New Nation, 6 April 1979

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    Masthead
    19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Friday, April 6, 197,9 2532 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 144/1/79 r- NEW NATION COMMENT J
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  • Article
    Devan shocks ITF
    474 1  -  Red links denied ...but there's no doubt in mind of Slater the banker Slater's poser to ITF By Bharathi Mohan oar Leedee reporter NTUC secretary general Mr C. V. Devan Nair's charges against the International Transport Workers Federation came as a shock to the London-based organisation yesterday.
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    Lock icon Oil slick danger eases
    171 1 The grie(-atrieken Taiwanese tanker Fortune with its engine cut dead, listing .in the calm and polluted waters 80 km north-east of Singapore. The picture, taken yesterday, shows part of the 50 sq km oil slick caused by the damage to Its tanks when the US aircraft
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      71 1 r INSIDE Caught in the act• What is ea the mind •f this bey as he breaks into aa HDD flat? Far mare pic tares aid fall story, see Page 4. IN THE OTHEB PAGES: Stars lfi; Moneywords 20; Crossword 21; Comics 22; What's On 23. Singapore's weather outlook from
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      37 1 Top cats on the prowl TEACHERS the full-bodied Scotch. Ask for it bv name. R y r TEACHERS r f»Otion of Old SCOTCH WHISKY t «ACN«|» A ioni LTD «coruuM> ttc r iff irj tiistom AgtttKw9 w'j
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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    Dr Goh has talks with Deng and other leaders
    111 2 Hog Kmg, FiMiy Happm*! Depaty Prime MUWtr Dr Geh Keeg Bwee but eight heM Mrdial mmd Meatfly talks with tte CUwm mhr Vlee Prwlif Deaf Xl»»p lm (Tng Mi i lint) la MJttg (PeUag), tte New Chlaa News Agtmcy npsrted. The
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    STOCK MARKET
    174 2 Fairly strong buying support was seen across the board during the first hour oi moderately active trading at the stock exchange of Singapore today. Fbsl aees2r™ DW Apollo (3) 3.00. F. Merlin (8) 1.04 (1) LOS. Sett.: (V) 1.06. S. Land (6) 1.90 (S) 1.89 (2) 1.88. aty
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    See dashes back to Canberra
    177 2  -  By Gerry de Silva Singapore's High Commissioner to Australia, Mr See Chak Mun broke off from the leap meeting last night to return to Canberra. He hurriedly left the meeting room at the Holiday Inn two hours before the special Asean official conference ended. Mr
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    Pedestrian sign with a new look
    216 3 The Public Works Department has Introduced a new-look pedestrian crossing signal with yellow lights to distinguish it from traffic lights. The signal shows a standing man with a stroke across him to signify "stop" and, below him, a walking man to indicate "cross." Both
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    First toy library to move
    253 3 Old site closes due to missing toys Singapore's first toy library at Kuo Chuan, which New Nation helped to promote, has closed down but only temporarily. The reason is not for want of toys or funds, but because it is shifting to a safer place.
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    Lock icon Japan, Asean economic meeting?
