New Nation, 23 April 1980

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  • 19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday, April 23, 1980 2855 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 109/1/80 r NEW (gj) NATION COMMENT.
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  • 286 1  -  By Lee Yew Meng Far Eastern Hotels Development has agreed to sell the 24-storey Singapore Hilton for $72 million. Sources said the sales agreement was reached on April 16. A 10 per cent deposit has been paid by the buyer, Hotel Properties Pte Ltd. The
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  • 37 1 Reuter Washington, Wednesday Inflation, President Carter's main domestic worry as he battles for reelection, remained at an annual rate of 18.1 per cent in March the highest since 1946. Consumer prices rose by 1.4 per cent.
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  • 29 1 UPI Ottawa, Wednesday Canada will boycott the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow to protest the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, external affairs minister Mr Marck MacGuigan said yesterday.
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  • 219 1 Agencies Tehran, Wednesday Iran and the Soviet Union have signed a major economic agreement, Economy and Finance Minister IraJ Salimi said yesterday. Mr Sail;mi, who was quoted by Pars news agency, declined to give details of the accord. "The economic sanctions imposed by the United States will not
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  • 154 1 Reuter Manila, Wednesday A passenger ship with almost 900 people on board sank off the island of Mindoro, south of Manila, last night, after it collided with an oil tanker. Only 80 survivors had been picked up by early today, the Philippine news agency said. It
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  • 137 1 Reuter Laxembeurg.Wedßesd»y The EartpeM Economic GMnmuUy yesterday redoeed Its diplomatic staff Is Tehroa, restricted travel by Iraalaa eftfanns, bonned arms sales and appealed to baslnesssmen not to sin aew esntraets with Iranians. Its fsrelgn ministers, whs held tws days of dlsessslsss to baeh the United
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  • 184 1 LATEST By Edgar Koh Senator Edward Kennedy, by leading President Carter in yesterday's Pennsylvania primary, may nave survived the biggest test in his pursuit of the Democratic presidential nomination. The same can be said of Republican candidate George Bush, who benefited from moderate and liberal support
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    • 28 1 Forecast Singapore's weather outlook from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. today: Showers in a few places in the late afternoon. Sunset today: 6.37 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow: 6.28 a.m.
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  • 239 2  -  Annual govt permission to be sought By Ivan Lim An insurance company has become the first to pledge that it will annually apply for government permission to pay an extra month's annual wage supplement. It has given an undertaking to the Singapore Insurance Employees'
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  • 146 2 The teachers' data bank will be updated from next month.This will coincide with the handing over of the bank from the Ministry of Finance Computer Services Department to the Education Ministry Computer Services Branch. Forms will be given out to school principals or
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  • 82 2 The Police Commercial Crimes Branch is looking for a man who cheated department stores of goods worth $50,000. The man, believed to be a 35-year-old Chinese, used dud cheques of three different banks to buy expensive items including colour TV sets, hi-fi sets, video tape recorders,
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  • 312 2 Not everyone gets to hold aloft an object that could change their life. To Alwi bin Hafi, winner of the Physics Essay prize, organised by the Institute of Physics and the Singapore Science Centre, it was a difficult moment. Difficult because "now I
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  • 241 2 The compulsory riding course (or learner motorcyclists and a three-tier system on the types of machines for riders are expected to be introduced in the middle of next month. Details of these measures, aimed at promoting road safety, are being finalised by the Registry of
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  • 71 2 Orchard Road police have questioned a man in connection with a report of an outrage of modesty. Police sources said the woman, in her 20s, was set upon by a man on Sunday at Track 22, Jurong when she was walking alone. Acting on a tip-off,
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    • 436 3 New horizons in time Rado sets new horizons in time. A totally new-look range of watches utilizing the latest Rado technology. The Diastar that has a scratchproof case in a crystal glass. Even the Rado name in Chinese has been changed to a delicate brush calligraphy in keeping with the
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  • 143 4 This silent relic of Singapore's c«loai»l pin will become ft restsaraat or cafe semetime this year. The rwf pink BeaHea House at Semhawaag Parh was eace the heme of the commanding officer of the British aaval faree la Sings? para. Hie Parks aad Recreation
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  • 31 4 The Chairman of the Singapore Sports Council, Dr Tan Eng Liang, will launch the Electrolux Sailing School at the East Coast Park swimming lagoon on May 3 at 9.30 a.m.
