New Nation, 19 January 1979

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  • 19 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Friday, January 19, 1979 2467 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 144/1/79 r 1 NEW (§0) NATION COMMENT
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  • 217 1 If you want to make a sale, you have to Interest your customers. Dressing up the product no doubt helps. In this case, these Japanese businessmen here on a buying mission, appear keen even to the extent of wanting to document the product. Two
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  • 471 1  -  Lankans here on buying spree By Roderick Pestana Second-hand car dealers are now doing a thriving business in exporting cars to Sri Lanka, following the relaxation of foreign exchange controls by Colombo. An average of more than 400 cars are regularly shipped to Sri Ijinka every month.
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  • 272 1  -  By Bharathi Mohan By BkmlM Mtku, ear A High Court ruling here will have a hearing on the right of record shops in Singapore, Uke others the world over, to play background music for their customers. > In a test cm
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  • 52 1 Reuter Hong Kong, Friday An increasing number of bloody incidents have been taking place along the Sino-Viet-nameee border lately ss the dispute between China and Vietnam deepen over the conflict in Kampuchea. A Vietnam News Agency report, monitored here yesterday, said Aw Vietnamese wsre killed and five others
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    • 24 1 INSIDE S'pore coach: Don't worry about next week—- Page 17 IN THE OTHER PAGES: Moneyworts 14; Stan, Crossword 17; Comics 18; What's On 19.
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    • 83 1 Rodeo Jeans ft&liJfcM FATTCHOT The management and staff of Fitzpatrick's would like to wish all our Chinese customers a very happy and prosperous Lunar New Year. We'd like to paint the town red, bet we don't believe in spending a lot of money on advertising. We'd rather pass the savings
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 241 2  -  Increases range from $127 to $225 By Judith Hale The Orient Airlines Association yesterday raised its one-way (ares to all destinations. The Increases range from $127 to $225 on the member airlines' main routes from Singapore to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Taipeh, Tokyo and Seoul.
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  • 33 2 Mr Teong Eng Siong has resigned as MP for Sembawang constituency. His resignation took effect from the time it was received by the Speaker, Dr Yeoh Ghim Seng, on Jan 17.
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  • 20 2 The Lion Chapter Carnegians Alumni Association will donate $9000 to the Singapoore Leprosy Relief Association tomorrow at 4 p.m.
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  • 29 2 Acting Minister for Social Affairs Dr Ahmad Mattar will present hampers to Brickworks constituents who are on welfare, at Brickworks Estate market place on Sunday at 9 a.m.
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  • 189 2 Singapore has set up a new trade office in Los Angeles, California. The office was prompted by the growing trade between the United States and Singapore, according to The Manufacturer, publication of the Singapore Manufacturers' Association. Mr Yoong Jun Fah, a senior official from
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  • 149 2 Bargain—hunters nibbled at selective counters during the first hour of steady to firm trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Though gains were small, this is the first time in several days that the opening morning session saw more buyers about. BUSINESS DONE First Sect!** U.O.L. (3)
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  • 302 2 Seeing so many women working in Singapore made Aikuko Hasegawa change her outlook. Instead of being content to be a full-time housewife, she decided to go to work as a tourist guide a departure from traditional practice of Japanese women. "Japanese women are very shy and
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  • 164 2 The organisers of Minang Night, an Indonesian cultural show, have withdrawn some ■of their invitation cards because of misleading information. The cards said Mr Sudjatmiko, the Indonesian Ambassador to Singapore, would be the patron of the show. An embassy statement today said that "whatever is
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  • 529 3  -  'Just one complaint not enough of them' By Teresa Ooi Seven American multinational companies have only high praise (or Singapore Polytechnic graduates. Their only complaint is that there are not enough of them, said a visiting consultant in education administration, Dr Clifford Larsen. In an
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  • 184 3 The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board takes a serious view of illegal operations by unlicenced tourist guides, warned STPB chairman Tan I Tong. At the graduation ceremony of the 14th tourist guide training course at the Shangri-La Hotel this morning, Mr Tan said the Board tries
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  • 116 3 The Korean Embassy is investigating local textile merchants' complaints about the "unethical" business practices of South Korean polyester material exporters. An embassy spokesman yesterday said they are very concerned about the allegations and their representatives are expected to meet the Indian Chamber of Commerce officials soon
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  • 25 3 The National Youth Leadership Training Institute Alumni will hold its annual meeting at the institute in South Buona Vista Road tomorrow at 3 p.m.
