New Nation, 12 August 1979
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Title Section9 1979-08-12 1 Sunday Nation AUGUST 12, 1979 30 CENTS M.C.(P) N0.145/1/799 words
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Advertisement90 1979-08-12 1 I I i i West ignores Page 2 I .k C '.7 K:jJ Inters sh i fVcilahere Act Section U Golf made funny Page 28 Pam Dawber: I'm as zany as Mork Page 9 Paik Choo at the disco dance Page 19 Durian days of not so long ago... Page90 words
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Advertisement56 1979-08-12 1 i :I» ll :lc Sports cap For ovtry purchase of 4 litres K S» J#e i'\ v vr•V «b fa w ft fc ;V- 4- r J**x: ip V, V T*r+ IPW»> 'JKaA* > Mr A Japanese cars' original colours are available from KANSAI PAINT ACRIC NO. 1000 Also makM56 words
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363 1979-08-12 2 Unemployment the tragedy West ignores A MAJOR aspiration of Western labour leaders seems to be the shortening of working hours, said veteran unionist C. V. Devan Nair. But the major concern of at least 200 million workers In the Third World Is they have no working hours at all they363 words
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Article242 1979-08-12 2 THE "vital" factor in improving further the quality of fife in Singapore lies in flat-dwellers uniting In friendship and "care and concern for one another and for the common g00d..." Mr Chua Sian Chin, the Home Affairs Minister, said that forging this common bond was one of242 words
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Article93 1979-08-12 2 LOCAL shippers will remain in the stranglehold of western conference lines if they do not support the Singapore National Shippers Council (SNSC). < This warning came from SNSC chairman, Mr Sia Yong, yesterday. He said: "The SNSC membership is a mere fraction of Singapore shippers. "If93 words
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Article120 1979-08-12 2 THE recent increases In Housing Board rents, petrol, some food items and Kblic utilities rates have I many people to complain that tney would rather not have wage increases if it is at the expense of stable prices. But those who complain have ignored two120 words
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Article, Illustration235 1979-08-12 2 ARCHITECTS who advocate using heat deflecting glass to clad the outside of office buildings are in hot water. For while reflective glass reduces the use of energy in offices by saving on air-conditioning, people in neighbouring buildings and roads are adversely235 words
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Article42 1979-08-12 2 VTTB director Mr Llm Jit Poh yesterday urged the printing industry to take advantage of the board's training courses for workers. He said $2 million has been invested in training equipment at the School of Printing in Baharuddin Vocational Institute.42 words
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Advertisement22 1979-08-12 2 mm A '111 t 1 fVHV Sea food I m T*%: -v> If -V Curhml iSolfl !M it 'A'i f 'HI CAWARK22 words
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Advertisement287 1979-08-12 3 Roof with Shell Decoralt Roof without Shell Decoralt Shell Decoralt is specially for mulated to improve your roof and home New Shell Decoralt lets you paint places in your home you couldn't paint before for stunningly attractive effects. Now you can paint your walls, then paint the roof to match.287 words
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Article218 1979-08-12 4 Normal ties will be the key issue UPI US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance sent a message to Hanoi asking to resume negotiations on normalising diplomatic relations between the two former enemies, Vietnamese Secretary of State Nguyen Co Thach said yesterday. Mr Thach said Mr VanceUPI - 218 words
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Article124 1979-08-12 4 Reuter THE morale in some units of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is being affected by young girls abandoning their fiances-in-uniform for other men, the China Youth Daily said yesterday. The paper also said too many young people were deserting their village fiancees afterReuter - 124 words
