New Nation, 23 December 1979

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  • 9 1 Sunday Nation DECEMBER 23, 1979 35 CENTS M.C.(P) N0.145/1/79
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    • 34 1 TV: 1979's best and worst shows Page 6 for rotten apples Page 17 A Tt f Skill triumphs over brawn Back Page For technical reasons, the comics are in black and white this week
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    • 22 1 ,^"<'|.`_'?|%*%^<<+_*"-%}>"\}-. Gourmet meal for two V?>% -""w Carve an X'mas duck Page 22 Car park fees to be revised for CBD Page 2
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    • 198 1 AMERICA'S FAVOURITE Tennis Rackets. Balls Shoes Jlanaaß Sole Agent Merdings Leisure Pte Ltd 23. Park House. Orchard Boulevard Singapore 10 Tel *****55 *****18 Also available at all leading spo'is '.hops and pro snop Customs you think' they'd Li PLUS YOUR ASIA lAG Canon i s T. Canon > V H
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  • 152 2 NATIONAL servicemen in the Vigilante Corps will soon receive their makeup pay by cheoue on the last day of their in-camp training, the Senior Parliamentary Secretary Knvironment), Mr Chor Yeok Kng said yesterday. Speaking at the passing (tut parade of the 23rd
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  • 264 2 MOTORISTS will have to pay a flat rate of 40 cents for every half hour parking in the Central Business District. The new rate by the URA and HDB will come into effect next year. The URA has already informed private carpark owners but
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  • 39 2 THE SINGAPORE Stevedores' Union will award 30 education scholarships for 1980 to the children of its members. Application forms are available at the union's premises at 104-A, Amoy Street, on working days from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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  • 124 2 VARIOUS religious leaders in Singapore yesterday met at the Parliament of Religions organised by the Ramakrishna Mission to celebrate its golden jubilee. The religions represented were Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, Bahaiism and Zoroastrianism. Dr Ahmad Mattar, Acting Minister for Social Affairs, in his speech
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  • 202 2 BUSINESSMAN Christopher Wee Boon Keng, the man behind the unsuccessful attempt to set up a Playboy club here, was ordered to pay $6150 and costs by a district court on Friday for failure to deliver a consignment of rare birds to a banker. District judge,
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  • 41 2 Reuter THE president of the Asean-United States Business Council, Mr Fred Elizalde, has urged in Manila that Asean move rapidly towards a limited common market. Asean has already established a limited mutual preferential trading system. Reuter.
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  • 149 2 ART should be correlated with other subjects in the curriculum instead of being treated as a peripheral subject, said an educationist. "Far too many schools treat the subject as peripheral and look upon it with benign disinterest," the head of the Institute of
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  • 83 2 FROM a construction site drinks hawker to university professors, they came to the Hwa Chong Junior College yesterday to give something to the Kampuchean refugees. By afternoon, the school canteen was overflowing with food. Four seven-tonne lorries were not enough to transport the collection to
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    • 27 2 Now open KFC RESTAURANT Pandan Valley DBS Condominium (below the Post Office) Enjoy your Nyonya and Indonesian favourites right where you are! Daily Bam 11pm Tel: *****03
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    • 225 3 It's all up front A -I'T. 1 Time/Alarm 2 r-r w 4K i Or J I Iff itii a* i: s l V* ~4^,1-'til S3 -j^w-a vvs^:ss®j»»i.. 5' > JwL,. 'm&f&i'Z*':.J, .'Jari SfclS t i m »4,K 'N. gf* 'S V x vr Kfet--I-Maybe you are one of many people
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  • 343 4 THE SINGAPORE Second Hand Motor Vehicle Dealers' Association plans to send a written appeal to Communications Minister Ong Teng Cheong asking for a relaxation of the $10,000 surcharge on imported used cars. A spokesman for the association yesterday said with the surcharge, prices of imported
