New Nation, 8 February 1979

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    19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Thursday, February 8, 1979 9 2483 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 144/1/79 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1979
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    Lock icon Carter's pledge to Thais
    418 1 Kriangsak: Definite US action Reuter Washington Thursday President Carter has assured Thailand that the United States will take definite action if the fighting in Kampuchea threatens Thai se-' curity, Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanan said yesterday. "The US has reassured us and given us confidence that if
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    Lock icon Sky Luck's mystery voyage from S'pore
    413 1 AFP Hug Ktag, Thinday Police are probing the mystery voyage from Singapore of the freighter Sky Luck which sneaked into Hong Kong yesterday with 3000 refugees from Vietnam. The Singapore authorities have been ssked for whatever information they can provide on the Sky Lock
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    GP racer leads lawmen on 15-km chase
    299 1  -  By Douglas Chan A Grand Prix motorcyclist, said to have won several races in West Malaysia, took on the Traffic Police Mobile Squad on Chinese New Year's Day. He nearly got away with It but for the fact that the Mobile Squad was
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    Lock icon $ plunges
    52 1 plunges Reuter Tokyo, Thursday The US dollar plunged on the Tokyo foreign exchange market yesterday, reflecting continuing fears about hie deterioration of the political situation In Iran. The US currency exchanged hands at IM. TO yen shortly after opening trading at U8.70, awn down on the previous night's close of
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    Lock icon $2b plant
    17 1 AP Thursday A jpxiup has dJSTIfiWI WBlon petro-chemlcal c»4hchairman of Sumitomo Chemical Company of lapan.aaid.-AP
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      27 1 INSIDE Irene Hoe continues her campaign trail 'vk \jh sin Pages 19-11 IN THE OTHER PAGEB: Crossword 9; Moneywords 11; Stars 16; Comics 18; What's dh 19.
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    $3.5 million Shell Clubhouse
    97 2 This ii how the $3.5 million Singapore Shell ClohheoM will leeh llhe when cemC ted by the end of i year. UMtei M 11,111 HUTHMtn alto at Pay* Lehtr Rml, It will provide sports aid rcernttoaai facilities far member! ud their families. Ameag the facilities will
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    Prophet's birthday
    47 2 The Muslim Religious Council of Singapore will hold a tea party to commemorate the anniversary of the birthday of Prophet Muhammad at Shangri-La Hotel on Feb 17 at 3.30 pm. The President of the Republic of Singapore, Dr B H Sheares, will be the guest-of-honour.
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    Sana makes free ads plea to cinemas
    301 2 The Singapore Anti-Nar-cotics Association will ask cinemas to help in recruiting volunteer aftercare officers and to advertise its telephone answering service for those with drug problems. In the next few days, letters will be sent to more than 50 cinemas requesting them to
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    Library membership
    60 2 Members who Joined the National Library (Adult and Young People's Sections) in 1975 are required to call at the Central Adult Section of the library for re-registra-tion before June 30. Those who re-register after June 30 will have their $5 deposit forfeited and membership ceased. Registration hours are
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    Lock icon FEFC to review rate increase
    167 2 Reuter Manila, Thursday The Far Eastern Freight Conference (Fefc) will review its proposed general rate increase and method of calculation after a recent meeting with the Federation of Asean Shippers' Council (Fasc) in Kuala Lumpur, the Fefc office here said yesterday. In a statement, the
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    Career talk
    39 2 s Representatives from Singapore Airlines, Development Bank of Singapore, Port oI Singapore Authority and the Singapore Polytechnic will give a career talk-cum-counselling session at the Lecture Hall, National Library on Saturday at 2.30 p.m. Admission it free.