    98 3 Reuter Tokyo, Friday Japan and Asean may hold an economic ministers meeting here later this year, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said yesterday. A ministry spokesman said Japan wanted to discuss the matter with Asean. "If a working level forum of Asean to be held in Kuala
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    24,000 km rally begins
    59 3 Sixty Volvo rars today started out from the Hilton Hotel on a 24,416-km motoring holiday to Bangkok. More than 100 participants, including New Nation motoring correspondent Mr Roderick Pestana, are taking part. The other participants are from Malaysia (68), Thailand, (22) and Singapore (12). The rally
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    Modesty the key word
    236 4 Or how a housewife skirted a high-rise problem When you're locked-out and your key is left behind a locked door, enterprise is needed to solve the problem. Calling the locksmith is the safest solution, no doubt, but It involves money. The other way is to do
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    15 jailed in Burma may get out soon
    231 4 Chances of an early release for 15 Singapore fishermen Jailed in Burma are fair. This is what the Singapore Marine Products Workers' Union, which represents the fishermen, learnt from its lawyer who returned from Rangoon last Sunday. The lawyer, Mr Lawrence Khoo,
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    There's no connection
    64 4 Our issue for March 7 carried a story concerning the resignation of Jurong Shipyard s security chief. It was im|died that his resignation was the consequence of a theft from the shipyard's strong-room. We are satisfied that there was no evertxtween the two events and we apologise
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    DBS gets highest profits
    325 5  -  An increase of more than 80pc By Lee Yew Meng Development Bank of Singapore celebrated its 10th anniversary last year with a group after tax net profit of $37.1 million, an increase of 80.2 per cent. This is the highest growth rate among the four big
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    German U group concert
    77 5 The Chamber Orchestra of the German University of Tubingen will give a concert at the Singapore Conference Hall tomorrow at 8.30 p.m. Professor Helmut Calgeer is the conductor. The programme includes compositions by Couperln, Bach, Mendelssohn-Barthol-dy and Mozart. Tickets are available at the usual booking centres.
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    Howe: PUB may raise electricity charges soon
    184 5 The Public Utilities Board may soon raise electricity charges because of soaring oil prices, the Defence Minister, Mr Howe Yoon Chong, was quoted as saying in Sin Chew Jit Poh. Mr Howe, however, did not elaborate on the likely revision in tariffs. He
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    59 picked in raids
    144 5 These are some of the 59 suspects picked up by police in anti-crime raids in Johor Baru. Among them were 12 long-haired youths, believed to be involved in petty thefts and housebreakings. They had their tresses cropped at the police station. According to the New Straits
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    Lock icon TODAY
    118 6 UPI TODAY is Friday, April 6th, the 96th day of 1979 with 2G9 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. American magician Harry Houdini was born on April 6. 1874. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1830, Joseph Smith organised the Church of
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    BHUTTO'S DYING MOMENTS...
    261 6 Rawalpindi, Friday: Former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto believed right to the last that preparations for his hanging were a charade aimed simply at terrifying him, eye witnesses at the execution said yesterday. They said that Mr Bhutto refused to walk to the gal- lows and so
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    Lock icon Man with 49 'kids'
    175 6 World Focus Reuter Birmingham, Friday A court yesterday jailed a Pakistani immigrant who invented 49 children in a scheme to defraud the British welfare state of large sums in benefit money. Jailing the man for three years, the Judge said that the state, to prevent such
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    Odd Corner
    51 6  -  D.J. Businessman David Cawley had £131 <$CBf) in Us wallet alter a tacky sesslaa at psker when tw* ■naggers straek. Bat It waaat msaey they were after they waited Us tie. They seeded It to be admitted to a Ughtelab In Nottingham and gave him a tor It
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    Lock icon Rice glut in most of Asia
    110 6 NYT Manila, Friday Dramatic increases in rice production, aided by five years of mostly favourable weather, have produced a rice glut in most of Asia, where many food experts in the early 1970s were forecasting chronic shortages. The granaries of India, once a major
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      408 6 L—<— Heavy showers, 7-1C. Headline: Bhutto's death increases the threat to Zia. Nmmw Overcast, 4-2C. Pravda's headline: Effectiveness of production. Baaa Sunny, 2-8C. Headline: Dust explosion kills six. Paris Cold showers, 73C. Headline: Prance to review nuclear security devices. Bsie Rain, cold, 1611C. Headline: Difficulties on date. New Yark Partly
