New Nation, 11 April 1980

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    19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Friday, April 11,1980 2845 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 109/1/80 r j NEW (gy NATION COMMENT!
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    Lock icon Soviets back Iran
    268 1 Tass reports on antiIran moves in Iraqi press Reuter Moscow, Friday Tass news agency yesterday signalled the Kremlin's support (or Iran in its dispute with Iraq by accusing the Baghdad press of waging an "anti-Iranian campaign." It also quoted American press reports suggesting Washington was ready to
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    Lock icon Israel, Egypt bid
    68 1 Reuter Washington, Friday Egyptian President Anwar Sadat said yesterday he and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin might deliver back-to-back speeches before each other's parliaments in a bid to speed up Palestinian self-rule negotiations. He said, however, he would not invite Mr Begin to address the Egyptian Majlis (Parliament)
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    Lock icon Japanese for Pan Am board?
    141 1 UPI New York, Friday Pan American World Airways will pick a nonAmerican citizen on its board of directors for the first time in its history. Mr Akio Morita, chairman and chief executive officer of the Japanese Sony Corporation, has been nominated to Pan Ain's board
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    Traffic action to start tomorrow
    231 1 The tough enforcement action along 10 selected roads that was announced yesterday will begin tomorrow. The Traffic Police, the Registry of Vehicles and the police divisional traffic enforcement units will be out in force along the roads. Four of the 10 roads have been singled
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    Lock icon Spy
    40 1 Reuter Moscow, Friday A Soviet ballet dancer, Yuri Stepanov, who defected to the United States and then returned home was quoted by the Soviet press yesterday as saying American intelligence agents tried to enlist him as a spy Reu-
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    Lock icon Search
    33 1 Reuter Moscow, Friday Soviet KGB security police yesterday searched the homes of several Moscow dissidents in an investigation into an unofficial group which monitors abuses of psychiatry in the Soviet Union Reuter.
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      28 1 INSIDE f i M ,y > I IS I I Soccer WIS Biman crash: What could have happened JUDITH HALE pieces the jigsaw together Pages 8 and 9 y/
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      18 1 IN THE OTHER PAGEB: Stocks 5, Crossword 16, Monevwords Coupon 20, Comics 21, Stars 22, What's On 24
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    Two hawkers lose licences for fighting
    158 2 The licences of two hawkers at Boat Quay Food Centre have been cancelled for fighting with knives and stools. The fight, which took place early last month, is believed to have been the result of constant bickering which first started more than two years
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    Free SBS ads for congress
    150 2 Singapore Bus Service will donate 20 advertisement panels for two months to the 12th Asian Advertising Congress to be held here from Sept 15 to 19. The head of SBS's public relations department, Mr Benjamin Chua, said this yesterday. Two international news magazines, Time and
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    Woodlands' $2m mosque ready soon
    136 2 $30,000 MORE NEEDED The $1.9 million An-Nur mosque in Woodlands New Town will soon be ready for use. The mosque, which can accommodate 1500 people, has a 14-storey minaret. It will be officially opened on April 20. However, the mosque's building committee still needs about
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    Fund to help needy students
    165 2 Needy students of Woodsvllle Secondary School will benefit from the extra money raised by the school. In a fund-raising Service Fortnight last month, the students, staff and canteen vendors exceeded their target sum of $40,000 by $34,680. The extra money will be deposited in the
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    More S'pore students for studies in US
    392 3 About 20 per cent increase, says embassy More Singapore students are going to the US and Canada for studies because of the relatively lower cost of living and the increased cost of education in Britain and Australia. Another reason is that with growing
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    Lock icon C'wealth reps voice concern over high fees
    147 3 Studying in Britain Reuter London, Friday Commonwealth representatives, at a meeting yesterday, expressed strong concern about the extent of the British government's increase in university fees for overseas students, a Commonwealth spokesman said. For economy reasons Britain's Conservative government recently decided that the
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    Dance
    31 3 The Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr Goh Chok Tong, will attend the Singapore Medical Associations annual dinner and dance at the Mandarin Hotel on April 19 at 7.30 p.m.
