New Nation, 10 March 1979

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    Masthead
    20 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Saturday, March 10, 1979 2509 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 144/1 /79 i MIV (0) NATION COMMENT
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    They never learn!
    559 1 'Survivors' drive on carelessly Most Jihm win survived serious accidents continue to drive carelessly, police records sbow. The etteptloHi are a tam women drivers. Human factors iitilli iMMW Aff Khan- Boon m m _f» articte^^tafflc H»mc **|g. CnBBH -u* twi nnm of traffic fKjjn lft mala coupes
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    Virus link research
    276 1  -  W Jame Chow UlfWrtty ct -> doctor* have pinpointed ;"dM# (KM MDMmil ft> 1 SeJ*li incidence oT goer> enctr among Siafapo- tlqrlm fhaad a rtroof ■oooofrllm bMMa liver aneor aad a combination of v v thne factors a vhv, the Wvhuunan and a nMf^ 1 make-up. Thnwrcb
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    Lock icon Bhutto's counsel dies
    63 1 AFP Islamabad. Saturday Mr Ghulam All Memon, who was assisting condemned former Prime Minister All Bhutto's chief counsel Yahya Bakhtlar, died of a heart attack while working on the caae here yeaterday He was the senior member of the panel of advtx cates pleading the caae before
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    Lock icon Chinese troops in Laos: Viets
    375 1 Agencies Ihisi, Sstarfay: Official. Vietnamese sources said yesterday that Chinese troops have attacked and occupied a border post in northern Laos. The sourcca said the attack waa launched on Wednesday, the day when Laos accuaed China of threatening its security by Mflig several army divisloas
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    PA to hold course for homemakers
    252 2 The People's Association will hold a course for homemakers newly-weds and couples about to be married. The course will comprise six UlkKtim-group discussions on March 90, April C, 20. 27, and May 4 and 11 at Haveiock Community Centre from 7.30 p.m. to 9JO
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    4 Voices concert
    36 2 The Young M-iclin' Society wftl isissiw a choral concert by the "Fosr Voices" at the DBS Auditorium on March 17 at 8.15 P Proceeds of the tickets will go IS the Cultural Foundation.
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    Journalists to discuss scholarships
    242 2 A plan to award Astin Journalists with travel scholarships will be taken up at the third general sesemhhr of the Confederation of Asean here next The swank scheme is om of the severs! topic* to be dscuossd during the four dsy Bin tins hasted by the
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    Fun Fair
    24 2 Optra Estate carta' School has organised a Fun Fair to bo how at the school ground tomorrow from 10t.11.10l ~<•> $r.v > -A i
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    Lock icon Lee visit 'to boost capital flow'
    119 2 AFP Jakarta, Saturday The visit by Prime Minister Lee «>■»■ Tew to Batam Is expected to encourage Singapore industrialists to invest their capital on the island, Batam Authority officials said yesterday. The visit would have an important stadflranre In the efforts to boost industrial
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    More tax changes
    138 2 Mart restrictions against Income tax evasion win be written into the Income Tax Act, according to the latest amendments now awaiting Parliament's approval. These include the antiavoidance provisions which do not allow twnpid* accumulated bssss from acquirtiM|CO«npo»le« with accumulated profits aa£ using them to advantage by offsetting
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    Fairdeal's HQ that never got off the ground
    142 2 This ni to he the hceifr tow ef the WTUC ftWeil leek C—yeftfre. But because the BuUdtag Control BliMia now purposes, Falrdeal to tMktag for a new rile. This bifpiißiil altar Fnlrdeal spent about 91V 080 on iiswvaltoao It bad Intended to
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    Govt approves projects worth $430 mil
    179 2 The Ministry of National Development granted planning approval to 138 protects worth |430.9 million in the last quarter of lflB. These projects cover a total floor area of 1.585 million square metres. Residential development* worth ***** million, with a total floor area of 1.165
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    Big joy for these students
    528 3 Joy and relief were written on thousands of faces when the GCE "A" level results were announced yesterday. There were scenes of gaeity and laughter in the three Junior colleges and a school visited by a New Nation team. For Cheng Shoong Tat of Temasek
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      77 3 Ladyhill Hotel introduces Sunday Curry Buffet A delightful spread of delicious spicy curries chicken, mutton, vegetables, pork spareribs and bamboo shoot, together with asam fish, sotong pedas, fried kangkong, babi panggan (roast pork), tahu goreng and mee siam. Enjoy Sunday lunch with the family at Ladyhill's i j poolside. M.