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    Lock icon 'Don't discard Oriental cures'
    262 7 World Focus Reuter Geneva, Friday Medical researchers should take a closer look at acupuncture and other traditional cures as alternatives to more costly western medifcine, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday. The best of both westner and traditional systems of healing should be merged to
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    Lock icon Iran-Soviet economic ties discussed
    239 7 AP Reuter Tehraa, Friday Iran-Soviet economic relations were discussed at length yesterday during a meeting here between Iranian Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan and Soviet ambassador Vladimir Vinogradov, sources in the Prime Minister's office reported. The sources, who requested anonymity, said an official from the Soviet Union's
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    Lock icon Legal mistresses — on top of 4 wives
    150 7 Legal mistresses on top of 4 wives AP Tehran, Friday Iran's Islamic revolutionary regime may reinstitute the previously banned practice of concubinage, or legal mistresses, as part of its continuing effort to reshape Iran's marriage laws to conform with Islamic mores. A concubine is a woman who performs all wifely
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    Lock icon 14 for refugee meeting
    112 7 AFP Jakarta, Friday Fourteen western countries will meet in Jakarta next month to discuss the problem of Indochinese refugees, Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja said yesterday. These countries had expressed their willingness to accept certain numbers of refugees, Mr Mochtar told newsmen after talks with President
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    Lock icon Settlers heckle Begin
    77 7 UPI Yamit, Israeli-occupied Sinai, Friday Hundreds of angry Jewish settlers booed visiting Prime Minister Menachem Begin yesterday but he told the Sinai residents a pact with Egypt would be impossible without surrendering Jewish settlements. Mr Begin ran into the worst hostility since the signing of the peace
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      6 7 More World News on Page 10
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      74 7 In the Georgian Wing of the Cockpit is a splendid Period restaurant offering the choicest fare in the true British tradition jgjjv w where good taste triumphsfrom Beef Wellington, Butterfly Fillet and a wide choice of traditional dishes. to dining in a luxurious period atmosphere. With service friend and foe
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    Tsk, tsk, Mrs Trudeau
    458 8 From Montreal to London, Mrs Margaret Trudeau, estranged wife of the Canadian Prime Minister, is treating the (snickering) world to a host of boudoir and other intimate details of her life. She has so far managed, in advanced newspaper serialisations of her book, Beyond Reason, to
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      Promises, promises...
      40 8 Promises, Promise* that'a the name of the Broadway —teal written by Nell Simon which the University of Singapore Society planned to stage. And that's also what the wags have been saying about it. So tar, nothing has materialised.
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      Still cheap...
      45 8 If menus are anything to go by, Inflation Isn't as drastic In Singapore as It Is In Hong Kong. Take the restaurant a colleague popped Into the other day. It advertises Singapore Bowl for 9L50, while the Hong Kong bowl goes (or |7.
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    WE SHOULD ALL HAVE OPINIONS
    643 8  -  FRIDAY WITH ALEX JOSEY ALEX JOSEY This is my last column for the New Nation. I am not retiring as a freelance writer the editor has decided upon a change. My flnt New Nation column appeared eight' years ago, during the first week the paper
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    Lock icon The tragedy of a crippling drug
    797 8 UPT Tekye: The first symptom is usually a peculiar hardening and heaviness in the victim's feet and ankles, as if they were tightly encased in some thick rubber substance. The toes seem stuck together and immoveable, the feet feel as though they were strapped
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    Lock icon New lenses give hope
    171 8 AFP ■eag Seng: Chinese ophthalmologists have devised artificial lenses made of and silicon rubber which Improve the vision of cataract patients after surgery. Vision for such patients can be restored with the lenses to a certain extent after cataracts are removed but they still cannot read
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    Engineers prove they are 'doers' too
    487 9  -  By Tan Teng Lang A man with a high forehead drawing up complicated plans is the stock image of an engineer. He is a "thinker" rather than a "doer". But a visit to Singapore University's Engineering Faculty at Kent Ridge campus, which is preparing
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    Lock icon Eggzactly what Easter bunny ordered
    247 9 UPI Gaily flowered eggs from Kashmir, fuzzy golden chicks, egg-shaped candles which lie five in a basket, a chick-on-a-stick to stand in a vase or cockerel mobiles to brighten up an Easter celebration. You can find all at Eggs, the shop that sells everything but...
