New Nation, 8 May 1980

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    21 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Thursday, May 8, 1980 2868 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 109/1/80 r—t=s— i NEW fc) NATION t COMMENT
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  • Article
    Blitz on hawkers
    369 1 800 warned for dirty habits Avoid dirty food More than 800 unhygienic hawkers were warned and 113 booked by the Environment Ministry from April 1 to May 4. The number of hawkers warned is a big increase when compared with the figure for the first 10 weeks
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  • Article
    Lock icon 2 PLO men die in Israeli raid
    191 1 Reuter Beirut, Thursday Israeli commandos landed in two. places on the Lebanese coast early today and first reports said two Palestinian guerillas died and four were wounded in the attack, Palestinian sources said. The landings took place at Saadiyat, about 24 km south
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    Caught for two days
    158 1 For many, the floods came and went on Tuesday but not for these vehicles. They were caught in the floods for the last two days in the basement car park of Hotel Grand Central. The four firemen who began draining operations soon after the floods on
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      91 1 61 was at Newion Boys' School first and they gave it to Monk's Hill. And now they're giving away Cairnhill. When I tell people what schools I went to, they'll say there are no schools by that name. 7 Chak Wing Hon, 12, a student of Cairnhill School, commenting on
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      59 1 harman/kardon Harman Kardon engineering has one goal: to reproduce music in the home with uncompromising accuracy. A superior cassette deck must be able to capture all the music. Model 3500 front leading dual motor three head stereo cassette deck with Dolby noise reduction. U loading DC servo drive e deck
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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    IQ tests being held at sample schools
    489 2 An Education Ministry team is conducting intelligence quotient (IQ) tests in sample schools to assess their reliability for use here. The team, responsible for working out the IO tests which will be used as a safeguard in streaming at Primary Three level, has
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    Beauty queen who did not have the nerve before
    273 2 Miss Singapore/ Universe Ann Chua is not new to the contest the only difference is that she had not gone beyond the entry form stage in previous contests. She said yesterday: "In previous years, I had submitted entry forms for the
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    Post office
    30 2 The new Woodlands post office at Block 3A, 164 Woodlands Centre Road, will open for business from May 12. Full counter services except POSB business, will be provided.
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    Meet
    28 2 About 200 children will take part in the Singapore Association for Retarded Children's 13th annual sports meet at the Delta Sports Complex on Saturday at 2.30 p.m.
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    Not keen on reading
    208 2 A survey by a Malay educationist on 50 Malay teachers and undergraduates has shown that their interest in reading is minimal. The survey was conducted by Encik Suratman Markasan, an Education Ministry officer and vice-president of Asas 50, a Malay literary society. The results were published
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    Ministry call to bands
    120 2 The Education Ministry has invited secondary school and junior college bands to take part in the concert bands presentation of the Singapore Youth Festival. School bands which are not taking part in this or the SYF massed band display will have to take part in the
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    They want written pledge on jobs
    100 2 Nanyang University's non-academic staff who are members of the Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation have asked the NTUC secretary-general, Mr Lim Chee Onn, to ensure their jobs are safe when the merger with Singapore University takes effect. Although they have been given verbal assurances by
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    Baby show
    42 2 Children from three months to two years old in Kampong Glam, Roc ho re, Jalan Besar and Telok Ayer can participate in a baby show to be held at the Kampong Glam community centre on June 15 at 2 p.m.
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    Exhibition
    29 2 Parliamentary Secretary (Culture and Communications), Encik Sidek Saniff, will officially open the ASEAN Photo News Exhibition at the Lucky Plaza main lobby on May 26 at 10.30 a.m.
