New Nation, 24 December 1979

Microfilm: NL10428
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    Masthead
    20 1 New Nation ""SINGAPORE Monday, December 24, 1979 2756 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 144/1/79 r --=1 NEW (£0) NATION COMMENT
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    Lock icon Merry Xmas to all our readers
    50 1 There will be no New Nation tomorrow. Publication will resume on Wednesday. Trelley Ml «f jay.. .Mrs Alice K»h with her last-minute gifts and her children Lydla, 5, Crfeen, S, at the Yaehan supermarket, Plana Singapore Picture by PHILIP IJM« Picture by PHILIP LIM
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    What churches have in store
    204 1 For those whose idea of the Yuletide cheer is not to wear out their shoes at discos, the churches here have a programme of activities today that may be of interest. Churches all over the island will hold candlelight services, masses, midnight communions dnd carolling
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    Ex-heart patient one of VC's best trainees
    177 1 A former hole-in-the-heart patient was one of the best eight trainees of the Vigilante Corps' 23rd intake to pass out on Saturday. Donald Francis, 19 (left), had wanted to be a soldier, "but I was told my physical condition may not be able
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    Lock icon Yamani: Fear does it
    274 1 Why oil prices go up and up Reuter New York, Monday Fear rather than demand is forcing up the price of oil, Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani said in a television interview broadcast yesterday. Asked on a CBS news programme why oil"prices keep
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    Bombs explode
    27 1 Rome, Monday Three bombs exploded in central Rome last night, one of them in a hostel for homeless people and the others at airline offices.
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      21 1 IN THE OTHER PAGES: Stock Market 5; Money words Coupon, Crossword 12; Moneywords Results, Stars 15; Comics 18; What's On 19.
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      25 1 Forecast Singapore's weather outlook from 1 to 6 p.m.: Showers in several places in the late afternoon. Sunset today: 6.36 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow: 6.33 a.m.
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    Customs find sampan owner
    144 2 Customs have tracked down the registered owner of a motorised sampan which was involved in the smuggling of 2000 bottles of liquor worth $50,000. A five-man party from the Customs Harbour Division seized the liquor, packed in gunny sacks, from the sampan at Pasir Panjang coast
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    Loans dispute at Mayflower Est
    403 2 Angry residents complain Several residents of the Mayflower Gardens are up in arms against the estate's developer, the Singapore Government Officers Co-opera-tive Housing Society (SGOCHS), which was closed down earlier this month. Their main grouse, they said, is that despite meeting the deadline set by
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    Telephone
    39 2 The MP for Ang Mo Kio, Mr Yeo Toon Chia, will attend the commissioning of 10,000 lines of electronic telephone switching equipment and the open house at the Ang Mo Kio telephone exchange on Friday at 3 p.m.
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    Dinner
    27 2 The Alumni of Ship for South-east Asian Youth participants will hold a buffet dinner and dance at the Merlin Hotel poolside on Friday at 7.30 p.m.
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    Send in the clown...
    120 2 All the food and games stalls were quite crowded except for this Hit The Clown stall. It was deserted. Rahimah Bajal, 21, hit on an Idea to pack them In. She decided to become the target. So she stood In front of the "clown" for her
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    Clean campaign
    39 2 The Telok Blangah Residents Committee Zone D will conduct a Cleanliness Campaign from Jan 13 at 10 a.m. Residents of each block will clean lifts, corridors, staircases and void decks on Sundays from 10 a.m. to noon.
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    Film show
    28 2 The National Museum will screen two colour films Korean Architecture and Traditional Musical Instruments of Korea at its Stamford Road premises on Wednesday at 8 p.m.
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    Xmas party
    27 2 Health Minister Dr Toh Chin Chye and Mrs Toh will attend the children's Christmas party at the Kampung Kapor community centre tomorrow at 7.30 p.m.
