New Nation, 8 January 1979

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    18 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Monday, January 8, 1979 2457 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No, 144/1/79 NIW (0) NATION COMMENT
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    Killer with time to wash up
    674 1 By Terry Aag Mi Tm UM Huy The killer who slashed to death the four children in Geylang Bahru on Saturday had time even to wash his or her hands before leaving the Housing Board flat. CID murder squad detectives believe the assailant herded
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    Lock icon Village chief tortured
    105 1 APP Baagkek, Meedey 1 v»w fKWjBf I im URTur I—fgMf tertved eed UIM Ike vlHea® keeimi, HM Pml eeaayteg. Ike kiillft eeeaned late leet meatk Ib Km Miy MrMiflalMk Privtaw, Wkmt Mrtih eeet e( Beagkek. Tke repert mI4 tke IwriMii He* Ike kee4■m tee pale ki tke
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    Lock icon Carter thinks it was the Vietcong
    145 1 UPI Cosier (Guadeloupe), Monday President Carter learned about the (all of Phnom Penh yesterday while on a deepsea fishing trip. He had no immediate comment except to say mistakenly he believed the Vietcong had seiaed it. Reporters asked Mr Carter at the end of
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    Lock icon Khmer rebels unveil plans
    729 1 Agencies Baagkak, Monday The Kampuchean National Salvation Front (KNSF), which said on Saturday night its forces had captured Phnom Penh, announced an 11-point po- litical programme following its creation Just over a month ago. The major points of the programme were stated as 1. To overthrow
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    Stock market
    237 2 Share prices opened easier during the first hour of trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Traders who appeared to be nervous of the repercussions from the political situation in Kampuchea took the opportunity to sell after three consecutive trading day's of advance last week. Si me
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    What the vice-principal must do
    483 2 Mainly the administration The newly-appointed vice principal has been made directly responsible (or the school's finances. He looks after the collection of fees, recording of payments, control of expenditure, maintenance of inventories and fund-raising. These are some of his responsibilities as spelt out In his
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    Youth ball
    28 2 The Buona Vista community centre youth group will hold a Chinese New Year Ball on Jan 29 at the Dover Road Swimming pool at 7.30 p.m.
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      75 2 Big Sweep Big Sweep drawn at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday: First No: *****6 Second No: *****9 Third No: *****4 Starters: Nos. *****7 *****6 *****8 *****1 *****3 *****2 *****5. Consolation: Nos. *****1 *****0 *****S *****3 *****7 *****3 *****5 *****1 *****0 *****3. Big Sweep drawn at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday: First No:
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    Ubi plan: Poor response
    413 3  -  Only 8 volunteer tutors so far ■y Zarinah Marican The Kampong Übi Education Development Project 79, being planned to help primary six pupils with their examinations, has met with poor response from volunteers. Only eight volunteer* have so far come forward since the project was announced
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    Elite squad to be beefed up
    294 3  -  »y Douglas Chan The strength of the Singapore Fire Brigade's elite Search and Rescue Squad is to be more than doubled. The pride of the brigade, this corps of tough, akrt and fast-moving men was mentioned in the Minister for Social Affairs' addendum to
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    Drive to get SCs to stay on as volunteers
    152 4 The Special Constabulary has launched a campaign to get national aervicemen who are about to be discharged to sign up as volunteers. The first batch of about 200 SC national servicemen, whone run-out date (ROD) is in April, have been asked
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    Grooming
    24 4 Th* talk-cum-demonstra-tlon on Good Grooming scheduled at the Marine Parade library on Jan 19 has been postponed to Jan 23. Admission is free.
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    Redhill Pied Pipers a big draw
    243 4 The Pied Piper came to Redhill on Saturday in the form of Singapore Children's Society volunteers. With carrom boards, table-tennis sets, basketballs, footballs and games sets, they drew about 100 children out of their homes to the car park at Block 90, Redhill Road
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    Move to stamp out prison frauds
    156 4 The Prisons Department is streamlining its accounting procedure* to prevent further embezzlements of funds. Source* said officials are now going through documents to determine if there was any negligence or oversight by other officers regarding a recent case of criminal breach of trust. In
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    Swimming pool opens
    49 4 The Boon Lay Garden swimming pool, which closed late last year for extensive renovation works, will re-open from today. Meanwhile, the Jurong Town pool will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., the Pandan and Boon Lay garden pools from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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    Hotels deny 'unfair' charge by travel agents
    264 4 The Singapore Hotel and Restaurant Association (SHRA) has denied a charge that hotels here are unfair to travel agents. The agents had complained to the New Nation that sudden room rate increases Mad left them with little time to amend tour prices. They
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    Ang pows for aged
    42 4 Whampoa Consumer's Club wiir register old and needy people who are above GO years for ang pows from Jan 8 to 16. The ang pows will be distributed at Whampoa community centre on Jan 83 at 7.30 p.m.
