New Nation, 15 May 1980

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    18 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Thursday, May 15, 1980 2874 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 109/1/80 r -i NEW NATION COMMENT
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    S'pore fridge a top seller
    318 1 One of the most progressive Singapore companies, Acma Electrical Industries, has become one of the largest exporters of refrigerators in the world. Because of an aggressive marketing strategy, its refrigerators are now being sold in 38 countries, stretching from Australia and the Pacific islands to
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    Lock icon Police power
    64 1 Plainclothes policemen overpower this resisting student, one of about B#,- demonstrating (or democratic reforms In Seoul. South Korean troops were also called In Kterdav to quell the riot, students had spilled Into the streets after holding protest rallies In SI universities throughout the country. About ISf policemen and
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    Lock icon US cautious over talks call
    104 1 Reuter Brussels, Thursday US State Department spokesman Hodding Carter gave a cautious response today to a call by the Afghan government for talks with Iran and Pakistan leading to a possible withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. "We are studying it and looking at it
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    12 times too many
    66 1 The public offer of Tat Lee Bank's 15 million shares at $2.50 each was oversubscribed more than 12 times when applications closed at noon yesterday. The offer attracted considerable interest because market analysts consider a bank share below $3 a good buy. The black market rate
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      80 1 Choosing pearls is choosing MIKIMOTO aUXUHKI) I'KAKI.S C.T. HOOPte Ltd 27, Tanglin Road, Singapore 1024. Tel: *****43, *****53 Unlucky Arsenal Sails again Page 16 IN THE OTHER PAGES: Stocks 5, Moneywords Coupon 10, Stars 12, Crossword 14, Comics 17, What's On 19 Danelea quality Danish butter. Now it'll cost you
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    Policies work
    63 2 The number of outpatients at the St. Andrew's Hospital for children dropped in 1979 compared to the previous year. Tne hospital's annual report said the workload has been reduced because of the government's family planning policies and campaigns, the increasing number of private medical clinics and hospitals, and
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    SBC goes into publishing
    248 2 Producing book-cassette Mandarin course jointly with Fed Pub The Singapore Broadcasting Corporation has gone Into publishing with a local company, Federal Publications. I'hHr first Joint product is a do-it-yourself Mandarin course con* sis ting of a book of II lessons with an accompanying cassette tape. "The
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    Prices of big bikes will fall, say dealers
    366 2 As the three-tiered licensing system begins The new three-tiered motorcycle licensing system which begins today will cause prices of big capacity secondhand bikes to fall. Several dealers yesterday said they expected sales of motorcycles of 5000 cc or more to drop by
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    Police look out for car theft syndicate
    156 2 Police are on the lookout for stolen vehicles. In the past two years, more than 100 cars and motorcycles have been reported missing or stolen every month. Police sources said the recovery rate is just about 20 per cent. Earlier this month, commanding
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    Team visit
    37 2 An 80-member sports team from the National Youth Organisation of Indonesia mil make a fiveday visit to Singapore from May 19. They will play friendly soccer and volleyball matches with local teams during their stay.
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    Fishing trip
    29 2 Fishing enthusiasts can join a three-day trip to Tioman organised by the Kallang community centre deep sea fishing club from June 6. For more details, ring *****82.
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    New school
    32 2 The Minister for Communications, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, will officially open the National Maritime Board's new shore-based training school, T.S. Singapore, at Admiralty Road West on Saturday at 10.30 a.m.
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    Ceremony
    35 2 Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Education and MP for Kreta Aver, Dr Goh Keng Swee will attend a balloting ceremony for the sale of HDB flats at Kreta Ayer Centre tomorrow at 11.30 a.m.
