New Nation, 24 December 1978

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    Masthead
    10 1 Sunday Nation DECEMBER 24, 1978 90 CENTS M.C.(P) NO. Sl7/1/79
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      51 1 Soul food is the new M pore Story in Page 2 China's great train crash Page 2 Woman throws out mum's head Page 5 /V-' f 1 TV's R J on what's coming your way Page 9 All alone and lost Page 20 That most sacred mission of life: Asia
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    Soul food rises as the new cause
    375 2 HERE'S some food for thought. Soul food, in particular. Singapore, after a decade of satisfying the material needs of the population, is now trying to fatten up its present lean cultural fare. The recent staging of the second Festival of Arts and the
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    New ruling on Muslim marriages
    239 2 ALL MUSLIM marriages will now have to be registered directly with the Muslim Registry of Marriages, Berita Minggu reported today. The Malay language weekly reported that, before this new ruling was introduced, some couples had made false declarations to the Assistant Kadis solemnising their marriages.
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    Lock icon Maggie's debut slammed
    93 2 AFP MARGARET TRUDEAU, the estranged wife of the Canadian prime minister, drew the scorn of critics in Montreal on Friday after the debut of a film in which she stars. Calling the Franco-Cana-dian production l'Ange Gardien (Guardian Angel) a disaster, the Montreal daily newspaper. The Gazette, said
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    She dines like an empress
    307 2 SINGAPORE'S two-mil-lionth visitor, Mrs Iris Harris, handled chop6ticks the second time in her life last night. The first time was 10 years ago in a Chinese restaurant back home but it was not very successful. This time, the course was even more taxing: laid out
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    Lock icon Probe shows Australian mutton is not safe
    103 2 NST THE Consumers' Association of Penang yesterday claimed that imported Australian mutton could cause food poisoning. The CAP president said samples of frozen Australian mutton showed a bacterial level 18 times above the •safety standard set by Canada's Ministry of Health and Welfare
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    Lock icon An anatomy of nudity
    72 2 AFP JUSTICE appeared to have bath eyes wide apea near Geaaa, Italy, m Friday whea a Jadge ruled that node bathing was akay tor females, bat aat far mea. The jadge at the part ef Valtrl, deciding the case ef fear 2S-year-elds faand naked aa a
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    Lock icon Farmers rally to Singh in India
    95 2 Reuter SEVERAL hundred thousand farmers yesterday rallied behind sacked Home Minister Charan Singh and demanded radical changes in government policy to benefit the rural areas. The farmers, dressed in ceremonial turbans, squatted on the sprawling lawns along Raj Path to hear some of Mr
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    Parliament on the air
    31 2 THE OPENING of the second session of the fourth Parliament and the President's address will be broadcast and telecast live by RTS on Tuesday at 8.30 p.m.
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    West Lake dancing in the moonlight
    115 2 MORE than 4,000 young men and women held hands and danced to soft music in the moonlight in scenic Hangchow in Chekiang province in East China, a Hongkong communist newspaper reported yesterday. Ta Rung Pao, quoting China's official Hsinhua News Agency, said the dance
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    Lock icon China train crash: Death for driver?