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    Lock icon No bother, I'll make it, he says
    216 4 This is lie parapfciegie wlm Is determined to eajsy life. Every ether day, Mr Ng Chaea Chlag, M, takes te Ike read, wheel!ag klm •elf pact dirt tracks sad threegh heavy traffic te visit Meads, ge shepplag aad evea te the daema. He
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    MCA bid to capture S'gor CCC
    571 4  -  By Ismail Kassim The Malaysian Chinese Association has started making a bid to bring the other Chinese organisations in the country in line with its stand on national policies. The first target is the Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce, one of the main bodies
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    Pewter gift to mark centenary
    233 4  -  By Bharathi Mohan By MwntM Mahaa, Mr repartee la Leaden Four Singapore bankers yesterday presented a pewter plate to the London Institute of Bankers (LIB) which Is celebrating Its centenary. It was the Singapore centre's gift to the LIB, one of the oldest and largest
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    S'pore steps up campaign to woo more US tourists
    523 4  -  By Edgar Koh •ir reporter bi New York How do you get an American to go halfway round the world to Singapore? Tell him about it. That's what the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board intends to do through its new regional office
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    S'pore hotels are praised
    130 4 A 16-member team of Japanese hotel industry executives were full of praise for Singapore hotels after a two-day visit. The group leader, hotelier Mr Ryosuke Ueki, said in an interview at the Holiday Inn recently: "We are most impressed with the cosy and homely air about
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    Lock icon Gulf: Carter's crisis move
    349 5 Rushes arms to N.Yemen without Congress approval World Focus UPI Waahlagt«a,Sa tarday. President Carter has decided to speed tanks and warplanes to embattled North Yemen under emergency procedures that deny Congress its usual chance to veto arms sales, the State Department disclosed yesterday. The decision to
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    Lock icon After peace a deadlock?
    180 5 Reuter UPI New Y«rk, Satarday Former US Secretary cA State Henry Kissinger predicted yesterday that six months alter Egypt and Israel sign a peace treaty they will be deadlocked over Palestinian self-rule on the West Bank of the Jordan. Interviewed on NBC Television, Dr Kissinger said:
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    Lock icon Disneyland, UK-style is Dickensland
    95 5 Reuter London, Saturday An American businessman has announced plans to turn an old, 2-hectare exhibition hall in North London into a fantasy world based on Victorian English author Charles Dickens. The idea comes from Los Angeles businessman Romm Doulton who said his organisation was prepared to
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    Lock icon Drug ring cop held
    61 5 AFP Manila, Saturday Manila police authorities yesterday ordered the arrest of a policeman who ha* been linked to the reported rampant drug addiction among inmates in the city's main Jail. The officials said the accused was believed a member of a syndicate that had been selling
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    Lock icon Soviet bid for ties
    104 5 AFP Paris, Saturday. A major Soviet Muslim figure from Central Asia will visit Saudi Arabia shortly to con- 1 firm the Soviet wish for diplomatic relations with Riyadh, the Paris Arab-lan-guage weekly A 1 Mostaqbal said here yesterday. This religious figure, reportedly very close to the
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    Lock icon Aussies fight for chefs
    92 5 Reuter Yanco, (New South Wales), Saturday Petitions were raised, politicians approached and anger ran high in this isolated township yesterday because its best chefs, five Chinese from Hong Kong were in jail. The five arrested as illegal immigrants came to Yanco 18 months ago and ran
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    Lock icon Sonoda raps China for attack
    419 6 First clear-cut criticism by Japan World Focus AFP Tsltys, Satutey Japanese Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda yesterday' criticised China in connection with its armed border conflict with Vietnam, saying "China's logic of punishment of a foreign country is unsound." This was the Japanese government's first clear-cut
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    Lock icon How to end smoking habit — cancer body
    191 6 How to end smoking habit cancer body AP Washington, Saturday You want to quit smoking, you say. but Just have not been able to motivate yourself? The National Cancer Institute has some suggestions for those millions who lack the will power to quit all at once: Before you quit, try
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    Lock icon China invite
    30 6 AFP Hong Konc. Saturday China ywteraay invited the Amir of Kuwait, Shaikh Jabel Al Ahimd A 1 Sabah, 10 vWt Peking at a time convenient to him AFP.