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    Tests on canned squid
    79 3 The Environment Ministry has got no complaints about canned squid imported from Malaysia. A spokesman said tests conducted on two brands last year and in 1978 showed that they are fit for consumption. He was commenting on a report that the Philippines has suspended the import
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    Apa wins a Pata award
    176 3 A Singapore publishing firm, Apa Productions, is one of the joint winners of the Pacific Area Travel Association Award of Excellence in the travel books category. A spokesman for Apa said the award was made for the Apa Insight guide to the Philippines, which covers
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      134 3 qtad.io PAIVIA tn iAihm /K Come to where the music takes you... Dance to the latest hits from the American Hot Disco Action Charts, then sirhmer down to the cool with evergreen favourites c, w d'\° W\6'^ d^ o ora^Voca\ IT 4 O\JV V jfc' .JaM oo^ s Saw \s&
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    7 break-ins in 7 months
    143 4 A petrol kiosk at Jalan Ahmad fbrahim has set a record of sorts it has been broken into seven times in the last seven months. On all the seven occasions, the burglars gained entry by smashing the glass door after the Mobil station had closed
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    Visit
    39 4 The Minister for National Development and MP for Geylang West, Mr Teh Cheang Wan, will visit residents of Blocks 8 and 9, Upper Boon Keng Road on Sunday from 9.30 a.m. to look into their needs and problems.
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    Toy library needs more volunteers
    243 4 Singapore's first toy library at Kuo Chuan community centre is looking for volunteers who are fond of children. The library has 10 registered volunteers but only about half are active. It Is difficult to find enough volunteers to man the library, which is open every
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    Lock icon Accident victim gets relief
    90 4 Holding an umbrella, a passer-by extends seme relief from the moraine son for an accident victim along the It km Upper Bnklt Tlmah Road yesterday. Pellee said Madam Kho Ah Ngoh, 78, was crossing the road when she was hit by a lorry a few metres
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      82 4 Puts you in the right spirit i f \3r re r w f r it:^! WW V *&<&ZXC fc. r3gj PSjfc' :m-< v ttw i- LAYS ~3 Old ScotchWliiskv since LSlfi IT V TYRES at low prices DUNLOPER7OVR 15TL $220.(UK)pp GOODYEAR iB5/70x13TL $72.50 iW.pp GOODYEAR 175/70X12TL $62.50 (Mi pP MICHEUN,
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      7 4 Stop this carnage A New Nation appeal
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      61 4 pHA<i\iy MILLBAR m A aa r\ i Now decor, new atmosphere, new menu l Everything is new at the Phoenix Grill Bcir Come tinrj have a drink in the lounge. Enjoy our Roast US Prime Rit) You'll 'ike the new if formal setting and the creativ i j i s
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    Jobs for ESN youths
    245 5 The Katong Special School, which caters for educationally sub-nor-mal children, will soon introduce job placement (or 15 to 17-year-old students. They will be given jobs like ldtchen help in restaurants, waiters, porters, supermarket packers, office boys and In laundries for six months or more. The president
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    Family picnic
    57 5 The Tanglin community centre will organise a family outing to the Chinese and the Japanese gardens and a picnic at the Mitsukoshi Garden on April 20 from 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The fee is $8 for adults, $7 for youth group members, $6 for senior citizens and
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    Dinner
    27 5 The Senior Minister of State (Education), Dr Tony Tan, will attend the Science Teachers Association of Singapore's annual dinner at Merlin Hotel tomorrow at 8 p.m.
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    Closed
    16 5 The East Coast Park swimming lagoon will be closed for maintenance work on April 15.
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    Special event for two girls
    125 5 The party was for both girls, bat the occasslon held a special significance for each. For Lim Sock Choo, It was her 14th birthday and for her school-mate Melatl bte Aboo Bakar, 11, It was the beginning of a year's free education at the Katong
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    Stock market
    109 5 Trading was selective during the first 45 minutes on the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Straits Trading opened at $10.70, was jacked up to $11 and then slid to $10.50, an increase of 95 cents, following the issue of bonus one-for-one and its announcement of higher profits yesterday.
