New Nation, 19 August 1979

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    9 1 Sunday Nation AUGUST 19, 1979 30 CENTS M.C.(P) N0.145/1/79
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      29 1 V V 1 I L 'o if a i-Li Was John Wayne's MsiiWHi caused by fall-out? Page 5 In the Asia Magazine: The gypsy medicine men of the Philippines
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      108 1 AUSTRALIA'S FAVOURITE Golf Clubs, Bags Accessories jF' AUSTRALIA Sot* Agent Mendings Leisure Pte Ltd 23. Parte House. Orchard Boulevard Singapore 10. Tail *****65.*****18 Alto avMaM tMdng apo«M ahopa and p«o (tapa Penang women's way to peachy beauty Page 10 Edgar Koh on the US oil crisis Page 9 Asean request
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      9 1 First test for s M KHI squad Back Page
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    WANTED: GOOF OF THE MONTH
    253 2 TOA PAYOH police station has launched a "Goof of the Month Award" to encourage healthy competition among its officers in fighting crime. The station has also initiated a "Team of the Month Award." In this contest, officers in a team are Judged according to the
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    Lock icon Singapore buying US fighter planes
    373 2 DEAL IS AN OUTRIGHT SALE, SAYS U. S. CONGRESSMAN WILSON AP UPI SINGAPORE has agreed to buy an unspecified number of military aircraft from the US, American ConSressman Charles Wilson said here yesterday. The planes are FSE Northrop fighters, A 4 Skyhawk attackers and Cl3O
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    Many don't know how Nantah has changed
    269 2 THERE is a lack of knowledge among the people of Singapore as to the changes that have taken place within Nanyang University during the last few years. Outlining these changes at the university's 20th Convocation yesterday morning, Mr Tan Chok Kian, the university's
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    Bank lends Govt $19 m for Kent Ridge project
    111 2 THE Government has obtained a |19 million loan from the Asian Development Bank for the Kent Ridge University and polyclinic project. This project, at the new University of Singapore campus, is part of the government's scheme to provide the western part
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    Lock icon Thanat accuses Vietnam of using refugee issue for blackmail
    149 2 Reuter VIETNAM will think twice about provoking China, bat a- second Chinese attack could not be niled out If Hanoi did not prove more diplomatically flexible, Thailand's (Miner Foreign Minister Dr Thanat Kheman said in Bangkok yesterday. Speaking to the Philippines
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    Lock icon No decision on India talks
    272 2 AP ASEAN has postponed agreement for a dialogue with India because of irritation with New Delhi's attitudes on Kampuchea, diplomats in Kuala Lumpur said yesterday. The decision made earlier last week could be interpreted as a gentle rebuff to India, they said. If India did
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    Special services
    71 2 THE Singapore Bus Service will operate special services A, B, and C to and from the National Stadium for tonight's friendly football match between Singapore and Hitachi (Japan) at 8 p.m. The public can take Services A, B, and C at Ane Mo Klo, Toa Payoh ana Queenstown.
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      22 2 Savoury A Dessert Crepes Griddle-fresh Pancakes at Better Batten 58 Jin. Merah Saga Chip Bee Gardens (opp. Holland Shopping Centre) Tel: *****2
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    We're not selling out: Suharto
    175 4 PRESIDENT Suharto has come out in defence of the government's policy of accepting foreign loans. In an address to the nation on the eve of Indonesia's 34th Independence anniversary on Thursday night, he said foreign loans had nothing to ao with "selling" the country. This
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    Asean request 'a good move'
    424 4  -  We welcome it, says Pol Pot man in interview By Edgar Koh our New York reporter THE FORMER Kampuchean government on Friday welcomed Asean's request to include the Kampuchean question in the General Assembly agenda. Its permanent UN representative, Thioun Prasith, in an interview with
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    Lock icon China's youth told not to smoke
    135 4 AFP YOUNG people in China have been urged not to smoke as this will only harm them, New China News Agency reported from Peking yesterday. It said the call was made by "China Youth News" in a commentary which attributed the increase in the
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    Lock icon Gu's mission
    32 4 AP CHINESE Vice Premier Gu Mu will visit Tokyo on Sept 1 to ask for Japanese government credits to finance China's modernisation programme, Kyodo news service said on Friday. AP
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    Asean wants talks on Kampuchea
    249 4  -  Edgar Koh ASEAN on Friday told the UN It wants the General Assembly to discuss the Kampuchean question during its session beginning in a month's time. Malaysia, the current Asean standing committee chairman, notified the UN Secretariat of Asean's intention on Friday morning, one day
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      760 4 Cinema Guide LIDO (*****4): The Deer Huter. 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 Niro, John Savage, Christopher Walken and John Cazale. (11, 2.30, 6.15, 9.15) ODEON (*****6):
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    Why a Marine kept mum...
