New Nation, 3 January 1979

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    Masthead
    21 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday, January 3, 1979 2453 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 144/1/79 ri NEW fcp) NATION COMMENT rSrSB yS
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    Envoy's wife teaches civil servants English
    615 1  -  By Teresa Ool Joanna Hennings, wife of the British High Commissioner in Singapore and college mates at Cambridge University with Lee Kuan Yew and his wife, has been commissioned to conduct a written English course for young pivil servants. The Prime Minister obviously thinks
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    Immersion snag
    456 1  -  Students refuse to go to certain govt schools By Teresa Ool Some secondary one students from at least two of the nine "super" schools have refused to undergo immersion classes in certain English government schools chosen by the Education Ministry. These students have threatened to withdraw from the
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    Lock icon Hair today, gone tomorrow?
    55 1 The contraptions may look weird but they are hefcinf these women in China beautify themselves. The women are seen here at a beauty parlour waitinf to have their hair set durinf the New YearhoMay. It's al part of the modernisation process that is now underway UPI
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    Cabbie cheated
    119 1 The man who abducted a nine-month-old girl from the Singapore General Hospital on Monday also cheated a taxi driver of $10.50. Police investigations revealed that the man left the hospital with Razaliah bte Isa at about 3.30 p.m. An hour later he was seen boarding a taxi with
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    Without water
    48 1 Some areas In the Singapore General Hospital were left without water this morning after a water main burst at 2 a m The operating theatres and wards had to make use of water from reserve tanks to continue operations. Normal water supply resumed at 9.15 a.m.
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    Lock icon $2.5m fire
    199 2  -  Godown, cargo destroyed By Richard Adhikari About $2.5 million worth of general cargo was destroyed in a threehour fire at a Kim Chuan Road godown early this morning. The fire, which started at 11.20 p.m. yesterday, destroyed the godown belonging to Tan Eng Keng and Son Holding. It
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    Kids to get limelight
    418 2 Govt's special programme for Year of the Child An elaborate programme has been drawn up by various government and civic organisations for this year's International Year of the Child. These range from art and essay competitions, Chingay processions, talks on parenthood and child-care and exhibitions to
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    Stock market
    110 2 The Stock Exchange of Singapore entered the second trading day of the new year in a listless and dull fashion. Hardly any speculative interest was noted during the first hour of very quiet trading. Turnover was low with share prices stagnating at yesterday's closing level. Sime Darby was
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    New use for old British barracks
    203 3 Former British Army quarters in Seietar Air Base are now the new home (or male criminal law. supervisees. Since last month, when the sl*e of the Ahmad Ibrahim Camp in Sembawang Hills Drive was acquired by the government for the development of Ang Mo
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    Govt collects $3.5 billion
    416 3 Most from income tax: Report The government collected $3.5 billion in revenue for the 1977/78 financial year. This is $399 million or 12.6 per cent more than the 1976/ 77 collection, according to the Auditor-General's report released yesterday. The main sources of revenue for the year
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    TRADING ROOM LOSES ITS COLOUR
    170 3 There want meek ceief h tte trMtag reem yeatenby whn the Sleek Rxckaage ef BfcPf—% rvliag ea "prefer irauf" came late effect. nk wu bMUH «aly aevea el Ike llMi M Ttoy were wimi bat Ml toured (m eatertag the traflag rmm ea Ike eevealk
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    Meeting will be held after all
    95 3 The International Federation of Clerical, Commercial and Technical Employees (Flet) will hold its World Executive Congress in Singapore on April 9 and 10 as scheduled. This follows confirmation by the Regional Language Centre venue for the meeting that It will provide the necessary five-lan-guage
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    Tuition: New MYMCA move
    264 3 The Metropolitan TICCA is planning to decentralise this year's tuition classes. The tuition project has been an annual affair with classes being held for Primary Five, Six and Secondary Four students at the MYMCA's Palmer Road premises. Mr Anthony Ong, head of the association's Youth Development
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    Jobs for the aged
    59 3 Tnm«t— of ||)o Woodstock Home far the Aged win be given odd Jobs under a new system of caring lor the aged. A Social Affairs Ministry spokesman said they are looking for suitable Jobs for the 49 women Inmates near its pr unless at Orchard Boulevard
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      34 3 SHOP €4 Hilton Hotel Renovation Sale For 4 Weeks Only! Thousands of dollars worth of stock must be V cleared. Oddments of ours might be just the thing that J you've bean looking for.
