New Nation, 22 August 1978

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    19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Tuesday, August 22, 1978 No. 2343 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 r NEW NATION COMMENT
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    Lock icon Cheers!
    45 1 Chairman Hua Kuo-feng and Marshal Tito clink champagne glasses at a state .dinner given by slav President in honour of the Chinese leader and his touring party in Belgrade last night. Mr Hua arrived in Belgrade yesterday morning for an eight-day visit. UPI picture
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    Lock icon Carter's new air policy
    309 1 Reuter Washington, Tuesday The Carter administration yesterday unveiled an aggressive new policy on international air travel aimed at lower fares, Increased service and more cheap charter flights. A statement by President Carter outlined the general policy for negotiations with other nations on air policy. But TransportaUon
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    GSI shares surprise
    234 1 The public offer by General Securities Investment of 24 million $1 shares at par, saw a new basis for balloting and allotment yesterday. Those who applied for 10.000 or more shares are automatically allot* ted at least 1000 shares, depending on the amount they applied for. In
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    Addicts' rooftop escape
    212 1  -  One found hiding in the bushes Bj Terry Ang Three drug addicts escaped from the Selarang Park drug rehabilitation centre by breaking through the roof shortly after midnight today. One of them was detained at Loyang about 100 metres from the centre at 8 am. The other
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    Lock icon US$ opens at 190 yen
    62 1 AP Tokyo, Tuesday. The dollar opened on the Tokyo foreign exchange market today at 190 yen and fell to 189.90 In the first few minutes of trading. The previous day's closing rate was 190.15 yen. On. Monday, the dollar Jumped more than four yen on
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    Centre in KL for business disputes
    473 2  -  By Sunny Wee Asean businessmen may be abie to settle disputes through the newly set up Regional Centre for Commercial Arbitration In Kuala Lumpur. According to legal source*, at present there Is no arbitral body In this region or In Asean for settlement of
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    150 MORE ITEMS ON ASEAN LIST
    98 2 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday—Malaysia will put another 150 items next month on the list of goods accorded trade preference under arrangements among Asean members. Announcing this yesterday, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade and Industry, said the values of trade among
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    Share prices open lower
    257 2 Stock market Most share prices opened lower during the first hour of trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. BUSINESS DONE: First Section CITY DEV. (5) 1.34 (3) 1.33 (1) 1.32 (16) 1.30 (4) 1.29(5)1.31. S. LAND (1) 2.34 (1) 2.32. C. STORAGE (21) 2.80
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    Overtime claim: A test case hearing
    104 2 Are the crew on round-the-clock duty on barges and bunker carriers entitled to overtime pay even though they are only on standby part of the time? A test case is scheduled today at the Industrial Arbitration Court. The Pioneer Industries Employees' Union is claiming
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    Underground reservoir at Kent Ridge
    175 2 This is the Kent Ridge service reservoir under constructlpn. The underground reservoir of reinforced concrete Is 150 metres long, 40 metres wide and seven metres deep. Scheduled to be completed early next year, this 32,000 cubic metre reservoir will serve the Clementl and Ayer Rajah
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    Ordeal of gutted ship crew
    351 3 Terror gripped the master and crew of a Ashing trawler as fire raged for 14 hours on their vessel In the South China Sea. Bhort of Are extinguishers and with the ship's generator destroyed by the blase, which started in the engine room, Capt Wang
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    'Disrupted MAS flights causing problems'
    109 3 Disrupted Malaysian Airline Bystem nights to and from Kota Klnaoalu have caused problems for many people there, according to a Borneo newspaper. The Borneo Bulletin quoted travel agents as saying they are plagued with complaints and demands for compensation for wasted time, missed connections, hotel
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    Film show
    26 3 Three films, Harmonic, A la for Architecture, and the Bea will be screened at the National Museum tomorrow at 8 p.m. Admission is free.
