New Nation, 25 May 1980

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    10 1 Sunday Nation MAY 25, 1980 38 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 114/1/80
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      69 1 Why we can't snobbery ACS old boys asked to support anti-snob measures —Dr Goh Page 4 Wo' > I 1 \w v" JL > v 4".'• 7 v V :r V f > r 'r t N Green green grass of home to pep up meals New spice route for
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    Lock icon The lag that could cost US dear
    579 2 Russian students far ahead in science Reuter THE Soviet Union has taken the lead in science education and is turning out brighter students than the United States, according to a study by American Professor Izaak Wirszup of the University of Chicago. Professor Wirszup
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    Lock icon Americans told to get out of Iran fast
    119 2 Reuter THE Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which represents US interests in Iran, is urging all American citizens to leave the country within the next two weeks, Swiss officials said yesterday. The officials confirmed reports that the embassy was offering rapid visas for
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    Sweat and tears in the wake of Chameleon troupe
    473 2  -  By Teo Lian Huay I THOUGHT it was going to be the usual coverage when the Chameleon stars came to Singapore. Fans would be civilised and subdued like those at the Roman Tam concerts. I didn't expect the pandemonium that broke
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    Lock icon Tanks and infantry occupy Kwangju
    315 2 Reuter SOUTH Korean tanks and armoured cars entered Kwangju city for the first time and, supported by 1000 infantry men, parked across the main boulevard only 1-1/2 km from the city centre as helicopter gunships darted across the city. The latest step in the army's
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      58 2 DRAGON PHOENIX RESTAURANT Block 26, Outram Park, Singapore. Tel *****88 *****29 Delicious CantoneseX Dishes Supervised l by I HooiKokWai Specialities from I I the kitchen. SEAFOOD Garoupa Soon Hock Prawns Lobsters Crabs Quick Lunch $3/per person. We cater for Birthday Wedding Parties, buffet lunches and private functions. Live music and
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      332 3 Leader in the world's most popular format gives yon the computer developed VS-9700 EC NEW IMPROVED MODEL AKAI's VS 9700 EG takes the frills out of the video business and improves on the essential recording and playback features and quality that have made AKAI the favourite choice of video fans
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    ACS old boys asked to support anti-snob measures
    212 4 THE Old Boys' Association of Anglo Chinese School has been asked by Dr Goh Keng Swee to give every support to the school's moves to stamp out snobbery among its puplis. Dr Goh said last night, after he expressed support for Dr
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    Why snobbery is OUT says Dr Gob
    533 4 DR GOH KENG SWEE addressed himself to the question of social snobbery and snobbery in our schools last night, saying that the Ehenomenon should not 0 dismissed as the attitude of a silly minority, but as a matter that deserves serious attention. Snobbery
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    More library members turn to fiction
    278 4 SINGAPOREANS* reading taste is changing. More library members, except those in Toa Payon, are going for fiction. They are also borrowing as many books as people in some Western countries. Parliamentary Secretary (Culture) Ow Chin Hock commented yesterday that it was an important ehange,
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      MAS seeks experts
      52 4 COMPUTER specialists are being sought locally and abroad by the Monetary Authority of Singapore for its newly-formed Information Services Department to process data on financial activities here. The MAS hopes to lure back local computer experts now working in universities and companies in the United States, Britain
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      Lock icon Editor shot in the back
      76 4 AP THE managing director and editor-in-chief of a large circulation Chinese-language newspaper in Thailana was shot dead in front of his office in downtown Bangkok on Friday night, police said. Mr Prarob Lueksuensukhum, 48, of the New Chinese Daily News was shot by an unknown
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      Japan boycotts Moscow games
      103 4 JAPAN, one of the world's major sporting nations, decided yesterday by a clear majority to boycott the summer Olympic Games in Moscow. The move to support the USsponsored boycott was taken at an emergency session of the Japan Olympic Committee. The Japanese, who won 25 medals
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      Lock icon Scandal tapes for airing
      77 4 Reuter ALMOST six years after President Richard Nixon was forced from office in disgrace, the tapes of White House conversations which helped to break the Watergate scandal are to be opened to the public in Washington. The National Archives and Records Service, which received copies of
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      VC man fined
      45 4 VIGILANTE Corps member Elankovan Marimuthu, 19, was fined $3000 and ordered to pay a $40 penalty by a district court yesterday for smuggling three packets of cigarettes to an inmate of the Selarang Park Drug Rehabilitation Centre during his tour of duty.
