New Nation, 26 December 1979

Microfilm: NL10428
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    Masthead
    18 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday, December 26, 1979 2757 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 144/1/79 j NEW NATION COMMENT
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    The women in hostage drama
    370 1  -  By K.K. Fong These are the two Singapore girls Cathy Toh Oi Fun, 19 and Agnes Ho Guek Hong, 26 who were held hostage at gunpoint by a Japanese man for 3'/2 hours last week. They are being interrogated by police there. Their families here
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    Lock icon $1.4 bil air base
    155 1 Malaysia boosts its defence needs Reuter Koto Bharu, Wednesday Malaysia will build a big air base costing $1.4 billion on its east coast to meet air defence needs in view of the Indo-china conflict, a junior defence minister said yesterday. Defence Parliamentary Secretary Datuk Jalal Abu
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    Man shot dead in nightclub brawl
    176 1 A detective shot and killed one of his attackers in a nightclub on Christmac HJIV Lai Kok Wai of the Central Police Station was attacked by five men armed with chairs and broken bottles at 1.15 a.m. at the Kings Nightclub in Eu Tong
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    No ST, BT
    23 1 The Straits Times and Business Times were not published today because of the Christmas holiday. They will resume publication tomorrow.
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    A prize of gold for some
    117 2 Happy faces, table decked with prizes. ..it looked like any prize presentation ceremony. Until your eyes turn to this lone Cisco guard, sten gun at the ready. He was keeping watch as gold bars worth $212,000 were distributed to prize winners of the RoxyTelefunken
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    Getting a fast reply from PUB
    400 2 What's in store at T Blangah will ensure this Residents in the central part of Singapore can expect a quicker response to their complaints of faulfs in electricity and water service when the Public Utilities Board's $2.4 million Telok Blangah Complex goes into operation
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    AA wins prize in road safety contest
    143 2 The Automobile Association has won fourth prize in an international road safety competition. This, said AA president Milton Tan, is an achievement because the association had to against automobile associations throughout the world, "practically all of them much bigger and better staffed than
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    Xmas shock at store
    395 3 $420,000 taken from Tay's Treasure House It was an angry Christmas for Mr Tay Kim Cheng, 44, managing director of a department store in Orchard Road. When he opened the Treasure House for business yesterday morning, he found the glass door at the main entrance prised
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    Awards
    37 3 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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    For 1980
    27 3 Dr F.A.C. Oehlers has been elected president of the Singapore Kennel Club. Other officials include Mr Richard Liong (yice-presi-dent) and Mrs Tan Choon Seng (treasurer).
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    $213m to run the SBS
    216 3 The Singapore Bus Service's operation cost (or 1979 is estimated to reach $213.1 million a 34 per cent increase over the figure of 1977. In 1977, the operation cost was $159.2 million, according to Busway, an SBS publication. Salaries and wages, which take up more
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    STOCK MARKET
    89 3 The Stock Exchange of Singapore set off on a slightly brisk note today after the Christmas holiday. BUSINESS DONE First Section t. Merlin (1) 1.14 (20) 1.13. S. Land (1) 2.34 U.O.L. (2) 1.59 C. Storage (1) 2.55 Intraco (2) 3.12 Haw Par (2) 1.79 (10) 1.78 Inchcape
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    Contest for theme song
    175 3 Sentosa, the isle of peace and tranquility which boasts of sun-swept beaches and an azure sea, will, by next year, have a melody it can call its own. Sentosa Development Corporation, which manages the resort, will soon invite members of the public to write a theme
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    M'sia to set up Asean drug centre
    134 4 Malaysia is planning to set up a centre to rehabilitate drug addicts from Asean countries. The Malaysian newspaper, New Straits Times, reported on Monday that Malaysia was selected for this role by drug experts at a conference hela recently. This was announced by
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    PUB bills
    19 4 You can pay your PUB bills at the Oversea-Chi-nese Banking Corporation, Raffles Place branch, from Jan 2.