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      5 2 Better technology keeps us ahead
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    Getting the kids out and about
    315 4 MYMCA, Children's Society and PA ideas for coming holidays include camps, outings With the school holidays only two weeks away, community groups have been busy planning vacation programmes to get children out of their homes and keep them out of mischief. The programmes will
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    Don a Club fellow
    92 4 A University of Singapore don has been elected a member of the Explorers Club which counts Sir Edmund Hillary, conqueror of Mt Everest, among its members. Prof. Lee Yong Leng, head of the university s geography department, was elected a Fellow of the club because of
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    Speedy mail service fast catching on
    363 4 Many people seem to be in a hurry nowadays. They want to get things done fast and everything seems urgent. This is probably why the Local Urgent Mail (LUM) service of the Postal Services Department is becoming increasingly popular. The number of articles delivered
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    Couple seeks long-lost journalist friend
    243 4 A New Zealander couple Is In Singapore on a mission with a twin purpose. Mr and Mrs Jim Wilkinson are here to celebrate their 49th wedding anniversary as well as to look for a long-lost Journalist friend of Mrs Wilkinson's twin brother, Bill Christiansen. The
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    Scouts' new committee
    51 4 Mr Michael Koay Say Lean has been elected president of the Singapore Scout Association Stamford District. Other elected officials are Mr Denis Tan (chairman), Mr Francis Han Jit Kwang (deputy chairman), Mr Harry Choong Keng Kooi (secretary), Mr Ling Soon Chua (assistant secretary) and Mr Eric Pakiry
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    Training
    23 4 The Toastmasters' Club of Singapore will conduct its training session on effective communications at Hotel Phoenix on May 19 at 8 p.m.
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      82 4 FOR ONLY $24/You will get Personal Biorhythm Cards for 1 year Free key chain Free car sticker For more details, pleose send in coupon below Mr. Mrs. Dr. Address SINGAPORE, ANTHONY'S BIORHYTHMS CENTRE Teban Garden P.O. Box 622 S'pore 9160 A form of perservering roughness. Dexterously cut, patiently polished and
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    Chinese tap expertise in Singapore
    357 5  -  By Gerry de Silva China is increasingly tapping Singapore's expertise in banking and finance to help her in her modernisation programme. A steady number of Chinese officials have come or are planning to do so to see and learn at first hand the intricacies of
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    STOCK MARKET
    240 5 Renewed buying support pushed share prices higher during the first 45 minutes of trading on the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Buyers, spurred on by the S.T. industrial index breaking the 500-point barrier, went into counters which hitherto stayed in the background. BUSINESS DONE First Section F Merlin
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    Error
    52 5 In a New Nation story on May 12 on the Consumers' Association of Singapore calling for the setting up of a small claims court, it was wrongly reported that Mr Ivan Baptist was the former MP for Ponggol. Mr Baptist was the former MP of Potong Pasir. The error
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    First SPD is a source of information
    261 5 Who or what is a professional? This is the question that comes to mind immediately when one goes through the Singapore Professional Directory 1979. While professionals such as doctors, architects and engineers are listed in full in the directory, the first to be
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    Lock icon Asean will be 'very hurt if...'
    154 5 Renter Kaala Lumpur, Thursday Malaya!* and the ether Aseu countries will be "very hurt" If the Indian government carries out Its pledge to recognise the Vietnam-backed Kampuchean administration of Heng Samrin, Foreign Minister Tengkn Ahmad Rlthaudden said here yesterday. In a meeting with the
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      102 5 un m 4 H3EEESS 7 71 fc J ovj° Covi \Nc sler I).i\ I l<uitn 1 I Spin hucN.it I. > lower than normal After a good meal, get a good brusha DR.WEST'S Plus-3 toothbrush. The dual-action toothbrush Uniquely-designed with flat surface Hard/Medium inner bristles for wore effective cleaning of
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    Lock icon London protest march
    56 6 Wirhers representing several aniens march through the centre uf London yesterday, In support of the Trades Union Congress Day of Action, called to protest against the economic policies of Britain's Conservative government. Despite a call for all unionists to Join the protest, many Ignored the call and
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    Lock icon Czechs too?
