New Nation, 5 August 1979

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    9 1 Sunday Nation AUGUST 5, 1979 30 CENTS M.C.(P) N0.145/1/79
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      50 1 1 r «K1 X 4 ■JaS -i tV *<y/> > v r~ Long service: Telecoms sets pace Page 4 Mattar hits out at 'immoral' Page 2 ]{{~`~>?:`<[(+):,`==@/*![&^"<.$ 'Not every Straits- born a Baba' CPF: All to pay 18 per cent in 3 years Page 2 Asia In ne on Magazi
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    RTS to become statutory board by end of year
    185 2  -  ?y Gerry de Silva THE government hopes Radio and TV Singapore will become a statutory board by the end of the year. It estimates that legislation and other administrative details will be finalised by then. They include the fixing of the
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    Seasweep leaves today
    60 2 THE mercy ship Seasweep is scheduled to leave (or the Ananibas Islands in Indonesia with food supplies and medicines (or starving Vietnamese refugees. "Reports (reaching us indicate they are losing about (ive babies a day due to diseases related to malnutrition," said a spokesman (or the American
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    'Moral danger' warning to fund raisers
    287 2 THE ACTING Minister (or Social Affairs, Dr Ahmad Mattar, last night verbally lashed trade exposition subcontractors (or leading young girls into "moral danger." He also berated "unscrupulous" advertising agencies who hoodwinked fund-raising organisations. He therefore cautioned that social and community organisations must carry out
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    ...and the big parade
    105 2 THE decentralised National Day parades will be held at six centres. Three will be in the morning, starting* at 9 a.m. at Temasek Junior College, Jurong Stadium and Lower "Delta Road. The other three at Jalan Besar, Toa Payoh and Queenstown stadiums will begin at 5
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    RCs break through stone wall of reserve
    181 2 RESIDENTS' committees have broken through the traditional reserve of Singapore's -high-rise dwellers, especially those living in blocks without common corridors. As a result of this success, the government will set up more such committees Jn the next 18 months, said a senior liai-
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    Furore over obscene cards
    134 2 MUSLIM women leaders in Penang have expressed anger over the sale of obscene Hari Raya greeting cards in the market. "Women have often been used as sex symbols in advertisements, but to use pictures of nude or semi-nude women on Hari Raya cards is lust too
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    Lock icon Power from the ocean
    41 2 AP ELECTRICITY has teen produced from sun-heated ocean water. Hawaii officials claimed. Governor George Ariyoshi has pronounced the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) project a success in harnessing, what could be, inexhaustible energy from the sea. AP
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    18 pc CPF ceiling for each in 3 years
    317 2 BMPLOYEBB aad employ ex* will Mek contribute a maxims m of 18 per ceat to the Ceatral Pre video! Pud la three to tear years. Of this total SI per eeat eeatrlbatlea, egy SI per eeat eaa helfsed to lay flats,
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    Where you can see the N-Day fireworks...
    244 2 YOU will get a spectacular view of this year's National Day fireworks display if you go to the reclaimed area in Marina Centre. The display will start at 8 p.m. and last 45 minutes. If it rains heavily, the display wilL be postponed
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    Telecoms sets pace with travel awards
    400 4 TELECOMS is setting the pace for the rest of Singapore's statutory bodies with its awards for long service. Sources said the union of at least one other statutory board intends to~ press for enhanced long service awards similar to those offered by Telecoms. The
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    Lock icon UK customs go slow
    49 4 UPI BRITAIN'S major airports and seaports are braced for long delays as jcustoms officers began a two-week go-slow on Friday. This is in protest at staff cuts. Airline officials "forecast delay of up to four hours at London's Heathrow airport and fear ugly scenes. UPI
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    Look who's going for a walk!
