New Nation, 10 December 1979

Microfilm: NL10428
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    Masthead
    19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Monday, December 10, 1979 2744 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 144/1/79 r NEW (£0) NATION COMMENT
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    Phey charged
    653 1 Over $100,000 involved Trade union leader Phey Yew Kok was charged in a magistrate's court this morning with criminal breach of trust and contravention of the Trade Unions Act. The 45-year-old chairman of the National Trades Union Congress faces six charges involving a total of $100,265. Four of
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    Lock icon Iran plans tribunal
    185 1 Reuter Washington, Monday Iran plans to appoint an international tribunal in the next 10 days to investigate American wrongdoing in Iran. Iranian Foreign Minister Sadeo Qotbzadeh said in a TV interview that practically all the 53 Americans held hostage in Tehran would be called before the tribunal.
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    30 injured in morning accident
    130 1 Thirty people were injured this morning in an accident involving two private buses and a Singapore Armed Forces armoured vehicle near Tengah Air Base at Chua Chu Rang Road. A police spokesman said the three vehicles were behind the Mindef vehicle and moving towards Lim
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    New cells in Changi Prison
    238 2 This block of cells coming up in Changi maximum security prison is one of the two being built for hardcore convicts. The two blocks, with a total of 320 cells, form the second phase of development to upgrade facilities at Changi Prison. Phase Two, which
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    All-out alert for drug traffickers
    177 2 The Central Narcotics Bureau and the Customs have intensified their vigilance at all entry points for drug traffickers. The alert follows intelligence reports that harvesting of the poppy plant from which opium, heroin and morphine are obtained in the Golden Triangle has begun. Sources said
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    Lectures
    35 2 The University of SingaKre's Extramural Studies ipartment will conduct a 10-lecture course on Effective Communication through Public Speaking in Nissen Hut 10A, Joint Campus, every Wednesday from 6.30 to 9.30 p.m. starting Jan 9.
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    Party
    33 2 A Christmas party for children aged eight to 12 years from ueylang, Mountbatten, Toa Payoh and Tanjong Pagar will be held at the Metropolitan YMCA, Palmer Road, on Sunday from 1.30 p.m.
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    Ang Mo Kio car-pool
    127 2 Motorists staying in Ang Mo Kio had been asking for a designated place for a car-pool pick-up point, like the one in Marine Parade. So the Public Works Department erected one signboard for the pick-up point a few weeks ago at Avenue Six. But the motorists
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    Exhibition
    30 2 Senior Minister of State (Foreign Affairs) Mr Rahim Lshak will officially open the Handicrafts 79 Exhibition at the National Museum Young People's Gallery on Dec 18 at 5.30 p.m.
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    Complex
    27 2 Minister for Law and Science and Technology Mr E.W.Barker will officially open the new sports complex at the Chinese Swimming Club on Friday at 2.30 p.m.
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    BB aims for better control
    210 4 The Singapore Boys' Brigade has been revamped for more effective control and organisation of activities. There are now four battalions, each with six companies. Each company has between 30 and 300 members. Previously, there were 24 independent companies, each having its own programme of activities.
