New Nation, 27 July 1979

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    18 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Fridoy, July 27, 1979 2630 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 144/1/79 NEW (0) NATION COMMENT!
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    More may have to pay up
    293 1  -  Union's pay-to-benefit scheme By Ivan Lim More non-unionised workers may have to pay (or the benefits unions obtain (or their members. This outcome is assured if what the Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation (Silo) has achieved catches on. The giant industrial union recently succeeded in
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    Lock icon Sweden: Sex paradise has become a 'hell' — report
    260 1 Sweden: Sex paradise has become a 'hell' report AFP Paris, Friday The' famous sexual revolution pioneered in Sweden has ende~d in defeat, the French magazine, Paris Match claims this week. In the second part of a two-week inquiry into modern Sweden headlined "Runaway Sex," journalist Yves de Saint Agnes suggests
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    Seamen due back next week
    117 1 Survivors of the ill-fated freighter Tong Nam which sank off the South Africa on Wednesday are expected to be repatriated to Singapore early next week. The local agents for the 6300-tonne ship, Singapore Cosmos Shipping, has received conflicting reports on the number of survivors and
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    SMMWU to train its members
    281 2  -  Skills will be useful in leaner times By Ivan Lim The Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union is spending about $10,000 -to convert part of its headquarters into a training centre. It is the first union to do so. The move is to help its
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    School to open officially
    117 2 Three years after its completion, the $3.68 million Boon Lay Secondary School will be officially opened on Aug 2 by the MP for Boon Lay, Mr Ngeow Pack Hua. The school, the 137 th built by the government, was completed in December 1976 and became operational
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    Study on poets
    38 2 University of Singapore's extramural studies department will hold a 20-lecture course on The Romantic Poets Blake, Wordsworth, Shelley at the English Department every Monday ana Friday beginning Aug 3 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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    Power cut
    48 2 The Public Utilities Board will carry out cable diversion work at 14 km to 16 km Tampines Road, Tampines Avenue, Jalan Hong Keng, Jalan Sam Kongsi, Lorong Wall and part of Bumbun Selatan on Tuesday. Electricity supply will be cut from 10 a.m. and 7.30 p.m.
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    STOCK MARKET
    177 2 Market sentiment improved following the reception of ordinary settlement dealings at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Several firm spots apG eared. They Included nited Engineers and Jack Chia-M.P.H., both of which gained 6 cents each to $1.56 and $136 respectively. Hwa Hong Manufacturing, which was listed yesterday,
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    Crew goes on strike
    61 2 The crew of an 8887ton ne Liberian-registered vessel, Emerald, went on strike yesterday over a pay dispute, sources said. Port of Singapore Authority workers were called in to help the ship's officers after the crew, mainly Koreans, refused to put the ship's derrick. The vessel, scheduled
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    It will cost more to get haircut
    258 3 You will have to pay between 70 cents and one dollar more to cut your hair from next week. The 600-strong Singapore Hair Dressers Employers' Association decided at its recent annual general meeting to raise its charges from August 1. An official of
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    Two win campus hospital contracts
    103 3 Two contracts worth more than $5 million for piling the foundation of the Keng Ride Teaching Hospital have been awarded by the Public Works Department to two local contractors. The teaching hospital, costing $145 million, will be the last major building to be completed for
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    HK tours for gourmets
    173 3 To capitalise on Hong Kong's reputation as a gourmet's paradise, a travel agency has packaged a tour to teacn visitors how to cook the colony's cuisine. A spokesman of Cahtay Pacific Airways which is organising the tour with Mansfield Travel, said the food discovery tour is
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    Clinic to be closed
    40 3 The government maternal and child health clinic at Pulau Sudong and Pulau Seking will be closed from Aug 1 due to low attendances. Residents of these two islands are advised to use the Pasir Panjang Polyclinic.