    167 2 AFP THE want train crank la Cklaa since IMI last Mm day canned 194 deaths with m pee pie, all Chinese, injured, a reliable soarcc said la Peking yesterday. The searce said the crash lavelved a slew train aad an express aad occurred at
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    Lifeguard service: VC plans expansion
    212 2 THE VIGILANTE Corps Lifeguard Service which saved 71 lives during the last four years, will be expanded. Senior Minister of State (Finance) Goh Chok Tong who said this yesterday, added that the unit would grow as more public beaches are developed. The minister, who was
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    Give blood, bosses urged
    82 2 A DOCTOR has suggested that one of the best ways to get people to donate blood is for senior executives to set an example. Dr Ong Yong Wan, senior haematologist in the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service, said some of the best response has come from establishments
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    Mountain of mail
    65 2 MORE than 200,000 entries for the RTS talentime homeviewers contest were received when entry closed on Friday. Twenty people are sorting the forms and checking will begin after the finals next Thursday. Until then the forms will be kept in a sealed bo*. Checking is expected to
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      495 3 Christmas Carollers Dec. 16 23 6.45 pm: Church of the Risen Christ Choir. Dec. 24 6.45 pm: St. Cecilia's Choir. X'mas Eve, X'mas Day, New Year's Eve Year's Day Seasonal Buffet Lunch (from 11.30 am) With Ria, The Belvedere Trio The Green Eyes. Adult: $28 Child: $22. X'mas Eve Gala
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    Lock icon New Salt talks extended
    469 4 Reuter MOSCOW Radio yesterday reported that US and Soviet negotiators have agreed to extend their talks in Geneva to reach a new Strategic Arms Limitation (Salt) agreement and to prepare the conditions for signing the agreement at a summit. It was the first word by the
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    Lock icon Vito's hard cell
    89 4 Reuter TIRED, hungry and jobless, Vito Limuli wanted to spend Christmas with his friends in jail. So he stole a car, drove up to a policeman, and demanded to be arrested. "I've got lots of pals in prison and they always have a party and a special
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    Lock icon Goodwill to all men
    83 4 AFP FIFTEEN youths armed with iron bars acted as "Santa's helpers" in Rome on Friday, storming into a supermarket and ordering customers to take home their purchases without paying for them. No one put up any fuss during the incident, which lasted only a few minutes.
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    Lock icon Americans top beer drinking list
    103 4 AFP JAPAN'S CMHinpttM W beer lut year totalled 4.15 mllllM kilolitres, patHag the aattoa fifth la the werid ia beer drlaktog, according to a sarvey published yesterday. Klria Brewery ef Tokyo road acted tbe sarvey, sending qaesttooalres to brewery aaaeelattoaa la vartoas countries. It said
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    Lock icon Egypt tries again to talk peace
    263 4 Reuter EGYPT, in talks in Brussels this weekend, will seek new ways to re-start negotiations with Israel but a peace treaty could still be months away, acting Foreign Minister Boutros Ghali said on Friday. Egyptian Prime Minister Mustapha Khali] meanwhile arrived in Brussels for
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    Lock icon Students mass in Teheran
    103 4 AP HUNDREDS of secondary school students massed In tke streets of Teheran yesterday demanding tke overthrew of Shah M•hammed Rexa Pahlavt shortly alter the gevernmeat attempted to reopen schools for the first time In weeks. Some schools appeared to be fancttealag tat la otkers, stadeato Ignored
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    Lock icon Seven on Ohira's invitation list
    200 4 Sunday Nation wishes its readers a Merry Christmas Reuter JAPANESE Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira has sent letters to government leaders Of six major Western industrial countries inviting them to Tokyo for an economic summit next June, the Foreign Ministry announced yesterday. It said the invitations
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    Lock icon HK keeps refugees at bay
    84 4 Reuter A PANAMANIAN ship carrying 2,700 Vietnamese refugees arrived just outside Hongkong waters yesterday but was not allowed to enter them. The authorities in Hongkong were trying to find out if the Taiwan-bound Huey Fong had any urgent need of food, water, medical supplies or
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    Some men are pigs ...
    156 4 Some men are pigs CHRISTMAS CORNER YOU'D THINK, to see the grins on the faces of passersby, that no one had ever seen a pig taking a man for a walk before. But I'm not laughing because it's not going to be a happy Christmas for me this year. Let
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      53 4 DRAGON PHOENIX RESTAURANT Block 26, Outrun Park, Singapore. T*****4588 A *****29 i vvn*n Earthorn Pot Spocial Chillio Crab Spring Chicken Delicious Ycim Pot HotPlatc Doer Moat Live Fresh Fish Quick Lunch $3/per person. We cater for Birthday Wedding Parties, buffet lunches and private functions. Live music and your dinning pleasure.