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    Dragon boat race to raise funds
    176 4 It began with walkathon. Swimathon, joggathon followed and many other thons. Now the Punggol Point Community Centre has come up with another dragonboathon. So yesterday 52 members of the centre's youth group took to two dragon boats for a race round Coney Island. They
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    Not just for sports
    206 4 This $10 million sports complex at Kent Ridge will be more than just a place where students can keep themselves fit. Students may have to sit their examinations in a gymnasium and a sports competition hall when they are completed in the middle of 1981. The
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    Rice prices up
    91 4 Welcome has raised the prices of Thai 100 per cent fragrant white rice and Thai 100 per cent white rice at all its supermarkets. The increase, the second this year, came into effect this morning. The two varieties of rice now cost $6.12 per six kg and
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      42 4 PRE-CHRISTMAS SMUG SALE (Ist Dec 15th Dec 1979) 10% to 40% OFF on our wide range of furnishing fabrics (Indian Handwoven Cotton, American Cotton, etc.) IMPERIAL CANE FURNITURE 30 WATTEN RISE, WATTEN ESTATE SINGAPORE 1128 TEL: *****1 DON'T MISS THIS FANTASTIC OFFER
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    Training for students
    295 5 To groom responsible leaders One hundred sixtyseven students from 25 schools have completed a leadership programme organised by the National Youth Leadership Training Institute. Besides school prefects and monitors, students of various societies and uniformed groups holding top and responsible positions attended the course which ended on
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    Move for 60 hawkers in Bugis Street
    289 5 Sixty hawkers in Bugis Street and the neatby area will be resited in new premises in the same area by next month. A Ministry of the Environment spokesman said that hawkers will be allocated pitches of standard size of I.Bm by 1.2 m
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    Entrepot trade decreases
    88 5 Singapore's role as a major importer of Malaysian goods for re-export has diminished, according to figures given by Malaysia's Bank Negara. Malaysian exports to Singapore fell from 23.6 per cent in 1960 to 16.2 per cent last year, although imports from Singapore have remained constant at 8.5
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    Stock market
    117 5 Trading ruled from steady to firm during the first 45 minutes of trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Selangor Properties, K.L. Kepong and Kulim Malaysia stood out with gains of four to eight cents. BUSINESS DONE First Section F. Merlin (9) 1.06 Sel. Properties (25) 4.02
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    Kids' camp
    31 5 The Metropolitan YMCA will organise a stay-in camp for children aged 10 to 12 years staying in Toa Payoh at the East Payoh School from Saturday to Dec 17.
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      6 5 More Local News in Page 8
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      185 5 SOS It always helps to talk to someone. Samaritans of Singapore exists to help those in despair or suicidal. Ring *****44. TT TT IXk 1 1 I I I I 1 ■I it Ti J* i. i ■wwpwiifr get the most from your Civic, Accord or Prelude. lb take advantage
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    New-look school at Braddell Hill
    302 6 A $4 .5 million newlook school is being built at Braddell Hill for secondary school students. The school, which is adjacent to the Braddell View HUDC flats, is being built on different levels to provide free flowing space. For instance, the courtyard surrounded by the
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    Requests for refugees magazine
    229 6 Several people have honed the Hawkins Road amp to make enquiries about the magazine produced by Vietnamese refugees there. This follows a New Nation report on Thursday that refugees at the camp had put into print the agonies, dangers and sufferings they underwent in their search
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    After Dec 17?
    136 6 The Singapore and Nanyang Universities may hold an open forum after Dec 17 on the dispute over the shifting of Joint Campus students to Kent Ridge and later to Nantah. That's when the ViceChancellor of the University of Singapore, Dr Kwan Sai Keong, and the Director-General of
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    Two films
    24 6 Two colour films Beautiful Korea and Oyster will be screened at the National Museum on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Admission is free.
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    Xmas do
    19 6 The Metropolitan YMCA will hold a Christmas gettogether for members and families on Thursday from 7.30 p.m.
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      303 6 Mission Accomplished Matlamat Tercapai illustrator: Lui Thue Wah 54 3 m 8 *C a *5 e 1 9 m m i m s Va m v is %a si »r I 'I S-4 S mm a i r;^> iflli I *4 I S3 I n 4 K S3 ffi imt&B-k&jm&Mm®*
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    Lock icon Libya expels PLO head