    78 4 WE'VE ALL heard the slogan: "Pat a tiger la your taak!" Bat what with the world fuel shortage, economies mast be made. 8e Mary Flemlag, aa aatmai haadler at Marine Werld la Red weed City.- California, to saving precious petrel by providing the feet
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      301 4 inema Guide LIDO (*****4): The Deer Hmater. Winner of five Academy .Awards, this show is about three close friends from a Pennsylvania steel mill community who enlist to fight in the Vietnam war. Starring Robert De Ntro, John Savage, Christopher Walken and John Cazale. (11, 2.30, 6.30, 9.15). ODEON (*****6):
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      382 4 In and around town THE US SEVENTH FLEET MILITARY BAND will perform at the MacRUchle Reservoir Park at 5 p.m. CHARITY SALE in aid of the Spastic Children's Association, at the Alexandra Community Centre, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A PORTRAIT IN PASTEL demonstrated by Siew Hock Meng at
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    Lock icon Hanoi 'ready' for talks on Kampuchea
    303 5 AFP VIETNAM was yesterday reported to be ready for a political solution on Kampuchea, provided it will not lead to the return of deposed Premier Pol Pot's regime. Indonesian ambassador to Vietnam, Mr Hardi, told newsmen after talks with President Suharto at the palace
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    Lock icon High hopes at C'wealth meet
    182 5 Reuter COMMONWEALTH leaders withdrew to the luxurious seclusion of Zambia's state house yesterday amid high hopss at a compromise on the crucial issue of the Zimbabwe Rhodesia bush war. Several delegations, among them the Canadians and Australians, said they felt profr—was being made in healing
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    Lock icon 147 cyanide cylinders still missing
    242 5 Reuter UPI MARINE police continued their search yesterday (or 147 leaking cylinders of deadly cyanide swept Into Hong Kong's harbour by typhoon Hope, and housewives felt the crunch of the mighty typhoon as food prices Skyrocketed. Hope, packing 340 km/h centre winds, slammed into the
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    Lock icon Out — secret of 'giraffe' women
    153 5 Out secret of 'giraffe' women AP A long and ancient beauty secret is out. Or so a doctor claims. Washington chest surgeon, Dr John Keishishian, who investigated the long and tall of the long-necked women of Burma, says they actually don't have their necks stretched at all. Rather, the chest
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    Sporting habit...
    230 6 COMMENT WHEN the call came in the 1960s to make Singapore a rugged society, turgid limbs got the nudge. The real overall push started with the formation-of the Singapore Sports Council in 1973. Its objective was to get everyone involved in sports. You didn't have to be a
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    Not all Straits-born Chinese are Babas...
    493 6  -  Felix Chia I read with great interest the review by Robert Yeo of Dr John Clammer's monograph on the Straits Chinese (Sunday Nation July 22). I would like to make a few comments. First, the term "Straits-born Chinese" has often been used by historians
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    Terry's right too, Alex
    101 6 Alex Josey may be right but so is Terry Tan (Sunday Nation July 29). Terry Tan, I felt, was trying to raise the point that for those unable to buy the best-sellers because of the prices, there should be the alternative of borrowing these from the
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      43 6 Dear Editor Your letter must give your name and address, though you may include a pseudonym if you don't want your name published. Please type your letter, double-spaced, on one side only and give a telephone number at which you may be contacted.
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    Some girls are havoc!
    575 7  -  If you ask me... JEFFREY TAN student. ONE characteristic in human relationships me the unquestioning acceptance of social norms. A friend once said he would never marry an' older woman, giving the reason that it wasn t "nice". He remembered what his mother had often intoned.
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    RTM goes all out to woo viewers
    435 7 Did you see that? By RJ SOME weeks ago, I reported on the reel-to-reel fight between RTS and RTM for more viewers. The last TV ratings showed more channel 3 viewers. At the time, RTS offered only a few goodies. Since June, programmes
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    Did You Know That...