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  • 31 4 The Serangoon Gardens Zone 'G' Residents' Committee will screen a free film show, Man in Hong Kong, at the Teck Ghee Secondary School tuckshop on May 2 at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 205 4 AFP Manila, Wednesday The Philippines will make its first export of rice to Singapore with a shipment of 2000 tonnes of high grade quality rice worth $1.6 million next month. National Grains Authority administrator, Mr Jess Tanchanco, said the sale was approved by President
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  • 430 4  -  They will be used to tackle British objections By Gerry de Silva Asean, which recently resolved the dispute over the protectionist, low airfares scheme devised by Australia, has geared up for round two of the cattle this time against Britain. The five Asean economic
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  • 342 4 Asean yesterday took a big step towards boosting intra-regional trade when its five economic ministers agreed on a formula for trade cuts. And the trick which did it was typically Asean in style: an informal threehour lunch among the five economic ministers minus
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  • 392 5 Handicapped will play leading role in the organisation A National Council of Disabled will be formed to look after the needs and welfare of the handicapped in Singapore. However, a date has yet to be set for its official inception. According to
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  • 158 5 Story-time at Queenstown branch library, and it's time to explore the world of Little Bear and all his friends. And if the goblins get a little too real for comfort, it's reassuring to have mum by your sloe. But with Mrs Hussey, staff of the
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  • 94 5 Market sentiments took a turn for the better during the first 45 minutes of firm trading on the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. M Credit (5) 2.00 (1) 2.01 (5) 2.02 S'pore Land (1) 3.64 Haw Par (22) 1.88 Inchcape (2) 2.42 (13) 2.43 GSI (3) 1.01 (2)
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  • 137 5 The European Economic Community has agreed to extend its General Scheme of Preferences for another 20 years. The director of the Department of Trade, Mr Ridzwan Dzafir, announcing this today, said the GSP will also be further improved and simplified. He did
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  • 100 5 4D —Police raid offices The Gambling Suppression Branch is now raiding offices where illegal four-digit lotteries are known to be transacted. The move, according to a senior officer of the branch, is necessary be- cause an increasing number of offices have employees who are involved in this activity. Last week,
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  • 219 6 Thousands may die in Kampuchea, UN council is told United Nations, Wednesday The five members of Asean yesterday warned that hundreds of thousands of Kampucheans could starve and die unless further international assistance was quickly mobilised. The warning was contained in a letter from the UN
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  • 31 6 Reuter New Delhi, Wednesday Five religious fanatics who beheaded a four-year-old child as a sacrifice to Hindu gods have been charged with murder in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state. Reuter
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  • 91 6 With the family lurch In Us backpack and a submachine gaa dangling tram his shealder, a father takes his wife aad fear children ea the Gash Bmaalm march. The march, ergaalsed by the nltrn sstinsllst mevemeat, is ta celebrate the XSad aaalver«ary ef Israeli ladepeadeaee ea
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  • 117 6 World Focus UPI Sain t-Jean-de-Losne (France), Wednesday Authorities were yesterday looking for the arsonist who set fire to a home for the aged. The fire killed 22 people, all of them bed-rid-den and whose ages ranged from 74 to 96. "Many of them
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  • 327 8 One good turn may not necessarily deserve another. It may cost you (25,000 and 20 coffins (worth another $25,000), as a bailor almost did two years ago, or $50,000 as absconded former trade union leader Phey Yew Kok's bailors each actually did three months ago. Favours
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  • 100 8 4 In both developing and industrialised countries, communism and capitalism for decades have fought intense battles that have often resembled the 17th century wars of religion. Free-market advocates correctly point out that the command economy has performed dismally. In a system where the millennium is always at the
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  • 77 8 |wHISPERSjg> A colleague rang up the Economic Development Board and asked for a friend. When told by a man who picked up the phone that she was not in, he asked whether he could pass a message. The reply had him taken aback: "You think I am her
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  • 616 8 Numbers can deceive even scientifically trained people NYT New York: A lot of people are afraid of numbers, so numbers make wonderful cudgels for winning arguments. Even meaningless numbers can be made to shatter intellectual resistance with pure, unassailable truth. This is why salesmen
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  • 620 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON The young men of Shanxi are having their knuckles rapped by some journalists of the province for their "blind faith" in the achievements of capitalism. Because of China's present situation, these young people and many others across China have
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  • 215 9 The setting looks like a scene at the turn of the century, and the first impression of a visitor is that this must be "boat city." It is some sort of a ferry but to the residents of Kuala Trengganu and Seberang Takir at the
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  • 668 9  -  INDONESIAN HEADLINES by Ismail Kassim Reporters covering a recent press conference in Jakarta given by the Investment Coordination Board didn't know how to react when its newly-appointed head, Major General Ismael Saleh, admitted the failure of the government investment policy. He was reported
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    • 1258 10/11 when the stardust has turned to sawdust You when the relationship has gotten rusty Ha* to recapture the magic of courtship days I had a stolen weekend... with my husband. It was a very wet Friday night and while we were driving towards Jurong, we could