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    Open forum on Kent Ridge row
    199 4 The Singapore and Nanyang Universities will hold an open forum on the dispute over the shifting of Joint Campus students to Kent Ridge, and later to Nantah, on Jan 3. This was confirmed on Monday by a University of Singapore official. The students were
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    Clean up at Kusu Island
    176 4 These are some of the -men from the Ministry of The Environment who helped the Port of Singapore Authority to clean up the .beach at Kusu Island yesterday following the spillage of about 500 tonnes of industrial diesel oil into the sea as a result
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    'Homecoming' for S'pore's two millionth visitor
    396 4 Singapore's two millionth visitor, Mrs Iris Harris, is back in town for six days to fulfil her promise to return for Christmas. English-born Mrs Harris, 41, was given VIP treatment during her first visit to Singapore last December. That was when she had the
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      62 4 four jtar ftPftlNO MATTRCBt Products of latest Technology Now! with 480 springs m to Cx V r > r Floral o Mile Seafood J Restaurant < ▼5 r r A special treat Singapore's "B-B-Q" Seafood under the floral natural breezy atmosphere. We cater for lunch, dinner supper. 3 1 /4
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    Talk, for the sake of history
    319 5 ...says Unesco expert An expert in audio-tape recording for posterity yesterday told opposition leaders that they have a responsibility to speak up so that a full spectrum of the political events of this period can be recorded for future generations. Mr David Lance, appointed
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    $100,000 Xmas fire
    133 5 Fire razed two woodworking factories in Tarnpines early Christmas morning causing about $100,000 damage. The factories, New Overseas and Lee Wung Wooden Box Co., are both located side by side at Lorong Baling, off Tarnpines Road. No one was injured in the fire which was put out
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      153 5 Come and experience Merlin's new disco-club-it's wizardry in light, sound and show...like never before! f f i F iS r* CO \\e r > Operation Hours Sun. to Thurs. 8 p.m. -1 a.m Fri. &Sat. 8 p.m.-3 a.m W W JM a Ufa Disco Fantasy Flies the LOVE BUS on
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    Lock icon 'Tears in their eyes and tears in ours'
    409 6 As clergymen meet hostages Reuter Tehran, Wednesday Three US clergymen paid an emotion-charg-ed Christmas visit to their countrymen held hostage in Tehran early yesterday, but told reporters they had been unhappy with the conditions imposed by the American Embassy's Islamic militant captors.
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    Lock icon Odd Corner
    67 6 AFP SwiaiM. Wednesday This railway town In weetera Figfiai wAt ttM unlikely mm «f a Christmas coincidence, when Mary, the wife m Jeseph, a carpeater, nve birth ta a sea ea Christmas day. Bat Mr aad Mn An- tin deelded ta call their 1 mw arrival, whe was
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    Lock icon TODAY
    79 6 World Focus UPI TODAY is Wednesday, Dec 26, the 360 th day of 1979 with five to follow. Those bora on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1977, Egyptian President Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Begin concluded their talks without reaching
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      334 6 Mission Accomplished •Matlamat Tercapai illustrator: Lui Thue Wah M, JS H I ttii I £3 SLSS2 > as alr^A'./'.S i BMMJffl!® Hii m a w I KM <S <1 If#! Ml 0 A /A o in* "ftffflW&tt- £PM£*#* SMfcWftte' *&W* V£X& *H* •MCjEft- 1 >)m* 81ftftM*«k .0Hafcf*£*R ft BAftffiEttftR* 4*±»."