    129 5 THERE «was this lly ear-eld Ualted States Marine Carps private, by the name *f Chris Upher Ranald LUlie aat's him, the eleaneot leaking lad an the left whe happened te take a shine to the lady with the fancy halrda an the right, whe gees
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    Did A-bomb fall-out kill Wayne?
    426 5 SEVEN hundred residents living near an Atest site are suing the American government over an atomic fall-out, about 25 years ago, that could have caused the cancer that killed John Wayne. Wayne made a film with Susan Hayward and Agnes Moorehead in St George, Utah,
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    Blasts rock US embassy in Tehran
    129 5 A SERIES of powerful explosions shook the US consulate in Tehran early yesterday in what was apparently a bomb attack, US sources said. The sources declined to give any details, but the Tehran daily Islamic Republic said no one was injured by the blasts
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    Lock icon Ultimatum to rebels
    79 5 Reuter THE IRANIAN government yesterday Issued a two-hour ultimatum to Kurdish rebels besieging a deputy prime minister and a small squad of revolutionary guards in the border town of Paveh. The Kurds, who are alleged to have beheaded 18 members of the government forces, were ordered to
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    Playing the advantage
    245 6 COMMENT MASS participation sports are well and good. The government has its reasons sports for all, maximum use of land and resources and other reasons for emphasising such sports. Let the private clubs, specialised sports bodies and enthusiasts take care of the so-called "elitist" games such as
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    More demand for non-fiction
    819 6 I REFER to the articles by Mr Terry Tan (Sunday Nation July 15) on fiction in the National Library and on the Library's computerisation programme and wish to clarify and correct, some of the statements made. The Director of the National Library did not say there
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    Babas: The real question is still unanswered
    508 6  -  Dr JOHN CLAMMER IT IS gratifying to see the revived of interest in Baba culture evidenced not only by Robert Yeo's review (Sunday Nation July 22) of my little monograph on the subject, but also by Mr Felix Chia's response (Aug 5). Mr
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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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    Days of the red flag and solid tyres
    921 8  -  Mi Chang Kai Ming 1 WAS surprised, as I drove along Napier Road towards the Botanic Gardens last week, to learn from my travelling companion that the road we were on was named after his grandfather. This fragment of information, though interesting,
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    SSO not so hot on modern music
    776 8  -  Arts Review by Yap Kun Bek S*W*« Sympkaay Orchestra aader the batea sf Ch»o Hsay; Caafereaee Hall, Aag 19-11. I note with regret that the last two and next two SSO concerts contain not one modern work, unless you consider Rachmaninov's Second Piano
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      43 8 Burnoi is a healing antiseptic cream that stays on the skin—protecting wounds while it heals them Burners good yellow powerful medicinal Euflavine is an effective antiseptic cream for cuts, bums, wounds, insect bites rashes, sores and abrasions Keep Burnoi handy at all times
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      90 8 Doctor in the House I CAN'T SEE ANVTHIN6 THAT WOULD IRRITATE VOUR EVES. MAVBE VOU WEEP GLASSES. VOUR VISION IS PERFECT, /OH DON'T NEED GLASSES. BUT TELL ME, WHAT KINP OF LIGHT V 0 VOU USE WHEN you srupy at night? rf IHW? 1% W* ;W pal V"-, < I
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    George the seal-or
    343 9  -  By Denis Cassidy GEORGE the seal, who thinks he's a sailor, recently put a British seaside town in a flap. For George prefers life on the ocean wave to in it. He spends his days mocking about in boats Instead of swimming In the sea around them.