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    Special English course
    72 4 The Ministry of Education will conduct a special English course for students learning English as a second language. Only those who have completed the GCE A level examinations and want to attend university can apply. The 18-week course will be held at National, -Hwa Chong, Catholic, Anglo-Chi-nese
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    Press visit
    31 4 A visit, to the Nanyang Slang Pau press is being organised by the Queenstown library on Saturday at 2.30 p.m. Application forms are available at the library's information counter.
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    Lock icon 70 Viet spies on refugee ship report
    196 5 AFP Reuter Hong Kong, Monday Some 70 Vietnamese communist spies have mingled with refugees who boarded a vessel at Vung Tau before setting out to sea, the Hong Kong Times reported ypsterday. The daily quoted letters from Cholon, former Chinatown in Ho Chi
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    Lock icon Mourning Chou En-lai
    70 5 Reuter Peking, Monday Hundred* of hand-crafted flowers fluttered in the breeae in the centre of Peking yesterday a* the people of the city mourned former Premier Chou En-lal on the eve of the third anniversary of his death. Dosens of elaborate wreathe and poems and posters eulogising
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    Lock icon Murder
    35 5 Reuter Tilburg (Holland), Monday A 30-year-old Dutchman killed his wife and three children and their dog and then took his own life at their home in this southern Dutch (own yesterday, police said. Reuter
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    Lock icon Suicide
    31 5 AFP Orange (France), Monday Teacher Jacky Lefevre, 31, yesterday poured petrol over his car here, strapped himself in, locked the doors and lit his cigarette lighter. He was burned alive.
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    US plans 2-tier talks on M-E
    115 5 Washington, Monday The US Is considering a twotier set of negotiations in Washington to complete a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, administration officials said on Saturday. Under tentative plans, Egyptian and Israeli legal experts would confer with Mr Alfred Atherton, the US special
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    Lock icon A new way to reforest
    94 5 Reuter Jakarta, Monday Authorities in Serang district, west Java, have found a novel way to reforest the area by making couples who want to marry, divorce or re-marry plant trees. According to Antara news agency, couples wishing to marry must first plant two fruit trees.
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    Lock icon 1200 Meos killed by gas
    384 5 World Focus Planes released poison, researcher believes UPI Baagkak, Maaday An airborne attack which some authorities believe involved using poison gas reportedly killed 1200 hill tribesmen opposed to communist rule in Laos, a researcher reported yesterday. Communist forces blockaded a string of villages and fired
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    Lock icon 'US must act in Gulf area'
    309 5 NYT Reuter US Energy Secreary James Schlesinger yesterday said the Soviet Union had tried to exploit the turmoil in ban, and he warned that the United States must act to shore up its weakening influence in the Gulf area. "The Soviets have taken advantage
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    Lock icon Disease kills 30
    54 5 Reuter Naples (Italy) Monday Physicians from a Naples children's clinic were yesterday ordered to report on 30 children who died of an unknown disease in their hospital over the past nine months. Health officials said that In the last seven days alone five children had died at
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    Lock icon A disaster puzzle
    51 5 Reuter Vleaaa; Maaday Sctoattata are puM by aa aampiatofd aataral tester which UnM about HO hsases aad rippad wwtos ap ta m It lage last ssssth, Radio Despite eeatiaaed Ed Mm imttr «Mck spilt vfltaft «f Onqr^k^ At rUk» hUDhßilprtM M Cha seal mlmUi I* tke area
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    Lock icon Hard-up kids are suing parents – judge
    121 5 Hard-up kids are suing parents judge UPI. Pittsburgh, Monday Allegheny County authorities say hard-up children are turning to a new and successful weapon In their battle to obtain money for school lawsuits. Judges in the family division of the County Court of Common Pleas say hundreds of students have gooe
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    Lock icon 11 die
    36 5 Reuter Bogota, Monday Eleven member* of a family, seven of them children, died yeaterday when lire a house In southern Bogota, the Colombian Fire Department said. The fire was started by a candle. Router
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    Lay-offs soon because of strike
    108 6 World Focus London, Monday British industry win soon start, laying off men If the transport strike by SUM) lorry (hivers tightens its grip on suppMss, spokesmen said. "We are sppealing to the government for urgent action," said an engineering employers' spokesmsn. As the strike cut-deliv-eries