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      227 4 In and around town NEW MINSTRELS, popular group from the Philippines entertains at the Garden Ballroom, Holiday Inn, from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Dance plus a gala Christmas Eve dinner is $75 nett which includes half a bottle ot champagne. THE PLATTERS entertain at the Tiara Supper Gub, Shangri-La
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    Lock icon Mum's head cast away
    353 5 UPI A WOMAN slammed her car into the New Jersey statehouse steps on Friday and dung a plastic bag containing her mother's head out the car window. A small American flag had been stabbed into the head's bloody neck. Tht woman, Jean Zellnsky, 48, of Rlngoes,
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    Lock icon Taiwan security ties: Carter faces suit
    153 5 UPI SENATOR Barry Goldwater has asked the US Federal courts to decide if President Carter can constitutionally break off the United States mutual security treaty with Taiwan. The Arizona Republican filed suit on Friday In US District Court with 15 other members of Congress
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    I killed 32 boys claims homosexual
    224 5 CHICAGO police holding a 36-year-old avowed homosexual as a murder raped today believed they may have stumbled onto a mass sex slaying of young boys. The authorities yesterday found at least four bodies under the floorboards oI a ranch-style brick home In suburban Norrtdge
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    Jones murdered: Coroners' report
    107 5 THE Rev Jim Jones, who ordered more than 900 of his followers to commit suicide at their Jungle commune in Guyana, was himself murdered, a coroners' Jury said on Friday. The Jury of four men and one woman ruled that Jones himself was murdered despite testimony
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    Lock icon Last flight for 100
    210 5 Reuter AP MORE than 100 people were feared killed early yesterday when an Alitalia DC-9 aeroplane on a Christinas holiday flight (dunged Intothe Mediterranean )ust short of Palermo, the Sicilian capital. Airport offleials said the Jet. packed with 134 holidaymakers and a crew of five on
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    Lock icon Emergency landing by PAL jet
    57 5 Reuter A PHILIPPINE Airlines (PAL) DC-8 returning (ran Singapore with 134 people aboard made a safe emergency landing on damaged tyres In Manila on Friday night, a PAL spokesman said yesterday. the plane damaged lis left wing tyres on take-off from Singapore, where the tower
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    Lock icon Bhutto's fate now hangs in balance
    121 5 AFP THE PAKISTANI Supreme Court yesterday brought to an end farmer Prime Minister Zulflhar All Bhutto's appeal hearing against the death sentence passed on charges of conspiracy to murder. The seven-Judge court sitting In Rawalpindi, did not set a date (or announcing its verdict
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    Lock icon Ohira clicks with the shutterbugs
    76 5 JAPAN'S lew Prime MtaWer MaeayeeM Okira, mM far aet —Mei a pretty pAetue with Us ralhcr iew leeks, takes Ms "raveage" ea Jape- —a. -a. jj MiL pffM pMi#grap**r* M IM MUI miivfr > mty ef Ike tskye Prase PkstßgispfcMs' Aasedattea sa Pi lis/. Be
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    Lock icon Redress seekers flood Peking
    152 5 UPI TENS of thousand! of provincial Chinese have flooded Peking demanding pardons from charges made by followers at the now-de-funct "Gang of Four," Kyodo News Service reported yesterday from Peking. Many at the visiting Chinese, unable to find lodging In the capital, slept in front of
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    There's plenty to go around
    274 6 COMMENT THE gift hampers are coming as they always do at' this time of year. (Meetings from wellwishers are cellophane-wrapped with choice candy, mellow wines, and paired with hopes of continuing clientele. The myriad mountains of nuts, hams, fruit and liquor are beribboned and sent
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    Writhing on the wall
    250 6  -  TAN THIAM CHYE A FEW months ago, a friend of mine, while shopping for her family in a certain housing estate supermarket, was shocked to see many lewd posters of barebreasted women in various alluring poses prominently displayed on walls. One bordered on child pornography. Having
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    Remove old trees before collapse
    86 6  -  PETER TAN I WONDER if the Government realises the danger of ok) betas uprooted and talltaf in a heavy downpour or winds. While the puhUc is encouraged to grow more trees for a green city, there la no mention of removing old trees. They are
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    If I were a visitor, I'd rebel
    227 6  -  NOGEEN QUAN I AM writing this not u an ungrateful visitor but as one who has spent all |800 of her holiday savings here. The sight of my cousin struggling to draw up an itinerary for the If I Were A Visitor contest,
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    The rise and fall of public speakers
    300 6  -  NGIAM TONG FATT A LOOK at the history at the world will reveal the fact that- many great men owed and still owe their popularity mainly to their powers of oratory. Those at us who attended the Singapore Billy Graham Crusade meetings at
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    Thief with light touch
    171 6  -  JOE SCHMOE YOUR TV reviewer RJ vu totally unjustified la his comments on' Raffles last 1 do not understand bow any educated person can classify the script a bad one. It is one of the best I've heard witty and smooth, with many a light moment.