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219 1979-08-12 4 AFP OUSTED Equatorial Galsea dictator Kr»»eftne Madai Ngaetna, savaged by the ead «f Us 11-year reign, «rdered a lasfcmhwrte massacre «f wemea aad children. He alse~permillj burned mill!If sf Mian worth «f the cmutry's hard-earreaey reserves, acordlaa ta reports from Malabo, the capital.AFP - 219 words
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396 1979-08-12 4 Reuter CHINA Is going to pass a law on family planning so that people who insist on having mare children will (ace economic sanctions, such jus taxes. In a renewed call for population control, VicePremier Chen Muhua said China aims to achieveReuter - 396 words
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154 1979-08-12 4 AFP MALAYSIA is unlikely to agree to become a regular supplier of crude oil to Thailaotd. a Petronas soujfce said yesterday. Instead of selling Thailand valuable light crude, Malaysia is more interested In selling the refined product. The source said Thailand was persistent inAFP - 154 words
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Article46 1979-08-12 4 Reuter THE SARAWAK state legislative assembly was dissolved yesterday and elections will be held within 90 days. The opposition Democratic Action Party said it will contest at least 12 constituencies to give Sarawak an effective opposition for the first time In several years. Reu-Reuter - 46 words
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Advertisement159 1979-08-12 4 Why Is ysur CfeamplM spark plug Insulator as strmg as steel? It has to be, because the insulator is exposed to more severe stress than any other part of your car engine. So strong, it actually yj penetrates a steel plate... •It is highly resistant to 40 cracking or breaking,159 words
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Advertisement53 1979-08-12 4 DRAGON PHOENIX RESTAURANT Block 26, Outram Park, Singapore. Tel *****88 A *****29 Earthern Pot Special Chillie Crab Spring Chicken Delicious Yam Pot Hot Plate Deer Meat Live Fresh Fish Quick Lunch $3/per person. We cater for Birthday Wedding Parties, buffet lunches and private functions. Live music and your dinning pleasure.53 words
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Miscellaneous692 1979-08-12 4 In and around town 1 CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA performance in the lfusic For Everyone series, Singapore Conference Hall at 5 p.m. Tickets at $1 available from Singapore Conference Hall, CKTang, Cold Storage, Popular Book Co and Yamaha Music School, Plaza Singapura. MANDARIN VARIETY SHOW near block 24, Sin692 words
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300 1979-08-12 5 UPI JAPANESE Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira has decided to improve relations with the Soviet Union by tackling differences, including territorial disputes, between the two nations to offset an apparent tilt towards Washington and Beijing. The Tokyo newspaper Yomiuri Shim bun reported on Saturday MrUPI - 300 words
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188 1979-08-12 5 AFP AN INDONESIAN pilot and his assistant had one meal of roots a day and saw no sun in the three months they were held captive by stone-age tribesmen in the Indonesian province of Irian Java. The Jakarta report yesterday said pilot Sadewo and operatorAFP - 188 words
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Article45 1979-08-12 5 Reuter THE RED Cross and the UN Children Fund this week shipped 4.3 tons of medicines and medical instruments to Kampuchea, Phnom Penh said. It also announced Vietnam had transported 35,000 tons of rice and other food supplies to Kampuchea. neuter.Reuter - 45 words
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Article92 1979-08-12 5 Reuter THE American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is recruiting spies with the help of an advertising agency. According to the Manhattan firm in charge of the campaign, there have been thousands of replies to the advertisements in 12 major newspapers across the United States seeking menReuter - 92 words
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Article, Illustration255 1979-08-12 5 Reuter A WOMAN worker died and 23 people, including journalists, were wounded in Seoul yesterday, as hundreds of riot police stormed the headquarters of South Korea's main opposition party, to break up a two-day-old sit-in demonstration by about 200 workers. Picture shows the police takingReuter - 255 words