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      84 4 MATCHING PERFORMANCE ECONOMY WITH COMFORT AND STYLE ■mLr3 «r> r«c 2?2 Available at Authorised Dealer: Critical aviation technology coupled with the most advanced automotive engineering and design has succeeded in building a car that meets the severe demands of motoring in the '80s economically with lots of roomy cabin comfort
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    From cow to HDB flat
    750 5  -  Modern-day version of Indian with his cow for on-the-spot milking By FRANCIS CHIN FRESH milk delivered by milkmen virtually straight to your breakfast table in British pint bottles is a service some Housing Board householders are enjoying now. The milkman comes as early as 5
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    Chameleon shows the way
    244 6 COMMENT IT WAS no surprise that the cast of TV's Chameleon serial played to sell-out audiences at their shows here last week. Hundreds of thousands of Singaporeans are rivetted by the goings-on of Ah Sing, Ah Lup, Ah Mui and others in this contemporary Hong Kong
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    Goldmine in the sky
    841 6 When so many live in high-rises and free time is scarce, the outlook looks rosy for home-delivery services, muses Francis Chin If you ask me... I WONDER why few people have thought of exploiting an obvious goldmine in the way much of the population lives. I'm
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      50 6 (WJK WOMJ)WfI)E KmJTSXKiN mi mixiiuTY reliability ANI) I»IHCftTEI)SEHVKE AI{E FACETS OF (IUKOMMYIEAT KEFLEGTINOURWIDE IiANGE OF IIiODUCTS. w" J A 1 r ■Jt*4 Itht--4?-- ',Av Tp 744/acef Princess Diamonds Diamond and Gem set jewellery European Silverware Mikimoto Pearls Waterford Crystal Audemars Piguet, Omega and Tissot watches. 9 |f I* |H7^ i»
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    Dizzying, all these contradictions
    916 7  -  IMP II MM JtWlf E IRBfIBHME®THIW6 Chang Kai Ming MR MOHAMED HEIKAL, with his massive jaw, high brow and intellectual appearance, featured in the Sunday Nation last week as he did in The Straits Times and not for the first time either. This outstanding Egyptian journalist
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      105 7 MK' ►< x f »>, *S? •^aßEF*'* w 7^ xs Remember it exactly as it was with Kodak paper Your color pictures are only as good as the paper they are printed on. That's why quality conscious color labs use KODAK Paper to help give your prints warmer, more natural
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      97 7 In Kiwiland By Lat MOIT H£CTIC Camp TUtP THAT l'"* SO F4A TMH D« To new 2£Al*"t> RfcetirLY... w>4V DIFFERENT thingS l/V OIFF£K**T PL4CSI £ACH P*Y... W£NT VUC* S HOOTING Wi w m 41+ 9$A «T> 31? rtfl > 1 i <4 W r Wi Jw a M X\ 9x
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    Nabbing phone book thieves
    960 8  -  Oil price hikes I could bear but not the stealing of 36,000 directories... By MACAW I PUT down the morning papers with a sigh, and pushed away the pancakes, the hot crisp toast and even the whirls of putu mayam on the breakfast table. For who
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      132 8 bri9 ht f '^|Cs\n esS G,rtBusiness Girl is Singapore's fastest growing temps (short and sweet for temporary help) agency whose clientele includes some of Singapore's top companies. We need bright, talented girls to join our expanding team of professional staff. Business Girl. A fantastic way to work. It's like working
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      928 9 Sunday Nation Graetz PICK OF THE WEEK I# W. Your 12-page TV pullout he 51st Annual Academy Awards (Thursday Night Entertainment Special) on Ch 5 at 10 p.m. Johnny Carson hosts Hollywood's annual Oscar spectacular with performances by celebrities George Burns, Brooke Shields, Olivia Newton-John, Yul Brynner, Natalie Wood, Telly