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  • 156 4 Reuter AYATOLLAH Khomeiny has decreed that Christian clergymen, preferably blacks, should be allowed to visit the 50 American hostages held in the US embassy in Teheran on Christmas Day. The Ayatollah told his Revolutionary Council on Friday night: "It is necessary that you invite several responsible
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  • 104 4 Reuter TIIK United Slates Air Force yesterday called in a high speed reconnaissance aircraft from Okinawa to help search for the three missing Singapore Air Force Skwiawks. The US Air Force spokesman said the RK--4 Phantom would take aerial photographs of the mountainous area where the
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  • 103 4 AFP PHILIPPINE President Marcos said yesterday the country must hold local elections on Jan 30 because the situation could deteriorate after that date. In a grim address to the national legislature, Mr Marcos said this was his conclusion after reviewing the "trend of
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 96 4 A Cool Christmas Christmas is coming, The time of good cheer, That wonderful, light-hearted time of the year. If you We thinking of giving a gift to be treasured Pick a gift that has uses that cannot be measured, A gift that will dress up the home j In grace,
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    • 325 4 `.!("@"\@*[~;,\&/'\:-&(<\$]\<-} CIIRISTMASC A ROLLING by the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment at the Sembawang Naval Base at 5.30 p.m. CANDLE-LIGHT CAROLLING by the Church of the Blessed Sacrament. At the Singapore Handicraft Centre from 6.30 p.m.to 7.p.m. Free gifts to children. Last day. DISCOUNT FAIR Exhibition and fair of household
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    • 241 4 Parachute Association of Singapore at the Changi Airfield, Upper Changi Road from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (weather permitting). FOOD AND FUNFAIR at the SAF Reservists' Association Clubhouse, 293 Lorong 6, Toa Payoh from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Admission fee 20 cents. VICTORY RALLY a music and worship session
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  • 122 5 THIS Australian couple is contentedly soaking up the sun outside their "granny flat" a selfcontained home with bedroom, bathroom, toilet, living room and kitchen. One of 400 units built in Melbourne since 1975, it allows old people to maintain their independence while living near their families without
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  • 182 5 Reuter JAPAN has decided to extend assistance in promoting a dialogue between Vietnam ana Asean, the Foreign Ministry said in Tokyo yesterday. The Ministry said it had told the Japanese ambassador to Vietnam, Mr Eijiro Noda, of the Japanese Government's intention but gave
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  • 329 5 AFP EXCEPTIONAL importance was given in Hanoi to the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnamese Army as Vietnamese troops poised to launch a final strike this weekend against remnants of Pol Pot's units at the Thai border. More than half of Hanoi Politburo members
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  • 278 6 COMMENT TO (JIVE or not to give that does not seem to be the question. The stores are hell bent on getting us to scramble for Christmas gifts which, whether the givers can or can't afford, their friends don't want, much less appreciate. We should
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  • 256 6 WE INVITED readers to pick the year's best and worst TV shows and a few took up the challenge. Here are their selections and comments. Generally the verdict was that RTS had done fairly well, packaging more entertainment and fewer re-runs. Wong Shin Hoe, Tan Tek
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  • 92 6 COMEDY Flying High. Totally repelling script. Bonkers. Flat as a pancake. COPS AND ROBBERS Eddie Capra Mysteries. Very poor attempt to repeat the formula of Ellery Queen. How he solves mysteries from the most unobvious clues is unbelievable. DRAMA SERIES Dallas. Desperately banal plot.'