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    Shipyard may win British contract
    294 4  -  By Bharathi Mckae Bharathi Mckae Vosper Singapore Shipyard has a strong chance of winning a contract from the British Defence Ministry to build five patrol nips for the Hong Kong naval squadron. The squadron's present patrol ships the last of the British Navy's warships based
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    JTC men
    51 4 Mr Yeo Seng Teck has been appointed deputy chairman and Messrs Koh Cher Slang, Phey Yew Kok, K. Sakural, B.M. Lap, Ang Kong Hua, Lim Leong Geok and Michael Yeo Chee Wee members of the Jurong Town Corporation for two years from Jan 1, the latest Government Gazette
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    Getting the message across
    78 4 Five-year-old Badrul Hisham listens intently to the messages being received through this VHF radio receiver at the Maritime Museum in Sentosa. The receiver, exhibited at the Navigational and Pilotage section of the Port of Singapore Gallery, enables visitors to listen to conversations between ships in port
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    On Austen
    40 4 Dr Arthur Lindley, an English lecturer of the University o< Singapore, will speak on patrimony In the novels of Jane Austen at Room D of the English Department, University d Singapore Buklt Timah campus, tomorrow at 4 p.m.
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    Appointed
    26 4 Colonel Khoo Eng An has been appointed a member of the National Maritime Board (or two years from Jan 1, the latest Government Gazette announced.
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    ILO survey on working conditions of salesmen
    298 4 The International Labour Organlsation has sent questionnaires to gauge the working conditions and employment terms of salesmen and insurance agents in Singapore. This is part of its worldwide survey on the status and Job security of these workers who are thought to enjoy
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    Lock icon Secrets charges: Usno man goes on trial
    213 4 Reuter Kola Kinabalu, Wednesday Datuk Dzulklfli Abdul Hamid, a leader of the opposition United Sabaft National Organisation (Usno), went on trial In the High Court here yesterday on charges of receiving and disclosing secret information about Filipino refugees in Sabah. The 39-year-old deputy
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    Lock icon Guerilla dies in border clash
    158 4 Reuter Kuching, Wednesday A communist guerilla died and another was wounded in a clash with security forces on the border betweeu Sarawak and Indonesia, It was announced here yesterday. Acting Chief Minister Datuk Sim Kheng said government forces surprised a group of 10 guerillas in
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    Camping out
    26 4 The Radin Mas community centre youth group will hold a two-day camp on St John Island from Saturday. The coat is 96 a person.
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    Livelier TV and radio programmes planned
    447 4 Singaporeans can expect livelier local radio and television programmes and more qports and recreational facilities this year. These plans were outlined in the Culture and Social Affairs Ministries' addenda to the Presidential address delivered in Parliament last Acting Minister for Culture, Mr Ong Teng
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      411 4 YOUR LUCKY cj r-1 :c IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY Bom today, you are success oriented. You try to tell yourself that you are prepared for failure but you don't really believe It. You are self-confident and determined to reach goals set for yourself or set for you by others. You
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    Lock icon Liz plays second fiddle
    40 5 Actresn Elizabeth Tayler uiays a supporting rate as hurVniTlf Republican Jefcn Warner taket. the Mthtfiffieeai Virginia's sew tbs tar. The stage «u set la the slate tfipttTil of Rlefcmead yesterday. UPI radie pletare. UPI radio picture
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    Lock icon New look for Cabinet
    57 5 World Focus Reuter Lusaka, Wednesday Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda yesterday unveiled a new, smaller Cabinet whieh he sakl reflected the serious economic problems facing the nation. The president, as a followup to last month's general election, cut the number of ministers from 29 to 19 In
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    Lock icon Free press
    36 5 Reuter Dacca, Wednesday Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman yesterday repealed a law restricting press freedom and allowed newspapers to print stories on any subject for the first time since the country's birth in 19T1. Renter
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    Lock icon Ship sinks
    30 5 Reuter San Juan (Puerto Rico), Wednesday An Americanowned oil tanker was reported to have sunk in the Caribbean yesterday with the loss of more than 30 lives. Reuter
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    Japan to stay put in Iran...
