New Nation, 5 March 1979

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    Joint tourism push to start soon
    153 2 The eight national tourist organisations with offices in Singapore will hold their first joint promotion this month. An exhibition and film shows depicting the tourist delights and related information about Malaysia, Hong Kong, Korea, India, Philippines. Thailand, Taiwan and Indonesia will be held at
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    VC medals
    34 2 Thirty volunteer members of the Vigilante Corps, including assistant commandant Sim Ee Soon, have been awarded the Vigilante Corps Long Service and Good Conduct Medals, according to the government gazette last Friday.
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    Sharp increase in problem children
    391 2 Mattar reveals a 142 per cent rise in last five years More problem children were sent to the Social Welfare Department for supervision last year than five years ago. A total of 399 was taken in, compared with 165 in 1974, representing a 142 per
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    Swimming complex at Bukit Merah
    134 2 This is (he pUa far the $i mllll— swlmmtßg eamplei at Bukit Monk tows The tßhectow cample* Is Mag ewrtneM si the site formerly aeea|M by the eaatreversiaJ Beaderafc temple. The teinple was denialIshed last Navember after a five-year dls pate betweea the Haaslag Beard
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    Elementary auditing
    44 2 The University of Singapore's Extramural Studies Department will hold a 10session course on elementary auditing in Nissen Hut 8 from March 6. The course will be conducted by Miss C.L. Wong, an audit senior. The fee is $40. Call *****6 for details.
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    $-a-month classes: 157 are in
    295 2 The dollar-a-month tuition scheme few Bukit Merah students attracted 157 children who came on Saturday (or an orientation session at the Bukit Merah North School. The Primary Five and Six pupils came mainly from the three schools in the area Bukit Merah North and South
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    STOCK MARKET
    138 2 Share prices opened on a firm note on renewed buying support during the first hour of trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. BUSINESS DONE First BeetlM F. Merlin (5) 0.96 (2) 0.95' i Sett. (1) 0.96 U.O.L. (21) 1.46 (6) 1.48 (7) 1.47 Sett. (7) 1.48
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      81 2 r Big Sweep 810 SWEEP drawn at Ipoh on Saturday: First: No. ***** SctMi: No. ***** Third: No. ***** Starters: Nos. ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****. CmmUOM: Nos. ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****. 810 SWEEP drawn at Ipoh on Sunday:
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    Welcome rejects rice call
    379 4  -  'No need to upset trade' By Rav Dhaliwal NTUC Welcome will not supply rice to Singapore Provision Shops Friendly Association members unless necessary. Welcome would rather leave this to the private importers, Welcome chairman, Mr Baey Lian Peck, said "We do not want to cause any
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    Earning their keep and doing a service
    133 4 Then AmIM beys an Mag thai last earstog their htty. Tkqi are helplag altar flalM peeple by repalrlag wheelchairs. The repair eervlee, eariM eat at Ike werfcahep af the Sedety tar AM te the Paralysed at Peag Ngaaa Street, la the flrat af
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    Licences revoked
    50 4 There are 214 moneylenders registered in Singapore as at December 31 last year, according to the Government Gaaette. Three other lenders have their licences revoked la October, November and December 1978. They are Lip Teck Mee Enterprise, Sung Gtmn Development Pte Ltd and Hui Hong Credit Pte Ltd.