    204 7 I WAS annoyed when I found that RTB achadulad tha ABBA Bpecial at 10 p.m. on National Day. Surety thay raaliaa that thia Swedish group haa mora appaal to younger viewer# who have waited a long time to aee them in action. I question the worth
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      33 7 "Ice Cream Malaysia." By LAT Van©* 4 v, > <0 Then of course in the f ri<xen„ 'i 4 rm m> In -frhe fes+ina mon+h ft CO*IJ torture if you are a W««»«ner in
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    Lock icon Richer for this strange encounter
    771 8 Copyright: Sunday Nation and Asia Research Pte Ltd THE psychology of "hitchhiking" may not sound a riveting subject until one is caught by surprise. It is a common feature of European and American highways, especially during the warm summer months. The more so today when
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    Lightweight recital of the satay party order
    458 8  -  Arts Review by Yap Kun Bek Piano recital by Bernard Godeaux with Sheila Low Si-Ming, presented by the Ministry of Culture and the Royal Embassy of Belgium; July 28 at the DBS Auditorium. IN SPITE of a magnificent programme, this concert was somewhat
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    Lock icon Short path of Buddhism
    1131 8 ROOTS 14 By Hsiaoshuang A ZEN master was watching his disciple sitting in meditation. "What is the aim of meditation?" the master asked. "The aim is to become a Buddha," the student said. The master then took a tile on the ground and starting rubbing it
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      1399 9 Sunday Nation Your 12-page TV pullou HOLIDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Eft u. •ft i >.% V >r Sylvl* McCulty Dancers Cossack Boogie Put The Sinf In Singapore on Wednesday Ch 5 at 8.30 p.m. Producer Jeffrey Goh has assembled some of our home-grown entertainers to present a multi-racial variety show. Tracy Huang
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      176 10 i This Great German Colour TV with a 51 cm (20") picture tube offers a sharp and brilliant colour picture. Comfortable sensor touch tuner for 8 programmes. No moving parts, the Programme Sensor is completely electronic. Therefore nothing can wear out. The Graetz Fahnrich Color 4310 is designed for people
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      925 10 MONDAY ALTEC LANSING 3.00 Ml Open 3.03 KIDUMBA VIAKXU 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS 3.3S A IWfllH NGHTC DREAM: Pt 1. Preexaminatton Programme The dramatisation of Shakaspeare'scomedy set in the 1860's. Ronnie Barker appears as Bottom. John Laurie is Quince, Robert Stephens and EJeen Atkins as Oberon and Titama and Bunny
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      161 11 The best time to watch your favourite TV program is when you have time to enjoy it. With a Sony Betamax video recorder connected to your TV, you can record anything on TV even when you're not at home. And then play it whenever you want. Not only will Betamax
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      963 11 WEDNESDAY (v.'v ALTEC LANSING v. y 3.00 PJL Open 3.03 WANTA (r) 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (M) 3.35 RAGMG CALM 4.25 Intermission 6.00 Open 6.03 UM DAN DARA The items in this edition include a National Day parade rehearsal. On-the-spot interviews with the participants, a dance by the students from
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      310 12 Be part of memories if r V( MMMM ootour IV a video tap* recorder A great combination thafl take you down memory lan* i tor a repeat performance of your favourite programme The MNmMM CT SOB9P CTV Is designed wtth an advanced colour-transmitting technology that reproduce* colours on the screen
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      781 12 FRIDAY > ALTEC LANSING 3JI PM. Open 3.03 Housewives' Matinee: The Red Rose. Mandarin (r) 4.30 Intermission 105 Open Ml IMJ MAYIMDLfE: British Columbia Mountains To The Sea MO KWSMMEF MI ransPMMK 7JO TIC HHMMIBOOV: Pan (M) 7.30 KW3 MD IKWSKH (M) 7.95 MJREOLE. A belet, choreographed by Paul Taylor,
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    Accent on herbs
    1437 13 Try using these instead of chillie sauce a a. WIKI lO iVFIL v IT IS m ufarttnate culinary fact that MOM of the tastiest feed we eat Is also the went (rem the natrltiea point of view. There are maiy greasy examples, the most fattening of which
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      146 13 Have your cake and eat it too! Diet conscious but worry about you' body foquirr-rTu'nts 9 Schneekoppe diet foods now make possible the best of both worlds And denciously so' Our products are meticulously formulated according to stringent standards set by the German Diet Food Decreed Originally created fo r
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    Watch your wade throught food
    2240 14 Your favourite dishes. n N m though delicious, eould be bad for you DID YOU know that one of the most perfectly balanced meals is Nasi Lemak (coconut rice) with all its traditional accompaniments of < sambal, fried egg, cucumber and kangkong. You may have
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      186 15 HH 00 himself! His own train set...Loc'omotivcs, tender, tank car, open car, caboose, tunnel, crossing gate, tracks, station platform and more. The whole lot all his own, and he in command. Dtrecting and marshalling in his private world of fantasy. Haji manufactures the best of toys. So your little ones
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      178 15 THAT# A CLAIM ON toon #ci«isrn«c «*«ui than a MMSCi/t M!00iO# INTO UNCHAJrrsp «mef. rmfpvmwpwini iiwlj m REL& U< 1 NBA*LV THB VMOLftfTAft ZM lomv I'M NOT OOIN# iWItIfVOUANP CHAWX 55 wc... Y» 2 I ll sflf I It •v ..THO6C IMTBHPLANrTAKY COUNCIL POUTtCtAMS PO/'T FUMOLE OMANIZINO TH® MTNT STAR
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      73 16 As a jogger you know the most important part of your equipment must be your shoes. And more people are buying Bata Joggers because they are better Joggers. Better because they have nylon uppers, and are light and soft. Tough and longlasting, so they go on and on and on.