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      246 3 Far East Finance Building In the heart of major financial business centre at Robinson Road For Sale or Lease by FLOORS First Class Offices With Curtain Walling Central Air-Conditioning System No Restriction lo Foreigners mm <9 A' v Ml t»«t JSSZ t> Prim* location Far East Finance Building at Robinson
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    Marking parking coupons: Pencils are out
    152 4 Car park attendants will be on the watch for motorists who use pencils to mark the parking coupons and thus hope to reuse them. An Urban Redevelopment Authority spokesman said such coupons will be treated as invalid and motorists will be booked for parking
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    Tea house rises from ashes of Queenstown Japanese Garden
    198 4 Prom the ashes of the former Queenstown Japanese Garden, which was destroyed by Are two years ago, has risen this equally Japanese-looking tea garden. The Rldont Tea Garden, bnllt hy the Housing Board at an estimated will soon be boning with
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    Don't use 'On Call' sign excuse
    249 4  -  ROV warns By Rav Dhaliwal The Registry of Vehicles has warned taxi drivers against displaying the "On Call" sign as an excuse to choose their passengers. An ROV spokesman said a taxi driver who uses such an excuse will have to prove that he
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    Saca moves to make cycling safer
    210 4 The Singapore Amateur Cycling Association has more than racing on its mind it is also concerned about the death toll on the roads and so plans to promote safe cycling. To do this, it will be nviting one official each from the Registry of
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    Expo
    40 4 The Bukit Timah and Teban community centres joint extension fund committee will hold an exposition at the Junction of Clementi Avenue 2 and Commonwealth Avenue West from May 17 to June 22 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. daily.
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    Seminar
    33 4 The National Productivity Board's one-day seminar on The Plastic Industry in Singapore Development in the 80's will be held at the Regional Language Centre on May 17. Ring *****34 for more details.
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    Surprise, anger and tears at Cairnhill
    614 5  -  At news report of planned takeover of the school By Irene Hoe There was surprise, concern, anger and tears at Cairnhill School yesterday when students and teachers learnt they might have to move out to accommodate Anglo-Chinese Junior School. The Straits Times yesterday reported
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    Questionnaires on getting Cisco deal
    296 5 The American Business Council is seeking the views of its members to determine whether they need the assistance of the Economic Development Board in a deal with Cisco. It sent questionnaires last month to members to ask what type of service Cisco's provides them whether
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    $2 mil contract
    78 5 Hewlett Packard (Singapore) Pte Ltd, a major electronics company, has been awarded a contract to supply the new Singapore General Hospital with $2 million worth of medical equipment. The company's general manager (sales), Mr Mal- colm Kerr, said: "In supplying these equipment, we hope to be able
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    STOCK MARKET
    146 5 Trading opened on a quiet but steady note during the first 45 minutes on the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. At the higher levels, profit-taking appeared, in view of the price rise in the past three days. BUSINESS DONE Elrst Section C C (6) 3.40 F Merlin (24)
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    Three films
    35 5 Three documentary films on jobs Finding the Right One, Getting Ahead, and You and Your Boss will be screened at the Marine Parade branch library on Friday at 7.30 p.m. Admission is free.
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    Lock icon Why Carter did not go
    172 6 Reuter AP Washington, Thursday President Carter decided against attending the funeral of Yugoslav President Tito partly to avoid sharing the limelight with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, administration officials said yesterday. The decision prompted private expressions of dismay within the Yugoslav collective leadership and a direct
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    Lock icon Court: Reveal your source
    55 6 Reuter London, Thursday The London Court of Appeal yesterday ordered a TV network to disclose a source who had supplied it with confidential documents relating to Britain's recent national steel strike. Granada TV said it would now appeal to the highest judicial authority in the country,
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    102 6 AFP Michigan, Thursday One person died, a doien noosm were horned dawn, a thousand people evacuated aad 46 a km of forest destroynear here on Tuesday all to give a bird a nest. The rare Klrtland Warbler, of which only 422 remain, arrives here In the spring
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    Lock icon LSE to raise $10 m for its alien students
    156 6 Reuter London, Thursday The London School of Economics (LSE), where many of the world's political leaders once studied, hopes to raise £2 million ($lO million) to help keep the school open to foreign students, its director Ralf Dahrendorf said yesterday. The
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    Lock icon 'Iran to turn to S. Korea'
    125 6 Following US economic sanctions... UPI Seoul, Thursday Iran has offered to buy about US$l billion ($2.2 billion) worth of daily necessities and key industrial products from South Korea to offset the American economic sanctions, South Korean reports said yesterday. The Joong-ang Daily News, a
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    Lock icon 39 drown celebrating
    125 6 Reuter New Delhi, Thursday Dancing en beard en evercrewded river ferry beat canned It te capadie, and 39 members of a marriage party were feared drewned yesterday in India's western Gnjerat state, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. Officials, who earlier reported that the death tell
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    Lock icon TODAY
    96 6 UPI TODAY is Thursday, May 8, the 129 th day of 1960 with 237 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY: In 1945, President Truman officially declared V-E Day the end of World War Two in Eu- rope.