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      164 6 TOMORROW'S TECHNOOCY. TOCW'S FASHION, THE LACVSEXD SPORTS WMCH. rA Lady Seiko vpo<t» watch offers many advanced features that until today were found chiefly In men's watches, including self-winding, day/date calendar, sweep second hand 2906—3040 and water retistance. They're §the features today's active women demand in a watch. Not only do
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    Operation headstart
    772 7  -  If you ask me... By Anne Lim teacher THE EDUCATION Ministry's plan (or attaining effective bilingualism and preserving Chinese traditional values has the appearance o( a very neat solution to Singapore's educational problems. Get the best ingredients, mix them well, provide the best quality equipment, set the ideal
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      73 7 fmm m ||g> What better drink to top a smashing game? Pour a generous measure of light, dry Bacardi rum over ice cubes in a tall glass. Top up with Coca-Cola and a slice of lemon. Love one! jABD BP5r ■"W—~ BACARDI lUTL. the drink with winning ways. Bacardi and
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      40 7 Doctor in the House a i .'Hlfe-.i ...IT'S A SIMPLE OPERATION, ANP WE CAW 00 IT NOW, BEFORE SCHOOL BEGINS, TO AVOW FURTHER TEASING. ALL IT INVOLVES IS REMOVING THE EXCESS CARTILAGE BEHJNV THE EARS._ ••< a >1 j i 0
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    The whys and wherefores of wall posters
    846 8  -  ■MMHfeMUMfcMMMMMUMR w w w a M Chang Kai Ming REFRESHING, perhaps unique, observations inside China were reported two weeks ago in a London newspaper. The importance of the report rests on the fact that it goes some way towards explaining the astonishing outbursts
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    More stamina than Mirza
    68 9 MMtZA NAMAZIE talking about Junie Bng*s 400 matraa goid msdsl swim on Asian Game* 111 (l |1 ri a» > a aaaAAlf as||A| nigniiyfiit imv wm nvuvv hove lot Mm excitement uvf DfTivf oi mm. ua if 1 WOiKMV IV WW ROT tho stamina for tho
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    Diapers: Someone's slipping
    84 9 LITTLE wonder that thn miHl n«9 ifOl CUiuVOO ywl. It waa five yoors ago wtion thia mwyino baby sppeered on our screens tapping up tho Nestle brand of biby mMk. I Mil told that the baby is mm* s •pfightty infant in kindergarten. How time Wee, fad,
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    Lock icon Coming your way
    359 9 Did you see that? d», n i By RJ RED pencil Valentine's Day (Feb 14) in your 1979 diary now. THE PROFESSIONALS, in eight parts, comes on your screen over Channel 5 that day. Gordon Jackson, ss Chief Cswtey of Britain's prestigious CD, with Lewis Collins aar'.