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    Project Skunk: 24 narco dogs wanted
    68 2 Two senior officers of the Narcotics Detector Dog Unit are now in England to buy more dogs. Asst Supt Michael Chan, officer-in-charge of the Police Dog Unit, left for England last week while Senior Customs Supt Eric Paglar left earlier and will also visit
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    STOCK MARKET
    230 2 Share prices were a shade lower when the Stock Exchange of Singapore opened for trading this morning. There was a mild upward reaction towards press time but on balance, most counters were still easier. BUBINEBB DONE First BeettM F. Merlin (5) 0.96 (2) 0.97 (2) 0.99 Sett. (1)
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    PWD to try out road additive
    247 2 The Public Works Department will try out an additive to improve adhesion and reduce corrosion on roads. The additive, called Wetfix, will be used to resurface an 800-metre stretch of Paya Lebar Road on Monday. It has been offered for trial by a British
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    Fashion magazine
    62 2 The Master Tailors Association will produce its own fashion magazine, the first issue of which is expected to be on sale in April oc May. MTA chairman Kwan Chun Kipw *irf Singapore tailors have been depending on foreign fashion magazines (or too long. "It's time we produced our
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    Now JB clamps on over loaded lorries
    180 2 A special squad from the Malaysia's Road Transport Department is cracking down on all over-loaded lorries bound (or Singapore from Johore Bahru. About 200 lorries were detained since the operation began on Monday and they were taken to Jalan Larkin ROV for weighing.
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    Opening of post office
    48 2 The Pandan Valley postal agency at 210, Block B, Pandan Valley Condominium, will open for business from Feb 12. The services available at the agency will include the sale of postage stamps, stamped stationery, postal orders and the acceptance of registered articles and parcels.
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    It's $30,000
    34 2 The Singapore Anti-nar-cotics Association will present 200,000 comic books on the anti-drug theme to schools on Saturday. The books cost $30,000 and not $300,000 as reported in the New Nation last week.
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    Canework course keeps the aged blind profitable
    207 3 For Turn Slang Lai,* 52, using his hands, on canework meant a worthwhile way of occupying himself and earning some pocket money. He is one of (our aged blind who are undergoing a new course started by the Singapore Association (or the Blind
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    School bans sweets in class
    306 3  -  «y Teresa Ooi Rangoon Road Secondary School has banned its 3000 pupils from bringing sweets into the classroom. This followed complaints from teachers that many pupils have been eating sweets during lessons. A teacher said: "Eating in class is not allowed. It Is distracting and
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    100 eye doctors to attend meet
    82 3 About Mi aye qmrieHf from the A«u oonntriss, Australia and Britain will attend a aynmoahim tart The ■/iinwhHii recent advance, la la nrpiriiill by the Brttkblor the Puiillw of Stoutness It will be held at the Mandarin Hotel (ram Feb 23 to 8. Two
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      185 3 Any time is wash-time with washing machine X I NEW. ES-751A Fuly Automatic Wash 6 Spin Dry. 'Just a touch' pushbutton One-touch leg height adjustment lever Spin dry selector "Water level selector •Waste thread filter Bleaching solution port Partial washing comer 'Automatic balance ring If you're a full-time housewife, chances
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    Chiam's plan to help Potong Pasir
    212 4 Independent candidate, Mr 'Chlam See Tong, yesterday presented his 13-point programme for Potong Pasir constituents. Speaking at his second rally at Toa Payoh, the lawyer-politician moved the capacity crowd of 1000 people into loud applause as spoke on "down-to- earth" issues. In answer to
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    No resting on laurels: Lip Lin
    156 4 Dr Koh Lip Lin, the one-week-old MP for Nee Soon, does not believe in resting on his laurels. The Nantab- chemistry professor returned unopposed on Nomination Day, but he still sweats it out with Dr Tony Tan in his house-to-house rounds >9 Sembawang. "I'm
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    Nair lends a friendly ear on his rounds
    922 4  -  Spends his day listening to problems By Irene Hoe Mr Devan Nair chose prose last night. There isn't much poetry in sewer fees. This was the problem he met at 1194-H Block 141, Jalan Bukit Merah. The householder, was waiting quite eagerly
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    Jeya blasts government on schools policies
    469 4  -  •y Zarinah Marican Mr J.B. Jeyaretnam last night lashed out at the Government (or making too many changes in its education policies, without thinking of the inconvenience caused to the people. Speaking at a rally at Telok Blangah, the Workers' Party candidate quoted a
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    'PAP is party of professors'
    170 4 United Front chief, Mr Seow Khee Leaf, did It again at hia party's first by election rally at Mountbatten last night he branded the PAP a "pay and pay" party. He first gave this label to the PAf in 19ft. But this time, Mr Seow
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    Air talks
    45 4 Kuala lumpur, Thursday. The seventh round of air talks between Malaysia and Stasapore win rssume here on sfloadsy, it was learned here yesterday. The last round of talks between officials of the two counhlss ended in a deadlock on October X last year.
