New Nation, 21 March 1979

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    21 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday, March 21,1979 2518 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 144/1 /79 r=7=r==^ I NEW (£0) NATION COMMENT 1
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    $20m TV deal with China
    257 1  -  S'pore firm wins contract By Gerry de Silva A Singapore company has broken into the Chinese TV market and clinched a $20 million deal to supply black and white sets. The contract (or 130,400 portable sets was won by Hitachi Consumer Products (S) Pte Ltd.
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    Eng Liang gets Haw Par job
    71 1 The former Senior Minister of State for Finance, Or Tan Eng Liang, has joined the Haw Par Group as its group general manager. He will be responsible for the travel, computer, insurance and pharmaceutical divisions. His appointment was announced this morning by Mr Stacey
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    Lock icon Critically ill
    24 1 Reuter Bombay, Wednesday Ailing Indian statesman Jayaprakash Narayan, 76, suffered sudden heart trouble last night and is now critically ill, doctors said.
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    Lock icon New ways
    29 1 UPI Jakarta, Wednesday Vice-president Adam Malik at an Asean ministerial meeting yesterday called on Asean member countries to find new ways of restoring peace in Indochina. UPI
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    SAFRA's Easter ball
    44 1 The SAF Reservists' Association will hold an Easter Disco Night (or members and the pa bile at SAFRA's hall on April 14 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets at 12 are now available at the association counter at Toa Payoh.
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    Good English -way to go up: PSC
    206 1  -  By Douglas Chan Civil servants and employees of statutory boards and quasi-gov-erament bodies who can write good English now have a better chance of getting promoted. Their grades and prats will vary with their standard of English. This was spelt out in a
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    Lock icon Catfish
    26 1 AFP Tokyo, Wednesday Catfish can predict earthquakes by acting wildly before they occur, according to a sevenmonth experiment conducted by Tokyo Metropolitan government experts. AFP
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    Lock icon 90 killed
    28 1 AP Moscow, Wednesday Ninety people died in the weekend crash Of a Soviet Aeroflot TU-104 Jetliner near Moscow's Vnukovo airport, informed Western sources said yesterday. AP
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    Shaw to sell New World park for $40mil ?
    182 2 Shaw to sell New World park for $40mil By Lee Yew Meng The Shaw Organisation has indicated willingness to sell the New World Amusement Park for about $41 million, according to real estate nines. They nU the figure wu phi when s real estate agent approached the organisation to hoy
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    Chok Tong irks unions
    286 2  -  To meet them over speech By Ivan Lim The Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Goh Chok Tong, has agreed to meet branch leaders of two big unions on a speech he made at their triennial delegates conference last week. The unionists from the Singapore Industrial
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    Unit moved
    27 2 The Mass Transit Study Unit of the Public Works Department has moved to the old NAAFI building in Grange Road. The telephone number is *****21.
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    Lock icon KL Parliament raps ITF 'meddling'
    474 2 Reuter Kula Lampnr, Wednesday The Malaysian Parliament last night overwhelmingly approved a government motion condemning what it -called meddling by Londonbased International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) in the current dispute between the Malaysian Airlines and its workers whose wage claims ITF supports. Parliament also approved
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    5 S'poreans in drug ring smashed by police in Germany
    122 2 Offenbach (West Germany), Wednesday Police here claimed yesterday to have broken up an international drug ring by arresting a Yugoslav and five people from Singapore on suspicion of illegal trading in narcotics. Police alleged the suspects, including two Singapore women,
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    STOCK MARKET
    173 2 Share prices generally opened easier believed to be on profit—taking accounts during the first hour of trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. The exceptions were Apollo Enterprises and Setron. Apollo, which gained 24 cents yesterday, advanced to $3.06 before easing to $3.04, up another 10 cents.
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    It was for 1974
    45 2 In yesterday's story, Big 2's equal pay vow, it was stated that the NWC wage guideline last year was $40 plus six per cent This is the 1974 NWC guideline. Last year, the wage recommendation was 112 phis six per cent.
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    Live-firing
    43 2 The Republic of Singapore Air Force will hold live firing exercises at the Southern Island live-firing range at Pulau Pawai on Friday and from March 26 to 30 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The public is advised to keep away.
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    For tourists
    44 2 The Philippine Ministry of Tourism, whose office here recently caught fire, is now operating from the Philippine Embassy. It will move back to Yen San Building in about two weeks and expects to be fully operational by the end of next month.