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    What the petrol crisis has done to America
    641 9  -  Edgar Koh AMERICANS lining up in cars (or rationed petrol-line during world war n inched past signs saying "sorry (or the incovenience don't blame us, blame Hitler." Even petrol shortage has its simpler days. In the current crunch anger has been directed
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      147 9 Have your cake and eat it too! Diet conscious but worry about your body lequirements'' Schneekoppe diet foods now make possible the best of both worlds. And deliciously so 1 Our products are meticulously formulated-according tu stringent standards set by the German Diet Food Decree Originally created for the low-sugar
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    Lock icon Chalking – up for beauty
    1615 10/23  - Chalking up for beauty Penang women's way to peachy complexion Story: Terry Tan EVELYN TOH, 18, seen here caking her face, neck and shoulders with a white powder, is no different from all 18-year-old girls in wanting a beautiful complexion. She has one cool advantage over most. She has bedak
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    It's magical, says Paik Choo
    291 10/23 OTHERS are blessed with high cheek bones, I suffer from high cholesterol cheeks. Blame it on my grandmother's bedak sejok, a magical talc-cum-mask homespun in her kitchen, made exclusively from Burma rice, with no preservatives, no additives. Every crack of dawn and every dusk fall
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      503 11 Sunday Nation Your 12-page TV pul lou HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS I nOUlt lO BIVW ITMWj TODAY TV SINGAPORE 5 8 TV MALAYSIA 3 10 COLOUR 9.45 JIM. Open 9.41 THE SCOOBY 000 SHOW 10.10 TBMNG TMGGt TMGGL The theme this week is Lions. Items include a sketch and songs. 10.30 HONOR!.
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      185 11 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS I'll See You In My Dreams (Sunday Matinee) on Ch 5 at 2.20 p.m. (b/w) As musicals go this one has more floss than candy. A biography of composer Gus Kahn filmed in 1951, it nevertheless wears well. Some of the standards are lovely still and dance routines
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      884 12 MONDAY u 3.00 PJI Open 3.03 KIXXADA VLAKKU (r) 3.30 DIMV OF EVENTS 3.35 NORTH AND SOUTH. Pre-examination Programme Pt 3. When Thornton calls on Margaret she accuses him ol using the Irish workers to provoke the riot. 4.40 Intermission €.00 Open 6.03 READM WITH LENNY: Kevin At The Fair
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      142 13 SONY. Itis Betamax time. 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
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      913 13 WEDNESDAY li 3.00 PJL Open 3.03 PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISES: Don't Fool Around With The Man Upstairs (r) 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (M) 4.25 Intermission 6.00 Open 6.03 UDA DAN DARA. This edition includes interviews with youths on their preparation tor Hart Raya, a recitation and songs. 6.30 NEWS
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      848 14 FRIDAY n Jii 10.00 Ail. Open 10.03 MMPI SI KENT. Hari Raya Children's Special 10.35 TIC BALLAD OF SMOKEY THE BEAR. Puppet animation ot the legendary bear. < 11.30 HOLDAV MATMEE 1.05 ALAN A TRBUTE TO ELVIS. See Holiday Highlights 2.00 SOCCER English Charity Shield v. 3.40 MALAY MOVE: KUTUKAN
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      204 15 Blocks invasion! Kindergarten T-71. For children with new ideas to create their own construction models with their hands and minds. A creative toy that gives unlimited play value through colour sense and skill. Kindergarten T-71 is made from non-toxic plastic which is safe to play. The blocks come in various
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      84 15 HOY/ THCfZe GOES THE COUNCIL'S FLAGSHIP... FUNNY HOW THgY CHANGE? THElfc MlNPS AFTER YOU CHEWEC? X EM OUT, KEX ■w*7 1 iiii a./ill'liil'l 77. 2% r C: I gST rx "_T I I 9UT WE'VE CERTAINLY KEAPEP the &BNBFIT of your talk WITH THE SPEAKER GENERAL BEING c r'/Vv VA
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      72 16/17 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 langlasting, so they go on and on and on.