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      159 10 Maxell EPITAXIAL VHS VIDEO CASSETTE Clean Sound Clear Picture Always. Like our audio tape. Maxell Epitaxial VHS Video Cassette is made to the toughest Standards in the industry. Ours. We use the finest high impact polystyrene and special steel reinforced springs so that our cassette mechanism will stand up to
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      916 10 MONDAY ALTEC LANSING 3.00 P.M. Open 3.03 MANGALA MANAI (r) 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS 3.35 AFTERNOON MATINEE: Skullduggery. A safari in New Guinea is purposely misdirected to bypass valuable mineral deposits. Stars Susan Clark, Burt Reynolds and Roger Carmel 4.30 Intermission 6.00 Open 6.03 ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHION 6.15 ONCE UPON
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      87 11 The blind search is over! Picture Search from Sony. Fast forward and rewind is now in pictures! Only from Sony! WK j i vm ii y:». RIC-Tt!JR£ 'LV.I Ill%i See what you've bMO searching farEnquiries: *****4 I TV CeVo^ No channel dial to turn! «.i w *gg ii HITACHI h
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      994 11 WEDNESDAY ALTEC ALTEC LANSING 10.00 A.M. Open 10.03 DEVI AND DANEL MOUSE 10.25 WHLY MCBEAN AND MS MAGIC MACHINE 11.55 THE WALT WAGNER SHOW. Composer and pianist Walt Wagner entertains with classical and pop music with guest star, Peggy Fleming. 12.40 HOLIOAY MATINEE: Frenzy. See Holiday Highlights 3.05 DAVIS CUP
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      202 12 on TV? A beautiful day and an exciting TV special can tear you and your family apart. With National's VH3 Video Cassette Recorder you can enjoy both go out and take in that beautiful day, come back and take In the TV. Other benefits of the National VH& Creating your
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      475 12 FRIDAY Al H C ALTEC LANSING 3.00 A.M. Open 3.03 HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE (r) 4.30 Intermission 6.00 Open 6.03 IN THE WILD WITH HARRY BUTLER: Barron Island (Pt 3) 6.30 NEWS IN BREF 6.35 SPORTS PARADE 7.00 SAMUDRA (r) 7.30 NEWS AM) KWSREEL (M) 7.55 CELEBRITY CHARADES. Charlene Tilton (Lucy from
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      265 13 FV Z-A r t% im mSjl m^m wmM. immm. =g|p^ vr^ji 'V£*» 4'■« :Jk em S«ai >% r« :I*J" I* -x« J f/* (Ri\-*« i W':jJ This 200-year dd Indian silver plate is at last available for purchase. Silver needs little introduction either as an investment, or as a metal
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    Lock icon SPICES WITHOUT THE GRIND
    1700 14/19 TERRY TAN follows a new spice route BY BOTTLING spices, curry blends and local herbs, Spices of the Orient has been giving new life to hot and spicy Asian cooking. Even seasoned cooks are daunted by cooking that calls for complex blends of spices and timeconsuming
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    He prefers laksa to steak
    353 14/19 TO HEAR Mr Michael Sweet go on about garam asam, buah keluak and bak kut teh, it's hard to imagine he was weaned on Yorkshire pudding. His passion for Asian food borders on obsession a 27-year-old love affair as he puts it and it Ls
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      182 15 When buying a new car... Don't get better. i: »£E Efojf t e a^'T ,oval sV^exce«ence Let s face facts. Rustproofing is just a sideline with your car-salesmen. Very often they do not even know what rustproofing is all about, or the difference between one rustproofing and another. What they
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      128 15 B 8v PAGAN I i z:cfzm m m s *w i eoMMies ew cmo**' fweM OOM'f CAT CG6<,[ m (XT 32 ISSSS^ ss a r-/i 1 a I >s *♦> V ss 7 IF SOU Feet THAT u)AW, uJHH qok'x soo color .LETTllet 1 r —zrv 1980 United Feature Syndicate.