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      79 3 When Style is in Time... CITIZENS On purchase of any Citizen Quartz watch, please insist on the Citizen worldwide guarantee certificate with the date of purchase clearly stamped on. Citizen Service Ceatra: Gth Floor, Satnam House, 67 High Street, Singapore 6. G-02-03, Straits Trading Building, 9 Battery Road, Singapore 1.
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    Why Lee had to set the pace
    582 4  -  By Teresa Ooi The Prime Minister's influence on the education system was more real than apparent, going by Chapter Five of the report by Dr Goh Keng Swee and his task force. The report confirmed that Mr Lee Kuan Yew had more than
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    Cycle tracks that are seldom used by cyclists
    354 4 This wnw path along; Alexandra Kaad It supposed to be a cycle track, bat it is very seMem ued by cyeUets. It Is mmaetlmtm eaed by |Ni<lllllll, stmrtlmri by iibiiy. lb Mke iMtt®H waroe, ryrllsti Him pedal akag tbe mala W>l. lUbafc
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    MPs' pet topics dominate the stage again
    805 4  -  Parliament round-up bv Rav Dhaliwal The police, road safety, drug addiction and citizenship pet subCrts in most budget detes surfaced again in yesterday's debate. Most of the issues discussed were old, but the MPs persisted in repeating their questions of previous years. Dr
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      72 4 JVC ntroducing VICTRON Electronic Organ EO MBA the white type Special features: Nine couplers (Drawbars) with wave changer spermitting flute, reed, string, mixed tone etc Attack, Decay, Sustain, (Release envelope control system ufver beat for Rhythmical backing AMhrhythm with intro DMen Drive Speaker (uses no belt) for iMellent tremolo effect
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    Air fare talks on till 2 a.m.
    168 5 Asean officials met up to 2.30 a.m. today to discuss Asean airlines' participation in the low-fare scheme between Australia and Europe, RTS reported this morning. The special session was convened to let the Australians examine in detail Asean's proposal on how to solve
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    The Red family ...
    234 5 The Red family How sister and five others joined the communists An ex-political detainee has told how five of her seven brothers and sisters were misled into furthering the communist cause. Miss Tan Sock Wah, 27, said they came from a poverty striken family where their father, the sole bread-winner
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    Steer bright pupils towards the arts, Chai tells teachers
    286 5 The Senior Minister of State for Education, Mr Chai Chong Yii, today urged teachers to help correct the situation where bright students automatically opt for science subjects without considering their potential and interests. This, he said, is detrimental to the individual
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    Brenda's play method wins a prize
    335 5 It has always been primary school teacher Miss Brenda Yeow's belief that the play method is one of the most effective ways to teach children. So, when she comes to class, especially during the science period, she is armed with all sorts of teaching
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    Courses
    22 5 The Lowland Road community centre's women subcommitte will begin courses next month in cake icing, flower making, piano and tim sum.
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    Stabbed in toilet
    91 5 Police are investigating the case of a 19-year-old youth who was stabbed in a Jurong restaurant on Monday night. The youth, whose name is being withheld by police, was stabbed in the toilet of the PIEU restaurant. He has been warded in the Alexandra Hospital. According to
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    China, Japan bargain for new terms
    437 6  -  From Swadesh De Roy oar Tokyo reporter A Chinese trade delegation and Japanese businessmen are bargaining hard (or new terms to save trade contracts worth almost US$4 billion ($B.B billion) from being scrapped. The talks also aim at increasing the volume and extending the
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    Lock icon Indon's first solar energy project
    122 6 AFP Jakarta, Wednesday A farming village in Tanggerang, west of Jakarta and a fishing village on Jakarta bay have been designated as pilot projects for the development of solar energy for cooking, lighting, heating and cooling purposes under an Indonesian-West German agreement signed here yesterday.
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    Lock icon Aid to Indon if...