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      58 16/17 E3 05 9 •ft. iv, -v r 83 W Ulnilfl I .I mc. Wono ngr»t« C 1979 King HA HA.' OH/REALLY? you OLC? KIPPER 1 /you/ HAVE A GOOP TIME AT THE TENNIS COURTS/ I A Sr ~i w m 4 2X mm *tr yES, I'M 60INS TO SIT THERE
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      106 16/17 M *P o 1 are nou NAH, THANKS "TO >OU, HANDZUM GOME ON LOtTNANT UP VE GO 3 1 raft s I «K ll* a? <r *<! a r r ill KIND, BENEVOLENT HE DOESN'T UND GENTLE RULER J KNOW, NOLIR UFF OUTLAND.' HE NOW TELL ME, ISS A SHPY
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      43 18 T Temasek Jurong Lower Delta Queenstown Toa Payoh Jalan Besar See the Straits Times/New Nation collection of photographs at: Times Orchard Centre M-105 mezzanine floor. Lucky Plaza i Singapore 0923. Tel: *****71 I Timet House f Kim Seng Roed Singapore 0923. Tel: *****11
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    A thousand words...
    74 19 If a picture paints a thousand words, here are a few measly ones... HUMOUR w .h If Iwara Adam, I'd wait for tha aala. Takan at Hyda Park'a art* and handicrafta markat Some employer* don't cere who or whet they hire. Teken in Oxford Street Virgin it
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    Guitar and sitar, oboe and tabla — Oregon have come up with a new sound
    637 19  - Guitar and sitar, oboe and tabla Oregon have come up with a new sound The Music Box By Peter Ong ONE record has moved me so much that I want to recommend it to you even before I say anything about it. It nas a very rural title (Out of
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    Lock icon Treacle and raspberry jam in the sore tooth
    368 19 Off the Record by CKT WHENEVER the expectations are right (downright modest, that is), one could enjoy a longplaying record immensely. In the case of a directcut disc called Star Wars from RCA Japan (JRLI- the expectations were rightly grounded and the
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    'Chicken' rider of Canberra
    44 20 IT WAS Canberra Day in Canberra and one of the floats that caught reader S.T.Cheng's eye was this one of a man riding a giant "chicken". And if you didn't know, the egg is a "real food packed with protein"...
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    Impressions of Bangkok
    506 20  -  By George Heng BANGKOK AIRPORT was packed. Its insipid surroundings were a marked change from Singapore Airport,which I had left 2 V* hours earlier. It took me a long time to get through immigration and customs, ana a good deal longer getting a taxi after that. The
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    Lock icon News audience held with a brilliant move
    754 21 Did /ou see that? By RJ CALDECOTT Hill executives are patting each other on the backs. The station was bustling with excitement last week and Mr James Fu (Controller News), is the toast of the Hill. News viewing, especially for Chinese bulletins, has
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      95 21 <cv v 71kj M Cathay Pacific Singapore's Travel Consultants Christina and Jessie. SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG NON-STOP. MORNING OR AFTERNOON THE CHOICE IS YOURS. Cathay Pacific has the most non-stop flights to Hong Kong. Daily Super TriStar flights depart 10.50 a.m. and arrive in Hong Kong 4.00 p.m. Daily except
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    A sad and sordid episode...
    610 22  -  Defeat at Suez speeded up decline of Empire THE BOOK PAGE By Alex Josey SUEZ THE DOUBLE WAR. By Roy FuHick and Geoffrey Powell. Homish Hamilton. 1979, 226 pp. £7.95. ON JULY 26 1956, President Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal, whereupon, in collusion with France
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    Lock icon When Irish eyes are not smiling
    314 22 By Silverfish TIME BOMB. By James D. Atwater. Hamlyn, 1979. 232 pp. $5.80. This is fiction which springs from a topical event: the Irish Republican Army (IRA) terrorism in London. The IRA has decided to strike at the heart of British pride and bombs
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    Lock icon Monks against Manchus
    897 22  -  ROOTS 16 By Hsiaoshuang IT WAS a moonless night when 3000 Manchu troops arrived at the Chiulien Mountains in Fukien where the Shaolin Temple was located. Led by a renegade Shaolin monk, Ma Fu-yi, the soldiers soon surrounded the temple several ranks deep. Silently they set fire
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    Little joy in a vulgar and jarring film BIG GREEN
    532 24  -  By Tan Bah Bah BQT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB •BAND (now at Prince) "Heartland," 1958. Famous band leader Sgt Pepper dies during celebrations marking 40 years of happy music. Grandson Billy revives the Lonely Hearts Club Band with the help
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    Lots of lard with inflation noodles
    796 24 By MACAW IF THERE is anything happening around town, Clemente Alfonso usually knows it before anyone else. This "Portugoose" as he calls himself, has a mighty beak that sniffs out the faintest aroma of news. And his ears! Like radar dishes, they catch the
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    Long-winded Mandarin serials are such a drag
    356 24  -  If you ask me... Tan Khee Huat ON THE scale of one to ten, I award a minusone to the Mandarin serials RTS imports from Taiwan. It makes me wonder why they are still being churned out. It makes me wonder more why
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    What makes a veteran?