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    Father of three, bachelor missing
    275 4 A Singapore bachelor and a father of three are among the sailors (eared drowned when' the Singaporeregistered freighter, Tong Nam, broke up in a storm off Durban in South Africa two days ago. Reports cfuoting the Durban port authority said the search for the sailors
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    Lock icon Paying for Concorde tests
    141 4 AP Kuala Lumpur, Friday Malaysian Environmental Protection Society president Gurmit Singh yesterday suggested that British -Airways and Singapore Airlines finance tests to prove that Concorde flights over Malaysia do not harm the environment. Mr Gurmit said they should finance the cost of personnel and equipment required
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    'Big brother' Louis just can't give up school ties
    311 5 Sixty-three years ago, at the age of 12, Mr Louis Yong was one of the oldest boys in his Primary One class at St Anthony's Boys' School. Today, at 75, he is still "big brother" to anyone from the school. As
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    Talks on fishing in Indonesia
    261 5 Approval being sought A Singapore firm, Sin Yang Fishery Development Company, is hoping for fishing rights in Indonesian waters. If it succeeds, the company's vessels will be able to cast their nets in waters off Maluku, Ku|>ang, Timor and West The company, which is a
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    Lock icon Regina has stage fright
    166 6 It happened just after one line when stage fright gripped four-year-old Regina Eng Luan. Mother rushed to the stage to give encouragement but words failed to come forth from Regina. Despite the coaxing, tears started to flow. Ana that was when her mother Mrs S. K.
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    Safety: Don't compromise
    317 6 Management must enforce strict safety discipline even at the expense of angering the unions. Unions, on their part, should cooperate with management in seeing that safety procedures are observed. This was the message put across to both management and unions by the Minister of State (Defence), Mr
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      405 6 Learning The Divine Way Berilmu Cara Kebatinan illustrator: Lui Thue Wah nag Ml Inirai^ w t V m 'J *u 8 5 P. 1 a >\v J IV/ %mn airax *f&wmrai o tt&t: "tftfSTWjraHT s JTO^«LtH3ea&m*. ATCUI On reaching the master's bedroom. The master awoke after a long Wu Kong
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    Lock icon US bid to call 'all party' talks
    347 7 Reuter Washington, Friday The United States is trying to convene a conference of all parties to the conflict in Kampuchea to try to find a political solution to the problems facing that country, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance said yesterday. Mr Vance told
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    Lock icon Kevin's big boneyard
    62 7 World Focus This la Kevta NmAi msatiiia iMMsf 91 Well, eat exactly. They are Jul flbreglaas aad plastic Ufe-slae r«|)Ucaa ef the real Kevia, a teehaldaa la the palesatelagy laheratery la the Udvenity «f Aniona, eapM then frem real miitalia heaea aaearthed la Mhaearl la IVJI. They
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      18 7 See Page 14 HI gj M Mora wona fttwi in Paaaa 10/11. Today and Odd Cornar ara inPagalO.
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      218 7 You don't have to go to You don't have to go to Satay Club for a really Albert Street for a really magnificent Satay Feast delicious Smoked Duck. You don't have to go to the East Coast for really excellent Chilli Crabs. v ft V X 4 f •> tf*
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    Vietnam and the Sea Games
    453 8 Just two months before the 10th Sea Games in Jakarta, Vietnam is showing some interest in taking part. Hanoi reportedly intends to compete in athletics, swimming and shooting. As an absentee member (together with two other such members, Kampuchea and Laos) of the 10-member Sea
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      Love on the dole
      71 8 Psychologists say that getting the sack can give you a new sex life. Being Jobless causes acute stress, which sets the adrenalin flowing rapidly. There has to be an outlet and that means sex. So love on the dole has become a randy reality for Britain's
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      Panda-monium
      63 8 The Chinese are leaving no stones unturned to promote their latent export venture in stuffed toy pandas which, they claim, will give America's Mickey Mouse some tough competition. An article in the offi- cial party newspaper said the other day: "How can Mickey Mouse's popularity last so long? Try
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    THE RUMBLINGS ARE FROM WITHIN
    476 8  -  FRIDAY WITH ISMAIL KASSIM ISMAIL KASSIM The lines between the government and the opposition have become blurred in recent months as dissent against the Suharto regime becomes more prevalent. The more vocal critics are from within. VicePresident Adam Malik, for instance, highlighted the shortcomings of
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    Lock icon Lonesome and nowhere to go...