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    Rush — it's raw, real and rivetting
    305 9 Rush it's raw, real and rivetting RUSH (Tuaaday, Ch 5, 10.55 p.m.) FIRST episodes of TV serials sometimes start off with a that is lost in subsequent episodes. Not so with Rush, which made Its debut on our TV screens three weeks ago. The serial, a Joint presentation of the
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    This columnist
    51 9 RJ, 32, is a full time TV nut who runs an indenting firm during the daylight hours before the TV stations start broadcasting. As a part-time columnist, he gives an outside-the-media point of view. He also has more time to watch TV, a Journalist's hours being what they
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      59 9 anef a AiE&R^y CHR&7X4AS ibrgou madam T *1 52 r 4! X M m i •mm" T N sr: «V >5 s i V 391 2 it VI m &as f V>_ I I I i£v H Zt> K i **'iz 00® o "A I S? u< «*0 ROBINSON S
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    PICTURES THAT TELL A STORY
    546 10/23  -  ...AND THE STORY BEHIND THE PICTURES By Tan Choon Kim Editor of the Straits Times Annual THE NEW YEAR'S Straits Times Annual is, with a final heave-do, out on sale. It being the Times Organisation's sometimes vaunted "prestige publication", the travail has not been easy
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      682 11 Your 12-page TV pullout A Man For M Seasons (Midnight) on Saturday, Ch 5 at 10.50 p.m. in COLOUR Starring Paul Scofieid, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles, Susannah York, Nigel Davenport and Vanessa Redgrave, this splendid film swept the Oscar awards for Best Actor, Best Director (Fred Zinnemann) Pool
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      168 11 The World In 1978 on Tuesday, Ch 5 at 8.35 p.m. in COLOUR 1978 has been a year of significant political developments, with the United States and China announcing their decision to have diplomatic relations; China and Japan signing a treaty of peace and friendship, followed almost immediately by the
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      389 11 Sarah on Monday, Ch 8 at 5.50 p.m. in COLOUR Sarah an adopted child, knows there's an element of choice in adoption and her young logic tells her that since her parents chose her, she must also have the right to choose. She then de cides on a retired civil
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      1030 12 MONDAY A, A speaker unlike any other SANTA CUUI BTT CONK TO TOML Christmas children special HOUDAY MATML Young Pioneer Christmas. Fdm dramatises the story of a courageous young couple in the 1870s, who put aside personal pief to extend the hand ot friendship to the* neighbour* Stars Roger Kern.
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      706 13 WEDNESDAY A speaker unlike any other T 3.00 PJL Open 3.03 TMI BEVERLY HULOLLES: Grumon Invasion 3.30 MARY OF EVENTS (M) 3.35 BONANZA: Search In Limbo 4.23 Intermission 600 Open 6.03 PETTICOAT JUNCTION: Can't Take Her Away 6.30 NEWS M BREF 6 35 TMANS TWGQ TMGQ (r) 7.05 CANDD CAAKXA
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      867 14 FRIDAY A speaker unlike any other 3.00 Pit Open 3.03 Housewives' Matinee: KiMer In The Dart (r). Mandarin feature Mm 4.30 Intermission (.00 Open (J3 Star Performance: The Colter 0.30 NEWS M BMEF 0.35 RENEZVOUS SOUTH POLE: The Longest Night 7.00 PEXSQBMMN KU (r). Last episode 7.30 KIIS MS REWSREE.