    363 7 World Focus Reuter Beirut, Monday Libyan authorities yesterday expelled the head of the Palestine Liberation Organisation's bureau in Tripoli, a senior PLO official said in Beirut. Farouk Kaddoumi, chief of the PLO's political department, was quoted by the Palestine news agency Wafa as saying that Suliman
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    Lock icon TODAY
    98 7 UPI TODAY Is Monday. Dec 10, the 344 th day of 1979 with 21 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius. ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY: In 1898, Spain signed a treaty officially ending the Spanish-American war. It gave Guam, Puerto Rico and
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    Lock icon Odd Corner
    99 7 AP Atlanta, Monday J. K. Barney's tyre dealership In downtown Atlanta has been sporting a giant sign on the roof warning people about the city's high crime rate. Now, he's got Eroof. Somebody roke into his store and escaped with US$5l99 ($19,759) worth of tyres, office equipment and
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    Lock icon Soviet flights over Thailand charge
    222 7 AP Bangkok, Monday Soviet transport planes have made at least 10 unauthorised flights over Thailand in the past two months, and officials said they believed the flights were synchronised with military activities in Kampuchea, an informed source in the Communlca- tions Ministry said yesterday. The
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    Lock icon A false tale, says India
    191 7 AP New Delhi, Monday India accused Pakistan of fabricating a false story about an Indian diplomat caught receiving Pakistan government secrets. It said the affair is detrimental to India's good neighbour policy toward Pakistan. India's External Affairs Ministry spokesman issued a statement on Sunday branding
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      27 7 The Gordon's Guide to better cocktails fiRP r A t >w. M* h.M 3 1 m Ot A GOOD < < ;i *f& »[l] Hl?l !KllKlh\ I it iihniii
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      128 7 Mora World Nows in Pago 12 December# at The Marco Polo is for the family together! We've decked our Ballroom with boughs of holly and everything else for a really joyful Christmas! Because it's the Christmas Family Buffet Lunch at our Marco Polo Ballroom. With lots of fantastic food, fun
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    Prices and hawkers
    341 8 Judging by the hefty prices he can command today, our friendly neighbourhood hawker has come through a lot more inflation than we have. Thanks to OPEC's prominence, much of this could be blamed safely on the dizzy rise in the price of oil. That has been good
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    THEIR VIEWS
    106 8 4 What sense can they (the people of India) make of the current quarrelling (among politicians) when everyday a politician is reported to have switched his support, usually for no reason but personal gain, or fresh candidates are put up, for no reason but personal gain, or fresh
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    Spend, spend, spend
    103 8 fg> Let's hope our government departments don't operate this way. As the year was coming to an end, Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines found itself with a kitty of $715,000. Either it had to return the money to the general treasury and thus face a
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    MAKE MOST OUT OF THIS XMAS
    601 8  -  MONDAY WITH GLORIA CHANDY GLORIA CHANDY The shops have long since hung out their cotton wool "snow". Department stores and hotel restaurants have red mini-skirted "santarinas" (a Singapore concoction) on the loose. In advertisements and newspaper and magazine articles, the cliches abound. "Christmas is
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    Lock icon Era of computer graphics
    750 8 NYT On a computer display terminal, a picture of a house appears, grows in height and whirls around to display itself from every angle. The operator asks the computer for the noon sun to come out, and the house suddenly casts shadows on the ground and
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    The King and I
    921 9  -  Or the saga of Anna and the King of Siam For the Record by Gloria Chandy Many Singaporeans must be quite familiar with the saga of Anna and the King of Siam. The story has been told and retold in books, and on stage and screen.
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      102 9 Fill your Christmas stockings.. or your shorts with a body that's physically fit! Give your body a lasting Christmas gift a professionally planned complete exercise program. Our staff will work out a regular exercise program specifically for you. Give your family and friends a membership in the Clark Hatch Physical
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      203 10 *'< i' >•» > > 0/ *> ,V»* f? u., ilBX« NfiJ N"o *>. v- ',&h I m v V -r >f -4 Bon Appetit. It starts with our very special Pate Pate de fois gras. The true goose liver pate. It is one of the great delicacies of the
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      Lock icon First, a sneak preview
      598 11 10 finalists in the Young Designers' Contest Come Saturday and you will see some of Singapore's fresh talents compete in the Young Designers' Contest at the Hyatt Hotel. Organised by Her World and co-sponsored by Metro, Singapore Airlines and Helena Rubinstein, the contest attracted 400 entries.