    392 8 Reuter Moscow: The switchboard girls of the Moscow information service had no idea if there was a lonely hearts club in the city, but if there was they wanted to be told. "If you find out, for heavens sake tell us. We're lonely t00../' The
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    Lock icon Get the feel of politics
    344 8 Special class in blind school AP Shanghai (China): Children run their hands over the plaster beard of Karl Marx, touch Lenin's sharp goatee and feel the smooth round face of Chairman Mao. It is a politics class in the Shanghai School for the Blind. About
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    Desai and the critic who takes his place
    119 9 The critic has become the leader. That's Mr Charan Singh, (right) in one of his less argumentative moods posing with outgoing premier Mr Morarji Desai. This AP picture was taken last January soon after Mr Desai welcomed Mr Charan Singh, his leading
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    Lock icon India's PM-designate is a man of few words
    369 9 But Charan Singh is reputed to have a strong will and speaks his mind when he wants to UPI New Delhi: Charan Singh is a man of few words. His critics say he is taciturn but he speaks his mind when he
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    Lock icon Singh sees leaders of allies
    380 10 World Focus Reuter New Delhi, Friday Prime Minister designate Charan Singh was today meeting leaders of the official Congress Party and other allies to form a new government. Mr Singh, 76, received the nod from President Sanjiva Reddy yesterday to end India's three-week-old political crisis
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    Lock icon Tipplers cheer
    125 10 Reuter Makers la New Delhi yesterday celebrated moves to form a new government which could meaa the ead ef caretaker premier Merarjl DesaTs strict prohibition laws. Although Prime Minister designate Charaa Slagh Is a non-drinker like Mr Desal he Is net expected to pash threagh prohibition with the
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    Lock icon Odd Corner
    120 10 AFP Nairobi, Friday A judge here has acquitted a Dutch tourist of stealing a roll of toilet paper nam a hotel because he was suffering from diarrhea after aa up-country visit. The Judge said he was acquitting Theedeer DeJuug because sf the scant value sf the lavatory roll
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    Lock icon Today
    92 10 UPI TODAY is Friday, July 27, the 208 th day of 19TO with 157 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. French novelist Alexander Dumas was born on July 27, 1824. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1909, Orville Wright set a world
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    Lock icon Moscow rejects Beijing protest
    248 11 World Focus Reuter Mmmw, Friday The Soviet Union yesterday rejected a Beijing protest over a border incident in which a Chinese official was killed last week and accused China of lying to the world about the affair. The official Tass news agency said China's protest, delivered
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    Lock icon Fingers way to painless dental work
    199 11 AFP Hong Kong, Friday A Chinese dentist as successfully extracted more than 30,000 teeth by pressing his fingers at several acupuncture points without the use of drugs or anaesthesia, the New China news agency, reported yesterday. Patients feel no pain or only slight pain
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    Lock icon Where' a sex change is cheap
    115 11 AFP Jakarta, Friday The Ministry ef Health hu —M six hssjdlnls la the country where sex change surgery can he per* termed at relatively little cost, It was announced here yesterday. At eaeh ef these hsspltals, a team e( experts, including psychiatrists, psychelsglsts, lawyers,
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    Lock icon When water will be vital
    139 11 UPI Washington, Friday x A senior US official said yesterday that the shortage of water in the Middle East may soon become as politically important to the region as the abundance of oil. "Over the next few years, water issues will increasingly occupy the attention
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      Down from the clouds
      264 12/13 f 1 he Arts > A "Mountains are quite difficult to paint. If you do not capture their majesty properly, they look like mounds of ice kacang," said Mr Ong Kim Seng. Which made it even more challenging for him when he made his trek to
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      Bungalow buffet
      709 12/13 Fntiny Out It was a hot sultry afternoon. I took a dip in a swimming pool, lazily soaking In sun and water and working up an appetite, before adjourning for a buffet spread in colonial comfort. That was how I spent one Sunday afternoon at Admiralty House in
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      Moppet of a girl who has her heart on her finger
      356 12/13  -  Sundown scene l >> Margaret Chan The lady wears her heart on her finger. It is huge, as far as hearts on fingers go, and studded with diamonds. The glitter flashes as she prances through her numbers. She is
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    Lock icon Pray explain that Viet moratorium
    682 14 Will the unwanted be expelled to the jungle? NYT Geneva: A senior Vietnamese official was asked what United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim meant when he announced at a 65nation conference here on Indochinese refugees that Vietnam would try to stem "illegal" departures for a "reasonable
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    Firm: Our device can help