    56 6 Reuter London, Wednesday Britain's Overseas Development Minister, Mrs Judith Hart, yesterday said that the human rights situation in Indonesia would be taken into account when determining aid to that country. "I believe the (act that the situation has recently been improving is due at least partly
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    Lock icon Spare Bhutto story denied
    123 6 World Focus Reuter Islamabad, Wednesday. Pakistan official sources yesterday denied reports from Saudi Arabia that Pakistani President Zia U1 Haq had promised under Arab pressure to commute the death sentence on former Premier Zulfikar All Bhutto. Bhutto, under sentence of death for ordering a political murder,
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    Lock icon Count on us
    24 6 UPI Islamabad, Wednesday China assured Pakistan yesterday of continued support in the wake of growing Soviet accusations against South Asia. UPI
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    Lock icon TODAY
    78 6 UPI TODAY is Wednesday, March 21, the 80th day of 1979 with 285 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1945, 7000 Allied planes dropped more than 12,000 tonnes of explosives on Germany during a World War
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    Lock icon Odd Corner
    69 6 Reuter Liege (Belgian), Wednesday Self-styled clalrvayaat Hedwlge WleJak, 44, (ailed to foresee that she wnM go to Jail for trleldag clleato eat «f tbaasaads «t ifollan to cash aad Jewels. A Jadge yesterday gave her a twe-year seateacc aad 4MM fraaes (S2BM) flae far maklag false claims to
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      498 6 WORLD WEATHER Loada* Variable, 8-2 C. Headline: Ex-PM's plea for Hoveyda. Maaeaw Overcast, minus 8-10 C. Pravda's headline: The 50th anniversary of the first Five-Year plan. Iteaa Rain, 8-2 C. Headline: Elections bring little change. Parte Partly cloudy, 3IC. Headline: French local elections battle. Same Partly cloudy, 17-9 C. Headline:
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    Lock icon Defence buildup for Japan
    251 7 To counter Soviet presence AFP My«, Wednesday The Defence Agency plans to strengthen Japan's defence capability by establishing a Panzer division and upgrading equipment under a five-year plan, starting next April, agency sources said yesterday. The agency will complete mapping out of the five-year plan, virtually
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    Lock icon Spy charge
    36 7 AFP Berlin, Wednesday East German security police arrested two West Berlin residents on Sunday on charges of spying for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), the East German news agency ADN, reported yesterday. AFP
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    Lock icon Women barred from hotel pools
    132 7 Reuter Jeddah, Wednesday Women have been banned by royal decree from using hotel swimming pools in this Saudi Arabian city on the Red Sea, a Saudi newspaper said yesterday. The English-language Saudi Gazette published. the decree which it said was signed by Mecca governor Prince
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    Lock icon Militants protest in the Sinai
    58 7 More than 60 militant members of the religious Gush Emunim set up an illegal outpost here in Haruvit, in Israeli occupied Sinai, blocking up the road. They are protesting Israel's surrender of the Sinai to Egypt under the trems of the treaty to be signed
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    Lock icon 'Dispute won't be in treaty's way'
    254 7 AP Reuter Jerusalem Wednesday Israel and Egypt clashed yesterday over the future of Jerusalem and the Palestinians in their first public disagreement since President Carter's visit to iron out final obstacles to a peace treaty. But Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Khali! said he doubted
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    Lock icon Kurds end seige
    58 7 UPI Tehran, Wednesday Leaders of Kurdish tribesmen battling the Iranian army in Sananda), Western Iran, agreed yesterday to call off a two-day siege of military headquarters, after army helicopter gunships and mortar rattled the town for the second day. Tehran Radio announced the second attempt at ceasefire
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    Lock icon ...While artist wants it blue
    134 7 World Focus AFP Paris, Wednesday French artist Jean Verame yesterday announced plans to paint part of the Sinai blue, with the help of Egyptian and Israeli teams, in tribute to peace between the Middle East neighbours. Mr Verame said he had obtained the approval of
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      180 7 BEOVOX 575 BEOVOX 575 or 545-2 speakers are recommended. The Beovox Phase-Link speakers represent a significant advance in sound purity. BEOMASTER 2400 BEOMASTER 2400 is a 2x30 watts RMS stereo FM Tuner Amplifier. A marvel to the technical enthusiast. '1 BEOGRAM 4004 BEOGRAM 4004 is an electronically controlled record player
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    No social or legal compulsion
    450 8 Principle is one thing but reality is quite another. The type of pre-paid legal service reportedly subscribed to by some two million American families, largely middle-income or blue-collar, is unlikely to succeed here. Much like the group insurance medicine plan, the scheme offers, for a
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      A greaten vey to flien
      111 8 "Vee are vere proud to informen you zat dees Brussels Sproots zeeds are de standard zeeds. according to de EEC rulens and statadardens laid down in Brussels de vere heart of Coinmonen Market. Und also Where Zingapore Airlines is goen to next in Europe. Is
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      Unsound propositions
      46 8 Some of the propositions for busineb* fa China have been receiftCSPttt the US Commerce' with not hilarity. They: nttgecfrom blue jeans rflpftick, storm windows to African violets. This is typical of the one-billion-toothbrushes and two-billion-armpits mentality, snapped a spokesman, according to an AP report.