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    Talk
    30 5 The vice president, Queensland Division of the Australian Institute of Industrial Engineers, Mrs Betty Leaney, will talk on Project Planning at the Regional Language Centre tomorrow at 2.30 p.m.
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    Prizes
    30 5 The Metropolitan YMCA will hold a prize giving ceremony for the top collectors of its recent annual flag day at its Palmer Road premises on Sunday at 1.30 p.m.
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    Shell offers dealers better deal
    94 5 Shell has become the second oil company to more commission to dealers. The company, which has the largest number of service stations, has offered its dealers an additional 2.3 cents commission for every 4.5 litres of premium petrol. For the regular grade and diesel, the
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    MP asked to mediate
    195 6 To solve union's Vacant post' issue The MP for Serangoon Gardens and adviser to the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees, Dr Lau Teik Soon, has been asked to mediate in the union's "succession" issue. The problem is over filling the post of deputy general secretary, which
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    First Sentosa News
    90 6 The first issue of Sentosa News, the Sentosa DevelopmentC or po ration's quarterly magazine, appeared in hotel reception counters yesterday. The magazine has eight pages, including a centre page in colour. Twenty thousand copies were distributed free to all hotels and to STPB and SLA offices abroad.
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    Easter
    27 6 In Wednesday's report on the YWCA Easter Donnet contest, a photograph of Mrs Glenda Kanashige was erroneously captioned as Mrs Margaret Lindsay. The error is regretted.
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    Eighth
    22 6 The Singapore Institute of Planners will hold its eighth annual dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel on April 18 at 7.30 p.m.
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    On law
    33 6 The assistant director of the Legal Aid Bureau, Miss Asnah bte Ahmad, will talk on Law in Family Life at the Toa Payoh branch library on April 16 at 7.30 p.m.
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    'No right to ask for details'
    147 6 A recent Incident between t press photographer and a public health Inspector has prompted the Environment Ministry's legal officer to advise Held staff sn the limits sf their anthnrlty. Writing In the ministry's newsletter, the effleer, Mr Ang Sin Tech, told field personnel that
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    Blind research worker wins award
    202 6 Encik Ibrahim Abdul Karim, 30, has won the Guinness Stout Effort Award an award to Singaporeans for acts of chivalry, deeds of bravery, contribution to community service or outstanding achievements in learning and sports. Encik Ibrahim, who is blind, is spearheading a Getting to Know
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      459 6 0 To Loot A Burning House Mencuri Di Sebuah Rumah Yang Sedang Terbakar 36 Tricks •Muslihat 36 illustrator: Lui Thue Wah mm mm t< rajsSSj \m m 9M8 m mm ii mm 3?!sSSi m she 12£ fl ■T, mmmw I wtm N m' f.» '£2 .*SJS* .S*D* .asiSjHfc (ggcsfi^^ft, fcgi#<*>e«
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    Lock icon CIA: Journalist spies
    220 7 Reuter Washington, Friday Central Intelligence Agency director Stansfield Turner said yesterday he had approved the use of journalists for intelligence work three times since taking over as CIA head three years ago. But he told a conference of newspaper editors that in each case the plans to
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    Lock icon What a dummy idea!