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  • 437 6 COMEDY Mork and Mlndy. Wacky humour seldom seen on TV, revolving round the many talents of rubber-faced Robin Williams as Mork from the planet Ork. Mork was variously described as "a scream" "sweet and sexy" and "the modern Charlie Chaplin." WKRP In Clncinatti. Best part is
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 633 7  -  EDWARD WOO, an engineer, gives a viewer's opinion of The Refugees From Indo-China, produced by Chan Heng Wing and shown on Dec 10, 11 and 12. His review gets $100. EDWARD WOO A FILM report on the Indochinese refugees could easily have degenerated into sentimentality or
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    • 124 7 Make a 'calculated'move this Christmas, You'll never bse out! Elegant Pendant Watches for HIM HER. From $90 $105. 74 m mm A m/ w -tsWl m Scientific Calculators for the Brainy Ones. From $55 $150 Versatile Calculators with World Time, Calendar, Stop-Watch Alarm dock for Executives-on-the-go! From $45—-$l9O n ISV.^
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  • 759 8  -  PERSPICTIVI Chang Kai Ming HAVE YOU ever driven a car to the top of' a hill, on top of a mountain in the deep shade of tropical trees? And then, as you go over the hump, have you been dazzled by a 2000metre drop into
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    • 95 8 c Seafood Delic ions, succulent, very spicy. 01 prepared mildly spicy for Western v. ith an undertone ol i lemon. T t hat's I hai food in a t nut shell fur you, and heie at Cockpit, we serve it in style. Whethei you Ye entertaining business associates and clients,
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    • 32 9 Graelz COLOUR TV Danclca Now it'll cost you less at our new regular price! A A o o r Qd Sole Agent BEN AND COMPANY LIMITED Available at leading supermarkets retail shops.
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 984 9 Sunday Nation Your 12 TV pullout Christmas Special *79 on Monday, Ch 5 at 11.45 p.m. Yuletide is ushered in by the Peter Low Singers, Anita Sarawak, Dance Arts Singapore, Tracy Huang, Danny Koh, Los Pintos, The Singapore Youth Choir and Mona Richardson. Christmas joy is borne on such singal
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    • 89 9 Jay North...* bundl* of talont and choak Maya (matinee) on Ch 5 at 2.30 p.m. Two teenage boys an Indian and a runaway American set out on an elephant, Maya, to deliver a baby white elephant to a far-off temple. The American's father, a hunter who has regained his nerve
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    • 948 10 MONDAY ALTEC LANSING 3.00 PM. Open 3.03 ILAYA I HAL AMUR A 1 (r) 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS 3.35 Afternoon Matinee: Westward Ho! Three men led by a woman banker set out to round up a gang ot bandits. Stars Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Rule Davis. 4.35 Intermission 6.00
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 157 11 SONY It's 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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    • 996 11 WEDNESDAY Al T f ALTEC LANSING ■M 3.00 PH. Open 3.03 PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISES: The Silent Butler Spoke (r) 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (M) 3.35 HOLDMG ON. Jack Wheelwright is killed leaving behind his wife Dora and two children, Charlie and VI. The immediate needs of her family
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 235 12 Amitsubishi the gentle giont in colour TV Mitsubishi colour TV is backed by the most advanced most sophisticated Japanese technology to dote Featuring the progressive in-line system, the OS pic ture tube produces bright, sharp, life like colour pictures. The advanced NPC circuits in the Mitsubishi colour TV bring out
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    • 965 12 tmmmmmmmmmm tfHfl FRIDAY ALTEC LANSING 3.00 PH. Open 3.03 Housewives' Matinee (r) 4.30 Intermission 6.00 Open 6.03 SAMUDRA 6.30 NEWS M BMEF 6.35 SPORTS REVCW 7.30 ICWS AM) MWSREEL (M) 7.55 BONKERS. Guest stars Petula Clark and Bob Monkhouse 8.25 CULTURAL DIARY 8.30 KMGSTON CONFDENTIAL: Monolith Kingston taces a libel