    720 25  -  ATHLETICS Tan Kim Seng THE WORLD Veterans' track and field championships is getting to be a bit crowded as was seen at the last championships in Hanover recently where no less than 3500 athletes ranging in ages from 40 to 70 plus took part. This accoraing
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    Lock icon The Marathon Woman
    382 25 AIS WOMEN can beat men at their own games this is the conclusion of Dr Ken Dyer, an Australian genetic biologist. He says the reason why people insist that this can never be is the same reason which supported past prejudices against women. But Dr Dyer says
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      226 25 SENIOR CREDIT OFFICER J'<» fa For a major European bank, highly respected in the international financial markets and recently established in Singapore. The Senior Credit Officer who will report to the General Manager, will be responsible for credit evaluations and recommendations, credit and loan documentation and assisting in loan administration
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      355 25 APPOINTMENTS RESDENT MANAGER Around $40,000 p.a. plus car and merit incentive allowance Our client is a member of an international group of companies engaged in the manufacture and distribution of chemical products. The company is locally registered and operates a large factory in Singapore. It is now seeking a Resident
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    Bava's three-point improvement plan
    927 26 RVfiBY Dm Scro tubal vet COACH of. the Year, Natahar Bava, has set himself the task of realising three major goals with the ultimate aim of improving the Singapore Rugby Union's achievements of yesteryear. The bearded American School physical-educatio-nist disclosed this in an interview with Sunday
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    At last the SBA are beginning to see through their folly
    427 26  -  BADMINTON Gerry Chan FINALLY, a sense of foresight is prevailing in the selection policy of the Singapore Badminton Association. A new and bold approach by SBA's standard, the inclusion of four newcomers for SNOC's approval has been long overdue.
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    Veteran Kim to make a comeback
    563 27  -  nmsiiuji Alfred Tong FORMER national champion T. S. Kim will be making a comeback of a sort when he turns out for Singapore veterans in the Wan Suleiman Cup match against the Malaysian veterans in Malacca on Sept 15. Kim played his last competitive
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    Lock icon SLICE PATTERN
    66 27  -  The Teaching Pro... By Don J. Leary 1. Seeing is believing. Try ta visualize the slice server At (1) racquet head hits up and over. 2. Racquet face slightly diagonal at contact. Pros call this carving, peeling or hatchet position. 3. Racquet has*hit through impact point with wrist.
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      104 27 \bu don't have to be a Pro to feel like a Pro 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 V V rfe( ins and snoris ror men.
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    Venomous beauty...
    689 28  -  Scubadlving Lisa Gouw LEAVING the glare of the noon-day sun and plunging down into the welcomed depths, my mind recalled Captain Cousteau's first impressions as he undertook his first dive with only simple eye goggles in 1936. "Sometimes we are lucky enough to know that our lives have
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    Selvam: I believe in thinking positive
    417 28  -  Brian Miller M. T. SELVAM has a score to settle when he tees-off with 31 others on the Seletar Caddy championship today. The 23-year-old player was unlucky when he lost out to Hamzah Yusof by one stroke last year and he does not intend
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      112 28 \bu don't hcrve to be a Pro to feel like a Pro fSk i. .*>■' <"* >. :< J- :< V r~\< WM A M I J B Mi f7 it' J SM i L-; H*"? Hx V Yxjll feel like one on and off the course with Arnold Fblmer
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      46 28 QUIBr 3 IAAPOOVINJ& LIE OR STANCE AND INFLUENCING BALL PROHIBITED 3 BOILDIM& Of STANCE PBOHI0ITED. A PLAYEC 14 ALWAVft ENTITLED TO PLACE WK5 FEET FlRAAUV ON THE GROUND WHEN TAKING MKs STANCE. BUT ME l4 NOT ALLOWED TO BUILD A STANCE. *4 Uf-M Golf rules OK!
