New Nation, 15 April 1979

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    Masthead
    9 1 Sunday Nation APRIL 15, 1979 30 CENTS M.C.(P) N0.145/1/79
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      71 1 The egg a chicken seller hatched Story in Page 2 h: *1 f ~r-'' li 1 fi i, i# ifti U Il i At' 11 L i J it I Strange houses around us Page 10 Malaysia Cup: The test for S'pore Back Page Longdistance king carries kavadi Page 29
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    Egg that was years hatching
    386 2 A COURT was told yesterday of the egg that took a few years to hatch exact number not revealed but it led to one of the biggest and most daring robberies in Singapore's recent history. The prosecutor. Inspector Noel Ng, told how a chicken seller
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    Pact on way, says Minister Nixon
    180 2 AUSTRALIA is on the way to achieving an agreement with the Ave Asean countries on the subject of cutrate air fares. The Australian Transport Minister, Peter Nixon, said the recent Asean-Australia talks on the Issue in Jakarta were "meaningful and profitable." According to a
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    Tai Sor's tales of the times ... in Mandarin
    363 2 Tai Sor's tales of the times in Mandarin THE FACE was familiar. The voice even more so. But the intonation was alien to the ears as the fans of Rediffusion story-teller Lee Tai Sor listened to him telling stories...in Mandarin. For the first time in public. Dressed in gown and
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    Motorists: Belt up or pay up
    247 2 SCORES of Singapore motorists entering Johor Bahru, without safety belts in their vehicles, have been booked on the spot by the Malaysian traffic police. This was disclosed by the deputy chief of the Johor police, Mr Amran Ibrahim, .who warned that any motorist, regardless
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    POSB plugs interest loopholes
    283 2 THE Pod Office Savings Rank hag plugged the loopholes of Its two-tier interest rate system which pays s'/« per cent annual interest for balances up to $100,000 and S Vfc per cent (or deposits in excess of this. Depositors with several accounts (either personal or Joint)
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    Shoemakers' co-op to sell in supermarts
    92 2 A BHOEMAKEBB' f•pentlve (Mined by expelttteal MJmh will set ap retell Mtleto la NTTJC Mi PIEU wiwirtoti. Ike am wtu be •pemei at tee NTTJC pwsrbet la Qetftew m May 1. Ia 19 yean Ihe eeeperattve baa grewa frem > p ,yi ?tS!7? rß
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    Lock icon 18 die in Korean coal mine blast
    40 2 Reuter AT LEAST 18 miners were killed in an explosion at a coal mine in Chungsun, eastern South Korea, yesterday, police said. Some 40 others were Injured, about half of them seriously. Renter
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      270 3 mmm v 1 :1 1 7 *<- iL&lw I I centre 1 j for Sale or Mdi So J^vJL:*sP ©Syw sk^kiH-i k §pfi£4>ti Situated at Orchard Road/Keek Road. (next to the Cold Storage) the core of most promising tourist, entertainment and shopping activities. r% -■fr m -4 Shop from upwards
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    Mosques to save energy
    79 4 The Muslim Religious Council (Muis) has urged mosque committees to make an effort towards the current energy-saving campaign. In a circular requesting mosques to avoid wastage it also provided some guidelines. Mosques should switch off fans whenever possible. Those attending prayers to be shown the circular.
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    Goh plans a S'pore Roots
    299 4 PLAYWRIGHT, novelist and poet Dr Goh Poh Seng is planning to write a Singapore Roots. He may take two years off from his practice to write the family saga, Dr Goh told the news weekly, Asiaweek. He has spent 10 years compiling material for a
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    'Take baton-relay approach'
    161 4 A MEMBER of Parliament has called for a "batonrelay" approach to community service projects. Speaking at the 10th Rotaract District 330 conference, Mr Mansor Haji Sukaimi, MP for Kampung Kern banKan, said this would ensure continuity and may overcome the disadvantages of the usual one-year term of
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    It was a very Good Friday!
