New Nation, 11 February 1979

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    9 1 Sunday Nation FEBRUARY 11, 1979 30 CENTS M.C.(P) N0.145/1/79
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      175 1 NM* Printers tad Piklitkm Act Stttlofi 3 at press time AT PRESB time, tha PAP had won thro* out off tha ffhra constituanciaa in yaatarday*s by-oloctlon. Thoy woro Anson, Mountbattan and Potong Pasir. ANSON (11,236) C V. Devan Nalr (PAP) 8,127 Johnny Wee Lai Seng (UF) 1,300 V«MeMt 9,694 lpo«
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      148 1 ]]~|`<'+:*)$++*%'+!+\^&"]=*"%]{ >i 4^ r > >.0 a H I u< S\ <% V h !C|V n «fe i ■> w. few >\\ Original Ho Lo Boon Page 10 Power play peril: Marcos Page 5 S'pore by two goals !> i ;r Canon a 5 Lb 7> c—j a li <
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    MAS stops international operations
    407 2 MALAYSIAN. Airline System (MAS) has cancelled all international flights to give priority to its domestic flight operations. Communications Minister Tan Sri Manickavasagam yesterday said these cancellations will continue indefinitely. He told reporters MAS is now operating only 50 per cent of its services. They are all
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    One-way now
    37 2 The Public Works Department has completed the $1 million Shenton Way extension. The one-way scheme between Shenton Way and Anson Road will be implemented at 11 a.m today to ease traffic congestion along 'Anson Road.
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    Mattar: Turn on new taps for welfare flow
    151 2 THIS YEAR being the International Year of the Child, it la a good time for voluntary organisations to' tap new sources of funds, Dr Ahmad Mattar, acting Minister for Social Affairs, said last night at a Children's Charities dinner and dance. "It
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    Chiam gives official ticking off
    669 2  -  BY-ELECTION ROUNDUP By Irene Hoe IT TOOK her all of 20 seconds to vote. But no one really noticed her feat. When her name was called, she inarched up at the double, pivoted at the polling booth and had stuffed her ballot into the box
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    Comic hero without heroin
    486 2 SINGAPORE'S Anti-Narcotics Association was yesterday presented with the first copy of a new comic bosk to help light the drag problem at the grassroots In schools. Mr Chua Boon Unn, managing director of Cycle and Carriage Enterprises, who sponsored the publishing of the 2M,M9 comics casting
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      73 3 The Ballerina Her life revolves around precise movements, and finds a graceful harmony with imagination. The watch she wears is compatible with her creative lifestyle, and yet shows her the precision she needs. Favre-Leuba watches from Switzerland are designed in the spirit of the creative minds of today. Be in
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    New men at top in civil service
    386 4  -  By GERRY DE SILVA A MAJOR reshuffle of top posts in the civil service is taking place, partly to fill some of the vacancies created by the resignations of Mr Howe Yoon Chong and Mr Teh Cheang Wan. It is believed Mr Ngiam
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    Thaipusam blessings for Sheares
    198 4 FAITH shows itself in many forms. Though most of the devotees carrying kavadis at yesterday's Thaipusam festival seemed serene, some were visibly moved like the woman pictured at bottom right. Carrying a small kavadi, an offering to Lord Slibra ma niam, she and numerous men, women
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    STU questions staff-report ruling
    289 4 THE Singapore Teachers Union has questioned whether the newly appointed viceprincipals are adequately prepared for their tasks. In particular, the union referred to the fact that the vice-principal will now make out the confidential reports on teachers, with the principal countersigning. In an editorial in the
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    Lock icon Over 60 die as airmen fight troops
    282 4 Reuter Reuter AT LEAST 60 people were feared killed in fierce fighting between troops loyal to the Shah and airmen supporting religious opposition leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny. Fighting erupted late Friday night at an air base in south-eastern Teheran where the Imperial Guard,
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    Three girls charged with armed robbery
    127 4 THREE teeaaged girls were breaght te eeart yesterday ea a charge af armed robbery. Two of them were said te have beea armed with halves whea they allegedly robbed a girl, Khee Peck Nal, 14, af a peadaat, a gold bracelet, aad a geld
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      39 4 Famous postal court** lot: Secretarial. Commercial. English a Foreign Language tximnanoni (USA. Pltmans. LCC. h Commercial teaching) Academic b Prolessronel eiamtnations (QCi. Stripping. Fotwaiding. Purchasing. Stores b Transport) Atao courses in art. writing, tournalism. and astronomy CoM—. (PsptCitil •wtiTooimM.