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    Lock icon Calm but troops on alert
    93 7 World Focus AFP Bangkok, Wednesday Thai troops were on full alert at the Thai-Kampu-chean border yesterday although calm has so far prevailed in areas north and south of the Thai border town of Aranyaprathet, military sources reported. A Supreme Command spokesman pointed out that although
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    Lock icon Grave acts
    83 7 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday The Islamic Religious- Affairs Department in Kelantan has warned those committing zima (illicit sex) in cemeteries near the Kota Bahru that it will take stern action against them. Local residents had complained that about 10 couples had been seen recently on several nights having
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    Lock icon Ohira's visits
    41 7 Reuter Tokyo, Wednesday Japan will launch a new diplomatic offensive next month under a slogan of "creative partnership of the Pacific age" with Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira's visit to Australia and New Zealand, foreign ministry sources said yesterday. Reuter
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    Lock icon PLO office ransacked
    58 7 Reuter Beirut, Wednesday Libyan security men ransacked and sealed off the Palestine Liberation Organisation office in Tripoli yesterday, the Palestine news agency Wafa said. The move was reported as an Algerian envoy had talks with Palestinian guerilla leaders in Damascus on how to resolve a dispute between
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    Lock icon Successful launch
    34 7 Reuter Paris, Wednesday European space agency officials said yesterday the successful launch of their Ariane rocket was the first step towards limiting United States dominance in the field of telecommunication satellites. Reuter.
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    Lock icon The image seekers
    280 7 a campaign by Khmer Rouge AFP Peking, Wednesday The Khmer Rouge's leadership is continuing its campaign to improve its image, which started with the replacement of Pol Pot by khieu Samphan at the head of the Government of Democratic Kampuchea. It is also dropping all plans aimed
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      340 7 <- 5 ;> mm a fir. explosive /l/l Mift off into the Os'at the Merlin. Special Festive Programme New Year's Eve 1 Exclusive New Year's Eve Party at the Merlin A magical celebration of magnificent feasting, wining, spectacular entertainment, non-stop dancing and gift surprises for everyone. Fantastic value everything is
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    Lawyers, without any fuss
    312 8 As Oliver Twist's Mr Bumble would have bellowed, if the law does not change with the times, it is an ass, an idiot. Fortunately, our legal profession is progressive enough to avoid being conferred that last colourful description. Although it has not gone as far as
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    THEIR VIEWS
    95 8 4 Thailand so wants to avoid a larger war in the area that it has taken steps to keep Kampuchean guerillas from using its territory as a safe base. Other nations, too, may one day be interested in arranging political compromises. But Phnom Penh, Hanoi and Mosow are
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      Cold comfort
      64 8 Businessmen will think of any excuse under the sun to justify a price hike. But the reasons given by Thai ice-makers for raising their price by 50 per cent take the icing, so to speak. Not only do they include rising expenses and labour costs but also wnat
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      Deathly sign
      48 8 Did they over-esti-mate the voltage or were they expecting the dead to be resurrected to face the law? How else can you explain the sign on a pylon seen in Britain: "Beware! To touch these wires is instant death. Anyone found doing so will be prosecuted."
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    Journey to Tomorrowland
    1341 8  -  Dramatic changes in S'pore of the 80s Marina Centre-piece Part four of a six-part feature that looks at Singapore; r in the Eighties By Bharathi Mohan What will it be like to arrive in Singapore in the mid-80s? With the warm smile of a Singapore Girl behind
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      167 9 u Jl V <• M V 7 teg u V X'fl **>• x ,i>. w 7 re-;. -v?> <># •*\l r v\ .*sf»r <8 At the Shangri La January 8&9 Nancy Wilson, internationally acclaimed singer from USA entertains you live at the Shangri-La with her very own magical, inim' jble
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      Afterthoughts
      1289 10/11  -  Spirit of Xmas: What it means to different people Interviews by Julie Julie Lim Mr Chandran K. Lingam, 34, a school teacher. "Why can't we have an oriental Christmas with a coconut palm instead of a pine tree? "I think we are too westernised in our way of celebrating
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      117 10/11 LJSankyo Quartz alarm clocks Elegance in a take-along timepiece AL 151 Quart/ AL /fx J Uudrri AL 15 2 Quaru Compat. lightweight design Battery operated lor travel portability Precision performance thanks to quartz mechanism Illuminating indication Convenient alarm device Stop mechanism tor the second hand to facilitate accurate time setting
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      102 10/11 M 7* WW ■V--4 < The finest selection of Swiss and Continental cuisine anywhere. Soft lights, sweet music and in a truly intimate atmosphere that'll make any evening special. I KAMPACfff In the true tradition of fine Japanese cuisine the seafood at the Kampachi is airflown fresh from Tokyo. If
