New Nation, 4 March 1979

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    Masthead
    9 1 Sunday Nation MARCH 4, 1979 30 CENTS M.C.(P) N0.145/1/79
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      35 1 Public Prosecutor asked to consider action blamed < Page 2 China to reports Kyodo Page 4 Sana *fWr. L m fWekonw Mr Score ■Mige vvr Page 6 RJ's pick of the week p g e 21
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      20 1 23, Park House. Orchard Boulevard. Singapore 10 Tel *****55. *****18 £4 <r*v Vt.-'.H f.? r k i 4. -v 4.
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    BLAMED!
    608 2 Inquiry report holds owners, captain, fitter and shipyard responsible.. THE committee of inquiry into the Spyros disaster has found the owners of the tanker, its master, Jurong Shipyard and some of its staff jointly responsible for the explosion and fire which claimed 76 lives and injured another 69. A
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    VICTIM
    291 2 Prosecute them, say 4 V survivor and family A SURVIVOR of the tragedy and the funllf«( a victim yesterday strongly advocated the prosecotlon of {juae blamed by the Spyros repert. Madam Low Tee Kum, the survivor, said Mi will serve as a deterrent to othsrs. The family of-the victim,
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    Rain washes out leave taking
    126 2 LASHING rains caused Hoods in several low-lying areas yesterday resuhh« in massive traffic Jams in certain ,areas. Two official functions had to. be cancelled. One of the "victims" dt the three-hour downpour was Police Commissioner Tan Teck Khim. He was to have made his last
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    PENALTIES
    78 2 THE LAW prevldee far a ffltj at ef ap to tm yean er (lw er Mh far Umw feaad K«ilty ef the etfeaee uitr Beettoa SNA af the Peaal Cede. A member at the AG's Chambers oealliaaud that the P»bße Preeecator bad received the eemmlttee'a Vfwt, bat aald that
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    Better safe than sorry
    200 2 LOCAL Mpyarii uli (hat the Com■Mfee sf hairt me—aMadatlans far the Bpyra laeldeat weeM help tight- ■MgrhtMyartk They wrtlnri, hawever, that nni Ffhmli sa safety weaM retard the growth ef the atp tiipeliiadastry here. "Mpmmm aaj Hai the extra safety regalattens Mmm, hat they meellmStrSg^mEr^ A
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    Cool, green drive to new airport
    85 2 A GREEN avenue of raintrees 2000 in all will stretch the approach road to the new Changi International Airport. The trees, when fully grown, will stand between 12 and 15 metres tall and form a majestic arch of green. This will provide visitors, to
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    Record investments
    37 2 FOREIGN investment commitments totalled a record $778 last year, nearly double the amount the year before. According to the latest issue of the EDB's Singapore Investment News, this reflected the strong confidence of foreign companies.
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    Divorcees who 'dump' children
    275 2 ACTING Social Affairs Minister Dr Ahmad Mattar yesterday hit out at parents who abandoned their children and put them into orphanages or other welfare homes so that they could remarry. The minister identified these parents as widows, widowers and divorcees. Where possible, if there are orphans,
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    Lock icon Tarling 'not worried'
    77 2 Reuter FORMES Haw Par rhelrmea Blehard TuHig. 41, yesterday eald wae eMfltat he weald aet be Jtiled la flegif' aai weald aet evea be eemmltted for trial there. "I aaa aet at all wearied/ be Mid la aa iatervtew la Leadea a day after the British Heme
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      422 3 Congratulations on your *0* level success Now be a success with the Professionals Making A Career Now you've got your '0' levels, you want to make something of yourlife. You want to get a worthwhile job and earn a good income. Then join the Professionals. And start a real career.
