooM die without a kidney transplant, ho offered, hie own for the life-saving operation. Ho
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    Lock icon Janata row deepens
    159 6 Reuter New Delhi, Saturday. Nearly 40 government MPs met here yesterday to voice their strong opposition to former Home Minister Charan Singh taking over as president of the ruling Janata Party. The meeting appeared almost certain to spell defeat for the compromise formula evoived on Tuesday to
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    Lock icon Low-fare flights
    87 6 UPI Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday United Airlines will file an application on Tuesday with the Civil Aeronautics Board tor routes linking the ys with China, the company said yesterday. Unlted's application will ask for authority to fly to Peking, Shanghai and Canton. The flights would come from New York,
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      361 6 AUSTRALIA 13 DAYS $2,720' 17 DAYS $3080 13 DAYS FROM $2650 YOURS a choice of three MAS Goldeo Holidays to Australia, Land of Kangaroos and Boomerangs. Step out with us from sandy beaches on the shore to an interior of bushland, beautiful mountain country, ski resorts, old gold mining towns
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      145 6 Puis Warmer, 14- S0C, Headline: Chinese 11C. Headline: Impossible leader Hua Kuo-feng. balloon feat of Amerl- President Nlcolae Ceaucans roeoscds. sescu of Rumania hold Be— Pair, 22-IOC. cordial talks. Headline: BtIs grave- Seoul Rain, 31-23C. looters, shots, lire. Headline: Ruling and opMosoow Clear, 18-8C. position camps prepare Pravda's headline: Pay
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    Lock icon Plunging $ gets a boost
    297 7 Plunging gets a boost World Focus Reuter Washington, Saturday The plunging U6 dollar was boosted yesterday when America's Central Bank raised Internal Interest rates and President Carter got his stalled energy legist latlon back on the floor of Congress. Vice-President Walter Mondale, speaking on TV, said Mr Carter scored a
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    Lock icon IMPOTENCE CURE CLAIM
    66 7 Reuter New Delhi, SaturdayImpotence can now be cured by Inflatable penile Implants, the Indian II e d 1c a 1 Association journal reported yesterday. "Urologists can now offer an artificial sexual potency which Is capable of normal or even more efficient performance," said the report by Dr
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    Lock icon Rumania talks surprise
    300 7 Reuter Bucharest. Saturday China and Rumania last night Issued a statement condemning all forma of foreign domination after a surprise extra round of talis between visiting Chinese leader Hua Kuofeng and Rumanian President Nlcolae Ceausescu. The statement, which Rumanian officials described as a press communique agreed by
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    Lock icon Rhodesia discussing agenda for big meet
    195 7 AFP Bulawayo, (Rhodesia), Saturday Rhodesia's transitional government Is holding talks with US and British government officials on the agenda for a planned AngloAmerican all party confarence Involving the Patriotic Front guerilla alliance. Premier lan Smith announced here la&t night Speaking after opening a Rhodesian
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    Lock icon Exports of EEC show faster growth
    152 7 UPI Brussels. Saturday. The European Common Market's foreign trade deficit shrunk last year as the community's exports grew faster than Its Imports the Statistical Office said yesterday. Britain's reduced oil lmDort needs was a major factor in cutting the community's deficit in trade with
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    Lock icon Jakarta may buy the M-16s, but...
    102 7 UPI Jakarta, Satarday Indonesia may ehooae the US-made M-1C rifles bat nu; still shop In Earope to falfll part of Its rearmament pro(ramme, military sources said yesterday. The soarces said Indonesia probably will select the M-16 for "political reasons," alt hooch -there to a
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    Lock icon Asean visit
    39 7 AFP Bangkok, Saturday A high level US Investment mission, led by former US Deputy Secretary of State Charles Robinson, will visit Thailand in October or early November to discuss Investment possibilities in Asean, embassy sources announced yesterday.—ATP.
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      32 7 ANDY CARP 55F5? r. r»i J» If iN \s ym w 1 r* c I4OUJ ABOUT A Kl-SS, OIG- OOV I'V\ A, VOUKX& PPiroce UK)C€f? A MA&IC SPCLL TOATS U*AV i aske-D
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    What to preserve — and how
    420 8 What to preserve and how As urban redevelopment progresses, many familiar land-marks will disappear to become part of a nostalgic past. It may happen that within a space of weeks or months, as has occurred recently, some of them will have almost simultaneously given way to development projects, either government
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      Not worth the wait
      101 8 There have been lone queues at the Development Bank of Singapore offices recently when several companies went public and people have been rushing for application forms for the shares. One potential Investor saw a lone queue at DBS Shenton Way last week and decided to Join
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      Friendly disease
      45 8 A colleague told his friend who rang him that he had hepatitis and had been hospitalised Three weeks later, the same friend rang, this time to tell the colleague that HE was down with hepatitis In hospital. Speaking of con* lag lous diseases!