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    • 670 10/11  -  By Teo Lian Huay «_nesiu uDoaiis, Singapore's lop woman amateur jockey, started "riding" when she was 13 weeks old. For any other person, taking to the saddle at that age would itself be a feat. But for Cheski, it was merely following family
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    • 211 10/11 Marriage Eaeeaater to a series «f preseatatlsas gives by a team of Catholic married eeaples aad a Catholic priest. This takes place aver eae weekend each maatli starting aa a Friday evealag aad ending aa Saaday eveatag. It teaches eeaples a commaalcatiea technique with which
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  • 204 12 Reuter Washington, Wednesday The world faces a risky struggle between the western and Soviet bloc alliances for diminishing oil supplies in the 1980s, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Stansfield Turner said yesterday. A serious disruption of oil supplies from the Mid- dle East oil-producing
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  • 80 12 UPI WtthiigtN, Wednesday The Soviet UalM to infiltrating agents into Iras to undermine that country, Central Intelligence Agency director Btansfield Turner sold yesterday. 'The Soviet Union Is very active In a covert programme In Iran, Infiltrating agents Into the conntrv to undermine the country they
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  • 92 12 AFP Jakarta, Wednesday China will send five delegates to the 21st meeting of the Asia-Africa Legal Consultative Committee (AALCC) which will be held here from tomorrow to May 1, the organising committee disclosed here. Committee chairman Mohamad Radhie said the invitation to China had been
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  • 169 12 World Focus AFP New Delhi, Wednesday Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi yesterday agreed to convene soon another meeting of leaders of political parties to review the situation in the troubled north eastern state of Assam afresh and find out an amicable solution to the seven-month
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  • 134 12 AP Nashville (Tennessee), Wednesday A pharmacist who dispensed about 10,000 pills and injections for the late Elvis Presley during the last year and a half of his life agreed yesterday to an order revoking his state licence. Irving Jack Kirach, operator of Prescription House in Memphis, ap-
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  • 48 12 Reuter Caaten, Wednesday Chlaa kM began marketing fragrant shees whieh the manafactnrers claim net ealy prevent sweaty feet bat also help te care herl-berL The Cmmtm Daily Mid yesterday mere than 4MB pain ef the perfumed cloth sneakers had been exported so far this year. Beater
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  • 84 12 UPI TOOAY is Wednesday, April 23, the 114 th day of 1980 with 252 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare was born April 23,1564. ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY: In 1965, more than 200 American planes
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  • 41 12 Reuter London, Wednesday British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington will visit Washington from May 3 to 6 for talks with US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance on the Iranian and Afghan crises, African issues and other major world problems. Reuter.
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  • 464 13  -  CINEMA THE PRISONER OF ZEND A: Directed by Walter ftflrfach. Starring Peter Sellers Mad Peter Sellers, and Elke Sarnmer. At Jade. by Richard Lim Peter Sellers, offform, struggling with a dual role that's what this film offers. But Sellers is after all still
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  • 556 13  -  Humour b v Russell Baker NYT New Yark: Impressions of America (variations on a device by H. L. Mencken): Atlaata: An entire city surrounded by an airport. Malae: Two men in plaid shirts snowbound in a
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    • 281 13 Crossword HI ill ACROSS 1 Soak for tickets 6 Convulsive intake 10 Skirt edges 14 Cap or circle 15 Winged 16 Not on the level 17 Get out of (hit home) 18 Innocent 19 Hernando de 20 Irk 22 Vulnerable place 24 Electrical unit 26 Those who shadow 27 Western
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  • 222 14 Total cost is $22.2 mil The Port of Singapore Authority intends to build a central workshop complex and two other modern workshops at a total cost of $22.2 million. The $14.4 million complex will be built at the site of godowns 148-151, near Gate 2
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  • 306 14 The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Associated Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia will hold a seminar on investment opportunities in Malaysia next month. The seminar, the first to be held jointly by the chambers, will be held
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  • 232 14 UPI The Dow Jones industrial average soared 30.72 points yesterday, the largest gain in 18 months and the fifth biggest on record, in a heavy buying spree sparked by recommendations of at least two maior analysts, Mr Joseph Granville and Mr Stanley Berge. The closely-watched average, which
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  • 33 14 UPI Closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industries 796.85 (up 30.72); 20 transports 243.43 (up 8.23); 15 utilities 107.07 (up 1.83); 65 stocks 286.12 (up 9.58). UPI
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  • 84 14 UPI London, Wednesday The dollar closed higher on most European money markets yesterday and the price of gold increased US$B an ounce in London and US$5 in Zurich. Gold closed at U*****.50 an ounce in London and U*****.50 in Zurich. The dollar closed in Frankfurt at 1.8595 marks,
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  • 43 14 AFP Tokyo, Wednesday Japan is likely to choose either Fokker VFW of the Netherlands or Airbus Industries, an European consortium, as its partner in the planned development of medium-range passenger airliners, the Japan Space and Aeronautic Industries Association said yesterday. AFP
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  • 33 14 AFP Hong Kong, Wednesday China nas ratified three eontracts for Joint ventures in Beijing, the New China News Agency reported yesterday. Tney are for two hotels and an airline catering service.