    45 6 Reuter New Delhi, Thursday An Afghan political leader in exile yesterday claimed that Czech troops had arrived in Afghanistan within the past 10 days. Western diplomatic sources here however said they were unaware of the Eresence of Czech troops i that country. Reuter
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    Lock icon US denies sabotage bid
    262 6 World Focus Reuter AP Washington, Thursday The United States yesterday denied an Iranian report that 96 Americans had landed in various parts of Iran to wage a campaign of sabotage over the next two weeks. "We categorically deny that," a State Department spokesman said. A radio
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    Lock icon Hua's historic trip to Japan
    155 6 AP X Tokyo, Thursday China's increasingly vocal Communist Party and government chief, Hua Guofeng, will talk trade and Asian security with Premier Masayoshi Ohira during an unprecedented state visit to Japan from May 27-June 1. The visit is a historic first. Strictly speaking, Hua, 58,
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    Lock icon TODAY
    68 6 UPI TODAY is Thursday, May 15, the 135 th day of 1980 with 230 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY: In 1972, Alabama gover- nor George Wallace was shot and critically wounded at a presidential campaign rally
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    Lock icon Odd Corner
    54 6 AP Petoskey (Michigan), Friday Mrs Grace Glsh, 71, who mistrusted hanks because she lost money before the depression, was robbed at a hospital of US$2l,MC stuffed In poaches In her bra. Bat she was not penniless when she returned home. One pouch containing about US$l,•M was still pinned
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    Lock icon Kabul seeks pullout talks
    221 7 Reuter New Delhi, Thursday The pro-Moscow government in Afghanistan has asked Iran and Pakistan to join immediate talks aimed at scheduling a withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, Radio Kabul said on Wednesday. The radio said the "peace talks" with the country's Islamic neighbours would have
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    Lock icon Japan cooperates
    61 7 Reuter Tokyo, Thursday Japan is resuming gradual cooperation to help develop mineral resources in Siberia after a brief pause following the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan, the Japan-Soviet economic committee said yesterday. Resources-poor J ana n has so far supplied $226.8 million for the project and hopes to
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    Lock icon BOTTOM WAY TO BABY'S SEX IS TOPS
    168 7 World Focus AFP Tokyo, Thursday A Japanese physician has come out tops with the bottom way to a baby's sex. He claims he can tell the sex of unborn babies by using ultrasonic waves to scan the baby's bottom. The physician is Dr
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    Lock icon Bumming around the park
    65 7 The temperature In London has been a bummer (or several days this week. So ali and sundry thought up ingenious ways to keep the heat off. For these youngsters, it was something braver than what adults would do. They took off their clothes and bummed around
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    Griffith dies
    32 7 London, Thursday Welsh actor Hugh Griffith, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor as Sheikh Idernim in the 1959 epic Ben Hut, died yesterday. He was 67 years old.
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      429 7 Air Sote Stdmlfii Tot m IT* Si, ;x;. J.f- < v 'v Air travel for the runner is finally here. The Tailwind lets you do what no other shoe has ever done before Run on Air. It's the most revolutionary shoe that Nike has ever made. The shoe with air
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    Take over the initiative
    334 8 A non-aligned foreign ministers' conference on the Afghan, Iranian and Kampuchean crises is likely to pack the sort of verbal dynamite that all but blew the movement apart at its sixth summit at Havana last September. Indonesia and Yugoslavia, in calling this week for one, obviously
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    THEIR VIEWS
    77 8  -  Patricia Jones 4 Any pursuit of language liberation will undoubtedly make us butch, mannish, unfeminine, hoydenish or have the menfolk resorting to patronising "little woman" put down. A lone feminist crying in the wilderness recently daubed "Equality for Women" on a London wall, but some male wit simply
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      No butts, please
      46 8 Shoppers at department stores must watch where they flick their ashes. Apparently, C.K. Tang's has had enough of its displayed ash-tray stands being used discriminately. Now it has put up a sign: "Please don't throw your cigarette butts here. They are for sale."
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      Apocalypse later
      22 8 Overheard in the office: "Do you want to see Apocalypse Now? "No, later maybe. I have to finish my work".
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    'Report absurd, made no sense'
    415 8  -  No such accord signed HENRI CHOLLET Ambassador of France Singapore On April 30, New Nation published an AFP news report based on an article by an American columnist Mr Jack Anderson. According to Mr Anderson's article, which referred to a report published last January by
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    Beach WITH shells
    88 8  -  TONG SUIT CHEE Head, Publicity/Promotion Sentosa Development Corporation Singapore 1218 We refer to the letter "A beach without sea shells?" (NN May 8). We would like to clarify that we are not eradicating all the seashells from oar lagoon beach bat ONLY the sea-shell called cerithld. This
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    What if anti-death penalty writers became victims?