    221 4 Electricity use drops by one quarter 13 "'"at APRIL 13 was certainly a Good Friday for the Public Utilities Board. Electricity use dropped by 26.1 per cent, exceeding for the first time the 10 per cent target set by the PUB when it started
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      110 4 VSL 3-E In IK4I V nuu* its name lo the world's first all metal camera. I <ula\ fhe new full> electronk* N M 3-1 ,iives nigtlauder (ho final sa>. Now the \Si 3-1 t'ull> automa'ic single lens reflex camera of the new compact generation. 1 his w .miera otters a
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      735 4 In and around town EASTER CARNIVAL of fun, food and games at the Oberoi Imperial Hotel's poolside, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be pony rides, an egg hunt, free novelties, ice-cream and entertainment from Bozo the clown and recording artistes, Tony, Terry and Spencer. $16 nett per
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    Lock icon No leg show with the hand of friendship
    173 5 AP WOMEN sheald Mt wear sherte.ae matter hew M It Is. Dwl la tempi aad llstaa pe&tely. Aad aa Msslag la pabße. TheM an Jmt mam the trMD the stream «f advtoe which Israelii are heariag ea hew te behave whea they
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    Malaysia strikes off airline union
    306 5 MAS offered 17.9 pc wage increase THE MALAYSIAN Government deregistered the 6,000-member strong Airline Employees Union (AEU) yesterday and served detention orders on 13 of its officials arrested in February. It also announced they were releasing nine AEU officials, two of them with conditions attached.
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    Lock icon Amin's final massacre...
    354 5  -  By MICHAEL HUGHES Reuter IN A final massacre at their blood-soaked dictator -Idi Amin's secret police threw hand grenades into crowded prison cells, killing more than 100 prisoners, anti-Amin officers said in Kampala yesterday. The stench of death hung over the discreet, pink and red brick villa
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    Lock icon Pope rests after onehour walk
    153 5 UPI POPE John Paul II rested at the Vatican yesterday morning after officiating at his first Good Friday reenactment of Christ's walk to crucifixion. He showed no signs of strain. The 58-year-old Polish pontiff was in fact beaming »t the end of the hour-long rite
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    Lock icon We'll try, says Han
    110 5 Reuter CHINESE Vice-Foreign Minister Han Nianlong arrived in Hanoi yesterday for negotiations to settle the disputes which led to the month-long border war with Vietnam, official sources said. In an arrival statement at Hanoi airport, Mr Han said, "Our aim is to try, through peaceful negotiations,
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      176 5 Any time is wash-time with washing machine Thia qulcfc loam rtnaar raafty •awatkna and wafer. TraubtoPiaiWMMna. Spin dry tub hum rtnaar. Special shadow typt I If you're a full-time housewife, chances are your hands are tied with household chores and the children's. Now, whilst you wait for SHARP to give
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    Sitting pretty
    253 6 COMMENT A visiting British architect has observed that merely preserving old buildings is not enough; they should be put to good use. Each building, he added, should also be preserved in luirmony with its surroundings. The Preservation of Monuments Board probably doesn't need being reminded of this. What
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    Lock icon Filthy rich and feeling guilty
    756 6 Anne Karpf reports on the radical philanthropy of rich young Americans Guardian ALTERNATIVE philanthropy is America's newest radical movement. Groups of young wealthy American heirs are giving their money away to progressive causes. The movement has come into its own with the publication of a
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    Watt about sending it with the bill?
    148 6  -  C.Y. NG THE PUB must be commended for conducting a three-month save-electricity campaign in view of the spi railing cost of fuel. Its booklet on how to save electricity is a good idea. One can get it through electrical traders, community centres, press
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      51 6 Favre-Leuba watches have achieved harmony between precision and imagination, a distinction that makes them trtJly outstanding Designed in the spirit of today's creative minds, the Favre-Leuba collection is the reflection of your, lifestyle. FAVRE-LEUBA weicnes cnani mhai o. >/.»<- 4. p «E 1 A rnnofs f TIME LIFE BOOKS 7
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      7 6 Dear Editor Am 'i'A' i 0 rv»
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    Should children expect so much?
