New Nation, 7 April 1980

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    Masthead
    18 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Monday, April 7, 1980 2841 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 109/1/80 r NEW (£0) NATION COMMENT
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    Depressed after probe
    181 1 BUT ENGINEER DID NOT TELL ME WHY, SAYS COLLEAGUE The flight engineer of the Bangladesh Blman Boeing 7f7 Jetliner, which crash-landed at Paya Lebar airport last week, was a happy-go-lucky man until he was questioned by the airline's civil aviation investigation team. Mr Faruk Anwar, 31, was
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    Lock icon Soviet base seized
    250 1 says Radio Pakistan AP New Delhi, Monday Afghan guerillas seized the important Soviet air base at Bagram, 70 km north of Kabul, after bloody fighting in which 75 government troops and a Russian general were killed, Radio Pakistan said last night. It attributed the report of the
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    Lock icon Russians 'take over' 4 Viet military bases
    164 1 AP London, Monday Three to four thousand Soviet troops have recently "occupied" four big former US military bases in Vietnam in a bid to extend Moscow's influence in South-east Asia, the Daily Telegraph reported today. The newspaper's defence correspondent Clare Hollingworth said the
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    It's now 85
    111 1 The death toll on the roads is now 85. The latest fatal accident happened yesterday. Dollei Montel, 77, was cycling along a slip road from Telok Blangah Road to Henderson Road when he was involved in a collision with a car. He died of head injuries in
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      40 1 t V-**. I m L"« <T\ Jlf Tr. INSIDE Squash boss unveils secret plan Page 18 Page 2 kid IN THE OTHER PAGES: Moneyword Coupons 14, What's On 19, Stars 15, Big Walk Entry Form 15, Crossword 15, Comics 17
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      150 1 maviiiaM Stop this carnage A New Nation appeal Put W Science Into Your Play Easier Swing, Better Control and Longer Drives. Maruman put science into the swing and came up with the super-club. Precisely engineered torque resistance, flex, recovery, weight and balance point give the golfer increased distance by taking
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    Milky way for mums and dads
    189 2 Dads turned the tables yesterday. Well, actually, they didn't. They only spilled the milk all for a laugh and with the help of mums. The dads three of them switched roles with their children at the Easter Wonderland in Mandarin Hotel yesterday. To the
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    Petrol kiosks to sell URA coupons?
    128 2 The Car Parks Division of the Urban Redevelopment Authority intends to «et service stations along /oodlands and Bukit Timah Roads to sell its parking coupons. Sources said that although this move is to help Malaysian drivers, Singapore motorists will also be allowed to buy
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    Meeting
    24 2 The St Andrew's Mission Hospital will hold its general meeting at its premises at Tanjong Pagar Road on April 24 at 5.15 p.m.
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    The sales people you can tell
    378 2 Training course launched How many times have you walked into a department store and looked at the face of a salesgirl before deciding to approach her? Soon you don't have to do this. All you have to do is look for a badge. It
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    Oxford man here
    93 2 An Oxford Professor is here to act as this year's external examiner to the Department of Pharmacology, University of Singapore. Professor David Graham Smith, head of the university's department of clinical pharmacology and therapeutic and the British Medical Research Council Unit, will begin his work here this
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      104 2 6-month Preparation Courses for the November CAMBRIDGE O' LEVEL ENGLISH EXAMINATION Courses begin 14 April Cost: From $50 a month 12-week Courses leading to CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS First Certificate in English. Certificate of Proficiency in English. Courses begin 14 April 12-week Courses for •BEGINNER AND ELEMENTARY LEVELS EXECUTIVES, ADMINISTRATORS AND
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      27 3 sunglasses frames The new worldwide "PLATEENNU" material-made sunglasses will not only protect your eyes from ultra violet rays but is also featherlight and come in appealing colours.
