New Nation, 26 June 1979

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    Masthead
    21 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Tuesday, June 26, 1979 2603 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 144/1/79 r -=r^ NEW (C/ j NAI lON COMMENT
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    $38,000 swindle
    154 1 Police look for. 30-yr-old man Police are looking (or a Si-year-old Eurasian man who cheated IS C»ple of $38, Ml on the pretext of ping them to get hawker's licences and stalls. The maa, who called himself William, approached his first victim five months ago at a codec
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    Sunny side of the block
    131 1 The rise of an age of more beautiful living conditions is what this huge mural suggests. This majestic "sunrise," painted on a yet-to-be-completed block of Housing Board flats at the junction of Paya Lebar Way and Aljunied Road, can be seen clearly from the road.
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    Now a back seat
    377 1 Merit/Demerit Schemes: By Ivaa Llm The National Wages Council, in its preoccupation with mechanisation of industries, has put the merit and demerit schemes in the back seat this year. M and D schemes were introduced to motivate workers through rewards and penalties to be more productive
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      5 1 See Pages 5 and 8
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      25 1 The tent people Pages 10/11 A matter of time 12-page special IN THE OTHER PAGES: Stars 14; Crossword 16; Moneywords, Comics 17; What's On 19.
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    STOCK MARKET
    99 2 A mIM technical rally is believed to be behind the better share prices during the Brst hour at -light trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. The rally an extension oI yesterday's was in reaction to the fairly sharp price falls last week BUSINESS DONE SS" <2)5i
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    Science forum
    27 2 The Science Teachers' Association of Singapore will organise a forum, why Science Stream, at the Raffles Institution school hall on July 7 at 10 a.m.
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    Police taxed with too much work
    454 2 'Competence of force challenged' A senior police officer has charged that the professional competence of the police is being seriously challenged because the force is over-burdened with other duties. < In an article on "Professionalisation and the Future Cop" in the Singapore Police Journal,
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    Not Chinese
    53 2 In a June 23 report on the Prime Minister's press conference in London, Mr Lee Kuan Yew was quoted as saying: "They (referring to China) said the Russians will discover the Chinese are completely devoid of any sense of obligation The word Chinese should have been "Vietnamese". The
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    Balloting
    30 2 The MP for Serangoon Gardens. Dr Lau Teik Soon, will officiate at two balloting ceremonies for the sale of flats at Ang Mo Kio new town today and tomorrow.
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    ROV to move to $10m hq in three years
    100 2 The Registry sf Vehicles keMqurteri in Middle Read la to shift to this new $19 milllea hoUdlag In 81a Ming Read la three years. The five-storey building will have mere c«naters thaa the preseat headquarters to pre vide prempi aad better
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      67 3 T DC Slim is in! O 4 S-' V ,?>*'■ r .f > *N? PS%:^ i> gjd^.^v^s*.: ry jv V*« <v.t V J7 J/ Ja s. V. «fp -:;M w A fW& .4 wV ~'r ifr I^. vj&fc $&>>..' V. I r»-.. v > ■> v i.U'y **V te*' ;k
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    Local firm to make overhead MRT system
    159 4 A local company has been granted patent rights to manufacture and market the Aerobus overground mass rapid transport system. A brief statement by Aerobus Singapore yesterday said it has a nominal capital of HO miltton. Its two registered subscribers are Mr Chua Boon
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    Campaign for medical rights
    291 4 The Singapore Chinese School Teachers' Union will launch a signature campaign to gain medical benefits for its retired members. The Union hopes to get more than 5000 signatures from teachers in aided schools. These teachers receive medical benefits only as long as they are working. The
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    Lock icon Crash case victim wins appeal
    269 4 Reuter London, Tuesday.— A motor-cycle crash victim, Muthusamy, son of Tfearmalingam, of Jalan Sompah Timor, Singapore, yesterday woo his appeal to the Privy Council in London that he was entitled to damages for injuries against a car driver Involved in the accident. Lord Russell of
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    Valuation course
    42 4 The Department of Extramural Studies, University of Singapore, will organise a 12-tecture course on Practical Properly Valuation and Estate Agency in Room 33C Waterloo Street Centre, every Monday and Wednesday from 5.45 p.m. to 7.C> p.m. starting on July 2.