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  • 81 14 Reuter Geneva, Wednesday Mere than M countries agreed yesterday on a wide-ranging International eede aimed at eliminating restrictive business practices. The agreement followed five years of careful preparations and was welcomed as an Important advance in the eeonomle dialogue between the world's rich and
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    • 721 14 WEDNESDAY KD-3 K~'d i MONEYWORDS i Cut out and pin with other coupons. I Posting instructions appear below Occupation: Address: N R I C No: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW BHBMHH Cut along dotted lines WHHM CLUES FOR KO 3 1. The yellowish colour of a certain
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  • SPORT STARTS HERE
    • 186 15 Eintracht extra time blitz puts them in final Soccer Reuter Bonn, Wednesday Eintracht Frankfurt scored three times in extra time last night to beat League leaders Bayern Munich 5-1 to qualify for a European Football Union Cup final clash against fellow West Germans Borussia Moenchengladbach, the defending champions.
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    • 157 15 BONDS, TODD SENT OFF Reuter London, Wednesday West Ham captain Billy Bonds and Birmingham's former England defender Colin Todd were sent off after exchanging blows early in the second half of last night's English Second Division promotion battle. Birmingham proved themselves more capable than the Football Association Cup finalists
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    • 220 15 UPI Beijing, Wednesday Chinese Premier Hua Guo-feng reiterated yesterday that China are not going to the Moscow Olympics because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He made the statement in an interview granted to two delegations of Japanese journalists visiting Beijing. "We hold
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    • 388 16  -  ESTon the track By TURF RAY Ip«k, Wedieadfty Conatry Lard n drew attention to his chances in the Class 4 Division 1 1800 m race on Sunday when he did a dashing workout at Tiger Lane here this morning. Kept well in hand by M. C. Lam,
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    • 74 16 Athletics Reuter London, Wednesday World record holder Sebastian Coe of Britain and New Zealand's Olympic 1500 m champion John Walker have been invited to compete in the International Amateur Athetotic Federation "Golden Mile" here on Aug 25. Two other Britons, Steve Ovett and David Moorcroft. American Steve Scott
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    • 114 16 Sri DMlfeg Sqt»w. Vn by: I, 5,1. T*to: fa, $11, $11. Time: 1:11.1. Apple Twist M Pertem*. Wm by: Nk, i, 1/2. Tste: $12, $5, 111, $22. Time: 1:21.4. C I/*. w Cftwli M Tm Hags M Cup to ■irieu. Vm by: S,
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    • 656 17  -  SQUASH by Eric Cooper In the absence of Peter Hill, who is foregoing the Milo National championships in order to concentrate on his studies, last year's runner-up Stewart Ballard is the top seed for the Under 19 Boys event which starts this Saturday at Kallang. Forty-one others will
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    • 183 17  -  Hsr Daniel Wee Chinese Swimming Club will be sending a team of 14 water-polo players, to be accompanied by two officials, for a series of matches in Manila on April 30. The team will be skippered by Lim Yit Ann, the Malaysian South East Asia
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    • 415 18  -  THIRUMAL'S WALKERS DO SPONSORS PROUD Athletics By SHIRLEY TAN Malaysian national coach K. Thirumal's racewalking team had more than a mouthful of "sardines" to say after the New Nation Big Walk last Sunday. Discarded by their Malaysian sponsors at the last minute, it wasn't supposed to be
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    • 273 18 Soccer Three candidates are eyeing the berth in Singapore's Malaysia Cup squad left Vacant by goalkeeper Patrick Wee. They are Ya'acob Hashim (Police Sports Association), Mohammed Ha iris (Cairahill Constituency) and Abdul La tiff Nor (Balestier United). All are Second Divisionplayers and training under Intermediate squad coach
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    • 97 18 The Football Association of Singapore have turned down a request by West Irian, Indonesia's King's Cup representatives last year, to play a friendly against Singapore later this month. Since Jitta Singh's Young Lions will be tied down with six crucial Malaysia Cup matches until the end