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    Search for more staff
    278 4 More students at Poly and Ngee Ann Two tertiary institutions are looking for more lecturers to cope with the increased intake of students. Ngee Ann Technical College wants 11 lecturers while the Singapore Polytechnic is looking for about 30. Both institutions* have more students in the
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    Study to maximise use of P. Bukom
    117 4 Shell is making a study of its oil refining complex on Pulau Bukom to maximise (effectiveness in the use of its resources. The latest issue of Berita Shell, the Shell group's monthly bulletin, said the study will also identify the future skills levels
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    Hawkers put up warning posters
    144 4 Beware of pickpockets that's what this pester says. It Is among several pat up by the Seng Peh Bead Open Air Market Hawkers Asseelatfea to wan easterners. Several eases ef snatch theft and pickpocketing have taken place at the market and pellce are keeping a
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    PWD postpones noise reducing test
    251 4 A proposed Public Works Department experiment to cut down noise levels in Telok Ayer Primary School has been postponed. A PWD spokesman said this is the first month of the new financial year and funds for the experiment, due to start this month, are not
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    Kim Seng to get 4 RCs
    176 5 5700 households to give their views The Kim Seng constituency will get four residents committees by June. This is the target set by its MP, Dr Ong Leong Boon. He told New Ration the constituency will be divided into four zones geographically so that
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    Medical convention
    38 5 The Permanent Secretary (Ministry of Health) and Director of Medical Services, Dr Andrew Chew, will open the Singapore Medical 11th national medical convention on Outlook for Medicine at the Mandarin Hotel on Sunday at 10.40 a.m.
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    President
    43 5 Dr Goh Thong Ngee of the University of Singapore has been elected president of the Singapore Chapter, American Institute of Industrial Engineers. Other elected officials are Mr Teng Peng Long (vice president;, Mr Liew Mee Sen (secretary) and Mr Johnny Pang (treasurer).
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    STOCK MARKET
    177 5 Share prices were taken higher during the first 45 of quiet^d-adlng Singapore today. A lack of follow-through support, however, resulted in the initial gains being reduced. Highlands and Lowlands, for instance, rose to $6.15 before easing to $5.96. up five cents. BUSINESS DONE Pint SeettM City Dev (1)
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    Exhibition
    36 5 An exhibition on the Life and Art of Hans Christian Andersen will be held at the National Museum Art Gallery from Saturday to April 30 from 10.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Admission is free.
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    Investigators wanted
    180 5 The Registry of Vehicles is to strengthen its enforcement division in a move to crack down on unlicensed driving instructors and driving schools. The registry will recruit a few more investigators for the division. An ROV official declined to say how mkny investigators will be recruited or the
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    Family game has its reward
    233 5 The Singhs win $1250 in Moneywords contest What started as a timefiller has certainly paid off for the Singh family they will share the $000 New Nation Moneywords Jackpot prize with three other winners. The contest has always been a family game for them and
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      259 5 Vx s U T 11 rM Enter now and win attractive prizes! First Prize The Scrabble Champion receives: «2 return air tickets toPerthe A $500 book voucher e A table for 10 at The Neptune A deluxe Scrabble set A trophy A Challenge Shield A T-shirt A pair of giant
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    Lock icon Moscow pact with Maldives
    146 6 World Focus Reuter Male (Maldives), Monday The Soviet Union and the remote Indian Ocean island Republic of the Maldives signed a cultural and scientific agreement here yesterday. Under the agreement the Soviet Union has offered to provide Soviet know-how to improve the islands' com- munications, television,
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    Lock icon 'Iranians deported by Iraq'
    198 6 Reuter Tehran, Monday The official Iranian media said last night that thousands of Iranians had been deported from Iraq as relations between the two countries reached a new low. s State radio and television said that the Iranians were herded into trucks yesterday and driven to
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    Lock icon Sihanouk in Pyongyang
    53 6 UPI Tokyo, Monday Former Kampuchean head of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk arrived in Pyongyang yesterday for a visit to North Korea, the Korean central news agency reported today. The broadcast, monitored in Tokyo, said Sihanouk was accompanied by his wife, aunt, eldest daughter Princess Bophadevi and son
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    Lock icon Cuban Minister for India
    127 6 Reuter New Delhi, Monday Cuban Foreign Minister Isidoro Peoli Malmierca flies in here from Kabul today for talks expected to focus on a Cuban offer to mediate between the Afghan government and Pakistan. Mr Malmierca, who has been paying his second visit to Afghanistan within three
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    Lock icon TODAY
    71 6 UPI TODAY is Monday, April 7, the 98th day of 1980 with 268 to follow. Those born on this date are under the, sign of Aries. ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY: In 1927, the first successful demonstration of long-distance TV was made between Washington, D.C. and New York City.