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    Lock icon MP killed
    53 6 Reuter New Delhi, Monday A Communist Party of India (cpi) parliamentarian, Mr S.G. Murugalyyan, was subbed to death by four people outside his house near Madras in southern India last night, police reported. They do not suspect any political motive. Sources said It could be due to a
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    Lock icon CIA's mind control plan unveiled
    117 6 UPI Washington, Monday The CIA once developed a secret mind-control plan to induce an unwitting foreign official to assassinate one of his country's leaders or, "if necessary," an American o((iclal abroad, newly released documents show. The plan was part of Operation Artichoke, the Intelligence agency's
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    Lock icon West: No China card play
    348 6 Callaghan assures Moscow AP. Bklßt*Fr»ie«li (fliililwy) Britain's Prime Minister James Callaghan yesterday denied that the Western allies had any intention o( using China against the Soviet Union. "It's very important that we reassure the Soviet Union we are not playing the China card," Mr Callaghan
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    Lock icon Cardin to advise China
    152 6 NYT Paris, Monday Pierre Cardin, the internationally known fashion designer, says he has landed an agreement with the Chlnesi government which among other things makes him a consultant to China's state agency lor trade in textiles. Under the agreement Mr Cardin, whose operations are worldwide, ssid
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    Lock icon TODAY
    86 6 UPI TODAY to Monday, Jan 8, the eighth day of 1979 with 367 to folkm. Those born on thto date are under the. sign of Capricorn. Thto would have been rock •tar Elvto Presley's 43rd birthday ON 188 DAT Df HBTOBT: In 1817, Congress ap- proved legislation providing suffrage
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    30 6 Reuter (Bdgfaun), Moa- Bniiigttw iHM spaaartat mM Mm mmm waiting for trftlao ob a local village railway platform, pottce aali oa Saturday. A maa kaa kees smstod.
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    Lock icon Defence talks
    67 6 UPI Peking, Monday A party of four US aenators, two of them members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, arrived in Peking yesterday for two days of wide-ranging talks with Chinese defence officials on military security matters in Asia and the Pacific. It is the first Senate delegation
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      454 6 WEATHER Ltaita Thawing, 6-3C Headline: Tired Shah hints he will leave Iran. ■mm Bright, minus 5mlnus ISC. Headline: Shah confirms "vacation plans". Paris Cold, minus 3mlnus 7C. Headline: France paralysed by cold, death toll mounts. M*m«w Occasional snow, minus 10-minus 15C. Headline: On extra measures to Intensify nature protection and
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      44 6 Cloudy, 3424C. Headline: Prince Sihanouk goes to Peking. Tikyi Rain, 7-3C. Headline:. US allies back normalisation with Peking. Sesal Partly cloudy, 12«C. Headline: Vietnam invasion isolates Ptinom Penh. Sydney Fine, 28-21C. Headline: Boost for beef markets. Talpek Partly cloudy, 22-lOC. fltagspwt Sunny, 3123C. UP1
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      109 7 if W cO3 l •fc CV f T**i <■*" -^PS aW V w MP •> ,jp aw*: >*Wr icC:'i ~mw" a v o S& iC* IYV^ VV I Tivoli Lounge Set British beauty. Imported fabrics to brighten your home. t -a > V *r s f Bahamas Lounge Set velvet
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    Don't let the dragon be a drag
    477 8 Singapore-may be a late starter in the dragon boat race circuit, but we look like being the- first to have a 90 km route the longest ever. This year's race midyear will be 90 times the length of last year's. But ■nrrs— will
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      Surprise package
      86 8 A friend was invited "to dinner" at the tome of an old pal and long-time bachelor. On arrivaL, the guest Joked with hit host: "I have this gorgeous girl I must introduce yen to. "Really!" the host exclaimed with mock excitement. Then he disappeared for a few moments
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      Just as it says
      66 8 A Malaysian visitor, noticing how traffic flow out of Plaza Singapura had improved since her last visit, had this to say about the new access road: "You Singaporeans real- ly have a sense of humour. Fancy calling such a handy road Handy Road!" Her Singaporean Mend
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    America – land of opportunity
    645 8  - America land of opportunity for foreigners with money to buy up the American dream By Melvin Maddocks A lot of the natives are panicking at the thought that "foreigners are buying America", as Newsweek put it. Products as indigenous, u sacrosanct as Pepsodent toothpaste, Almond Joy candy bars and horrors!