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  • 121 4 TV Malaysia may telecast the FA Cup Pinal in May live and in colour, the New Sunday Times reported last week. Quoting a RTM spokesman, the Malaysian newspaper said the station was still negotiating to secure rights to telecast the highlight of the
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  • 402 4 Manufacturers keen for more survey Singaporemanufacturers got $88-million worth of business through trade missions and by taking part in overseas fairs last year. They received the orders, thanks to 12 overseas export promotions organised by the Department of Trade, an official of the department said. The
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  • 224 4  -  By Rav Dhaliwal The Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation (Silo) and the Pioneer Industries Employees Union (PIEU) cooperatives are now importing rice directly from Thailand. They have set up a Joint division to handle imports. designed to provide rice as cheaply as possible at their
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  • 36 4 About Leng Kee constituents who are on welfare will receive ang pows and gifts from Dr Ow Chin Hock, Parliamentary Secretary (Ministry of Culture) at the Lengkok Bahru Market on Sunday at 10 a.m.
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  • 44 4 Two National Cadet Corps members will attend the Indian Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi and the All-India NCC Camps from, tomorrow till Jan. 29. They are Russell Lim of Anglo-Chinese Junior College and Chan Eng Ann of Raffles Institution.
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  • 31 4 The Singapore Bus Service will operate football services A, B and C between the National Stadium and Ang Mo Kio, Toa Payota and Queenstown on Sunday from 7.30 p.m.
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  • 197 4 The Chinese Physicians' Training School in Toa Payoh plans to set up two research departments. It also plans to have classes, to begin in one or two months time, which will include the study of acupuncture, various diseases and infections as well as Chinese
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  • 21 4 The MYMCA will hold a Chinese New Year party for children on Sunday at 1.30 p.m. at Palmer Road.
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  • 405 5 Japanese, Thais issue joint communique on Kampuchea World Focus AFP Tskys, Friday Japan and Thailand called for an immediate withdrawal of foreign troops from Kampuchea in a Joint communique issued last night after two rounds of talks here between their Prime Ministers. In the communique, which
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  • 170 5 Reuter Bonn, Friday: The situation in Indo-china after the overthrow of Prime Minister Pol Pot's government in Kampuchea was the main subject of discussion at four-hour talks between the Japanese and West German foreign ministers here yesterday. As the talks were going on, the Bonn
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  • 153 5 Reuter London, Friday The 39state Commonwealth will hold a summit meeting in Lusaka, from Aug. 1 to Aug. 8, to discuss major world political, economic and trading problems, sources said yesterday. During the last summit meeting here last June, Commonwealth leaders accepted an invitation from President
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  • 49 5 London, Friday Prime Minister James Callaghan said yesterday that strikes had plunged Britain into a grave industrial crisis but ruled out declaring a state of emergency. His announcement that the government would not call in troops to move essential supplies led to angry scenes in Parliament.