    154 8 The carnage debate goes on I am appalled that there should be people (NN April 24) who, by implication, brazenly and cold-blood-edly advocate kid-glove treatment of all murderously reckless, speeding and drunken drivers. Would those writers be as detached and mild if, perchance,
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    And the casualties
    92 8 While Jacob Tan and Rational Observer (NN April 24) stand bickering on the sidelines, the roaa death toll keeps mounting. Think of the consequences of all this wanton killing? Think of housewives who have lost their breadwinners, children made fatherless and probably forced to discontinue schooling, people
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    Others not free from blame
    184 8  -  REV DANIEL TAN Kampong Kapor Methodut Church Singapore 1821 I refer to the letter, "Death and flogging are the only ways to stop carnage" by Anti-Carnage (NN April 17), I am sure some of the suggestions mentioned by the writer are worth consider However, one
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    Survival instinct spurs changes
    881 9  -  w Japan is... Swadesh De Roy In such a highly advanced country like Japan, one would hardly expect a technological revolution to be taking place. Yet Japan, which is one of the world's leading industrialised countries, is today being forced to restructure its industries. The pressure
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      76 9 Shentours 1B>» Reliance N\\\ 6 days DELUXE Philippines (Manila <Sr Baguio) $1,099 Deluxe class accommodation Choice of meals, with wine and champagne Visits to the Philippine Military Academy and beach resort of Puerto Azul included Small, exclusive group of not more than 30 persons per tour Departures: 25/5. 1/6. 1/8
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      166 9 I r SHANGRI-LAS FASHIONS ON FRIDAYS MAY 16 LCJNCHTIME T his week, "Fashions on Fridays" presents an elegant collection of day wear to "after five" outfits from Vintinaro. It features the wide range and styles of Thomas Wee, finalist in the 1978 Young Designers' Contest. All insoft flowy silk, jersey
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    And there is HOPE
    860 10/11 Richard Lim reports on the religion and justice seminar "So let me begin by asking: 'What is religion?' Immediately, yon get Into difficulties. "A Muslim will say Islam is religion and the rest are false religions. "If you ask a Christian, he will say there is
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    What the speakers said
    1005 10/11 4 There is in fact a true law, namely, right reason, which is in accordance with nature. It applies to all men and is unchangeable and eternal. By its commands, this law summons men to the performance of their duties; by its prohibition, it restrains them
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      627 10/11 THURSDAY KG-4 i l A I kfillL 1 J k MONEVWORDS Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name: Sex: Age: Occupation: Address: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES ,Cut along dotted lines, BELOW CLUES FOR KG 4 1. Shut the door noisily 2. in
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      Lock icon Anchor your child in the car
      1339 12 IT'S THE SAFEST WAY TO PREVENT INJURIES DURING AN ACCIDENT NYT New York: Starting from the day a child is brought home from the hospital, studies have shown that the safest place to ride in a car is not in the arms or lap
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      Nice and ready
      463 12 MEATS FOR BARBECUE MARINATED Love a barbecue bat hate the Idea of preparing for It? Relax, yon can buy your meats ail ready and marinated at the Metro Bnkit Tlmah Plaza supermarket. Yon not only get away from the fuss and bother bot your meal will taste
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      407 12 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you are intrigued by all that is mysterious. You will spend inordinate amounts of time delving into the occult and, in consequence, let go some of those aspects of life which make things generally easier. You will have to guard against
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      Lock icon Bring the outdoors indoors with plants
      534 13 GREENHOUSE by PEST It's all very well filling a living room with masses of green plants. But which plants would be suitable to bring the outdoors in? There ar? four hardy species all common foliage plants which are lush and yet could happily live
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      What's Cooking?