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    Lock icon Maggie spent $22,000 a day on clothes
    178 10 Reuter Toronto, Friday Margaret Trudeau smoked marijuana in front of husband Pierre Trudeau "more or less openly," and once spent $10,000 (about $21,500) on clothes in Rome, and became "a spoiled litUe *****." Writing about the period leading up to her separation from
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    Lock icon Jakarta needs $5.8b aid for 1979-80
    125 10 Reuter Amsterdam, Friday An international aid consortium yesterday set a target of U552,775 billion (about $5,827) for Indonesia's foreign borrowing in 1979-80 compared with US$2.5 billion last year. The figure was announced at the end of a three-day annual meeting here of the inter
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    Spain's first
    25 10 Madrid. Friday Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez last night named a new 24-man cabinet, Spain's first constitutional government since before the 19*49 civil war.
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    Lock icon US lifts oil curbs
    321 10 World Focus Reuter Wasfclagtea, Friday President Carter last night ordered the gradual lifting of price controls on domestically produced oil while telling Americans that the higher costs will not force up the present level of inflation beyond control. Mr Carter also asked Congress to approve a
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    Lock icon The Oscar contenders
    58 10 AFP New York, Friday Two films, Heaven can Walt and The Deer Hunter are leading contenders for the nine Oscar statues that will be awarded on the night of April 9 in Hollywood. Both films have been nominated to receive all nine awards for the best director,
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    Lock icon Ziaur visits
    30 10 AFP Dacca, Friday Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman will pay state visits to Thailand and Malaysia from April 8 to 12, It was officially announced here last night. AFP
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    Lock icon The only one left...
    69 10 Beifag, Friday Staee a decree baaatag p>aters ia this Chlaese capital, —ii have ben "haaglag anui" Democracy WalL The reaesa: It to the laat pUcr where pwteri may he MM. TMb phete was tafcea ea Taeaday. Bat yesterday, wiwal aeepte were seea belag led aff by
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    Lock icon Execution blocked
    58 10 Reuter Washington, Friday The Supreme Court last night temporarily blocked the execution of convicted murderer John Evans despite his plea that he be electrocuted without further delay. Justice William Rehnquist issued an order postponing the execution, which was to have taken place in Atmore, Alabama, at one minute
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      46 10 a 1 i*V. Nv 1 Our Restaurant also cater for indoor outdoor functions. Nightly Top Singers ft Band to entertain you. No Cover Charge Ruby Restaurant Pte Ltd j$P 302,3 rd Floor. Gluttons Corner Tanjong Pagar Complex Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore 2. Tel: *****87 ft *****15
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    Lock icon Japan's big corporate headache
    723 11 The old executives who get paid for little work are... AP My*: In Japan they're called the "Tribe that sits by the window." They're middle-aged executives working mostly for large companies who get paid (or doing almost nothing. Given various prestigious but meaningless titles, these white-collar
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      146 11 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. I And it's built with a high <4 degree of reliability and strength that measures up to stringent scientific tests. Powered by a 9030 c engine, it
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      There goes that little laugh again
      519 12/13  -  f Sundoun scene j Richard Lim loana Diant is large. Her thick hair, high heels and a tight sequinned pantsuit all make her seem even larger. But, she has a small laugh. "My age? No she laughs a small laugh. When you ask about
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      Bushed Cassidy and the Sundown Kid
      289 12/13 Btmmm Tea held a reeftep party Ike ether Mght aad totted imh ether peeple, Bashed CeeMy uri the Saadewa KM. el the ehy,"*to!l22l greeted. "What mali yea ■he te haeef" "Oae et the stars," the KM MUm Aayway, her secretary (yea Art get a
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      Lock icon Big names play here for sheer love of music
      378 12/13 y The Arts AP New Yerk: "Two more violins! Do we have any trench horns or cellos?" Allen Miller and Isaiah Sheffer built an orchestra just, inviting eager amateurs to sit in with professional musicians and a few stars during 12