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    Lock icon Hostages decision
    69 6 Reuter Tehran, Monday Ayatollah Khomeiny will be asked to decide today whether the hostages at the occupied US Embassy in Tehran should be transferred to government control, Revolutionary Council spokesman Hassan Habibi said last night. "It was decided that the issue be discussed with the Imam (Ayatollah Khomeiny)
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      502 6 Slipping Out Of A Predicament Lepaskan Diri Dari Satu Cengkaman wfflJ illustrator: Lui Thue Wah y w m WM 5& m m x» m V t 52 i! IMBi I 5K Hi m si 1 V u tS it R r 4 2 gii M cVX<j/?J? tyffittz ofi# M £$lf*#EEWj£
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    Polls victory a blow for PAS
    808 7  -  Chinese votes help win at Bukit Raya World Focus By Ismail Kassim Alor Star, Monday The National Front has dealt a big blow to Party Islam's aspirations of gaining control of the Kedah state government in the next election by capturing its stronghold in
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    119 7 AP Columbus (Ohio), Monday The Columbus Zoo's drat Easter egg hoot turned Into a fiasco on Saturday when nearly MM adults suddenly stormed an area strewn with candy eggs in an effort to grab them. Zoo director Jack Hanna called the incident "a riot." He said: "It
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    Lock icon 10,000 Cubans climb trees to get asylum
    133 7 AP Lima (Peru), Monday About 8000-10,000 Cubans seeking asylum abroad jammed inside the Peruvian Embassy compound in Havana yesterday, with some finding space by climbing trees and others perching on the embassy roof, the Foreign Ministry announced. It also requested for international aid
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    DCA's late story
    310 8 Since the Constellation disaster at Kallang in 1954, Singapore has had a relatively clean civil aviation record. This is a record we should proudly like to keep, for with it goes the reputation of safety-consciousness and efficiency. There had, of course, been a few near major disasters
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    THEIR VIEWS
    116 8  -  Jonathan Power Poverty is enormously difficult to put one's finger on. Poverty at one extreme we can recognise no clothes, no food, inadequate shelter and bad health. But a notch above the bottom level, it becomes an illusive phenomenon. George Gershwin, suggesting poverty was a state of mind,
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      And now... Texas
      46 8 Watch it, fans of Dallas and haters of JR! The runaway success of the scandal-by-the-minute TV drama was so overwhelming that America's NBC TV station has decided to do a similar series about the lives of the very, very rich. The Utle? Texas.
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      Skater not a driver
      41 8 A man was hauled to court for roller -skating through a red traffic light in Ontario, Canada. Did it constitute a traffic offence? The judge ruled "no", saying a skater is a pedestrian and not a driver.