    129 7 UPI New York, Friday The things motorists do to get pass police checks! One motorist here used a home-mode manneqala to make op the mlalmnm of two passengers a car so he conld pass a tnnnel to Manhattan, as required during the transit strike. But a
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    Lock icon Queuing up for food
    66 7 Cuban refugees inside the compound of the Peruvian embassy in Havana gather next to a fence to receive food supplies distributed by the government. About 10,000 refugees are in the com- pound waiting to leave the country. Diplomats of five South American countries Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador,
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      211 7 PASSENGER COMFORT IN FRONT No other pickup matches up to the Mitsubishi L2OOl -ton pickup. Lost year, it was 'Pickup of the Year' in America The selection was based on severe tests conducted over dirt roods and mountain tracks. These tests have demonstrated, without question, the toughness and practicality. Best
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      8 7 More World News in Pages 10 and 11
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    Where to draw the line(s)
    329 8/9 Corporal punishment is out. Indiscriminate scolding is out. Writing lines is also out. Will the teacher have any form of punishment left to mete out to naughty students? The opponents of line-writing have a strong case. Institute of Education lecturer Tan Tai Wei argues that
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    THEIR VIEWS
    101 8/9 6 Let us make nothing of the fact that reporters in this country and elsewhere have gone to prison rather than reveal their sources of information. Or of the fact that there is no reporter and no newspaper that does not conceal the sources of some of its
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      English — and Scotch
      77 8/9 English and Scotch At a lounge one evening, a heated discussion took place over the merits and demerits of bilingualism. Everyone in the group was trying to impress the other on his linguistic abilities. A man who was quietly observing the rhetor- ics, suddenly snapped: "Look, I'm also bilingual." "Bilingual
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      Make up your mind
      54 8/9 At a screening of Kramer vs Kramer in Orchard Theatre, a man could noPjflp noticing his date JKig for the man (DdraH Hoffman) in one moment and for the woman (Meryl Streep) in the other. Apparently peeved, he was overheard saying: "Please make up your mind
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    What could have happened?
    1300 8/9 LESSON TO BE LEARNT FROM THE CRASH AFTER LAST WEEK'S CRASH LANDING OF A BANGLADESH KIMAN JET. JUDITH HALE PIECES THE JIGSAW TOGETHER The local aviation scene is buzzing with speculation over several curious aspects of the Bangladesh Biman Boeing 707 crash-land-ing last Thursday at 7.15
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    PR MAHATHIR'S DILEMMA
    476 8/9  -  FRIDAY WITH ISMAIL KASSIM ISMAIL KASSIM Ki»l» Lam pur: The Malay Dilemma has placed its author, Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk (Dr) Mahathir Mohamad in a real political dilemma. His book has been extensively used by Parti Islam leaders to attack him at every election campaign since the
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    ...and what actually happened
    368 8/9 Daring the peak hours between C p.m. and II p.m. at Paya Lebar airport, one aircraft takes off or lands every two minutes. It was under snch traffic conditions that the Bangladesh-Blman Boeing 7fl readied for take off with 54 passengers and nine crew oa board
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      41 8/9 Asean Asides is on Page 14 TECHNOS It's time you deserved one. v 4 8050 2202 V 3% 5002.2202 <*> f on th* mrmmbn rang* ot itches, pfiin ringL. Quarts Showroom: Units 101-104.1*1 Floor. Paritlarw Sr> I* Road, Singapore 0718. Tal: 3)
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    Lock icon Oil: Iran may back down
    274 10 Japan, oil firms challenge oil hikes World Focus Reuter London, Friday Japanese and West European oil companies are challenging new price rises announced by Iran, and Tokyo reports suggested that the Iranians might be ready to back down. Tokyo oil industry sources said yesterday it
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    Lock icon Carter hopes sanctions will be 'persuasive'
    179 10 UPI Reuter Washington, Friday President Carter said yesterday he hopes the sanctions against Iran will be "persuasive," but warned that the United States is prepared to use all its legitimate power to free the American hostages. In a tough foreign policy speech prepared for
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    71 10 Reuter Blythe (California,) Friday Glyn "Scatty" Wolfe, 71, who claims tabetke world's mot married man. said here yesterday be Is abest to marry fer the 24th time, ta 17-year-old Dsaaa Hessee. "I'm sore I've fsand the right girl this time," Mr Wolfe. a Baptist minister who has
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    Lock icon How Sadat sees them ...
    101 10 How Sadat sees them Reuter Washington, Friday What do you think of some world leaders, a TV reporter asked Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who is on a visit here. Here is a sampling of his terse replies: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER MENACHEM BEGIN: "Premier Begin was true in his enmity and
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    Lock icon Hijacker's vicious circle claim
    149 10 Reuter Havana, Friday An American black Muslim who hijacked an American airlines Boeing 727 to Cuba on Wednesday said yesterday he acted to escape racial and religious persecution in the United States, Prensa Latina news agency said here. Gerald Leland Merity, 35, said he hijacked the
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    Lock icon Jump into the ocean, or else...