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      781 3 "he Uruhnn Singapore *V. *V ;S <- m '-•> "v*_* v •<- > '.*:#si. f 19 Come celebrate with us. At the Mandarin Singapore. Where a delightful programme of feasting, fun and entertainment awaits your presence. CAROLLING The Church of St. Francis Xavier Choir Dec. 25 7.30 pm 8.00 pm
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    Give top posts to youth
    337 4 Dr Gwee's call to YMCA Are you between 45 and 60 years old and holding positions in the YMCA? If so, you should consider resigning or moving into advisory posts. This will allow youths to assume posts of greater responsibility and leadership. This appeal was
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    Fish is not on her market list
    184 4 For Mrs Zarina Isail fish is definitely not one of her marketing items. She gets it free every weekend when she goes fishing with her husband. She said: "Since my husband took up fishing seriously I have stopped buying fish. A mother of
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    Dance
    23 4 The Silat Avenue community centre youth executive committee will hold a buffet and dance at Hotel Merlin on Saturday at 7.30 p.m.
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    City-hopping hotelier
    378 4 In search of improvements to her top-20 hotel After a long "travelling life," she finally dropped anchor and settled in London. But not for long. Francesca Howard, 34, got city-hopping again. And all because she became, beyond her wildest dreams, the owner of a hotel in Britain. Her
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    So popular, these toys
    434 5  -  Many stores run out of stocks By Julie Liau Electronic toys are so popular in Singapore that the demand for them has outstripped supply. Many department stores reported that the toys have been sold out. They have placed further orders but have not got any supplies
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    Stock market
    170 5 Share prices opened on a steady to firm note during the first 45 minutes of trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Bandar Raya and Lien Hoe Industries shot into prominence. They gained eight cents and 10 cents to $2.11 and $1.90 respectively. BUSINESS DONE First Section
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    Buffet
    35 5 The MP for Ang Mo Kio, Mr Yeo Toon Chia, will attend a buffet dinner organised by the constituency's Residents' Commmittee Zone G at Ang Mo Klo Secondary School on Saturday at 7.30 p.m.
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    New fees at other car parks
    220 5 Owners of private car parks in the Central Business District have been told to revise their parking fees in line with those to be implemented by the Urban Redevelopment Authority and the Housing Board. They were given up to Feb 1 next year to
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    Stolen — Carols of Risen Christ
    168 5 Stolen Carols of Risen Christ The pirates have struck again this time to zero in on the Yuletide spirit. They have lifted three numbers from an album by the Church of the Risen Christ Choir and recorded them on cassette tapes together with hits from international artistes such as Boney
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    Awards
    37 5 The Singapore Stevedores' Union will award 30 scholarships for 1960 to its members' children. Application forms are available from the union's premises at 104-A, Amoy Street, from Mondays to Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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      121 5 Christmas Festivities at Singapura Forum Hotel. XVnas Buffet lunch at the Sentosa Restaurant. Come for a sumptuous Christmas treat. Buffet Lunch with a wide variety of hot cold dishes. Adults $16.00 Children under 12* $10.00 Free novelties to all X'mas Eve and New Year's Eve at the Pebble Bar. Hours
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      21 5 SOS Tt always helps to talk to someone. Samaritans of Singapore exists to help those in despair or suicidal. Hint *****44.
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      120 5 fRICARD] France's favourite bedtime snack. I ranee's lavouiiic bedtime Miack is also her lovers' bedtimesecret. Any wondei why fcO.OtO.OOObottles of Kicard are downed every year? You'll never really know till you've tried Ricaid yourself I his deeply ni\ sierious, anise- 11;«v oured lii|ueui refreshes. Titillates the palate. Stir one pari
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    Lock icon Art patron dies
    154 6 Reuter Venice, Monday American millionairess Peggy Guggenheim, owner of one of the finest modern art collections in the world, died yesterday at her palace on Venice's Grand Canal, her son. Sinbad Vail, said last night. She was 81. Mrs Guggenheim had lived in Venice for 30 years,
    Reuter  -  154 words
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    Lock icon Thais getting ready
    149 6 Big influx expected World Focus AFP Bangkok, Monday Thai forces along the volatile Kampuchean border staged manoeuvres south of Aranyaprathet yesterday as the situation tensed in the expectation of a Vietnamese offensive which could spill into Thai territory. Reports said eight Vietnamese divisions, about 55,000 men, supported
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    Lock icon Today
    115 6 UPI TODAY is Monday, Dec 24, the 358 th day of 1979 with seven to follow. It's Christmas eve. Those bom on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. American frontier man Kit Carson was born on Dec 24, 1809. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1814, a
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    Lock icon 'I did it to escape my drab existence'
    125 6 Reuter Cologne, Monday West German police said yesterday they had recovered nearly two million deutschmarks ($2.17 million) buried in plastic sacks and strongboxes at highway interchanges. A police spokesman said the cash was discovered under wooden markers after the arrest on Saturday
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    Odd Corner
    51 6 HypMttit Remark, 52, and a former patient, Urania Raebnrn, 37, nave fallen under love's spell. Urania met Romark when, weighing II stones, she asked him for help with a diet. Said she: "He hypnotised me and I lost my Wetite. Now I weigh lb and we are to
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    Lock icon 15 die
    26 6 Reuter Port Moresby, Monday All fifteen people aboard were killed when an Australian-built Noman aircraft crashed in Papua New Guinea, authorities said yesterday. —Reuter.