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    A glove story that's heavy on punchlines
    417 12  -  This story tells how Pretty Boy Ryan falls for Ugly Duckling Barbra CINEMA by Richard Lim THE MAIN EVENT: Directed by Howard Zleff. Screenplay by Gail Parent and Andrew Smith. Starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal. Now showing at Capitol. What happens when
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    Lock icon For this dish, I'd drive from NY to Massachusetts
    826 12  -  Humour by Russell Baker NYT New York: How many people out there are old enough to remember the fried seafood platter? You don't see the fried seafood platter in restaurants very often anymore, do you? And when you go to somebody's
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    Lock icon Computer deal
    62 13 Reuter Japan's Hitachi Ltd says it will begin shipping comfiuter systems to China rom next March for banking and insurance businesses in China. It says the 15-nation Paris-based Coordinating Committee for Communist Trade (Cocoom), which controls sales of strategic goods to communist countries, has granted approval of export
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    Lock icon Chinese restaurant
    49 13 UPI Tokyo, Wednesday Suntory Ltd, a leading Japanese distiller, said it has opened a Chinese noodle restaurant in Mexico. The company said El Cacinerito is operated by Ramenmexieana, a company affiliated with Suntory which was established in 1976 for the sale of instant noodles in Mexico. UPI
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    Cold store coming up
    206 13 A $ltm cold storage complex Is being buDt by the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) and Suae (Singapore) Cold Storage Pte Ltd, at the Keppel wharves. The flve-storey complex can store np to li,- IM tonnes of froxen food. The cold storage will operate at a
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    Lock icon Farmers try to beat the weather
    103 13 Reuter Rangoon, Wednesday Burmese farmers hope to steal the edge on the weather by changing their rice-planting patterns and so make their harvests less vulnerable to the moods of the monsoon season. Agriculture will remain Burma's first economic priority in 1980 and Burmese officials
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    Lock icon JAL plea for increase in fares to US
    180 13 Reuter Tokyo, Wednesday Japan Air Lines (JAL) has applied for an increase in fares on the trans-pacific route to the United States for the first time since 1974, the Transport Ministry here said yesterday. JAL, representing foreign airlines affiliated with the International
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    Lock icon New oil discovery
    60 13 Reuter Beijing, Wednesday Chinese geologists have reported a new oil discovery north of the Yangtze River in the northern part of eastern Jiangsu province, the New China news agency said yesterday. It said large oil and gas flows had been found in the vicinity of the new
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    Lock icon Ready for a showdown
    288 13 Poor nations to confront the rich Business News and Vieu/s Reuter Havana, Wednesday Developing countries have agreed to confront the advanced nations with militant demands for increased industrialisation of the Third World. The Group of 77 developing nations ended a conference here on Monday by calling
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      303 13 With good food, good music and floor space for dancing YOU CAN HAVE A SUCCESSFUL PARTY AT MELATI DINETTE You're planning for a party. A birthday party. Wedding party. Office party. Or just a plain social get-together. Your guest list is 50. Or 100. Or 150. Too many for a
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      Sitting pretty...
      553 14  -  West Germans can now claim to have the best League in the world If International Soccer bv Doug Gardner Already so far ahead in the Uefa Cup fiveyear table (which determines the number of clubs each country can qualify) that they cannot be overtaken in the foreseeable future,
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      Bold Hunter does eye-catching gallop
      350 15  -  a On the track By K.L. CHAN The race for the last classic of the season the Penang Gold Cup looks to be wide open at the moment. Sixteen runners are handicapped in the 2000 m race with topweight of 65kg going to Sa&s Fee
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      HOW THEY FINISHED AT PENANG ON SATURDAY
      167 15 Ist: Misty JmII, 2nd: Raregem, 3rd: Mlag Derby. Won By: 2, 3, Vi. Tote: $13, $8, 19, $9. Lst: Sfcaagrfla, 2nd: Begeat Beauty, 3rd: Jaime. Won By: 2Vi, IVi, Vt. Tote: $12 $5, $16, $17. 1^ 8 I K7V£ ad: H 3rd: Br"*®
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      Lock icon Indonesia: We are not put off
      153 15 59} Badminton mi AFP Jakarta, Wednesday The 3-1 defeat of the Indonesian men and women's badminton players by the Chinese at the Invitational tournament in Hong Kong last week, was to be expected, as Indonesia, in participating, only meant to use it as a
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      Raffles tipped to win the title next year
      657 15 HRTwaterlr 11 polo Raffles Institution are strongly tipped to win next year s National Schools' Post Secondary waterpolo title Formerly never a threat in the school's series, the Rafflesians first came into prominence this year when they wrested the title from Newtown
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      Busiest and best...