      122 13 white are doe to the different flora sources of nectar gathered by the bees. Bat whatever the colour, honey Is accepted as a health food and as nature's own sweetener. Yon can substitute honey for sugar In any recipe from soups to desserts and know that yon are
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      Lock icon You can donate parts of your body
      157 13 LEGAL BOX by SAWL Question: I want to leave my body to a hospital so that the best medical use be made of it. Can I say this in my will and can I ensure that I am not cremated? Answer: You may
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      16 13 If you hava any graaning problam, writa to Paat, New Nation Lockad Bag 15, Singapore 9106.
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      82 13 Sankyo MUSICAL TOYS SAFE, SIMPLE, USEFULLY ENTERTAINING Tuneful mushroom FP-081 Pull stung with loop lo wind Music begins and heads and arms ol the figures will move with the music 3 months 7 years Color I Design Rabbit family or bear and dwarf Sole Agent r /GS\ LEE TECK COMPANY
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    Lock icon Money Market
    123 14 AP London, Thursday The dollar eased against most European currencies yesterday while gold prices improved by around US$lO an ounce. Dealers predicted gold would open higher tomorrow Thursday is a holiday after small investors read of the Saudi move and feared more inflation. In Europe, the dollar's only
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    Lock icon 200 going
    37 14 Reuter Kuching, Thursday About 200 investors from Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia will take part in two investment seminars to be held in the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, early next month. Reuter
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    'Others won't tail Saudi's oil price rise
    356 14 New York, Thursday The increase in oil E rices by Saudi Arabia not expected to lead to a general rise in prices t>y other members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec). This is the view of most American oil analysts, who
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    New York Exchange
    260 14 New York, Thursday Takeover issues and glamour and growth stocks led a broad stock market advance in heavy trading as investors continued to react to falling interest rates. Analysts said falling interest rates made equity yields more attractive, particularly since investors expect them to keep on falling,
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    31 14 UPI The closing averages of the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: Industrials 819.62 (up 2.73); transport 260.11 (up 6.28); utilities 108.66 (up 0.07) and stocks 298.16 (up 2.59) UPI
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    Lock icon Rice — Philippines
    116 14 Rice Philippines UPI Manila, Thursday The World Bank is financing a US$2 million ($4.4 million) Philippine project to upgrade the quality of rice and minimise postharvest losses, a published report said yesterday. The Bulletin Today newspaper said the bankassistea projects would enable the Philippines to export large quantities of top-quality
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    People in business
    570 14 Imitation may be the best form of flattery, but for Mr Low Eng Chong, it was the best force to success as a businessman. It began 12 years ago when, as a textile designer, he found imitators flooding the market with his designs. Unlike others, he refused
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    Lock icon Rice — China
    100 14 Rice China UPI Peking, Thursday A rare strain of rice, with a grain weight almost double that of other strains, has been discovered in China's southwestern Guizhou province, the official Xinhua News Agency said yesterday. Agricultural experts, who named the rice "Sankecun," also found two other rice strains with unusually
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      222 14 Crossword ACROSS 1 Carved pillar 6 Summon 10 Bridge term 14 Masonic doorkeeper 15 Region 16 Alaska mining town 17 Catkin 18 River freighter 19 Indigo 20 Mischievous 22 Office worker 23 Highest peak in the Pyrenees 24 Greek letter 26 Nautical term 28 Lumberman's tool 29 Beaten trail 30
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    SOVIET SCIENCE DAY
    1251 15 MAY 15 The articles below are published in conjunction with Soviet Science Day on May 15 Prestige of the Soviet Diploma One of the six faculties of the Patrice Lumumba Friendship University in Moscow the medical plays an important part in training national medical personnel for the
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  • Sport starts here ...