    859 7  -  If you ask me... By PEGGY CHANG THE TIMING couldn't be worse I suppose not after the TV documentary on foster mums whose devotion to children who weren't theirs must have impressed everyone who saw it. But perhaps it is a good starting point. Against
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      134 7 American Tourister: "We do not only create attache cases...weftuiM them to last!' ,r ■r«f» SB +><■■%, American Tourister M«d« In U.S.A. Every piece of American Tourister luggage is built to withstand the daily hard knocks, bumps and bruises. A great deal of thought and effort is put in before our
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    When wrong card, was played
    840 8 I READ in a February issue of Newsweek some comments made by the former American Secretary of State, Dr Henry Kissinger, in ah interview he had with the London Economist. The Interview was a rare criticism of US foreign policy under President Carter. He spoke
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      353 8 Doctor in the House fTT 1 -■t* c K =st\Bl MUCOUS MEMBRAKES W/ THROAT A COLO IS A l/IRAL INFECTION OF THE MU COUS MEMBRANES IN THE-NOSE ANV THROAT ANTIBIOTICS HAVE WO EFFEG9. k WHV VO I GET COLVS ALL THE TIME? -j WITH OTHER VIRAL INFECTIONS THE RESISTANCE INCREASES.
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    Cork, quilts & settee beds
    855 9  - Cork, quilts settee beds i mi ii wy> Glandys Chew Homemakers' Exhibition, World Trade Centre, April 7-11. THE PLACE was packed with visitors. That was only to be expected. More money to spend and an Interest in doing up the home, helped along in no small way by the magazines,
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    Homecooking without the hassle
    469 9  -  Terry Tan samples a tengkat dinner Terry Tan WHAT is a tiffin-carrier meal like? The response from readers after I wrote two weeks ago about this growing trend among working couples was so enthusiastic my phone in the office kept ringing that I decided to try
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    Lock icon House this...and this...and this...
    1663 10/23  -  Story by Khiam Kheong "THERE was an old woman who lived In a shoe goes the familiar nursery rhyme. Whether we were gullible enough as children to swallow that. It remains not uncommon these days to hear of folks who reside In treehouses or erect habitats
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      1056 11 Sunday Nation Your 12-page TV pullou Graelz TODAY'S H\GH\ifiHTSl colour tv 'ZW Easier 8 pe-m W cUl The W Easter Bonny is W Coniin' to Town. 1 f On Ch 5 at 10.03 a.m. Fred Astaire of the nimble feet narrates this lovely tale about a white rabbit who becomes
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      476 11 PICK OF THE WEEK I The Return To Community on Tuesday, Ch 5 at 8.35 p.m. This documentary tells the story of how community bond is created in the o'ld neighbourhoods and the probTI0IIAL HOCKEY QUNMMGULM im/Denda Yang Wa|tb Dibayar e Naked Montague lon't) fig Atap Remtxa Bfonc Rider ilights
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      81 12 Th»* N» i w GX-Hftui for rite shield block permalloy shield playback heed tough gless heed-to-heed shield beed holder .recording head i Sk m. i We (Lire our competitors to cio t he same! AKAI yrhiniViiiTii M'OrOWBr i e J y>.v Tnrrjrri Ufm+l*' ll i i il %srfcirtVSV,Vi i i
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      873 12 MONDAY harmaiVkardon r 3 <vU 5.50 PJL Open •.45 NEWS (T) 7.00 OJTI* HBTQRY OF EUROPE 7JO EXTMCDON; A Lesson From The Past Documentary 7.35 NJ9CN. SHOWCASE (r). Features Cheteia Chan, Chin Kten Pun and Kids. Chen Met Hua, Mm. Ma Ai Nee. Chm Han Sm, Chopsbck Sisters. Tracy Huang.