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    A better deal for hotel staff
    327 4 Higher maximum salaries and improved fringe benefits are the main features of the two new collective agreements for Hyatt Hotel and Singapore Hilton signed recently. Under the three-year wage pact, Hyatt has Jacked up the maximum pay of different posts by $40 to $130,
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    Braille computer in June
    130 4 Th« micro-computer bra lII* transcriber developed by Applied Ressarch Corporation since lale 191 V will be reedy by Jane this year. Ssid 10 be the first of Its kiwi, the transcriber to developed at a cost of hMW. The Support Associstion for the Blind paid the
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    Rain stops police chiefs farewell
    156 5 lt was to be the last public appearance for Police Commissioner Tan Teck Khim before be goes on three-month leave prior to retirement but heavy rain washed it away. Mr Tan, 53, who has spent more than 28 years in the force, was due to
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    Safra 3rd big walk
    64 5 The Singapore Armed Forces Reservists' Association will bold its third Big Walk on March 18 from 8 a.m. The 7.5 km route will stretch from Safra headquarters in Lorong 6 Ton Payoh, along Thomson Road, Braddell Road and back to Safra. Application forms far the walk,
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    Call for split shifts to lure housewives
    472 5  -  By Ivan Lim The Labour Ministry has urged employers to introduce split shifts as a means to encourage more housewives to take up part-time work in factories. "Factories can split the working hours into two periods —(our hours in the morning and tour
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    Postal code: How it will work
    196 5 Sector numbers will be included under the four-digit postal code to be introduced soon. Sources said two numbers will added to existing postal district numbers. A zero will be placed in front for postal districts one to nine. For example, letters to "Singapore 1"
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    Three colours for Sabs' CBD taxis
    157 5 Yellew, while tai greea are the eelsan af the Sagapare Alrpert Bu Servleee (Sals) M mem Detoaa m taxto that wIU ply la the Ceatral Bad* aesa DbtHei The Up half Is white aad'the hettem half to Krma. A ydltw atrip lie taxto have
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    Lecture on genetics
    60 5 The University of Singapore's Extra-mural Studies Department will hold a sixlecture course on The Importance of Genetics in Man in the Brunei Hawes lecture theatre in the clock tower building at the Singapore General Hospital. The course fee is $25 and the lecturer will be Dr Freda
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    Loh takes over as chief planner
    119 5 Mr Loh See Hong, deputy chief planner, has taken over as chief of the Planning Department. The government gazette said the appointment on Feb 12 is in addition to his own duties in the department. Mr Loh took over from Mr Lim Leong Geok,
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      87 5 Keep in fashion on Tuesdays at 4> K rack Hotel n i :si) vv TS a 1 y i V fl sr KMC'. A series of lunch fashion shows at Bamboo Court. When models take to the catwalk in delightful clothes to show you the current fashion trend. This wade
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    Lock icon Malaysia 'yes' to Indon proposal
    339 6 World Focus AFP Jakarta, Maaday. Malaysian Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen expressed agreement to an Indonesian proposal that Asean should take immediate steps to help end the fighting in Indochina. He said this before the Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Hussein Onn held a first round
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    Lock icon Ne Win in Thailand
    50 6 Reuter Bangkok, Monday President Ne Win of Burma arrived here yesterday morning (or a two-day state visit and said he was confident it would enhance friendship and mutual understanding between the two South-east Asian nations. He will have talks with Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanan today. —Renter.
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    Lock icon 'Cautious' Brezhnev
    111 6 Russians satisfied AFP Moscow. Monday The Russian people, obsessed with China, are satisfied that at a time of profound crisis they have in Leonid Brezhnev a leader who, al- though elderly, is experienced and cautious. This is the consensus of Western observers here. But at the same time,
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    Lock icon Morphine cure — by Barnard
    86 6 Morphine cure by Barnard UPI Cape Town, Monday Heart-transplant pioneer Prof. Chris Barnard said yesterday an overdose of morphine is the best prescription for terminally-ill patients. Or Barnard, speaking at a symposium on Care of the Dying said modern technol- ogy can prolong life intolerably and can do "more evil
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    Lock icon TODAY
    135 6 UPI TODAY is Monday March 5, the 64th day of 1979 with 301 to follow. Those bom on this date are under the sign of Pisces. American lithographer James Ives was born on March 5,1806. ON THB DAY IN HISTORY: In 17T0, British colonial troops killed five civilians in
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    28 6 D.J. Lmmlm, Msaiay: AO my «ws werfc British k "I""** walls st l« ststtess is the LMdM sres fsr graffiti experts U WGttl Ml* D.J.