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    Lock icon BRIGHT LIGHTS, NORMAL LIFE RETURN TO CHINESE BORDER TOWNS AGAIN
    161 4 AFP LIFE for the Chinese inhabitants of regions bordering on Vietnam is returning to normal according to reports from the New China News Agency (NCNA) yesterday. In one item, NCNA reported that residents of Hekou, one of the principal Chinese
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    Lock icon China to stop war — Kyodo
    339 4 China to stop war Kyodo AP AFP Reuter A CHINESE government official yesterday said China had decided on a ceasefire in its war with Vietnam, Japan's Kyodo News Service reported from Peking. The timing of the ceasefire and troop withdrawal had not been decided on, the despatch said. Meanwhile, China
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    Lock icon 'No' to Asean military bloc
    230 4 Reuter ASEAN has no intention of acting as a military bloc even if the current ChinaVietnam border war spills over to Asean countries. Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad. commenting in Kuala Lumpur yesterday on the prolonged and intensified border war, itumed that Asean
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    Lock icon Ins and outs of outings in Teheran
    226 4 AFP UPI TEHERAN'S more affluent residents, who used to go on weekend Jaunts to the Caspian Sea coast or to the countryside to picnic far. from the capital's pollution, are sticking closer to home these days. Most roadside restaurants and bars are still
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      496 4 CINEMA GUIDE ODEON (*****6): Spider- Ursula Andreas as an anMan strikes Back. Stars thropologist in search of her Nicholas Hammond as the lost husband filmed on Invincible super-hero (11. location In Malaysia (11, 1.30.4,6.30.9.15). 1.30,4,7,9.30). ft OBTHABn fTTCSKKV Hiffh ™»CE (*****38): It Uvea i A aln The unexpectedly BtaJrina Mpl
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    The $11 billion big spenders
    208 5 SINGAPOREANS eeatlaaed to <—|W >« a p» ekut far ipcadkg aa feed, aa elethlag, aa every Item uitr the ma lad year. The average peraaa here apeat $3M a meath, 9U atere thaa hi im, aad the &JI aillHaa pepalattea together far a ■aarive $1M
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    BRIGHT AND BREEZY
    665 5  -  By JOHN TAN SINGAPORE'S prospects for 1979 have brightened substantially with last year's excellent economic prospects. Real growth in the Gross Domestic Product, an indicator of economic activity, was 8.6 per cent compared to the most optimistic forecasts of only 8 per cent. Individuals also enjoyed a
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    Potentially divisive
    261 6 COMMENT The products of an English education came in for another beating in a TV forum by seven bilingual scholars. They said the English-educated are generally impolite, self-centred and sadly deprived of the moral education to be found mainly in the Chinese classics. Such charges have been part
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    A show to do us proud
    119 6  -  SUSAN H. INGRAHAM WHAT a pity Terry Tan noted only the niggling things about the museum. He should have read the big sign which said, 'Two Masters, Wu Changshuo and Wang Geyi." Now that is an exhibition to make all Singaporeans straighten up with
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    Impressive despite stipend
    299 6  -  BROTHER JOSEPH McNALLY I WAS disappointed at the negative attitude shown towards the museum by Terry Tan. While nobody claims that the institution is a sacred cow, it certainly deserves better than the cynical disappraisal meted out As the paper pointed out, his first visit after a
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    Museum dump identified
    479 6  -  TEO HAN WUE I WOULD like to thank the Sunday Nation for Terry Tan's interesting story, MUSEUM: BLOOM OB GLOOM? two Sundays ago. A passing reference to the "dump" outside the museum "Just outside the rear entrance was an enormous anchor amid rotting driftwood and granite slabs
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    Display dull, crowd poor
    124 6  -  MISS K.S. ONG AS A REGULAR visitor to the museum, I fully support Terry Tan's comments. Recently I noticed that the mumnn highlights certain display* every month, probably to draw a larger crowd to its deserted premOf two talks I have attended, the response was very
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      23 6 I TimesOrchardCentre M-106 (mezzanine floor). Lucky Plan, Orchard Road. Singapore*. Tel: *****71. Open Man tin 10.00 ajw. 130 pjn. n in C lS
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      43 6 Your litter must ghw your nam* and addraaa, though you may inchado a pooudonym if you don't want your noma publiahad. Plaaaa typa your lottor, doublorcad, on ono onlyandghroa telaphono numbar at which you may ha contacted. ■a, H,. i*i+■ i 1 ri"v
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    No-fuss uniforms
    569 7  -  Why not indeed? Especially when more andjK more women these days are working mothers If you ask me... who'll bo gotting moro thingo off Mo choot whon roodoroglvo him o chonco. By TUA KAY POH AS A primary school pupil many years ago, I used to weep buckets
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      87 7 IF YOU hive semethlag to my which yee think •ar readers weald like to kaew, why aet pat It ea paper aad eead It to as. We weteeme ceatri haters to this eelama. Articles caa he ea aay sabject hat sheald preferably he eplalea pieces ef aheat 5M wards each,
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    Lock icon What's in a word?