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      404 6 Mission Accomplished •Matlamat Tercapai illustrator: Lui Thue Wah m m X i m 21 1 par M a w. m #16 mB M m. 55 K H wn i J? 1 g N m liM limnul *SjSX£iI "ffljfciimWitJI o" rxsw^ii, x?m&&T- foisxm-lr»o Emperor Toi Zong laughed: "Brother, you're right." Then
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      118 7 You're never too far away W* s H* v> %r 3 R 4 > S 5 s "Merry Christmas!" Share the spirit of the occasion with loved ones far away. Phone them and be a part of the excitement. Book your greetings calls now by phoning ***** and avoid last-minute
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    Perhaps next Christmas
    367 8 Your head aches. Your feet hurt. Your mouth feels stretched out of recognition you must have said "Merry Christmas" to a million people this afternoon as you pounded the pavement and elbowed your way through the crush of other last-minute shoppers. You wonder how you could have
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    THEIR VIEWS
    117 8 (1) ...The first of any sequence of 10 is not zero but one. Thus, 1979 is the ninth year of the decade. 1960 marks the end of the 70s, not the beginning of the 80s which we shall not enter until Jan 1,1961. (2) While the last year
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      Parking shots
      92 8 This is definitely a case of the pot calling the kettle black. Two men parked their cars on a spot where the letters NO PARKING had been boldly painted on it and got into an argument. They accused each other of traffic obstruction. One said: "You are blocking
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      Man of the season
      61 8 When you are sending and receiving the season's greetings, do you spare a thought for the poor guy who has to bear the brunt of the piling mail? One Singa- porean did. On the back of an envelope containing a Christmas card, he scribbled the words:
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    The good life
    1622 8  -  But it will be accompanied by a host of problems Third of a six-part feature on Singapore in the 80's By Gloria Chandy You are standing on the threshold of another decade, and perhaps wondering what life has in store for you over the next 10 years.
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    Wednesday:
    48 9 BHARATHI MOHAN imagines what it will be like (or a Singaporean to return home in the '80s after a long absence. He highlights the impact of all the gigantic construction projects that will be wrought on the face of Singapore. You will find it hard to believe!
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      6 9 For The Record is held ever
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      285 9 SOMETHING NICE FOR YOUR EARS Pierce your ears with the safest painless ear piercing system by our ear piercing specialists. O CHRISTMAS OFFER! 22nd Dec-31st Dec 1979 Valid while stocks last. FREE This Christmas season we are giving away FREE, a chic lovely Inverness earring organiser (as illustrated, minus the
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  • trend EDITED BY SYLVIA LEOW
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      Lock icon Last-minute Xmas shopping
      338 10/11  -  Co-ofdinated by Deborah Chia It's Christmas Eve and time for a lastminute scurry to the stores if you haven't yet bought your festive finery. But you just can't buy just any dress you like. Choice, of course, will be restrained by budget and what's left in the
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      Mommy, let go when it's time
      642 10/11  -  Leng The time is 8.30 p.m. A mother anxiously waits for her son, who is out for dinner, to come home. Oh dear, she laments. I forgot to tell him not to drink. Oh dear, she laments again, I'm so worried about the company
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      Some tips for a nice evening
      236 10/11 Column 7 Getting ready tor that Christmas party? Here are Jast a few Hps to set yea set for a weaderfal evening ahead. Before yea lrea that beaatifal eeehtall dress, make sore the heat's right. Te be ea the safe sloe, plaee a haakerchlef
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    Lock icon Wreck on the hill
    55 12 Wreckage is strewn en a fog-bound hill near Gucuk, a village about 39 km from Ankara, after a passenger plane crashed yesterday. About 4t people are believed to have died in the crash. The plane was on an internal flight from the Turkish coastal town of
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    Lock icon Big haul of lethal weapons
    239 12 New York Times New York, Monday Briefcase bombs, letter bombs, grenades, poison darts and scores of documents were seized over the weekend in simultaneous raids in New York City, Nutley, New Jersey and Crewe (England); and criminal charges were filed against two men described by
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    Lock icon Moved to prison?