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    'Nonaligned crisis over conflict'
    185 6 Colombo, Monday The Sino-Vietnam conflict has plunged the non-aligned movement into crisis. The movement's controlling body, the 2S-nation coordinating bureau, has yet to reach a consensus on its strategy to resolve the conflict. The latest effort in this direction came from a founding member of the
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      520 6 'AC ;TT» WEATHER Lain Showers, 10-5C. Headline: Chinese ready to pull out of Vietnam. Nssesw Clear, 4-OC. Pravda's headline: Today is election day. Bsas Bright, 11-OC. Headline: Chinese, Vietnamese conflictt at decisive point. Rsme Rain, 12-4C. Headline: Pertini hopes to avoid early national elections. Parts Cloudy, 11-7C. Headline: Mayor promises
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    Lock icon Opec boss sets the terms
    281 7 'Oil supplies will depend on Palestinaian solution' World Focus AFP Aim Dhabi, Meaday Supplies of oil to industrialised countries will depend on the solution of the Palestine Kblem and the Arableli conflicts, United Arab Emirates Oil Minister Maneh Said A 1 Oteiba said yesterday. Mr
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    Lock icon 'We've had it if there's one more shutdown'
    201 7 UPI Washington, Monday If any Middle East country halts its oil production, the United States and the western world "have had it," an international oil consultant said yesterday. "As the Iranian example showed, the shutdown in Iran changed a period of reasonably
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    Lock icon Iran to aim for 6mil
    118 7 UPI Tehran, Monday Iran is aiming at peak oil exports of Six million barrels a day when the taps open today, chief government spokesman Abbas Amir Entezam said yesterday. He told reporters the government set the maximum production target "to demonstrate our capabilities" but the
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    Two more jack up oil prices
    143 7 Abu Dhabi, Monday Libya has raised its oil price for the second time this year, bringing the price per barrel to U5515.94, US$l.2O more than on Jan. 1, the Libyan Oil Minister announced here yesterday. The Libyan government had decided Saturday to increase the
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    Lock icon US 'firefinder' can spot and attack in seconds
    88 7 AFP Washington. Monday The US army will shortly be equipped with the "Firefinder" mobile radar system capable of pinpointing an enemy's artillery and returning its Ore, before the first enemy shell has hit the ground, the system's makers said yesterday. The California-based
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    Lock icon Bright idea
    74 7 The concept Is simple: orbit dozens of satellite* to gather solar energy and beam It to Earth via microwaves which are then converted Into electricity. This bright idea, depleted In this artist's Impression, is Jnst a gleam In the eye of Its proponents at the Department of Energy's
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      6 7 Mere world news en Page 12
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      148 7 Start with the inside. It's the most spacious car of its class. Ample kneeroom, elbow-room, headroom for 5 Europeans. m Real big-size comfort. V And it's buiit with a high degree of reliability and strength that measures up to stringent scientific tests. Powered by a 9030 c engine, it has
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    No tips – and that's official
    483 8 No tips and that's official To lip or not to tip is no longer the question. The customer's dilemma has Been resolved in at least two Singapore hotels. The Hilton and the Hyatt have agreed with the Food, Drinks and Allied Workers' Union that "the practice of tipping shall be
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      Who's the blooper now
      126 8 By highlighting a New Nation headline aa a blooper in its latest tame, the Hong Kong-pubUshed Media magazine made a bigger blooper of itself. If the pereon responsible had conedentiouny rend the fenture below the headline Why There ta So Much Month Left At The End
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      It's all Chinese...
      86 8 The Slno-Vietnamese war could well be remembered fOr some of the worst misreporttng in modern Journalism. According to the Washington Post, the headlinemaking story of the Soviet Union putting Its army on the alert and cancelling all leave originated from vll- lagegoaslp. The other "big" story of
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    Lock icon Laos—the next Hanoi burden?