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    LET'S WRITE OUR HISTORY TOO
    743 8  -  MONDAY iv i m SONNY YAP SONNY YAP A week Into the new year, boo-hooing over broken -resolutions and wowing over the proepect of ripping off 12 more pin-up girls, it suddenly dawned on me that we are entering the last year of the decade.
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    THE VERBOSE PERSUADERS
    802 9  -  For the Record by Gloria Chandy Even way back then when Singapore was a newly-founded colony, people realised that it paid to advertise. With the increase in population came newspapers and periodicals. with them arrived the opportunity to make publicly known whatever wares or skills or services
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    Lock icon Novel too close for Carter's comfort
    769 9 Reuter New York: Most novels come and go, leaving no adverse marks on either the public that reads them or on the authors who write them. But Patrick Anderson's, latest work of fiction has left some real-life bruises that appear to Include his wife's
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      49 9 ANDY CAPP s? M V SHORT RIBS TAKE TEN F*WCES»/ TUGN AND FIRE/ m m m NORBERT I it* rm ir TWO-TIMER 1 I ET3 BESS BS3» by Frank O'Neal I NEVER WAS jr> AT MATM.) a si □f si sit 12 by George Fett m sil 1£ ui
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      Lock icon And when we say goodnight
      228 10/11 What do you wear to bed? a friend asked me. "A tee-shirt and striped cotton PJs," I said. "Gosh, that's boring!" she said, so to find out what's not boring ip sleepwear, we had a pyjama party and Invited Sharon and Susan to show us
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      Lock icon 'Parents under 30 most likely to abuse kids'
      233 10/11 UPI Philadelphia: More than 1.4 million children in the United States are vulnerable to physical abuse from their parents who in most cases are under 30 and themselves products of violent homes, according to a national profile of violence towards children. The
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      I shiver with delight at her Anne Bancroft voice
      497 10/11  -  SOAP: LJKWJ Toro While it is delicious to be thought of as sexy by a woman (you've come a long way, baby, so you don't have to just lie down, shut yohr eyes and think of Singapore) I must admit I
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      Cirrhosis – when you drink your liver to death
      428 10/11 Cirrhosis when you drink your liver to death Doc's Casebook "I'm a moderate drinker who has probably drunk too much during the festive season. I am told that too much alcohol will lead to cirrhosis of the liver. What is this disease and how can I avoid it?" The word
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      Life turns sour for young wife
      1138 10/11  -  CASE: The teenage mother Growing Up Grtwiag ap Is difficult, and adolr»tww Is perhaps the mast disturbing perlad af life. Oae sf the teenager's greatest seeds Is far a matsre, experienced persas with wham ta disease prahlems "maa-ta-maa." Uafartaaately this perssa to sat easy
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      Firm bed is best
      224 10/11 Column 7 Ds yea kaew that we spead a third si ear lives la bed? 8a da sake sare at least that the bad hi etafertaMe. Bat this daesat sssaa It sheald be sett. A bed that Is toe sstt Is had far the sfiae. A
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    Lock icon Science: The challenges and major problems
    942 12 World Focus In science faces challenges and problems. Several le scientists uere asked by Ihe Times to contemplate these challenges and to describe uhat they regard as their major concerns. I he responses ranged over a uidc area, in some cases calling for a
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      270 12 Crossword ACROSS 1 Cuzeo's country 5 Starchy food 10 Visage 14 vital 15 Earthy pigment 16 Missing 17 Carries with difficulty 18 Penniless 20 Showed off 22 Greasy 23 only a paper moon' 24 Whirled about 26 Fury 29 Not living together 34 Spun or run 35 Losing brightness 36
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      452 12 Moncywords results No entrant submitted a solution which corresponded in all respects with the set oT answers held by the judges to be the most apt in the New. Nation Moneywords •HM\ One entrant submitted a solution which differed at three points from the solution which the Judges held to
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    Lock icon Economic briefs
    183 13 AP TOKYO: Two Japanese electric companies say they are making Inroads into the US Enuring— computer market .this year. Mitsubishi Electric Corp and Nippon Electric Co. said they have launched a marketing campaign for small office computers in the US. Industry sources said Japanese computers can compete with
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    Lock icon Secondary stocks in demand
    236 13 Lloyds Bank International The New Year came into the equity market quietly when business opened on Tuesday with the usual spate of activity usually associated with New Year investment tips failing to materialise. However, leading equities came into demand on Wednesday with the F.T. 30 •hare
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    Lock icon Best gains in four months
    282 13 NEW YORK UPI Stocks, responding to a stronger dollar, hopes that interest rates have peaked and a. miming in Iran kicked off 1979 with its best gain in four months this week. Trading was active as investors brushed off negative news. The Dow Jones industrial
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    Lock icon SYDNEY
    81 13 r Business News and Views Reuter Price* at ll.M a.m.today (Aus Iralian time) an the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACT 1*1 1® Apcuao Ampol Pet 7f 77 ANl in API! 115 116 Bank NSW MB MS Brambles 175 177 'lUA v v m ►Tfl STTJI Acmll M 70 Herald MO
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    Prices move up on a broad front
    389 13 ZURICH Following a shortlived period of uncertainty inr mid-Decem-ber, a firm trend began to prevail on the Zurich Stock Exchange and the Swiss capital market. s Stock prices moved to higher ground on a broad front in more active trading. Above average price
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    Lock icon China trade
    38 13 UPI Washington, Monday Robert Straup, President Carters special trade ambassador, cautioned yesterday that trade between the US and China will not significantly Increase overnight, and must be preceded by serious discussions leading to a trade agreement.