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    Lock icon New hope for the slow learner
    928 8 New method assumes any child can learn Mastery learning? That's a new educational technique being developed In America which assumes that there are ns good and poor learners, only slow and Cast ones. Essentially, It Is a systematic way of allowing teachers to measure
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    Lock icon The job stinks but very few refuse to do it
    434 8 UPI HmmIHIU: The job stinks but the workers love it. It is hard to get a job as a refuse collector here, mainly because an eight-hour job can be compressed into three under a system called ukupau and they are
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    'Have ticket, will fly' not a truism
    439 9  -  Time Off" Judith Hale One of the most infuriating experiences a traveller can encounter is to hold a "confirmed" airline ticket but still not be able to get on a flight. When you angrily demand to know why, the counter staff may start
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    They're not peanuts
    189 9 Peanuts may be a dozen a dime to you but for our major hotels they can add up to a big shell-out each year. Take Marco Hotel which spends about $42,000 a year on peanuts, potato crisps and spring rolls. Or Hyatt Regency whose annual bill for
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    Travel agent who GOES places
    106 9 Everybody knows that job-hopping in the travel trade is practically a way of life. But it can certainly try the nerves of those who have to keep track of where their contacts are to bill them for services rendered. So it was with one sales
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    People On The Move
    266 9 Holiday Inn is bustling with staff promotions ana appointments. MISS ANNIE CHIN has joined as guest relations officer; MR WALTER RIESNER as sous chef and MISS ANGELINE SOH as sales officer in charge of commercial houses and travel agencies. MISS SUSAN LOO has moved up a
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    Curry at Dubai and Bahrain
    122 9 SIA cabin crew who stop at Bahrain and Dubai overnight can now stuff themselves with "home-cooked" food. Kitchenettes have been provided for them courtesy of the Hilton Hotel in Bahrain and the Sands Motel in Sharjah. But not, I suspect, before incessant grumbling from stewards
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    Sept date for new Manila airport
    87 9 The new passenger terminal of the Manila International Airport in Paranaque will open in September instead of October as originally scheduled. Three times bigger than the existing international airport in Pasay City, it can handle 1250 passengers during peak hours and can accommodate 14
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      178 9 Malaysia's Premier Hotel for the best of everything The distinguished Federal Hotel Kuala Lumpur proudly holds the honour of being Malaysia's first international-class hotel Renowned through the years for its unmatchable service, cuisine, entertainment and accommodation Offering all the luxuries of a resort hotel In the day you'll swim, sun,
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      Lock icon Back to sweet innocence
      637 10/11  -  'Preppy' looks for sweet, young things Co-ordinator: Deborah Chia Sweet innocence is back. Fashion is now enjoying its second childhood with little girl looks of Peter Pan collars trimmed with lace, checked skirts and peppermint colours. All this is part of today's theme on campus or
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        D-I-Y facial in 30 sees
        153 10/11 Like a quick facial? Well, now you can have It done In M seconds In the comfort of your home. All it takes Is a flick of the switch and Toshiba's new Ultrasonic Face Washer Is set abubbliag. Even a child can work this simple
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        Who's the champ?
        130 10/11 Who's the champ hairstylist In Singapore? Well soon know when the Singapore Hairstyling Championship IMf takes place In May. The contest to choose hairstylists to compete In the Fourth Asian Hair Styling Competition In Hong Kong Is open to all hairdressers with at least two years' salon
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      Lock icon Can't dogs tell goodies from baddies in broad daylight?