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    Lock icon 'Holocaust'
    45 5 UPI Bonn, Thursday West German legislators, shocked by "Holocaust," authorised the introduction of a motion, urging the government to draw up legislation abolishing the time limit on the prosecuution of murders, so that Nazis can still be tried after the end of the year.
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    Lock icon Doubts
    35 5 Reuter Jakarta, Thursday Indonesia's foreign minister Mochtar Kusumaatmaja has expressed serious doubts over the possibUty of holding a non-aligned summit conference in Cuba in August. He said many nonaligned countries would not attend. Reuter
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    Lock icon Sister cities
    33 5 Reuter Tokyo, Thursday Tokyo governor Ryokichi Minobe yesterday said the Japanese capital had agreed to sign sister-city agreements with Moscow and Peking next month. Tokyo and New York have similar relations.
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    Lock icon Kriangsak to get US assurance
    135 5 Reuter Washington, Thursday Thai Premier Kriangsak met Secretary of State Cyrus Vance yesterday for talks in which US officials said he would be assured of American support for an expansion of private American investment in Thailand. After the session with Mr Vance, General Kriangsak planned
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    Lock icon Now even knitting is deadly
    136 5 AFP Perth, Thursday Knitting and crochet can be a deadly occupation, according to a Perth surgeon. Doctor T. R. Taylor said yesterday he believes chemicals used in knitting wool dyes can cause bladder cancer in people who knit and crochet regularly. He said a small
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    Ohira asks China not to use force
    777 5  -  World Focus By Swadesh De Roy oar Tokyo reporter Tokyo, Thursday Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira, during talks with Chinese Vice-Premier Teng Hsiao-ping yesterday, counselled a peaceful approach to all Indochina problems, including the causes of frequent border frictions between China and Vietnam,
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    Lock icon Pertamina gives up all non-oil lines
    183 5 Reuter Jakarta, Thursday Indonesia's state-owned Pertamina Oil Company has now divested itself of all non-oil subsidiaries in a move to wipe out the last traces of the scandal that nearly bankrupt the enterprise in 1976, according to its president-director Piet«. Haryono. Mr Haryono told
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    Lock icon 4 Chinese guards die
    65 5 Reuter Hong Kong, Thursday China said yesterday four Chinese border guards were killed and five others wounded by armed Vietnamese soldiers in the past three days along their common border. The New China News Agency reported that armed Vietnamese troops crossed into China's southern Yunnan province
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    Lock icon To save Bhutto
    45 5 Reuter Rawalpindi, Thursday Defence lawyers (or former Pakistan Premier Zulfikar All Bhutto worked against the clock yesterday to find new grounds to appeal against his death sentence. They have until next Wednesday to convince the Supreme Court to reverse its decision. Reuter.
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      81 5 to the U.S.A. or to theMIDDLE EAST. China Airlines gives you direct flights from here or Kuala Lumpur to Dhahran and Jeddah. Nonstop 7475P jets from Taipei to San Francisco or Los Angeles. Tokyo service to close-in, handy Haneda Airport. Fast and frequent to East or West. And with unbeatable
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    Lock icon House debate on 'MP plot on Moro'
    137 6 UPI. Rome, Thursday. Italy's Parliament yesterday called an urgent debate on allegations that two of its members engineered the assassination of former Premier Aldo Moro and an investigating magistrate ordered a reporter arrested for not saying all he knew about the caae. The
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    Lock icon 'The army supports Bakhtiar'
    282 6 Politics is out, soldiers told World Focus Reuter UPI Tehrma, Thursday. Iran's armed forces, apparently ruling out the possibility of a military coup, stressed their support for the Shah-ap-pointed government last night and said servicemen should keep out of politics. It was a clear statement that
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    Lock icon The Flip side of living together
    203 6 UPI Los Angeles, Thursday Kayatana Harrison, a 27-year-old dental assistant who says she lived with Flip Wilson (or four years, sued the comedian yesterday for a US* 1 million (s2.2mffllon) property settlement. The suit parallels the breach-of-contract lawsuit filed against actor Lee Marvin by
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    More loss
    27 6 The loss of oil from Iran is potentially more serious than the 1973 Arab oil embargo, US Energy Secretary James Schleslnger said yesterday in Washington.