    775 8 Laos could be the new flashpoint in war-torn Indochina. Reports from Moscow said Peking forces are massing along the Vietnam-Laos border, and Russia has warned China not to expand the Sino-Viet war into Laos. Below is a political, social and economic profile of this country NYT
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    RAFFLES NEVER LEFT PEDESTAL
    563 8  -  MONDAY WITH LU LIN REUTENS LU LIN REUTENS Raffles, the "West End" musical which had its world premiere in Singapore recently, was a flop in Hong Kong. The production, which was built up by an intensive publicity campaign, not only fell with a heavy thud, but
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    Singapore — How the name evolved
    730 9  - Singapore How the name evolved t > For the Record by Gloria Chandy It all began with an article in the Straits Times written by the London correspondent in 1939. The issue was the BBC's pronunciation of the word "Singapore" which attracted criticisms from Scottish listeners. Weighing the merits of
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    US-made Sony products now selling in Japan
    329 9 San Diego: Some Sony Corp. products sold in Japan now bear a made-in-America label. In a partial reversal of the familiar, post-World War Two pattern, Sony has become the first major Japanese company to see in Japan finished consumer products that it manufactures
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      151 9 J 'i JM I 'i r iup:< dine and dance at the Top of the Hilton, and see the fabulous BON BONS Show. Showtime 10.30pm. First drink charge. seafood specialities and the best of American beef at the Harbour Grill. Lunch and Dinner. T •jttV i.v burgers and beans, flapjacks
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  • trend BY SYLVIA LEOW
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      Lock icon Casually elegant
      386 10/11 Who says you can't be casual and elegant at the same time? Some men do. These are the men you see, perhaps on the golf course, the beach or the club, in only a sports T-shirt or else a white shirt which they would wear to work, worn
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      The delicate balance
      993 10/11  -  Case: The teenage sexual dilemma Growing Up by Margaret Chan Growing op Is difficult, and adolescence is perhaps the most disturbing period of life. One of the teenager's greatest needs is for a mature, experienced person w"h whom to discuss problems "man-to-man." Unfortunately this person is not
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      On the road to health with meditation
      489 10/11  -  SOAP BOX When one talks about yoga, one thinks automatically of exercises to keep fit. I too was under this impression until I took it up some two months ago. Now I found out that meditation goes hand in hand with yoga. When
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      Make faces — to keep in shape
      299 10/11 Make faces to keep in shape v- Column 7 -u Make (aces yes, to keep your face looking good. It's no good thinking that cosmetics alone will help conceal those fat cheeks or flabby Jawline. You can't conceal everything! Facial exercises improve and strengthen muscle tone and help blood circulation.
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      188 10/11 EE H < •s\ Cut out and pin with other coupons Posting instructions aDpeor below Nome (Mr./ Mrs./ Miss): Address: N R.I.C. No: Tel: LETTERS ACROSS ■BaaaßaiCut along dotted linn MMMa CLUES FOR MW—l 1. Coorso or impolite 2. ctaMdran cmm thoir parents a good deal of worry 3. Roaorvok
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    Carter tries again...
    241 12 New proposals excite Begin Washington, Monday President Carter sought to break the Middle East peace impasse yesterday with new proposals viewed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachim Begin to be so important that he transmitted them im- mediately to the Israeli cabinet. The White House said Mr Carter
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    Lock icon Teacher killed
    47 12 UPI Managua (Nicaragua), Monday Nicaraguan National Guardsmen opened fire with machine guns on an automobile, killing an American school teacher, authorities said yesterday. John McCarthy, 29, was killed early Saturday when guardsmen fired after the driver of the car ignored an order to halt.— UPI
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    Lock icon Aide's plea
    45 12 AFP Islamabad, Monday Mr Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, a clow aide of former Pakistan Premier 7jii«ir»f Ali Bhutto, now under sentence of death, yesterday had a two-hour meeting with head of state Zla ul-Haq to try to bargain clemency for the former Prime Minister
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    Lock icon 10-day visit
    38 12 AFP Bangkok, Monday A high-ranking Chinese delegation led by chairman of the Foreign Relations Association of China, Mr Wang Ping-nan, is scheduled to arrive here today for a l<Way visit, an official source revealed yesterday AFP.