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    SIA plans to cope with strike
    284 3 Singapore Airlines is likely to be seriously affected by a proposed one day strike by Malaysian Airlines System workers on Sept 1. It has a total of 10 flights to and from ICuala Lumpur scheduled for that day. A spokesman for SIA said there
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    Lock icon German Minister to meet Suharto
    117 3 Reuter Jakarta, TuesdayWest German Economics Minister Otto Graf Lambsdorff arrived here by air from Singapore last night for a four-day official visit to Indonesia aimed at further strengthening the long-stand-ing co-operation Detween the two countries. Mr Graf Lambsdorff was scheduled to pay courtesy calls on
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    Lock icon Malaysian cable link
    60 3 Reuter Kuchlng. Tuesday Work on a submarine cable to link Peninsular Malaysia with Sarawak and Babah is expected to begin soon, the Energy, Telecommunications and Posts Minister Leo Mog- gie said here yesterday. He told newsmen that tender for the MsBo million telecommunication project, with a capacity
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      62 3 II you do not know what a Palatschinke it's time you came to us. Palatschinken, a delectable meal in itself. is pmicake stuffed with any delights of your choice: seafood, hu ken, meats, vegetables and even (rnits and sweets. Join in the great culinary tradition at BARON'S TABLE during lunch
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      24 3 ™cci<4^ 5T W HIGH ST CENTRE LEADING LUCKY PLAZA OCEAN B MENSWEAR SUPREME HOUSE TAILORS A STORE HATON, RAFFLES HOTELS inn ITERS COLD STORAGE
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    Lim ticks off the rich of Cairnhill
    537 4 Minister tells of his experiences The rich must look out of their windows and see what is happening around them, said Mr Lim Kim San, the Minister for National Development. They must take an Interest In matters affecting the community for no nation
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    Whampoa to get home for the aged
    139 4 A home for the aged will be built soon In Whampoa, said Dr Augustine Tan, the MP for the constituency. Speaking at a National Day dinner yesterday he said: "While no one can deny the evidence of progress In education, health and material
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    Diamond jubilee joy for Sister Andrew
    274 4 Sept 2 will be a big day for Sister Andrew Fitzgerald. For on thai cay, she will celebrate her diamond Jubilee in the Sisters of the Infant Jesus Order —60 years of dedication as a nun. "I don't want &ny publicity," the 88-year-old sister
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    Drug display
    35 4 The Parliamentary Secretary (Culture) and MP for Leng Kee, Dr Ow Chin Hock, will open the Drug Abuse and Crime Prevention exhibition at the Leng Kee ommunlty centre on Friday at 8 p.m.
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    Move into bigger marts call
    285 4 Singapore exporters are urged to move boldly Into new and bigger markets, like Japan. They must also modernise In order to hold their own in the Japanese market, said Mr Wee Mon-cheng, the Ambassador to Japan. Mr Wee, who Is In his sixth year as
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    Talk
    35 4 The principal of Tanah Merah Besar Malay School. Enclk B.N. Masuri will talk on the Malay novel, Badan Bertuah, at the Queens town branch library on Sept 1 at 3 p.m. Admission Is free.
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    Film
    27 4 hThe Singapore Polytechnic Engineering Society will raise funds with a film show, The Five Cracy Boys, at the Cathay cinema on Sept M at 8.30 a.m.