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    Lock icon Odd Corner
    55 6 Reuter sssn he aMe Is pay by cut eard Is wtw tMr Wipßy parked ears till have beta tewed away by the pilct. Violators pay betweea USUI (919K) aad UBUM (9H9) to gst baek their Isspoaaded wMctos bal new the* wtH as Isagsr seed cask at Isasl aatO
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    Lock icon Thais likely to buy more: US
    295 6  -  ®y Edgar Koh By Edgar Kak, ear New Yerk reporter Thailand is expected to boy more American arms now that the Carter administration has increased its military sales credits and promised speedier deliv- eries, a State Department official disclosed yesterday. He said President Carter
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    Lock icon TODAY
    139 6 UPI TODAY is Saturday, March 10, the 69th day of 1979 with 296 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. American organist and composer Dudley Buck was born on March 10,188. ON Tim DAY IN HUTTOBYt In 1882, the United States Treasury Issued
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    Lock icon Cardinal Villot (Vatican's No 2) dies
    135 6 Reuter VatSeaa City, Mute; Cuiaal Jeaa VUM, mm «f a Preach p——l whe me to become the mm! ■Mat peweHal ana la the alter the Pepe, iM hurt eight,the Vatleaa aaaeaaeed. He waa H. Cardteal YUtot became Vatleaa Secretary ef State efrirakat to Priam
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      164 6 :).:`$(*<;]{'\|>!(%;^="|[]_((>\ London Showers. 10-5C. Headline: US peace plan negotiable, says Egypt. ■mm dear, 8-3C. Pravda's headline: Workers solidarity. Sunny, 9-2C. Headline: Carter's peace mission to Middle East. Banc Sunny and breezy, 16-UC. Headline: Andreottl meets with communist delegation. Tails Fair, 9-3C. Headline: Violent incidents at Denain. Ha de Janeiro dear,
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    Lock icon Bikini girl then a black out
    305 7 Iran TV cuts short US documentary World Focus Reuter UPI Tehran, Saturday Iranian television screens suddenly went blank last night in the middle of an US documentary on sailing, just as a sun-bronzed bikiniclad girl appeared in the film. The programme continued after a
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    Lock icon Podgorny further out in the cold
    108 7 Reuter Moscow, Saturday The long political career of former Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny has apparently ended with his replacement in the supreme Soviet the nation's legislature by a leading writer. Results of last Sunday's single-candidate general election to the Soviet showed that the 76-year-old
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    Lock icon Ali pulls no punches, he pulls the reins
    87 7 World heavyweight champion Mohammad All didn't pull punches this time; he polled the reins. And en a 7 1 -furlong track, Instead of inside a ring, All proved himself to he "The Greatest" again by leading all the way to win the
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    Lock icon 'Just walk into Kampala'
    101 7 UPI Nairobi, Saturday Tanzanian artillery yesterday bombarded Mpigi, the Ugandan town that commands approaches to President Idi Amin's capital, and diplomatic sources said "it looks as if they could just walk into Kampala." However, despite a series of reports indicating gains for the Tanzanian invasion force,
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    Lock icon PIA to take over NY hotel
    99 7 Reuter New York, Saturday Pakistan International Airlines announced yesterday that it will take over and renovate the 1044-room Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan, one of New York's biggest hotels. The airline will lease the Roosevelt (or 30 years and has an option to buy it
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    Lock icon Order
    26 7 Reuter Washington, Saturday A Federal Judge yesterday granted a government request to prevent publication of a magazine article about how a hydrogen bomb works. Reuter.