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150 1979-08-12 5 Reuter EGYPT'S Minister of State (or Foreign Affairs, Dr Boutros Ghali, said his country is moving towards full normalisation of relations with Israel, though the two countries remain widely separated over the issue of Palestinian autonomy. Dr Ghali said over the weekend:Reuter - 150 words
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Article179 1979-08-12 5 AP DENtist Warns J*kam carried eat at leut half «f that eM adage "An eye far and eye and a Mh far a tenth" he extracted same ef the teeth fram Ms wife's meath, eempleted an ■■per deatare hat re* faaed to fit a hattamAP - 179 words
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Article230 1979-08-12 6 COMMENT NEXT to seeing a documentary film about a country, the best form of armchair travel is a multi-screen presentation of colourful slides synchronised with narration, effects and music. The Singapore Experience, the result of efforts by the Tourist Promotion Board and three established companies, is such a230 words
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Article, Illustration1271 1979-08-12 6 Pauline Lee - Try this quiz and find out... By Pauline Lee IPS YOU don't often get the chance to choose your neighbours. They happen to you and you happen to them. But if you're a good neighbour, you can do a lot to make sure life runsIPS - 1,271 words
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Miscellaneous49 1979-08-12 6 ioa*ri<*) i-> up kfrJR CRen&UTV 16 CVU*) <00*e 6U,M6P P6RSOMUY "mf 6*> W PDRXARirV (6 AT A tfW /M THC fttUS idITKW THAT HI? PR€*(m HCU) CV VOO PIM TO <;aujl to m fiHe&CM) Vtene? THROUGH Fi;fi£ OFA foeu) ARMS EACc. 90 you PLM) TO sen Wir "£> IHf cw<#e<*>?49 words
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Article701 1979-08-12 7 By MACAW SAMANTHA CLOUGH and I dug into the freshly-made tosay at Komala Villas without rhyme or mercy. She was a teacher on summer vacation, fresh from the corn belt of Kansas and we were eating wheat. "Ooh!" she cooed. "It's delicious!" "Yeah," I agreed,By MACAW - 701 words
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334 1979-08-12 7 If you ask me... THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board is all out to get tourists to visit Singapore. Large areas of land have been converted into gardens to attract tourists as well as locals. Hotels and shopping complexes are everywhere and food centres give334 words
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Article90 1979-08-12 7 IF YOU have something to say which yea think ear readers weald like to knew, why net pat It on paper aad send It to us. We welcome contributor* to this eelama. Articles can be on any subject bat should preferably by opiates pieces of aboot90 words
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Advertisement64 1979-08-12 7 JyT K7 *7. o M ill :-V 'V The group who brought you hits like "Under the Broadwalk," "Save the Last Dance for Me" and "Up on the Roof" give you their latest performance LIVE! Watch them! I Showtime 9.30 pm sharp Mo extra charge There is only one QjShangriLa64 words
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1012 1979-08-12 8 Chang Kai Ming - ft Chang Kai Ming DR GOH KENG SWEE, who was acting Prime Minister last Thursday, said in his National Day message that no one can be sure what will happen in world economic developments during the course of the next 12 months or so.1,012 words
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Article, Illustration588 1979-08-12 8 Yap Kun Bek - Arts Reuieui |bv Yap Kun Bek THIS is a cosy, elegant little exhibition. It consists of several small roomfuls of panels of glossy prints with writeups, beautifully signposted and organised. There are also four TV sets in quiet corners with three different588 words
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Advertisement90 1979-08-12 8 I I i k HEARING AIDS: Models available Pocket. in-Ear, Behlnd-Ear, •Ui Audlomatric Vasts, Car Protactors, Part-exchange Low prlcas, S years Repair/Replacement Quarantaa. Stockists of Audiometers, Speech Trainers Repair Calibration Service Industrial Noise Survey. Audlometera. TCI 363 782 333 089 DEAF AD PTE. LTD ESTO. 1949 22 SELEOIE HOUSE. (GROUND90 words
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Article, Illustration821 1979-08-12 9 'Frankly, I thought the idea for Mork and Mindy was very stupid when I first heard about it' IPS IF PAM DAWBER hadn't become a star on Mork and Mindy, she might be a gibbering idiot in an asylum today, or molding in aIPS - 821 words