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  • 76 5 Jakarta, Friday Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmaja said yesterday the time was pressing for Indonesia to declare a 321 km economic zone, especially as several neighbouring countries had done so. Quoting Professor Mochtar, the semi-official Antara News Agency said the Minister did not mention a date when Indonesia
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  • 278 6 No arms alliance for Iran Ayatollah Reuter Beirut, Friday Exiled Iranian opposition leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny was quoted yesterday as opposing Iran's participation in any military alliance. "As a principled attitude, we will not participate in any military alliance," he told the Lebanese daily newspaper As-Safir. "Our policy is one
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  • 368 6 World Focus Big Four draw up a programme Bonn, Friday The Big Four western allies met here yesterday to put together a massive programme of economic aid (or Turkey, regarded as one of the last shaky bulwarks of the West in the Middle East region. Under
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  • 144 6 Reuter Vienna, Friday Opec's new chief executive said yesterday that oil-exporting countries will act moderately "as gently as possible" in making future price changes. Mr Rene G. Ortiz, a former Ecuador government official who took over as Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting
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  • 56 6 Reuter Godthaab (Greenland), Friday Greenlanders voted overwhelmingly (or home-rule (or their vast Arctic island in Wednesday's referendum. Jubilant Greenlanders sang "We Shall Overcome" in the streets of the capital early yesterday. But foreign policy, defence, the legal system as well as natural resources will remain under
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  • 129 6 UPI TODAY is Friday, Jan 19, the 19th day of 1979 with 346 to follow. Those bom on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was born Jan. 19, 1807. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1861, Georgia seceded from the Union. In
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  • 44 6 AFP Rame, Friday Italian Jockey Tfadaal Sand, sperttag aathlag bat a smile, will nm ride Lady Gadlva-atyle ea the pages of Playbey magatlae. She teak ap the challenge «f the Americaa pabUcatlaa's Itallaa editiea ta became Playboy's drat aade spertswemaa.- AFP.
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  • 64 6 Reuter London, Friday Britain's first heart transplant receipient for five years remained in a coma yesterday and his doctors feared he may have suffered brain damage in last Sunday's operation. Mr Charles McHugh's brain could have been damaged during the two periods when his blood pressure
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 456 6 WEATHER Leedee Cloudy and dry, 2-minus 2C. Headline: The pickets will stay. Btu Overcast, minus 5minus 6C. Headline: Opposition demands end of Iran monarchy. Paris Cloudy, cold, 2minus 5C. Headline: Iranians tear down statues of Shah. MMMW Overcast, minus 19-minus 16C Pravda headline: A situation in constructing agricultural storehouses. Same
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    • 55 6 Buagkak Cloudy.33-23C. Headline: Premier Kriangsak fears (or the north of Thailand. Taky* Cloudy, 15-2C. Headline: Carter says he has warned Vietnam and Russia on Thailand security. Kiala Lunpar Sunny, 34-18C. Headline: Thailand: Carter's warning to Soviets and Vietnamese. Seaal Sunny, 2-minus 8C. Headline: Bloody demonstrations continue in Iran. 8ydaey Cloudy,
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  • 429 8 For several years, Singaporeans have been treated to an on-off-on hoo-hah over whether or not we should have a Trade Development Council(TDC). They can be forgiven for asking what the hold-up is all about considering that among the developing nations, Singapore has become the sixth largest
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 63 8 Cathay Organisation must be feeling on top of the world. To mark the opening of their new cinema at Genting Highlands, the hill resort's first, they have flown movie reviewers, including several from Singapore, up there just to watch a movie preview. Said one reviewer: "I sure hope
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    • 69 8 TV fans who watched Wednesday night's shot-in-Singapore Hawaii Five-O programme can be forgiven if they thought the famous Five-O duo had landed in Hong Kong instead of Singapore. In the background, arriv- al and departure announcements at the airport were in Cantonese could be heard very clearly