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    Lock icon State to salute 8 tomorrow
    69 6 AFP Washington, Thursday A state ceremony in memory of the eight American servicemen killed during the unsuccessful attempt to rescue hostages in Tehran's US Embassy on April 25, will take place here tomorrow morning, the Pentagon announced yesterday. Nine coffins, bearing the remains of the
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    Lock icon Curb inflow of foreign workers
    332 7 Saudi Minister wants fewer Asians Reuter Bahrain, Thursday Saudi Arabia's Interior Minister Prince Nayef has called for a cut in the number of foreigners coming to work there and warned of the dangers of Saudis mixing in non-Muslim society. Three-quarters of Saudi Arabia's workforce is
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    Killanin meets Brez
    78 7 International Olympic Committee president Lord Killanin (right) yesterday had a surprise meeting with Soviet President Brezhnev in Moscow. Sources said they agreed to eliminate national flags and national anthems during the opening and closing ceremonies and to use the Olympic banner Instead. lOC sources said Lord Killinin
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    Lock icon Expelled Libyans refuse to leave US
    190 7 Reuter Washington, Thursday Four Libyans were holed up inside the Libyan mission here yesterday in what they called peaceful defiance of US orders for them to leave the country. Officials said the four were to be expelled for unacceptable diplomatic behaviour alleged intimidation of
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    Lock icon Nobel
    28 7 AFP Stockholm, Thursday The Nobel Foundation will increase awards to prize winners this year by about 80,000 crowns (about $42,000) each as a result of investment earnings
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    Lock icon Muskie to meet Gromyko
    96 7 Reuter AFP Washington, Thursday The Senate yesterday confirmed Senator Edmund Muskie as Secretary of State and arranged for him to meet Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Vienna next week. The action by the Senate came just three hours after the foreign relations committee recommended confirmation
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    Lock icon Embassy gunman to be charged
    99 7 World Focus Reuter London, Thursday The only gunman taken alive when British troops dramatically ended the six-day siege of the Iranian Embassy in London on Monday will be formally charged with murder today, police said. A Scotland Yard police spokesman said Fowzi Badavi Nejad, 23,
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      13 7 Better technology keeps us ahead I I 5 J Cycle A C«irri«ige GrcAJp
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      176 7 h THEY KNOW AH ABOUT HOW YOUR FffT SHOULD FEEL You can always tell the difference when feet are in TOOTAL socks. They look comfortable. Easy. Stylish. Because TOOTAL socks fit snugly and their quality just cannot be questioned. Made of 100% Nylon Polyamide or 80% Nylon Polyamide and 20%
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    Wanted: Better swimmers
    333 8 For all the obvious all-round effort to teach Singaporeans how to swim, they continue to drown not in the open sea but in supposedly safer swimming pools. A coroner's court just heard how a 16-year-old schoolboy lost his life in his first swimming session. Last month, a
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    THEIR VIEWS
    77 8 4 I have been gently taken to task by some of my engineering friends for referring to thousandths of an inch. Did I know that the country went decimal these many years past? Well, it was an old story. And in any case I can only repeat those
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      'Don't forget your keys'
      87 8 A man was shading his coupon at a URA car park in Orchard Road the other day, when a parking attendant came up and told him: "Excuse me, don't forget to take out your car keys." Rather taken aback, he blurted: "Why are you reminding me?"
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      Wet note
      27 8 Sign in a men's toilet in Times House: "Please do not throw cigarettes into the urinal. They get soggy and are difficult to light up."
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    Refugees should give in return
    470 8  -  'Orchards of gratitude' legacy to their host? YOU-GIVE-I-GIVE Indo-chinese refugees, especially in Thailand, have a chance to regain the compassion of the Thais and, at the same time, ensure that in future, other compatriots will also be assured of sanctuary and help in that humane
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    A beach without sea shells?
    495 8  -  A.C. I read and re-read, before I could believe my eyes an article in The Straits Times on May 3 that the Sentosa Development Corporation is studying the possibility of chemically ridding the lagoon beach of sea shells. I hope this letter will persuade the
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    The death penalty? Never!