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      373 4 Cinema Guide Orchard (*****8): Brass Target. Stars Robert Vaughn, Patrick McGoohan, Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes and George Kennedy (11. 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.15). Jade (*****80): The Big Fix. Richard Dreyfuss as Moses Wine, a harried private detective (11, 1.30, 4, 6.30,9). Cathay (*****0): Dragon's Claws. Cantonese movie starring Liu Chia
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      120 4 Plata (*****72): The Mountain of Cannibals. Ursula Andress and Stacy Keach (11, 1.30, 4, 7 and 9.30). Life (*****4): Death on the Nile. An Agatha Christie mystery solved by Peter Ustinov and supported by Jane Birkin, Lois Chiles, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Maggie Smith and David Niven (11,1.30,
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    Lock icon Power play peril: Marcos
    438 5 Reuter UPI PHILIPPINESPresident Marcos last night warned that the Vietnam-Kampuchea conflict threatened a serious confrontation among the world's major powers and called for "able mediators" to save the situation. In a major policy speech to his armed forces command, President Marcos called for a strong, united
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    Lock icon Forced labour under fire
    172 5 AFP THE Indonesian government was strongly criticised yesterday (or its forced labour policy on businessmen charged with hoarding goods following the rupiah devaluation. The forced labour sentence was passed last week on 40 year- old Thiu Wi Ping, manager of a trading company, P.T. Indo Aceh,
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    Lock icon Khmer Rouge hit airstrip
    43 5 Reuter A KHMER Rouge radio broadcast monitored in Bangkok yesterday claimed that guerilla fighters of ousted premier Pol Pot attacked an airstrip in eastern Kampuchea as part of their war of harrassment against Vietnamese forces in the country.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon US-Japan naval ops begin off Okinawa
    143 5 Reuter AMERICAN aad JapaaeM MVtl VMMUi and ptaaee yesterday kegaa a Jiiat mM-w>mHm warfare exeretoe la Padfle water* eaat d OMaawa, military eaareea la Teky* nM. Tke US aavy la Japaa aad tke Japaaeee aavy ■aid tke maaeaevre, lave! vlag fereee ef tke U8
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    Lock icon 'Provocative' flights by MiGs
    247 5 VIETNAM BLASTS CHINA'S BORDER RAIDS AFP VIETNAM accused China yesterday of sending warplanes into its airspace and carrying out 60 armed border raids in eight days, signalling a sharp escalation in tension between the two communist nations. The Vietnam News Agency, in a broadcast monitored in
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    Ho Lo Boon, how it sounds
    249 6 COMMENT WHEN the National Museum holds its exhibition of traditional games from May 18, International Museum Day, the Ho Lo Boon of our story (see centre pages) will be an object of much curiosity. It will no doubt be mounted or even blown up
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    Lock icon Instant decor out of a box
    784 6  -  By Judy Byrne IPS IT'S THE last word in armchair shopping everything to furnish a throe bedroom home delivered to anywhere in the world In a single package. The ***** (*****) pock can be on Its way the tame day as yon sign the
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      68 6 t u/uhHc /cue/layof urn imjpnnvml < rufl\njun\fn() t '.y< 4is (ft k- v ELM Lyv t B life IfWe v.. V v w if •'V- *'> ",'V •74'sr. Love and War in the Himalayas. Horn the New York Times 1978 Bestseller's 1. ist $38.10 limes( )rchard( cntri M 10b MI!/,MHHH
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    Merlion 'chwee kway' for Ghim Moh?