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Advertisement283 1979-08-12 9 ft V- s-sar-m* y The first and the finest THE FAN FOR ALL SEASONS. W GYRO AIRE. The most unique cooling system in a fan. Cools -every comer of your room. Never looks out of place. Because of the classic elegant design, cut in simple, geometric lines. In smart matt283 words
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Article, Illustration2776 1979-08-12 10/23 TERRY TAN - The durian is a fruit that provokes the thorniest arguments about its merits. Twice a year, it drives normally sane people to frenzy, and they will go to great lengths to get it, whatever the cost. But. there was a more languid time, it you were2,776 words
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Miscellaneous945 1979-08-12 11 Sunday Nation Your 12-page TV pullout PICK OF THE WEEK Betty White and Oaorgia Engd NEW SERES: The Betty White Show on Thursday Ch 8 at 8.15 p.m. First there was the Mary Tyler Moore Show. Then came the spin-off, Rhoda, when Valerie Harper became too funny and too good945 words
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Miscellaneous195 1979-08-12 11 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Lucky Me (Matinee) on Ch 5 at 2.10 p.m. Doris Day fans will lap up this one. In all her roles Doris comes across as American as apple pie and squeaky clean even when she plays a chorus girl. Filmed in 1954 in wide screen, an innovation of195 words
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Advertisement168 1979-08-12 12 GRAETZ™ M 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 parte, the Programme Sensor is completely electronic. Therefore nothing can wear out. The Graetz Fahnrich Color 4310 is designed for168 words
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Miscellaneous966 1979-08-12 12 MONDAY 3.00 PJI Open 3.03 SMUVM ULAGM (r) 3.30 OMRY Of EVENTS 3.35 NORTH AND SOUTH Reexamination Programme-Pt 1. Dramatisa tion of Mrs Gaskets penetrating novel about life and the problems in the industrial north of England in the mid-1900's. 4.25 Intermission 6.00 Open 1.03 REAIMG WITH IHMY: Kevin's Umbrella966 words
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Advertisement182 1979-08-12 13 iSf n 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 back whenever you want. Not182 words
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Miscellaneous816 1979-08-12 14 FRIDAY Threshold Class A' Amplifiers 3.00 PH Open 3.03 Housewives' Matinee: Wonderful Dream (r) 4.30 Intermission (.00 Opm 6.03 MLF GRAY MLDUFE: Inside Passage This film retraces the epic rney made by George Vancouver, a British navigator, along the 6JO NEWSRBREF 135 SPORTS PARADE 7.00 SAMUDRA: Rota Ku (r) 7JO816 words
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Advertisement73 1979-08-12 15 to ■Ci :V a V I KAMPUCHEA Preludes to Tragedy Milton Osborne A keen Indo-China observer shares his record of people and places in the rapidly changing society of Cambodia before the fall and provides an authoritative analysis of the events that led to the formation of Kampuchea. Ti mesOrchardCentre73 words
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Miscellaneous156 1979-08-12 15 ONCE GALACTIC HE APQUARTERS FOR THE INTERPL AWETARV LAW SERVICE... THE STAR HANKS! WHEN AN UNFORESEEN OOSTACLM APPEARS! i J*.? E3 MF V s i M Sv r 0 M'^viH mm mami [l! .i 1'.7.:T1» —~I .T-JTTIZ3 m m m c v; CANT tonight:. I'M ftJSr'TCMGHT, ncttcmorqcm;... I'M ftBYTCAWCU) 0156 words
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Miscellaneous47 1979-08-12 16 1 -^•5 s> 7- I'VE BEEN STUPyiNfe yOUR FACE. IT'S A SUBTLE BLENP OF STRANGE INCONGRUITIES. TYPICAL SERGEANT GRIMNESS, VET SOMETHING BABYLIKE ABOUT IT ALL OF THAT IN. CONFLICT WITH AN UNPERLY/NS ANP RATHER PATHETIC NEEP TO BE APMIREP ANP LIKEP a 5-2 jo COU m. c47 words
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Miscellaneous197 1979-08-12 18 I GARTH The Heat builds up relenttosly. E rr N 30 k 'A s MORI LP'S IN DISTRESS, ZtNODWEVS GOT TO CO v 90METHINS.' 5N B 0 r7s*£ s > ZM fr+ N CONDITION ©RANTED...WE ORE CUOSIN® WITH VOUR SUIP/)OUWILL COME WITH US TO ZELTB OBLRXy/ a ir y; I,197 words
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Article, Illustration545 1979-08-12 19 Anita best o£ the lot HMMSUft »,h AS AN apology of a woman libber I insist my dates dout sarabat stall seats t into the ground and open bus doors for me it does not hurt a Jot to openly admit that THEY, are the545 words