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      Lock icon Penalty kicks drama
      466 16 Soccer Valencia win as Rix fails Agencies Brussels, Thursday Valencia of Spain snatched the European Cup Winners' Cup on penalties here last night after their English rivals Arsenal had gone nearer to scoring in the match proper which remained deadlocked ft--0 after 30 minutes' extra time. The
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      Lock icon Singapore player goes down fighting
      156 16 Tabletennis AP Culcutta, Thursday Lee Yong Kong of Singapore stretched No 8 seed Shigeru Fukue of Japan to three sets before losing 21-14,17-21, 21-15 In the FlfthAsian Table-Tennis championships here. China's Guo Yuehua, tournament's top seed and World's No 2, drubbed Thailand's Opas leweuengsuk 21-9,
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      Lock icon Solomon and Vilas rout rivals
      247 16 Tennis Agencies Hamburg, Thursday Guillermo Vilas and Harold Solomon, the top seeds, routed their opponents yesterday in the second round of the Hamburg Grand Prix tennis tournament. Vilas, the tourney favourite from Argentina, whipped Shlomo Glickstein of Israel, 6-1, 6-2, after trailing 2-0 in the
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      Reaching the public
      275 17  -  MAGAZINE 'FIRST FOR LOCAL JOCKEYS By BRIAN MILLER The Singapore Jockeys' Society are coming out with a monthly magazine the first of its kind. Brainchild of the Society's president-cum-secretary, Richard Ang, (right), the magazine will be released to coincide with the running of Sunday's Queen Elizabeth Cup
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      Vaaron impresses
      357 17  -  On the track By K. L. CHAN Vaaron, winner of the Singapore Derby, is in striking form and could add the Queen Elizabeth II Cup to his collection. An out and out stayer, the five-year-old son of Kirrama ran a picture book race to capture the coveted classic
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      BUKIT TIMAH FIELDS FOR THIS WEEKEND
      1374 17 SATURDAY ClaM 1 Div. 2 2200 M 2 All Go 57 5 Hegemonlst 54.5 4 Spanish Music 53 1 Splendid II 52.5 9 Purple And Oold 52.5 6 Another Chapter 51.5 8 Turning Point 40 3 Tanayar 47.5 7 The Hustler 47.5 10 Ellkon
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      SCRATCHINGS
      260 17 Saturday Kmrr 1: 1.9 CI S Dlv 5 1299 m: Oar Silver Lady, Seow Seow, Linda Lisa, Data. RZ: 2.39 CI 5 Div 4 1299 m: Natasha, Imp Citation, Arctic Al. RJ; 3.t Q i Div J 1299 m: Flying Eagle, Capt A, Doable Banker, Fast lime, Raman Bay.
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      Showdown day
      380 18  -  Postponed Singapore v Selangor clash now on May 28 Malaysia Cu p M( 1980 By SURESH NAIR It's confirmed that Singapore's Malaysia Cup match against Selangor, considered to be a "preview" of this year's Cup final, will be held at Merdeka Stadium in Kuala Lumpur on May 28.
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      Schools pick 46
      541 18 Athletics The Singapore Schools Sports Council have shortlisted a squad of 46 students, including 23 girls, to prepare for next month's Asean Schools track and field meet in the Philippines. The athletes were selected after four trials March 14 at Anglo-Chinese Junior College, March 20 at Raffles
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      Watch out for Australia!
      455 18  -  BOWLING bv Brian Miller Not so long ago, the only bowlers Australians were interested in were men who "threw" a red ball with an overarm swing at three "sticks," in front of which stood other men with bats in hand "defending the sticks." This game called
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      Two-goal Christopher
      44 18 The St Joseph's InsUtuUon Past versus Present soccer match ended in a 2-2 draw at Bras Basah Road yesterday. Past led 2-0 with goals from Lawrence Yeap and Stephen Yeap but Present staged a storming secondhalf rally to equalise through Christopher Foo.
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      Hole-in-one
      25 18 Van Der Schrieck, a 29 handicapper, shot a hole-in-one at the 155-metre par-three 13th while playing a friendly round at the Warren course yesterday.
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      28 16 msmm SOCCER: Friendly West Irian v Toa Payoh United (Jalan Besar Stadium, 8 p.m.)* HOCKEY: Div One Singapore Cricket Club "B v Public Works Department (Padang, 5.15 p.m.).