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    Lock icon 'Don't write Britain off says Owen
    142 6 Reuter AFP London, Thursday Britain's Foreign Secretary David Owen asked the rest of the world yesterday not to write Britain off because of its current spate of strikes over pay. "Don't write us down," he told a foreign correspondents' lunch. He termed current industrial
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    Oil victims
    31 6 London, Thursday A new fund to pay compensation to victims of oil pollution disasters will start operating on Feb 16, the Inter-governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation (IMCO) said here yesterday.
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    Lock icon TODAY
    102 6 UPI TODAY is Thursday, Feb 8, the 39th day of 1979 with 326 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. Actress Lana Turner was born on Feb 8,1921. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1587, Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded after being
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    67 6 UPI L»velud (Cilinii), Thursday.- Postmaster Henry Porter Mid but Satirdiy Valentine curds w* earning In to the "sweet-heart city" In far grantor nnmbers than In any prevtons year. Veinnteers In Lsvelnnd each year ra-mnll Valentines with the Lsvelnnd pestmnrk and stomp ench envelepe with n fear-line eneheft.
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      422 6 WEATHER Lmtm Rain spells, 7-3C Headline: Bhutto must hang, says Appeal Court. Beaa Sunny, 2-minus 3c. Headline: Demonstrations peaceful except in eastern Iran. Paris Overcast, misty, 51C. Headline: Tensions persist in crisis-ridden French steel industry. 8MM Partly cloudy, 17•C. Headline: Premier Andreotti begins consultations to form new government. Nweew Snow,
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      70 6 Haag KMg Sunny, 2015C. Headline: Court rules Bhutto must die. Talpch Cloudy, 23-15C. Seaal Cloudy, 1-minus 4C Headline: Teng calls for no intervention in Korean afTsky*.- Sunny, 13-6Cc.-Headline: World leaders urge Zia to spare life of Bhutto. Bangkok Cloudy, 33-24C. Headline: Bhutto's death sentence upheld. Kaala Lam par Showers, 31-24Cc.
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    Lock icon I do not love her: kidnapped girl's mum
    132 7 Reuter Mllaa, Tharsday The metfcer sf Italy's latest kidnap victim Mid yesterday she was net Interested la her daaghter er la paying any ransom, hewever small. "It happens that seme mothers dent love their children," Mrs Glaana vatiMuiv, m wMfW| IVM rf
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    Lock icon Mystery disease
    63 7 AFP Rome, Thursday An international medical commission of specialists from Italy, other European nations and the United States will meet here on Feb. 13 to seek ways to combat the mystery disease that has killed 58 yquog children in Naples in the past year. Italian Health Minister Tina
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    Lock icon Mill blast
    24 7 Reuter Bremen (West Germany), Thursday Fifteen people were feared dead after an explosion ripped through a flour mill late Tuesday night. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Group of 77 gets down to its work
    434 7 On blueprint to put forward at May Unctad meet World Focus AFP Ariakft (Northern Timrii), Thursday After two days of preliminary talks and procedural wrangling, the Group of 77 conference yesterday began negotiating the economic blueprint it will put to the industralised
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    Lock icon The Pope relaxes
    65 7 Pope Jthi Pml n wave! aw»y all lerUu* mm as he Ave* light memeat with the clown* of the American Clret* tehg his weekly general ■aMenee la the Pepe Paal VI Hall la Vatleaa City. The pea tiff, at hfc first general lalfaaw yesterday slaee hi* retara
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    Lock icon Concession report not true: Russia
    142 7 Reuter Geneva, Thursday. A Soviet official yesterday described as "not quite correct" reports from Washington of a major Soviet concession on nuclear test controls and said his country was still discussing the matter with Britain and the United States. Mr Viktor lissraelyan, Soviet ambassador to
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    Lock icon Callaghan's warning
    64 7 UPI London, Thursday Prime Minister James Callaghan has told more than 1 million striking workers he will not print money to pay their wage hike demands even If it costs him votes in this year's general election. Mr Callaghan* facing the nation* worst Industrial strife in five years,
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    Lock icon Torture
    22 7 AFP Washington,' Thursday Arab political prisoners in Israel are possibly being systematically tortured during interrogation, the Washington Post claimed yesterday. AFP.