    575 7 OUR skyswsusts may maks Km foreign visitor's haart sink (aslast wssk's srritor said). The othsr sids of the coin, raphes AH KOW, a rssldsnt of Qhlm Moh sstals, whloh has bean sslsctsd ss s tourist sight in ons of ths STFTs pctaowlnnlng Mnsrariss. isttiat
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      388 7 Join the' Tourist Boom SHOPPING MALL 53 m i».*i PRICE Yes, for as little as $54,000, you can own a unit of prime retail space and increase your profits and sales. The acquisition of land stretching downwards from Orchard Road to Selegie Road, you are given the golden opportunity to
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    Lock icon Losing hair over your wife's cooking?
    716 8  -  By Brian Moore IPS THE main reason men are losing their hair, claims London's Harley Street expert, 71-year-old Mr Lennard Poutney, is they are not eating the right food. It is the blggewt Indictment yet against a wife's cooking. For Mr Poutney, brushing back
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    12-hour day of a super lad
    264 8  -  no. Hngapsm WE HAVE had a lot of unfavourable reaction to the setting up of nine "super schools"by the Education Ministry. a I can Imagine the scene not too far off: Goto Kla: Hey, Chong Meng! Where have you been lately? Chong Meng: Nowhere.
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    How visitor was locked into bus
    230 8  -  MARY L. BUCKLE IT WAS a beautiful afternoon. I had Just arrived at the very efficient airport in Singapore. So what mould I do? I spotted a tourist brochure and browsing through its pages saw a Service 140 bus a double decker was an
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    Muppets
    39 8  -  S.Q.Ong I AM glad to see from your editorial of Jan 28 that the Sunday Nation choosts to concern itself with Iwei of such monumental national importance as the inclusion of muppets in a Chingay proceedon. an o*
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    After the jet leg wore off
    252 8  -  LAURA BRADY WHEN I first told my friends in the States I would be moving to Singapore, their reactions varied from "Oh, that's in China, isn't it?" to "What state is that in?" Finally, the great day came. Still dazed from the long Journey,
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      34 8 uear Editor Your Mtor mvit Qhw JfOUf MtlM §nd addrtH, though you may Inoludo paoudonym If you don't want your mno publiahad. Plaaaa typo, your lottor, doubloapacad, on ono •id* only and ohra a
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      63 8 Lat looks at S'pore o&i- M r Av I -3*2 A i i*s m kZ w w> MI K B JPor -Most c»me on a buy in* spret ifhert'S only one fctesft'on.* ti/Am.* W» y*» *>mnl? 4*ytto«y Uk *y/4Sn/f SMOKY TtMK OZX? JO."" l/*+*£> j/f//y r**CK T'lf... irts I *<«(
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      2130 9 AEROFLOT FOR THE 1980 OLYMPICS For severaljnonths planes fly Twenty-Second Olympic Qtunes The choice of Aeroflot as Age, In addition to ordinary flight Games will fly by Aerotlot pflight specialists, tor tnem airmen or tne country stretcmng wr more man v.whj kilometres from the west to the east and for
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    Lock icon Ho Lo Boon: Here's the real thing
    1126 10/23  -  Stories: TERRY TAN WHEN we published a fortnight ago the Chinese New Year game Ho Lo Boon sketchy* reconstruction that it was it was as much In the hope of unearthing an original copy as resuscitating a vanishing tradition. The first hope has
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    Teochew opera comes to you
    516 10/23 I WAS in the coffee shop below Madam Tang's flat in Toa Payoh waiting for cameraman Johari to arrive when the familiar strains of Teochew opera caught my ears. Peering around the pillar I aw a group of three men and (our women, the wandering
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    LICENSED TO CHASE MEN...