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      319 4 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a courageous individual. You do not try to shirk your duty, even though you may find it extremely unpleasant not to. By the same token, you expect others to accept and meet their responsibilities; when they don't, your disappointment
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    Lock icon Big gold sales among options to boost $
    238 5 Big gold sales among options to boost World Focus Reuter Washington, Tuesday Large-scale support in world money markets and big sales of gold from Fort Knox are among options being considered in the US government's search for ways to bolster the sagging dollar, administration officials said yesterday. Treasury Secretary Michael
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    Lock icon $2.5 b arms sale plan for M-East
    311 5 UPI Washington, Tuesday The administration notified Congress yesterday of US$l.l5 billion ($2.5 billion) In planned arms sales to the Middle East, pushing the total of weapons pledged to overseas customers this year about US$l.2 billion above President Carters' celling. Pentagon officials said, however,
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    Lock icon US CALL FOR DEEP SEA MINING
    112 5 Reuter United Nations, Tuesday The chief American negotiator at the UN Law of the Sea conference yesterday urged Congress to approve legislation allowing private companies to mine the deep sea-bed. Ambassador Elliot Richardson raised the controversial issue at a press conference held as the
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    Lock icon Tokyo offer to Chinese students
    112 5 Agencies Tokyo. Tuesday Japan will start receiving Chinese students from next year by extending Japanese language training courses and more accommodation facilities to them. Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda said yesterday. In a TV interview, Mr Fukuda disclosed the government received an unofficial request to receive
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    Lock icon President dies
    85 5 Reuter Pretoria, .Tuesday South African President Nicolaas Dlederlchs died .in a Cape Town hospital last night, Prime Minister John Vorster announced. Dr Dlederlchs, who was 74, died two weeks after he collapsed at a state dinner. On Sunday he suffered his second heart attack in eight days. Mr
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      157 5 The French have a way with chickens. Some call it irresistible. Magnifique. 000-lah-lah! But we like to think it's just plain ingenuity. Give a Frenchman a chick (or a chicken) and he'll come out with the most mouth-watering concoctions that you never dreamed were possible. Fricassee De Volatile "Doris K".
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    Lock icon 'Patch up' plea by Tito
    383 6 But Hua launches sharp attack on Russia World Focus Agencies Belgrade, Tuesday Yugoslav President Tito welcomed Chinese Chairman Hua Kuo-feng at a dinner ending the Chinese visitor's first day in Belgrade with a scarcely veiled appeal last night for a reconciliation between Chinft and the
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    Lock icon Hanoi to return the remains of soldiers
    207 6 UPI Hanoi, Tuesday Vietnam said yesterday It had found and was returning the remains of 11 U8 servicemen listed as missing In action in the Indochina war. one of the sticking points In the normalisation of ties and vowed to search for decades
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    Lock icon TODAY
    100 6 UPI TODAY li Tuesday. Aug. 22, the 234 th day of 1978 with 131 to follow. Thoae born on this date are under the sign of Leo. ON THIS DAT IN HISTORY: In 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre Museum In Paris and It was recovered
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    Lock icon Hua to visit Egypt
    61 6 Reuter Cairo, Tuesday Chinese leader Hua Kuofeng Is expected to visit Egypt at a date to be fixed later, the semiofficial dally al-Ahram reoorted yesterday. The newspaper said Chairman Hua has expressed his wish to visit Egypt to the Egyptian Ambassador in Peking, Mr Abel-Salam Tawfik.
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    Lock icon Confusion over Rhodesia talks
    107 6 Reuter Salisbury, Tuesday. Rhodesian p o 1111 clans yesterday appeared confused over prospects for an all-party peace conference as proposed by Britain and the US. Representatives of two black leaders of the transitional government expressed distinctly divergent views. A sopkesman for the United African- National Council
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    The Odd Corner
    50 6  -  D.J. London, Tuesday There Is no room at the top for women, says a surrey In Britain, and boardrooms remain firmly closed to the women, although some rlrls are better qualified than men. The report by the Institute of Management found only one chairwoman among lMtt members.