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        City slick
        91 10 FOR THE busy city erl, Max Factor has troduced their latest range of makeup called The Cltyscape Collection. Inspired by the business centres of New York, the collection comprises the City Slick look; the Wall Street look and The Plaza look. There's a whole variety of vibrant, vivid
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        Into the 80s
        128 10 Take a peek at the Shapes and Silhouettes of the Bis this Friday at the Hyatt Regency when one of Manila's leading designers, Auggie Cordero, gives his forecast on fashions for men and women. His II models, showing off both the elegant and casual, will take the
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        Xmas fashion
        43 10 IF YOU happen to be around C. K. Tang on Saturday, pop in the second floor and catch Tang's Christmas fashion presentation at 4 p.m. The Ave models will show the store's Christmas collection for women's wear. Soapbox is hold ovor
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    Lock icon 5 dead after fierce fight
    398 12 Clash between supporters of rival Ayatollahs, 'Ayatollah Khomeini vs Ayatollah Shariat-Madari Reuter UPI Tabriz (Iran), Monday At least five people died and 26 were wounded, eight seriously, in heavy fighting last night between supporters of Iran's two most powerful religious leaders for control of the
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    Lock icon Blasts at airline offices
    129 12 Reuter Rome, Monday Nine people were injured in a double bomb attack on Philippines, British and Israeli airline offices in Rome last night and an anonymous phone caller claimed responsibility on behalf of an Armenian nationalist group. The caller told Reuters the attacks were part of
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    Lock icon Soviets rush troops to Kabul
    134 12 World Focus UPI New Delhi, Monday The Soviet Union has sent massive reinforcements to Afghanistan to help the Kabul government in an escalating guerilla war with well-armed Muslim tribesmen, a rebel leader said yesterday. Zia Nassery, an Afghan-American rebel leader, who arrived in New Delhi
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    Lock icon Muslim party Hq seized
    89 12 AP Tehran, Manday Unidentified attackers seined the Tehran headquarters ef the Mnallm People 'h Republican Party en Saturday, linked with dissident ethnic Tarks in Azerbaijan firevlnce, and have akea an unspecified nnmber ef peeple In the balldlng captive, witnesses said. Unccnflrmed reperts said the attackers were
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      445 12 s Moneyu/ords results j No entrant submitted a solution which corresponded in all respects with the set of answers held by the judges to be the most apt and accurate in the New Nation Moneywords Contest "JI". One entrant submitted a solution which diffeigd at three points from the solution
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    Good going for the Charade
    572 14  -  New model has added features Motoring bv Roderick Pestana When the Charade was introduced two years ago it was acclaimed Car of the Year by Japanese motoring writers. One of its revolutionary features was its threecylinder four-stroke engine, which Daihatsu claimed gave the car maximum
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    The familiar old lightweights still on our roads
    434 14  -  —J Motorcycling bv Lee Chiu San The past twelve months have seen familiar old lightweight soldiering on for another year, as well as interesting, brand-new models being unveiled. Of the familiar old faces, none is as longestablished as the Yamaha YB 100.
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    BY THE WAY
    359 14 Reader CPA weuld like to knew whether It Is worthwhile to pay extra tor the option of having automatic or five-speed drive 1b a car he Intends to hay. And also the advantages and disadvantages of either. Generally the main advantage of having automatic drive Is convenience.
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    Clipped his wings
    12 15 That's Mr Cheong Principal Mike Cheong conducts a class
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    People in business
    371 15 Mike K. L. Cheong clipped his wings two years ago and opted for a down-to-earth career hair designing. The reason for giving up his air steward s lob after 4'/i years? "You cannot go on flying indefinitely." So he saved enough money and went to London to
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    Lock icon 'Explore them'
    91 15 Reuter Kuala lumpur, Monday Finance Minister Tengku Razaleigh has called for exploration of new markets in the Third World which remain untapped for export of Malaysian products. Speaking at a meeting of marketing executives, he said they should make vigorous and imaginative efforts to create new market opportunities.
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    Lock icon Individual oil imports the problem
    263 15 Reuter Paris, Monday The major issue facing the 20-nation International Energy Agency conference here today is how to monitor and limit individual oil imports of its members, an lEA spokesman said. Agreement on the group's overall 24 million-a-day import ceiling is expected to occupy little
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    Lock icon Battle of European budget...