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Article365 1979-08-12 19 OH the Record by CKT ARTHUR FIEDLER died a few months ago, in this yew* of his 50th anniversary with the Boston Pops Orchestra. That, a show Mz agent might have said, is timing. For RCA, the timing is unfortunately equally good, issuing a double-LPby CKT - 365 words
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Article, Illustration421 1979-08-12 19 Peter Ong - The Music Box Their debut LP a double platinum in the US By Peter Ong FORMED in early 1977 in Boston, The Cars have zoomed into the hearts of music lovers. Hie band's debut LP has been certified a double platinum in the421 words
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Article, Illustration868 1979-08-12 20 By Michael I LANDED at Frankfurt international airport sometime in late March. Having faithfully monitored the daily temperatures in the Singapore press the previous week, I was braced for a biting cold reception. Thankfully, the sun was out and the cold was tolerable. ItBy Michael - 868 words
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Article, Illustration142 1979-08-12 20 Watch this space While sightseeing in Australia, reader C.Y. Tan stopped at this petrol kiosk in Hobart, Tasmania. At a time when everybody wat talking about the energy crisis, IF YOU don't like writing but have an eye for the unusual, travel picture, don't pack142 words
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519 1979-08-12 21 RJ - Did /ou see that? By RJ THE TRAILERS of National Day programmes promised good holiday viewing but had it not been (or the two sponsored programmes, ABBA and The Greatest Show On Earth, it would have been a total wash-out. Just as I519 words
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482 1979-08-12 21 Tan Bah Bah - JJ3 Jiiild By Tan Bah Bah DID YOU know that High Rolling and The Rollicking Adventures of Eliza Fraser, already shown here, were Australian films? Picnic At Hanging Rock, supposed to have been premiered to launch the recent opening of a posh theatrette in Orchard482 words
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Advertisement285 1979-08-12 21 FLY TO HONGKONG VIA THE PHILIPPINES. AND DISCOVER THE MEANING OF HOLIDAY. ONLY ON PHILIPPINE AIRLINES. For a little more than an ordinary return ticket to Hongkong, we give you four glorious days in the Philippines. With accommodation in luxury international hotels (e.g. Hilton). A guided tour of Manila. The285 words
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Article, Illustration631 1979-08-12 22 WHITE MAN, WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU. By Denis Herbstein. Penguin, 1978. 270 pp, 10. HERBSTEIN is a white Soqth African born and bred in Cape Town. He .was on the scene of the Soweto uprising of 1976 and reported what he saw to631 words
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Article, Illustration1180 1979-08-12 22 Hsiaoshuang - ROOTS 15 Book review by Silverfish By Hsiaoshuang SOME years ago, a noted scholar, John C.H.Wu, wrote that some people divide Tang Dynasty poetry into just two periods: the period of Li Po and the period of Tu Fu. WhileIllustrated by Kwan Shan Mei - 1,180 words
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Article, Illustration1627 1979-08-12 24 Richard Lim - A short story by Richard Lim HE FLAPPED open the aluminium window panes. No one was in the hall. He could bear the Rediffusion blaring some Mandarin pop song. He knocked on the panes, hard. From inside his room, his grandmother said: "Coming, coming." Tch. It1,627 words
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Article, Illustration856 1979-08-12 25 Tan Kim Seng - ATHLETICS Tan Kim Seng BY THE time most readers get down to reading the Sunday Nation this morning, Kumaravelu would have known whether or not he has earned a place in the Sea Games team to Jakarta. This is because at six this morning the marathon856 words
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Article394 1979-08-12 26 Gerry Chan - BAMimmi Gerry Chan THE inconsistent application of the "players' eligibility" rule by the Singapore Sports Council during the recent Inter-Constituency tournament, have angered many club officials. The rule clearly stated that players are eligible according to the adderesses indicated on theie identity cards. But it has been394 words