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  • 749 8 Bharathi Mohan tells how S'poreans are coping LONDON: Only four months working in Britain. But already, like many people here, I am saying enough is enough. Who cares about the strikers who are causing havoc in this country? Why don't they leave the innocent alone? The
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  • 562 8  -  FRIDAY WITH ISMAIL KASSIM ISMAIL KASSIM Muscat: A six-man delegation from Peking has been staying in the Gulf Hotel for just over two weeks preparing for the opening of the Chinese Embassy in the Oman Sultanate. The exchange of ambassadors was agreed on last
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  • 159 9  -  ASEAN ASIDES by Irene Hoe The National Commission on the Role of Women in the Philippines is trying to stop the mass media from exploiting women as sex symbols. One popular Sunday magazine which ran a series of photographs of scantily-clad Filipino starlets came
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  • 216 9 Workers in the tin mines of Ranong in southern Thailand are having a rough time. The government has been rounding up Burmese illegal immigrants who work the mines (or lower wages than Thais and mine-owners have in turn shut down their mines because they
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  • 189 9 Crackerteers and racketeers in Sarawak seemed quite determined to celebrate the Lunar New Year their way. But unfortunately, the police seemed equally determined to spoil their fun. The Borneo Bulletin reported that one man's plans to make his Chinese New Year go with a financial bang
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  • 106 9 Indonesian civil servants will be getting a 13th-month salary this year. President Suharto's announcement of this happy windfall was greeted with "thunderous applause" in Parliament, reports the Indonesian Observer. But its editorial wryly commented: "Outsiders may get the impression that our Parliament is a parliament of civil
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    • 761 10/11  -  Eatiny Out l>v O You CAN eat Hokien in cosy, comfortable surroundings I discovered, after visiting the Beng Hiang Restaurant at 20 Murray Street in Food Alley. Generally, the Hokien restaurants I've been to have been rough and ready places, but the Beng Hiang
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    • Article, Illustration
      617 10/11  -  but I wasiuu disappoinjStfll Sundown scene by Richard Lim And now the inside story. So we met Mick Jagger and spoke to him for over an hour. So? Was it an audience with some kind of a demigod? We had thought it would probably be that, we didn't
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    • 716 10/11  -  The Arts by Margaret Cunico He was a clarinetist on a paper chase until he discovered the excitement of performing. When he was about 11 years old, David Lewis heard his friend playing a clarinet. He was so taken up by the sound of
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    • 397 10/11 Reuter Vienna: Many regular theatregoers stormed out but the Vice Squad stayed when a woman appeared completely naked for the first time on a stateowned Vienna stage. Since the first performance of Franziska by German dramatist Prank Wedekind in November, the
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  • 768 12 v Science Report NYT New York: In Japan a new era of unmanned, fully automated factories, so flexible that they can readily be re-programmed to turn out different products, is in the offing, far in advance of similar developments in other countries. This new competitive challenge
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  • 93 12 Killer bees: Can you blame them UPI Port* Alegre, Brazil A Porto Alegre geneticist says the African honey hee, transplanted •to Brasil 25 years ago aad now Internationally notorious as the "killer bee", came by Its disposition honestly. It seems la Africa, ene utlvr weald throw a ■tick at a
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  • 265 13 UPI LONDON: Common Market countries will have to coordinate their tax laws to control the activities of multinational companies, EEC Industry Commissioner Etienne Davignon told the British Law Society yesterday. Viscount Davignon said the EEC recognised the economic benefits from companies allowed to develop beyond national boundaries and
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  • 189 13 A state-owned Indian engineering and design corporation is planning to establish its first Far East base here. A four-man team from the Fact Engineering and Design Organisation (Fedo) is here for a week-long factfinding mission to look for potential markets for its