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    Band did not practise that much
    115 8 I would like to thank you for printing the photograph of the Crescent Girls crying for Joy and the comp 1 i m ents (NN, Aug 1). However, I would like to point out that the band did not practise for the past six
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    'Re-route these buses' call
    240 8 One problem residents of most new housing estates face is that of Inadequate bus services and Bedok North housing estate Is no exception. The bus transport situation In Bedok North has become Increasingly unbearable. The situation Is even more deplorable during the morning and evening peak
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    Carnival prizes: Not just cigs offered
    129 8  -  F. QUAH Executive Secretary, BAFRA. Singapore 12. I refer to the letter, "Carnival clgs are offered as prizes" (NN July 22). An analysis of the types of prises offered by the games stalls at the recent Carnival at Rochore Road/Victoria Btreet would reveal that
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    Re-assess surety problem
    95 8 Would you be good enough to make a helpful comment on how final year medical student, who Is the eon of a wage-earner nearlng his retiring age (over 50 years), can find sureties for 881.000 especially when his father himself is helpless? The suggestion that i any
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    Stop here plea to SBS
    76 8  -  P. CHIA Many people living near Lorong Chuan appreciate the SBS new serve 136 linking Ang Mo Klo with Upper Serangoon Road. But the senrlce going to Ang Mo Klo would be better if it stopped for passengers at the bus stop in front of
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    Operas: China Society's stand
    95 8  -  L.P. CHAN Hon. Secretary, The China Society. Siniapon 11. Z refer to tout report that Mr CJC Tseng, a ▼Ice-president of The China Society, called for the discontinuation of operas in the Chinese dialects (NN, Aug 16). Mr Tseng spoke In a Brsonal capacity and I
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    That con woman...
    49 8  -  VIVIEN LIM Overseas Babaerlp>ttoas, Singapore 7. I refer to your article entitled "Pretty Woman cons office worker In town" (NN. Aug 7). I would like now to state categorically and emphatically that your "pretty woman" eon artiste Is In no way whatsoever associated with our company.
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    Well, they all came for the show!
    883 9  -  In an effort to encourage housewives and girls to fill vacancies in the factories, the Ministry of Labour recently launched a scheme in which officials and factories' representatives meet potential employees. The first meeting was held at a car park at Bukit Ho
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    From grandma to sterilisation...
    350 9  -  In other words In Tan Bah Bah Deciding and charting the educational fate of one's children In Singapore nowadays Is very different and serious business for the mother. If not the father. Tears ago. when Ah Sens alias Boh Gay suddenly turned seven-year-old, to the surprise
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    Lock icon Walt Disney's setback
    739 10 / 11 NYT Los Angeles: The Black Cauldron, Walt Disney's US$l5 million ($33 million) animated film scheduled for 1980, Is four years behind schedule. It "Will not be. completed until Christmas, 1984, because the new crop of young animators the studio has spent six years acquiring are not yet
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      109 10 / 11 Buy NOW! Gainsborough instant shower heater and get Free 1 set of UK imported 'His'and Hers'bath towels mm® f I- i h f- lliip 6 5 »'>4.- -v I 8 y >: vmMkt i V> 253$ il jjiggSSgWßj^ ;r j l 1 3 THE ABOVE NAMES*ARE OUR OFFICIALLY APPOINTED DISTRIBUTORS
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      1181 10 / 11 YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE i SINGAPORE 5 X Jk Enter TELEFUNKEN Holiday Contest 1.99 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by SESAME BTREET. IN SATURDAY MATINEE: Mister Scoutmaster. (See Top Shows of the Weekend). Ml FISH: Power Play. Phil Fish Is preoccupied with his attempts to locate an Important file which he has
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      714 10 / 11 SATURDAY 6.00 P.M. Test Tape 6.04 Opening announce menu 6.09 Programme Summary 6.10 Music at Sunset with Bert Kaempfert Wonderland by Night 6.30 Neva (B) 6.40 Music at Sunset with Les Reed Orch. New Dimensions. 7.00 Radio Concert: Choo Llan Liang (soprano), Ng Kok Cheow (piano): Plalslr D*Amour (Martini), Three