      661 10/11 Zaki I am a reasonable person and one of the reasonable things I do after putting in a solid eight hours in the office is walk home. Apart from saving 30 cents in bus-fare, which is not little if you have
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    Today's top selling car
    651 12  -  DATSUN UNVEILS ITS 1980 MODEL THE 120Y Motoring by Roderick Pestana The Datsun 1200 cc cars have undergone a metamorphosis since the late fifties, when they were the first Japanese cars to be introduced to Singapore after World War n. I remember seeing four of these
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    BY THE WAY
    147 12 IF yen think thai you'll never be able to afford a Jaguar XJ Series car,then perhaps one way to get a chance to drive one, will be to hire one from Wearnes. The companv has started a limousine car rental service which hires out self-drive or chanffeur-drlvea
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      156 12 Why is your Champion spark plug insulator as strung as stool? It has to be, because the insulator is exposed to more severe stress than any other part of your car engine. So strong, it actually JA penetrates a steel plate... /y It is highly resistant to cracking or breaking,
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    200cc is just the right size for beginners
    812 13  -  A mechanic can convert a 125 cc motorcycle into 175 cc within three hours More suggestions on limiting the size of bikes for beginners r~ Motorcycling bv Lee Chiu San The news that the Registry Of Vehicles will soon be imposing a
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      134 13 FOR GOOD FOOD, GOOD ENTERTAINMENT. COME TO MELATI DINETTE Delicious Indonesian food and sweet, melodious Kronchong music provided by a live band*, while you dine Be entertained further in Melati's spacious cocktail lounge Then dance to your heart's content to the lastest pop hits and country music 25% discount off
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      543 13 H Moneywords results 1 The Jackpot' has been broken again! Pour entrants submitted solutions which corresponded in all respects with the set of answers held by the judges to be the most apt ana accurate in the New Nation Moneywords Contest JZ. 2; Miss Toh Eng Hoon, 519G, Block 13,
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    Lock icon American zaibatsus
    286 14 Carter gives nod to such firms Business News and Views L i NYT Washington, Monday Don't look now, but an American-style Mitsui or Mitsubishi may be around the corner. The Carter Administration has just endorsed the bill of Senator Adlai E. Stevenson to create trading companies of the
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    People in business
    246 14 One of the world's largest manufacturers of industrial and commercial weighing equipment, Toledo Scale, has appointed a regional representative to be based here. He is Mr lan Fleming who has more than 15 years experience in weighing equipment. He will provide technical and marketing support to Toledo's
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    Top seller
    45 14 In this column on March 24, it was reported that Gestetner has become Australia's largest exporter of modern filing system. This is not true. The name of the company should be Arnos Melbourne Pty Ltd which was conceived here nearly 50 years ago.
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    Roll-on chops down waste
    182 14 Barber Blue Sea is a shipping company that believes one of the most efficient ways to load a helicopter on board a ship is simply to roll it on. And that was the way this helicopter (see picture above) was loaded onto the Barber Priam, a
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    Lock icon Where factories pay 25 pc more than in US
    163 14 AP Washington, Monday Factory workers in West Germany, Belgium, Holland and Sweden earned about 25 per cent more than US workers last year, according to estimates by the US Department of Labor. An average American production worker in manufacturing industries earned
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    Lock icon Yen to grow
    42 14 AFP Tokyo, Monday Japanese firms will expand massively abroad in this decade, but the weakness of the yen could slow this process in the short term, according to a report published here by the Japan External Trade Organisation. AFP
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      94 14 FOR HEALTH VITALITY Learn YANG'S TAI-CHI TUITION New doss for beginner every Tue. 6p.m. to 7p.m. Commencing 15 April 1980 Private or Intensive Course Also available. Main Training Centre 4, Keng Chin Rd., S'pore 1025 (off Bukit Timah Rd., 3'/2m.5.) For more details contact: Nafure Cure Centre Blk 52, Chin