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      139 15 Hurry! Don t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to get RARE, GENUINE stamps from all over the world. The stamps come in four categories:- World Personalities, World Sports, Space Exploration Animals. Three stamps FREE, when you buy a box of Lipton Service 100 teabags. Lipton's famous quality makes
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      90 15 wo euee POi'T Mt-AfJ ALL Of A 6Uo9e.fi l foeeor lUe 1 ttw, no v Yoor m as M di s R 355 2S M m Kl i II sa itf Mi. wJAr6 rut ©OOP WOCD TOPAV H u&tsm a .s «b w JS PI fIW m i a B
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      251 16/17 maoazme "YIPPEEL" is available at all newrtanda, bookshops, i supermarkets and departmental stores. YIPPEE! is a monthly entertainment magazine, creatively designed specially for children. Yippee! aims to arouse in children an imaginative awareness of the world around them, to appeal to their innate love of what is beautiful, and to
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      103 16/17 beetle v •bailey- a J YOU REALLY THINK SO? ,W a SMH/ HERE HE COMES J<#> X m IU WELL, JULIUS. WHAT ARE THE MEN SAVINS- ABOUT ME, LATELY? 91 t- i •1 ■> *S: V•»: THEVSAV youve BECOME SENILE AND FOR6ETRJL AMP SHOULD RETIRE IMMEDIATELY SIR vr 'A. THAT'STHE
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      57 16/17 V WHAT TH' HECK DID I SUP ON, ANYWAY IT WAS A J ROLLERBONE! MY roller bone y*> 1 T& u. <>< r f A -< X dunno what happened WHERE \"TO IT, LADYi IT JU6TVVENT DID NOU FLYIN'.' I CAN'T LO6EJT. J TELL YOU WHAT MISTER ?J DANS "THINS
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      109 18 vu»» I#*. t*uJ* ■Ifl 'WO* OH*** TTie RUNNER'S Handbook 4/so available: r The African Running Revolution •Guide to Sprinting Complete Book of Running, Runner's World (Magazine), Women'* Running, The Complete Marathoner, Medical Advice for Runners, The Complete Diet Guide For Runners, New Exercises For Runners, Complete Weight Training Book For
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      264 18 GARTH HEY, RITR/ WHERE "TVI! 'ELL. ORE VOU QOINS? I FIND XOU DESIRPBLE/NOW PUT >OUR COATON BNOCOME wrm me/ NO, My DEHK.I DONT WQNT RDOMC-I WPNTYOU/ WITH ME/ 1 "s?" a <■ rm J) ft wrm F_ 4i JT~ m, m rj. h f/m JL'i <» E f i_: ?*r
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    The Pick of Paikers
    748 19 HUMOUR w.h EN THESE last weeks o( the year I have had occasion to list for various papers and places, Ten Sexiest Men (world, not Singapore, such is one's qualification), Books of the Year, Talentime Finalists, Ten Rock and Rollers, 20 Best Horror Masks (by children)
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    The Pink Panther is back in town
    511 19  -  jJd JliiW By Judith Holmberg THAT wily 'Ter" "ler"? officer, The Pink Panther is back in town. He's hanging out at the Lido to wreak his revenge on those who dare enter the portals of that cinema. Having survived If attempted ■■■■Instlwis, two
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    827 20  -  Clang-clang-clang...but no-one answers. I have nowhere to sleep ■WPP By Pohshon Choy CLANG-CLANG-CLANG, I shook the gate of the New Orleans YWCA, hoping that someone would hear the commotion and admit me for the night. Five minutes. No response. Oh dear, I never expected this to
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    Happiness is a onenight stop
    1020 21  -  A tHRISTMAS TALI By Wong Hsien Cheen THIS TIME last year I had no good reason not to go to the United States. Faced with the prospect of a lonely Christinas in London as my English friends headed out of town far their family reunions,
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    Creme de la creme
    535 22  -  BOOKS OF THE SEASON Fiction picked by J.D. Pracetas,Xuan Xong CHRISTMAS and the New Year is a painful time for us bookworms. When the merry season comes to town, we are forced from our little cubicles In dusty libraries and have to strain our bends over
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    From fish to family planning
    967 22  -  Non-fiction picked by Alex Josey WHICH 10 noo-fictlon books would I recommend (or the holiday season, I was asked. An iniwesllsa question, for much depends upon the persons for whom the bwA* are intended, and alio upon how much the giver is prepared to pay
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    Gulpy's great leap forward
    1692 24  -  ,by Ranjeet Singh GULPY knew only the tank. It was his whole world. It was a wonderful place to stay, most of the other fishes said. There was sand below them, an air-pump at one corner that gave out immense bubbles every sscond and a small
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    Your boss needs a teddy
    878 24  -  By Jackie Lofting TOYS moving of the nursery and into executive offices. Games are no longer child's play and Certainly couldn't be bought with pocket money.' There's a rapidly growing market (or puzzles and gam* that give adults a chance to relax, release tension, or
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      A double for the Recs
      337 25  -  Brian Miller SINGAPORE Recreation Club bagged a superb "double" when their women, won the National First Division League championship title recently. In the final, played at the SRC Pndanf, the Recs, runner-up for the last two seasons, rose to the occasion to play delightful hockey
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      Will the game go Open?