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      Posh Malay restaurant with prices to match its looks
      602 12/13  -  iiatiny Out Margaret Chan It's the first posh Malay restaurant in town and the prices are suitably posh too. At newly opened Aziza's Restaurant in Emerald Hill Road, a simple meal for two cost us close to $40. For that we
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      158 12/13 L< W Live Ash to your choice. Varieties of Fresh Seafood: Yolk Crab, Lobster, King Prawn, Pomfret, Garoupa Frogs Leg. Baby Cuttle Fish (Sotong) 8t TuaTow (Mussels). FREE BVRMNGr FACILITIES Lili' Golden Crown Restaurant 3528/3548 Cammowwoohti Ave, S pore 3. TeJ: *****5/6/7 (Music provided by the County Express, Raymond Lee
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    Lock icon US$ is firmer
    205 14 Money Market W Business Neus 1 and Views i UPI London, Fri. The US dollar closed generally firmer against most major currencies yesterday in advance of President Carter's energy speech. Gold rose in I /ifyinti Wind Zurich. A Frankfurt banker said the 1 per cent rise in
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    Wider base for future gold mart
    267 14 Exchange opens its door to associate membership The Gold Exchange of Singapore is opening its door to admit associate members in a move aimed at the gold futures market. The membership ruling was amended on March 15 to widen the base of the market
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    Japan reviews tariff offers
    143 14  -  By Swadesh de Roy •w Takya reporter. Japan, reacting swiftly to an American decision to withdraw some of its earlier tariff cut offers within the framework of the multilateral trade negotiations (MTN), yesterday was reviewing its own offers. The implica- tion is that Japan is following
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      181 14 The stock market, buoyed by institutional investors who ignored news of a sharp rise in wholesale prices, climbed to a six-month high yesterday in (airly active trading. The Dow Jones industrial average, off a point at the outset, rebounded to advance 7 JO points to 877.60, the highest
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      34 14 UPI Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 indus 877.60 (up 7.80); 20 trans 232.62 (up 1.27); 15 utils 104.87 (up 0.03); 65 stock 298.19 (up 1.94).
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      140 14 AFP Share prices on the Tokyo stock market closed generally higher yesterday in a continuation of the previous days's Arm tone. The 225-stock Dow-Jones average posted a modest gain of 9 82 points to finish at 6,049.00 yen. while the composite Tokyo Stock Exchange index of more than 900
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      ZURICH
      79 14 Yesterday's prices followed by the difference on the previous session's close UBS Bearer 3330 UBS Reg 830 +5 SBC B 380 -1 Credit Suisse B 2285 -20 Swissair B 830 +2 Swiss Relnsur 3190 Wlnterthur B 2370 Zurich Insur 9700 -75 Nestle B 3900 -25 Interfood B 4390 -25
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      PARIS
      69 14 Closing prices > on the Paris Bourse yesterday; +2J0 Pirlbu 222J0 Foncter 430 -2 Prln temps 121.10 .30 Bull •1J0 2.90 Royal Dutch 203JO unch Mtchelln 1060 +30 COE aauo 150 Thomson 234J0 4 5.80 CFP 156 JO 2.40 Rhone 116 +0.10 Air ***** 4JO B8N SIS +3 Philips
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      SYDNEY
      99 14 Prices at 11.30 a.m.today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: aci lit 177 ADC 30 25 Ampol Pet 7173 ANf 117 J» APMiniS Bank NSW S<2 345 Brambles *****0 BHP*****175 Boral 28 2M CBA 350 251 CSR-353 356 CIG 350 Coal AIBed 530Dunlap —83 EZLnd 310 312 Acmll
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      188 14 At Federal Beach Hotel youH find everything that makes a successful convention, seminar or meeting. A large convention hall and meeting rooms that range in capacity of 20 to 600 persons. With meeting equipment and banquet facilities to match. For after-business pleasure, youl discover unlimited fun. Sea-sports, golf, tennis and
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    Lock icon An April Fool's hoax that stirs scientific dispute
    891 15  -  f r I 1 Science Report L By Malcolm W. Browne NYT New evidence concerning one of the most far-reaching April Fool's hoaxes in the history of science the bogus "Piltdown Man" has stirred up a dispute in which some scientists are
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    Lock icon He's got artificial eyes for you
    431 15 Australian Information Service There's a little of the artist, surgeon, carver, mechanic and grassroots psychologist in Michael Burke. Over the past 20 years be ha* developed special talents that have opned new horizons for people who have lost an eye through disease or injury.