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      151 7 Have a 3-day family vacation in Cameron Highlands or Fraser*s Hfll at only MsBB/-Nett. m* mm J V• f r" yabaj Give your family a change of surroundings. Enjoy fresh air and cooi breeze at Malaysia's popular Nil resorts of Fraser's Hill or Cameron Highlands. For you and your kids
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    Let the meter do the work
    448 8 After a non-start, the parking meter may be coming into its own in Singapore. Previously thought of as a potential vandalism target, expensive and unsightly, it is reportedly being considered as an alternative to the car park attendant most motorists have already grown accustomed
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      Tit for tat
      88 8 A polk* officer stopped a suspected drunk motorist and asked him to blow onto a breathalyser. When the lube refused to change colour. the officer angrily threw it on the ground. Whereupon, the motorist blent If led himself as an environment officer and Issued the policeman with
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      Biblical blurb
      59 8 Promotional ads tend to exaggerate, but a blurb far n hotel in the Jerusalem Post went as far as to mi rain BlbUcal credibility. It says: "Ancient caruriogists, walking more than 2,000 years ago, drew Jerusalem as the centre of the universe. If they were working today, they
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    Very tall order for S'pore girls
    478 8  -  rln other j uords... by Tan Bah Bah Before the new Miss Singapore/Miss Universe is picked, each of the top five finalists on April 30 is supposed to answer a question on stage. What they say will decide the placings. Now, that is interesting.
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    Lock icon China's major new Ad-vance
    322 8 Los Angeles Times Hug lug: Advertising, like many other victims of the Cultural Revolution of the late *****, is making a comeback in China. The first ad promoting several brands of locally-produced toothpaste appeared in the Tientsin Daily last month, and has been followed by newspaper
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    Health Ministry asked to explain
    169 9  -  PERPLEXED, Mil |in 1C I wish to comment on the Ministry of Health's reply under the heading: We Try to Have a Balance of Both Sexes (NN, Feb 10) to the letter "Why have women in men's wards?" (NN, Jan 13). The ambiguous statements made
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    Print ruling on the bills
    246 9  -  ANTHONY HOOI SINGAPORE I The Food, Drinks, and Allied Workers' Union should be congratulated for heeding the call of the Labour Minister to abolish tipping. The Minister was correct to describe tipping as a form oi charity. Any selfrespecting union should negotiate for wages commen-
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    Give us the name and address
    96 9  -  Weng Kia Pong MMBRY OFLABIKM SINGAPORE I refer to the letter by "No Overtime Pay" (NN, Feb 24) An employer has to grant his employees a break In each working day so that they may have their meal. Could "No Overtime Pay" please furnish
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    Make it more local
    300 9  -  K.S.TAN I refer to Judith Holmberg's review of the Rado Show (NN. Jan 25). She objects to having a Chinese sougm i in the Aow, which die says, is aimed at FngtMi audiences. I cannot see what is so objectionable in that. It should be pointed
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    West had only a toe-hold
    218 9  -  J.A.H.LEE I refer to your article "Is Russia being encircled?" (NN, Feb 15). The writer, Derek Ingram, claims that "In the 19th century the British ran much of the administration of China, In the 30b and 40s the Americans came on the scene and in
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      14 9 MAIL BAG |r WRITE TO THE EDITOR. NEW NATION. LOCKED BAG 15. SINGAPORE 1.
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      70 9 J6 iLT 'i-u; mnrrrn TT n;'i "^5 n Jk-- w <■? FULLY BOOKED TOMORROW NITE Lynch Buakm* MUral > ¥i J r ?vk*-2 A <r > r Sensational novelty song dance Sh revue Pot pourri throbbing Polynesian dance selections w; w. r yv! 5---T R* f *5 <•*. V J|
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    Playing it by TV ads...