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      85 13 Just turn on your Sony Betamax. < >\S etamax SETRON ELECTRONICS PTE LTD 10 DUNDEE ROAD SINGAPORL 3 TLI *****4 HITACHI UVECOUNJR OTP 231 II cm SOM-TOUCM TUNIH t. m S5? Every HITACHI true to life colour TV is being manufactured with quality in mind That's why it comes with
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      835 13 WEDNESDAY harman/kardon 3.00 PM. Open 3.03 I LOVE LUCY: Sentimental Anniversary 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (M) 3.3S BONANZA: Hidden Enemy 4.25 Intermission 6.00 PLEASE DON'T EAT TIC DAISES (r) 6.30 ICWS M BMEF 6.35 TMANG TMGS TMGS (r) 7.05 THE MUPPET SHOW. Guest star Nancy Walker 7.30 NEWS AND NEWSREEL
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      257 14 A Be part of AIfITSUBISHI ri r 1 rrz JT Mlfeublattl colour TV a video tape recorder A great combination that'll take you down memory lane for a repeat performance of your favourite programme The MHeuMahl CT MOV CTV Is designed with an advanced colour-transmitting technology that reproduces colours on
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      516 14 FRIDAY harman/kaidon S a m a pegs E£dc m FM stereo highlights pMiH SATURDAY harmao/karcJon 1.00 PM Open 1.03 SESAME STREET 2.00 Saturday Matinee 3.30 FBtt Fire And Ice. Bernice is laid up in bed after a tall on an icy sidewalk. Fish tumbles about in the kitchen. His designing
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      114 15 9Wr»*4- r,$S •f <k Ss Love First Love: I Turgenev Do You Love Me: R D Laing Three into 2 Won't Go: A Newman Johnny I hardly Knew You: E O'Brien Sailor Who Fell From Grace: Y Mishima He And She: P Barnes Is Sex Necessary: J Thurber Marry Me:
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      114 15 7 o*AV, if e<?ic t ASK arr to Td AT frftifcflfc I Lime peeked (ZtSrAUCAjJX y i I LL 60 WlTd *X). mil i, 111 c, iV BESIDES, <£>U HAVE. WO tUU- TO tmu VOUR puuv Lrmt arm UO MATCH FOR MIAJE SElfl J %ISl!l!lBl!ili!l!li USiM 1 1 o>2w 4'*&
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      112 18 GARTH That evening... 9>. VLf. is Later at the hotel... s 'X > Qfl iattvn 5* <5? "7 f poor vou Fixer creeps into the bedroom... n«ck and she slips into deep unconsciousness r v > f/'V SHE MUSTN'T INTERRUPT r>i B£j M DfcHUING WITH 3) 1 aan n r*
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    With these friends who needs postmen?