    271 11 / 12 REFUGEE TELLS COURT OF DESPERATION IN THE HIGH SEAS World Focus AP West Palm Beach (Florida), Friday Nineteen Haitian refugees begged for mercy as armed smugglers forced them to jump into the Atlantic Ocean last August. This was the dramatic plea described by a
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    Lock icon TODAY
    81 11 / 12 UPI Today is Friday, April 11, the 102 nd day of 1960 with 264 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of AHps On this date In history: In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson ordered 24,500 military reservists called up, half of them for duty in
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    Lock icon US-Oman alliance for access to Gulf bases
    116 11 / 12 UPI Muscat (Oman), Friday The United States and Oman have agreed in principle to a far-reaching defence alliance that will give America access to Omani bases near the Persian Gulf in exchange for military aid and a US commitment to the security of
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    Lock icon Swaran in Pakistan on 4-day visit
    174 11 / 12 Reuter Islamabad, Friday Former Indian Foreign Minister Mr Swaran Singh arrived in Pakistan yesterday for talks with President Mohammad Zia-Ul-Haq and other Pakistani officials. Mr Swaran Singh told reporters at Lahore Airport before arriving that Afghanistan's position as a non-aligned country had not been
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      Oodles of HK's fine stuff
      846 13 / 14  -  Eating Out by Margaret Chan Chinese food is the mainstay of our cosmopolitan cuisine. The variety available is wide, with cuisines from north China to south. Quality too is not wanting. Yet, we look forward to a Hong Kong food festival, because ft is acknowledged
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      Unholy mix of flamenco and Vegas glitter
      555 13 / 14  -  But the ethnic Spanish dances mesmerise 7 Sundown scene by Zaki The dance company is called the Paco de Lucio Spanish Ballet. Don't let the word ballet faze you. You won't see girls in white tutus clacking castanets on points. The dances are
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      Raffles clings to Bard tradition
      832 13 / 14  -  The Arts »>v Gan Soh Eng A few weeks ago, Raffles Players, a school drama society, produced A Midsummer Nigh t's Dream at the Victoria Theatre. That performance was the latest in a long school tradition of annual Shakespeare performances. For the past 25 years,
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      41 13 / 14 We'll meet at Raffles! now JAZZ NIGHT every Friday 8 pm The Writers' Bar No cover charge free tidbits TERESA KHOO'S TRIO Raffles 1-3 Beach Road iQ. Singapore 0718 5,' Reservation; *****1 Hotel CONTACT LENSES K.K.I JM e (<t>) r V
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    200 slum families build own homes
    323 14 Savings from labour costs and cheap materials Two hundred families now living in a slum in Thailand are on the verge of realising a dream of building their own homes. Since early this month, 20 families have been heading for a plot of land
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    BOY, 9, SAVES SISTER FROM FIRE
    193 14 Some lives were lost while others were saved in two dramatic incidents in East Malaysia recently. A nine-year-old boy heroically carried his two-year-old sister to safety as fire destroyed their home near a town called Sarikei. But he could not save his disabled seven-year-old
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    Car 'jagas' who demand payment
    153 14  -  ASEAN ASIDES By Judith Hale Parking in Johore Baru's municipal council lots has set motorists grumbling, according to The Star. To park, they first have to pay the council and then the jaga kereta boys who supposedly look after the cars. The second payment is
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    Lock icon Preparing for a cold war...
    72 15 Preparing for a cold war ...two Norwegian civilians watch three American soldiers rushing below their balcony bringing back memories of a real war in which they were once involved. In this case, it was only a demonstration of US military strength In the Arctic area
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    Lock icon What did you say?