    425 15  -  'Savings of up to $40,000 a year' Business News and Views 2 pages. I i By Lee Yew Meng The electricity bill for a 25-storey building can be trimmed by 140,000 a year if energy wastage is reduced. Multiply this on a national scale and
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    Lock icon US faces worst inflation
    178 15 Reuter Washington, Friday The United States has just experienced its worst sixmonth burst of Inflation in 28 years, capped by a percentage point rise in consumer prices in June. Government figures show that the June increase was only marginally below the the IJ. per cent rise
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      151 15 f* > wX a 4 JjiSGWftf iSssm at the perfect tropical holiday paradise Enjoy carefree days among waving palm trees, miles of blue waters and golden sandy beaches. Indulge in sea-sports, golf and tennis. Sample new food and fruits or simply do nothing. At night, dance in the funkiest discotheque
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      603 15 FRIDAY NEW NATION MONEYWORDS Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./ Mrs./ Miss): Address: N R.I.C. No: Tel: IB |T |T| E |R F,LL ,N TRTI ,MIBB.NO L U TR E LETTERB TR A C S ACROBB UBINQ UMB L E CLUES EDUCE —11l
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    Flatted factories very popular
    216 16 Demand for Jurong Town Corporation's standard factory buildings remained buoyant in 1978/79. As at March 31 this year, the occupancy rate of all its 619 units was 90 per cent, compared with 86 per cent a year ago. JTC attributed this to the increasing number of
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    New York Exchange
    199 16 Stocks rallied to post a small gain yesterday as investors brushed aside news that 1979 consumer firices were rising at the astest rate in 28 years. Trading was moderately active. The Dow Jones industrial average, down nearly 3 points at midday, recovered in the afternoon te add
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    37 16 UPI New York, Friday Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange day:30 industrials 839.76 (up 0.25); 20 transport 250.68 (off 0.05); 15 utilities 108.15 (up 0.17); 65 stocks 298.70 (up 0.12). UPI
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    Lock icon Money market
    202 16 Business I News and Views L- 1 UPI London, Friday The dollar inched ahead on most European money markets yesterday in cautious trading prompted by dealers waiting for today's release of US trade figures. But the price of gold rose both in London and Zurich, opening at a
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    Lock icon Aussie Ford scores a first
    333 17 Reuter Moscow, Friday The Soviet Union continued their domination of the Spartakiad yes- terday, winning a crop of gold medals in the gymnastics, swimming and rowing. The highlight of the second day of the swimming was the second fastest men's 200 metres freestyle of all
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    5 and 3 win
    36 17 Elaine Conjugacion and Kiyo Masaki won the Singapore Island Country Club Elder Trophy when they beat Mary Moffa and June Murray 5 and 3 in the final at the Island Course yesterday.
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      628 17 PUBLIC AUCTION CHAPTER 222 (PAWNBROKERS) Unredeemed pledges made up to January 1979 consisting of gold and silver ornaments. Jewelleries etc. pledged with the following pawnshops will be sold by public auctlon:Baa Hla PnuUp Baa Jo© Pawaakop Baa Laka Pawaakop Koaa Looag Pawaakop Foot Li a a Pawaakop Fook Kooa Pawaakop
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    Tiger Note II goes fast on a heavy track
    322 18  -  By TURF RAY Waa LI wound up his preparations for this weekdn with an impressive workout at Batu Gantong this morning. With Martin Sng up the Great Heron five-year-old displayed good action in a 600 m gallop in 44. The going
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    Scratchings
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    Six clubs save SAAA meet
    482 19  -  Athletics By SURESH NAIR Six leading clubs saved the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association's Inter-Club championship from being cancelled by sending in their entries at the 11th hour. There were doubts earlier over the staging of the championship in view of the poor response from local
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    Lock icon Ali to hold clinic at college
    224 19 I Boxing Agencies New York, Friday. Muhammad All, who recently announced his retirement from boxing, has accepted an invitation to appear next month at the international special Olympics at the state university college at Brockport. Games director Peter Smits said Ali would attend the
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    Lock icon Weather worry for Soviets
    255 19 Reuter Moscow, Friday. Soviet Olympic officials chose the last fortnight in July for the 1980 Summer Games because statistics show it has more stable weather than later in August. But cold temperatures and rain storms this year in the same period nave caused problems at the
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    S'pore are confident
    141 19 Soccer Singapore are confident of qualifying for the final in the Malaysian Chinese Football Association Cup. The Singapore team led by manager Major John Ong left yesterday morning for Malacca where the South Zone qualifying matches will be played. Major Ong said before departure: "Our chances are
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      109 19 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Ng Tien Han of No Blk. 56, 7K, Marine Terrace, Singapore, have applied for a Beer House First Class licence In respect of premises No Lot 3158 P.T. Kallang Park, Mountbatten Carpark, Singapore, and that this application will be heard In Court No.