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    • 253 18  -  By SURESH NAIR Six top Malaysian clubs have entered for Sunday's Lotto-sponsored Singapore Amateur Athletic Association Open relays at the National Stadium from 2 p.m. The enthusiastic response from the Malaysians indicates that they are set to repeat their 1979 clean sweep in the men
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    • 115 15 NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Mr. Toh Kim Eng of No 508, Ylo Chu Kang Ed, Singapore, 2880, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop licence in respect of premises No 2465 Bik.* 532, Ave. 10, Ang Mo Kio (2056). Singapore, and that this application will be
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    • 250 15 take your squash seriously play with "the squash racket ot champions". INTERNATIONAL—UJC. MoNbuMi Khan ptoya Squaati International KAPWW Its classic appearance 1 and pert eel balance Jj make it the choice A BETA* ol the squash connoisseur f technology with a 6 ply laminated head and shaft both r reinforced
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 248 15 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you are one of those precocious individuals whose talents may come crashing to the surface at a very early age. If this is the case, you could know as a child the kind of success almost always reserved for adults after
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    • 108 15 Sour heart in a whirl. [eep composure. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22Dec 21) An opportunity to travel excites you. Make certain the offer is valid before you count on it. CAPRICORN (Dec 22Jan 19) Strong support from close friends makes it relatively easy for you to get a new project underway now.
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    • 62 16 DONT BE OVERSOLD For the very best buys in squash, tennis, golt and sports clothing call over to SPORT MART The sports shop at the Singapore Squash Centre Fort Canning Rise Better play Slazenaer ;v ■Mm* ■«5 r ji v_y Y i m mhxi rj;» yo-# > z 4?* "'■-I
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    • 203 17 What makes for Quality? EXPERIENCE v And Grays has over 120 years hr Jus! like in'the game of Squash experience counts Experience in anticipation, the delivery of shots that score o ami knowing you have the right racquet to deliver those shots. Grays of Cambedoe has over l.'-'h years of
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 114 18 Sports diary SWIMMING: Sasa championships (Toa Payoh Pool, 5.30 p.m.). GOLF: Warren women's Open (Warren Course). SQUASH: Anchor Business Houses League Phillips Securities v Fraser and Neave Club (River Valley 7.30 p.m.). SOCCEB: President's Cup (2nd rd) Jubilee v Fairer Park United (7 p.m.); Brickworks v Ponggol Constituency (8.45 p.mT),
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  • What's On A page that tells you what's happening on TV and in town
    • 509 19  -  Review Hamlet By Zarinah Marican To say it is not easy for an amateur group to produce a serious Shakespeare play like Hamlet woula be an understatement. The difficulties in producing it in Malay for an audience largely unfamiliar with Shakespeare are great. Last Sunday's
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    • 250 19 A man's search for the ultimate challenge in life is the theme of a forthcoming drama which will make its debut in the Operation Prime-Time slot from May 4. The four-part serial, called The Top of the Hill, is the story of Michael Stone, a
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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    • 373 19 12.00 Noon The Fabulous 240 1.30 News and Share Market Report 1.40 The Fabulous 240 2.30 The Polygram Half Hour 3.00 Star Watch 3.02 Did You Know? 3.04 The Fabulous 240 3.45 English Examined 4.00 Chinese Programmes 8.00 The All Time Greats: A chronological countdown of the favourites of two
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    • 246 20 KID6W0RLD (Ch 5. 7 p.m. in colour.) includes reports on young circus performers, space shuttles, weather forecasts, young newspaper publishers and an interview with the pop group, The Bay City Rollers. HAPPY DAYS: Poetball Frsiles (Ch 5, 7.55 p.m. in colour.) The only tickets that Richie, Potsie and Ralph can
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