    353 5  -  «y Swadesh De Roy •or T*ky« reporter Japan has decided to stay in Iran hoping the anti-foreign campaign there will in the main continue to be directed against only such western powers as the United States and Britain. There are some economic and financial
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    'Shah yes to council'
    263 5 Paris, Wednesday Iran's Prime Minister-Desig-nate, Dr Shapur Baktiar, said on French television last night the Shah had agreed to leave the country and to appoint a regency council. Asked whether he had demanded the Shah's departure as a condition for (arming a civilian government In the
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    Lock icon China shows off its missile
    151 5 AFP Peking, Wednesday China has published a photograph of one of its missiles for the first time. Foreign military experts who have studied the colour photo since its appearance in Monday's edition of the communist party newspaper the People's Daily said it appeared to be
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    Financial Times bid for Europe
    155 5 London, Wednesday Britain's financial and business dally newspaper, the Financial Times, yesterday launched a major bid to capture markets In Europe and the United States. "The pink newspaper," as it is called from the colour of its newsprint, was printed on Monday night for the
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    Lock icon Indon ban on Chinese books
    67 5 Reuter Jakarta, VeMay The ladaieilai gsverameat has baiaed the impart, sale aai dtotrflhatlea eff beaks, magaslaes, newspapers aid hreehares prlated la CM- aeae characters, it yesterday* Trade aad Ceeperattvea Mtahtcr Badlw Prawtre said the has was ta help deveiep ladsaealia ealtpre aad ta aartare salty
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    Brigade's book of terror
    124 6 Rome, Wednesday A terror handbook attributed to the Red Brigades, who kidnapped and killed exPremier Aldo Moro In early 1978, ititf the Importance of groundwork tor killings, kidnappings, robberies and —arches, an Italian magazine said yesterday. The magazine said the handbook had been seized In a
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    Lock icon Mochtar lets them go
    73 6 UPI. Reuter Jakarta.. Wednesday Foreign kfinister Mochtar Kusumaatmaja said here yesterday ladonesla has agrssd to allow heads of (amlttss of East Timorese to go to Australia to be reunited with their wives or husbands ■mi childern. Earlier, Mr Mochtar said, Indonesia agrssd that only dependants of
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    Lock icon Khmers ask UN Council for help
    261 6 World Focus Reuter AFP Ualted Nattew, Wedmtey Accusing both Vietnam and the Soviet Union of "aggression" against its territory, Kampuchea yesterday called (or measures by the UN Security Council to end the conflict between the Indo-chineae neighbours. In a message to council president Donald
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    Lock icon Yes, it's murder
    89 6 Reuter London, Wednesday A London court ruled yesterday thst Bulgarian defector Georgi Markov was murdered last September by an unknown sssssrtn who injected a rare and deadly poison Into his let. Before he died Mr Markov, a broadcaster and outspoken critic of the Bulgarian admlaistrstfcm, said he
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    Lock icon Churchill pressed for N-war: Papers
    160 6 UPI London, Wednesday The late Sir Wivton Churchill urged the United States and British governments to launch a nuclear war against the Soviet Union in a bid to break the Bsrttn blockade In IMS. British cabinet papers of SO years ago now made public disclosed
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    Lock icon City Hall stormed
    78 6 Reuter Muelheim (West Germany), Wednesday Angry workers stormed If ueiheim's City Hall yesterday where trade union offlriali announced that they would resume negotiations in an attempt to aettle West Germany's steel strike now in its fifth week. The union's decMon-mak-ing body add It would meet steel management
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    Lock icon Today
    82 6 UPI TODAY Is Wednesday, Jan S, the third day of IJT9 with MX to follow. Those horn on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. ON TUB DAT IN BBTO- la Ml, the US severed diplomatic relations with Cuba after Prssideat Castro admitted being a communist In tfC7
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    Lock icon Odd Corner
    40 6 UPI Baritoctoa (wiiwi all), VeM»y AtvUk Mrtry la the imiUßvtligtoa Uhi* Clil cwrttrt »k««t Mlillib, «y wife »ii I WUi Bat we fliil w II II im c —in wj wife Mrt h»w ma to ekaage tor ated."