    293 8  -  A reply to Anti-Carnage ANTI-CRACKPOTS/ LUNATICS In this present day and age, when more progressive countries are seeking to abolish capital punishment, it is sad to note that we have in our midst, people who are actually advocating such a punishment for motorists who accidently cause
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    I was not the source
    87 8  -  DR WONG HEE DEONG Sealer Dental Bargeea (Training) DDMS (Dotal) President, S'pere Registered Dentists' As- I refer to the article with the caption, "Don't go to dentist for crowning"', (NN, April 22). The article was written in such a way that I appear to be
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      157 9 I SHANGRI-LAS FASHIONS ON FRIDAYS MAY 9 LGNCHTIME This week, "Fashions on Fridays" presents an exclusive collection by Balancia. The wide collection features skirtsuits. pantsuits and dresses for leisure, the office and for formal functions all in imported silk and cotton. Models by the Mannequin Studio. And while you're enjoying
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    Plan to serve world better
    1041 9  -  C~m Y Japan is by Swadesh De Roy For far too long, Japan has stayed out of the global community, whatever one understands by that term. It has been a non-pay-ing subscriber to the community, benefitting from it the most, contributing almost next to nothing,
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      598 10/11 THURSDAY KF-4 -±s\ N R.I.C. No: Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW m mmmmmmHM Cut along dotted lines mmmm CLUES FOR KF 4 1. Eagle, for instance 2. Of the nicest you ever had, you would hardly forgot tha make 3. It has four fingers and a
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    Is someone watching you today?
    1510 10/11  -  By JUDITH HALE Do you harbour a secret desire to be "captured" by Allan Funt and his Candid Camera team? It is more than likely that you have already been on camera, although not on one with Funt behind it. You may have been shopping
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    It's used to see VIP clients coming
    415 10/11 In a carpet shop in Arab Street... Yon would lie hard pat to explain why a carpet shop would want to instai a closedcircuit television. Alter all, wouldn't It be kind of tricky for a shoplifter to sneak away with a rolled carpet
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      Pep up with iguana?
      458 12  -  Not for faint-hearted Cook In with Margaret Chan The cooking session I was a scream. At least II screamed when I saw one of the main ingredients an iguana. To think I ate one not long ago! Stewed iguana is supposed to be good (or recuperating
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    • Recipes
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        Dragon and Phoenix
        181 12 Iguana and chicken feel: One iguana, about three kg, 10 pairs of chicken feet, 100 g sugar cane (the sweet, slimmer version, tebu), five g boc ger (a black fungus), 20 g water chestnuts, five g kai chee (a herbal red seed), five g pak kay (a
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        Bull's penis soup
        126 12 One bull's penis and a pair of testicles (about two kg), five g wai sun, five g pak kay, five g kay chee, five g saw yong, five g ginger, salt and pepper to taste, 25 ml of Chinese wine. Method: Rinse organs in cold water, then
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        Steamed pig's brains
        77 12 10 pieces of pig's brain, five g kay chee, 10 g yoke chok, salt and pepper. Method: Wash brains under gentle running water. Peel off outer skin and wash off as much of the blood as possible. Parboil brains in simmering water for two minutes. Remove and
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      Dried vegetables make good soups
      185 12  -  What's Cooking? < M. C. There is more to dried vegetables than Chinese mushrooms. To make good soups, try the range of Chinese exports. One example is Double Swallow dried watercress from Guangdong. The processed vegetables retain fit per cent of their vitamins, sugar and
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      Not stale even after 70 years
      611 13  -  Yr Little bookworm J. H Gerald was determined to believe in magic when he, Kathleen and Jimmy stumbled on the enormous garden complete with a lake, trimmed hedges, a maze, Grecian statues and a castle. It was natural, therefore, that they should find a
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      Job offer that wasn't
      223 13  -  LEGAL BOX t i i by SAWL i QomAM: I was offered a job after going through an interview and reported on the agreed day to begin work. To my amazement, the man who interviewed me said he had changed his mind and there wasn t
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      98 13 Come 11th May, remember to soy... V. m 'WOMMPiE-4*- v jSp J This Mother's Day, moke It your spedal way of showing she Is thought of and loved. Surprise her with an unforgettable gift from your heart. May It be a single or complete beauty package .fodal, hair-styling, massage, manicure,
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    Lock icon No nod for transfer code
    178 14 Disagreement over restrictive practices Business News and Views Reuter (■eneva, Thursday Rich and poor nations yesterday ended 2 Vi weeks of negotiations with no agreement reached on key issues of a proposed code of conduct on the transfer of technology. The 96-nation talks, conducted under
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    Lock icon New York Exchange