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  • 343 13 Strong economic growth in fourth quarter Kreps F=t Business News and Views I —-4 Reuter Washington, Friday A top government official said yesterday that the strong rate of American economic growth in the fourth quarter of 1978 made a recession less likely. Secretary of
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  • 153 13 Reuter Washington, Friday The World Bank is to boost its assistance to the developing world to help it produce oil and gas, bank president Robert McNamara said yesterday. Lending for energy production, and in some cases exploration, will be doubled to about 10 per
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 204 13 UPI New York, Friday Stocks registered a moderate gain yesterday when the government reported that the economy grew strongly in the fourth quarter. But a stiff inflation rate restrained trading. The Dow Jones industrial average, off a fraction at the outset, gained 4.94 points to 839.14. It lost
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    • 41 13 UPI New York, Friday Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 839 14 (up 4 94 20 transport 219.32 (up 2.82); 15 utilities 102.37 (up 0.17); 66 stocks 285 09 (up 1.99). UPI
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    • 185 13 AFP Tokyo, Friday Share prices declined further on the stock market here yesterday under profit taking pressure with the Dow Jones average dropping 5.25 points to 6,106.57 yen. The 225-stock Dow indicator lost for the third straight day. The composite TSE index of more than 900 issues listed on
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    • 73 13 Reuter Closing prices on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Parlbas 221 40 -50 Foncler 479.50 5.50 Prtntemps 110 -1 Bull 58 unch Royal Dutch 280 60 3.10 Mlchelln 1131 -8 CO E 418 20 Thomson ***** -70 CFP 140.00 unch Rhone 117 -1 00 Air 414 2 BSN 570 +1
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    • 82 13 Union Bank of Switzerland Yesterday's prices followed by the difference on the previous session's close UBS Bearer 3155 -10 UBS Reg 603 -7 SBC 365 +1 Credit Suisse 2275 +10 Swissair B 802 -3 Swiss Relnsur 3140 +10 Wlnterthur B 2360 -20 Zurich Insur ***** 75 Nestle B 3340
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    • 110 13 Reuter Prices at 11.30 a.m.today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: A CI *****2 ADC 16Ampol Pet 77 78 ANI183APM 118 120 Bank NSW 345 346 Brambles 188 190 BHP968 972 Boral 235 238 CBA 258 CSR 346 348 Cie 238 240 Coal Allied 500 510 Dunlop 86
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  • 139 13 UPI London, Friday The dollar closed lower on sever- al European money markets yesterday and one dealer I said pressure on the AmeriI can currency reflected "conI tinuing disquiet" over the j US economy. The price of gold rose U552.75 in Zurich to close at U*****,125 an ounce.
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    • 190 13 over Federal Beach Hotel-Port Dickson, is the perfect holiday paradise where you can cast your cares into a of pleasure. Featuring unlimited fun in the sun. Sea-sports, golfing and indoor recreation. 200 luxurious rooms and suites, Life 1 superb restaurants, intimate bars and a fresh water pool complete the all
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  • Sport starts here
    • 309 14  -  By Suresh Nair In ter nationals Kandasamy Jayamani and Serjit Singh are highly fancied to sweep the four-leg Lotto crosscountry league, starting tomorrow at the MacRitchie Reservoir. About 200 long distance athletes are expected at the wooded reservoir circuit at 4 p.m. tomorrow to compete
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    • 39 14 Reuter Birmingham,(Alabama), Friday.— Unseeded American veteran Stan Smith, playing with his old authority, upset sixth- seeded Italian Corrado Barruzzutti, 6-2 6-4, in the second round of the U*****,000 World Championship Tennis tournament last night. Reuter.
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    • 527 15  -  Risky Boy with Aspiration for company impresses in a workout C9 On the track By K. L. CHAN Mark Batterfly Boy down as one of the top contenders for the Lion City Cup on Sunday.* With Rodney Allan astride, the six-year-old gelding by Veiled Wonder showed
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    • 3442 15 R A PF 1 145 CLASS 5, DIV 2 1,850m ($8,500 $6,650 to winner) 1 9190 Ttiateway a (Vermont) Noordln 8 57 (dc+3) 6 2 0067 Cameron Highlands M a (Inderapura) Jaalar 5 57 (dc+3.5) Km 8 9629 Tikku g (Smart) Jaafar