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      208 16/17 «/v «f\ W J M i-lf 7i" life and hughter in the family ai seen by children TO MUM TO DAD HMk RktwdtlMmKife HAPPY FAMILIES Parents are like vegetables. Once you get used to them, they're not that bad. TO MUM A mum is someone who always asks you to
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      154 16/17 oO| o 1 s? SORRY TK SRONTO DIDN'T WORK OUT GUz! LET'S TRY ANOTHER ONE J J OKAY-.WHAT ABOUT "THAT BASY? THOSE CRnTERS DONT LIKE .WATER, DO THEY? I >> <7 f >» V.U 3 I Br Ifcv B Ik. I £1 ri 5A r <C> 4,: HANS ON GADPRY
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      190 18 Twentieth Century Indonesia The Army And Politics In Indonesia Indonesia Selected Documents On Colonialism and Nationalism 1830-1942 Indonesia's Elite The Indonesia-Singapore Business Directory 1979 The Rise of Indonesian Communism A Turning Wheel Readings in Asian Farm Management Group Farming In Asia Asean Economics In Perspective Rural Asia The Asian Wall
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      243 18 GARTH >&r ,V THEKE n NOBLE CIVILISATION BUILT ON PISCIPLINE, WITH ME r/ W--3E USEOi THEN DISCPKDEP/ HNP SU'LT WW L"?,: id 'WMAHium w V /l«l s T >- £8 -rtwy^- \> > uL 1 \Vv IS f ISP IP a' V,v, HI 7#/ i :< iUU <» <m, t
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    Flavour-wrapped fish
    338 20 HOW DO bottled local spices compare with fresh spices? TERRY TAN gives his taste impressions of some spices bottled by Spices Of The Orient on this page and a recipe using seven spices. For the novice cook spices give a gourmet touch to the simplest dishes. Tablcforj One
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    FRESH VERSUS BOTTLED
    189 20 LIKE most Singaporeans I was at first skeptical about fresh local spices being bottled. I tried the lot and found them generally good If somewhat lacking In fragrance. Bat for convenience and keeping qualities, they are hard to beat. SERAI (Lemon Grass): Less lemon fragrance than fresh
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    Fried rice need not be stodgy
    282 20  -  Cooking with L# e By Aloyah Alkaff FRIED RICE WITH MINCE JUST because fried rice is a good standby meal does not mean it has to be dull and stodgy. In fact, cold rice can be the basis of many tasty one-dish meals. All
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      359 20 X/sS <c D o w TABAC AA ORIGINAL JETAWAY CONTEST THE RULES 1. Tick off in the space provided, what you think are the correct answers to the two questions given below. 2 Complete the entry torm by filling in your personal particulars. 3 Attach an empty TABAC ORIGINAL box
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      139 21 p^iga short. Melts in your mouth, k So you want more. And more. (rf'"Cookies with delicious raisins. Or exotic coconut. > Or a sugar-coated delight. Pm Or just plain 4 IM delicious. Sealed fresh J Win the blue tin with the W exclusive Danish china ;JF motif. Purveyor to the
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    1101 22  -  «00 By KENNETH OBANK Observer I AM NOT that mad about Naples, but you do have to see Rome, Venice and Florence before you die, in that order. For preference, see each city on a separate holiday, but if it's all
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    Sandwich boards for extra 'bread'
    172 22 Watch this space Who says sandwich boards are a thing of the past? Definitely not the people of Cambridge, Massachusetts. And definitely not reader Lisa Eng of Telok Kurau who couldn't help but be amused when she happened to come across this novel way of
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      87 22 TABLE lit ONEY' v U.S.A. cnnnnn fIIiXKO jfiMin More thanl2 top scenic attractions, including a 2-day excursion to GRAND CANYON; a tour of history's most famous ship QUEEN MARY; and a full day at KNOTT'S BERRY FARM where you'll have the rare opportunity to pan for real gold! 19 or
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      141 22 Do you have a travel tale to tell? Here's a chance to teU It. And to i much wider audience than you'd ever have thought possible. Sunday Nation rans a weekly travellers' column written by our readers. It can be a travelogue-type story or Jut a little Incident or your