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    Excursion
    40 4 The management committee of the Marine Parade community centre will organise a family excursion to Haw Par Villa, the Singapore Science Centre, the Mitsukoshi Gardens and the Instant Asia Show on July 15 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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    Date fixed, for Tarling's trial
    81 4 Farmer Haw Par Brethers lateraatleaal ehalrmaa Richard TarUag will ataad trial la the High Caart aa Aag < aa Ave charges aaaer the Magapare Campaalea Act. Tweaty iayi have heea set aaMe Mr the trial. He b aecaaed af via- latlag Ike set »ver the
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      245 4 Saves Energy Year 'Round NOW THERE IS A PRACTICAL.ECONOMICAL SOLUTION SUN-X HEAT REFLECTING WINDOW FILM, REDUCES AIR CONDITIONING REQUIREMENTS AS MUCH AS /o Heat gain from Solar radiation through ordinary tinted window glass is one of the major problems of efficient and economical air conditioning. Sun-X Reflective Glass Tinting Film
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    SBS to meet on NWC bill
    323 5  -  How to pay extra $10m a problem By Rav Dhaliwal The Singapore Bus Service management is meeting today to discuss the implementation of this year's NWC recommendations and the hefty wage bill it will have to pay because of this. SBS has over 12,200
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    Electronic firms meet this week
    104 5 The Association of Electronic Industries in Singapore (AEIS) will- meet this week to discuss the impact of the latest NWC recommendations on the industry. AEIS chairman, Dr Wong Kwei Cheong, said over the weekend, just after the recommendations were announced, that electronic firms will probably
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    Noise: Steps adequate says Mattar
    249 5 Measures taken by the government to combat noise pollution are adequate for the moment because the problem is still in its early stages. We are therefore in a position to plan an attack on the problem to minimise theeffects of improvident use of technology on
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    Singaporeans smoking more?
    115 5 Singaporeans seem to be smoking more despite health warnings. At least that is what a local cigarette agent, Philip Morris Asia Pacific, thinks. The company had to airfreight to Singapore 10 million sticks of Malboro filter cigarettes to meet unexpected strong demand. A Singapore Airlines Jet airfreighted
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    PSA's new complex
    139 5 This is part of the Port of Singapore Authority's container storage area being built at Scotts Green Road, near the Tanjong Pagar complex. About 36,000 sq m of the 57,500 open ground for storing empty containers have been completed (partly shown on left) and is being used.
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    Film show
    32 5 The National Museum will screen three colour films on Frontiers Down Under, World Cup Gold 1972 and Harvest of the Gulfs at its Stamford Road premises tomorrow at 8 p.m.
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      98 5 A truly great offer from Harpers Anglo-French Travel. Pay $516. the price of a regular return ticket to Jakarta and we'll provide you all these:Book now through: Qf£) tarpon; tnivuJ UIC Building, 17lh floof, 5 Shenton Way. Singapore 1. Tel 220-2200. 3ft) angco-French bravec Crosby House. 73/75 Robinson Rd., Singapore
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    Lock icon Everyone's going on holidays
    304 6 Tourism now bigger than iron and steel World Focus Reuter United Nations, Tuesday Tourism is now bigger business than iron and steel or armaments. And the world's economic problems will not stop people taking holidays, according to a United Nations report published yesterday. The report, prepared
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    Today
    82 6 TODAY is Tuesday. June 26, the 177 th day of 1979 with 188 to follow. Those bom on this date are under the sign of Cancer. ON THIS DAY Di HHTOBYi In 1900, Dr Walter Reed led a medical team farmed to wipe out yellow fever In the Panama
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    Lock icon Refugees: A special fund proposal
    198 6 Reuter AFP United Nations, Tuesday A United States congressman said yesterday he would propose legislation under which the Asian Development Bank would set up a special emergency fund to help resettle Indochinese refugees. Representative Lester Wolff (Democrat, New York), chairman at the House Asian and
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    Lock icon Haig's bang
    62 6 UPI picture An investigator from the Supreme Allied headquarters in Casteau, Belgium, examines the wrecked security car that was destroyed in the land mlnp aaadimtiffll attempt on Nato chief General Alexander Haig early yesterday. Gen Haig, due to retire within a week, escaped unhurt. Said he after his
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    Lock icon Odd Corner
    29 6 DJ Hss&jferei fare her weMag. Bat (he MB buns *0 wmi fell aver mm ea—ei nm diMft to her toorily bene. YT—tl MM, laeltojjy, to YVONNE FBYEB.-DJ