      731 16  -  No slackening during year SQUASH by Eric Cooper 1979 must go down as the best year yet in the annals of Singapore squash and it most certainly was the busiest. From the the Junior tournament in February to the PIA World Series in December there was barely
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      Lock icon Still in a coma
      63 16 ■atwdng AFP Spartanburg, (South Carolina), Wednesday. Tony Thomas, 20, a US professional middleweight boxer, has been in hospital in a coma since a fight here last Saturday. Sammy Home, a friend and training partner making his first professional appearance, defeated Thomas on a technical knockout in
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      Lock icon It's Keegan again!
      551 17 H 5 Reuter Paris, Wednesday Kevin Keegan the British star who plays for SV Hamburg of West Germany, was named European Footballer of the Year yesterday for the second consecutive time. The international judges, voting for the magazine France Football obviously found the 28-year-old former Liverpool star
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      S'pore out to retain Cup
      494 18  -  SCFA to field eight from 1977 winning team K3 Soccer By SHIRLEY TAN Singapore will be going all out to retain the Ho Ho Cup when the triangular tournament is played at the National Stadium from Friday to Sunday. Invited by annual CupBers Hong Kong
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      Lock icon India hit hard by Pak bowlers
      347 18 Hjj Cricket Reuter Kanpur (India), Wednesday Pakistan's seam bowlers tore through India's batting on the first day of the Fourth cricket Test on Monday, limiting them to 117 for eight and giving their side a great start in their attempt to square the series.
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      Lock icon Amaya leads the way
      109 18 j^^fennis AP Melbourne, Wednesday Third-seed Victor Amaya of the United States led the way into the second round of the U*****,000 (about *****,000) Australian tennis Open with a convincing victory on Monday. Amaya downed fellow American Sherwood Stewart 6-3, 6-4, 6-1, while Australian John James defeated
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      54 14 ANDY CAPP m SHORT RIBS BUT I'M AFRAID VOU HAVE- A VEKV SICK DUMMY. is 5® m NORBERT <>/ .^1 k. .> 54 #3 !W H La But doctor,how could MY DUMMY 0E S/CK2 TFRAAITF INFESTATION 05 I Hi on ifl m m b S3 by George Fett IT UJte
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      57 15 Diary GOLF: Singapore Professional Golf Association Pro-Am tournament (Bukit Course, 1 p.m.). SOCCER: Singapore Airlines Inter-department league Division 2A: Town Office 'A* v Engine Overhaul Centre; Division 3B Ground Services v Engine Area 4B; Technical Supplies 'B' v Flight Operations 'B' (Tanglln, 5.15 p.m.). SQUASH: Inter-Varsity-Col-lege Engineering Societies Games Singapore
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      599 16 TUESDAY •±j>\ N R.I.C. No:. FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW B Cut along dotted lines, CLUES FOR JM 2 A certain amount 2. May ba in avidanca in an artist'a atudio 3. Bahava sullenly 4. Knocking an alactric kettle off tha tabla would ba apt to giva
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      601 16 Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name: Sex: Age: Occupation: Address: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW Bmmmmmm along dotted lines Maßaia CLUES FOR JM 3 1. They are sung 2. Where excavations are going On, you'll hardly be surprised to see of
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      157 17 Wfe're Wide Open! m* J- K v i V i-r V; i 0 Now you don't have to gO near the water for seafood! It's right here at Kelong Thomson, Thomson Plaza, next to Yaohan. Barbecued Seafood our specialty Fish, lobsters, crabs, prawns, mussels and cockles... fresh from-the sea! Charcoal
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      403 17 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are given to single-minded enterprise, but you are also open to many enterprises, which means you spend a great deal of time "playing", you generally work your hobbies up into such extravagant combinations of talent and time, that in the
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      241 18 ACROSS 1 Meagre morsel 6 Bearded carp 12 Fundamental 13 The expensive spread: var. 14 Fair business offer 16 Run easily 17 In tatters 18 Seasons food 19 Peak 20 Machine writer 22 Slender 23 Sailor jacket 25 Enthusiasm 27 Food preserver 28 Ricken-hacker 29 Remarkably strong 31 Unofficial canvass
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      Guess who is coming on Dec 31?