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    Lock icon Brez: I'll sign Salt pact
    108 12 AFP Mmtw, Monday Soviet President Leonid Breshnev Inftihii yesterday he weald travel to sign a new strategic arms Hnrttstisn (Bnlt-2) agreement with the Untied States when It is ranched. "We wU gn and sign It," he told Weston JsnraaUsto. This wwU he when the text
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    Lock icon 'Crazy' man kills cops
    119 12 UPI Chicago, Monday A man who held police to a 16hour standoff in a domestic dispute last December "went crazy" and shot two officers to death on Saturday because he believed one had once mistreated him, police said yesterday. Witnesses said one of the officers, lying
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    Lock icon Hitler's personal plane on display in the US
    54 12 Adolf Hitler's personal plane is en display at the International Air Race and Shew in Homestead, Florida. The plane, found by Its current owner Marty CaMen in a remote Jungle In South America, has been refurbished and is still air-worthy. UPI radio
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    Lock icon Uganda town captured
    173 12 AFP Nairobi, Monday Uganda admitted on Saturday that antl-govern-ment forces had captured the eastern frontier town of Tororo. A Ugandan military spokesman quoted by Radio Kampala monitored here said "invading foreign forces, Tanzanian regulars, mercenaries and Ugandan exiles" had caputred the town, which is close to the
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      267 12 Crossword ~v J. itfd il n ACROSS 1 Cod or May 5 Widen 9 Pay phone receptacles 14 Flush 15 marcia 16 Jeopardy 17 Guarantee 18 Glide 19 Maxim 20 Artless 23 Repents 24 Resentment 25 Conversation breaks 26 Russian river 29 Sick color 32 Wrinkles 34 Roman bronze 35
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    Lock icon Investors trim losses in moderate trading
    268 13 NEW YORK Business News and Views UPI Stocks were jolted by Middle East and Indochina concerns early last week, but trimmed their losses when investors perceived a slowing of the economy that might cool inflation. Trading was moderate. The Dow Jones Industrial average, which
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    Lock icon Buying interest turns to equities
    289 13 LONDON Lloyds Bank International This week's new account opened in the confident mood with which it ended the previous one. Giit-edged securities continued to claim the lion's share of the trade with recent relative strength of sterling yields, still well in excess of the levels
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    Profit-taking as market moves into consolidation
    326 13 ZURICH Following the rise in quotations quite considerable in some cases over the past few weeks, the market entered a period of consolidation. Profit taking resulted not only from the uncertain political situation around the world but alio from the unpredictable conditions on the
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    Lock icon Economic briefs
    232 13 UPI TOKYO: A large-scale government-sponsored mission left here yesterday for Thailand to help promote imports from that country now suffering a heavy trade deficit with Japan. The delegation of nearly 90 members, is led by Bunichiro Tana be, president of Mitsubishi Corporation. Reuter TEHEBAN: A tanker loaded with
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    Lock icon Concern over US dollars
    116 13 AP Washington, Monday The International Monetary Fund, concerned about the unstable influence on the world's economy by $500 billion in US currency being held outside the United States, is meeting this week to consider what might be done about the problem. Experts from many of the
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    Lock icon SYDNEY
    110 13 Reuter Prices at 11.30 a.m.today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACI 185 188 zDC 16 20 Ampol Pet 75 76 ANI176 177 APM 129 130 Bank NSW 350 355 Brambles 188 BHP 1080 1085 Bora) 238 240 CBA 250 256 CSR 363 366 CIG 247 250 Coal
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      169 13 w3mi m* WK Apply to your present plain/tinted windows and sliding doors. v Solar Control Window Flm, USA makes you feel the difference! CONTROLS HEAT GLARE FADE Reduces 76% solar heat gain Offers balance of indoor comfort Gives comfortable indoor visibility Makes you more efficient at work Reduce eye strain
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    Tyres and your safety
    794 14  -  Any malfunction of this important item is a matter of life and death Motoring I>V Roderick Pestana You probably have begun to realise with the high cost of tyres today, they are the highest recurring cost in running your car, apart from road taxes and other
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    Motor-cyclist's futile search for parking lots
    380 14  -  .-while season-parking goes abegging Motorcycling bv Lee Chiu San As a motorist who frequently has to visit the CBD, I often wonder what rationale the Car Parks Division follows when it lays out twowheeler parking lots in this area. I have gone round and
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      302 14 JOJ M O I 11: H i At Ziebart, we will not resort to gimmicks and false promises to get your business. Ziebart only promises you what it can deliver: •an honest deal straight answers positive protection against rust a standard of service that strives to improve all the time.