    146 15 Business News and Views Reuter Strasbourg (France), Monday The European Parliament todav begins an unprecedented struggle with Common Market governments over the community's US$22 billion ($4B billion) budget (or next year. Four of the Assembly's six main political groups which will attend a plenary session in
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      148 15 ACT IMMEDIATELY Sime Darby Berhad share certificates will be despatched on Thursday 20th December 1979 to shareholders listed on the Sime Darby Holdings Limited registers on Wednesday 19th December 1979. If your Sime Darby Holdings Limited shares are not registered in your name or the name of your nominee by
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      95 15 M7OFL supe f M2ot super Variable Magnetic Shunt Ortofon Cartridges Oriofon magnetic cartridges are designed with' variable magnetic shunt and ultra-light stylus cantilever so that they can track very high level signals with low distortion Ihe stylus is ot highly polished diamond in a choice ot tine line or elliptical
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  • SPORT STARTS HERE
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      Lock icon Japanese are tops
      278 16 B^Judo Reuter Paris, Monday Sumio Endo of Japan and Frenchman Thierry Rey won the last two gold medals at the 10th World judo championships which ended here yesterday. Endo defeated Vitaly Kuznetsov of the Soviet Union in the Open (all weight) Class final with a superb throw,
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      Lock icon Easy victories
      87 16 Reuter Hong kong, Monday Australia scored their first win yesterday while China and South Korea continued their easy passage with comfortable victories on the fourth days of the Second Asian women's volleyball championship. Australia, bolstered by strong physique and effective serving, hammered India 15-1, 15-13, 15-3 in the
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      Lock icon Spain enter the finals
      296 17 UPI Reuter Limassol (Cyprus), Monday Spain became the sixth country to qualify for the finals of the European soccer championship when they beat Cyprus 3-1 in the final Group Three match here yesterday. The win gave the Spanlards nine points from six games and ended Yugoslavia's
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      Time is running out on Allan
      414 17  -  g9 Racing^ By SCRUTINEER Ivan Allan, who is making an all-out effort to catch up with Teh Choon Beng in the Trainers' premiership, was "robbed" of a certain winner in the Class 5 Division 3 1200 m race at Bukit Timah on Saturday. His
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      Lock icon Two tie for gold in world meet
      150 17 Gymnastics Reuter Fort Worth, Monday. East German Roland Bruckner and Kurt Thomas of the United States tied for the gold medal in floor exercises on the final day of the world gymnastics championships here. Alexandre Tkachev of the Soviet Union took the bronze.
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      No longer also-rans
      701 18  -  Brian Miller Manila, Monday The curtain rang down on the 9th World FIQ tenpin bowling championships last night amid tne usual pomp. But while the celebrations were going on ar the Grand Ballroom of the Ramada Hotel, one thing stood out clearly bowling has come of age
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      Lifters for China meet
      156 18  -  HM Weight lifting By SUBESH NAIR The Singapore Amateur Weightliftiqg Federation will be preparing a team for China to compete in an international invitational championships at Jinan, Shantung Province, next October. Sawlf assistant secretary Ling Soon Chua said they nave accepted the All-China Sports Federation invitation
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      Two-goal Mokhtar
      372 19  -  Soccer By OOI KOK CHUEN Ex-Malaysian international Mokhtar Dahari scored two quick opportunistic goals to help his team PKNS win the FAM Cup outright when they played Hong Chin at the Merdeka Stadium on Saturday night. But Mokhtar should perhaps thank opposition goalkeeper Liew Yoke Chin for literally
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      Hunt-ing Zaman with ease
      1033 20  -  .or how Geoff made squash look so deceptively simple mmHH^lk By ERIC COOPER Geoff Hunt, the reigning world champion, showed just why he holds that exalted title when he demolished Qamar Zaman in the final of the 1979 PIA World Series at the Kallang yesterday. Disappointed
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      Raymond double at SICC
      640 20  -  He and his partner Foh Choi beat two juniors to take Sime Salver WEEKEND GOLF by LIM KEE CHAN Raymond K.M. Tan completed a double in the Singapore Island Country Club when he partnered Yong Fob Choi to win the Sime Salver at the Bukit Course
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      Zaman: I played stupidly
      483 21  -  By SHIRLEY TAN Qamar Zaman, wiped the sweat off his >brow soon after being outplayed and outpaced by world's No. 1 Geoff Hunt and declared: "I played a stupid game. He added: "I kept thinking of winners. I knew that if I played strokes against nim,
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      Lock icon All pain, no doc
      272 22  -  LION CITY CUP '79 ROUND-UP By SURESH NAIR BAHRAIN 2 INDIA Forget the scoreline for the moment. The big question on everyone's lips at Jurong Stadium last night was: Where was the match doctor? In this fouls-ridden match, the doctor's absence was sorely felt as numerous
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      The strain tells on Malaysia
      212 22 SINGAPORE 'B' S MALAYSIA 'A' 1 "Does this result make us as good as Australia?," asked a senior Singapore official at Jalan Besar last night after his secondstringers handed Malaysia their second successive defeat. No. The visitors, after their 5-0 mauling by the "Socceroos" the
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      The Saudis samba on...