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    No, Sir...THAT'S my baby
    744 8  -  Common Asian names give Britons a big headache By Bharathi Mohan •ar LradM reporter Mrs Parveen Akhtar, an Indian housewife, gave birth to a baby boy recently and promptly named him Abdul Mohammed. Little did she know that there were already two other Abdul Mohammeds registered
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    EXPOSING MAO'S FEET OF CLAY
    589 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON The official view of Mao Tse-Tung under the new regime in China is now beginning to crystallise. His numerous faults in his leadership of the People's Republic are now almost openly voiced. But the constant reservation is made that,
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    Lock icon Why Viets risk their lives for new homes
    733 9 Los Angeles Times Swighkla (Thailand): The usually bountiful fishing catch in the waters off Southern Thailand has taken a perceptible drop. Superstitious Thai fishermen are not going to sea as often because their nets are bringing up too many bodies of drowned
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    Papers applaud Dr Goh's report
    941 9  -  NANYANG HOPES FREQUENT CHANGES TO SYSTEM WILL NO LONGER OCCUR Voice of the Press Round-up Hlirlt-P J By Liew Soon Chin The Goh report on education was the editorial highlight of the non-English press last week. It was greeted with the same relief as when
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      133 9 That's why ot Merlin, in addition to the usual convention fodlities and services for functions like banquet and cocktail, there's another department to take core of your recreational needs. We con coordinate your work and play' to ensure a smooth programme for your convention. And for good measure our hotels
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      The Dream Merchants
      2647 10/11  -  They sell dreams dreams of a better, more beautiful, more well-attired you. They are the models, the people who grace the glossy pages of a fashion magazine. Bat what lies behind the glamorous picture? DEBORAH CHIA finds out from the Dream Merchants the agency heads who groom
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    Lock icon Rhett and Scarlet NEVER 'had' sex
    768 12  -  They preferred making love Humour by Russell Baker NYT New Yark: What people do together when they feel libidinous is of small concern to me so long as they don't have sex. Sex isn't meant to be had, and people who insist on having
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    Triangle submerged in passable macabre tale
    459 12  -  Cinema t»v Gloria Chandy THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE: Mi HisUl, Claadlne Alger, Mirlii Vlady, Glwli Golda, Andres GtrcU. Directed by Reie Card— Jr. (Bmb it Plan). When a sleeper like the Bermuda Triangle turns out to be a 'bestseller, you can be sure that a
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      393 12 Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions ODpear below Nome (Mr./ Mrs./ Miss): Address: N R.I.C. No: Tel: FILL IN MIBBINQ LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW B Cut along dotted lines mm mi« CLUES FOR MY—3 efr ,i n ,1 Mm Lk VAST HITOW9Q VlfVVl Ml WHAT YOU
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    Money Market
    180 13 London, Wednesday The US dollar closed lower yesterday on all major European markets except Brussels. Gold closed lower in Zurich but higher in London. In Zurich it closed at U*****,625 per ounce, down from Monday's close of U*****,875 and in London it closed at U*****,125 per ounce, up
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    We don't advertise enough
    197 13 say US furniture retailers Singapore furniture manufacturers have not advertised sufficiently their products in the American markets. Though Singapore has quality furniture, many Americans are still not aware of it, said the leader of a team of US furniture retailers, Mr Norman Thomas. They are here
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    Lock icon Oil strike
    25 13 AFP Cairo, Wednesday Oil has been struck in Egypt's eastern desert, between the Nile and the Red Sea, reliable sources said yesterday. AFP
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    UK told to keep up war against inflation
    205 13 Paris, Wednesday The Organisation (or Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said today that Britain should continue to give "first priority" to efforts to reduce inflation. In its annual review of the British economy, the Organisation also said "high nominal pay increases are
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      Lock icon NEW YORK
      193 13 UPI Stocks fell yesterday as the Carter administration blasted a rise in corporate profits and announced plans to unveil a new energy initiative. Trading was moderate. Alfred Kahn, Council on Wage and Price Stability director, killed an afternoon rally when he termed a "catastrophe" the government's report that
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      35 13 UPI Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 ind 850.31 (off 7.28); 20 trn 216.98 (off 1.03); 15 utl 103.72 (off 0.17); 65 stk 287.09 (off 1.82).- UPI.