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      325 6 The One And Satu-satunya Only Trick Muslihal Tunggal illustrator: Luj Thue Wah <•* o <r; £0 M 1 f i s It. 'J W s 5 »>« 2* 8 1 .V 11* LI *>*iPia*i6±* ©««!&*>?• ©MS12T €<fc*HlSf*S(*H* W* ttttius. i&i mwt&t. mmmt SJ&s-t-ABWsedifMi-t»H« RMglllt *t* W'h*ttifi»*7aeft<>5S.6• But Mm donkey did
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    Lock icon 2.5m barrels of oil to gush out
    362 7 Mexico accident: Greatest ecological disaster World Focus AFP Mextoe City, Tseadty: An accident involving the sinking of a floating oil rig following an oil and gas leak in the Gulf of Mexico has developed into the greatest ecological disaster in the history of
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    Lock icon China industry in the red: Hua
    183 7 AFP Peking, Tuesday Nearly one quarter of China's state-run industrial enterprises are in the red and have received an ultimatum to come up with profits within one year or close down. This warning was made by Premier and Communist Party Chairman Hua Guofeng in
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    Lock icon Saucer airships project
    132 7 Reuter London, Tuesday British investors were yesterday asked to put funds into a project for a flying-saucer airship designed to carry a minimum payload of 10 tonnes or 100 passengers. The scheme, launched on the London Stock Exchange by a firm called Therm o-Sky ships, is for
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      243 7 IM 9W JAV/A' New Tabard Insect Repellent, your mobile mosquito net. Get complete protection against vicious mosquitoes, sandflies, all stinging and biting insects. They II keep away for 5 hours with just one application. Tabard, with a natural, herbal fragrance, is effective, quick-drying and kind to the skin. New Tabard
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    National wages challenge
    466 8 This year's National Wages Council recommendations will give Singapore's workers what has been denied them in three years of understandable wage restraint a bigger slice of the economic cake. Let us not have any doubt on that score. The NWC is not giving handouts which our workers
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      Scary book
      73 8 In a bout of depression, a man decided to brow* through the National Library for a book that would give a lift to his spirits. He chanced upon one book that attracted Mm most. He opened the first page and rinit the book immediately The first line read:
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      Oily prizes
      63 8 You know that the oil crisis Is for real when petrol becomes more coveted than champagne. That was what happened in a disco la Istanbul when the first two prlaas offered for a dancing Competition were Jerry cans of petrol. The third prise Mmmn got a bottle of
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    Lock icon Ohira prepares to be a mediator
    838 8  -  at summit of seven leading industrial nations Swadesh De Roy "It seems God has not forsaken me," Prime Minister Masayoshl Ohira is reported to have said as he prepared to preside at the "summit" of the western world here this week. This self-assurance of
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    Malik's attack on 'bad govt' wearing out
    611 9  -  INDONESIAN HEADLINES His admission of govt faults has earned him fans but a few are becoming disillusioned »V Ismail Kassim Vice-President Adam Malik pledged early last year that he would not allow himself to be gagged when he accepted nomination as President Suharto's
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    Refugee tide may bring the plague
    324 9 VOICE OF THE PRESS BANGKOK POST While we are all concerned with the humanitarian aspects of the refugee problem in Thailand, we are forgetting that these human tides from Indochina will probably bring disease into Thailand and other parts of South-east Asia. Large numbers
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      126 9 Start with the inside. It's the most spacious car of its class. Ample kneeroom, elbow-room, headroom for 5 Europeans. Real tog-size comfort I And it's built with a high degree of reliability and strength that measures up to stringent scientific tests. Powered by a 903 cc engine, it has outstanding
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    Lock icon The tent people
    1088 10/11  -  This camp at the Thai border could as well be 'a small slice of heaven' for... Yon have heard of the beat people. Lesser known bat just as nightmarish is the plight of the tent people tens of thousands of Kampnehean refugees fleeing from the ravages of
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  • trend 1 EDITED BY SYLVIA LEOW
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      Executive chic
      500 12  -  How unexciting, but there are high points By Barry Seah There was nothing that was too flamboyant; every piece was tasteful and wearable it was cool executive chic being shown throughout. And how unexciting they were. But not the show: it was one of Singapore's better localpresentations. This
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    • Dear Ros
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        Why does she blow hot and cold?