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      59 14 ANDY CAPP f > ii *I*. *w i-3Cllll'J Wj BSS S3 •i ft Sfi fca i s lH H ■■Mi >L SHORT RIBS VOU WEIGH 136, NOT COUNTIN© THE ABMO<?. •i 1 IP R PEPOSrT Pv£ COINS PCX? the TIME and place. IS Wrnmi by Frank O'Neal HovAacx/roccDn^j 1 I
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    Leonard out for an upset
    408 15  -  j^jlennis By PHILIP TAN Tom Leonard, the strong Californian who qualified for the final of the Emporium Holdings Tennis Classic is confident of upsetting favourite Mark Cox at the Singapore Tennis Centre this evening. The match starts at 5 p.m. Leonard, having defeated defending champion
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    Course offer to exponents of taekwon-do
    298 15  -  MARTIAI ARTS] bv Richard Adhikari Singapore taekwon-do exponents have been offered a three-month course in South Korea by the World TKD Federation. Singapore TKD Federation secretary Lim Teong Chin said the world body's offer includes board, lodging and training and all the Singa pore
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    Lock icon Top jockey hurt
    61 15 AFP Osaka, Monday. Japan's leading jockey Yoichi Fukunaga was listed in critical condition after suffering multiple head contusions and biting his tongue in a two-horse spill in a major race at the Nika- wa track near here yesterday. The 30-year-old jockey fell down with his mount, MarieJoy,
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    Fancied teams
    91 15 Soccer Rothmans and Tien Wah Press are fancied to win this evening's Business Housef Third Division soccer semifinal matches at Jalan Besar Stadium. With Malaysia Cuppers Jai Prakash and Edmund Wee, Rothmans have the edge over Singapura Forum Hotel in their match at 6 p.m. Tien Wah Press,
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      172 15 OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANCE Of SHIP'S NAME We, Emmanuel Partners of 11M Asia Insurance Building, Finlayson Green, Singapore, hereby give notice that in consequence of our clients' intended purchase of the motor vessel "MAMONI" we have applied to the Registrar of Singapore Ships under Section 417 of the Merchant
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      26 15 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you are one of those level-headed, confident people who has no hesitation at all about setting goals
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      217 15 and going after them. You seldom have second thoughts as to your future; you know precisely what you are after and your only qualm short-lived at that may be a moment of wondering now and then as to whether you've chosen the most direct path to your aims. You have
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      110 15 LIBRA (Sept 23-Oct 22) An improvement in you family situation brings better mood and a chanc for real gain on the hom front. SCORPIO (Oct 23-Nov 21 Problems that must b solved by partners prov more difficult than thos you can handle alone. See a compromise. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23 Dec
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    268 16 Tennis UPI Memphis, (Tennessee), Monday. Jimmy Connors, looking stronger with every shot, outlasted veteran Arthur Ashe 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 yesterday to win his fifth US National Indoor tennis championships. The Connors' win. worth uS|4O,OOO to the Tournament's top seed aqd defending champion, prevented the
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    811 16 Fourteen years is long enough: Subang pro Brian Miller reporting on the Spore Open-final round j After pocketing $7333 by finishing joint third yesterday, New Zeaiander Walter Godfrey appeared surprisingly unhappy. When asked if he was going to complete the Asian Circuit, as most in-form
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    53 16 Gymnastics UPI Paris, Monday. Emilia Eberle of Rumania, a 16-year-old who won cheers from the crowd, took the women's honours in the fifth annual Grand Prix de Paris gymnastics yesterday. Vladimir --flelenko of the Soviet Union and Willi Moy of France tied for first place in
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    203 16 HE* Reuter AP Melbourne, Monday. New Zealand's Barry Vivian won the inaugural Australian Masters golf championship at Huntingdale here yesterday despite finishing with a seven-over-par 80. Vivian had an aggregate score of 289, one better than Australia's Bob Shearer. Vivian's final round of headaches began at the first
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    114 16 pS Squash Reuter Sheffield, (England), Monday. World champion Geoff Hunt warmed up for the defence of his British Open squash title later this month by beating Qamar Zaman of Pakistan in the final of the International Squash Players' Association tournament here last night. The Australian