    406 15 2 million hit by memory disease Copley News Service Las Angeles: Mrs Rena Bogin strolled through the large department store with her husband, Seymour, beside her. Mrs Bogin saw something she wanted and turned to look (or a salesKerson. Her eyes were off er husband for
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    10pc profit drop for King's Hotel
    192 16 Due to stop in operations of some facilities King's Hotel in Havelock Road turned in lower profit results last year. After a record pre-tax profit of $1.38 million in 1978, King's managed only $1.23 million last year, a 10.3 per cent drop. The decline
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    31 16 UPI New York, Friday Dow Jones closing averages: 30 industrials 789.59 (up 5.55), 20 transport 252.K) (up 2.88), 16 utilities 104.91 (up 2.07), 65 stocks 288.09 (up 3.04) UPI
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    PSA gets token from Toyota
    141 16 Singapore is now the world s fifth largest market for Toyota industrial vehicles. More than 400 units comprising mainly forklift trucks were bought by industrial users and government statutory boards. Among Toyota s biggest customers here is the Port of Singapore Authority which owns a
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    218 16 UPI UPI New York, Friday Ford Motor Co. maintained its quarterly dividend payout, some interest rates eased and the stock market registered its third straight gain yesterday. The New York Stock Exchange index rose 0.64 to 59.05 and the price of a share gained 33 cents. Advances
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    113 16 UPI London, Friday The US dollar, buoyed by an European Economic Community call for the release of the Tehran hostages then weakened over worries about a possible downturn in American interest rates, fluctuated on European money markets yesterday Gold closed at US$526 per ounce in Zurich, down U5527.50
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    Lock icon Customs collect M$10 mil
    79 16 r Business News and Views ——X AFP Kuala Lumpur, Friday The government collected Mslo million in duties at its customs checkpoints on the Malaysian-Thai border last year, the Senate was told yesterday. Deputy Home Affairs Minister Tan Sri Syed Ahmad Shahabuddin said the figure, compared with
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    'Stormy' show...
    363 17  -  the KIJ track By K. L. CHAN Penang, Friday Stormy Des, should come through with flying colours in his first test over the stayers' trip when he goes over 1700 m in Sun- day's Class 2 Division 1 event. It may seem too much to expect from one
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    2530 17 RAPE 1 2.15 CLASS 4 DIV 4 1,200M x ($11,000 —$7,700 to winner) 1 6006 Partama N (First Up) Rodgrn 4 57 (d2 same) 1.200m F Hutcfrnon 7 2 7008 CMaKu g (Taman) Paul 657 (dd same) P...KR Chan 11 3 4020 Papat
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    Lock icon 'Cottage' crumbles in Chase
    194 17 £9 Racing Reuter Cheltenham, Friday Tied Cottage, who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup last month, returned to the scene of that triumph hut finished a tired and well beaten horse in the Golden Miller Chase over the Gold Cup course yesterday. The old horse, whose US$BO,OOO
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    156 17 SUNDAY Race 1 (2.M) CI 4 Dlv 7 ISMui: Graadear 11, Yemunkwaa, Sky hawk, Sonset Baalevard, Gambal&n, Swing City, Permease. Race 2 (2J«) CI 4 Dlv I 12Mm: Three Bell, Jut Ideal, Echaaga, Whisky Seda, Dea't Ask Me, Shaahalkwaa. Race i (SJt) CI 2 Dlv 2 I2*m: Andrsalaa, A
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    A headache for 7
    607 18/19  -  Cup trial date clashes with Open TEE-UP with Lim Lim Kee Chan Some of the top local golfers will have to make up their minds whether to spend the next four weekends in eight rounds of trials for a place in the Singapore Putra Cup team
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    Ah Sek to defend title
    538 18/19 Ng Ah Sek of Sembawang Country Club will defend the Warren Open championship on Sunday (teeoff 7 a.m.) Besides Ah Sek, who scored his biggest triumph in his two years Soiling by winning at /arren last year, will be two former champions having another crack
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    PUTRA CUP TRIALS