        179 13 I have been going steady for one and a half years with a girl one year older than me. She is 25. Our relationship is strong so I cannot undei'stana why she does not allow me to visit her home. She always talks
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        The 14-year itch?
        356 13 We have been married 14 years and have two children. We were very happy until about a year ago when my husband got involved with another woman. Since then his behaviour towards the family has changed. He has even hit me on three occasions and tells me
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        It's not the end Jimmy
        300 13 I am 38 and will probably remain a bachelor all my life, because I have become impotent through an accident. I am the only son in the family and there is nobody to carry on the family line. I cannot understand why God is so
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        Gnawing worry
        124 13 Six years ago a boy fondled me intimately. This incident has remained on my mind. Am I still a virgin? I am 16 but have not yet got my menstruation. WORRIED KIND Dear WORRIED KIND. II yaa have sever had sexaal latere—rec, then y«u are still a virgin.
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        Cheeks or lips?
        128 13 Is it normal for a teenage girl to kiss another teenage girl on the cheeks or the lips? GEMINIAN Dear GEAfINIAN, A ■finals ud eves birds express affeetlea by Uaefetag ui kMag. The hunu race, be lag mere "elvflleed", has leant te pet earbs ea natural lastlaeta.
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      Lock icon Migraine: Don't be a perfectionist
      580 13 Doc's Casebook SLCK 1 nffer severe headaches regularly and have ben teM by the dec tars I've sees that it is migraine. "Medication has net helped. Please tell me mere a beat migraine headaches and is there scire?" This plea from a young lady is
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      394 13 Areyousure your Baby's feeding bottles are free from harmful bacteria? Your baby's feeding utensils can be the biggest threat to its health. Unless they are completely clean, they are not completely safe. Minute particles of food left on the teat or in the bottle can encourage the growth and multiplication
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    First show of computers
    320 14  -  'Firms prefer buying to sharing machines' Business Neus i and i Views By Lee Yew Meng The first international computer exhibition, featuring mainframes and related equipment, will be held at the Work) Trade Centre in August. The four-day exhibition (Aug 11 to 14), Computa '79, is
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    People in business
    131 14 American Express International Banking Corporation has promoted Mr DaaM Roberta vice president of its Hong Kong regional office. His responsibilities centres on marketing for correspondent banks, governments and multinational corporations in the Far East and Pacfic. Mr Roberts has extensive banking experience in the United States, South-east
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    Lock icon Money market
    217 14 UPI London, Tuesday The US dollar closed lower on all major European markets except Brussels yesterday. Gold opened at all-time record highs in London and Zurich, but slipped back fractionally in later trading. In London gold opened at U*****.50 an ounce, topping the previous record of U*****.75 set
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    Lock icon New York Exchange
    220 14 UPI New York, Tuesday The stock market began what promises to be a tension-packed week by dropping along a broad front yesterday amid Investor uncertainty about how much Opec will raise oil prices. Trading was active. Selling was triggered from the outset after Manefa Said A 1
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    Giant cleaner can do work of 5 men
    133 14 Elphant Vac (left), the mobile vacuum unit, made Its debut yesterday at the Imac Asia '79 and Conpez Asia '79 exhibitions at the World Trade Centre. All it needs is an operator and it can do the work of five men. Operating
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    38 14 UPI New York, Tuesday Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 844.25 (off 4.85): 20 transport 240.85 (off 0.53); 15 utilities 105.11 (off 0.40); 65 stocks ***** (off 1.31) UPI
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      117 14 advert isen>ent feature People going OVERSEAS go to FOOK ON first Because ,vp have 'he woest ranqe o' Winter cioth'ngs at the 'Tost reasonable prices FOOK ON CO. (PTE) LTD. (Department Store) 83-85, South Bridge Road, Tel: *****. Branches (Open on Sundays) 347 People's Park Complex. Tel: *****5. 1.82-1.83 Lucky
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      26 14 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you possess a keen mind and a penetrating wit. Your knowledge of how to persuade others even
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      369 14 against their will to do your bidding may take you a long way towards success. It may also, however, gain you more enemies than friends. You would do well to exercise your powers with extreme tact, so that those whom you do not influence do not feel obligated to prove
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  • SHOPPING
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      Where to buy Italian ceramic tiles
      386 15 If your own contractor doesn't have any Italian ceramic or marble tiles available, you can buy them at Mui Kwang Interiors. The firm is having a special offer In the month of July and according to a spokesman, "you pay a special price but
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      157 15 Renovation Reputation... We've got it. Excellence in renovation come with j experience, fine workmanship and top quality products. At Leefon, we've got all three. We've earned our great reputation. And we intend to keep it. i Ti-- LEEFON CORPORATION (PTEl LTD T.. 4.'.>•»« oil jj EPOS HUN MS hot Experience.