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      390 13 •:u; LUCKY STARS if rrs your BIRTHDAY Bora today, you have always yearned for lasting relationships Nothing distresses you more than the fading of friendships; nothing gives you more toy than the etahitohment of assort at lons between and among people. You are concerned about the atate of your health,
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      538 13 :<ym:ra c: MONDAY Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear betow Name (Mr Mrs./ Miss): Address N R.I.C. No: Tel: Cut along dotted linesmwmmmmmmmm CLUES FOR HO-1 1. Abbreviated name el a place lor physical exer2. A bey carrying one may be tempted to swing or wave
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    Honda is my top choice
    607 14 CB4OOT is excellent, economical, understated Motorcycling l»V I y« t)iu >*n From the over 25 new motorcycles I rode last year, it Is not easy to decide which Is the best. In choosing my bike of the year, I used the following criteria: It must
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    Bigger sales drive for Japanese cars...
    612 14 > Motoring »»v H<mU i it k IN'stdna J We can expect greater sales drives by Japanese cars manufacturers In this region during the coming year. They intend to make up some of the expected losses in exports to Europe and the US in
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      167 14 THE AHEALCFBEUGEOT 604 STRONGPOINT ONE:' From the very beginning, Peugeot 604 has been designed DESIGN to be one of the most desirable cars in the world. The elegant shape, fashioned by renowned Italian master coach builder Pinin Farina, offers good visibility and accommodation, yet retains compact exterior dimensions. V liy
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      Watch out for Destination III
      573 15 if he goes beyond 1200 m the next time By StIUTINEEB DnttMttN m will be something to bet on the next time he goes beyond 1200 m. Make a special note of him. The five-year-old English gelding by Ribero ran a tremendous race In the
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      Lock icon It's Feigl versus Wilkison
      60 15 Tennis AFP Auckland, Monday. American teenager Tim Wilkison and top seeded Peter Feigl (Austria) will meet in today's final of the $115,000 New Zealand Tennis Open after winning their respective semi-finals here yesterday. Wilkiaon, took only SO minutes to beat Englishman Richard Lewis 6-2, 6-1. Feigl
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      A big blow for judo when SJC quit premises
      572 15  -  < 1 V Martial arts bv Richard Adhikari Judo will be dealt a severe blow when the Singapore Judo Club lose their premises at the White House Hotel which they have occupied for the past 30 years. The entire row of
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      Lock icon Pan-Am Games face a new threat
      189 15 Reuter Bridgetown, (Barbados). Monday.— The Pmn-Ameri can Gam—, scheduled far Puerto Rico next July, art threatened by a decision by the island's governor that both American and Puerto Rlcan flags and national anthems will be uasd at the Games, according to the Cubaa news
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      Lock icon Fabi wins NZ event
      33 15 Reuter Auckland, Monday. Too Fabi of Italy, drtvt* a March, triumphed In the Now Zealand motor radng grand prise here. FaM s main rival waa Australia's Larry Feridm.— Router.