    142 18/19 SATURDAY 12.45 p. m. Ong Chew Bee, Stephen Pm«, Talib Haron; 12.51 Percy Scally, Gordon Scow, Ong Eng Hong; 12.57 K. T. Phaa, Danny Tan, John Martens; 1.13 John Fee, Joseph Lm, Daniel Lim; I.M Tan Chaaa Thye, lim Chae Beng, Chen Yew Ping; 1.15 Wang Weng
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    Draw for Warren Open
    299 18/19 The "A" Division draw for Warren Open on Sunday: 7 a.m. Bennett Melin (11) Ng Ah Sek (10) Harold Chan (11); 7.08 Mike Gerbich (11) Robert Chua (12) Daud Selamat (10); 7.16 M.A. Hamid (12) T. P. Ling (12) Teo Boon Tong (8); 7.24 Barry Roberts
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    Keppel medals competition
    180 18/19 Draw for the Keppel "A" and "B" Division medals bogey competition tomorrow: 1 p.m. Heng Jee Yong (17) S P Kapoor (16); 1.06 John Killick (15) Long See Lin (16) Himmat Singh (13); 1.12 Jaswant Singh (8) Y Obata (8) Teo Boon Thong (8); 1.18 L Wearmouth
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    Changi 'A' and 'B' Open draw
    605 18/19 Draw for Changi Open "A" Division: tomorrow: 7.a.m. Szto Sim Chuan (24) K K Woon (24) Wong Twee Meng (24); 7.0T Koh Khek Wee (24) H Loo (24) Chee Yee Whye (23); 7.14 Koh Khek Yeow (24) K Nagano (22) Cheong Ping Kee (24):
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    Three-way-tie for first round lead
    369 18/19 Augusta (Georgia), Frisday British Open champion Severiano Ballesteros of Spain, Professional Golf Association title-holder David Graham of Australia and rookie Jeff Mitchell of the United States scored six-under-par 66s yesterday to take the first round lead of the 44th Masters golf tournament. Graham, an Australian
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    $40,000
    146 20  -  Bonanza the SAAA didn't expect f3 Athletics By SURESH NAIR The Singapore Amateur Athletics Association 1980 Trackathon was a thumping success harvesting an unexpected $40,000. A jubilant SAAA secretary K.L. Venugopalan said that the first-ever trackathon, held at Farrer Park Athletic Centre on Jan 20, received "overwhelming support from
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    A tribute to Kumaravelu
    436 20 Singapore's marathon champion S. Kumaravelu deserves to come out on top at next year's South East Asia Games in Manila, writes SURESH NAIR. Reason: He has already f;ot down to serious trainng. The 23-year-old athlete has worked out a tight training schedule with coach Maurice Nicholas.
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    Why not give Brunei a fighting chance?
    709 20  -  Passing Shots By Desmond Oon The Brunei Lawn Tennis Association, who are keen in upgrading their standard of tennis, have sounded out their Singapore counterparts on the possibility of engaging local coaches (or short stints in Brunei. This request came from their director
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      618 20 FRIDAY KB-S i MONEYWORDS > i Cut out and pin with other coupons. I Posting instructions appear below Occupation: Address: N R.I.C. No: Tel: IcTr -r ATv~BH FILL ,N LETTERS 0 N E —ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW Cut along dotted lines MiaMH J CLUES FOR KB 5 1. Some shade
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    573 21  -  Birthday joy for Jitta, David and Mutalib By SURESH NAIR, SHIRLEY TAN The Happy Birthday song was ringing in the air at the Jalan Besar Stadium dormitary yesterday evening not once or twice...but three times. The Malaysia Cup squad on the eve of their departure for tomorrow's away
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    FAS act on ages
    171 21 The Football Association of Singapore will Insist on documentary proof of the ages of those participating In the Fourth Lion City Cup tournament to be held here from Aug 23 to Sept 7. Thirteen countries have been Invited for the Under It series. A senior FAS
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    193 21 Reuter London, Friday Arsenal and Liverpool will be anxiously awaiting the outcome of treatment to two key injured players before naming their teams for their Football Association Cup semi-final tie tomorrow. England international Terry McDermott, a vital cog in Liverpool's midfield, is hoping to recover from
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      86 21 Diary SOCCER: Friendly Angullia United "B" v Bakke-Sime Darby (Farrer Park, 5.15 p.m.). BADMINTON: National Schools quarterfinals (Secondary Boys) New Town v AngloChinese; Mt Vernon v East Payoh; Anderson v Bukit Ho Swee; Hwi Yoh v St Joseph's (NTS, Anderson, 2 p.m.). HOCKEY: National Schools championshps (various venues, 2.30 p.m.).