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      405 6 The Story of Lin Xiang Ru Kisah Lin Xiang Ru illustrator: Arthero Um km its w f 1 a S<J «b% 1 w IS w SB \\\v. m K K 6 >, St J' rt* 3 5? 50 ft S r*> •All! US 0 r/ Wli a k> k&< MO
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      123 6 LmIm Some snow, 0 minus 7C. Headline: Holiday deep freew. Bean Snow, minus 12minus 14C). Headline: New year begins in ice and snow. Parti Snow, minus 1* minus IOC). Headline: Cold wave grips France. Mmw Cloudy, minus 19-minus DC. Headline: On the first day of 1919. bat Cloudy. 1<H0C. Headline:
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    Lock icon US can play big role – Teng
    318 7 US can play big role Teng World Focus to resolve Taiwan issue Reuter AFP Peking, Wcinesiiy Senior Vice-premier Teng Hsiao-ping stressed to a delegation of American congressmen yesterday that China sought a peaceful solution to the reunification of the mainland and Taiwan and that the United States could play a
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    Lock icon Cold grips Europe
    204 7 Reuter AP London, Wednesday Northern Europe struggled to break the icy grip of winter yesterday as more deaths were reported from the continent's coldest weather in years. At least 23 people have died in Britain, France and West Germany alone since the cold spell plunged much of
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    Silver spoon girl dies
    78 7 London, Wednesday Olga Deterdiag, who Inherited US| SO million (fUOmiltton) when she was 10 and spent the rest of her life vainly seeking happiness, died with a glass of champagne in her hand raising a midnight toast to the New Year. The cause of death is
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    Lock icon Sino-US ties row spills over
    66 7 Saa Praadaee ptßot ■eaUle aflth a pn-lUwu preteetor alter he Mai U ■■l'l'iiiiai rally la aaether part ef a etaa (aea pftetare at Mt) arhe waa thai carried te aai laU aa the heed ef a ear. Aaether aagry pre- teeter heM a Tahraa flag
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    Lock icon Drinking human blood is his hobby
    103 7 Reuter Frankfurt, Wednesday A 22-year-old West German student, arrested following allegations of school girls being drugged, confessed that his boboy was drinking human blood, police said today. Four bottles of human blood, syringes and butchers' knives were seised from nls home together with marijuana,
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    Lock icon Tracking down UFOs
    50 7 Reuter Wellington, Wednesday A New Zealand Air Force plane tried for six hours last night to track down mysterious flying objects seen over the country during the* last few days, but found nothing. The Air Pore* said it would decide later whether to try again today. Renter
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    Surgeons sew back girl's severed leg
    166 7 Smith town (New York), Wednesday Surgeons have reattached the right leg of an 11-year-old girl which was severed by s train on New Year's eve. A hospital spokssmsn ssid yesterday the four doctors who performed the operation were cautiously optimistic that Elizabeth McCadden would
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      153 7 PETER S( HM AI .FUSS In a sp«.-<. ul (htJi 'i in.itu l< ad it iv h mian ("i.imsi I'foVss. >• JVitT St hma Itnss w ill five a piano i> 11< <rt t v>< >rks In I rni< 11. ti I'hf pr< »;ram ill in* huh Ft>l -truiivt* l)ramatu]iir
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    Two heads better than one
    440 8 For a long time, the school principal is to some people nothing more than a glorified clerk cum office boy cum whipping boy. An unkind label lor sure, but sometimes Justified. He has to take care of queries from parents, entertain visitors, attend meetings, obtain
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  • WHISPERS BY ISPY
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      More talk, less action
      103 8 When the district judge in Lansing, Michigan,* ordered 13 men, arrested for soliciting, to write essays on how t£e arrest had affected their lives, he received some enlightening pieces of work. One offender, whose wife'* rejection had turned his attention to other women, wrote that sex
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      All cut up
      25 8 A fastidious friend had three haircuts in less than six weeks, prompting one observer to note that she had been clipped, literally.