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    Speed-king Barry looks ready to match the big boys
    1092 29 MOVE over Mario Andretti...look out Niki Lauda a new speedking is about to scorch across the Formula One racing scene. For motorbike ace, Barry Sheene, twice twowheel world champion, is poised to make his debut among the big boys on four.
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    They need more competition
    380 29  -  NETBALL Joyce Tan SINGAPORE'S netbal] need top-level competition regularly in order to build a strong national team for the World Cup which we are hosting in 1963. This was the opinion of Mrs. Cynthia Naidu, the national coach who accompanied a team of 12 players on
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    Lock icon Kansas owe it all to Craig
    528 30 EXPATS' CORNER UPI ROOKIE Craig Chamberlain is rapidly gaining the respect of American League batters. Chamberlain pitched a three-hitter ana Eddie Murray's error paved the way for three unearned runs in the fourth inning on friday night to help the Kansas City Royals post
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    SIA are on an uneven course
    263 30  -  BASKETBALL Tony Koh SINGAPORE Airlines are bent on regaining the Far East and South Pacific Airlines Cup which they lost to Ansett Airlines last year at Kuala Lumpur. But lately, problems have been cropping up and, for the last month, coach Chan Wah Kwee
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    Splendid win by Blockbuster
    591 30 EVEN money favourite, BLOCKBUSTER confidently handled by George Podmore landed the odds when he beat front-running UP AGAIN II by a length in Race Two at Bukit Timah yesterday. The going was good. Race 1 CLASS DIV. 2 l,M*m Thragmertea Stable's (8) THROGMORTON 55 (6965-1496) H
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      35 30 Ist No. *****0 ($4,837) 2nd No. *****8 ($1,382) 3rd No. *****8 Starters (SIM each): *****3, 152*4, *****8, *****4, *****9, *****9, *****9, *****4. Consolation ($199 each): *****9, *****9, *****8, *****9, *****3, *****9, *****8, *****5, *****9, *****9.
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    Space Wonder can halt Pegasus' winning ways
    523 31  -  By SCRUTINEER It looks like a tussle between PEGASUS 0 and SPACE WONDER in Race 5 the 1600 m stayers event for Class 4 Division 1 horses at Bukit Timah today. Pegasus n, who has already chalked up two wins, is strongly fancied
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    SELECTIONS
    130 31 SCRUTINEER BRIAN MILLER K. L. CHAN TURF RAY Race 1 Cack af The Walk Bit O'Class Caek af The Walk Bit O'Class Cack af The Walk Ocean West Oeeaa West Cock of The Walk Race t Carnwall Gardens Asian Sovereign Caniwall Gardens Eight Hundred Heroes Asiaa Saverelga Slicing Sand
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    Bukit Timah Card and Form for Today
    2334 31 London Bridge, who has already won two races this season, could score another in Race 6. RAfF 1 2.30 CLASS 6, DIV 1 1,200m v v> x ($11,000 $7,700 to winner) 1 0903 Oc«*n WmI g (KY Chua) Yap 6 57 1.5) 1,200m
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    Anyan wins by only nine pins
    230 32 SPORTS NATION INDONESIA reigned suEme dating the Graded ■ten final when S. Anvaa relied himself te victory at Jackie's Bawl System M yesterday. Anyan netehed np 3457 pintails te beat Thailand's J. Psrachal by nine nina. In the prseess he hit an average sf
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    Let it be a fitting farewell for Dollah
    704 32  -  By SURESH NAIR THE spotlight will be on veteran striker Doliah Kassim when Singapore take on Hitachi FC in a friendly international at the National Stadium tonight. For Dollah, this will be his last international match after 11 years of illustrious service
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      71 32 Sports Diary; ATHLETICS: Pesta Sukan National Jog Mass Event (Various venues, 7 a.m.) BOWLING: Singapore International Championship (Jackie's Bowl, 10 a.m.) SOCCER: (International Friendly)— Hitachi (Japan) PC v Singapore (National Stadium, 8 p.m.). VOLLEYBALL: Independent Cup Tournament Tai Hua v Thomson Combined (Women), Combined Schools v Bras Besah CC (Women),
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