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      296 19 f Crossword 1 Closet pest 5 Command 10 Mara: comb, form 14 Rose's beloved 15 Miss Shore 16 Substance 17 Small flute 19 Pundit 20 Invite 21 Nevada town 22 Paying guest 24 "What is new?" 26 Regatta item 27 Decree 29 Parade feature 35 Chews die fat 36 Theasaurus
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    Big Pak invasion
    484 20  -  Nine of them to be seen in action here for first time Boxing By LIM KEE CHAN Pakistani boxers will be seen in action here for the first time when nine of their up-and-coming youngsters trade punches in the Pesta Sukan (Sports Festival) championships at the Gay
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    Sung Lock looks set to set up new mark
    425 20  -  Swimming I By SHIRLEY TAN Anglo-Chinese School student Chew Sung Lock looks set to beat the 100 m backstroke record when the National Schools' swimming championships resume at the Shaw Pool on Monday after a six-day break. The Secondary Three science
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    Swimming also?
    216 20  -  By PHILIP TAN Swimming is likely to be the latest sport to be competed for at constituency level. The Singapore Sports Council are studying some proposals, and may decide to Introduce Inter-Con swimming. But because the SSC have already worked out their programme for this year, they will
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    Lock icon Smid trounces Mottram
    213 20 Tennis AFP Reuter Hilversum (Netherlands), Friday Czech Davis Cup player Tomas Smid humiliated Britain's No 1 Buster Mottram and powered his way to a 6-1, 64) victory to reach the semi-finals of the Dutch Open tennis championships here yesterday. Mottram was never allowed into the match by
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    Lock icon Maier can start training in 8 weeks
    236 20 Soccer UPI Reuter Munich, Friday Doctors who inserted a silver plate into the arm of Sepp Maier, West Germany s veteran National soccer team goalie, said yesterday he would be able to resume training in eight weeks. Maier, 35, was hospitalized with a
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      395 20 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you combine great caution with great courage. Always careful to consider every angle, every possible consequence of a proposed .action, you make no impulsive moves. On thp other hand, you can act swiftly and with tremendous accuracy when the chips are
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    Indonesians head list
    414 21  -  But Singapore's Bee Khim is the favourite TEE-UP Lim Kee Chan Indonesia have once again entered the largest field among the foreign challengers for the Singapore women's championship at the Bukit Course on Aug 1 to 3. Among the lower handicappers in the 17-member Indonesian team are,
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    SGA League
    517 21 Weekend matches (home teams first): Singapore Island Country Club v Changi at Bukit; Warren v Seletar; Jurong v Keppel; Sembawang v Tengah. SICC: Premier Prem Sachdev and Harry Dyne: Sydney Kyle-Little and Ong Chewßee. Handicap M. L. San (10) and Mahinder Singh (13); George S. H. Tan (12)
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    Cathy's four-under 69 after shaky start
    192 21 St. Julie (Canada), Friday After what she described as i4 very shaky start," Canadian Cathy Sherk pulled her game together yesterday to fire a four-under-par 09 in the opening round of a Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour. Sherk, a 28-year-old rookie on the pro
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    Hall one ahead in Dutch Open
    220 21 Noordwijk (Holland), Friday Britain's Jeff Hall, seeking his first victory since turning professional three years ago, returned a five-under-par 67 to take a one stroke lead in the first round of the Dutch Open golf championship here yesterday. Hall collected six birdies, after dropping
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    Lock icon 'B' boys sting their seniors
    323 22 Shock upset in Under-20 tournament Rugby Schools "B" scored a 6-4 upset win in the National Under-20 rugby tournament when they beat their "A" counterparts in the semi-finals at Farrer Parte yesterday. With yesterday's performance and "B" should be strong contenders for the championship title.