    391 10/23 TONIGHT women's liberation notwithstanding—the Sadie Hawkins tradition of manchasing can be indulged without need far blushing. Chap Goh Mei or the 15th and last night of the Ortnaae New Year baa traditionally been a moonlit night of romance to the Chlneae maiden who would otherwise not
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      919 11 Your 12-page TV pullout i v V u k life ***8|-j f Singapore Symphony (kchestra (Pt 1) on Friday, Ch 5 at 9.50 p.m. in COLOUR Our very own 41-strong orchestra performs, under the direction of maestro Choo Huey. After months of hardwork the orchestra made its debut on 24th
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      357 11 Two Rod* Together (Western Feature Special) on Thursday, Ch 5 at 9.55 p.m in COLOUR James Stewart, working for the first time in a John Ford western, is cast as a hard-drinking frontier sheriff charged with ransoming captives from the Indians. Grizzled and laconic, his middle-aged sheriff is cynical, temperamental
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      1001 12 MONDAY 3.00 PM Open 3.03 Star Performance: Ladies On His Mind. 3.30 DMRY OF EVENTS (T) 3.3S Afternoon Matinee: Marie (Pt. 1.) 4.30 Intermission {.00 Open 6.03 SNACXER. Story of two teenagers on their first sea-fishing trip aboard a trawler. Stars Ashley Barker and Paul Henley. 6.30 KWSMBMEF 6.35 CLUE
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      1014 13 WEDNESDAY A speaker unlike any other 3.00 P.M. Open 3.03 THE BEVERLY Hi.LBM.LES: Elly. The Working Girl (r) 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (M) 3.35 BONANZA: The Initiation 4.25 Intermission 6.00 Open 6.03 PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISES: Swing That Indian Club (r) 6.30 NEWS M BMEF 6.35 TMANG TMGGI TMGGI
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      959 14 FRIDAY W--777Z A speaker unlike any other 3.00 PJL Open 3.03 Housewives' Matinee: Little Big Boss (r) Mandarin feature Mm 4.30 Intermission 6.00 Open (.03 Andy Griffith Show: Stranger In Town. 6.30 NEWS M BREF 6.35 OIfTUNE HBTORY OF EUROPE. Traces the history of Europe from the beginning of Greek
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      78 16/17 As a jogger you know the most important part of your equipment must be your shoes. And more people are buying Rata Joggers because they are better Joggers. Better because they have nylon uppers, and are light and soft. Tough and longlasting, so they go on and on and on.
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      168 16/17 r Y> jb ,4»&** be*-ltd' iidi m' -'».N ■> Yd'LL LOVE THIS SPOT, PUPP^V.-^N 7 l'/VI LETTIN' YA IN floor/ HM/4/ 4 MOPEL CO/V4/WUNITY... TENNIS COURTS... j GOLF- CLUB.- y yIT SHOPPIN' U»KS LIKE CBNTffR*. J] A WEEP-<SWOWN y V-r DESERT r TOME//-^ PON'T 0E SO PICKY...USE YOUR I4t4<&/- NATION/
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      46 16/17 beetle v Ualley X THAT'S the last of the PEANUTS I'LL HAVE TO 60 TO THE STORE TOMORROW 4 FOR MORE SNACK6>f s?v r sa* A .1 mm Chicken ss r -x AW PREAMS ALWAYS ©O ON JUST A LITTLE TOO LONG m rM* t? &v.
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      45 16/17 m W: a K >«? "THERE'S ONLY ONE -THING ID do; close your kyms HANC ON JKYM3 AND NO f X DUNNOi HE'S BUMPi 1 BEHIND LJ3,THOUGH,, WHAT V SOiaJES6Wi MUSTA ZIPPED 7 J RIGHT BY 'IM J V THAT SOODI FEBDY FEEL BETTER. NOW i
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      200 18 The Story of Changi by David Nelson East Timor Nationalism Colonialism by Jill Jolliffe Prince of Pirates The Temenggongs and the Development of Johor and Singapore by Care A. Trocki Now you know by S. H. Tan The Politics of Accommodation. An anelysb of the 1978 Malaysian General Election by
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      60 18 a hem beautiful colour plates about tha author: Mubin Sheppard was founder member of the Federation Arts Council of Malaysia, the National Arts Gallery and the Malayan Historical Society. For 15 years, he was the organiser of the Arts grafts division of the annual Malayan Agri-Horticultural Exhibition. TimesOrchardCentre Mlos Mezzanine
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      234 18 GARTH ESI9& <z r^iup I 5? at W** i VOU HRVE SERVED mv purpose/ vour EXISTENCE IS NOW UNNECESSARY/ WHRT HRVE TO DO WITH PITY? SO BACK TO VOUR OFFICE/ PORCH/ 79k SECURITY CHIEF HERE, MRTTHEWS/ RN HOUR RGO SIR RDRIRN TOOK THE VIRUS X FLRSK FROM THE COMPLEX RND
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    I write all this at my convenience...