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    Let not the doors rot
    476 8 It would be wrong to say that if the PAP candidate (or Mountbatten Eugene Yap had not gone round on~his house-to-house campaign, the Housing and Development Board would have uncaringly allowed doors to rot, lifts to break down, or some staff members to be arrogant.
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      The ups and downs
      74 8 Every expatriate community has it ahare of problems adjusting to life in Singapore. But scanning a recent issue of the Singapore American, a newsletter of the American Associat ion, one is led to believe that many Americans are finding difficulty with lifts. To make life less
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      Getting 'stoned'
      64 8 A colleague, returning from-a Mediterranean tour that took him from the Pyramids to the Acropolis, confessed that he had never seen so many stones in his life. Asked to give his impressions, he said: "I saw some of the most beautiful archeotoglcal wonders in the world yet they
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    A new China image hits US
    611 8  -  A communist in cowboy hat is hard to hate, says an American Edgar Koh Prime Minister Teng Hsiao-Ping may not have swung the United States over to China's hardline against the Soviet Union by the end of his American visit this week. But he
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    Lock icon US, warplanes hit by that Madrid base row
    785 8 DIPLOMATIC FOOT-DRAGGING GOES ON AS.,. UPI A bit of diplomatic foot-dragging by Spain during the height of the Iran crisis has signalled that the United States can no longer take for granted stopover rights at Spanish air bases for US warplanes on
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    Lock icon Cave that Yokoi built
    717 9 'Home' for 28 years is now a tourist spot World Focus UPI Bnbolao (Guam): Remember Shoichi Yokoi? He's the Japanese soldier who refused to lay down his sword after World War II and conquered deprivation and loneliness for 28 years before he gave himself up. Mr
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    A quick guide to the State of the Union
    516 9  -  Art Buchwald For those of you who didn't hear the President's speech recently or did hear it but were not quite sure what he said, I would like to give a Reader's Digest version of the talk. These are some of
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    The night the PM says it
    1067 10/11  -  Continuing on the campaign trail, IRENE HOE chronicles the night the Prime Minister said it with flowers when he garlanded Dr Tony Tan at his first rally in Sembawang. She weighs the campaign menu of the PAP and the Opposition and feels that some
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    All set on making home deliveries
    524 10/11 Bread and butter offerings are the PAP's carrots this time around. Some candidates have been dishing them out at rallies with hors d'oeuvres served at pre-rally press conferences. All are set on making home deliveries. The common man will find the PAP's staples, irresistible.
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    From the fountain of youth... 36-29-38
    807 10/11 36-29-38 could well have been the vital statistics of a slightly overfed Miss World if Singapore hadn't gone metric in a big way. But no, they're the ages of three PAP candidates, Mountbatten's Mr Eugene Yap, Telok Blangah's Mr Rohan Kamis and Sembawang's Dr
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      541 10/11 :«exgaro©: THURSDAY HS-4 Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./ Mrs./ Miss): N R.I.C. No: Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW HwaCut along dotted lines■■■■■■■■■«■ CLUEB FOR HS-4 1. Certainly not difficult 2. Possible cause for concern when out in a
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      Gives an instant meal but that's all
      657 12  -  The Better Buy by Margaret Chan Instant noodles have become a staple food. Just about everyone has eaten a bowl of these quickie noodles, sometime or the other. Though many may not swear by the taste, they like the convenience. Just pop a
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      155 12 Ang Bow FECIAL! 50% Off Normal Rates for Ist Lunar Month Only! Normal rale for Dry Cleaning Normal rate for Laundry suits (2 pes.) Jacket Trousers/Slack Shirt/Blouses Necktie Dress Skirt overcoat saree Evening Dress 0 Bed Cower/Blanket/curtain 6.00 3.50 2.50 2.00 I:IS 2.00 6 .OOup 6 .OOup 6 .OOup 2.»0/ib.