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    • 139 15 SCBimNEEB BB1AN MILLER K. L. CHAN TURF RAY Race 1 Cavealc Traple fltiiwt Lave Me Teader Tropic Shower Armaya Armaya Thataway Perfect Geatleatta Perfect Oeatlemaa Perfect Oeatlemaa Perfect Geatteoaa mi Thief of Baghdad Bintang Timor Theatre August Moon Ml DejMM Sala Tacit Tiiaiaairr la ftlrf 9 Dejame Solo Seven
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    • 308 16 Nancy and Kim Ling are next best Kee Bee Khim, as expected, led the field of §ix trialists to select the Singapore team of three for the inaugural Queen Sirikit Cup Championship in Bangkok on Feb. 15-17. After the 54-hole trials over the 4987 metre
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    • 366 16 Thirty-alae getter* will ItMfl tar Ike ttappm lalaad Cms try Club Gald Medal at the Baklt Cearae tMDWTfW. Starting ttmea: lattee. 1.11 u. Taj Kwaag ,41a, Weag Weag Heag, Chea Yea Wah; l.tJ M. Dc Vaa, Jimmy Tea, T. NUhlyama; 1 .IS Jrrtrry Feaea, Raymaad K.M. Taa, Tay
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    • 432 16  -  TEE-UP with Lim Kee Chan The Advertising Media Owners' Association of Singapore, the Singapore Advertisers' Association, the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents, donors and guests will be holding their second tournament at the Sentosa Course on Feb. 16 at 8 a.m. Proceeds
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    • 600 17  -  Hartley says the present squad are strong enough g2Tsoccer By Philip Tan Singapore soccer coach Trevor Hartley is not at all worried about the absence of four senior players from the squad that left this morning for two Malaysia Cup matches with Brunei (tomorrow) and Sabah (Tuesday).
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    • 29 17 Reuter Hartlepool,Friday. Leeds United beat Hartlepool United by six goals to two in an English Football Association (FA) Cup third round match here last night.— Reuter.
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    • 72 17 Singapore Cricket Association President's XI were beaten by five wickets in a 35-over game by the visiting Kenyan Ngara Sports CTub at Tanglin yesterday. Singapore, who batted first, were all out (or 143, despite fine knocks by Mukul As her (57) and Mano Sabnani (31). The visitors, spearheaded
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    • 794 18  -  Passing Shots B V Desmond Oon The Alitalia Singapore Team Tennis enters its third week tomorrow at the National Stadium courts. Starting time 3 p.m. After two rounds of fiercely-contested tennis, Lotto with an average of 10.5 are perched at the top of the table, maintaining
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    • 477 18 Soccer Reuter London, Friday. West Bromwich Albion beat the freezing weather last week to slip ahead of Liverpool and Everton in the pulsating race for the English soccer championship, and tomorrow they will be determined to maintain top place. Albion also crushed
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    • 55 16 Lighter weight to improve your game without making you change your game. Also available other makes of golf clubs and accessories f Authorised Distributor M v CHENG LEE CO. (PTE) LTD F Singapore M 4, Mezz. Fir., Lucky Plaza, Orchard Rd., S'pore 9. Tel: *****33 Malaysia 30, Light St., Penang.Tel:
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    • 72 16 Welcome to our 2nd Annual Antique Sale Exhibition. Place: Carlton Hall, Goodwood Park Hotel, Scotts Road, Singapore 9. Date: 20th —23rd Jan 79 Time: 10am 8.30pm We have lots of Chinese Furniture, Porcelain, Paintings, Carpets, Jewellery, Coins, Jade, Buddhas and Ban Chiang Pottery. .SS? K •h i m n THE
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    • 108 17 age* VAO ot co eO x »W A W* S9" o° SENOQTIA COCKTAIL LOUNGE 4th FI., Far East Shopping Centre, Orchard Rd Singapore 9 Tel *****55. mnmnEsCEnE...the Watersports Sperialist is back in business. v.JV m H 19 f 1 A mnßintSltflE— the one-stop shop for all your marine needs now
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    • 258 17 11l ACROSS I German general 5 Greek promenade 9 Missiles 4 US author L 5 USSR mountain range 16 Aero or hippo L 7 Matmen L 9 Vladimir llyich Ulyanov !0 Musical compositions !1 Sea nymph !3 Expunge 5 NYC subway !6 Unproductive !9 Argues logically 13 Entree W Summer
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    • 333 17 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you are a highly creative individual who tends, at times, towards the morbid and macabre. You put tremendous store in the finer points of behaviour, such as courtesy, absolute honesty, and personal integrity. At the same time, however, you are understanding