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  • SPORT STARTS HERE
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      Lock icon Borg gets an early scare
      672 16 Tennis UPI Wimbled—, Tuesday Bjorn Borg of Sweden began his quest for his fourth consecutive Wimbledon singles title when he defeated America's Tom Gorman 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-1 in his opening match of the 1979 championships here yesterday. Like most of the firstround matches, the
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      Lock icon Again the rains had to come
      119 16 Reuter Wimbledon, Tuesday Hardened tennis-wa toners described the start of the 93rd Wimbledon tennis championships which began yesterday as being strictly traditional. It rained on and off most of the day, a tennager was almost trampled to death in the schoolgirl rush to touch
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      Lock icon Lesson for Samad and his men
      563 17  -  By JEFFREY LOW Almost all the football was played by the Irishmen, leaving Singapore floundering in their own failure to read the game right from the start. Although this freindly international last night Jave coach Ibrahim wang the chance to field all his Merdeka
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      Chee and Chow shine
      431 18  -  Hurdlers beat the heat in heats Athletics By SURESH NAIR The scorching midafternoon heat took its toll on the opening day of the 20th National Inter-School track and field championships at the National Stadium yesterday. Most of the athletes found it tough going to come up
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      Forces 'A' the better half
      234 18  -  Basketball ■y SHIRLEY TAN Armed Forces "A" team showed that they were the better of the two when they heat their "B" side 82-66 in the National League basketball championship at the Gay World Stadium last night after a one-week break for the Phey Yew.
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      Fight date
      33 18 Johannesburg. Tuesday The World Boxing Association heavyweight boxing championship fight between Jonh Tate of America and South Africa's Genie Coetzee is likely to be held in Pretoria in September or October.
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      271 16 k C ACBOBB 1 Copycat 5 Northern Spy, e.g. 10 Boutique 14 Pale and lustrous 15 Laundry appliance 16 Stance 17 Formerly 18 Oldtime entertainment 20 Meriwether 21 Church benches 22 Witch of 23 Ascertain 25 Ripped 27 Ticked 29 Nazi emblem 33 Odors 34 Sovereign's dominion 36 Legal point
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      45 17 ANDY CAPP a > 65 CX-2 Sk m 31 81 vim K v SHORT RIBS I HAVE HERE" A UTTUE MACE-IN-America number WHAT IS IT A R3SO STICK. 5^ y NORBERT by Frank O Neal perfect pornour NEXT 6BBACT LfAP RD(?WA(?P. H m by George Fett
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      228 18 '(77.T3 AZ TUESDAY MONEYWORDS Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./ Mrs./ Miss): Address: N R.I.C. No: Tel: ISJjc FILL IN MIBBINQ LETTERS ACROBB CLUES BELOW along dotted lines MHMMa CLUES FOR IM-2* 1. It blows 2. Thanks to a charming voice, may be
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  • What's On A page that tells you what's happening on TV and in town
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      Solving crimes under guises
      382 19  -  And he uncovers a lot in police drama By Judith Helmberg A guest appearance in an episode of Police Story launched David Cassidy as' the latest TV detective in a new .series called Man Undercover. Cassidy portrayed an undercover officer, Dan Shay, in a special two-hour
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      427 19  -  Glitter Chatter •>» Teo Lin Huay Singer-actor Samuel Hui is doing the Hong Kong music circle proud by being the only singer from the British colony selected to participate in the prestigious Tokyo Music Festival. He knocked out more than 300
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      513 19 nd around town THE PHILIPPINES a talk-cum-slide show on the country by a representative of the Philippine Embasy, at the Marine Parade branch library, at 7.30 p.m. Admission is free. CREATIVITY AND THE INDIVIDUAL exhibition of arts and crafts by students, art teachers nd artists, at the National Museum's Young
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      576 19 GEB T*day: 5.57 a.m. (0.1 m), 12.41 p.m. (2.3m) t 5.53 P.m. (1.0 m), 11.44 p.m. (2.7 m). T*m*rr«w: 6.35 a.m. 0.1 m), 1.16 p.m. (2.3 m), .34 p.m. (1.0 m). Tharsday: 12.22 a.m. (2.7 m), 7.12 a.m. (0.1 m), 1.49 p.m. (2.3 m), 7.13 p.m. (1.0 m). Friday: 1.00
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    49 20 AH TOOK: The People's Association has drawn 200 activities for its courtesy campaign to last till Decern- f MKI LIN: That sounds like the biggest effort to date. But the real test, of course, will be whether courtesy will be sustained after these well-plan-ned campaigns are over.