    758 8 Copyright: Sunday Nation and Asia Research Pte Ltd I HAVE heard foreigners in Singapore remark that in response to even the mildest form of praise that they might direct toward Singaporeans and their achievements, there is always a Singaporean who will find some reason or other
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      39 8 Colds bring misery suffering r iir reos contains A decongestant to clear runny nose and sinus Aspirin to relieve pain Caffeine to combat that depressed feeling Vitamin C to build resistance At liw ilgn of I ooAd, take Ftbi.
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      152 8 Doctor in the House KEEP AN EVE ON HIS URINE UNTIL I SEE HIM ON FRIVAV, I'VE NEVER HAV ANV TROUBLE URINATING. LET'S GET A PROPER EXAMINATION ANV FINV OUT WHAT'S WRONG. fi m THERE HAS BEEN NO VISIBLE BLOOV IN THE URINE BUT THE PAPER TEST INDICATES SMALL AMOUNTS.
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    Lock icon 'Men are always after women but women are not after men'
    946 9 Guardian KHOMEINY's new Islamic republic of Iran is no place for a woman by Western standards. In the street battles, as young men smeared themselves in blood and flaunted death, it seemed that the revolution and the Muslim revival
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      73 9 Net 2kg family Pack I "COPPER KETTLE" FROZEN VEGETABLES ARE HERE! From the clean, fresh pastures of Tasmania comes the rich, tasty country goodness of our vegetable delicacies peas (mint-flavoured or plain), sliced green beans, mixed vegetables, peas corn, peas carrots, baby carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and brussels sprouts And each
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      43 9 SCENES OF MALAYSIAN LIFE At the fun Mr YAM 00 fUM PA»Q ByLAT :A r m/weys Jo **/fA c/ctcf iW w.*L*. To WaJ J '!'X/ i M iiniiiD jinm. milk iii. ,i(it Wlill u UilMi £3 lI i <41 l-.JI r^« w r )!)'$%~/=-\="-|<_\}`&{<-=},%|+_
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    A devil of a temper
    280 10/23 SOMEBODY whs has worked with Mr Baey Lian Peek eNflnns that he Is what he seems ea a first meeting. My New NaUaa c»l--leagae Margaret Chan, whs was Mr Baey's pewsasl assistant far three yean, said: "I was aid still an very fsad ef him.
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    Lock icon A man for all reasons
    2349 10/23 The public knows Mr Baey Lian Peck as a man who wears four hats: Mr Metric, Mr Welcome, Mr Sana and Mr Score. Terry Tan looks for the man underneath He is one of the most unpretentious and affable industrialists I have ever met. Mr
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      1231 11 Sunday Nation Your 12-page TV pullout Graelz 'W V Em* Ms 7i PICK OF THE WEEK I COLOUR TV .>\?*!* "ftV" 71 I A fed *m Lynda Carter raalty Ma I The Return Of Wonder Woman (World Premier) on Friday, Ch 5 at 9.45 i p.m. Lynda Carter is back
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      315 12 fePITAXIAL it the name of superfine magnetic particle developed by Maxell: a needle-shaped crystal consisting of gamma-hematite and cobalt-ferrite. Both UD-XU. and UD-XLH me the New EPITAXIAL However, in the EPITAXIAL used in the UO-XUD, a larger amount of cobalt-ferrite is used to envelope the gamma-hematite core than in 'the
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      862 12 haiman/kardon MONDAY 3.00 PM Open 3.03 Star Performance: Night At Lark Cottage 3.30 DIMV OF EVENTS (T) 3.35 Afternoon Matinee: The Rocking Horse Winner —Pt 1 4.30 Intermission 600 Open (.03 SNACKER: Walk About. Jim Smith and his friend, Tubby Bass, have the rare opportunity of spending a few days