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715 1979-08-12 26 AFP THE Soviet summer Spartakiad came to an end with a stirring closing ceremony. But what will most be remembered from the three week event were the mistakes and confusion that the organizers of next E ear's Olympics here ave admitted willAFP - 715 words
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Article87 1979-08-12 26 AFP WORLD record breaker Sebastian Coe and Commonwealth Games champion, Dave Moorcroft, are to receive grants to help them prepare (or next year's Moscow Olympics. Coe, who broke the 800 m and mile world records in Norway last month, will spend his money on training sessionsAFP - 87 words
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Article, Illustration432 1979-08-12 27 Alfred Tong - IDNSIALN Alfred Tong THE SLTA have decided to give the juniors a break after all. Singapore's team (or next month's Sea Games will be our youngest ever, as the SLTA management committee have agreed to go the whole hog and send an all-junior side. The432 words
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122 1979-08-12 27 UPI AN Australian minorities official says Evonne GoolagongCawley should speak on behalf of her fellow aborigines while she remains a public figure. "She's the darling of the Australian public at the moment. But she's not saying anything about her people," said CharlesUPI - 122 words
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Article, Illustration53 1979-08-12 27 Don J. Leary - 1 By Don J. Leary sbwe mt t u 2 rata 1. Most fluid delivery is over the right shoulder, as with tossing a baseball. 2. Snap wrist, snap shoulder at this moment. 3. Bad toss—to 11 o'clock for example—forces you to lean left and bend racquet,53 words
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Article648 1979-08-12 28 Brian Miller - There's a Russian on the green Brian Miller UPI IT HAD to happen. That pastime "par excellence" of the moneyed elite in the capitalist West golf is finally on the point of coming to the classless society of the Soviet Union. Two leading American golf courseUPI - 648 words
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560 1979-08-12 28 RUGBY *111 ■■Tiii LOCAL rugby enthusiasts, starved of entertaining matches, should not miss the opportunity of witnessing eight matches that the Singapore Cricket Club have lined-up over a ninemonth period, commencing next month. Never in a long, long time has any club560 words
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Article, Illustration803 1979-08-12 29 Lisa Gouw - .Scubadivine Lisa Gouw THE DARK green colour of the coastal waters gave way to a clear, deep blue as we sped away from the mainland. Our boat was heading for Pulau Salu, one of Singapore's better dive sites, My buddy and I had planned to803 words
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296 1979-08-12 29 Joyce Tan - Debutantes show exciting promise Joyce Tan BY winning the Singapore Women's Netball Association's Division One League title, Police Sports Association have achieved what they have been working towards (or a long time. Police, with some good players from constituency teams, ousted Varsity296 words
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Article, Illustration447 1979-08-12 29 THE SWEDISH squash court manufacturer, Perstarp, have conclusively cracked the spectator barrier in squash, bringing to the game a new dimension, new hope and a new sound. New dimension in the breakaway from the restrictions of conventional squash centres, new hope in the scope for tournament promotion447 words
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Article493 1979-08-12 30 Weekend Sports SINGAPORE bowlers gave notice of what was to come when they shot themselves into the top positions in the men and women's singles during the second day of the Singapore International Open bowling championships at Jackie's Bowl System 460. Ronald Chee was in493 words
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125 1979-08-12 30 Reuter THE Colgate-Palmolive company is withdrawing its sponsorship of the men's Grand Prix tennis circuit, three women's golf tournaments and the British PGA Championships. Keith Crane, the company's president, said that the decision to withdraw sponsorship was made after an evaluation of the eventsReuter - 125 words