      307 22 The crowd cheered endlessly for underdogs Indonesia, but it did little good as the physically stronger and tactically superior ran away with a 5-0 win at Jurong Stadium. Brazilian coach Sampaio Oswaldo must have been happy to see his side play fluid South American attacking soccer.
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      446 16 LASSIFIE ADS CJLTJ. H4-44U AT YOUR SERVICE Telephone Servlce:Wrekdays 8.30 a.m. 5.00 p.m. Saturdays 8.30 a.m. 3.00 p.m. Public Holidays 9.00 a.m. 1.00 p.m. Counter Service:Heffulur office hours I MAGIC SHOP 1001 Tricks. Jokes, Novelties Magicians for pari les available dally 8.00 a m H 00 pin. 132 Cantonment Road,
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      239 16 DRIVING SCHOOLS I CHARADE DRIVING SCHOOL Instructs systematically. 38-D, Changl Road. Tel: *****0 s FLORISTS K FUN'S FLORISTS X'MAS/ New Vear Olft Otter. Oet a free Management Diary (worth $7.50) or pocket-wallet diary for your order or flower arrangement now. For prompt and efficient service telephone *****07, *****41. Fun's Florists
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      224 16 MISCELLANEOUS LOVER MARRIAGE-AID BUREAU assists you to get your friends, lifetime partners privately, confidentially (iuaranteed personal genuine Introductions'to Doctors, Lawyers, Secretaries, Nurses, Engineers, Executives, Architects, Civil Servants, Technicians, Businessmen, Teachers, Clerks, etc. All professions, nationalities, races, ages. Call personally: 202, 2nU floor, People's Park Centre, S'pore I. Tel: *****7 COMPUTER
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      391 16 STEAMBATHS, MASSAGE Emperor Health Centre Massage A Sauna, Fch Parking 11 am to 10.45 pm daily York Hotel Mount Elizabeth (behind Lucky Plaza) Tel: ******8,*****09 *****11 Ext 1900 ROYAL HOTEL: NEWTON ROAD REFRESHING: SAUNA STEAMBATH MASSAGE A FACIAL *****21/*****11 EXT. 131 10 a.m. 10.30 p.m. daily VEHICLES FOR SAL£ TOYOCAR
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      379 16 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you have a great store of nervous energy. There is little that happens that you cannot in some way enjoy. You bring, even to unhappy events, a personal involvement that enables you to use those events as grist (or your mill.
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      184 17 Experienced English craftmanship combined with the finest material guarantees a lifetime of peaceful sleep and quality that really lasts. The Silentnight collection has different levels of spring firmness so you can choose the one which suits you best. More and more people are discovering the advantages of Silentnight. In fact,
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      210 18 A breakthrough. An eye to watch out for you.whie you watch. In the JVC 7875 DL, we built in an electronic eye automatic control. The eye gauges yourroom light and adjusts brightness, contrast and colour for the best picture. A bright picture in daylight and a darker picture in twilight.
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      592 19 MONDAY n a! 1 111 1111, MONEYWORDS Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name: Sex: Age: Occupation: Address: N R I.C. No: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW along dotted lines MHBHHI CLUES FOR JK 1 1. Subdues or disheartens 2. There ere
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      343 19 r Crossword ~v J A hi ACROSS 1 Skirt feature 5 Drooping 9 Eject 13 Groucho's brother 14 Minor 15 NY Giants owner 16 Cue to the band 17 Porcine sexpot 19 Relative of mum 20 18, 39, and 65 22 "Soap" family 23 favor 24 On: FY. 25 Lofty
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      50 20 Sports diary SOCCER: Lion City Cup tournament Singapore 'B' v Bahrain; Indonesia v Singapore 'A' (National Stadium, 6.30; 8 p.m Malaysia 'B' v Thailand; South Korea v Australia (Jurong, 6.30; 8 p.m.). PARC v Serangoon Gardens (Bukit Cnermin, 5 p.m.). Friendly Tiong Bahru v Hong Kong Bank (Tanglin, 5.15 p.m.).