      233 25  -  MMiITCH Gerry Chan OPEN badminton, the dream of many international players, may become a reality sometime next year if recommendations put up by the working committee of the International Badminton Federation are approved. Set up early this year, the committee met for the first lime
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      STARS IN THE MAKING...
      454 26  -  TONS TALK Alfred Tong THE expected Chinese threat at the Just-con-cluded Asian Games in Bangkok never really materialised, apart from the men's doubles pair of Hsu Mei-lin and Ku Ming hua, who iron the silver medal and Chen Chuan, who won the silver medal in the
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      Telok Ayer keep inter-con title
      450 26  -  BASKETBALL Tony Koh AS EXPECTED, Telok Ayer retained the interconstituency title without dropping a game throughout the twomonth tournament. They defeated arch rivals Nee Soon 78-73 In an actionpacked final at the Gay World Stadium last Thursday night. However, for long periods In the first
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      CHINA SOAR TO THE TOP
      447 27  -  They succeed Japan as No. 1 ATHLETICS Tan Kim Seng CHINA have taken over from Japan as Asia's top athhtira country with their 12 gold medals to Japan's 10 in the OMMi When the Chinese finished a close second to Japan In the gold medal
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      1978 — a year they will want to forget
      354 27  - 1978 a year they will want to forget GOLF Ernest Frida SINGAPORE golfers will want to forget 1978. It was another had year for the national team. They were badly beaten in the Putra Cup championships and in their international against Malaysia. Even newcnuieis Papua New Guinea and the vm
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      Earlier closing dates
      239 27  -  Joyce Tan CLOSING dates for SWNA tournaments next- year will be at least one month before the tournament proper and tournament fixtures will be sent by registered post to teams concerned. This move is being taken by the Singapore Women's Netball Association because of problems they have
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      The over-50 can be just as tough as a teenager
      2110 28 Ceotff Hunt on Squash: Final part FROM the scores of inquiries one hears from middie-aged men It is obvious that there is a widespread worry about the wisdom of Indulging in hard exercise ana playing squash when one is approaching,
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      How the English Czech-ed us at Wembley
      1103 29 Jozef Venglos, Czechoslovakia's national soccer manager, talks to Eric Batty I WAS assistant manager to Vaclav Jezek when Czechoslovakia won the 1976 European championship, beating West Germany in the final on penalty kicks, but since then, the Czech team failed to 2ualify for
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      W-Cup: Spanish offers
      1195 29 WOM» SOCCER THE Spanish organising committee for the 1962World Cup will propose to the International Football Federation (Fifa) that 24 countries take part in the finals to be played in Spain. Raimundo Saporta, president of the committee, said they will offer Fifa 19 Stadiums In 16 cities
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      Young Stewart can upset Gopal
      570 30  -  CAMiCN IWfUII Peter Lo THE on-off semi-finals of the Police Sports Association squash championsbis were completed last week and now the finals are set for Dec 28. As usual, the Police Commissioner, Mr Tan Teck Khln, will be the Guest-of-Honour and will also give sway
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      Early birds will get East seat
      393 30 msm TRACK THE Football Association of Singapore certainly did not bring happy Christmas news when they announced price increases for admission to next year's Malaysia Cup competition. They had no choice but to comply with FAM rules. The Singapore Sport* Council, too, did not
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      Tiger Hill causes a mild upset
      1208 30  -  TURF RAY TIGER mo created a mild upset in Race Five when he toppled the even-money favourite Larry NsrtttleMs in an eight-horse race in Penang yesterday. Ridden a bold front-run-ning race by Razmy Ashari, the Taj Dewan Ave-year-old held oil keen challenge by Larry
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      Lock icon The load on Jack Of Trumps
      446 30 Reuter JACK Of Trumps, one of the most exciting young steeplechasing prospects to come out of Ireland in recent years, will carry a load at Hibernian hopes, dreams and betting money when he runs in the £30,000 (182,000) King George VI steeplechase at Kempt
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      PENANG CARD AND FORM GUIDE FOR TODAY
      3158 31 RACE 1 1 JO CLASS 4, DIV. 2 1.200M ($10,000 $7,000 to wlniMr) 1 MM tiMili iMm a (SatWactka) E Breukctea 4 M (dd+l)U»r a tanNnaMa IV (KL Chang) Taa 1M 1 JMm S MB Uw a (Klmaat) Chaac ISU (dd+1) UMn P..