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    Lock icon Salem did not quit, says agency
    114 6 Reuter Cairo, Tuesday The Egyptian government yesterday denied that Premier Mandoah Salem had submitted his resignation to President Sadat, the official Middle East News Agency (Mena) reported. "The report of Mr Salem's resignation is completely untrue." Mena quoted a government spokesman as saying. The
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      512 6 WORLD WEATHER London Partly sunny. 23-20C Two die u terrorists machine gun and bomb El A1 bus In London. Moscow Cloudy. 2312C. Pravda'8 headline: Hostels for workers. Bonn —Sunny, 28-12C. Headline: Jimmy Carter takes vacation In Wild West. Rome Clear and humid. 31-18C. Headline: Highways Jammed with returning vacationers. Parts
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    The Shah and the fire
    406 8 The Shah of Iran, who has ruled for 37 years, Is no stranger to unrest or opposition In his country. He was briefly ousted In 1952 by the late Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh. Since his return to the throne as a constitutional monarch, mass riots
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      Perish the thought
      82 8 A colleague suspects tt's a Freudian slip. You would think, wouldn't you, that the Preservation of Monuments Board, the authority responsible for perpetuating historically significant structure for the sake of posterity, would be part of the URA, since city planning could conceivably Include preservation? Or, more likely,
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      Bloody business
      62 8 It may be difficult to put a price tag on life, but for blood, it is easier. In the poorer areas of East Java, where dally waff* are about 50 cents, each donor can "earn" as much as $2.50 per sale to the blood broker who then resells
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    Bid to woo the S'pore tourist
    1130 8  -  Foreign tour groups set up offices in the Republic By Gloria Chandy The Singapore tourist has become the target of tourist organisations of various countries to lure them to their parts of the world. These tourist organisations. which have set up offices here In
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    Lock icon Barre wins them with his plan
    760 9  -  Drive to tighten belts gets the OK from 'common sense French' World Focus By Irene Hoe 111 France, economic policy not only shapes the economy but also the pastry. When Prime Minister Raymond Barre was appointed in August 1976, inflation was mounting as fast
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    Lock icon Mt. Fuji: Pinnacle of garbage
    349 9 Reuter Tokyo: Mount Fuji, which Is worshipped as a goddess by some Japanese, In reality Is a 3776-metre high pinnacle of garbage and human waste. "It smells to heaven" to borrow an appropriate line from Shakespeare's Hamlet. Every year about three million Japanese climb Japan's
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    Lock icon The VIPs of the army
    1384 10 / 11  -  Daily check-ups, nourishing food and pampering for these 85 canines in SAF WORDS: Liew Soon Chin The proverbial "every dog has its day" has limited truth in the SAF Dog Unit. For the 85 canines there get the red carpet treatment all the way. To
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      540 10 / 11 Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss.): Address: N.R.I.C. No: ■QBQ FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW CLUBS FOR GU-2 1. Sometimeo It Is quite pleeeing to the Mr 2. Stare open-mouthed 3. A careful sort of person may keep odd bits
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      Here comes the sun
      155 12 Ever wondered how to dash up a plain sundress? Our designer this week, Linda Choo, shows how. In her first sketch, she shows how one can wear a uni-shouldered tunic over a striped sundress. The tunic features wide sleeves and waist-high slits to show off what's
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    • GRAPEVINE
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        Wonderful spirit
        72 12 From stage fright to party nerves. One eminent British poet pointed out the behaviour of seven-year-olds arriving at a \>arty in an English paper recently. He said, he had observed that children wrestle and tussle with each other upon arriving at a party in the best of spirits.
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        That's what they think
        127 12 Curious to find out what tour guides say about them on the popular Homes of the Stars tours In Hollywood, oienn. Ford .and. his .wife. Cynthia, decided to investigate, reported New York Times. He couldn't take the tour himself, as he would be recognised, so Mrs
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        Plain ol' secretary
        49 12 When is a secretary called a "word processing personnel"? When she (the usual sex for the Job) Is a man. The ad described the job as a typical secretarial job with shorthand and typing sk)4is .but* wanted only males...hence 1 suppose the term "word processing personnel."
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        Lock icon Stretch idea
        61 12 DJ Swarms of locusts will help the elastic In girls' panties s-t-r-e-t-c-h and s-t-r-e-t-c-h. Zoologist Dr Julian Vincent, of Reading University, England, believes factoi les can produce a man-made version of the locusts' expanding egg laying tubes. The tubes stretch to 15 times their original length. Dr Vincent
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        British lesson
        42 12 In Britain they may soon Jail coach operators if they fall to keep their buses In a state of good repair. It's a legislation which we wqifld do well, to follow. Then perhaps the state of our buses will improve.