    814 19 HUMOUR with MUCH of what you read if you are not selective under Humour Paik-Choo are seated Jottings done at my convenience, and I mean this last literally. A clutch of coloured pencils, half a roll of good 100 paper, the weekend newspapers
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    Defining the tragic sense
    521 19  -  Concluding the Dennis Lh interview by YAP KUN BEK YKB: I thought your Liszt was a tremendous piece of playing, each piece very, very fine: I thought you were perfectly equal to the absolute demand in more senses than one of the music, and demonstrated an
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    Lock icon Reilly good
    317 19 Off Hie Record by CKT ONCE, in a blueblooded funk, I dismissed the Moog synthesiser out of hand. The Moog is a toy of windbags, hardly to be considered a musical instrument. But you cannot badmouth the harmonica: there are simply too many eloquent exponents of the instrument.
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      103 19 Doctor in the House 3 IP I A 9 11 ■v ■kvj S&BTPS .M!l» /a SCABIES IS PUE TO A MITE THAT BURROMS A TUNNEI IN THE TOP LAYER OF THE SKIM AMP LAVS LOGS IN IT. AFTER A MEEK, THE Mat MITES APPEAR AMP THEN THE ITCH J SCABIES
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    Cool nights, pleasant days and jacuzzi living
    754 20  -  Give Los Angeles time and even the nakedly brown landscape can't mask its charms Jffti By Suna R. Kanga THE ORIGINAL Spanish name of Los Angeles was EH Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles or The Town of Our Lady,
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    Yes, you can eat well in Russia
    603 20 THE SCENT in the air at Moscow's central market comes from fresh dill being sold from moist marble slabs in the vegetable ball. The herb's feathery green shoots garnish almost every salad and soup on the Russian table. Dill and sour cream are
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      100 20 travel tale to tell? Here's a ckaaee te tell It AmI to a meek wider aadleace tfcaa yee'd ever kave tkeagkt peed Me. Sunday Nation run* a weekly traveller*' eelama wrfttea ky ear readers. It eaa ke a travelefta*-typr ■tery er Jast a little laeideat er year meet aaf rgettaMe
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    Not in front of the children
    437 21 Did you see that? 7 By RJ TWO FUNNY things happened at RTS last Sunday and the Friday before that. Did it have anything to do with the big boss being away, I wonder? HAPPENING 1: World Premiere Feature on the Friday before last
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    Brooks no threat to Hitchcock
    561 21  -  Jjd JIUU By Tan Bah Bah MEL BROOKS tried to parody Alfred Hitchcock in HIGH ANXIETY (coming to a Cathay Organisation cinema). What would the Master of Suspense have thought of his effort? Here's Hitchcock and his Review They Originally Wouldn't Let Me Do On
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    What the tide washed in
    350 21 CHQPPER BQUAO (Monday, Ch. 5, 9.55 p.m.) REG GRUNDY Productions have long been associated with game shows. Several years ago, when I was in Australia, they were,ambitious enough to produce s series out of their run of productions. This was Chopper Squad. Despite the fact
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    Did You Know That ...
    105 21 Did You Know That THERE an rambles la advert Wag elrelei «f speasers whe have to pay "Mlur" rate* tor Mack/ white afcewiafs m TV. IT IS aear impiaftlt to •Mala a ticket to the Bade Shew, teleeset Hve eaehTfcarsiay. NKWHKEADER Grega- ry Beaarto leaked das Mag last Meaday eight.
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    Larry ticking on to new sponsor?