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      608 14 SEZH3EIE MONDAY KB-1 «d i MONEYWORDS i Cut out and pin with other coupons. I j Posting instructions appear below Occupation: Address: N R.I.C. No:. FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES B£LOW ,Cut along dotted lines CLUES FOR KB 1 1. Was in debt 2. It you for a
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  • Sport starts here
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      Lock icon King: No more games with Ali
      548 15 He withdraws $16m offer to fight WBC champ Holmes MBodiig UPI New York, Monday Boxing promoter Don King on Saturday night withdrew his US$7 million ($16.1 million) offer to former three-time world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali to meet undefeated World Boxing Council heavyweight champion
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      Lock icon Borg's third title
      306 15 |^jj^Iennis UPI Monte Carlo, Monday Sweden's Bjorn Borg, defending champion and top seed, lost only three games in beating fifthseed Guillermo Vilas of Argentine 6-1, 6-0, 6-2 yesterday in the final of the US$lB7,OOO ($430,000) Monte Carlo Open tennis championships. Borg surpassed his previous best win over
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      Lock icon It's King, Martina again
      225 15 AP Tokyo, Monday Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova won the World Doubles women's tennis tournament here yesterday, defeating Ann Kiyomura of the United States and Sue Barker of Britain 7-5, 6-3. It was the second victory for the King-Navratilo-va team since 1978. It was the
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      It's D-Day at Changi
      536 16  -  Daniel, David triumph WEEKEND GOLF by LIM KEE CHAN It was a big day for David Milne, the Keppel resident professional, and Daniel Lim, the Warren amateur, at Changi yesterday. David won his first tournament on the Local Circuit since its inception, while Daniel made it
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      Five-stroke cut for Lim
      221 16 Lim Chla Jm'i had leap of 23 has bMa reduced by live itrtko alter Us success la the Seletar "D" DlvUn medal eempetltlea. Five gaiters Ya Seng Wei (haadleap 18), Francis Kak (28), K. T. Rajah (It), B. H. Nyaa (1<) and T. S. lim <H)
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      Brilliant first nine by 22 handicapper
      656 16 Katsuo Terao played well below his handicap on Saturday when he won the Singapore Island Country Club "D" Division stableford competition at the New Course. A 22 handicapper, Katsuo collected 47 points 11 better than par which is equivalent to an 11-under-par nett 61
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      Yes, it's eyes right...
      695 17  -  T, 3 NEW NATION BIG W/\LK April 20 By SHIRLEY TAN Heads couldn't help but turn when this group of walkers from Tanglin Community Centre, training for the April 20 New Nation Big Walk from Woodlands to Farrer Park, met with a pleasant distrac- tion at
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      Commando style...
      682 18  -  Manager Choy tells of the secret behind double triumph rjrjg Squash By SURESH NAIR The secret behind Singapore's double success in the East Asia squash team championship was the month-long commando-style training under Govindan Rama nan. Singapore team manager Patrick Choy paid tribute to Ramanan's rigid .training programme
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      Their squashing finale!
      688 18  -  By ERIC COOPER Kuala Lumpur, Monday Undefeated and truly tops in the region. That was the message pushed home by Singapore after they ended their 1980 East Asia squash team championship campaign with a crushing win over Hong Kong in both the meirs ana women's matches, at-the
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      Intan Singapura may be another Allan ace
      504 18  -  £3| Racing By K. L. CHAN Kub Lampw, Mwday Trainer Ivan Allan, who has a way of churning out classic contenders, could have another ace in btea Singapore. Unbeaten in two starts, he certainly has the credentials to be going places in the
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      308 15 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you are a person of tremendous initiative. Always the self-starter, as a youngster you may gain a reputation for rashness. Time and a few serious errors will cure you of your tendency to act on decisions the moment they are made,