    266 14 UPI The stock market held off a late burst of selling yesterday and climbed broadly to an eight-week high with the aid of sharply falling interest rates. Trading was active. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 5.21 Eoints to 821.25 points, the ighest level since it
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    33 14 UPI Closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrial 821.25 (up 5.21); 20 transport 251.36 (up 1.60); 15 utilities 110.32 (up 1.29); 65 stocks 296.41 (up 2.16). UPI
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    Lock icon Money Market
    75 14 UPI London. Thursday The dollar closed lower on most European money markets yesterday and dealers said the bullion market was quiet ahead of the International Monetary Fund's latest gold auction. In Zurich and lx>ndon, gold closed US$2 lower at U*****.50 an ounce. The dollar closed in Frankfurt at
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    Matchmaker of sorts
    398 14 Beople in business Madam Wong Ka-Poh is a matchmaker of sorts not the marital kind though. She taps the Republic's labour force of temporary workers and redirects them to companies which urgently need such people. She started Business Girl Pte Ltd in 1978 after working for four
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  • In Brief
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      Booked next show
      80 14 Participants at the recently-concluded International Leather Fair have given Singapore the thumbs up for the promotion of their products and services. About half ot them have made advance bookings for the next event in 1982. They have already booked 2000 sq m of display area, which is
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      Lock icon 'Agreement possible'
      48 14 AFP Taif (Saudi Arabia), Thursday Despite divergent views on long-term oil strategy within the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, several Opec ministers said their special meeting here had been conducted in a congenial climate, indicating an agreement respecting the different views would be reached later today.
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      Lock icon '7 to 8 pc'
      33 14 AFP Kuala Lumpur, Thursday Finance Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said yesterday that Malaysia would maintain an annual economic growth of seven to eight per cent in the 80s. AFP
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      Lock icon Oil deal
      38 14 AP Tokyo, Thursday Idemitsu Kosan Ltd, one of Japan's leading oil companies, said yesterday it had concluded an agreement to import 10,000 barrels of crude oil a day from Nigeria over the next three years. AP
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      Lock icon 17 pc
      35 14 AFP New York, Thursday Chase Manhattan yesterday reduced its prime rate from 18 to 17 per cent the lowest level since rates hit a 20 per cent peak at the beginning of April.
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      260 14 Crossword ACROSS 1 Procedure 5 Valise 9 "Thereby hangs 14 Cake 15 Kilkenny's river 16 Like ears 17 Thanks 18 Khayyam 19 Tunnelled 20 Despicableness 23 Store fodder 24 Dash 25 Medal letters 27 Edwin and Evangeline 32 Put to the blush 36 Chichi 39 Glance furtively 40 In a
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    106 15 ELIZABETH POL AGED 90 years, passed away peacefully on Bth May 1880 at the Outram Road Oeneral Hospital. She leaves behind her dear son, Oeorge, her loving mother, Madam Ee Klan Neo, her dear brothers, Allen C Pol. Eugene R Pol, her dear sisters Doreen Wong, Lucy Pol, Josephine Wong,
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    Purple And Gold in smart trial
    803 15  -  On the track By K. L. CHAN Purple And Gold, winner of his last two starts, showed further headway when he did a smart workout at Bukit Timah this morning. With Chris Gwilliam, his regular rider in the saddle, the In The Purple four-year-old
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    SCRATCHINGS
    280 15 SATUBDAY Baee 1: 2.# CUm I Dlv i 1288 m: Orgaadl, Oar BUver Lady, Beew Beew, KaHpe, Era* Ti, Liada Lisa. Baee 2: 2JB CUm 5 Dlv 4 1288 m: Clean way, Slapa Bajak, Newkridge, Tke Glaat, BarMa, Legal Lard. Baee 8: 8.8 CUm 2 Dlv 8 1288 m:
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    BUKIT TIMAH FIELDS FOR THIS WEEKEND
    1499 15 SATURDAY CtaM 1 Mv. t iaooM 13 Purple And Gold 57 IB Patron 50 15 Hawaii IV 58 10 Shaytan 55.5 2 Observation 111 55 7 Supreme Reward 54.5 8 Altares 54 14 Paslr Puteh II 53.5 10 Hlfhland Inn II 53 1 Suball
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    Crucial month
    806 16  -  for Arsenal, Forest to prove English soccer power SOCCER by Peter Shilton Since starting this column nine months ago, I have often stated that the standard of English football is the highest in Europe, if not the world. Over the next six weeks, I expert Arsenal, Nottingham Forest
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    Lock icon Aberdeen break League monopoly
    151 16 AFP AP Glasgow, Thursday Aberdeen broke the "old firm" stranglehold on the Scottish Premier League by clinching the title here yesterday with a 1-1 draw against Partick Thistle. Celtic and Rangers have monopolised the championship for a long time. Aberdeen, who slammed Hibernian on Saturday while
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    Match-fixing probe dates
    272 16 Heme, Thursday The Italian Football Federation will bald Mi Inquiry into the Tat* Nero football match-fixing scandal at Milan oa May 14 aad 23, informed iaum said. Oa May 14, the First Division matches between AC Mllaa and Laslo aad Avelllao aad Pern gia will be Investigated.