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    Lock icon Malaysia to get big oil boost
    508 8 Reuter KultLampar: Malaysia expects to boost its oil production by a third to 304,000 barrels a day this year, giving a further fillip to an already-booming economy. With rising exports of rubber, tin and palm oil, in demand by the world market, the country
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    CHINA BUBBLE MIGHT BURST
    709 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON After the surge of enthusiasm to participate In China's modernisation import programme, there is now in the West a nagging concern about the viability of the Chinese programme. Are the Chine*, possibly Influenced by septuagenarian leaders anxious to get major
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    Why people shun the civil service
    1094 9 Liew Soon Chin looks at the remuneration gap and reports on The civil servant has been the butt of countless jokes, the most unfunny being the spinoffs of the public's unfortunate encounters with bureaucracy, sealed and delivered in red tape. An equally entertaining topic
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    Lock icon The future looks bleak for Trudeau
    485 9 Reuter Toronto: Pierre Trudeau, the longest-serving elected leader in the west today, marked 10 years as Canada's Prime Minister in 1978 but if opinion polls were to be believed, it would be his last full year in office. Mr Trudeau and his ruling Liberal
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    Lock icon Esperanto: There is hope
    434 9 Reuter One 19th century ideal still (ires a million people throughout the world, despite two world wars and being banned by Hitler and Stalin. The ideal is Esperanto, a universal language invented by Ludovic Zamenhof, a Lithuanian Jewish occulist in Warsaw, as a means of encouraging
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      Lock icon First step forward
      1938 10/11  -  Try to convince the child that his teacher is a friend who is there to help him Report by Margaret Chan Yesterday was the first day of school. More than 40,000 little ones entered Primary One. Was Jan 2 wobbly knees and tears for them or a
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      Shopping for school
      67 10/11 1. FOR RAINY DAYS. Plastic windcheater with hood, $11.5# to $l2; drinking flask, $1.79. 2. BOY, AM I HUNGRY! Aladdin lunch box comes with a childproof flash, $15.15. 3. SEE ME DRAW. (From bach) Playshoo! peg and play desh with blackboard, chalk, duster and multicoloured pegs, $45;
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    Getting out of Dullsville
    545 12 Cinema t>v (ilorid Ii.iikU THE BILENT PARTNER: EllUt Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, Celiac Lmdil Directed by Dftryl Duke. Hereon play by Curtis Hum. (New hi Premier). It is Christmas in Toronto and Miles Cullen (Elliot Gould) head-teller at the First Bank of Toronto is taking
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    Lock icon A year's as long as 4 Bergman films
    756 12  -  Humour bv Russell Baker NYT A year is 1096 meals long. That' a lot of dirty dishes, not to mention hard-to-clean pots, pans, skillets and griddles. Yet you still hear old-timers saying, "The years just seem to fly by." If they want
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    Lock icon Hollywood goes to China?
    216 12 AFP New York: The normalisation of US-Chinese diplomatic relations that took effect yesterday should gradually open the Chinese market to the American cinema industry, Weekly Trade Publications in New York believe. An Initial delegation from the US movie industry will visit China Feb. 13-18 at the
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      277 12 Crossword mi mumm ACROSS 1 Belfry occupants 5 Gives away secrets 10 Accessible 14 Reflected sound 15 Engine room employee 16 Mad fiddler 17 Yankee idol 20 Use needle and thread 21 Hires out 22 Final 23 Farm plot 24 Frustrate 26 Detroit idol 33 Delirious one 34 Dines 35
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    Lock icon I wonder, where's Kissinger now?