    182 21 THE RADO BHOW (Thursday, Ch 5,148 gun.): WITH' four shows down, and nine more to go in the series, let's take stock of the show. Producer Jeffery Goh may well be pleased with himself. He has scored some creditable firsts: the Joint purchase by
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      76 21 TAKE IN OR TAKE OUT R Makes No Difference SM SIN OFFERS QUICK LUNCH IN WESTERN CHINESE STYLE AT VERY SPECIAL RATE SM SIN ALSO OFFERS 20 SZE CHUAN t CANTONESE CUISINE TO SUT YOUR TASTE. WESTERN SET LUNCH AT $3.80 PER HEAD Wedding Birthday Dinners are also available. SIN
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    Taking over where Jonathan Seagull left off
    502 22  -  ILLUSIONS. By Richard Bach. Pan, 4978. !44pp, $6.10. The BeoK Page I By Anne Lim RICHARD Bach's new book will delight anyone who it willing to be transported to a world where illusions melt readily into feality, where miracles can hfcppen, and where
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    Through 10,000 km of forest and villages
    424 22  -  THE MG RED TRAIN RNML By Eric Newby. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1978. 267 PP, £6.94. By Alex Josey I THIS is a travel book written In a lightbearted style, but crammed with information. It is the story in some detail of an Englishman's
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    Loneliness of long-distance spy
    199 22  -  THE HUMAN FACTOR. By Graham Green*. Penguin. 1978. 265 pp, 95p. By Silverfish WHAT motivates a man to Join the Secret Service? A love (or adventure? Not necessarily. Maurice Castle In too human a character. He la a spy, brilliant at his desk, but ao ordinary
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    Fantasy bunnies in colour pictures
    404 22  -  THE WATERSHIP DOWN. Film Picfcjre Book. Linking text by Richard Adams. Penguin Books. 1978. 250 pp, $18.$0. By Martines HERE is the book of the film baaed on the book about fantasy bunny rabbits. A book is not a Olm; neither it a book of
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    The cracked ricebowl
    1806 24  -  A SHORT STORY By CHRIS YAP SHELTERED from the sun by the stone arch of the bridge, his hands resting on the concrete railings, he surveyed the riverside scene before him. Looking at the brackish water, he wondered why they called this seemingly oversized canal the Singapore
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    What's with the SHA?
    444 25 INSIDE TRACK Sports Nation starts on this pa^c THE Singapore Hockey Association's handling of the Parminder Singh case and of Singapore's Junior World Cup preparations or nonpreparations, rather leave much to be desired. Parminder wai last week suspended tor two years when the SHA's disciplinary committee
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    Tan sisters at the helm
    262 25  -  NETBALL Joyce Tan THREE new committee members were elected at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Women's Netball Association last week at the F k N conference room. They are Chua Siew Hong, the Tampines constituency sports association's convenor, Lim Sok Hoon, who plays
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      315 25 SINGAPORE CIVIL SERVICE HEAD, EXHIBITION DESIGN Applications are invited from citizens or permanent" residents of Singapore/Malaysia with a Degree or Diploma in Art Design and at least 3 years' experience in exhibition and design work in a museum. Those without a Degree or Diploma but have at least id years'
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      430 25 r .MA TheSGV Group Management Consulting Services A newly established Regional Office of a multi-national Company which manufactures a large range of steel wire is looking for a capable and energetic young man to assume the position of: ASSISTANT TO THE T| 1 i 1 T^TT Around $32,500 p.a. Negotiable
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    Local circuit: Our pros must give full support
    271 26  -  Ernest Frida THE Singapore Professional Golfers' Association must stop their members from playing in overseas tournament while the local circuit is going on. Sembawang Country Club were furious when four leading local professionals Urn Kian Tiong, Lim Swee Chew, Willam Fung and
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    US All-Stars score 4-2 win over Soviets
    576 26 EXMVS' CORNER MONTREAL'S Guy Lafleur scored a goal and set up another in a three-goal first period that carried the hastily gathered US National Hockey League AllStars to a 4-2 triumph over the Soviet Union in the opener of the Challenge Cup series
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    Phey Cup: Satu are going all out to win
    293 26  -  BASKETBALL Tony Koh SINGAPORE Air Transport Union are leaving no stone unturned in their preparations for the third Phey Yew Kok Cup tournament scheduled (or June. Satu, the organisers of the competition, have been training twice weekly since last December at