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      537 16 I Moneywords results i No entrant submitted a solution which corresponded in all respects with the set of answers held by the Judges to be the most apt in the New Nation Moneywords «HU\ Four entrants submitted a solution which differed at two points from the solution which the Judges
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    Taiwanese duo and the $8000 putt
    790 17  -  By LIM KEE CHAN Hsu Sheng-San of Taiwan might have collected $8000 more If he had holed out a pin-high putt on the second hole of the sudden-death play-off with compatriot Lu Hsi-Chuen at the 6077-metre par-71 Bukit Course yesterday. But earlier, Hsi-Chuen had
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    403 18  -  Racing By K.L.CHAN Ipnh, Mnd»y Trainer J.R. Rodgers' newcomer Fine Trim, who ran a terrific race in the Class 4 Division 6 1200 m event at Ipoh on Saturday, should not miss next time out. The three-year-old English gelding by Tycoon n (sire of The Crimson
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    742 18  -  They are now in second spot Malaysia Cup By SURESH NAIR Malaysia Cup holders Selangor's 4-0 victory over Perak at Merdeka Stadium last night demonstrated to their fans something of the old fire reminiscent of the days when they were "top dogs" in the Cup
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    235 18 UPI Reuter Madrid, Monday Spanish soccer players, staging the first strike in their history in a bid to change two controversial contract clauses, forced cancellation of matches yesterday. "Sunday without soccer," the Madrid newspaper EH Periodico said in their headline. "Players of the First,
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      RTS to telecast sequel to Roots at the end of May
      465 19 TV Singapore will screen EU*ts: The Next OworattiM, a sequel to Roots, at the end of May. The day and time have not been fixed for the serial, which stretches over 14 hours. Scheduling will depend on the duration
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      A face tipped as next Hollywood sex symbol
      513 19 When Sir Lew Grade, the last of the great movie moguls, points his cigar at you and says "Boy, you're going to be a star", it happens that way. For Richard Jordan, a young actor regularly tipped by the critics for stardom
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      498 19 At the cinema CONVOY: Kris Kristofferson stars as the leader of a group of truck drivers who go against a cop, played by Ernest Borgnine, who try to arrest them on a charge. Also stars All McGraw. Directed by Sam Peckinpah. Capitol: 1.45, 4, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. 8PIDERMAN STRIKES
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      192 19 Sports diary SOCCER: National Business Houses Div Three League (semifinals) Singapura Forum Hotel v Rothmans (6 p.m.) Tien Wah Press v Gecon (7.30 p.m.). Both at Jalan Besar Stadium. Admission: $2 and $1. National Schools Tournament Secondary (south zone) Balestier Hill v Christchurch (3 p.m.), Rangoon Road v Bukit Merah
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      145 19 Tides Today: 2.56 a.m. (2.7m), 3.50 p.m. (2.3m) Tomorrow: 3.35 a.m. (2.5m), 5.01 p.m. (2.0m) Wednesday: 4.23 a.m. (2.4m), 7.28 p.m. (1.9m) Thursday: 5.32 a.m. (2.2m), 9.03 p.m. (2.0m) Friday: 7.16 a.m. (2.2m), 9.46 p.m. (2.1m) Saturday: 8.34 a.m. (2.3m), 10.17 p.m. (2.3m) Sunday: 9.24 a.m. (2.4m), 10.42 p.m. (2.4m)
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      302 19 to 6 p.m. On till Friday. INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AND YOUR FUTURE a talk by Yip Kum Seng, a senior training officer from the Singapore Technical Institute. At Radin Mas community centre, 8 p.m. Admission free. CRIME AND DRUG PREVENTION exhibition at Sennett community centre today, and tomorrow from 10 a.m.
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    63 20 AH POOR: AUPE says a police officer will have to surylVe on $188 a month after 80 per cent of his pay is deducted far 31day no-pay leave. Gue» he will have to live on sunchine and fresh air. MEI UN: Well, his employers might argue that they
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      651 20 TV AND RADIO C SINGAPORE 5 700 mtton people in 43 countries can't be wrong. PAL color. Invented and owned by TELEFUNKEN l.M OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by 8TAB PERFORMANCE: Night at Lark College. S.St DIARY OP EVENTS (T). 3.36 AFTERNOON MATINEE: The Rocking Horse Winner. (See Top Shows oT the
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      184 20 Today's j top shows AFTERNOON MATINEE: The Rocking Horse Winner. (Ch. 5, 3.35 p.m.) This fascinating drama based on a D.H. Lawrence story will be missed by the majority of viewers because of its time slot. It is about a small boy who has the knack for picking racetrack winners.
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