    1078 13 World Focus The question now asked about the man who shaped US foreign policy for eight years is... NYT New York: Dr Henry Kissinger's friend Mollie Parnis tells about the time she ducked in dismay over "that terrible law that says you can't run "for
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    Lock icon Help comes, but slowly to Venice
    599 13 Reuter Vealee: Is Venice really dying? All the signs are there to confirm the worst fears high tides in winter often flood historic St Mark's Square and canal waters lap inside front doors of palaces. Throughout the city, a tell-tale line of green slime
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      489 13 Ctit out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./ Mrs./ Miss): Address: FILL IN MISSINQ LETTERS USINQ CLUES BELOW Cut along dotted lines 4. N good. Is appreciated by 9. A WHAT YOU HAVC TO DO Each day Kite week. New Nation, wM pub Malt a
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    Lock icon Money Market
    167 14 UPI London, Wednesday The US dollar was pressured lower on European foreign exchanges yesterday, the first trading day of 1979, but managed a recovery later and in most cases closed above opening levels. Gold gained US$lOO in London ending nt U&225.375. A holiday closed markets hi Zurich and
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    Lock icon Fertiliser project
    52 14 AP Riyadh, Wednesday Taiwan's Minister of Economy will visit Saudi Arabia next week to sign an agreement setting up a Joint 500,000-tonne a year fertiliser project, s Saudi company announced here yesterday. The Saudi Basic Industries Corp said it would Jointly own the project with the Taiwan Fertiliser
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    Lock icon Danger to Asean – Romulo
    206 14 Danger to Asean Romulo 'We may have to compete with China' AFP Manila, Wednesday The flow of Japanese ami goods into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) may delay the industrialisation of this region, according to Philippine Foreign Minister Carlos P. Romulo. Mr Romulo told a television interview on
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    Lock icon Saudi oil for US
    64 14 AFP Washington, Wednesday r- The current complete halt to Iranian oil production has given great importance to Saudi Arabian oil exports, a high-ranking US State Department official said here yesterday. The official said that since the cutoff of Iranian oil exports on Dec 26, Saudi Arabia
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      Lock icon NEW YORK
      330 14 UPI New York, Wednesday The stock market, breaking a two-year first-day loss string, opened 1979 with a surprisingly broad gain yesterday despite investor concern over strife in oil-rich Iran. Trading was the slowest in five weeks, however. The Dow Jones industrial average, down more than 2 points at
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      34 14 UPI New York. Wednesday Dow Jones closing average* «"> New York Stock Exchange yes-^ '*3o*industrials 811.42 (up 4.41); 20 transport 210.17 (up 3.41); 15 utiUttastt.l9 (up OS); 46 stocks 275.13 (up 2tt). UPI
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      SYDNEY
      92 14 Prices at 11.30 a m.today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACI IK 180 ADC 15 30 Ampol Pet 77 78 ANI 1© APM 112 114 Bank NSW 335 340 Brambles 145 170 BHP9MMI Boral 228 232 C8A258CSR 340 343 Clg 234 240 Coal Allied 528 Dunlop 85
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      Lock icon Dumping charge
      84 14 AP Washington, Wednesday Australian Premier Malcolm Fraser said yesterday that Western European countries are encouraging high (arm production through subsidies and dumping the resulting surpluses abroad at low prices. His charge was directed against the nine countries of the European Economic Community France, West Germany, Britain, Italy, Belgium,
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    Lock icon Inflation the major problem facing the US
    251 14 Reuter Washington. Wednesday The US economic outlook for 1979 is less optimistic than Just a few months ago as a result of rising inflation rates and concern over unemployment levels. Administration officials are still forecasting improved United States trade and balance of payments
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    Lock icon Economic briefs
    301 14 AFP COLOMBO: Trade ministers of Asian countries will hold a three-day conference here from Jan 15 to evolve a common position on issues that will come up before the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development meeting in Manila in May known as "Unctad Five". The trade ministers
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    Lock icon Disney Park in Tokyo: Talks now on
    153 14 Reuter Burbank (California), Wednesday Final agreement on Walt Disney Productions' prorfd Disneyland Park Japan is expected shortly and the US$3OO million ($675 million) amusemen parfe could open by the spring of 1882, the company said yesterday.- The park located on Tokyo Bay, about
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      Milo training pays off
      355 15  -  PETER TAN Sponsored sports is a successful method of promoting and producing sportsmen and women. We had F N badminton and squash among others. The latest is the Milo football shceme. The wccw of the Singapore teams at the recent Lion City Cup tournament comes under
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      Waterpolo squad did us proud
      231 15  -  TAN TECK HOCK The Asian Games are over. Singapore's small contingent won two golds, one silver and four browses medal. It Is indeed a good performance from our little eportmen and women. We are proud of them in bringing honour to the country. Though we
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      Worst show put up by M'sia