    675 19 HUHOUR w .h THE best bit about writing this Sunday's column is, I won't be here to read it when it hits the newsstands. I will, instead, definitely be nursing a stiff upper lip, Carruthere, from London's bleeding cold. I'll miss, for the next
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    Our young artists paint a bright future
    424 19  -  Arts Reuieui by Yap Kun Bek Children's Drawing Exhibition: "My Life in the Year 2000", at the National Museum Young People's Gallery, 10.30 a.m. 7 p.m. Last day today. Features 128 selected local entries for the internationl drawing competition organised by Unesco, Unicef
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    No sound of peace
    364 19 OH Hie Record by CKT In the business of sound, it is hardly surprising that there is no peace. First, there was the War of the 78 rpm shellac versus the LP. Then, the War of the Speeds, 33 Va (CBS) versus 45 rpm (RCA). That
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    Hong Kong is a (burp!) gourmet's paradise
    1776 20  -  iSm By TERRY TAN I HAVE had more than my share of dire warnings about Hong Kong being full of rude, pushy, avaricious people who would as soon draw your blood as give you the time of day. Naturally the busybodies will chip
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      163 20 Do you have a travel tale to tell? Here's a ekaaee te tell It. Ami to a meek wider aadleaee tkaa yea'd ever kave IhMgki piwlMi. Suiiy Nattea raas weekly travellers' eehuna wrtttea ky ear readers. It eu ke t travetogae-typr story er Jest s DtUe laddeat er year ssest
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    Tie-less Larry leaves his mark
    800 21 Did you see that? By RJ HE CAME, he saw, he conquered. That sums up my opinion of Larry Lai's handling of the Rado Show, which ended on Thursday. Rumours had been rife that Lafry could not carry off the show. Cynics were waiting to
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    A sensuous Anna Karenina
    308 21 I CAUGHT A preview of the BBC production of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina last weekend. Don't ask how, but I saw the first and fourth episodes of this 10-part drama. I suggest you cancel your Tuesday night engagements when the series begins. I was moved by the
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      116 21 •u--sswswasr^; A Hi::;;... •Hi:::!:: •K HHihiiri: 3 tiiiltii, jW ■iili V ■> J Si W 1 rtfiiJi J 1 -4I R DEMAND IMb (CHS 29) BANGKOK/HONG KONG MANILA 8 Days Departures: 11/5,25/5,1/6, 8/6,15/6,6/7,20/7,3/8.17/8,31 /8. 7/9,21 /9. $1135 (CHS 22) HONG KONG/BANGKOK RKTTHVA 8 Days Departures: 1/5.15/5.22/5.29/5, 5/6,12/6,19/6:26/6,20/7,24/7.7/8.21/8,4/9,18/9. $603 IfVW (CHS
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    A velvet touch, a rapier edge
    658 22  -  The Book Page A 8 I WAS PASSING (VOL II) By Sri Delima. Berita Publishing. $4.50. By HALINAH BAMADHAJ IN HIS introduction to this book, Dol Ramli remembers Sri Delima of 20 years ago as the kind of person Malays describe as: Pijak semut
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    Lock icon Mum's the word says girl Friday Nancy...
    902 22  -  By ANGELA NEUSTATTER Guardian WE HAVE given Oedipus a good run for his money, building tombs of psychological wisdom on the importance of the mother-son relationship What we have shied away from is facing anguished emotional relationship which exists between mothers and daughters
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    Sage who discovered sex
    817 22  -  HAVELOCK ELLIS, PHILOSOPHER OF SEX. By Vincent Brome. Routledge, 1979 £8.95 By PHILIP TOYNBEE WHEN I told my daughter, a psychiatric nurse in her fourth yeaf, that I was reviewing a new life of Havelock Ellis'she revealed that she'd never heard of him. There is always
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    The Wise Ma Cai
    2996 24 IB 91 3lt THREE appttiscn to the first localty-publiahed bilingual collection of foNrtaloe and fables just launched yesterday by Federal Publications. The Times Heritage Collection presents stories rewritten from classics! Chinese in modern Chineee, then translated into English. They'ere meant chiefly for children, but adults may
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      Lock icon No surprise if Tampines close shop...
      535 25 INSIDE TRACK WILL First Division soccer club Tampines Rovers close shop soon? It will not come as a surprise if they do. Because that's the ultimatum the Football Association of Singapore issued to Tampines last week. In imposing a $1500 fine on Tampines for
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      Let national side play the French
      606 26 RUGBY The Scrufflhalves Rives' cavaliers will massacre Kiwi-filled President's XV, so THE Singapore Rugby Union must give the National XV the chance to play France in next month's international at Jalan Besar. We want to see the team who won the Singapore National Olympic
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      Lock icon Conception leads Reds to Brave win
      516 26 EXPATS' CORKER UPI AP DAVE CONCEPCION's third career grand-slam highlighted his three-hit performance in a National League baseball game in New York on Wednesday night and combined with the hot hitting of Ray Knight to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 9-5 victory over
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      So near and yet so far...