    724 10/11  -  r r r Souiul I Margaret Cunico With training perhaps some day I too «h«ii >y>p«nty a commercial wife. No, let jne rephrase that If I stay glued to the tube a little longer can I make reality of the ad man's mythical woman? I
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      97 10/11 TOSHIBA t >c* m t* VP r > m %m l Li*a,' ><1 Everything about the C 809 spells precision. (on pleybeck); frequency range FeCr tape£o ***** Hz). It has a special hard Permalloy reoorvpiaytMck heed and a ferrtts erase heed. The C 809 hje so many preciee feeturas, we
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      664 10/11 YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE ,700 mMon people in 43 countries can't be wrong..wi CEllIIIfKil PALcotor, Invented and owned by IB LB FUN RE 111 Saturday I.M OPENING ANNOUNCEMBNTS followed by BESAME o SJ» SATUBDAY MAWNEE: The Soa of Captain Blood (See Top Shows of the Weekend) o m fmb. Low
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      526 10/11 [EZ-Z a] Saturday LOO Loach Date (a) LJO News followed by Share Market Report (i) LC Programme Summary to! kneed by Lunch Date 2.00 Claire De Lone 130 (i) 2J0 News ia Brief 2J5 Melody Time (s) 120 Sauads of 79 i 00 Concert by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Part
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      281 10/11 *>!'■ SOCCER MALAYSIA CUP H. (Ch.5, 4.00 p.m. in colour). Shigapore versus Kelantan This was the game that was nearly abandoned. It was played at the Stadium Sultan Muhamad IV where dripper Ssmad AUanttchsy was shown the yellow card and nearly assaulted by the Kelantan bw* Mnwinflw* scored the first
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    Lock icon Earnest and folksy type plod on
    625 12 NYT New Ywk: Pity the poor, white, male singer-songwriter: It would be hard to think of anyone less hip at the moment. Disco reign* now, which meant either toothy, blow dried blacks (especially women) or mustached foreign producers. If it isn't disco, it's such
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    327 to vie for chess junior honours
    342 12  -  X Chvss Leslie Leou This morning, a record 327 students from 47 schools converged on Woodsville Secondary School (or the first round of the 1979 National Junior Championships. The competition is being conducted over seven rounds in most of the seven sections: Junior
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      453 12 A page that teUs you what's happening on TV and in toun the CONVOY: Kris Krist offer oa stars as the leader ot a go iplirt a cop, played toy Ernest Dorgnine. who tries to arrest (km on a dsrae. CbfM: 1.45, 4, (.30 and 9.15 SHDEBMAN 8TBIKE8 BACK: The
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      196 12 Hi toft 2.44 ajn. (1.4m), 8J4 a.m. (Um), 3.31 p.m. (Mm), 10.17 p.m. (13B). Tamarraw: 1.31 a.m. (1.3m), 9.S4 a.m. (1«"»>. 4.07 p.m. (0.1m). 10.42 p.m. (14m). Mcaiay: 4.07 a.m. (1.1m), 10.03 a m. (10m), 4JB pan. (0.5m), 1LC6 p.m. (15m). Tamtay: 4.40 a.m. (lm), 10.38 ajn. (17m), 5.00 p.m.