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      96 16 it W rvf s-im s,. C4N YOU/ HE WAS (3IVE < /40OUT THJS TALL TION p WITH REP He KI&HT TWO BOWL* O'CHILI THEN EMPT/EP TH'CA^H Re&I&TEK <*■1 1 ft V .i 5-' t IS V* na i a 0 /S A \.W E 1 OU _r ie 4 j
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      66 17 1 <>- V f/ 1 4'l Wi BALL THREE/ TAKE yOUR Wf 'te; I < 1 'W >4 v SS;} 5 HP f L FIELPER'S CHOICE/ INFIELP FLV RULE IS IN EFFECT/ TAKE IT OVER.' WATCH IT, FIRST BASEMAN, YOU ALMOST BALKEP// Si *0 Ma A THE GENERAL POESH'T KNOW
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      111 17 m. VYHAFF J NEVER/ HEARD UPF PIB I 'NUTBALL 6AMfc VB ARE ABOUT Tp play, loitnant?t-: BECAUSE 1 N...VEN PER HAFF CHU6T MOOVIAN I MADE IT UP, J VINS, ME t DUMMY/ /6ET© DER PRIZE, SAM? ...VEN PER/YAH... AN MOOVIAN f AUDIENCE MtT QVEEN UPSV- PAISY.' V BUT... 7 i
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    The Supermarket Jungle
    2058 20  -  By Christine Doyle Supermarkets can be dangerous places, even if they are stocked with healthy looking food. Here Is our supermarket guide to making healthier choices, with special emphasis on what to watch out for those 'hidden' fats. Fat matki: On average more than 40 per cent
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      95 21 Every family needs iFODer breakfast to start aprope ana 7T r Kellogg's* Corn Flakes make the quick, tasty, nutritious breakfast which your family will love. Kellogg's Corn Flakes served with milk and sugar, provide a highly nutritious breakfast containing essential vitamins, iron, calcium and protein. Your family is counting on
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    Summertime in New York
    693 22  -  By Edgar Koh AS THE days lengthen into the full, warm bloom of summer, New York city comes alive on otherwise deserted weekends with block parties. A block party is a community occasion held in a street closed off to vehicular traffic. Residents and small-business people
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    Monk-ey business?
    129 22 Watch this space THIS young monk was "caught" without his robos up a tree at a temple in Mandaiay, Burma. David Rocovits, who took tha pictura during a recent visit, says Buddhism is still vary much part of Burmaaa lifa today. IF YOU don't like writing but have
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      111 22 Do you have a travel tale to tell? !^5S90E52^ Seaday Nkttta nuu a weekly tnvelkm' Miuaa wrtttea by ear mien. It eaa be a lnvel*ggo-typr ■tory er Jut a Httle How long? As yea like bat, pletae aet mere tbaa IMC war What form? "typed, deable spaelag, pietaree If yea
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    Nightmare of corrupt abandon
    690 23  -  jJd By Tan Bah Bah THE DEER HUNTER (now at Lido). Oariton, Pennsylvania In 1968. Mike, Nick and Steve, Just enlisted, prepare tor Vietnam. A oddDined wedding (Stem. Is) and farewell party take place during which Nick andUmda, his ghifriend, pledge to marry on Us return
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    When Skylab falls the best place to be is...