    168 12 AFP Reuter Tehran, Monday The 50 American hostages held here have been moved by their student captors from the US embassy to a prison in Vin, north-west of here, Catholic and Islamic circles said yesterday. Although the report is unconfirmed, other wellinformed Catholic sources said the Iranian
    AFP; Reuter  -  168 words
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      640 12 sazxaassis! MONDAY ■^1 B-"J MONEYWORDS Cut out and pin with other coupons. I Posting instructions appear below Occupation Address: N R.I.C. No:. FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW along dotted lines mmmm CLUES FOR JM-1 1. An enclosure formed of bars 2. When a girl wounds his pride,
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      265 12 Crossword i m m til 1 Belies 12 Brownie 15 Become jvestern 16 First century date 17 Migratory 18 Tin 19 Year: Sp. 20 Rebuff 21 Tomboy 23 Ottoman governor 24 Death personified 26 Stop 29 Cavern 30 Baneful thing 31 Cleans a blackboard 34 Unruly bunch 37 Artistic production
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    From hobby to business
    392 13  -  People in business By Lee Yew Meng Cutting paper dress patterns is many a girl's hobby in school. But for most of them, their interest disappears as quickly as they part with their textbooks. But not Mrs Rabiah Fleming (formerly Rabiah Ibrahim) who converted her pastime
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    Lock icon Iran to step up production
    189 13 Reuter Tehran, Monday Iran is to launch a "crusade" to step up production and will start by streamlining its banking system, Economy Minister Abolhassan Bani-Sadr said yesterday. All banks nationalised in June would be amalgamated into two chains: a commercial bank to deal with industry
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    Lock icon More sugar
    55 13 Reuter Beijing, Monday A total of 22 new sugar refineries have begun operations in China over the past year, increasing the country's sugar refining capacity by 170,000 tonnes, the New China News Agency reported yesterday. The agency said five chemical fibre plants and synthetic textile mills also began
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    Lock icon New move
    24 13 Reuter London, Monday Britain plans to persuade its Common Market partners to compromise over its demand for a reduced EEC budget contribution.
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    Lock icon 3 – 3.5 mil barrels a day: Iran
    142 13 3 3.5 mil barrels a day: Iran Business News and Views Reuter Paris, Monday Iranian Oil Minister AliAkbar Moinfar said yesterday his country would maintain oil production at between three and 3.5 million barrels a day for the near future, about half of the amount produced under the deposed Shah.
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      81 13 Marquis De Montesquiou Napolean. Fine Armagnac Brandy. From the rich tapestry of French vineyards and distilleries. Beautifully aged, mellow, subtle. The traditional brandy of French nobility. m 1%. .is«n^Mes^ 00 maQn aC^oorcW se ARMAGNAC MARQUIS DE MONTESQUIOU NAI'OLKON 1 V..r" Mp- 3 .'V r...f1P5« 1 A\ARQUIS D f j \RMAGN/\(
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    A new lease of life for the Alpine?