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Article315 1979-08-12 30 Tony Koh - BASKETBALL Tony Koh IT IS time the Basketball Association of Singapore look into their policy of selecting the two National -jquads instead of going aoout playing musical chairs. Over the years their policy of selecting the two 9quads after the National league has always been315 words
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Article36 1979-08-12 30 Reuter SPAIN'S boxing pride, Juan Francisco Rodriguez retained his European bantamweight boxing title when he scored a convincing points victory over French challenger Laurent Grimbert at the resort town of Lepe in Spain. Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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591 1979-08-12 30 EXPATS' CORNER THE hottest race in baseball these day is in the National League (East), where five teams are clawing at one another. The front-running Pittsburgh Pirates had to scramble to maintain their one-game lead, holding off the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 to get a591 words
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Article611 1979-08-12 30 By TURF BAY THE George PodmoreIvan Allan combination reaped in dividends when they landed three winners at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Podmore, who scored a double last Saturday, booted home IMPERIAL CITATION to a smart three-length win in Race Two and quickly followed it up with611 words
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Article, Illustration576 1979-08-12 31 SCRUTINEER - Hidden Secret should outstay rivals over 1900 m trip By SCRUTINEER GOLDEN Arrow Stable's BELLUB DOMINA appears to have little to beat in Race 6 the Class 2 Division 2 sprint over 1200 m at Kuala Lumpur today. I make her best bet. The576 words
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Article107 1979-08-12 31 -J BRIAN MILLER KJ» CHAN TURF RAY OBI Realm's Gift Seew 8etw Zeppedaa mm ciza Seow Seow Jet Pilot Speedy Horse fl A. mm iwuwi Tonga Speedy Jag Titan Teaga Code of Silence Ttaga Hidden Secret IMI Koala Rompin Right Te Reaaea La Bonne Retne Daring Prince Kuala Rompin107 words
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Article, Illustration521 1979-08-12 32 SURESH NAIR - SPORTS NATION By SURESH NAIR PRISON Warden, Sarjit Singh's sensational 400 m success was the talking point among athletes on the first day of the Singapore AAA track and field championships at National Stadium yesterday. The absence of foreign opposition probably accounted for the fact that no521 words
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Article111 1979-08-12 32 AFP THE Metropolitan Football Association last night suspended all matches in Bangla Desh after a match between two leading teams was abandoned because of clashes between supporters at the Dfecca Stadium This was the sixth match to be abandoned this season due to hooliganism inside and around tneAFP - 111 words
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Advertisement108 1979-08-12 27 \bu don't have to be a Pro to feel like a Pro Yxill feel like one on and off the court with Fred Perry PtoSportswear Fred Perry. Winner at Wimbledon three times in a row a feat emulated only once since. His unique reputation is behind the big Pro Sports108 words
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Advertisement111 1979-08-12 28 \bu don't have to be a Pro to feel like a Pro d -Jv •>*> jjwF''**''* < jrt <? y' r- 4*'' Ydull feel like one on and off the course with Arnold Palmer Pro Sportswear Arnold Palmer. One of I Arnold Palmer. One of J the all-time great golfers.111 words
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Miscellaneous47 1979-08-12 28 Golf rules OK! RULE 2 me ball a. specifications 7WE VE LOCI TV OF THE BALL £HAll BE AAOT GGEAJEf? TV4AN 250 FEET (7C»-2 wi) PEC 4ECONO. b. FOCEI0N MATERIAL SHALL NOT BE APPLIED TO A BALL fOQ THE- PURPOSE OF CMAN0IN© ITS PLAVINS CHABACTEBISTICS. r K47 words
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Miscellaneous135 1979-08-12 32 Sports Diary ATHLETICS: SAAA Open Track and Championships (National Stadium, 2 p.m.) BOWLING: Singapore International Championship (Jackie's Bowl, 10 a.m.) CRICKET: National Senior League Salsa v SCC "B" (Tanglin) SCC "A" v INDIAN A Indian Aandatlon (SOC Padang), CSC v SPC (Balmier), NZ Forces v SCRC (Dieppe Barracks). All watdiii135 words
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