      626 19 (•ucss Who'* (omitu; In Dinner, a stmar-coated race relations pill, explores llir rraclioiis.nl a wealths couple to the news that their onh daimhter is m»iim to in arr > a black man. \'thoimh the characters do little else than sit around the set,
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      Jenny steals the show
      325 19  -  .Review Scintillating Stars By Teo Lian Huay "I, I who have nothing," Jenny sang out at the end of her variety show, Scintillating Stars. Far from it. Jenny, the hostess of the show, had more than enough to keep viewers happy throughout the 45-minute musical extravaganza,
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      244 19 Aft the cinema LORD OF THE RINGS: 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: Barbra Streisand teams up with Ryan O'Neal in another bout of rapid-fire banter. Some token boxing
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      75 19 Prince: 1.30, 4, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. 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 "magnetic stereophonic sound.' Odeen: 1.15, 4, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. DANCE OF THE DRUNK MANTIS: Kung fu
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      125 19 RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE A talk in Mandarin by Dr Ho Kok Tong. At the Geylang West community centre at 8 p.m. Admission free. PILMSHOWS ON KOREAN ARCHITECTURE AND TRADITIONAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS at the National Museum at 8 p.m. Admission free. HANDICRAFTS 79 An exhibition of local handicrafts at the National
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      74 19 Tides Today: 3.39 p.m. (2.6 m), 10.17 p.m. (0.8 m) Tomorrow: 5.08 a.m. (2.5 m), 11.08 a.m. (1.3 m), 5.05 p.m. (2.3 m), 11.30 p.m. (1.1 m) Friday: 6.12 a.m. (2.5 m), 12.35 p.m. (1.1 m), 6.55 p.m. (2.3 m) Saturday: 12.52 a.m. (1.2 m), 7.17 a.m. (2.5 m), 1.55
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      144 19 6.00 A.M. Opening Announcements and ProSamme Summary 6.05 orning Prelude: Music by Sounds Orchestral, Tony Hatch, and City of Westminster String Band 6.30 News 6.40 Morning Concert: Serenade No 10 In B Flat, K 361 (Mozart), Members Of Sydney S.O./ Willem Van Otterloo; Symphony No 3 (Schubert), Berlin Phil/Karl Bohm
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    51 20 AH FOOK: I don't know why so many young Singaporeans worry about getting a eb while at school. Surethey realise there are more than enough to go around. MEI LIN: Yes, but maybe they have set ideas about the kind of job they want. Many still prefer the
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      915 20 TV and RADIO SINGAPORE 5 ITELEFUNKEN Colour qreat looks! qreat features' TV great performance' 3.99 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT8 followed by PLEASE DONT EAT THE DAISIES: The Silent Butler Spoke (r). 3.2 5 DIARY OF EVENTS (M). 3.30 HOLDING ON. (See Top Shows of the Day). 4.2* INTERMISSION. 9.99 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed
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      205 20 Today's top shows HOLDING ON: Part 1. (Ch 5, 3.30 p.m. in colour). This series sets out to capture the atmosphere of the East London district and dockyards and the spirit and camaraderie of the Cockneys. It tells the story of a dockland family from the turn of the century
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