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      206 20 lit i i The NAD 3020 amplifier incorporates a new technological feature SOFT CLIPPING. When an amplifier is driven to its maximum power, clipping occurs and its sound reproduction is harsh. With soft clipping the third and higher order of harmonics are removed at clipping stage, simulating the characteristics of
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      774 20 TV MOMMM AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 700 million people in 43 countries can't be wrong. TELEFUNKEK ).U OPENING NOUNCEMENT8followed by LA VERNE AND SHIRLEY: Talt ent Show (r). S.Sf DIARY OP EVENTS. Ml AFTERNOON MATINEE: No Love for Johnnie. Part 2. This movie is about an ambitious man who gives
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      207 20 Today's top shows RETURN OF THE SAINT: The Nightmare Man. (Ch. 5, 8.25 p.m. in colour). While trying to save a foreign diplomat from being killed, Simon Templar finds that he is the murderer's real target. WOLPER SPECIALS: The Killer Instinct. (Ch. 5, 9.55 p.m. in colour). An in-depth study
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  • A MATTER OF TIME A New Nation Special Feature on Clocks and Watches
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      Keeping track of time
      152 21 IN a busy world, the need to keep track of time has resulted in the development of timekeeping products that are breaking new barriers in accuracy and which are sold at moderate prices unheard of a few years ago. But besides being accurate time-keeping devices, clocks
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      That reliable old ticker
      449 22  -  By Judith Hale DWARFED by towering skyscrapers in Singapore's throbbing commercial hub, there stands a clock one of the city's historical treasures. That special timepiece sits atop the Victoria Memorial Hall, providing a welcome contrast to the city's concrete skyline. During Its 73 years of existence,
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      Elegance and the keywords unisex are of today
      918 24  -  m i i i;k ok s n i i:... Byl Margaret Chan ELEGANCE and unisex are the keywords of modern day watch styling. Men's watches are becoming dressier and smaller and women's styles, following the trend of emancipation, are becoming larger and
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      Family tradition combined with new methods
      187 24 THERE are many areas in France that have a reputation (or a particular craft and where craftsmen still honour the traditions handed down through the generations. Watch-making is in the blood of the people of Morteau, just near the Swiss border, and the family
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      Time on their hands
      530 26/27 A LOVE for clocks and watches runs in the Mun family who together have one of the finest collections of old clocks in Singapore. It all started with Mr Mun Sah, 79, who joined a watch repairers firm in 1917, when he came here from China,
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      Putting old clocks together
      371 26/27  -  By Richard Adhikari SIX years ago Philip Soh decided it was time to get married and settle down. He quit his Job as a ship's quartermaster and began dealing in furaiture. While doing so, he developed an interest in antique clocks, and time has played a
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      They do almost anything but talk
      479 28 By Yvonne Ang THERE was a time when your watch gave you the time of day when you wanted it and that was that. Watches came in different shapes, sizes and colours but their function was clear to let you know how late you
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      She holds her own
      249 28 CERTAINLY proud to hold her own in a chiefly male domain is Peggy Leong Yoke Thai. Peggy has been a watch technician for the last nine years and has carved a name for herself in the field of watch repairs. Peggy is the authority on after-sales
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      The Swiss are streamlining
      371 29 In order to compete with.S-E Asia SWISS watch manufacturers have streamlined operations and cut manufacturing costs to enable the industry to compete with watch producers in South-east Asia. Mr Henri Schaeren, president of the Swiss exhibitors' committee' for the recent European Watch, Clock and Jewellery Fair
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      The complete quartz digital watch
      143 29 A SWISS firm, Ebauches Electroniques S.A., has developed the world's most complete quartz digital watch < with no fewer than fourteen functions combined with a simple-to-use, highly legible display system. The new quartz watch movement, the ESA 946.921, contains a multiple-performance, micro-miniaturised integrated circuit of
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      Liars, watch out
      113 29 IF someone keeps checking his watch during your conversation, it may not be that you are boring him. He could, think you are a liar. A New York firm hopes to have wrist-watch lie detectors in the shops soon. Communications Control Systems, which does a US$3O million
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      In the old style
      339 30 Replicas of famous clocks THERE is probably only a single original of one of these in the famous museums of the world. They are classical clocks that have made horological history. Most of them will not be lor sale or if they are-wll probably cost fortune.