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    Lock icon Welsh loan for military model makers
    103 13 Business Npus and Views WHt the Cwn Garw Valley, Mid Oli«ifp«■hire ta Ike taekgtwk, Fraak Serehy aad Mi wife Jaaet Aplty uae «f their hMiMfc (fr»B left): Phlm ——y Reyal Bagtaeers; Sale wvrim; Seath Wales Borderers; a nsaated haad «f the Ifresa'S Bays; aad
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    Lock icon British shares
    75 13 UPI London, Saturday Shares soared to their highest levels in history this week, according to Datastreara, the city computer firm. Its index of 1000 top shares, not as widely used as the Financial Times industrial index, showed a new all-time high reading of around 260 compared with last
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      177 13 UPI New York, Saturday Stocks started out with a bang and ended mixed yesterday amid investor uncertainties about interest rates, the economy and the Middle East. But the market finished its best week in six months in active trading. The Dow Jones industrial average, up 5 points at
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      38 13 UPI New York, Saturday Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 842.86 (off 1.99); 20 transport 214.01 (up 0.19); 15 utilities 104.16 (up 0.10); 65 stocks 284.87 (off 0.27). UPI
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      144 13 AFP Tokyo, Saturday Prices on the Tokyo stock market closed higher for the third straight session yesterday. The 225-stock Dow Jones average closed the day at 6,012.94 yen, an increase of 16.93 yen over the day hefore. The TSE index for the first section, where volume came to some
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      65 13 Reuter Closing prices on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Parlbas 211 1 Ponder Prlntemps Bull 56 -t- .95 Royal Dutch 280.70 t 8.20 Michelln 1006 -15 CGE 365 -8 Thomson 213 1 CPP 142 4 Rhone 102 unch Air 376.10 -1.40 BSN 471 -4.90 Philips 48.50 -.80 Suez 271 •1
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      84 13 Union Bank of Switzerland Yesterday's prices followed by ihe difference on the previous session's close •15 UBS Bearer 3300 UBS Reg 617 -3 SBC 301 •2 Credit Suisse 2350 unch Swiss B 835 •1-4 Swiss Relnsur 3150 10 Wlnterthur B 2300 -50 Zurich Insur 9700 -100 Nestle B 3560
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      123 13 UPI London, Saturday The US dollar made modest gains on the European money markets yesterday and the price of gold increased in Zurich and London. Gold closed in London at U*****,875 an ounce, up from U*****,125 on Thursday. In Zurich it was U*****,125 an ounce against U*****,375. The
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    Broad rally during the week
    456 13  -  f Market roundup! bv Lee Yew Meng The Singapore stock market staged a broad rally during the week with fresh buying support seen in many counters, especially in the tin and rubber sectors. The renewed interest sparking the market's advance took some analysts by surprise
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    Lock icon Launching of EMS
    55 13 AFP Brussels, Saturday Leaders of the European Economic Community will officially launch the new European Monetary System (EMS) in Paris on Tuesday in a bid to restore currency stability in Western Europe. They hope that this, over time, will help achieve more sustained economic growth and reduce
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    33 13 AFP Jakarta, Saturday Indonesia has agreed to sell 40,000 long tonnes of oil to Thailand at a price of U5513.90 a barrel, a spokesman of the Mining Ministry said yesterday. AFP
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      581 13 CT tD, SATURDAY iu^i J MINEYWIRDS Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./ Mrs./ Miss): Address: N R.I.C. No: Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS. ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW a(MMHaaa Cut along dotted lines mm CLUEB FOR HW —6 1. Certainly not summer 2. Brilliant
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    A moving testimony of the spirit
    766 14 MARY TYLER, MY YEARS IN AN INDIAN PRISON, Penguin: 1178 218 pages. Reviewed by KSK To those of us glutted with sex and violence in our reading diet, this book is a welcome change for its more serious and thoughtprovoking themes. To all of
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    Lock icon CHILLING ACCOUNTS OF APARTHEID
    639 14 The Christian Science Monitor I WRITE WHAT I LIKE by Steve Hb, with ft prmnl memalr by Aelred Stabbs. Ltidaa: Bewerieae Press. New Yerk: Harper sad Rm. UBssBJ6. SOWETO: BLACK REVOLT WHITE REACTION by Jete Kif i Hirmsft. Jebftftaesbarg: Rftvea Press, pftperbftek. (U8H.78). LAWS AFFECTING RACE
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      259 14 ACROSS 1 Support 5 Put away 10 Pacific Islands fabric 14 Strip oI wood 15 Florida resort city 16 Ah me! 17 Storyteller 18 Asian wild sheep 19 and kin 20 Make concession 22 Plump 24 Float ott air 25 Discharge 38 Hulled corn 29 Gush 33 Unexcelled 34 Italian
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      137 14 Times Bestsellers Weekeadlig Mart 1. INDONESIAN TRAGEDY. By Brlaa May. Grakam Brack (last week 1) L THE SINGAPOBE STORY. By Neei Barber. Feataaa <2) S. LET IT BE ME. UP Enterprise (4) 4. BLOODLINE. By SMaey SkeMea. Paa (i) THE HUMAN FACTOR. By Gralnm Greeae. Peagala (S) i MASKED COMRADES.