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        Good to mix around
        133 13 i"m 17 yean old and get along well with people. That Is why I nave many friends and enjoy going out with them. At present I am going with three boys. I (eel it Is wrong going with different Iwys. Am I wrong? GHEEN Dear Green,
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        Mum's night outings
        252 13 Dear Boa, Our mother has been going out at night especially when we are not at home. She however Sts home before we do. le night we followed her. Bhe went to a house. We waited for her and she came out with a man one and
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        It may not be blackmail after all
        239 13 j After breaking off our 21-year affair, my girlfriend who knew all along that I am married told her parents differently. Now they want compensation from me. I found out she has told them I cheated her and only told her of my
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        When sex it no fun
        144 13 I am a 21-year-old married woman, at present childless because my husband Is away from home a lot. My problem is that I do not enjoy sex although I love my husband very much. My husband notices this and keeps asking me why. Is there
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        Too young for him
        165 13 My friend who it 36 years old now thinks that I'm too young for him after he found out my age. I am 20. He also tells me that he Is very career-mind-ed and I may feel -neglected as he Is very Involved In his work.
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        Oh, for some peace!
        140 13 I am a pre-university student studying for my exams. I have younger sisters who make a lot of noise every day. making It difficult for me to study. What can I do? Please do not suggest libraries because I do not have the time to go
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      Lock icon Homosexuals aren't all sex-obsessed misfits: report
      465 13 AFP New York: The Kinsey Institute recently released a major new report con tradlctlng the Idea that all homosexuals are misfits obsessed by sex and ridden with guilt. Commissioned by the Federal National Institute of Mental Health and under preparation since 1967, the report,
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    Money Market
    195 14 London, Tuesday The US dollar staged 1U sharpest recovery In montha yesterday in the wake of concrete American actions to prop It up. Odd lost more than UBss an ounce. German dealers described the dollar's gains as sensational. The American currency climbed back above 1 marks (or the
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    Lock icon EEC trade: A slower growth rate
    366 14 AFP Brussels, Tuesday The European Economic Community's (EEC's) foreign trade expanded more slowly last year than In 1076. data from the European Office of Statistics here showed yesterday. Imports rose by 10 per cent in 1677 (against 27.1 per cent In 1976) and were
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    Lock icon Thai rice exports
    73 14 Business News and Views AFP Bangkok, Tuesday The Board of Trade hat predicted that rice exports for the whole of this year will total 1,000,000 tonnes, or MOOfcOOO tonnes above the target set by the government. The latest report pointed out that 022,300 tonnes of price, or
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    Lock icon Economic briefs
    202 14 AFP HONG KONG: A warning of the danger of explosive Inflation, If the local economy should become overheated Is given In the quarterly economic report of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporaThe report says there are for Hong Kong many promising signs but some dangers. Among the promising
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      Lock icon NEW YORK
      218 14 UPI Stocks plunged along a broad front yesterday a* laves to ra cashed in on profits (or (ear the Federal Reserve's efforts to helo the dollar abroad would hurt the economy at home. Trading was relatively slow. The Dow Jones industrial average, off fractionally much o( the day,
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      34 14 UPI Nn York. Tuesday Dow Jones closing arersg* on the NYSE yesterday: SO industrials SSIJM (off T.SS); 30 transport MS.OS (off 5.03); 15 utlllttss 100.19 (off 0.47); OS stocks *00.35 (off 1.70).
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      91 14 AFP Share prices forged ahead in light trading on the Tokyo stock market yesterday. Tne advance followed a decline In the yen's value against foreign currencies caused by reports that the United States would soon announce dollar-defence measures. Yesterday closing quotations of the gilt-edged*, In with Friday's in bracHelwa
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      PARIS
      71 14 Closing ptioss on the Paris Bourn yesterday Pari baa 17* —JO Ponder 390 —3JO Prtntcmps 97 JO —JO Bull 45 JO —1 Royal Dutch 370.40 +M 0 BClchelln 1330 —5 COB 373.50 —4 Thomson ni —.50 CPP 130.80 —.10 Rhone 90 —150 Air 337 —3 BBN 513 —3 Philips
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      Lock icon ZURICH
      84 14 Union Bank of Switzerland Cloainc prtoea in francs on UMZurteb Exchanca yesterday: Bwlaa Stock UBS Bearer Sill UBS Registered BBC Ml M3 3 Credit Suisse 3340 ft itwfaalr B. 838 I Uwlas Relnsur. BN +3ft Wlnterthur B. 3440 ft Zurich lunar. 893ft +3ft Nestle B 3440 —1ft Interfood B.