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      158 13 AFP Share prices, aided by increased institutional buying, advanced moderately on the Tokyo Stock Exchange market yesterday. The Dow-Jones average of 225 selected issues finished at 6053.77 yen, up 23.92 yen. The TSE index of all issues listed in the major section was also up 1.59 points at 448.05.
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      Lock icon ZURICH
      84 13 Union Bank of Switzerland Yesterday's prices followed by the difference on the previous session's close UBS Bearer 3330 -15 UBS Reg 017 -1 SBC B 394 -2 Credit Suisse B 2360 -5 Swiss B 838 -3 Swiss Relnsur 3150 -5 Wlnterthur B 2380 Zurich Insur 9700 -25 Nestle B
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      114 13 Reuter Prices at 11.30 a.m.today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACI180 181 ADC 21 Ampol Pel 75 76 AN*****74 APM 126 127 Bank NSW 340 343 Brambles 184 186 BHP 1135 1145 Bora] 228 CBA 255 258 CSR 358 360 QG 245 248 Coal Allied 540 550
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      Lock icon Lufthansa sues union
      75 13 AFP Frankfurt, Wednesday Lufthansa, the West German airline, yesterday said it would sue the trade union grouping its employees for damages of at least US$27O,000 because of a strike that forced the airline to cancel 58 flights. The Lufthansa management said it considered the 3' 2 -hour
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    Lock icon TWA wants surcharge
    65 13 UPI New York, Wednesday Trans World Airlines announced yesterday it is seeking a 7 per cent fuel surcharge on all transAtlantic passenger fares and cargo rates to help the airline continue its practice of offering discount fares during the peak summer season. TWA said the proposed fare
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    Lock icon Postpone
    35 13 AP Washington, Wednesday Blaming the failure of Congress to raise the debt limit, the US Treasury Department announced yesterday it is postponing borrowing an additional US$2.B billion to help finance the government's federal debt.
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    Lock icon 'Time for British to move into Asean'
    165 13 Business News and Views Reuter London, Wednesday South-east Asian countries are concerned a boat the luger of over-depend-ence on Japan and the United States and want to diversify their trade and business, a British government minister said yesterday. Trade Secretary John Smith told
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    US high profits a 'catastrophe'
    128 13 Washington, Wednesday The US government yesterday said that profits of American corporations increased 26.4 per cent last year, highest in nearly three decades, in what Carter administration officials believe was a "catastrophe" for the US anti-inflation programme. It also reported that the US economy, as
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      265 13 ivm ii 1 Clock-setting letters 4 Caresses 8 Gone by II Shrub genus 13 See 41A 14 Early Englishman 16 Beyond Hammerfest 18 Suppress 19 Blood vessel 20 Extreme 22 No place for a heart 24 Gustos 25 Cain and Abel to Eve 27 Keepsakes 31 Beyond Mt. Rainier 36
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    Sea prospects get first test
    426 14  -  Pesta invite for Australia and New Zealand E| Boxing By BRIAN MILLER The King's Cup boxing championships in Bangkok from March 26 to April 5, will be the first of five "tests" lined up for Singapore boxers as a build-up to the South East Asia
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      255 14 OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE OF SHIP'S HAME We GARO (PTE) LTD of 166, Tyrwhitt Road hereby give notice that In consequence of our intended purchase of the vessel "KOSHIN MARU". We have applied to the Registrar of Singapore Ships, under Section 417 of the Merchant Shipping Act (Chapter 172,
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      204 14 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you are an artistic person, and from earliest childhood will have demonstrated a desire to be original. Your ability to create is instinctive. There are times when your need to do your own "thing" will stand in the way of your
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      208 14 CANCER (June 21-July 22) Travel may be necessary today if you are to grasp an opportunity for gain. Don't wait to be asked twice. LEO (July 23-Aug 22 Disputes that will not result in constructive solutions are a waste of time. Don't become involved in nonproductive arguments. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sept
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    Risky Boy ready for a win
    684 15 k.l. chan's top io for kuala lumpur Risky Boy should make a safe bet at the Kuala Lumpur four-day meeting starting on Saturday. He tops my list of 10 horses to follow. The four-year-old gelding by Paddy Me, is cherry ripe for a winning
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    Houston Ranger shines