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 71 13 f v -v> tfc.H I e e Mummy must have known my dream. Guess what she gave me for Christmas? i A whole range of Majorette! Just what I've dreamed of. Miniature Die-Cast 0 Metal Toys h f IuIICC amPoium Wide range plus new models are now available at all
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    • 196 13 nr a S255>s MAP fc&tkrl I SV i K FEATURING B Wi HOY, 6HATTERBOX/ ARE VfU SURE THIS IS HAVES II? IV SWEAR WE'VE MARCHEP ACROSS THE THING! PATIENCE, CHAVEZ/ RESPITE IS THR0U6H VON MOUNTAIN PASS! A II m ■yy. KM1 MSI m a m an m K 'it 4
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  • Page 14/23 Miscellaneous
    • 208 14/23 mSiii a 5 1 WiW A mi R '8/4 1 gS S5r /V/tf* THE CITY, TH£ battle continues. ft ■I f £T=. 1 r. 1 AS VI a J* *1' S&S^ ll>* rs I S*><£ Y> J 3o 0! U 3L r ZZ v* &s£ »S s££ 4 < I'lu
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    • 73 14/23 oprc> V mort Walker K HOLD TIGHT BEETLE, >THI5 JEEP HAS BEEN STARTING WITH A BIG JERK PIIIIQ 1979 King fiw SyndkM. Inc. Woild HMn «rt m sfie 2K Boy/ WHEN HE STARTS READING MY A\INP IT'S TIME TO PUT IN FOR A i TRANSFER SSi 1 I'LL BET SARGE
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    • 190 14/23 E? I V I'LL BE M3UR LI'L 1 HONEVCAKE, PRINCESS! ME. CV°° SO WILL I, PRLNCESSI WHAT'S MDUR NAMS, BABE? SHUT UP, YOU BEAN-BRA1NSK)ACH,I FEEL RIGHT THIS YOUNG LADY CAMS 7 AT HOME, GJVEEN UMRPKI MOT VOL) SOUND CHUST YOU OTHER —/T LIKE MINE HAMMBRHEADSJ^\ Y VLUD0LE MAMAL/WVTTUH, m w
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  • 890 15 it's plain old Penang saltfish Gullible's Travels HEATHROW. 'Ello, 'ello, 'ello, miss, what have we here then, let's have a look. But I've nothing to declare except my independence, heh, heh oh all right. Zirripp, and it all hung out. What's this then eh? Strange
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 95 15 Light up this Festive Season with BisquitYS.O.E Free! A slim gold-plated lighter with every bottle of Bisquit V.S.O.P. BHI IkH We have put an elegant, gold-plated lighter into mHI jQJHH every pack of this celebrated cognac. It's yours free when you buy this prestigious new quart size Bisquit V.S.O.P. in
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    • 56 16 G(X)D REASON'S P\'*V Iy» < t f > i V i' I :r-; i A V y "N "H II <r c r?i» •v i.Ti < > ly,.< p I UDI Canned Cocktails fronri Australia. A ,vonderful drink, r- r* -/O v /enie r ce. to perfection. The right 3"
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  • 724 17 rAND SAYS WHAT DESERVES A ROTTEN APPLE Tan Bah Bah picks the year's 10 best movies VIETNAM occupies our attention in politics and in films. This year was the year of three definitive efforts on the Vietnam war Coming Home, The Deer Hunter and Apocalypse
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 94 17 Tsingtao beer has won the Ist Golden Award again in China in 1979. Little wonder then that in China "Tsingtao is served to visiting dignitaries ,it VIP tunc tions Tsingtao is the only beer in the world brewed from clear, sparkling mineral waters The tingling result is a real smooth,
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    • 232 18/19 m m i- i •>.' r iu £a=is»a v a WM I J V-**" ;«v «-!4i!J.t: 11 •*»< BP ■Mrr& s r, X" v v .4*' y 4 ■nrr 'r'(MjriT|"~ff !&•"'V JVUSI «n»v*. Hmp- «hL'.'..li -<y >♦ N <"xW ri IT ALL! Choosing a good quartz watch might not be
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  • 1105 20  -  i nopeu ims mm x By C.A. Fry "YOU have flown before, haven't you?" asked the air-hostess as she helped me buckle my seat-belt. I nodded nervously. Indeed, somewhere in airline records it will show that a passenger bearing my name, then aged 12, had once flown
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  • 41 20 READER Jimmy Lee, who saw it in Honolulu, Hawaii, thinks this may be the biggest taxi in the world. It has nine doors four on each side and one behind, and seating capacity is 14 people, including driver.
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 135 20 KIM Travel Service (Pte) Ltd Tel: *****42,*****43,*****44. *****5,*****46,*****47,*****48 Daily: Gentlng by air 2 Days $110, plus hallcoptar $170. Express bus to Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Talplng, Penang Haadyal. Sunday: Taiwan (Huallan/Llshan/Kaohslung)/Hong Kong (Macau)/Bangkok/Pattaya. 8 Days O* 11 Days 14 Days Group uep: 26/11,3/12,17/12. Wast Malaysia (ind. Cameron Hlghiantf/Gentlng) by alr-cond. coach.