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      124 14 Reuter Closing prices at 11.30 ftJn. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACT nU ITS ADC II SO Ampol P*t M «7 ANfIM 153 APM lit 111 Bank NSW 654 600 Brambles 155 nil SHP 110 513 Boral MO 350 CBA 347 350 CBR »0 333 CIO
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      70 14 When you've clinched a business deal. Give it impact with the seal Of a really first-class meal. Where? At Fosters When the contracts you aspire Somehow, suddenly, misfire. A stiff drink's what you require. Where? At Fosters When you simply want to chat With your pals, on this and that.
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      Invisible bifocals
      435 15 Bifocals with a difference. Invisible bifocals. No tell-tale lines to give away your secret and make you look older than you are. ThU Is the unique feature of Aollte Ultravue lens Introduced by American Optical. With Ultravue lenses, the corrective power gradually Increases. There Is no reading segment
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    How they finished at Bukit Timah on Sunday
    433 16 Fait Frigate moved up at the 600 m to lead Into the straight from Faloma Blanca, with Earthquake and Antelope making up ground. Starting hi* run at the distance Antelope came with a strong run to win by a length from Earthquake.
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    Riffelalp shows splendid form in trial
    473 16  -  By K.L. CHAN Riffelalp showed splendid form In his workout this morning and stamped himself as a possibility in in the Class 1 Division 3 1850 m race Buk i t Timah on Saturday. Ridden by Asuwadl Nawl, he clapped on the pace after
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      264 16 Crossword J Mill 9 Haranguers 10 Short and pudgy 11 Stumble 12 Atmospheric condition 13 Miss. 19 Smidgen 21 Certain numbers: It. 24 Broom of twigs 25 Verdugo of films 26 Louise and Turner 27 Jewish feast 29 Florida city 30 Italian province 31 Car type 34 Governmental 37 Kind
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    Lay Lim can hit the top among Asians
    448 17  -  I^Tfennis By BRIAN MILLER Fifteen. year old Teo Lay lim has a good chance of becoming the top woman tennis player In South-East Asia. She showed th:s when she won the National Hardcourt title In convincing style last Sunday, beating June Saman
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    Kaki Bukit bid to upset Forces
    222 17 Soccer Kaki Buklt. who are currently lying In third spot will go all out to upset the unbeaten Armed Forces when they meet In a Division One soccer match at Jalan Besar (kick-off 8.30 p.m.), reports KX. CHAN. Kaklt Buklt. who were promoted last
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    23 17 THE FAMILY of the late MR. ANG KIM SENG thaik all friemle, Mnss associates for their wreaths and condolences during their recent bereavement.
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    256 17 FOR TAKING PART IN EUROPEAN MEETS f3 Athletics Reuter Nairobi, Tuesday Five of Kenya's top athletes have been suspended by the Kenya Amateur Athletic Association (KAAA) from taking part la Invitation meetings In Europo, association chairman Bam Ongerl said yesterday. Middle-distance runners. Mike Bolt and Wilson Walgwa,
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      172 17 even The I jow Sk le of* Soccer, Among Otlier Tiling You've read many a Malaysia Cup match analysis by Jeffrey Low in New Nation. Now, read what went on behind the scenes at each game leading to the final. All told by Jeffrey in the FAS ANNUAL 1978. Why
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    S'pore name 12 young lifters
    416 18  -  ...for their annual tournament against Malaysia HjT^ight|Q| lifting By PHILIP TAN Singapore Amateur Weightllfting Federation named a 12-member team to meet their counterparts from Malaysia In their annual International match here on Sept 9. The team were selected after the National Selection versus Bennett Invitation
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    361 18 PCS Rugby Thailand's champions. Vajlravudh College, had to bring oat their best to beat 8t Andrew's School by a 7-6 Margin In their annual match at Woodsvllle yesterday, reports PHILIP TAN. The fighting Skints could have won had luck been on their aide. After trailing
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    43 18 AP Brookllne (Massachusetts) Tuesday—Defending champion Manuel Orantes recovered from costly lapses and pulled out a hard-earned 6-2, 6-7, .6-4, victory over unseeded Belus Prajoux of Chile yesterday In an opening round test of the 61st US Pro tennis championships at Longwood—AP.