    275 15  -  EJ9on the track By K.L. CHAN Koala Lam par, Wednesday. HmuAm Raager D, who has not raced since November, has come back looking as fit as ever. With M. C. Lam in the saddle, the seven-year-old gelding by Ruantallan displayed good form when he clapped on the
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    How they finished at Bukit Timah on Sunday
    396 15 little Vic set a brisk pace, leading past the 800 m and was well clear of Fever into the straight, with Space Traveller handily placed. Straage Idea closed in little Strug" W» S third ly 10 ***** h me by six len^ths
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    Lock icon Australians win Supertest
    145 15 BSjcricket Reuter Port of spain, Wednesday The Australians beat the West indians by 24 runs in the Third World Series Cricket Supertest here yesterday after another bout of bottle throwing threatened to mar the match. A similar incident forced the second Supertest in Bridgetown to be abandoned
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    Chengah, S'wang, Warren take lead
    150 15 Chengah, a combination of Changi and Tengah players. Warren and Sembawang took the lead after two matches in the Singapore women's golf League at Seletar yesterday. Chengah led the Handicap League by four points while Sembawang and Warren tied for the lead in the Premier
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    Lock icon Black day for rugger
    346 16 Cobra player dies, fans unleash their fury, and referee gets a beating Laat weekend was a black day fer Malaysian rugby. •Iflteraationalheo Iter Ng Tat Tay, who was taken ent ef the Held nncenscleus during a match, died after he was admitted te hospital. oSpectators unleashed
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    Lock icon Swie King can hold on to monopoly
    449 16 prjfl Badminton Reuter London, Wednesday. The women's singles at the All-England badminton championships starting at Wembley today is loaded with contenders, but one player dominates the men's draw. Liem Swie King, the 23-year-old Indonesian who rose to the top of the sport by
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    'Veteran' Alan is very much on the ball
    621 16  -  EMLYN HUGHES on SOCCER When I watched the Nottingham ForestSouthampton League Cup final on TV the other day, no-one on that Wembley pitch commanded as much of my attention as old friend Alan Ball. Ball, 33-year-old Southampton captain, is one of the
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    Lock icon Borussia end that jinx
    710 16 West German team bundle out Manchester City 3-1 Reuter MteacheigbdbMk, (West Germany), Wednesday. Borussia Moenchengladbach of West Germany finally laid their English jinx when they bundled Manchester City out of the Uefa Cup here last night. Gladbach beat City 3-1 in their quarterfinal second leg clash
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    Lock icon Liverpool march on with 2-0 win
    445 17 Reuter London, Wednesday. Liverpool's march towards the English League championship continued with a 2-0 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers last night. Goals by Terry McDermott and David Johnson sent Liverpool four points clear at the top of the First Division and also increased the relegation
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      54 17 ANDY CAPP i) a a DEFINITELV VOJOO PUSH-UPS m. ft I ft SOFA AT OPENING <W •s help wrrcH I 1 8 9^ *a m 'tfcfm m ii>' m n m A V> NORBERT. by George Fett mi 5 FIM 9 /&.waa I -iPAUkT NOU, oucLg ALeeer sr« £i 155
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    Only eight at stint
    318 18  -  Setback for Trev qJ Soccer SURESH NAIR Only eight Malaysia Cup players two of them arriving hour late turned up at Macßitchie Reservoir for a physical workout yesterday. The absenteeism of the other players made National coach Trevor Hartley a very angry and disappointed man "It's
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    Goalie Andrew shines
    331 18  -  ■y PHILIP TAN Young Purer Park United held tt|etr headi high as they forced Changi Consituency to a 1-1 draw in their Najjonal First Division aocat Jurong Stadiuip nthanks to the fine goalkfcping by expatriate A^K^ellohn. IMkftjfikp who rushed ai ne denlw the tnarauding Changi frontrunners any
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    Watch for Zainal
    341 18  -  He could be S'pore's trump card in Bangkok By BRIAN MILLER Zainal AbkUn could tnrn out ol be Singapore's trump card at next month's East Asia squash championships in Bangkok. This stocky player, who, two days ago, pci tamed a giant-killing act when he defeated Jferemy Yeo,
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    Pressure increases on 12 hopefuls
    351 18  -  SQUASH Eric Cooper With less than two weeks to go before the SSRA Selection Committee chooses the ■seven players to travel to Bangkok, the pressure is now really mounting on the 12 hopefuls. Three players Peter Hill, Stewart Ballard and Zainal Abideen look very well
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      32 18 COME IN Til, THIS 18 AGENT S'PORE FOOT REPORTMG FROM PENANG. THEY HAVE A 97 METRES FIELD, 2 GOAL POSTS, 11 PLAYERS ANO A RESERVE AND TECHNICALLY THEY DRIBBLE. KICK AND RUN.