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      Swiss watches go full speed ahead
      442 31 SWISS watch manufacturers, going full speed ahead on the development of quartz electronic timepieces, introduced a number of new items for 1979. Highlighted by an ultrathin, digital display quartz watch produced by Ebauches Electroniques S.A., Marin (EEM), an affiliate of Ebauches S.A. the world's
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      Asuag aims for the 'Swiss quality' level
      361 31 "YOU cannot dispute the value of Swiss Made as standing for quality which justifies a price difference." So says Mr Pierre Renggli, president of Asuag, the General Corporation of Swiss Horological Industries. Asuag groups 12 companies and Is a manufacturing company and not
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      Timing the action
      138 31 HEUER stopwatches were one of the first to be used to time international sporting events. They were first used at the Olympic Games when they were held in Antwere 1928 to time the Olympic Games held in Pun and Amsterdam respectively. Since those early days, the company
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      A jewel of a watch
      476 32  -  By Richard He THE NAME Schlegel and Plana in jewels and watches means more than just exclusivity to their owners. Each creation is a work of art. Each idea, each gem is lovingly perfected by Schlegel and Plana personally working with a small team of
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      $126 million in watches imported last year
      337 32 SINGAPORE is an important distributing centre for manufacturers of watches and clocks throughout the world. The location of Singapore, the higher buying power of the people ana its stability are the main reasons for its role as a show window for time pieces
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      92 25 MOVADO SWISS </•>; V. I I An Award-winning Masterpiece The new Movado Swiss t antasy' is a modern < lassie So no wonder it was awarded tht' Gold Medal reiently by the N;>w Art Museum of New Vork It's like wearing an art form on y< ut wrist 1 ake
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      145 26/27 Tlhe Lanvln TiMEpiECE: VERy sTRikiNq,VERy srylisln non? See the complete range at the following authorised dealers: ANB PTE. LTD., People's Park Complex ANG GIFT SHOP, Lucky Plaza ATAKA High St Shopping Centre CHANRAI'S, Hilton Hotel CORTINA WATCH CENTRE PTE. LTD.. Lucky Plaza KOK HENG CO., Raffles Place LEATHER LODGE, Cold
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      38 28 =MS tfL i.* f > 2! 5: The Name lb Watch ol> the ToMHy ctependabl*. Vie awl design. Coi the taw advancements' tri watch Technos of Switzerland. It meets your every expectation as the better Swiss watch. rrj ComptonO4ot
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      163 29 I ***** PL 01 Mote thanjust aprethjface. When it comes to fashion, the French know how to take their time. "a Anguenot. Created with French accent on beauty. A dedication that shows. In impeccable styling. A nd shimmering elegance. So irresistible... you'll want to own one. Choose from our wide
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      43 30 Here are two Olympic stopwatches marking Hewer's appointment as official time-keeper. Sole Agent: ASSOCIATE ENTERPRISES (PTE) LTD., s- 62A &D SOUTH BfOQGE RQAO, SINGAPORE 010»"* w Ta.Nos.992M<>&«63l' .1.J.1 J..,.. »<•» .J* •> <•»*•■•»-« -»TI 'lift'l'VU > »-ll t .'ifOTff'(/I'tV /rlh) tpf'' Wr s'ii < n Ptfiv i t/V
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      97 31 SOVRIIM i SOVRIN RED LED The Incomparable SOVRIN Green Digitron Timer 4-digit green digitron display 12/24 hours display format Power failure indicator 9-minute snooze alarm Fast and slow set controls Seconds display Time set enable switch Dimmer control SOVRIN Liquid Crystal Alarm Clock Portable Easy-to-read Liquid Crystal Display Separate hours
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