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      239 26 3* P C I DISPLAYS S PRIVATE LIMITED A leading manufacturer of liquid crystal displays is establishing an electronic product design, development and manufacturing organisation in Ayer Rajah Industrial Estate, Singapore. We invite applications for the positions: m -:i I.\ I«T>l,: H Positions ore available for both electronic and mechanical
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    TEAM TENNIS 'UPROAR': SOME POINTS OF VIEW
    795 27  -  TOM HUM Alfred Tong TEAM Tennis took a startling turn last week when the organisers, perhaps a little hastily, announced that at the end of 11-week league, the top four teams will have to play a round riibin to decide which team will
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    F & N scheme: New drive for members
    321 27  - F N scheme: New drive for members MMMfMi Gerry Chan REGISTRATION of players for the F and N training scheme has started. After a delay of two weeks because of the Chinese New Year festivities, the recruitment committee are making an all-out effort to attract as many new members as
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      276 27 $76/ for a real Yamaha Fiberglass Racket? Yes. now a NEW lower priced version of the world famous Yamaha YFG 50. Ideal for weekend players, women, children, all players who appreciate and want to experience quickness, easy swings and the lively fee of fiber glass-VW JO BEST CONTROL: Wiring rackets
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    Lock icon AVOID OVERDONE FOLLOWTHROUGH ON FOREHAND
    80 27  -  The Teaching Pro... By Don .J Leary 1. It 3 correct to 'open up* or turn when completing the forehand. But a radical revolving as Illustrated will cause an error. 2. Top players sometimes wrap themselves up like this when throwing them- selves into a
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    CHAOS!
    1099 28  -  Worst winter since '63 upsets soccer schedules in Europe By ERIC BATTY FOOTBALL in Western Europe has been decimated and thrown into chaos by the worst winter since 1963 when the channel between England and France almost froze. At that time I was active as a coach as well
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    Scandalous! say unhappy Italian stars
    374 28 WOMB SOCCER ITALIAN players are unhappy with the transfer system approved by their Football Association. Their frustrations at the system boiled over recently when several First Division stars were told to move to clubs not of their own choice. Gianni Rivera, one of the key
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    Lock icon THE BIG FUN RUN AT SENTOSA
    306 29  -  By RAV DHALIWAL HUNDREDS T», to be exact toned ap tor the raa at Beatira last SatarTfcey cane tram all age-graap*. There were ■eheeleMldrea they me it »p mm thaa haM the parttdpaato yeaag adalto eai, ef eearae, the Vetera ae Orgaatoed by the
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    Off-on-off meet is on
    594 29  -  Name change saves the competition ATHLETICS Tan Kim Seng THE long-overdue third Asian track and field championships will definitely be held this year but under a new name. In a desperate attempt to see the Asian championships taken out of limbo (the last championships were held
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    Lock icon Gopal in 2nd gear
    382 30  -  Peter Lo LAST Thursday evening at the Kallang Courts, V. Gopal won his first ««iatch against a national player in his comeback trail. This was significant for him for two reasons. First, he successfully defended his Civil Service championship title for the fifth successive time, and
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    Peacherino scores grand debut win
    904 30  -  By K.L. CHAN PEACHERINO, a four-year-old newcomer from Peacherino Stable, produced a devastating run in Penang yesterday to chalk up a grand debut win in Race Three, the 1,200 metres (or Class 3 Division 4 horses. The Australian-bred mare by Gala Crest out of Bondy's
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    Dr Tan stages walkout after elections
    364 30  -  ■y BRIAN MILLER HE needed only a minute to gather up his notes. Then, with a Arm but silent handshake, we saw the passing of a president and the opening of a new and, what we hope will be, successful chapter in Singapore's tenpin
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    Lock icon 24 teams almost a certainty
    285 30 AFP IT IS now almost certain that 24 instead of 16 footballing nations will compete the next World Cup finals in Spain in 1982, according to sources in Madrid yesterday. The final decision will be made at Zurich on May 19, it was announced after
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      34 30 Ist N*. MIM tmi N*. C7SIS <|TO) M N«. M» (SJC) BTARTERB ($U tMh): M», MVJ, SIMS, *****, MM, SHIS, SENS, SSUI. CONBOLATION ($S< MM*): MM, Kr»^23M, USB, SMtt, MM, «M, MM, SMI, MM.