    349 14  -  Motoring bv Roderick Pestana Sitting in a quiet corner of the Malayan Motors showroom- in Orchard Road is a car that has not, in spite of its fine qualities, quite made the name for itself here that it deserves. When it was
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    Despite its fine qualities this car never made a name here
    247 14 marked dials also added to the air of luxury. Gear change is smooth although again the shift has the characteristic spongy feeling common to many French cars. The car has the advantage of the hatchback design with the flexibility
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    Into a brave new world of big bikes
    661 14  -  Motorcycling by I Lee Chiu San Big bikes, superbikes...these terms have taken on a new meaning in 1979. It used to be that all a motorcycle needed to qualify for the awe-inspir-ing title Superbike was to be bigger, faster, and heavier than
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    BY THE WAY
    302 14 Foreign cars snatched M.l per cent of the British market last month. This Is 11.51 per cent more than the same period last year. Bnt this time It Is not the Japanese who are doing the snatching. Major Imports came from European sister companies of British motor
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  • Sport starts here ...
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      Lock icon Keegan for Juventus?
      173 15 K9 Soccer Agencies London, Monday England international footballer Kevin Keegan will leave West German club Hamburg at the end of this season to possibly join Italian club Juventus of Turin, the Sunday Mirror newspaper reported here yesterday. Keegan said: "I want to play in Italy. I would
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      S'pore retain Suhaimi Cup
      92 15 MSNufeightlifting Singapore weightlifters retained the Haji Suhaimi Cup with six gold and two silver medals in the second leg of their annual clash with Malaysia at the Sennett Estate Community Centre on Saturday. In the process, they set up three new records Teo Yong Joo (52kg
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    • Goal that floored the Australians
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        Lock icon Why we won
        417 16 'We had the Kallang Roar behind us and we eroded the poor defence of the Australians' Veteran Iraq coach Thamir Assmail yesterday revealed his secret formula that enabled his team to beat Australia in the Lion City Cup final at the National Stadium on Saturday night. He
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        Briefs on the 16 teams ...
        371 16 Briefs on the 16 teams Lion City I Cup'79 I V 7 Here's a synopsis of the 14 Lion City Cup teams: AUSTRALIA: Big, strong and friendly, at least off the pitch! They weren't the favourite of the Singapore crowd and took a lot of "verbal torture". Lion City Cup
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        Big comeback 'test' for Kim Song
        223 16  -  By SURESH NAIR Quah Kim Song will face his first big soccer "test" since breaking his leg 14 months ago when he turns out for Tampines Rovers against Indonesia's Niac Mitra at Surabaya this weekend. The First Division League champions have received an unprecendented
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        Three share honours
        139 16 The top scorers in the Lion City Cup tournament: Jameel Jassim (Bahrain), Karim Sharhan (Iraq), Santhisak Boonrongkok (Thailand); t Brian Stark (Australia); i Mohammed Hussain (Iraq). 4 Brett Woods (Australia), Jim Patikas (Australia), Thartai Chabsuwan (Thailand), Ali Ahmad (Singapore "A"), Mohammed Yazid Masuri (Malaysia "B"), Abdul Aziz
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        Why we lost
        378 17 'It was the worst refereeing I've ever seen' BY SURESH NAIR Australia were totally shattered on Saturday night...not only by the mercurial soccer skills of Iraq but more importantly by the boos and jeers of the Kallang Roar and decisions by referee H.S.Dhillon. Coach Bill Curran pulled
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        How's this for a Lion City All-Stars selection?
        121 17 You've heard of the famed Asian All-Stars of the late Sixties. Here we present our own selection of Lion City Cup All-Stars promising talents who will be a Dig hit in the Asian soccer arena in the Eighties. (JON CITY CUP ALLSTARS
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      Azman finds his mark
      598 18  -  WEEKEND GOLF by Lim Kee Chan by Lim Kee Chan Seventeen-year-old Azman Haron justified his promotion to the "A" Division when he scored his first success in the Changi medals competition yesterday. He won the "A" Division medal, in his second attempt, with a nett 63.