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      450 15 If you are tired of your old camera and thinking of buying a new one, why not bring it to Singapore Cosmos Trading Company for a trade-in? All you have to do is to bring your camera there for an immediate price evaluation, while you can select
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      167 15 < KimiK THUS F!" Italian Ceramic Wall Floor Marble, Terrazzo, m Parquet Tiles. ■■■H Kitchen Cabinet. Aluminium Iron Carpet HfIHHI HHH Coverings. Special Package Deal To HUDC HOB Flats. Open everyday from 9.30 a.m. to 9.00 p.m. M.K. Interiors AlO, President Hotel Complex, (Behind President Shopping Centre) 181, Kitchener Road,
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      72 15 RENOVATING YOUR HOME? Before you do, come to our showroom and see the attractive range of building products on display. ft m UtJmm $> The "sparkle" in your home and other home appliances can be viewed at our showroom: VWti lb A *1 m 'J. n] O NEW LIGHT ELECTRICAL
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      234 15 IT'S ALWAYS FIRST FOR ALL YOUR NEEDS IN MODERN FURNISHING Extra super showrooms at the Gay World Amusement Park (next to Silver City Cinema where you can choose from more than 50 different models of up-to-date quality living room suites; 30 different models of dining room sets and 30 different
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    Malta get ban warning
    493 16  -  r International Sorter hi Doug Gardner Two shock international results this week could have serious repercussions. Holland were beaten 34) In Italy and Malta and West Germany drew 0-0 in a European championship match on the George Cross Island. No medals are going to the Maltew
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    Lock icon Sue Barker moves up
    50 16 AFP. Philadelphia, Saturday. British tennis player Sue Barker beat Australian Dianne FYomhottz 7-6, M and qualified for the quarter flnals of a U*****,080 tour naipent here last night. She has been drawn to play South African Greer Stevens who beat America's Renee Richards (-1, 6-7, M.
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      278 16 c twmwmm ROYAL MO TIL: MEWTON HO AO OTKAMBATH QAVLINDANC* STUDIOS (AIRCOMOniOMD). Teaching all kinds of latest social, latin American and Diaco Dances. Private lesaom and group classes dally: *****0. NNM OA v/MMNT Benrtce. Any make T.V./ Pltlni Colour Antennae. Moderate Charges. Contact: *****8. Wa'ra juat a cai away CJLT.B.