    677 23  -  By MACAW IT HAD been a long time since I called on Lim Kia See. Fortunately he was in, working in the garage. "Long time no see, Kia See. What are you doing?" I greeted him. "Oh, fixing another roof to
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    Worthy opponents... bunch of idiots
    545 24  -  HUMOUR «;.h Baik Choe A LITTLE merbok tells me that one of the first bits of information to be stored by our education ministry's data bank is this primer for school debaters. First, tHe motion. To be drawn from this list. That Asean Should...(fill in
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    Young keeps on that strange road to fame
    620 24  -  The Music Box By Peter Ong It's better to barm eat tbrnn It Is to rust TEN words and in these we get to know the kind of man that Neil Young is: always changing his mood and perspective, always on the
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    Sacrilege is done to Mozart
    320 24 Off Hie Record by CKT KARA J AN the careless? Never thought to find an American critic calling this conductor careless, Karaian of the three-years-in-the-making Beethoven symphony cycle for Deutsche Grammophon records. The sacrilege was not done unto Beethoven but Mozart. The American critic of
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    Kumar could well be in a 'marathon' fix
    743 26  -  ATHLETICS Tan Kim Seng SINGAPORE'S mldgetmarathoner and national record-holder M. Kumaravelu appears to be the first casualty of the Singapore AAA's new stand on selection to the Jakarta SEA Games in September. Maurice Nicholas SAAA vice-president for Training and Selection was In
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    Yifter looks to Moscow
    891 26 IN BROWN slacks and green tee-shirt Miruts Yifter could be mistaken (or any 35 year-old father of four. In Ethiopia's emerald ren running strip there no mistaking nim as one of athletics' great long distance runners. The African boycott in 1976 deprived the Montreal Olympics of
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      147 26 APPOINTMENTS SINGAPORE CIVIL SERVICE DEFENCE ENGINEERING AMD SCIENTIFIC OFFICER. GRADE V MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Singapore Citizens possessing a University Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering ore invited to apply for the abovementioned appointment. Salary Scale: Tl2O-65A-1250/1380-65A-1835/1900-65A-2420 pm. Commencing salary will depend on qualifications and experience. Candidates on first appointment to the Civil
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    Mermaid of Copenhagen
    825 27  -  Koppen is like a princess who has come right out of a Hans Christian Anderson fable BADMINTON Gerry Chan IF IT was not going to be a good year for the European countries in the the All-England championships, there was one foreign star that the Wembley gallery
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    Medan-bound team could be better prepared
    427 27  -  BASKETBALL Tony Koh THE NATIONAL men's basketball team appear ill-prepared (or the Medan Invitation tournament which is to be held on Aug 18. This is because they have, until today, only had 10 training sessions under National coach Hor Ghim Or and his assistant
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    105 27 UPI TENNIS star Arthur Ashe may have suffered a heart attack, a New York hospital spokesman said yesterday. "He has had some chest discomfort and there is a possibility of some heart problem, the spokesman said of the 36-year-old former US Open and Wimbledon champion who
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    Yankee's skipper dies in plane crash
    586 27 EXMVS' CORNER MAJOR League baseball was stunned with news of the death of New York Yankees captain Thurman Munson in a plane crash near his home in Canton, Ohio, last week. The six-time All-Star catcher was killed when the plane he was piloting crashed
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    John does it...but this time it's golf
    1003 28  -  Brian Miller JOHN MARTENS is a truly remarkable man. He's got a magic touch when it cornea to sport and few will deny that he stands in a class of his own when it comes to listing out achievements on the playing field.
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    Singapore almost certain to host next World meet
    340 28  -  NEIBAII Joyce Tan SINGAPORE top three netball officials will leave for Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday to attend the World Cup and the related World conference. The three officials are Mrs Daisy Tan, SWNA President Mrs Clarice Tan the vice-president and Miss
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    Lock icon Packer gets tough
    110 28 Reuter THE Packer Organisation today declined to comment on a London report that it was asking too much (or British screening rights for the coming series of cricket tests ana one day internationals between Australia. England and the West Indies. The London Daily Mail reported yesterday that
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    Sea Games: A big chance for juniors?