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    FRANZ IS NO. 1
    90 18 Soccer New York, Tuesday North American League soccer players voted West Germariv'S Frans Beckenbaur beat midfielder In the League and Included him In the annual All-Stars team, along with New York Cosmos teammate Carlos Alberto of Braxll, named best defender. Both are former winning World Cup
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    197 18 Swimming Reuter West Berlin, Tuesday Olympic b r on e e medallists Holland lost almost all hopes of a water polo medal at the World swimming championships when they were beaten 7-3 by West Germany in their final group match. Star player Erik Noordegraaf broke a
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    153 18 |m3 Athletics Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday The United Btates are fielding top athletes, including sprinter Clancy Edwards, for the eightnation international track and field meet In Tokyo on Sept 25, the Japan Track and Field Association announced yesterday. The association also said VUgalmlne Bardauoskene of the
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      Serial with a rare combination
      343 19  -  Review Water Margin By Teo Lian Huay Water Margin, or All Men Are Brothers. lives up to expectations. It is a respectable adaptation of the Chinese classic, and 1s worthy of a close following. It has a rare combination of a good cast, a smoothly
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      Tokyo raves over Teresa
      147 19 Glitter Chatter y Taiwanese s 1 n g er Teresa Ten« is the current favourite in the Japanese music scene. Teresa, who was a familiar face on Chinese variety shows on Singapore TV years ago, has produced several discs which made the Japanese Top 50 chart.
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      SAF brings shows to CCs
      145 19 The S i n gap or e Armed Forces is bringing music and dances to community centres to add to the National Day celebrations. As In previous years, Its Music and Drama Company has been giving the public an opportunity to enjoy their road shows,
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      406 19 In and around town ART "78 at National Museum art gallery, from 10.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. dally up till Sept 21. Free admission. The exhibition, featuring works by local artists. Is to mark the second anniversary of the opening of the gallery. CERAMISTS FROM SCHOOLS EXHIBITION at the Young
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      705 19 Sports diary SOCCER: NFL Division One—Armed Forces v Kakl BuU( 8C (Jalan Besar Stadium, 8.30 p.m.). Friendly RTS All 8tars v Singapore Referees (To a Payoh AC. 5.15 p.m.). HOCKEY: Division One—8CC "B" v Jansenltes "B" (SCC Padang), Public Works Department Club v Sembawang Shipyard. Division Three —Marine Parade 8C
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    84 20 AH FOOK: It Is sad that the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts should And it difficult to keep its head above water while Mr Fong Sip Chee says that our market for visual arts has never been so good. MEI LIN: Perhaps the trouble is that art in
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      696 20 AND SINGAPORE 5 Bring home a Superstar Bring home i?T E L E F U N K E N n'v 4 'j;.' J.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by WHAT'S MY LINE. 3.25 DIARY OF EVENT8 (E). 3.30 AFTERNOON MATINEE. (Part 2). 4.95 SCIENCE REPORT. 4.2* INTERMISSION. (K OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by
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      242 20 Today's top shows PUSPARAMA (Ch 5. 7.45 p.m. in colour). A musical programme in Malay ieaturing 8. Rosely, Fauzlah Zle, Suhajah All, Zawahlr Yazld, Hllal Alur, Michael Isaac, the Saadlah Ahmad Daud Dancers, and a sketch by Imran Tompel, M. Ram lee and Masayoe. Hosted by D. I. Dave. WAR
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