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      179 15 Ilave a 3-day familyvacation in Kuantan at on 1yg125/* Nett i r 4» T /y r y > Planning a family vacation? And tired of the usual holiday spots In the West Coast? Try Kuantan. With the new highway It's only an easy 3-hour drive from K.L. 1 mor£ hour
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    Ex-ball boy Azman is 'on the ball'
    583 16  -  Passing Shots By Desmond Oon Another ex-ball boy has made local tennis history. His name: Mohammed Azman. He created a sensation at the recently-concluded Novices tennis championships when he scored a dramatic double winning both the singles and doubles titles with consumate ease.
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    Alexander sparkles
    152 16 l^j^Tfennis Nice (France), Friday Australian John Alexander turned on a sparkling performance to overwhelm Czechoslovakia's No 1 player Tomaz Smid 6-1, 6-3 in the quarter-finals of the Nice Open tennis tournament here yesterday. In another quarter-final yesterday, Corrado Barazzutti of Italy came back from the brink of defeat
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    China's carrot and stick offer to Taiwan
    237 16 Montevideo, Friday China's top sports official said here yesterday that if China returned to the Olympic Games, Peking would be willing to allow Taiwanese athletes to participate independently but under an allChina banner. Song Zhong (Sung Chung), secretary-general of the AllChina Sports Federation,
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      168 16 NOTICE OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANCE OF SHIP'S NAME I, NG KEE HONG of Yellow River Pte. Ltd., hereby give notice that in consequence of the purchase by our company of the Motor Shto "HINTHA" I have applied to the Registrar of Singapore Ships, under Section 417 of the Merchant
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      35 16 KIM Travel Service (Pte) Ltd Tel: *****42, *****43, *****44, *****46, *****47,*****08 r MAKE THIS YOUR TRIP TO THAILAND G 326, Merlin Plaza (Hotel Merlin) Beach Road We open dafly from 9am to 9pm TA: 300
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      409 16 [I YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you thrive on adventure, excitement, near-misses. All those things that incline others to high blood pressure and emotional stress incline you towards peace and happiness and a sense of the* purest wellbeing. Your friends and loved ones reflect your somewhat
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    I'm raring to go, says Stewart
    380 17  -  In defence of the Cup By BRIAN MILLER Although this will be Stewart Ballard's first overseas trip in competitive squash there will be no tournament jitters when the 16-year-old takes to the court as Singapore's likely No 3 player in next week's East Asia
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    Lock icon Hunt and Zaman final again
    169 17 Reuter London, Friday Holder Geoff Hunt of Australia and Qamar Zaman of Pakistan reached the final of the £17,000 (about 5572,000) British Open squash championship for a second successive year last night. World champion Hunt, who beat arch rival Zaman in four games last year,
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    Lock icon 1977 Gold Cup stolen
    139 18 UPI Sydaey, Friday Ah 18 carat geld trephy the 1177 Meibearae Cap far bane racing wan by "Geld Aad Black" was stelea yesterday while ea display at a Mid-City Baak. At Cap, which wu mm •f Im Ueatleal tnphlM Blade far the twe (amllkw whe wni
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    Another US bid for 'Prince'