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      450 13 WEDNESDAY harmart/kardon ML Open THE BEVERLY HLLBLUES: The Clampetts Meet Robert Audubon Getty Crockett (r) OttRY OF EVENTS (M) BONANZA: Heritage of Anger Intermission Open PLEASE DON'T EAT TTf DAISES How About Two Gorillas (r) NEWSMMKF TMANG TMGGI TMGGI (r) CANDO CAMERA NEWS AND KWSREEL (M) 5.30 PJL Open 5.40
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      830 14 FRIDAY harman/kardon 3.00 PJL Open 3.03 Housewives' Matinee: Song 01 Galore (r) 4.30 Intermission 100 Open (.03 Andy Griffith Show: Runaway Kid x(.30 NEWS M BREF 8.35 OUTIME HBTORY OF EUROPE (last episode) 7.05 The PM Silver's Show: Bilko's Boytown (r) 7 JO NEWS AI0 NEWSREEL (M) 7.55 SPORTS PNUtt
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      65 15 r Puffin books distributed by: FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS 1 New Industrial Road, Singapore 19 8238 Jalan 222, Petaling Jaya, Selangor MARCH 1979 IS PUFFIN MONTH. Be sure to enter the easy to win Puffin Puzzle Contest Details from your favourite Puffin Bookshop: Katong Catholic Book Centre MPH, Stamford Road Times Orchard
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      143 16/17 4 fx r v \r a «r A WHERE'S THAT«4LES RemtT-OM THE COKPDM T?ON r GUP* &ATEG. WAITING Vw-* m V o w*T ft n) /r m mi'A W' H6R6 VA >4Re, ofc>£s ...ALL FINISH6P/ 40OUT E 'y iw r. 7 x. <V m. |£3u r V IP f-4*. K
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    Conversation has killed the art of silence
    911 19 HVHOUR w.h l < FOR a while Adam busied himself running around the Garden of Eden. But one day he became lonely. "God", he said, "there must be more to this than chasing birds and chewing bees. I need a companion? So God
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    Convoy: Strength in its simplicity
    507 19  -  JJ!3 Jiiild MARCH (i an exciting month for film anthuaiaate Singapore Film Sociaty member#, that ia. Tha Society promiaaa two apaciala. Tha firat, on today, ia a "hilarioua satire" from Cuba. Tha aimplaton nephew of a wrongly glorified worker fkghta tha bureaucracy. All ha wanta
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    Moving as ever
    290 19 orr the Record by CKT WAGNER done in English is not, when I'm in a sunny disposition, Wagner done in. Not that I'm a German literate but. If you have a fondness for German opera, you soon become a quick reader of libretto translations. And so Brunnhilde
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    Slow march or island hop in getaway Greece
    1223 20 By Detour, student OUR FIRST day in Athens happened to be Chinese New Year's Day. Of course, no one else was even remotely aware of this (act. But it didn't matter. Ang pows or no, I thought it a most novel and
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    Tuesday is the best day of the week
    682 21 Did you see that? By RJ A LONG time ago, it seemed the better TV days were the weekends. RTS packed Saturday with a complete evening's entertainment. In my book, Tuesday viewing on Channel 5 is the pick of the week now,
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    The highs and lows in resistance to Hitler
    333 21 THE PLOT TO MURDER HITLER (Wednesday, Ch 5 at 9.50 p.m.) DAVID L. WOLPER Productions bas long been associated with fine documentaries. An important feature has always been an attention to detail in presenting what's history. Last Wednesday's effort, narrated by actor
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    Enjoy it while you can, this jewel of literate, adult humour
    265 21 M*A*S*H (Saturday, Ch 5,10.50 p.m.) SAVOUR this rare comedy jewel while you can, for as reported last week, it will be replaced by the Bob Newhart Show on March 24. Despite its superficial appearance as a collection of glib
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    DID YOU KNOW THAT ...