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      227 15 Crossword -V ACROSS 1 Clergyman 7 Fine table linen 13 Predicament 14 Soon 16 Moment 17 Mobile home 18 Year: Sp. 19 Antelope of India 21 River in Scotland 22 Venture 24 Spring bloom 25 Ready to eat 26 Modified plant 27 Indigo 28 Deliver an address 29 Marine fish
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      324 16 UK HVcii \<tlion JJEESBSE33SS33 Woodlands Farror Park Athlatic Contra. Tha Naw Nation Big Walk will ba bald on Sunday, April 20,1900. Sand in your ontry forma today. Name: (Print clearly in capital letters) Address: Sex: Age: Occupation: Group:. Group Junior Senior Veteran Women 14 and under 19 years 19 and
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      81 18 ODEON: NOW SHOWING! IN RESPONSE TO OVERWHELMING REQUESTS PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF SHOW TIMES FROM TODAY 4.30PM 7.00PM ADMISSION: $15.00, $12.00, $10.00 CHILDREN 12 YEARS ft UNDER $10.00, $8.00, $8.00 FOR BOTH SHOWS Mot ThMtra. Not Film, tt'a Both And A Lot Moral IT PUYEO TO FULL-HOUSES IN JAPAN, HONS
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      157 18 BADMINTON: National Schools quarter-finals (Secondary girls) Bukit Ho Swee v Serangoon Gardens; Crescent v Singapore Chinese (Bukit Ho Swee, 2 p.m.)- Secondary boys New Town Secondary v East Payoh; Anglo-Chinese Secondary v Mt Vernon (NTS, 2 p.m.). BASKETBALL: National Schools (Thomson Secondary School, 2.30 p.m.). HOCKEY: National Schools (Post Secondary
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      Drama in dusty old dates
      263 19  -  READINGS ON THE HISTORY OF S'PORE By Gan Soh Eng To most people, history means dates and more dates. But if you pop over to Raffles Hotel on April 18, you'll find that dusty figures can add up to an evening of dramatic entertainment. The
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      Coronation Street cast on tropical holiday
      283 19 The popular British television serial, Coronation Street, may be about the down-to-earth and mundane lives of ordinary people, but three members of its cast were recently living it up in Singapore. With the producer William Podmore, and a twomember magazine team, the two actresses
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      Henry falls in love with Anne
      107 19 Passionately in love with Anne Boleyn, Henry decides to divorce his wife of 25 years, Katharine. Picture at left shows Babara Kellermann as Anne with King Henry (John Stride.) Katharine's touching appeal to Henry cannot turn his decision. Through Wolsey, the King negotiates with
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      89 19 Tides Today: 2.06 a.m. (2.6m), 8.37 a.m. (0.5m), 3.18 p.m. (2.2m), 8.43 p.m. (1.2m) Tomorrow: 2.47 a.m. (2.5m), 9.35 a.m! (0.6m), 4.33 p.m. (2.0m), 9.48 p.m. (1.4mj Wednesday: 3.43 a.m. (2.4m), 10.49 a.m. (0.7m), 6.25 p.m. (2.0m), 11.22 p.m. (1.5m) Thursday: 5.06 a.m. (2.2m), 12.22 p.m. (0.7m), 8.05 p.m. (2.1m)
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      236 19 In and around town THE SINGAPORE SCENE PAINTING EXHIBITION at the Singapore Conference Hall from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. One hundred and fortyeight paintings will be displayed and 18 outstanding ones were selected from the Chilren's, Junior and Senior sections to represent Singapore in the Regional Art Exhibition to
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      468 19 (Swatow) of the People's Republic of China at the old Thong Chai building from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission free. On till tomorrow. ICE CASTLE SKATING RINK on 6th floor, Katong Shopping Centre. Daily skating from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Skating fee of $1.50 for 4- to 5-hour
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    Talking Point
    80 20 AH FOOK: The Cubans are really smart. They want to show the world that they are a very humane lot. That's why they are allowing those people who want to flee the country to rush to the Peruvian embassy for approval to get out. MEI LIN: Looking deeper
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      887 20 TV AND RADIO SBC TELEFUNKEN Colour TV great looks 1 great features' great performance' 3 P.M. OPENING ANN 01! N€ K IVI K NTS followed by SIRUVAR ('LAGAM (T). Introduces some words ending with the Tamil letter "kai". Comic sketches illustrate the meanings of these words. There's also a filmlet
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      229 20 Today's top shows AFTERNOON MATINEE: Anything Own (Ch 5, 3.35 p.m. in colour). Pleasant shipboard musical about two showbiz partners looking for a leading lady for their show. Confusion arises when each unwittingly signs up an actress while in Europe. This 1956 version wasn't as good as the original, made
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