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    • 68 17 SCORPIO (Oct 23-Nov 21) Take care that your dependence upon luck does not cause you to waste your talents. Apply yourself. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22Dec 21) A precarious business venture early in the day may keep you from taking any courageous action late in the day. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19) An
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 158 18 Black &White Scotch Whisky Agents THE BOHNEO COMPANY There are many open air restaurants at night! But, there is only ore m at the Raffles Hotel where the food is excellent! CERWIN-VEGA R SERIES BIG ACOUSTIC OUTPUT FOR SMALL RECEIVERS •s fc *r r £r. > „.v W i*. "f
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous

  • What's On A page that tells you what's happening on TV and in town
    • 414 19  -  Review Best Swim Pasters exhibition By Chia Wai Hon It is Swiss. It is an exhibition of prize-win-ning posters from a country where graphic design is practically a way of life. Although one may not readily respond to all of the pieces now on
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    • 311 19 An unhappy love affair pushed Marie Curie down the road of science which led to her discovery of radium and a Nobel Prize. Born Marie Sklodowska in 1867, she met her first love while working as governess for his parents. But parental disapproval led her to
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 495 19 At the cinema GRIFFIN AND PHOENIX: The versatile Peter Falk stars opposite Jill Clayburgh in this unusual and heart-warming love story. Premier: 1.30, 4, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. EXTREME CLOSE-UP: Jim McMullan plays the role of a TV newscaster who sets out to investigate the hardware available if you're interested
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    • 141 19 Sports diary 80CCER: National Business Houses League Div Two: Stock Exchange v Singapore Bus Services (Toa Payoh AC), Inchcape Group v Goodwood Group (Geylang Stadium). Div Three: J.L.Morrisson v Peninsula Hotel, Deutz Par East v Bridgestone (both at Tanglin), Hume v Tien Wah Press (Fairer Park AC),ICI v Harper Gilfillan
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    • 69 19 6.00 A.M. Opening Announcements and Programme Summary 6.05 Morning Prelude: Hugo Montenegro 6.30 News (E) 6.40 Morning Concert: The Magic Flute Highlights (Mozart), Evelyn Lear, Roberta Peters, Lisa Otto, Fritz Wunderllch, Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, Franz Chorus-, Rias Chamber Ansermet 8.00 News (C) 8.10 This Is Yours Alone: My Girl, Isle
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    • 293 19 In and around town RAFFLES, LION OF SINGAPORE a musical play, based on the main characters and historical events in the life o( Sir Stamford Raffles, by a 20member cast from London. At Victoria Theatre, 8 p.m. nightly till Jan 28. Tickets at $20,15,10,6,3 from the Vic. National Theatre, Cold
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  • 46 20 AH FOOK: Can you believe the report that only children between 12 and 16 years will take part in the international conference for the Year of the Child in New Delhi? MEI LIN: I'm sure there'll be some form of "foreign intervention" from adults.
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 122 20 Atliis Sound (Pte)Limited Texas Instruments Tritium LCD Quartz digital watch Continuous visibility in any light level even total darkness without need to press button for reading time. V 5 Functions. Hours, Minutes. Seconds, Month and Date. Special Offer $35.00 assembled in us a ns j s t on your Texas
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 521 20 TV AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 GRAND <** EUROPEAN TOUR Ml OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE: Haze in the Sunset. Mandarin film. < M INTERMISSION «.M OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by RENDEZVOUS SOUTH POLE: The Cold Peace. This episode sums up the scientific and environmental significance of the Antartic. I N
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    • 179 20 Todays top shows 8POBT8 PARADE. (Ch. 5, 7.56 p«m. in colour). Brian Richmond presents highlights of the Malaysia Cup match between Singapore and Johore and the friendly soccer match between the Intermediate team and Persija of Indonesia; the finals of the SHWA League Division Two; the Asean motor rally from
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