    575 29  -  IBMSINLK Alfred Tong WILL the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association break new ground by sending at least a couple of Juniors to the Sea Games in Jakarta? Or will they, as they and some 'other sporting bodies have done in the past, (all back
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    Lock icon ANCHOR FRONT FOOT
    72 29  -  The T eaching Pro... By Don J. Leary 1979 Los Angeles Times Syndicate 1. Moving front foot causes foot faults, poor balance, distracted vision. 2. Don't move out under the toss. Keep front foot still. 3. Serves too long? Anchor that foot behind the line. 4. Stepping
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    Lock icon Charitable move by the champion
    230 29 Borg and Vitas to help cancer research AFP BJORN Borg, Wimbledon champion for four successive years, will make an appearance in Britain when he competes in the first professional tennis match to be staged at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham on Sept 24. The
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      260 29 You don't have to be a Pro tofeellikeaPro Vxjll feel like one on and off the court witti Fred Rerry Pro Sportswear Fred Perry. Winner at Wimbledon three times in a row a feat emulated only once since. His unique reputation is behina the big Pro Sportswear range of tennis
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    Lock icon Vitas marches into the semis
    350 30 Weekend Sports UPI VITAS Gerulaitis marched into the semifinals of the U5575,000 Grand Prix Open with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Mexico's Emilio Montano at New Jersey's Orange Lawn Tennis Club. John McEnroe, the tournament favourite, and amateur Jay Lapidus won the afternoon quarter-final matches
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    SRU to invite foreign teams for next year's tourney
    338 30 RUOBT Tlw THE SINGAPORE Rugby Union may decide to transform the Under 20 tournament into an international affair next year. Inspired by the enthusiasm, success and high standard of play during the recently-concluded under 20 tournament, there is every possibility of
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    Mclntyre storms out in a burning rage
    91 30 A BITTER American boxer, Pete Mclntyre, flew out of Sydney for Los Angeles fuming over his loss to Australian lightheavyweight champion Tony Mundine at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion last night. Referee Ray Mitchell Sve the verdict to Munne on a sixth round knockout when
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    A 'wreck dive' can sometimes turn out to be no fun at all
    415 30  -  Scuba- dMng Lisa Gouw THE BAIN pelted down aid was rat te the waves. It seemed like mi awful day ahead of ■s. The ehepptaeos was bsaad to dead the visibility and, with the saa well behlad
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    In-form Podmore scores a double
    919 30  -  By TURF RAY JOCKEY George Podmore stole the spotlight at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Riding in confident style the Australian scored a double. He hit his first winner in Race 3 when he brought MAYANA with a well-timed run to score a 10 length win in
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    Sungei Pahang II set to make amends
    529 31 LATE LAST light, a strike threatened to cancel today's racing at Koala Lompor. As Sunday Nation went to press, there was no firm confirmation of cancellation. We therefore decided to Include the KL race card In onr sports pages. By SCRUTINEER SUNGEI PAHANG
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    2855 31 RAPF 1 1*45 CLASS 5, DIV 1 1,200m A ($10,500 $7,350 to winner) 1 0421 Tal Tom (Chens) Teh 4 57 (u2 +2) 1,200m P Hutcttuon 2 2716 Potytettto a (Laya) Teh 3 56.5 (-1) 1.200m So* 3 9202 Emorald Qlow a
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    459 32  -  SPORTS NATION Police are sent crashing to a 40-0 defeat By SHIRLEY TAN POLICE took a rugby lesson when St Andrew's Old Boys' Association handed them a 40-0 thrashing in their under-23 Hicee Cup clash at the Police Academy yesterday. The Saints scored their points through
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    Lock icon Supermac hangs up his boots
    183 32 UPI MALCOLM MACDONALD, Me *f Esglaad'a mwt wlwfl eeatrebnmHi over the put ieeaie, yesterday mm■Nieei Ids rettremeat (rem eeeeer beeaase e( whe eeet aneaal £SSM» ta 1971, had sadergeae three kaee eperatteae la the past 18 smbUm. He hreke dews agsls la a sre-seasea match
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