    112 21 DID YOU KNOW THAT TMEIITS eonoor hao rt|tcixl two Bm Qua filmictc for MftMlini On tho dado Show, daapita approval by tha Canaor Board. Tha raaaon tha Qibb brothora* ktnQ hair, raad liva tliay oro iwl rocordod. A MAXIMUM of 20 par cant of foraign artistaa can bo ongagad lor
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      What a flabby grip
      535 22  -  By Alex Josey THE SINGAPORE GRIP. By J.G. Farrell. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1978. 553 pp, £4.95 IF THIS long, rambling fictional story was mistaken for fact, Singapore in 1942 was constantly bombed by hundreds of Japanese war planes. Buildings everywhere were smashed or on fire. Even
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      Moaning that takes no one anywhere
      847 22  -  By Xuan Xong BITTERSWEET: SURVIVING AND GROWING FROM LONELINESS. By Terri Schultz. Penguin, 1978. 189pp, £85p. THIS book only says two things: loneliness is an inescapable condition in life, and it is not a unique phenomenon experienced only by the old it is a
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      Chairman Mao's tunes of glory
      643 22  -  By Francis Chin MAO TSE-TUNQ POEMS. Published by the Foreign Language Press, Peking, 1976. 105 pp, $28. The Foreign Language Press has from time to time published Mao's poems in paperback or hardcover. The latest is a collector's item in English and Chinese and beautifully
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    Lock icon Giving up the Ghost
    633 24  -  Inspired (by Paik Choo?), a reader wrote this short story By Quah Wee Tong I WAS at the office of the most famous photographer in the world. What made him famous was his pictures of ghosts. Very often, people would ask him to take a "ghost"
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    Lock icon Spectacular growth in saying it with flowers
    717 24  -  By Scott Thornton Reuter ROMANCE is blossoming as never before, according to the world's biggest flower market. An average of six million cat flowers and potted plants are sold in Aalsmeer each day and the bloom boom shows no sign of ending. "Growth
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      Kah Wah: Have ball will travel
      305 25  -  BASKETBALL Tony Koh TEO KAH WAH'S motto is "Have ball will travel." Since he was first picked to play for Singapore in 1973 as a youth international, he tfeas visited countries like China, Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand. Little
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      It should never happen again
      215 25  -  Ernest Frida WHAT happened at the Changi women's Open golf championship last week should never be repeated. To recollect what happened. Joan McCutcheon (handicap 18) of Changi and Z. McLaclan (handicap 26) of Keppel had returned the same nett score of 67. Both had indentical
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      Sorry, we don't agree...
      576 26 SSC sports awards didn't go to the the best INSIDE TRACK WE DO not agree with the Singapore Sports Council's selection of the 1978 Sportsboy and meritorious award winners. While Junie Sng, winner of the Sportsgirl award, is streets ahead of her rivals with her two
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      Bedok, Marine Parade on way to title clash
      392 26  -  NETBALL Joyce Tan RESULTS of the earlier rounds in the intra-Zone 6 netball tournament now in progress at the Marine Parade court indicate a Bedok-Marine Parade title clash. But before that they will meet on March 11 to decide the winners of
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      "Tigers" on the rampage
      408 26  -  gAMMfU imvun Peter Lo THERE were no upsets in the opening matches of the men's C, D, and E grades last week. In one of Wednesday evening's C grade matches, last year's winners, Police "Tigers", defeated Tanglin Club 4-1. Dave Elliot, playing at No 4, salvaged
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      Enterprising — or just plain greedy?
      491 27  - Enterprising or just plain greedy? IDMSIALK Alfred Tong ARE they enterprising or just plain greedy? Before you start scratching your head, let me explain. Some years ago, following the Western example, some benevolent businessmen (there aren't too many around, unfortunately, but that's another story) went Into the sponsorship game. They
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      The Teaching Pro...
      7 27  -  By Don J. Leary
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      The right man for the women
      257 27  -  MMMTON Gerry Chan THE appointment by the Singapore Badminton Association of former international Wee Choong Seng as coach of the national women's team provides a ray of hope to the team who are preparing for the Jakarta Sea Games. The women's squad are clearly
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      Sights set on big meets
      521 28  -  Kunalan: He's not ready yet for the new season ATHLETICS Tan Kim Seng THE Singapore AAA's first All-comers meet (sponsored by Adidas) at the National Stadium this afternoon marks the start of this year's track and field season. After months of off-season preparations athletes will
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      Champs face big SRC challenge
      391 28  -  Brian Miller ONLY a few years ago we were lamenting the poor response to women's hockey tournaments. But look at the scene today. Fifteen teams have entered for this year's SWHA Knockout tournament, a sure sign that women's hockey has risen up the popularity ladder.