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      Draw for the Cycle and Carriage Pro-Am tournament
      681 18 Draw for the Cycle and Carriage Pro-Am to be played at Bukit on Dec 26. Ist TEE: 7.28 M. Sirat, Dennis Tay; Mohammed Tahar Ismail, Fong Hoe Beng; 7.35 Wu Chin-Fa, Dr Lee Boon Teck; Cheong Wing Richard Loo; 7.42 Lin Chi-Pih,
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      Teh moves further ahead
      290 18  -  Racing By K.L. CHAN The trainer's championship is as good as in the bag for Penang's Teh Choon Beng. Teh now has 75 1/2 winners after saddling 3 1/2 over the weekend's races. His closest rival, Ivan Allan, is trailing behind with 6T-1/2. He had one
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      476 15 Moneywords results 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 "JK". Two entrants each submitted a solution which differed at one point from the solution which
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      361 17 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those highly indeKndent people who can counted on to go your own way, regardless of what others say or do. You have all the attributes of a natural leader, including the sense of responsibility necessary to Fireclude
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      48 17 Sports diary SOCCER: Singapore Airlines Inter-department First division league Technical Supplies 'A* v Boeing Maintenance; Division 3A Plant and Equipment v Quality Control; Division 3B Flight Operations 'B' v Engineering Area 4 (Tanglin Grounds, 5.15 p.m.). Jurong Inter-company tournament (semi-final) Marathon Letourneau v Chemical Marine (Jurong 5.15 p.m.)
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      84 18 ANDY CAPP YOU 'AVE A LIE IN SlbE PEXA^IUAvici/ciiPoSRD, VOU SBCON6 COFFEE WHEREIN SHELF > DO YOU KEEP IT *1 II SHORT RIBS /WHAT DO VOL/ /"THINK VOU ACE > k >OURMOU-TH. 3® i a tock ME 10, (XICLE G4ARLE ti ANY MORE OF YOUR UP AN'YOU CAN ■< fIMKE
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      661 19 AP Kyoto: America's Paramount and Japan's Toho picture companies have finished shooting US television's most expensive miniseries a US$l5-US$2O million ($32.4-$43.2 million) version of James Clavells' best-selling novel of 16th century Japan, Shogun. The 12-hour TV movie, based on the real-life adventures of an English
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      487 19  -  By Judith Holmberg They've couched it very nicely but, basically, the National Museum's latest exhibition is supposed to be a testimony to Singaporeans' ability to use their hands and their heads, for the works on display have been picked not just for their excellence but
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      317 19 At the cinema A bold animated version of J.R.R. Tolkien's fable of the Middle-earth and its Inhabitants called Hobbits. Jade: 11,1.30, 4„ 6.30 and 9 p.m. THE MAIN EVENT: Bar bra Streisand teams up with Ryan O'Neal in another bout of rapid-fire banter. Some token boxing and romantic interest in
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      127 19 ALIEN: Install a monster in space, throw in a motley lot of people to play cat-and-mouse, and what have you got? A scifi horror film, in "manOdeea: 9.30 p.m DAN P *SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON: Rerun of that popular Walt Disney film starring John Mills and Dorothy McGuire. Cathay: 1.45,130 and
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      268 19 FM stereo 6.00 A.M. Opening Announcements and Programme Summary 6.05 Morning Prelude with Norman Candler And His Magic Strings 6.30 News 6.40 Morning Concert: Christmas Oratorio, Parts 3 and 4 (Bach), Violin Sonata No 2 (Brahms), Henryk Szeryng (violin), Arthur Rubinstein (piano) 8.00 News (C) 8.10 A Date With Teresa
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    51 20 AH FOOK: Have you noticed that hotels have cut down on their Christmas decorations this year? MEI LIN: That's because they were taken to task for throwing energy conservatioon to the wind last year. BUt Orchard Road still looks quite festive with thousands of shoppers doing their last-minute
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      922 20 TV AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 L TELEFUNKEN Colour TV qreat looks' qreat features' qreat performance' 3.M OPENING ANN OUNCE MENTSf olio w t'd by ILLAYA THALAIMURAI (T/r). Includes a feature on nursing as a career, a forum on drug addiction and a dance by some University students. 3.35 DIARY OF
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      245 20 Today's top shows NEW ADVENTURES OF WONDER WOMAN: The Deadly Toys. (Ch 5, 8.35 p.m. in colour). Wonder Woman finds that some Christmas presents can be very harmful when they are used in a plot to abduct three world renowned scientists. Programme specially brought in for the season. THAT'S HOLLYWOOD.
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