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    Special Man a cut above others
    556 31  -  RACING with Scrutineer BPECIAL Mu looks a cut above his rivals in the Class 3 Division 3 1200 m (Race 2), a»4» should have an easy task at Penang today. The Manihi four-year-old chestnut gelding displayed promising form in his two starts. Making his
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    PENANG CARD AND FORM GUIDE FOR TODAY
    2687 31 RAfF 1 2.0 Class 5, Div. 3 1,200m x ($9,000 $6,300 to wiitn«r) 1 9060 Data's Chotca a (HT Wee) Allan 4 57 (dc +2.5) ),>*>", Pitwii 2 2 0065 McGarrst i (Good Fellow) Ahmad 4 56 (-1.5) 1,200m V *lh 4 3
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    SELECTIONS
    127 31 SCRUTINEER BRIAN MILLER K.L. CHAN TURF RAY Race I MeOamt Serene's Joy Free Tax Our Heart's Desire Sena's Jsy Free Tax Free Tax Our Heart's Desire Race t Special Man Bendy Baby Beady Baby Special Man Special Maa Bendy Baby Ceatarfsa Special Man Race S Lm Vegas Bona Mia
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    KEY TO RACE CARD
    105 31 The letter after the aame ef a hene deaetee the type ef gelag the hene prefers (a My gelag) (g seed gelag; aeft gelag; h heavy gelag). lie letter ui flgaree after the weight deaetee ehaagee la haadlcap, I. e. (dd +1 if) ladteatee a hene
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    Go for the early goal, S'pore told
    552 32  -  SPORTS NATION By PHILIP TAN SAMAD Allapitchay's absence from tonight's Malaysia Cup match against Kedah at the National Stadium is a direct hint to the Singapore skipper that he may soon join the list of veterans dropped by coach Trevor Hartley for lack
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    'Baptism' for youngsters
    630 32  -  By ERIC COOPER SINGAPORE'S "new generation" squash players maintained the Republic's dominance over Malaysia when they outclassed both the teams W) at the Tanglin club yesterday. As in previous years, Singapore's representatives Were patently much fitter,despite the Malaysians' claim to have trained for fitness for this annual
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    Pick three...
    46 32 Omiy skipper MaAuunmee Nek m a eertala* Lfer Ike (trwird bat wke are the twa players to complete tke wtrlag conuMaatlea? Deilak kae tke experleaee, Akmad Sayatl tke ■ewer mod He Kwaag Heck tke ladaatry. Try Mi giess. Mat Not) Dollah Ahmad Kwang Hock
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    PROBABLE LINE-UP
    53 32 SINGAPORE: Lim Chiew Peag, Jeffrey Unrn, Lim Tang Boon, Leong Kok tfaaa, HasMm Heal, 8. Maaeharaa, Delia* Kaaetm, He Kwaag Heck aid Mohammed Neh. KEDAH: Hamld BamH, Ismail Che Lah, M. Vlathlllagam, Jamaladdle Himm, M. Stagrnn, P. Pathmaaathaa, Martakeea Omar, P. Ganasar murthy, Naelr Ibrahim, Kher Sek Long
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      68 32 Sports Diary SOCCER: Malaysia Cup Singapore v Kedah (National Stadium, 7.30 p.m.). Singapore Government Services Football League Divison Two semi-finals (Geylang Stadium and Farrer Park, 5.15 p.m.). CYCLING: National 100km Road Race and 70km (or students (East Coast Park Highway, 8 a.m.). GOLF: Singapore Golf Association Inter-Club League Singapore Island
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