    252 18  -  Racing By K. L. CHAN The star of the local turf last year, Star Prince will be making another bid to show his prowess in the United States later this month. An incredible sprinter, who was unbeaten in his six races here as a four-year-old,
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    Sparkling work by New Continent
    305 18 3|On the C 9 track New Cutiieat showed sparkling form in a workout at Bukit Timah this morning. Kept on a tight rein by Jockey Albert Ang, be clocked just a tick above 45 in a steady canter over 600 m. He was eager to
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      71 18 LYNX Predators Wood Where its dubhead is an investment casting of metai aloy with the finest wood avaiable so that you can swing it with iron-Ike control. And the feel of the Iron lies in its exckjsive 10% lighter LYNX-lte Shaft and 30% Ighter LYNX-lte grip. Together, this new head-shaft-grip
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      133 18 I-Vl'3 ATAN nn?] m If" a You'll love their music Now Melati Dinette brings you the popular threesome ATAN, SAID AND RUKI. You'll love their music. All your favourite songs played in their inimitable style. Their wide repertoire include latest pop songs, and all the evergreen Indonesian, Malay, country and
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    Changi all set to score another first
    514 19  -  To stage Pro-Am meet as prelude to Open championship TEEUP with Lim Kee Chan Changi Golf Club, who scored a first for having foreign golfers play in their tournament of the Local Circuit, will record another first next week when they stage a
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    THE DRAW
    173 19 Seeaai mmmi taw far the Wtttrae-Leytaai liimifl M Chaagl iMMtiw: 7JI in. MM Uh, AM Bttyu, W. Baaln; US DavM Mllae, K. 8. Lis, P. HaeMev; I.M Lin T<i| Chya, Kuila Aimed, PHI» Ua; 1M P«h Rag Tack, M CkM Mom, Qaek Meag IM; MS M. Bala, M.
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    Lock icon 'Rusty' Kite holds his own with leaders
    274 19 AP Greensboro (North Carolina), Friday Tom Kite, who had not even seen the golf course in two years, hustled to a 4-under-par 68 and a tie with four others for the first-round lead yesterday in the U*****,000 (*****,000) Greater Greensboro Open. Sharing the
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    Lillee key to Aussie chances
    119 19 St John's (Aantigua), Friday The Australians, hit by injuries Snd a sad lack of batting form, start the fifth and last World Series Cricket Supertest here today as definite underdogs to the West Indians. Five consecutive defeats in one-day matches and the almost certain absence
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    528 20  -  They have an able and shrewd coach Soccer *r At the schools v By PHILIP TAN Pasir Panjang Vocational, with their shrewd and able coach, Mustapha Jumari, will be a team to watch out for in this year's Post Secondary soccer competition. Pasir Panjang scored a
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      261 20 M-5 Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Nome (Mr./ Mrs./ Miss): Address: N.R.I.C. No: Tel: IBCHIE3D ■laasa FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW iCut along dotted lin« HaBI CLUES FOR lA-5 1. To do with the teeth 2. People who ere quite often
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    Lock icon Time to back up, SJI
    508 21  -  By BRIAN MILLER St Joseph's Institution, kingpins in the secondary division of the National Schools' hockey tournament, will have to pull up their socks if they hope to make it to this year's final. This was the impression they gave when they played Beatty to
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    Yvonne tops but...