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      Coutinho back in favour
      291 28 WOMB SOCCER CLAUDIO COUTINHO, the most disliked man in Brazil during the World Cup final rounds in Argentina, is now one of the most popular. During the World Cup, Coutinho, the one-time basketball star who became Brazil's soccer manager, was accused of ignorance, defensive mindedness and
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      Lock icon Che Su's sour surprise...
      465 29  -  Or how Hartley was hoping for a draw Story: Jeffrey Low THE "big surprise" Kelantan coach Mohamed Che Su Bad in store for Singapore was his team's dirty play in Kota Bharu on Friday. That the Malaysia Cup tournament matters a great deal even to the
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      Old partners set stage for a thriller
      582 30  -  Weekend Sports By PHILIP TAN KEEP a dale at the Singapore Tennis Centre today, for you are likely to see one -of the best matches to be played here when Japan's Jun Kamiwazumi and Britain's Mark Cox meet in the semi-final of the
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      Lock icon Ali will take final bow in September
      305 30 UPI HEAVYWEIGHT champion Muhammad Ali will tight Alfio Righetti in Buenos Aires In September, according to a copyrighted story in yesterday's New York Daily News. 'The fight, for the World Boxing Association crown, will be All's last, win or' lose, according to the
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      Speedy Indy holds on by a neck
      726 30  -  K.L. CHAN TRAINER Buang Abu Bakar's liiy ran a front-running race at Ipoh today to score a popular win in the opening event tof Class 6 Dtv ,4 horses over 1250 m. Vigorously ridden by apprentice Benson Tan, the three-year-old horse by Tudor
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      Valour set to run through the opposition...
      777 31 By SCRUTINEER VALOUB, nicely sharpened up by a run over, the 1200m last Sunday should be in tip-top shape and ready to topple the opposition in Race 3, the 1900m for a mixed Class 4 field at Ipoh today. The four-year-old Irish gelding
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      IPOH CARD AND FORM GUIDE TOR TODAY
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      SELECTIONS
      85 31 1 SCRUTINEER R. L. CHAN TURF RAY Ram 1 1 The Ptaky Victory Order KE3H QI MaatoM New Haad MM KSSSeSSI New Hand Maulana Indian Patrol HI Valaar Paair Puteh KrclRm Valaw Charming Smile Race 4 Tidal Wave Dark Stranger TUal Wave Choon Fong TUal Wave Sir Galiva B233MB
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      Gambetta stuns the big guns
      840 32  -  But Taiwanese trio cannot be dismissed SPORTS NATION By BRIAN MILLER AN AMERICAN professional with a German first name, an Italian surname and residing in Japan yesterdaytook a two-stroke lead against a field of star-studded golfers when he fired a record-equalling sixunder par 65 .in
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      Leading scores
      145 32 m rCurfMtta QTO.74.gK Ml (•,70.73). Lb IW a*—(71.70, ScaS2%& (71.76.71), X. Joaee (Tt.71.73); tM Son (tUt.7l); M M. Knurtz (75.71.1t), T. Ductjr (77,00,70). Um KJaa Ttag (75.70,70). eter Tbomaoa (75,7170). Y. AUtomi (71,71,71), T. Shlbata (77,01.73). Ha CbUu (7170,73), Kuo CMe-Hefcae (71,71,73). M BmM* (70.f1.74). Wu Chin Fa
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      Monbiot looks a cert after upsetting Jeremy
      323 32  -  By SURESH MIR EXPATRIATE Philip IConfalot, 32, made a raging comeback during the second East Asian squash championships trials with a deserved five-set upset victory over Jeremy Teo at Kallang Complex yeeMnuMnt. by virtue of his nationality, missed last mosith's Bagapore-llalayala "home International"
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      58 30 Sports Dda ATHLETICS: Singapore Ameteur Athletics Association-Adidas First All-Comer meet (National Stadium, 2.00 p-m.)-TENNIS: United World Colleoe Team Tennis (Dover Road Courts, 8.00 a.m.). Emporium Holdings Classic (Singapore Tennis Centre, Marine Parade, 4.00 p.m.). GOLF: Sinapore Open championship final day (Bukit Course). SOCCER: Friendly Tampines Rovers v Johore State Economic
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