      575 27  -  IDNSUUJK Alfred Tong SO NEAR and yet so far.' That was the situation the Brylcreem Lions found themselves in after the final round of the Team Tennis competition last weekend. They were in second place, and so close to winning a trip to Lake
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      Lock icon The Teaching Pro...
      6 27 By Don J.Leary
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      Rocheteau up for sale
      312 27 worn* SOCCER DOMINIQUEROCHETEAU, the George Best of French football, is up for sale. The guitar-playing Rocheteau would like to move to new pastures, and the club who have made a positive bid for him are Sporting Lisbon of Portugal. Rocheteau has, however, indicated his preference for
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      We take off on a whiff of breeze — into a squall
      1077 28  - We take off on a whiff of breeze into a squall Sailing K.C.TBANG has bean sailing sine* 1978 and haa won numerous local nailing events, including the 1978 Singapore Yachting Aeeocietion'e national Lark championship, which made him the top Lark sailor for that year. Ho la a committee member of
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      D-DAY IN JAKARTA...
      277 28  -  BAMMTMI Gerry Chan THE decision on whether badminton will go Open will be made next month in Jakarta when officials from all over the world meet in the Indonesian capital at the same time the semifinals and finals of the Thomas Gup series are played. 'The special
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      Lock icon Serjit's treble despite a month of fasting
      486 29  -  ATHLETICS Tan Kim Seng SEMBAWANG Tamils Association's distancerunning team scored a grand treble in the Singapore AAA crosscountry and road relay competitions this year when they won the final road relay race at Seletar last weekend. Their achievement is all the more commendable
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      Teck Mong's soaring with SIA
      260 29  -  BASKETBALL Tony Koh REMEMBER the name Kwek Teck Mong. You will be hearing more of it in the coming season. Teck Mong, who only took up basketball in 1974 while at Tanjong Katong Technical School, is already knocking at the door of the national squad
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      Knocked out, but they are not worried
      444 29  -  NETBALL Joyce Tan HOW would you feel if you are the coach to a netball team which finished among the tdp three in last year's inter-constituency tournament, which are one of the favourites this year, but which were knocked out in a minor
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      Lock icon Rebellion hits US soccer
      497 30 [Weekend Sports] AP TEAM owners, faced yesterday with the first major rebellion by players in the North American Soccer League, snatched up players wherever they could and said they would continue to field teams. But the picture was confused as the NASL Players Association announced in
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      Lock icon Finnish veteran leads
      331 30 Reuter TIMO Makinen, driving a works Peugeot 504 Coupe, led the 5000-kikwnetre Safari Rally into the overnight rest period in Nairobi last night. The Finnish veteran gained control of the gruelling World championship event when Sweden's BJorn Waldegaard, the early pacesetter, dropped out of the reckonng because
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      One-under 71 lifts Shen
      134 30 SHEN Chung-Shyan of Taiwan shot a oiw-under-par 71 for a 213 three-round total to catch up with front-running fellow Taiwanese Chen Iteming, who had a 73 in the 1120,000 Korea Open golf championship in Seoul yesterday. Shen, who turned pro only five months ago, started the
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      Lock icon Olympics in Beijing hint
      74 30 AFP CHINA would like to organise the 1988 Olympic Games in Beijing (Peking)., This waa announced in Chamonix, Prance, last night by Mr Maurice Herzog, member ci the International Olympic Committee, on his return tram a visit to China. Mr Herzog, who met Chinese vice-Premier Deng
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      Lock icon Borg-ed down only in the first set
      362 30 Agencies BJORN Borg of Sweden, dominated in the opening set by a determined Jose Clerc of Argentina, finished strongly yesterday to win 44, 6-2, 6-1 in his quarter-final match of the U*****,000 ($350,000) World Championship Tennis tournament. Regaining his form at the start
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