    308 21 Athletics Schoolgirl international sprinter Yvonne Cornelius was a pale shadow of herself although she was adjudged the top athlete at the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus track and field meet at the National Stadium yesterday, reports Sareati Nalr. The 16-year-old sprinter struggled to find her "old"
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    Saints poised for semis
    274 21 ■CS Rugby St Andrew's School are poised to qualify for semifinal berths in the Lower Secondary and Secondary divisions of the schools rugby competion after two yeks, neports Pfcll|f> Taa. Defending tampions tn both. the Saint) hammered formidable V[hK%ey 26-4 in, a Lower Secodo- ary tie
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    Mount Vernon score 4-1 win over Crescent
    255 21 Mount Vernon, with two Fraser and Neave trainees in their ranks, ensured themselves of a place in the final round of the National Schools' (Secondary Girls) badminton championships when they scored a 4-1 win over Crescent Girl's in yesterday's second round match at
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      185 21 Crossword "V J ACROSS 1 Don't say a word! 6 Hooters 10 Present's future 14 Turkish title 15 Riding whip 16 Destination of the 3:10 17 Ward off 18 Minute 19 Very: Fr. 20 Profane 22 "Thou n0t..." 23 Henry Clay, for instance 24 Verbal comeback 26 Covering 29 Selves
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    Lock icon Liverpool hope for full points
    323 22 London, Friday. Liverpool, smarting from their surprise Football Association Cup semi-final defeat against Manchester United on Wednesday night, will be hoping to ease the pain with two championship points against Arsenal on tomorrow. "The league title is the only thing we have left, and we
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    Pahang must fall
    644 22  -  The Young Lions leave with this in mind K3 Soccer By SURESH NAIR Pahang's proud unbeaten home record must fall. And with this in mind the Young Lions left this morning for Kuan tan's Stadium Darulmakmur to take on the sixth-placed East Coast state in their Malaysia
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    Lock icon Tracey may not go to Moscow
    111 22 B^S'Swimming Reuter Tokyo, Friday. Triple world record holder Tracey Wickham of Australia may not take part in the preOlympic swimming meet in Moscow in July, Australian coach Bill Sweetenham said yesterday. Sweetenham said the 16-year-old wonder girl from Queensland may not be included in
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    Lock icon Plan to stop tours by South African teams
    252 22 Rugby UPI Paris, Friday. Anti-apar-theid groups vowed yesterday to organise demonstrations, wage poster campaigns and put pressure on sports clubs to cancel the forthcoming French tours by two South African rugby teams. The Transvaal team is scheduled to begin its tour next
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      Old folk at Home
      350 23 Widows and spinsters in a new 15-part series It is an old folk's home with a difference. For one, it's called a "superior residence (or retired gentlefolk" and far another widow Flora Petty reigns supreme there, or thinks she does. Flora is the widow of the
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      New series to replace Rado Show starts soon
      382 23 Do you know...? And when the question Is put to them, 16 teams comprising four secondary school students, are hoping that they will be able to answer "yes". The big test will start on April 19 when the first quarter-final of the
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      Tracy and Danny on Fanfare Show
      194 23 Tracy Huang will be singing songs from her latest album "live" in this week's Fanfare Show to be broadcast over Rediffusion on Saturday at 7.30 p.m. The other entertainers on the programme will be Danny Koh and his Two Chords. Only two artistes will
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      387 23 NETHERLANDS PIANO QUARTET with Ina Overkamp at the piano, Daniel Otten (violin), Klas Boon (viola) and Fred Pot (cello) .Performance at the DBS 114 i o at H available at Conference Hall, CK Tang, Cold Storage, Popular Book Co and Yamaha Music School (Plaza Singapura). The programme for the evening
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      735 23 the DON'T STEAL MY BABY: Inda Purl and Desi Arnaz Jr. star as unmarried parents who have to (ace a very painful decision when they realise that a baby is on the way. Tom Bosley and Jessica Walter also appear, lid*: 1.45, 4, 6.45 and 9.15 pm I NEVER PROMISED
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    44 24 AH POOR: The Navy has found a clever way to promote recruitment. They'll print your T-shirt free when you visit their counter at the SAF Career Exhibition. MEI UN: That way they can be sure they make a lasting impression on you.
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      741 24 TV SINGAPORE 5 AND RADIO 700 miKon people in 43 countries can't be wrong. PAL color, Invented and owned by TELEFUNKEN S.M OPENING AN- NOUNCEMENT8 followed by HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE: The Old and the Young (r). Mandarin movie. [p 1 1 luiyw*4/ riv l.lf OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT8 followed by THE ANDY GRIFFITH
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      222 24 Today's top shows THE INVENTORS: Something for Nothing. (Ch. 5, 8.30 p.m. in colour). From the earliest times, people have sought something (or nothing. Perpetual motion, everlasting life and the idea of making gold from basic metals are probably the most appealing of these. This week, Alasthair Borthwick takes a
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