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      35 22 It Doesn't Hurt To Know v r As he appeared in "MIDNIGHT EXPRESS' is KANE, Executive Officer of the Space Tug, "NOSTROMO" in LIEN In space no one can hear you scream. w s^ m
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      75 22 Coca-Cola TRADE MARK REGISTERED is the official soft drink of the 3rd Lion City Cup yr J| Uw> ■o J 4 /-•'< v V- W: v:^ u* <// v gp^f; V" r;' ff 0' J mi Watch Singapore play today 10th December 1979 6.30pm Group A National Stadium Singapore B'
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      Can you lend me your country?
      612 23 Judith Holmberg previews 'The Refugees From Indochina' Can you lend me your country?" This was a question one of the boat people asked the commander of a Singapore gunboat which had stopped them from landing in June. It is a question that is being
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      They suffered from their emotions
      408 23 There were no near misses from the Indochina war that they came close to. But the month producers Chan Heng Weng and Tan Gek Seam and their camera crew spent in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand to film The Refugees from Indochina, took its own
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      314 23 At the cinema THE CHAMP: T#arierker about how a former boxer makes a comeback to win the affection of his son when his estranged wife threatens to take the boy from him. Stars Jon Voight, Ricky Schroder, FayeXXinaway. Orchard: 11, 2, 5.45, 8.45 p.m. THE WHITE BUFFALO: A dispirited western
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      82 23 T«Uy: 2.26 p.m. (2.6m), 9.12 p.m. (0.7m) Tamarraw: 3.57 a.m. (2.3m). 9.42 a.m. (1.4m), 3.15 p.m. (2.4m), 9.59 p.m. (0.9m) WedaeMay: 4.48 a.m: (2.3m), 10.47 a.m. (1.4m), 4.19 p.m. (2.2m), 10.57 p.m. (1.1m) Tharsday: 5.49 a.m. (2.3m), 12.10 p.m. (1.4m), 5.46 p.m. (2.0m) Friday: 12.12 a.m. (1.2m), 6.53 a.m. (2.3m),
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      70 23 I Tomorrow's 1 FJ^iwol 6.00 A.M. Opening Announcements and Programme Summary 6.05 Morning Prelude with Joseph Mayor (guitar) and Victor Orchestra 6.30 News 6.40 Morning Concert includeing Tosca Highlights (Puccini), Leontyne Price, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Clifford Grant, Paul Plishka, Francis Egerton, John Gibbs, Michael Rippon, New Phil Orchestra/Zubin Mehta
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      235 23 In and around town CHILD HEALTH EXHIBITION by the Apex Club at Thomson Plaza. Open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Admission free. On till Friday. MOBILE HEALTH EXHIBITION at the Nee Soon Camp. Open from 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Admission free. On till Thursday. FAMILY PLANNING A talk
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    67 24 AH FOOK: A register of retired people who could do part-time Jobs in their respective neighbourhoods that sounds like agood idea. MET UN: I am sure there are lots of Jobs which the old people can do, such as looking after car parks and keeping guard at HDB
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      110 24 POOR TaVa RECEPTION Gel the most out of your colour T.V. Set Enjoy T.V. Programme 0nCH.3.5.8& 10 ANTENNA INSTALLATION BY VIDEOCRAFT Th<* Specialists Foi c olour I or Hlat k Sl Whilt* I A'. Reception a s rr I Plt'«»s*' I all lOMSIMV I Ol (II MIIIN K INS I
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      924 24 TV AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 ITELEFUHKEN I qreat looks! Colour great features! I great performance! 3.91 OPENING NOUNCEMENTSfollowed by ILLAYA THALA1MURAI (T/r). This edition has a feature on aero modelling, interviews with Singapore's marathon runner, Natarajan, and our representative to the Asian Film Festival, as well as a song from
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      152 24 Today's top shows AFTERNOON MATINEE: True Grit. (Ch. 5, 3.40 p.m. in colour). Not John Wayne's awardwinning movie, but a thriller about a man who tries to find the criminal who murdered his benefactor's father. Stars Warren Oates, Lisa Pelikan and Lee Meriwether^ w T Connie Sellaca In Flying High
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