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      505 16 THE ATLAS ICE COMPANY, BERHAD (INCORPORATED IN MALAYSIA) NOTICE OF MEETING OTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that the Sixtyfourth Annual General Meeting of the company 111 be held at the Registered Office N0.22 (Upper floor of No. 20) Jalan Gelanggang, Malacca on aturday the 31st day of March, 1979 at 10
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      386 16 n IF rrs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today you gear your efforts towards success. You put forth no enets gy you do not expect a return on, no talent you do not expect to see Dower Into profit. You are quick to see your own faults aad Just as (prick to
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    Lock icon Deadlock over joint team move
    108 17 ra TableA tennis Reuter Panmunjom, Saturday. South and North Korean table-tennis officials meeting here yesterday failed to reach agreement on a northern proposal to form a joint Korean team for the World Table-Tennis championships to be held here from April 25 to May 6. It
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    Lock icon Painful day for Clough, Naylor
    410 17 K9 Soccer Reuter Land on, Saturday. Two agonising selection decisions figure prominently in today's busy English soccer programme one by a title-chasing manager and the other by an injured fullback. Nottingham Forest, fresh from their midweek European triumph, travel to everton and manager Brian Clough
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    S'pore to meet Indonesia in final
    396 17  -  Tennis By BRIAN MILLER Malaysia's pride, Surest) Menon failed to live up to expectations when he he was beaten in straight sets by Singapore's Albert Teo in the Head Junior Invitation Inter-Team tennis tournament at Kallang yesterday. Seventeen-year-old Menon never showed the form of
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    Lock icon From Ashe with rare 'love'
    238 17 UPI New Haven, (Connecticut), Saturday. Veteran Arthur Ashe beat John Alexander the way no one else ever has in 10-year history of the World Cup tennis tournament. Ashe, who led the United States to a 2-0 lead on Thursday in the first round of the
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    Hard win
    22 17 London, Saturday. Colchester had to fight hard for a 1-0 victory over Mansfield in a Division Three match last night.
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    PI will be back on the circuit
    204 17 HF* Kuala Lumpur, Saturday The Philippine Open golf championship, traditional opening leg of the Asian Circuit, will be reinstated next year after a break this year. Disclosing this yeterday, Col. Nereo Andalong, president of the Royal Philippines Golf Association, said, "We will definitely
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    New style qualifying standards soon
    260 17 *3 Athletics The Singapore Amateur Athletics Association have decided to scrap any form of "blanket-type" qualifying marks for September's South East Asia Games at Jakarta. Previously the practice was to set the third-placing attained at the previous Games as a qualifying standard. But the SAAA
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    FAS to scout for potentials
    156 17 Talent scouts will be out in full force at the Football Association of Singapore's Under 19 and Under-16 tournaments next month In the hunt for potentials to prepare them in two major international commitments later this year. Both tournaments are scheduled to get off the
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    Lock icon Uefa to adopt tougher stand
    96 17 Reuter Berne, Saturday. European soccer clubs whose players or supporters misbehave may find themselves penalised by having to play home matches in empty stadiums or in a neutral country, the European Football Union said yesterday. Uefa's 12-member executive committee meeting in Bucharest, decided to add
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      76 17 t>* y r Super Savings SALE Extended to March 15 Professional Jerseys Now Normal Man. United England Leeds $22.00 Southampton (and many more) Club Shorts Track Suits Jackets Grewneck Shirts Leisure Shirts Stocking Sports Towel Admiral Bag 14.00 2MO 55.00 mm 32.00 45.00 15.00 »-oo 12.00 2i-oo 5.00 rjo 5.00
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    Roving Eyes looks hard to beat
    344 18  -  ■y K. L. CHAN Rivlag Eyes II (Leslie Khoo) looks hard to beat in Race 6, the 1200 m event for Class 1 Division 4 horses at Bukit Timah today. The five-year-old gelding by Wandering Eyes has shown consistency when he was on board
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    Lock icon New world record by Russian
    82 18 UPI Montreal, Saturday Olympic hammer throw champion Yuri Sedyfch set a world Indoor record yesterday when he tossed the hammer 23.46min the opening event of the track and field meet between Canada and the Soviet Union. The Russian's throw bettered the old mark of 22.60mset
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    Village Sheriff should pass the big test
    476 19  -  By SCRUTINEER Village Sheriff D comes in for his big test when he tackles a top division field in the "Derhy Trial" (Race 2) over 1850 m at Bukit Timah tomorrow. J am confident that he will come through with flying colours. The
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    220 20  -  He may do 'V wonders minus the 'Rinr r in* 1979 Mctlav^ia l' MM If JEFFREY LOW Tlqgiyimi tomorrow ltai sQiMundy OB A»d when ta» alßosi •AMI him, badntf iy. Mr crtaC, ha»gaon's Y«t tt would be abeH.W 5b SS?iS2?nSI l|M bMt M KMwNfHMCi &M3b££2hs* WyMßfWt.
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