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      Lock icon for S'pore Kallang Whimper
      908 16  -  The1979 Malaysia Cup Young Lions fail to x get their teeth right in Jeffrey Low Wigipapere t Malacca t Singapore raised only a Kalian# Whimper 98 they contrived a 5-0 score line thai certainly disguised the amount of labour put in Just to reach a decent
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      Match nitty-gritty
      115 16 Skats it geaJ: Singapore 19, Malacca 9; Canm: Singapore 3, Malacca 3; OffMe: Singapore 6, Malacca 7; Fails: Singapore 13, Malacca 17; Tlrw km: Singapore 20, Malacca 15. Maa Of Ike Mate*: Dollah Kassim Cr*w4: 50.0Q0 Sagapsret Edmund Wee, Lim Tang Boon, Samad Allapilchay (Ghazali Ghani), Syed MutaUb.
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      Prakash lesson...
      164 17 Defender Jai Prakash will be called up by team manager Chia Boon Leong and assistant manager Ronald Naidu tomorrow to explain his "act of indiscipline" on Saturday. Prakash, who was down as first choice to face Malacca last night. Joined his team-mates at the Jalan Besar dormitory over
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      Chung-Fa again after 4 years
      549 18  -  Talib scores first success at the Seletar leg WEEKEND GOLF by LIM KEE CHAN Chang Chung-Fa, the Singapore Island Country Club senior pro from Taiwan, led all the way to recapture the Seletar leg of the Local Circuit the Cycle and Carriage Pro CliMtc yesterday.
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      Oh, what a day for Victor and dad
      545 18 It was a successful day (or two BHabßi of the weDkaown sporting Oh family on Saturday when each of them walked away with one of the three' medals at the Singapore island Country Oub. Oh Choon Woo, the father, won the "B"
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      341 19  -  By Judith Belmberg The news while it is still news. That's what RTS is aiming at this year. And to make sure we know what is happening while 1! still is, they plan to introduce three extra news bulletins on radio tram the middle of
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      635 19  -  Review J VOICES By Irene Hee Choral concerts should be Just that. Last Thursday the University of Singapore choir experimented with dance as well. It was intersting but distracting. But the most important effect It had on the singing was that the
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      278 19 Rain and sweat It may not be raining, but Anna Tobin, Richard Hampton and Anna Macleod (left to right), upped umbrellas to rehearse a scene from the forthcoming musical, Lion of Singapore. Dressed in an assortment of casual wear, from leotards to tee-shirts and shorts, they have been hard at
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      50 19 Reuter London, Monday Tommy, the smash hit British rock film, will open as a stage musical at a London theatre next month. Allan Love, a 26-year-old British actor and stager, will star a deaf,dumb and blind youth who becomes famous for his skill st playing ptaball machines.— Renter
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      570 19 HEAVEN AND BELL (Mandarin): Based on stories from CWnwe mythology, this fllm Is about a couple of angels who do the for bidden and fall In love, and of the punishment that each has to face because of it. Stars David Chiang, Lam. Liberty and flavsy: l.C, 4, 6 45
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      286 19 Tides W»y: 6.35 a.m. (2.4m); 1.30 p.m. (1.0m). Tamarraw: 7.38 a.m. (2.5m); 2.39 p.m. (0.8m). Wedaesday: 8.32 a.m. (2.6m); 3.29 p.m. (0.6m). Tharaflay: 9.15 a.m. (2.7m); 4.10 p.m. (0.5m). FrMay: 9.55 a.m. (2.8m); 4.47 p.m. (0.4m). 8atar*ay: 10.31 a.m. (2.9m); 5.20 p.m. (0.4m). SaMay: 11.06 a.m. (2.9m); 5.53 p.m. (0.4m).
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    56 20 AH FOOK: Radio Singapore is really perking up. I like the news flash they had on Sunday night in the middle of a musical programme. It a:es the news more ting. MEI UN: I agree. But such news flashes should be reserved for extra special items, or they
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      558 20 AND RADIO CUROPEAN'TOUR SHARPCTV I.M OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by STAB P REFORM ANCE: The Bad Streak 1.11 DIARY OF EVENTS (T). S.SI AFTERNOON MATINEE: Billy Row's Jumbo. (See Top Shows of the Day) ANNOUNCEMENTS follow** by KATY: Part 3. A year of Illness makes Katy realise that there Is a
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      108 20 Today's top shows AFTERNOON MATINEE: Billy Rose's Jumbo. (Ch. 5, 3.35 p.m. in colodr). A family picture on how a circus owner's old rival sends his son to spy on him. Complications arise when the son fslls for the rival's daughter. Rodgers and Hart wrote the music for this film
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