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      Chocs n' nuts in a snack spread
      318 13 y What's Cooking? IT'S CHOCOLATEY and nutty, this new spread (or your bread. Nutel is the brand name and it's a definite move away from the usual peanut butter and lam. The stuff is thick but spreadable, softer than most peanut butters. Hie
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      Freeze in freshness
      1337 13  -  Cook just once a week and relax Cook In by Margaret Chan The freezer is coming into its own. It is definitely not a new-fan-gled gadget; in fact it is a familiar appliance in shops and supermarkets but somewhat rarer in homes. But a freezer is a
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    Lock icon Death row aristocrat
    475 14 J PEOPLE IN THE NEWS UPI Educated at Oxford, the son of an aristocrat knighted by the British, Zulfikar All Bhutto, for all but the past year of his life, has been better acquainted with Savile Row than death row. During his five-and-a-half years as ruler of
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    Lock icon Democracy the hard way...
    690 14 After several hiccups, Bangla goes to the polls on Feb 18 World Focus Gemini After several hiccups, the stage seems now fairly set for the 40 million voters of Bangladesh to elect a parliament finally on Feb 8. Th 6 announcement' of a firm date apart
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    Lock icon Peking's well-kept 'tube'
    597 14 UPI Peking: Peking's municipal underground line has one thing in common with a lot of mass transit ventures in the United States. It loses money. Other things are different. The trains are unmarked by graffiti. The aeata are soft not the hard plastic kind on aeata in
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      261 14 1 ACROSS 1 Tower town 5 Flower part J 10 Name dropper 14 Woeful word 15 de menthe 16 Relative of atmo 17 Desk item 18 Inflexible 19 Legal holding 30 at (criticizing) 22 Vacillate S3 Inveigle 24 Bumpkins 27 Dismays: var. 29 Remained 30 Pronoun 33 Inclines 34 Attack
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    218 15 UPI London, Thursday The dollar plunged yesterday as gold soared to new all-time highs, surging U558,375 to close at U5|251.75 an ounce in Zurich and U556,375 to close at U*****.50 an ounce in London, after touching U*****.50. Dealers predicted that gold could soar even higher this week as
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    363 15  -  f Business News and Views L I By Lee Yew Meng Japan's Victor Company (JVC) will begin assembly of black and white television sets in Singapore this year, a year ahead of schedule. The skill of the workers and the presence of supporting Industries has
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      225 15 UPI UPI New York, Thursday Stocks fell (or the fourth straight session yesterday after Energy Secretary James Schlesinger warned that a prolonged Iranian crisis could be "progressively more serious" than the 1973-74 Arab oil embargo. Trading became active after Mr Schlesinger made his statement to the Senate Energy
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      39 15 UPI New York, Thursday Dow Jones closing average* on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 816 01 (off (.84); 20 transport 306.34 (off 2.73); 15 utilities 103.42 (up 0.10); 65 stocks 276.84 (off 2.1») UP!