      121 15  -  HASHIR SINGH In the recent Bangkok Asian Games soccer tournament the much talked about Malaysian team failed miserably. Their performances can be considered to be the worst of any Malaysian soccer squad sent overseas to date. They narrowly beat weak teams like India and
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      Asian Games: Pathetic performances
      474 15  -  JAW TEE Kwang The lethargic and mediocre showing put op by Singapore athletes In the Just-concluded Asian Games have left much food tot thought. Except for Junie Sag, our two nidi and a silver heroine, bowler Wong Chin Wah, the waterpoto team and Tan Swee Hung,
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      Sunday's finishes at Penang
      351 16 Marengo led into the straight from Emerald Glew and Lady Sereae, with Aataeeaa and Oakdeae moving up. Lady Sereae and then then Oakdeae tackled Manage. Finishing strongly Oakdeae got up to beat Manage by a head. Lady Sereae finished a close third. tan moved up fast
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      Dashing trial by Hopefully
      303 16  -  C3Fon the track Pnm K. L. CHAN In Kills Luapf N Hopefally, a fancied runner in the Class 2 1200 m race on Sunday, underlined his chances with a dashing workout on good going here this morning. With a riding boy in the saddle the four-year-old
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      WBA a good FA Cup bet
      638 16  -  on SOCCER > EMLYN HUGHES Nothing In profesrtonsl football can compare with going onto the field at Wembley for a Cup Final. Even though I have had the priviledge of appearing In three F.A. Cup Finals, a League Cup Final and European Cup Final
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      C and C golf draw
      959 16 Draw tar the four-day Cycle and Carriage golf I———l Brat teg of the Local Circuit at Meter iron toMtna, Dim lar lit n« >■ tar mri 7 a.m. All Hatha (P) fla Kah Hui (II) SJC. Dh« (M) Sunny Om (It); 7 07 MT Mvam
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      My Player of the Year Gopal
      613 17  -  Hunt gets the Sportsman of the Year vote SQUASH by Eric Cooper Such has been the exposure that squash had during 1978 that the customary year-end review of past events is virtually unnecessary. Press coverage, particularly during recent months, has far exceeded that in
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      Lock icon Marks in shock win over Ashe
      431 17 j^^fennis Reuter Melbourne, Wednesday Unseeded Australian John Marks survived two match points on his way to a shock win over American Arthur Ashe la the semi-finals of the AHOO.OOO (about 5J700,000) Australian Open tennis championships at yesterday. Marks, 26, defeated third seed Ashe 64,
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      Rono gets the vote
      53 17 Paris, Wednesday Kenyan athlete Henry Rooo has been voted World Sports Personality of 1978 by Journalists and readers of the Paris sports dally L'equipe, it was announced yesterday. Rooo dominated long distance running last year, seta world records far the metres,* 3000 metres steeplechase. $OOO metres
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      World Cup: S'pore can reach semis
      463 17  -  jj^^Crkket ■y SUKESH NAIR Singapore face a tough "but not Impossible mission in the International Cricket Conference World Cup series in Birmingham, England, from May 22 to June 8. The Singapore Cricket Association secretary R. Siva subramaniam said this when he dlacussed the RepubUc'i
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      Beattie's not for sale, says boss Robson
      220 17 K3 Soccer English FA Cup holders Ipswich Town yesterday rejected an offer of around USH million (552,015,000) for England defender Kevin Beattie. Beattie was dropped from Ipswich last Saturday but manager Bobby Robaon said: "Beattie is not for sale and that is the
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      Lock icon Australia win Third Test
      248 17 Reuter Melbourne, Wednesday Australia took only 35 minutes here yesterday to beat England by 103 runs and win the Third Test on the fifth and final day. England, resuming this morning at ITI lor eight chasing Australia's overall lead of 282, lost the wickets of Bob
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      Lock icon Junie on the go again
      543 18  -  ~.after only a two-week rest Swimming ■y PHILIP TAN This is the sort of stuff that champions are made of. Doing 40 laps under a steady drizzle isn't everyone's cup of tea, but (or Junie Sng, our Asian champion, it T s back on the
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      M-Cup players stand to gain Bangkok berth
      341 18  -  Soccer *jr PHILIP TAN Singapore National players who stand out in the Malaysia Cup soccer -tournament will be selected for this year's Asian Cup Group Three tournament to be held In Bangkok from Ifarch 1 to 15. Director of Coaches Trevor Hartley said
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      Times on the rampage
      133 18  -  •y SUKESH NAIR Fancied Straits Times got off to a flying start In the National Thisiiw Houses Second Division League when they steamroDed over Rheem Hume M at Toa Payoh Stadium yesterday. They wete superbly marshalled by their skipper, international Mohammed Noh, and Malaysia Cup colleague
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      A choice of 2 concerts
      418 19 The TV addict is familiar with this predicament, but seldom the music buff. However, this dubious advantage of having two performances in one night each within half an hour of the other to choose from, has been accorded the music fan this Friday. First is
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      School graphics
      232 19 i You do not just do still art and paint your interpretation of A Day at the Market during art lessons in schools. Art today, in schools at least, is practical as visitors to the Graphics from Schools exhibition now on at the Young People's Gallery will see.