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      65 21 ANDY CARP WHAT'S m c LOVELV r always THOUGHT. 'E WAS TALENTED* m Sf £3* A/sIDV GOT HfS ASILfTV 1 F«3V\ BOTH PARENTS 'IS MU/WS AftLITV-/ FOR SPEND* N' MONEVA AN' 'IS CAD'S A&L.ITV FOR NOTMAKIN 1 IT J a If 3fe»»s stz BH SHORT RIBS by Frank O'Neal Black
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    Lock icon Lawyers in for some fun
    314 22 NEW NATION BIG WALK April 20 L=J Three woman lawyers will take time off from their practice to stretch their limbs at the New Nation Big Walk on April 20. They are Belinda Ang, Yap Boon Chin and Halimah Jalil. They regard the event as
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    Not too late to train
    340 22 For those who have put in a lot of training for the April 20 New Nation Big Walk, the morning trek from Woodlands to Farrer Park Athletic Centre should not be a problem. Burt for those who have not done anything yet, start now, advises
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    Lock icon Champion Lujan's date with Korean
    137 22 E3 Boxing Reuter UPI Seoul, Friday World Boxing Association bantamweight champion Jorge Lujan of Panama has agreed to defend his title against South Korean Chung Soon-Hyun here on June 8, the Korean Boxing Commission announced. Chung is currently the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation's superbantamweight
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    Lock icon Filipino in upset win
    214 22 WSM Tennis AP AFP Maebashi (Japan), Friday Beejong Sison of the Philippines scored the only upset in yesterday's second round of a US$25,000 (about 52,000) international tennis tournament, defeating No. 4 seed Cliff Letcher of Australia 7-5, 63. In other matches, No. 2 seed Russell Simjpson
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      'Housesitting' Mary is no bird of passage
      353 23 Mary vanden Berg is an expatriate. But she's no mere "bird of passage", contributing nothing to the country she's staying in. Besides being principal viola player with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Mary, 28, also teaches music, conducts music courses, cooks, crochets, and studies
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      A bonanza of Beijing operas
      454 23  -  By Judith Holmberg Three Beijing operas will be screened on TV during the next three months. The first hourlong story will go out in 10 days' time. This is the first time that SBC is telecasting imported versions of these highly-rated classical dramas. To help
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      454 23 JH Did Rudy Jordache, one of the central characters of Rich Man Poor Man, die from Falconetti's bullet? If you were hoping for the answer to that question in the first episode of the sequel to that soap opera, you'd have been disappointed.
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      280 23 cinema KRAMER vs KRAMER: Much hailed film on a "contemporary" theme of divorce and custody of the child. Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep and Justin Henry in virtuoso performances. Orchard: 1.30, 4, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. THE AMITYVILLE HORROR: About things that go bump in the night; basea, supposedly, on a
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      340 23 PROFESSIONALS SEVEN: A second-rate film starring William Smith, Barbara Leigh and Susan Kiger. Rex: 11, 1.45, 4, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. THE DEEP: Rerun of underwater treasure-hunt film starring Jacqueline Bisset and the late. Robert Shaw. Lelsnre-Drome Theatre: 1.30, 4, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. SNAKE MAN: Rerun of Mandarin film.
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    46 24 AH FOOK: When I read about the taxidriver who refused to pick up a crippled passenger, I (eel ashamed to be called a Singaporean. MEI UN: So do I. Since when has helping a handicapped citizen been equated with wasting time and losing money?
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      872 24 TV AND SBC 5 3 P.M. OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by HOU8EWTVES' MATINEE: The Pereclous Brothers (r). Mandarin movie 4.19 SCIENCE REPORT 4.25 INTERMISSION I.IS OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by ANIMAL WORLD (See Top Shows of the Day) 4.39 NEWS IN BRIEP IC SBC 8 RADIO T TELEFUNKEN great looks' ColOUf features'
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      209 24 Todays top shows P Z David Janssen la Birds of Prey Ch 5, lit pun. ANIMAL WORLD: Army Aats (Ch 5, 6.06 p.m. in colour). BUI Burrud investigates the world of the deadly armies of ants in the tropical forest. These insect soldiers are all female and almost blind. They
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