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      TOKYO
      202 15 Tokyo, THursday Share prices bounced back on the Tokyo stock market yesterday with the Dow indicator recovering the 6100-yen mark in the first advance in three sessions. Market analysts attributed the upswing largely to reports that the president of Saudi Arabia's National Oil Company said in an interview with
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      67 15 Closing prlcaa on the Pirli Bourse yesterday Partbu 307 1J0 Fonder 425 -J FlinUmpa 1MS0 +J0 Bull MJO JJO Royal Dutch 283JO -1.40 Michel In 1015 •6 COB an 4.20 Thomson 226 -M CFP 137.10 .10 Rhone 100.90 -.10 Air 382.90 •2 B8N 806 -4 Philips 50 .40 Sues
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      81 15 Union Bank of Switzerland Yesterday's price* followed by the difference on the previous ••uion's close UBS Bearer 32S6 +55 UBS Reg 610 +8 SBC 306 +105 Credit Suisse 2345 +36 Swiss B 890 +8 Swiss Relnsur 3130 Wtnterthur B 2490 Zurich Insur 9750 50 NesUe B 3520 -5 Inter
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      79 15 Price* at 11.30 a.m.today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACT ADC18Ampoi Pet 7177 Am MO183 APM *****8 Bank NSW 950 362 Bramble* —199 r wm /V: r* 5 i». M11 Acmil 74 77 Herald 988 Hooker 91 n KI-950 Ltad Leaae 272 280 Myer *****0 Newt Ltd
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    248 15 BANGKOK: Trade between the communist economic grouping Comecon and Asean has grown dynamically despite obstructions posed by imperialist monopolies, a bulletin released by the Soviet Embassy here said yesterday. Under the title "Economic cooperation between Comecon and developing countries," the bulletin said the stable and dynamic bilateral trade
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    323 15 What started as a hobby 17 years ago, has turned into a successful profession for Mr Erast Pfister, the recently appointed executive chef of Holiday Inn Hotel here. Mr Pfister, 31, used to watch his mother cook as a 12-year-old kid. So fascinated was he that he
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      360 15 II A HOME? Then look for it in Business Times classified property advertisements an easy to read guide to the available properties at the top end of the market. Home-hunters are especially catered for in the new LEISURE TIMES supplement that comes with Business Times every Saturday morning. If you
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    590 16  -  Soccer By SURESH NAIR Montfort's attacking style worked wonders in their opening National Schools Soccer Tournament (North Zone) match at Tanglin when they humbled Sang Nila Utama by four goals to one. Sang Nila, last year's beaten finalists in the secondary tournament, could not find the
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    See-saw form riddle of Walker
    206 16 E3 Athletics New York, Thursday. New Zealand's world mile recordholder John Walker runs in the mile at Madison Square Gardens here tomorrow baffled by the wild con- trasts of his form last weekend. Walker, the Olympic 1500metre gold medallist, won the mile in Lost Angeles
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    Top seed advances
    52 16 Boca Raton (Florida), Thursday Top seed Andrea Jaeger of the United States beat Petra van Oyen of West Germany 6-3, 6-0 In the second day of the World Junior tennis championships The toughest match came when Jennifer Mundel of South Africa beat Claudia Monteiro of Brazil 4-6,
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      45 16 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are highly imaginative, exceptionally artistic and unusually receptive to ideas and suggestions coming from others. You have no great desire to be a person of power, influence, or even money; indeed, were any of the
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      339 16 three to be yours, you would have a difficult time discovering Just how to handle yourself and your "good fortune." You enjoy the "best", but you will not sell your soul or jeopardise your health in order to get it. You are a demanding individual as far as your own
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    Parakee III due for a win
    865 17 Boom Town Charlie's back in form and bears watching K.L. CHANS TOP 10 FOR PENANG Kuala Lumpur trainer Vincent Rhone's Parakee in looks in line for a long overdue win. He tops my list of 10 horses to follow at the Fenang February meeting
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    346 17 Wfl Doxtiwg Reuter Wellington, Thursday Muhammad Ali's tour of New Zeland and Australia for two exhibition bouts with former British champion Joe Bugner will now start on Feb 25 and not today as planned. The world heavyweight boring champion said in Los Angeles last
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    276 17  -  BBon the E9tnck K. L. CHAN Thursday HH cmmh Tjum m, late Second Nature, showed winning form with an impressive gallop at Batu Gantong this morning. With Laurie Millington In the saddle the Seven-year- old gelding by Tycoon n went easily over 808 m in 41.6 The
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    861 17 Saturday Cteas a Mr. S ma IS Konttkl m 57.5 a Yours LOYtngly 66 10 Purloeo 54.5 2 Regal Mate IV 616 0 Great Wall n 516 11 Corona Boy 616 6 HUlleu 6U ia TheMicah 6U T Rich Cent 63 4 Target 63 6
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    Copal's twin mission tonight
    287 18 National squash Champion Venkatesan Gopal will be on twofold mission when he meets «lfan Heng Chok In the men's Civil Services Championship final at the Kajlang Complex courts today at 7.15 p.m. Mission No 1: He will be out to retain the title for the fourth
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    28 18 AP Toronto, Thursday. The World Open Squash Championship will be held herefrom Sept 30—JO with Australian Geoff Hunt, the current world champion, expectedto compete. AP.