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    230 16 Reuter Buenos Aires, Thursday. Argentina's soccer team left here yesterday for England to begin a tour aimed at preparing the world champions for the defence of their title. The side's main attraction will almost certainly be star striker Diego Maradona who, although he did not play for
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    269 16 UPI Jakarta, Thursday Flag-waving, stone-throw-ing and disputes involving Thai, Korean and Iranian teams have disrupted a soccer tournament in Sumatra, police said yesterday. The Marah Halim tournament in Medan was first disputed when the Iranian soccer team staged a noisy demonstration waving flags and pictures
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    Lock icon Borussia win the first leg
    135 16 Reuter Bonn, Thursday Thursday Borussia Moenchengladbach, seeking their second successive Uefa Cup, beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 in the first leg of their All-West German final of the European trophy in Moenchengladbach last night. The teams were tied 1-1 at half-time. Frankfurt looked generally superior, building
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      347 16 YOUR LUCKY IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are by nature serious and funloving by turns. Gifted with the courage of your convictions, you never take a stand you are not ready, willing and able to uphold. Although some may think of you as "plodding," when the chips are
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    The jinx on Jeremy?
    550 17 Fitness the key to his ambition to be champion B^Squash Jeremy Yeo, who has set his heart on winning this year's Milo National squash championship now being played, feels that he is jinxed. Although he won his fourth round match against Nigel Yeo in straight sets
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    It's almost a certainty
    619 17  -  .AS EXHIBITION EVENT IN 1984 GAMES bowi i,\<. »>v Brian Miller There is a distinct possibility that bowling will be included at the 1964 Los Angeles Olympics but only as a demonstrative event. The Los Angeles organising committee are hoping to include two "demonstration" sports in
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    Neubronner shines
    145 17 jjfljj Darts James Neubronner was the star in Changi Gents' 7-2 rout of Singas in the Singapore Darts Association Division One League match at Changi Swimming Club last night. Neubronner scored a total of 15 points as he steered Changi to an unassailable 5-1 lead in the singles.
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    37 17 Reuter Rostock (East Germany), Thursday East Germany and the Soviet Union drew 2-2 (halftime 1-1) in a friendly international soccer match here last night. Scorers: Soviet Union: Gassayev, Buryak. East Germany: Kuehn, Terletzki. Attendance: 15,000.