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      Talentime
      42 19 The SAF Reservists' Association is organising a talentime contest. The entry fee is $3 for non members and SI for members There will be both Chinese and English sections. The finals will be held at the DBS Auditorium on May 27.''
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      Man on the spot: Julian Pettifer
      532 19  -  By Irene Hoe Julian Pettifer is a TV star but you won't find him in your favourite TV drama or sitcom. He "stars" in documentary films. He was in Singapore recently as reporter and scriptwriter in a BBC team which filmed Singapore's efforts in
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      A new Malay series for young people
      380 19  -  By Zarinah Marican The name tells the story. RTS' new Malay magazine programme for youths which will begin next month is called Uda Dan Dara "uda" is Malay for young man and "dara", young woman. To be telecast every Tues- day at 7
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      Paper Chase hots up on the box
      153 19 It's back to school this Sunday when the Paper Chase takes over the slot vacated by the Fitzpatricks at 8.90 p.m. This series is based on the 1973 movie which starred the Oscar-win-ning John Houseman as the tyrannical professor at Harvard Law School.
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      246 19 Tomorrow's FM Stereo 6.00 Opening annocuments and programme Summary 6.05 Morning Prelude with the Los Indkw Tabajara 6.30 News (E) 6.40 Morning concert Bassoon Concert In F, B Majors (Vivaldi). Franceses Da Riminf~Op. 32 (Tchaikowky); Serenade For Strings Op. 48 (Tchaikovsky). 8.00 News (C) 8.10 People and Places The Most
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      375 19 II FILMS: The Scroll of Time A visual history of Japan; The Faces of Japan and Energy Problems in Japan. At the National Museum's film-room. Screentime at 8 p.m. Admission free. Films are from the Japanese Embassy. SOLARIS a highly acclaimed Russian science fiction film' directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. It
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      120 19 cinema RETURN FROM WITCH, MOUNTAIN: Two children from an extraplarvetary community descend on earth to find out what life is -like in a big city. Cathay: 1.30, 4. 7 and 9.15 p.m. THE ROMANTIC ENGLISHWOMAN: Glenda Jaek80CCER: National Business Houses Senior Knockout Tournament (Quarterfinals) Singapore Bus Services v Mitsubishi (5.15
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      283 19 son, in a rerun, plays a supposedly happily married (to Michael Caine) woman whose life changes when she meets a handsome gigolo (Helmut Berger) Premier:. 1.30, 4, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. THE AMAZING CAPTAIN NEMO: An underwater adventure starring Jose Ferrer, Mel Ferrer, Lynda Day George and Horst Bucholz. Rex:
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    44 20 AH nW|i It looks as though We're going to have a wider range of soft drinks to choose from now that PIEU and Sglo are planning to set up a soft drinks firm. MCI UN: What will you have? PIEU-up or Silo-cola?
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      752 20 SINGAPORE 5 700 mflton people in 43 countries can't be wrong. PAL color. Invented and owned by TELEFUNKEN S.I9 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by THE BEVERLY HILLBILUES<r). Clam pet ts in Washington. Ml OIAH OP EVENTEHM). -v Ml BONANZA. New Man. Starring Lome Greene, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon. Ivl I
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      142 20 Today's top shows 91 HORIZON. (Ch.5, 10.05 p.m. in colour). Blueprints In The Bloodstream. This is the story of a unique collaboration in medical science. In laboratories all over the world, doctors and scientists are conceitedly probing the secrets contained within a tiny fragment of one human chromosome Chromosome 6.
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