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    355 18 Scores a goal in 4-0 rout K3 Soccer Reuter Thursday England, inspired by the daszllng skills of Kevin Keegan, crushed a bewildered Northern Ireland 4-0 In their European championship Group One qualifying soccer match at Wemb- ley last night. Keegan, the European "Footballer of the Year"
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    STBC's bid for award
    526 18  -  BOWLING by Brian Miller xlhey say -that one swallow does not make a summer. How true. And going along these lines I say that one victory does not necessarily warrant a National award the Team of the Year, for example. Well, just last week the Singapore
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    HK eager to prove a point
    311 18  -  KjS Rugby By PHILIP TAN There is a strong possibility that the Sttnmpore rugby squad wUI play an international friendly against Hong Kong after the Cathay Pacificj Sevens in April. Singapore Rugby Union secretary, Mr Seek Khoon Hiang, said that the Hong Kong RU
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    79 18 UPI Madrid, Thursday Real Madrid, one of the favourite® to win the Spanish Soccer CUp, took a step closer to that goal when they beat La Palmas 4-2 in the first leg of their fourth round matches yesterday. Real opened the scoring In the ninth minute
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      75 18 ANDY CAPP SHE'S ALWAVS MAD KEEN > ID KNOW WHERE 'E'S BEEN J 7 STAVIN' -AN 1 WHEN (•E»S GOIN 1 fI«CKTHERE} 31 SB rf s? a ci I I ssstssa! SHORT RIBS by Frank O'Neal S4ffe, ACCORDING "TO MV LATEST CALCULATIONS. intwdhuwdrepmjluon YEARS-.. NOW M9UVK GONE AND SPOILED MY
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      Narimah turns compere in women's show
      224 19 Narimah Abdullah, the model daughter in numerous Sandiwara programmes (the Malay drama series), turns compere for the first Malay women's magazine series on TV. She will share the credits with Kartini on the first show after which she will present the show solo. Called
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      War horror relived
      392 19 Paris: Holocaust, the American TV series about Hitler's final solution for the jews, is sweeping through the living rooms of Europe. Here the horror really happened, and here the fears have been greatest that Hollywood's version would be cheap melodrama. So far, Europeans are finding such fears
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      How environment shapes character
      269 19 Your environment shapes your character. This is the message that TV Singapore will be driving home in the forthcoming Chinese children's serial, Sweet Innocence. The 13-part serial will draw out the moral by comparing the ways in which two families treat the central character, Cfyoon Lan.
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      161 19 Reuter Hong Kong, Thursday: Raffles, a musical about the founder of Singapore, was panned by the Hong Kong Standard Theatre critic who suggested the authors should take the show back to the drawing board and rewrite it. The musical, which had its premiere
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      685 19 Twtay: 7.57 a.m. (2.4 m); 3.12 p.m. (0.7 m) Tamarraw: 8.56 a.m. (2.5 m); 3.56 p.m. (0.6 m) Satarday: 9.41 a.m. (2.6 m); 4.33 p.m. (0.5 m) Baaday: 10.19 a.m. (2.7 m); 5.04 p.m. (0.4 m) Maaday: 10.54 a.m. (2.8 m); 5.34 p.m. (0.4 m) Taetday: 11.27 a.m. (2.9 m);
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      353 19 In and around town ORCHESTRA concert at Conference Hall, 8.15 p.m. Today and tomorrow. Tickets at |8 and $3. TRADITIONAL CHINESE PAINTING and Its influences on contemporary Chinese painting a talk in Mandarin by Mr Cheng Ming, a lecturer in the Pine Arts department of the Chinese University of Hong
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    52 20 MEI LIN: Have you seen youc income tax form? The papers say all our personal particulars will be filled in for us. You'll have no problem filling in the form now. AH POOR: Filling in the form is no problem. The problems only come when you have to
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      275 20 Today's top i shows RADO SHOW (Ch. 5, 8.45 p.m. in colour). Larry Lai hosts the fourth edition of this quiz cam variety show which will feature Frances Yip, Bernard Koh, A 1 Santos and Van Morrision as well as the usual fun and games. RHODA (Ch. 5, 9.55 p.m.
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