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    • 103 20 Here's a ehanee to tell It. And to a much wider audience than you'd ever have thought possible. Sunday Nation runs a weekly travellers' column written by our readers. It can be a travelogue-type story or just a little Incident or your most unforgettable or forgettable experience. As you like,
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    • 85 20 IF YOU don't like writing but have an eye for the unusual travel picture, don't pack it away with the other holiday souvenirs. Send it to us. It could be a snapshot of a famous tourist sight from an unusual angle, your own holiday discovery, a face in the crowd,
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  • 564 21  -  The Music Bex By! Peter Ong IN THE mid-*****, when Stevie Wonder Little Stevie and 12 years old then sang such songs as Uptight, Yester-Me, Yester-You, the critics (high-brow and not-so-high-brow ones) hailed him as a child genius. He was described as piping hot and
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  • 313 21 Off the Record by CKT THE digital disc is still a bit of a rare bird; I've heard three to date, my last being RCA's first, Ormandy conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra in Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra (ARCI-3421). Could one say RCA predictably chose a
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  • 532 22 Tabic for] One One Start with pate and end with persimmons for a splendid X'mas feast CONTINENTAL CHRISTMAS YOU MAY want to lay a festive table for a cosy twosome this Christmas instead of joining the crowd at the hotels and restaurants. We've drawn up a splendid
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    979 22  -  Stuff it and get a really tasty bird Cooking with Love Christmas fare presented by TERRY TAN BRAISED DUCK WITH CHESTNUT, OYSTER AND LIVER STUFFING WITH Christmas just two gobbles away, thoughts and tastes naturally turn to turkey. But Yuletide does not have to lose any of
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
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    • 300 24 GAUTIER DEAD, EM? 0 SLOVENLY WC«<MOM BUT RT LEAST EFFICIENT WITH WIS CWM DEATH/ HE WPS R CONFIDRNT OP RADEK'S ONO A TOP SCIENTIST IN HIS OWN BIGHT/ WHQT HE KNOWS OF THE ANGLO-FRENCH ENERGY PROJECT, m m n for n <k rr, COULD BE USEPUL HE WILL TELL IT
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  • 521 25 HONG KONG actress Michelle, with the big eyes, is grooming her kid sister for big-time show-biz. Fifteen-year-old Sidney made her film debut through her own talents and not big sister's influence. She will appear in a Cantonese comedy with Michelle and Jacky Chan. The attractive 1.57
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 196 25 Doctor in the House at K 1 WWh M pi I CAM MM IN UV OWN CAR. CAN I MVI TO THt MKGIHCV ROOM, TOO? HO, VOU COULV INCREASE THE DAMAGE BV PUTTING VOUR WEIGHT ON THE FOOP. WE'LL ARRANGE FOR THE TRANSPORT, v FIBULAR BON FRACTURE ft* I THINK
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  • 2126 26  -  By Francis Chin MEN wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success. The advertisement by polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton (companion to Sir Robert Falcon Scott) appeared in
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  • 830 26 PINBALL is a world of crazy lights and ringing bells. Unlike video games where everything is simulated by the magic of electronics, pinball is the "real" thing. The ball is real. The movement is real. The banging and kicking against the targets is real. And
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  • 924 28  -  Falsely accused, he was made Director-General for only 2 years The Book Page [By J.D. Pracetas MEMORIES 11. By Julian Huxley. Penguin books, 1978. 90p. The late Julian Huxley was the first Director-General of Unesco. The story of his term in office is
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  • 632 28  -  By Alex Josey E U RO-C OMMUNISM. MYTH OR REALITY? Edited by Paolo Filo della Torre, Edward Mortimer and Jonathan Story. Penguin Books, 1979. 359 pp, £1.95. THIS is a topical book of considerable international concern. For what happens in Europe has an impact on