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    SRC set to retain title
    253 22 UNBEATEN IN SIX MATCHES Hockey Defending champions Singapore Recreation Club are the current table-toppers at the halfway stage of the Singapore Hockey Association Premier League championship. SRC, who won the League and Knockout titles last season, are unbeaten in six matches with 11 points out
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    Lock icon Heading for record
    91 22 Retuer London, Friday. Troy, runaway winner of the Epsom and Irish Derby classics, will set a record for stakes won by a horse trained in the British isles if he scores Jiis expected victory in fbday's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth stakes at Ascot. Sir Michael
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      55 22 ANDY CAPP Lfisli +Tm do i SHORT RIBS THE BRITISH ARE APPROACHING WITH 20,000 TROOPSIVE CALLED OUT TME MINUTEMEN.WE LL PI&MT "TO "THE LAST MAN. K /*v iO! v NORBERT 'fteos Ai?e LUCKY v ye by Ffonk O'Neal ONI* ONE SHOWED UP THAT WONT 0E WARD. ■r H 1 oft
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      Monkey King to take over...
      246 23 Pans of Chan Chien Pun, the familiar Musical Showcase comedian, will be delighted with the latest Chinese variety show RTS has planned. He will' be featured as the mischievous Monkey King in a serialised sketch adapted from the Chinese classic, Journey to the West, in
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      A gracious afterdinner concert by Godeaux
      542 23  -  Review Bernard Godeaux By Geeorgina Emmanuel It was an elegant and gracious evening. The opulent ballroom was a blaze of light. Waiters in white gloves glided unobtrusively from table to table. The dinner was sumptuous and there was wine a-plenty. But as Bernard Godeaux
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      From London, a discussion on refugees
      175 23 The plight of 600 Vietnamese refugees now housed at a disused RAF station in the south of England will be discussed over Rediffusion in the programme Dateline London. Brigadier Michael Harbottle, the man responsible for their wellbeing, was interviewed by Denis Skillicorn on how
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      730 23 the cinema Ching Han and Lin Feng Chiao. President, Sky: 1.45, 4, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. Oriental: 1, 3.15, 7 and 9.15 P MURDER PLOT (Mandarin): David Chiang stars as a martial artiste who uncovers a sinister plot by another group which wishes to annihilate the experts in his school.
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      64 23 JUDO: National Schools Championship Finals (Hwa Chong Junior College, 2.00 p.m.) 80CCE$: NFL First Division Changi United v Tampines Rovers (Jurong Stadium, 8.00 p.m.) SOFTBALL: National Schools Championship Girls Secondary Group B (various venues, 3.30 p.m.) 8QUASH: Anchor Business Houses League SemiFinals (Singapoe Squash Centre, 7.00j>.m.) VOLLEYBALL: National Schools Championship
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      150 23 Tides TedayT 12.07 a.m. (2.7m), 6.45 a.m. (0.2m), 1.16 p.m. (2.3m), 6.45 p.m. (0.9m). TMnerrew: 12.42 a.m. (2.6m), 7.16 a.m. (0.3m), 1.44 p.m. (2.3m), 7.19 p.m. (0.8m). 8»day: 1.19 a.m. (2.6m), 7.44 a.m. (0.4mK 2.12 p.m. (2.4m), 7.54 p.m. (0.8m). Monday: 1.55 a.m. 2.4m), 8.13 a.m. (0.5m), .43 p.m. (2.3m),
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    43 24 AH FOOK: Talk about inflation! Eggs are so expensive now. I think I'll cut down on my three-egg omelettes and just have two-egg omelettes. MEI LIN: Look on the brighter side. 'You'll be consuming less cholestrol. It's oetter for your heart.
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      719 24 TV AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 700 million people in 43 countries can t be wrong. 3.M OPENING NOUNCEMENTSfoIIowed by HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE (r). i rc*cj Lijv P 1.19 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by FEBTIVAL OP CHOIRS. (See Top Shows of the Day). Ml NEWS IN BKIEP. 646 SPORTS PARADE. 7.M SAMUDRA (M).
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      212 24 Today's top shows FESTIVAL OP CHOIRS: Children in Song. (Ch. 5, 6 p.m. in colour). Filmed at the festival, this programme features songs by the RTS Children's Choir, St Stephen's School Choir, Singapore Children's Choir, Echo Children's Choir, and the Church of the Risen Christ Choir. FAMILY CLASSICS: Little Women.
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