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      378 10 / 11 Top Slious of the Weekend TODAY SATURDAY MATINEE: Mister Scoutmaster (Ch 5, 2 p.m.) A 1953 production of a childless television writer who becomes a scoutmaster to acquire the Juvenile touch for a breakfast-food children's show. The film stars Clifton Webb as the scoutmaster, George "Foghorn" Wlnslow. Edmund Owenn, Frances
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  • What's On A page that tells you what's happening on TV and in town
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      Gadget for diabetics
      332 12 =3 Science Roundup i^ London: The world's first pocket-sized device to help diabetics In checking the allImportant level of sugar In their blood should be on the market this autumn, according to the Journal, New Scientist Developed by Dr P-H. Bonksen and a team at Bt Thomas'
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      FAVOURITES WIN
      264 12  -  Chess t»v I Kong All the favourites came through In the recent Inter-Schools championships. Held In six sections, this year's competition attracted 39 teams from 34 schools. As expected, Catholic Junior College swept the Pre-Unlversity boys field, while Raffles Girls' (School was equally dominating in the Secondary gin*
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      Fantasies of the Fab Four
      251 12  -  Records l»v Peter Ong THE BUTLES: The Rutles (Warner Broe): Parodies have been written In Tolnmee about the Beetle*, but It had to take humorist Eric Idle (of Monty Python fame) to come out with one that la a winner. Together with hla cronies (Ron
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      451 12 At the cinema SATURDAY NIGHT FKVER: John Travolta, who has «lno» become a superstar, Ignites on the screen as a restless and explosive dleoo kingpin at the peak of hla popularity. Alio stars Karen Lynn Oomey. Prlnoe: 1.45. 4. 6.45 and 9.15 pan. BLACKOUT: New York faces a power failure.
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      320 12 I I E22 11 11 fr *i i ouvres. the usual snide critique* of Russian and Manchurlan "lackeys", the Inevitable scene of the rescued coming to the aid of the rescuer all good excuses for dasxllng displays of martial arts, rrlnee. Liberty, President, Lido, Sex, Sky: Midnight. Also at Capitol
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      275 12 EES Today: 11.47 am. (2.7 m); 11.22 p.m. (3.1 m). Twiiwr; 12J4 ajn. (2.7 m); fl OO pm. (0.8 m). Monday: IXO6 im. (3.0 m); 12.50 pm. (2.7 m). Tieiday: 12.53 a.m. (3.0 m); 1.33 pjn. (2.7 m). Wednesday: 1.40 &.m. (2.8 m); 2.06 pjn. (2.8 m). Thursday 226 am.
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      254 12 Jor photographic organisations. 172 colour slides will be screened dally at 130 pjn. and 5.30 p.m. OPEN Aim ART Exhibition at the Orchard Redestrlan mail. matures 30 pieces of art in water-colour by local artists. On till Aug 20. CERAMISTB FROM SCHOOLS Exhibit on, Young People's Oallery df the National
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      271 13 New York. SaturdayStock lon ground yesterday because nervous lilies tors, fearful of an economic slowdown, took profits when the Federal Reserve tightened credit and hiked Interest fates to aid the doilar. Trading was active. The Dow Jones Industrial average, up 5 points one time, shed 3.29 points to
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      38 13 UPI New York, Saturday Dow Jones closing sverages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 tndustrtals 896 K. (off 3.39); 36 transport 281.07 (off 0.73); II utllltlea 106.66 (off 0J1); 68 stocks 309.01 (off OJ6).
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      133 13 AFP TDkyo, Saturday Buoyed by the dollar's rally, export-oriented issues shot up. pacta* a ■light rebound In price* on the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday. Tradtag was slow. The 225-stock PowJones average gained 5.90 yen to 5.49& M yen. The wider-based Til Index for the first section was up 0.76
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      PARIS
      67 13 Closing prices on the Palis Bourte yesterday: ParlUs 179.80 —3.80 Ponder 392.30 +130 Prlntemps M —.78 Bull 4UO —JO Royal Dutch 268 —3 Mlchelln 1328 —Ift COK 376.80 —JO Thomson 231 —6 CPP ***** —1.10 Rhone 100.80 —3.70 Air 330 —I BBN 818 —1 Philips 83 —.80 Sues 2*2
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      Lock icon ZURICH
      75 13 Union Bank of Switzerland Closing prices to Swiss franca on the Zurich Stock Ixchange yesterday: DBS Bearer 3179 —lk DBS Registered 6*3 9 SBC 380 > Credit Suisse 3239 —10 Swissair B. CM b +10 —40 -39 —M —79 M 40 9 9 Swiss Reinsur Wtoterthur B. Zurich Inaur.