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  • 308 28  -  By Silverfish THE SPECIALIST. By Jasper Smith. Hamlyn, 1979. 207 pp, $5.95. A DISHEVELLED blonde with pneumatic breasts ballooning out of her blue dress is cowering on the blood-stained stone-flagged floor between the booted legs of a Nazi soldier whose hands hold a
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  • Sports Nation starts on this page
    • 413 29  -  Alley Chat By Brian Miller IT HAS been a bleak 12 months for Singapore's bowling fraternity, with S.Y. Loh's victory in the Singapore International and Lucy Low's fourth-place effort at the Bowling World Cup at Bangkok the only rays of sunshine in a clouded
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    • 294 29  -  BASKETBALL Tony Koh BASKETBALL In Singapore in the '70s has seen more downs than ups. After a decade of competition in international tournaments, the Singapore men's team managed to win only one title the Pesta Sukan in 1975. The closest they cpme to
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    • 497 30 EXPATS' CORNER AP US BASEBALL'S old order changed in 1979. After three straight years in which the divisions were dominated by essentially the same teams, new clubs moved to the top last summer. Pittsburgh (ought a tense September struggle with Montreal before prevailing in the
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    • 524 31  -  TENMS TALK Alfred Tong THERE has been a commotion of sorts in Britain recently over courts or the lack of them. First, Vitas Gerulaitis and John McEnroe both very fortunate Americans expressed the view that British players were unfortunate not to have enough courts
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    • 67 31  -  The Teaching Pro... By Don J. Leary 1. After serving, moving to the middle line and making approach volley, where do you place the second volley? A. If sure volley, and you're ahead, go for the alley. B. If high volley drill at your opponent (preferably at
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    • 932 32  -  DO YOU want to be a better golfer than Jack Nicklaus? Then read on, as PETER DOBEREINER tells you how... PETER DOBEREINER PETER DOBEREINER PSST! You wanna hit your drives 553 metres? Friend/ this is your lueky day. Sit down, get out your cheque book and allow
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    • 420 32  -  ATHLETICS Tan Kim Seng "HE HAS put on about seven kilos and the jeans that he used to wear at home have become too tight for him. He has really grown so, although he left home only a few months ago. "His coach told me
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    • 481 33  -  NETBALL Joyce Tan IT IS a love affair that goes back to 1973. That was the year that Annie Boey and her friends were introduced to, and fell in love with, the game of netball. It is an affair that has never waned
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    • 460 33 RUGBY The Scrumhalves TOUCH judges will be asked to assist referees in checking dirty play in the Malaysian Rugby Union Open Invitational tournament, which starts on Dec 29. The acting secretary of the Malaysian Society of Rugby Union Referees, Mr Tan Hong Leong,
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    • 1301 34  -  By K.L. CHAN JOCKEY R. Rajoo gave punters at Penang yesterday, a bout of double vision when he booted home two number ones' in succession. Showing astute judgement, ne gave the mounts' backers no anxious moments when he won drawing away on both occassions. His first
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    • 155 35 SCRUTINEER BRIAN MILLER K.L. CHAN TURF RAY Race One EUte Art Al's Mascot Music Maker Mighty Grey Music Maker Singapore Princess Al's Mascot Mighty Grey Race Two Martlndale Watergate Sit* Jeya Fine Trim Black Diamond Sita Jeya Watergate Sita Jeya Race Three Bazaarl Commanche Sobered lip Commanche Sobered Dp
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    • 2916 35 RACE 1 1-30 CLASS 6, DIV 3-1,200 ($0,000 $5,600 to winner) 1 1400 Paladin II g (JK) Jaafar 57 (+3.5) 1,200m Raioo 2 2 5938 Hari Ini a (Hari Ini) Ahmad 8 56.5 (+3.5) 1,700m F GwMam 12 3 9060 Elite Art g
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    • 623 35  -  By K. L. CHAN ANOTHER CHAPTER, who is regarded as one of the top contenders for next week's Governor's Gold Cup,over 2000 m, will move one step nearer to that goal with a win in the trial for Class 1 Division 1 horses over 1700 m at
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