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      43 17 ANDY CAPP I IS K I luc v>\* w think the wornin 1 after the nusht BEK3RE STILL MAKES THE MIGHT BEFORE WORTH THE /V\ORNIN' AFTER-?.' 4 V m m <J} m m u m r* I m tuis is all YOOR FCkULT
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    Iraq will defend Cup
    353 18 WEST GERMANY SAY 'NO' TO INVITATION Iraq will defend the the Lion City Cup Under 16 soccer tournament here from Aug 23 to Sept 7. The Middle East soccer giants are the fifth country to confirm their participation. The other four are India, Indonesia, Brunei and
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    'First' in FAS set-up
    629 18  -  Non-councillors get top positions H Soccer By SURESH NAIR For the first time since Mr N. Ganesan took over the reins as Football Association of Singapore chairman in 1974, there are three non-council members holding major portfolios in the latest FAS set-up announced last night. The
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    Lock icon Ringo leads Malaysian challenge
    206 18 Reuter Bangkok, Thursday Ringo Wang of Malaysia yesterday shot a 1273 sixgame series to move into strong contention for the men's Masters crown in the Thailand Open tenpin bowling championships. Twenty four qualifiers are scheduled to roll off in a 24-game Grand Final on Sunday to
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    Velodrome dream still alive
    341 18 Cycling The Singapore Amateur Cycling Association's hopes of building a velodrome are still alive, reports SHIRLEY TAN. And they are making sure the dream will come true by getting a massive number into the sport to ensure that the velodrome, if it is built, is fully
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    Teacher causes an upset
    91 18 |^^ifennis New York, Thursday Brian Teacher came from behind to upset sixth-seed-ed Peter Fleming 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 and Hungary s Balazs Taroczy routed seventhseeded Hans Gildemeister of Chile 6-0, 6-2 yesterday to reach the quarter-finals of the inaugural US$5OO,000 (Sslm) Tournament of Champions at Forest Hills,
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    Keeping in line with latest
    155 18 The Football Association of Singapore believe that they are keeping in line with modern soccer philosophy in their unprecedented appointment of Jitta Singh as National team manager and coach. FAS secretary Steven Tan said it was a "professional" move, adding: "We're taking a leaf from
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      59 18 E Diary SQUASH: Milo National championships (Kallang Courts, 6 p.m.). SEPAK TAKRAW: Inter-Constituencyt o u mamen t (Gay World Stadium, 7.30 p.m.). ATHLETICS: Kim Keat Primary School meet (Toa Payoh Athletic Centre, 2 p.m.). SOCCER: National Under 19 -tournament Ayer Rajah Jumbo v Seletar SC (Jalan Besar Stadium, 7 p.m.).
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      TV to feature stars in concert
      273 19 A new musical TV series called Entertainers on Tour will begin on Monday on Channel 5 at 10 p.m. The shows will be half-hour programmes of recording artistes in concert. All the shows were taped during "live" performances by the singers. To kick off
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      Good ensemble work with kudos to piano accompanists
      594 19  -  Lewis and Babcock recital By Georgina Emmanuel Oscars rarely go to piano accompanists. At best, they receive a token gesture of appreciation in the small print of a review; at worst, a rebuke for marring an already doomed performance. Yet they practise
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      348 19 At the cinema APOCALYPSE NOW: Francis Ford Coppola's multi-million blockbuster on the Vietnam war. Stars Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall and Martin Sheen. Lid*, Rex, Savoy: 11, 2.30, 6 and 9 p.m. DRACULA: The latest version of the bloodthirsty vampire's legend, starring Frank Langella. Jade: 11, 1.30, 4, 6.30 and 9
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      72 19 In and around town THE WALLEY COLLECTION An exhibition of late 19th Century and early 20th Century paintings at the Mandarin Hotel. On till May 11. THE SCANDINAVIAN FESTIVAL Demonstrations by craftsmen at the Shangri-La Hotel daily from noon to 12.45 p.m. 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., ana from 5
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      296 19 REVIVAL MEETING at the International Baptist Church of Singapore at 10 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. on weekdays. Speaker will be Dr Howard Aultman with music by Nick and Nancy Bennett. SLIDE8HOW By the South-east Asian Photographic Society at the National Library from 6 to 8 p.m. Admission free. On till
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    49 20 AH FOOK: The Traffic Police have said they will consider lifting the CBD restrictions when floods are wide-spread. MEI LIN: By the time they make up their minds whether a flood situation is serious or not, it may be too late to give advance warning to motorists.
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      871 20 AND 5 RADIO ITELEFUNKEN Colour TV great looks' great features' great performance J 3.11 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by RAG TRADE: Self Defence. This is a British comedy on the garment industry. 3.25 DIARY OF EVENTS. (C). 3.31 THE VAGABOND SWORDSMAN (M/r). Drama serial. 4.29 INTERMISSION. 1.16 OPENING ANNOIINC EM ENTS
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      232 20 THURSDAY FEATURE SPECIAL: Swan Song. (Ch 5, 10.05 p.m., in colour). Former skichampion, who retired from competitive skiiing three years ago, tries to make a comeback as a professional ski-racer. Stars Davil Soul of Starsky and Hutch fame, Jill Eikenberry, Murray Hamilton, Leonard Mann and Slim Pickens. NEW ADVENTURES OF
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