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      Star Trek comeback on the big screen
      531 19 Lm Angeles The venerable TV series, Star Trek, makes a comeback, but as a movie to be released late this year. Its promotion to the big screen is the result of the considerable success of Star Wars which has already earned more than
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      585 19 cinema THE GUY WITH SECRET KUNG FU (Mandarin): Two sons of Robin Hood-type fathers carry on their tradition o( helping the poor and needy and fighting the powerful. But it does get them into a spot one day. Stars Meng Fei, Li Chung Chan. Janag Drive-la: 7 and 9.15 p.m.
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      196 19 Sports diary 80CCEB: National Double-Knockout Tournament Queens town CSA v Whampoa CSC (Tanglln 3, 5.00 p.m.). National Business Houses League First Division: United Motor Works v Singapore Airlines (Jalan Besar Stadium). Second Division: Mitsubishi v Stock Exchange (Tanglin 1), Singapore Bus Services v Vosper Singapore (Toa Payoh AC), Frasae and
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      50 19 1E3 Taday: 1.38 a.m. (3.1m) 8.23 p.m. (0.3m). Tamarraw: 2.30 p.m (2.9m); 9.11 p.m. (0.5m). FrMay: 3.46 a.m. (2.7m) 10.02 p.m. (0.8m). 8atar4ay: 4.34 a.m. (2.6m) 11.02 p.m. (1.1m). Saaday: 5.30 a.m. (2.5m) 12.05 p.m. (1.1m). Maaday: 6.35 a.m. (2.4m) 1.30 p.m. (1.0m). Tacaday: 7.38 a.m. (2.5m) 2.39 p.m. (0.8m).
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      174 19 In and around town PRODUCTIVITY AND OUR DAILY LIFE, a talk and slideshow by Miss Wee Slew Hong of the National Productivity Board. At the Marine parade branch library, 2.30 p.m. Admission GRAPHICS PROM SCHOOLS exhibition featuring 80 pieces by students, at the Young People's Gallery of the National Museum,
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    Talking Point
    54 20 AH FOOK: We seem to be going cultural all of a sudden. Last month, we had the Cultural Foundation; now we're going to have a cultural division in the ministry and maybe build a cultural complex too. MEI UN: It's a pity that it's all on government and
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      809 20 mttm AND RADIO wMM SINGAPORE 5 4 GRAND <*• EUROPEAN TOUR V* J.ll OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by THE BEVERLY HILLBILr IJK8: Girls from Grun (r). Sitcom. S.tl DIARY OF EVENTS <M). S.JI BONANZA: He Was Only Seven. 4M INTERMISSION. tl.M OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by PETTICOAT JUNCTION: Betty Jo's Business (r).
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      217 20 Today's top shows KALAI DEEPAM. (Ch 8, 7.15 p.m. in colour). This Tamil musical variety show features a dance by the newly formed Meera Dancers, as well as items by G. Sekaran, Sufia Amin, Selvanesam, Thenmozi, Chandran, Lakshmi, Jayarajadas, Vanaja Menon. YOUTB IN SPRING. (Ch 8, 9.20 p.m. in colour).
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