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      115 17 Guide to 00 HOOVER ~~rn HARPER GILFILLAN (S) PTE. LTD. Dishwasher Push a button to wash and dry, once a day. Small enough to fit most kitchens big enough to wash a whole days dishes, glasses ,pots and pans.. in one load. There are no breakage risks to even the
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      84 17 Al wr this lad, /wviicsiiw lcvby INIERVAL BETWEEN MEETIN 1 A -< LASS AN' DISOCVERIN' TMATShE DOESMT AIANT lO TALK ABOUT SNOOKER AN 1 PtGBXS ALL EVENIN COR.' LOOK AT THAT over tviere, tack >— MAGIC.' I'VE COT TD 'AVE A NNORb WITH 'FR,: m m B A m m
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      22 18 FOR 1980 THE FILM IS. 1941 From Steven Spielberg The Director Who Gave Tou "JAWS" and "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND"
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      67 18 rr l n i OA OPENS CATHAY TODAY! (*****0) 5 SHOWS: 11AM, 1.30, 4, 6.30 9.15PM rvsN| <r v *m i uuu arpw COLUMBIA PICTURES RASTAR-MOflT ENGELBERT, HAL NEEDHAM KIRK DOUGLAS ANN-MARGRET ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER CACTUS JACK FOSTER BROOKS RUTH BUZZI JACK ELAM STROTHER MARTIN ■s ROBERT TESSIER MEL TILLS -T4PAUL
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      Pictures kept for posterity
      672 19  -  By Deborah Chia The Ministry of Culture's celluloid record of Singapore's history, now on show at the Conference Hall, was literally in cold storage to protect the prints. As a result, though some of the 350 pictures on display at the Historical Photographs Exhibition date back
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      252 19 r > i* ii* 11 y BLOOD DONATION FOR GROUP at Pulau Bukom Refinery from 10.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. FAMILY PLANNING TALKS FOR NEWLY WEDS by Miss Wong Kee Wan at the Institute of Health, at 7.30 p.m. Admission free. EXHIBITION ANTIDRUG ABUSE at the Moulmein community centre from
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      534 19 Rediffusion 1.30 News and Share Market Report 1.40 The Fabulous 240. 3.00 Star Watch 3.02 Did You Know? 3.04 The Fabulous 240. 3.30 Top Of The Pops 4.00 Chinese Programmes 8.00 BBC Rockline 8.15 Yours For The Asking. 9.00 News 9.15 Top Tunes Of The Week. 9.45 The Facts Of
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      83 19 Tides Today: 5.22 p.m. (0.8m), 11.18 p.m. (2.9m) Tomorrow: 5.51 a.m. (0.0m), 12.29 p.m. (2.7m), 6.05 p.m. (0.9m), 11.56 p.m. (2.9m) Satorday: 6.39 a.m. 0.1m), 1.20 p.m. (2.6m), 6.50 p.m. (1.0m) Sunday: 12.34 a.m. (2.9m), 7.27 a.m. (0.0m), 2.08 p.m. (2.5m), 7.37 p.m. (1.1m) Monday: 1.14 a.m. (2.8m), 8.12 a.m.
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    56 20 AH FOOK: Don't you think that motorcycles are being discriminated against with this threetier system? MEI UN: Not at all. It's our safety that is at stake. I think it's not asking too much if they are made to prove that they can handle powerful machines before they
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      198 20 4TH GENERATION LOUDSPEAKERS 1 The new AR Vertical™ Speakers are the finest expression of AR's continuing pursuit of TRUTH IN LISTENING. Side-mounted woofers and newly designed slim enclosures improve bass response dramatically. Liquid-cooled mid and high range drivers give the Vertical™ Speakers terrific power handling capacity. The AR Acoustic Blanket™
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      957 20 TV and RADIO SBC 5 ITELEFUNKEN p great looks' great features" TV great performance J 3 P.M. OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by RAG TRADE 5.31 DIARY OF EVENTS (C) 3.35 THE VAGABOND SWORDSMAN <r). Mandarin serial. 4.3* INTERMISSION 1.19 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by THE HAUNTED WEOT.Part 2 (M) 9.39 NEWS IN
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      207 20 Today's top shows THURSDAY FEATURE SPECIAL: Philadelphia Here I Come! (Cn 5, 10.06 p.m. in colour). Jilted by his Srlfriend and tired of e lack of prospects at home, a young man decides to ioin his aunt in Philadelphia. His emotions on the eve of his departure are depicted in
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