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    Bulls on the rampage
    386 13  -  Mark* (YMMKiwp by Lee Yew Meng The Singapore stock market continued Its strong upsurge this week, much to the amazement of even the most seasoned brokers. Brokers I spoke to had expected a sharp technical correction to the strong upswing seen In the last two weeks.
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    Malaysian legal system and its real roots
    740 13 AN INTRODUCTION OF THE MALAYSIAN LEGAL SYSTEM by Wu Mln Ann, (Helnemann), ISB pags. Reviewed by Tan Tee Jim. m This informative and readable book should appeal to the law student and the ordinary layman with more than a passing Interest In the
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    Lock icon Money Market
    161 13 r Business Neus and Views L —d UPI London, Saturday—The dollar closed lower on European money markets yesterday, ending a week of decline on most exchanges, but dealers said "there was still some hope" that Washington would take concrete steps to support the US currency. The pound closed
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      Curtains and wall photos for your home
      279 14 You have Just shifted into your new HDB flat The floors are tiled and furniture bought to suit your taste. But harsh sunlight that penetrates into the rooms of your flat can ruin the best of your furniture. Apart from shielding the glare
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    381 15 Immediate ban from world meet Cycling Munich, Saturday East Germany's ace cyclist Norbert Durplsch was stripped of his sliver medal, suspended for a month, and banned from the current World championships after a positive dope test during the quarterfinals of the amateur 4000 m pursuit,
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    446 15  -  Inft'ni.if ion.il S«m c Ik Doug Gardner The World Cup final scene which stays In the memory Is of the storm of pieces of blue and white paper which floated down from the River Plate Stadium stands on to the victorious Argentine team.
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    362 16 Ka Bowling Reuter Bangkok, Saturday— Singapore rolled to a one-two sweep of the women'* doublet event at the fifth All Star International Open Unpin bowling championships "■arssibrt Nutter combined with Llgia Klamco for a 11M six-game series, then teamed up with Owen Harrlslon for a
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    59 16 Reuter Moscow. Saturday Llthlanlan long Jumper Vllgalmlne Bardauoekene bettered the world womenl long Jump record yesterday with a leap of 7.07 metres (23 feet, 2% In) In Klshlnew. A breese was blowing at the time of the Jump. The old mark of 6.99 m was set by
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    378 16  -  Weng Hong blows up after par-35 M** ■t BRIAN MILLER Bill Bosley, the 1974 and 1976 winner, was in fiery form yesterday when he shot into a twostroke lead in the second round of the Singapore Open amateur golf championship at the Bukit Course. Bosley
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    Keen tussle expected in Cup final
    455 16  -  Rugby »y_ PHILIP TAN Today's National Under-23 rugby final at the Padang for the Hlcee Cap between St Andrews Old Bora and Blacks Rugby Club promises to be the most exciting in the series (kick-off 5 p.m.). The Old Saints and Blacks have several
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    163 16  -  By K. L. CHAN Syed Hussein charged that he was "robbed of the chance of going into the final" after losing 15-12. 15-14 to cousin Ahmad Bakar In the National badminton championship men's singles semi-finals at Qulllemard Road last night. Syed. who beat National Junior champion,
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    417 16 Gymnastics The Singapore Amateur Gymnastics Association are concerned that Indonesia, host of the flea Game* next year In Jakarta, lun not given details of the compulsory exercises for Individual and team events, writes PHILIP TAN. A BAOA spokesman said that It Is Important for countries taking
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    Willshine deserves a winning break
    336 18  -  By K.L. CHAN Wlllshifie, who showed promise In bis two outings, denerves a wlnn In g break In the Class 1 Division 2 1200 m (Race 6) at Buklt Tlmah today. The flve-year-o'd horse by Wilkes narrowly missed Scoring first time out *t Kuala Lumpur
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    Thankfully has superb chance to score first win
    508 19 By SCRUTINEER Thankfully, shouldering a handy we 1-g h of 40.5 kg, must have a superb chance In the Class 1 Division 1 1600 m (Race' 7) at Buklt Tlmah tomprrow. The four- year old grey horse by Busted ran a delightful
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    582 20  -  By PHILIP TAN Marc Tay went to town In glory yesterday and succeeded In settling a score In the bargain when he broke four marks on the final day of the Singapore Opencum Asian Games swimming trials at Toa Payoh pool. Hrst, he smashed his 100
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    412 20 West Berlin. Saturday The Third World, swimming champion ships, Berlin's biggest sports event since the 1936 Olympics, got off to a fast start yesterday as two new world track records were set. Poland's Christina Kacperesyk shattered the 400 m women's hurdles mark In the first
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