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      SELECTIONS
      125 31 1 HMHf BRIAN Mil J.Kit K.I-CHAN TURF RAY Hi Tin tag Rajah's Reward Ikttaaa Satisfaction Rajafc's Reward Iktinoa Tien 8ang Satisfaction I vary Bm» Centovalli Mavte Tawa Capital Gain CeatevalH Itanderer ■ai Ivory House Raub Tidal Wave Altare* Sue An Altar sh Maragi Tidal Wave Saaay Heart Sure Am
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      Lock icon Distance will suit Tidal Wave
      505 31 By SCRUTINEER TIDAL Wave can sweep the opposition aside and score his second win off the reel in Race 3, the 1700m for Class 4 Division 1 horses at Penang today. The three-year-old by St. Puckle hit his right form tut time out at Buklt
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      Simple prayer does the trick
      620 32  -  SPORTS NATION By SURESH NAIR A SIMPLE, short prayer by India's world ranked tennis professional Vijay Amritraj was answered, saving the Hilton Invitation Classic from being called off at the Singapore Tennis Centre yesterday. Dark clouds hovered over Marine Parade as the semi-finals got off
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      Malaysia Cup price bike: FAM ruling
      164 32 ADMISSION charges for next year's Malaysia Cup soccer tournament will be increased, the Football Association of Singapore announced yesterday. And FAS statement said: "Hie FAM have advised us that the minimum admission charge for all 1979 Malaysia Cup matches shall be $2. This is
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      268 25 APPOINTMENTS M The $GV Group Management Consulting Services Our client, a Japanese company engaged in the assembly of electronic components, is setting up a factory in Jurong. It requires the services of two experienced and stable candidates for the following positions: SEMOR (MS 10/5531 V Up to Ssls.ooop.a. The successful
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      412 25 APPOINTMENTS iUMWIiIW The SGV Group Management Consulting Service* Our client, subsidiary of ah international group of companies, is expanding its activities into building products in Singapore. It is urgently in need of an energetic and experienced person to fid the position of: T\ Up to $18,000 p.a. plus generous benefits'
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      292 26 Cosmetics, Perfumeries Toiletries THE COMPANY A local subsidary Trading Company belonging to a large multi-national Group currently undergoing rapid growth and diversification requires urgently a Sales Manager for its expanding Cosmetics and Toiletries Department. THE JOB To be totally responsible for the marketing and sales management of the Cosmetics and
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      199 26 APPOINTMENTS A large international Bank which is establishing an offshore branch in Singapore invites applications for the position of Officer (up to 5518,100.00 p.a.) The successful candidate should possess at least Part One A.1.8. in addition to minimum 5 years of experience in documentary credits, inward/outward bills, remittances, clearing and
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      232 32 TECNOGAS SUPERIOR BY RAR 10 GREAT MOOELS TO CHOOSE FROM WWt lOdtflerent models to choose from, thera'a auraty ona to auh your naada, and not only do you gat your choice. you alao gat your mone/a worth. Bacauaa a Tacnogaa range ia made of high queßty porta ptua thick high-grade
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