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    Women's lib gone limp
    518 23  -  TV Guest Column By Wong Hsien Cheen Just Friends, Monday, Ch 5,11.30 p.m. I CAN'T think of any reason for you to stay up late on Monday night to catch this last show of the day. My own brush with this American sit-com came about because
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    Prime Time viewing but better
    391 23  -  By S. J. Ng Centennial, Saturday, Ch 3,7.33 p.m. HAS anybody noticed a relatively new series that is running quietly on Channel 3? It's called Centennial, based on the book by James Michener. The show boasts a strong cast Raymond Burr, Robert Conrad, David Janssen
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      64 23 '4, Another On Philippine Airlines A Brand New Philippine Airlines Package Holiday. 7 days Manilo-Legaspi-Cebu. For only S$ 1,33 a 0 GlO. Grd Fit Parklane Shopping Mail Selegie Road, Singaporeo7lB or Tel *****1 (5 lines) Ist fir Lot 104/107 Wisma Stephens Jalan Raja Chuian Kuala Lumpur or rel *****0/*****0/*****6 Wisma
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    'Strategy' that should never see print
    608 24  -  Book review By ALEX JOSEY SADAT'S STRATEGY. By Paul Eidelberg. Dawn Books, 1979. 159 pp, US$3.5O. I HAVE long believed that while newspaper censorship might be necessary to some extent in some form or another, I have always stoutly defended an author's right to
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    When being common was wrong
    447 24 AN OPEN BOOK. By Monica Dickens. Penguin 1980. 232 pp, US$6 65. Reviewed by SILVERFISH. THIS is less an autobiography than an attempt to show the evolution of Monica Dickens the writer. Others make much of her being Charles Dickens' great grand-daugh-ter. In Australia, for
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    It's a long story from 'One' to '10'
    443 24  -  JW iiiiJ Bv Tan Bah Bah WHO is Amanda Jay? It's a long story. Let's start from "One." By the time we reach "10," we may have the answer. One. Roger loved Brigitte. And BB was created. But Roger (Vadim) also loved
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      757 24 Cinema Guide JADE (*****80): Dracula, starring Frank Langella and Laurence Olivier. 11, 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9. ODEON (*****6): 1941. Comedy war film. 11, 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.15. PREMIER (*****%): Hurricane. A Dino de Laurent is production starring Jason Robards and Mia Farrow. 11, 1.30, 4, 6.45, 9.15. LIDO (*****14): Apocalypse
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    Pontianak is still lovely
    593 25  -  Story by Terry Tan HER NAME, when I was introduced to her over lunch at a friend's house, did not at first ring a bell. But that face began to niggle me later. She called herself Mrs Hussein. I asked what her first name was. "Maria,"
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      115 25 Collecting ideas for a Singapore national costume SUNDAY TEASER MOST caption* for the penguin picture put words in the creatures' mouths, which was too cute. Winner Sung Hsien Chih (caption above) gets the twice snowballed prize of $75. As for this week's picture, the woman was taking part in a
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      139 25 CONTENTS May 1980 Preface Dr Tan Bin Seng Child Health in Singapore-Past, Present Future Professor Wong Hock Boon Why You Should Visit Your Dental Surgeon Regularly E.P.SE Female Circumcision A H.Taba The A-Z of Treating Back Pain Jimmy I Swear by Apollo Christiane Videma Smoking or Health, the Choice is
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      103 25 EXPECTANT MUMS EVERYTHING IS GOING NORMALLY WITH V0UR PREGNANCY. YES, I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT,BUT TELL ME ONE THING. U/HEN I VRU!E, SHOULV I USE THE SAFETY BELT OR IS IT VANGEROUS TO THE FETUS? Doctor in the House Hfi PREGNANT WOMEN SHOULV ALWAYS USE SAFETY BELTS. THE RISK OF A
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    ... and the mice were not hunchbacked
    840 26 and the mice were not hunchbacked HVNOVR with THIS is for the lady whose ire I roused several Sundays back when I attached the word "grotty" to one of the world's great landmarks, London's Piccadilly Circus. I returned to this hub of the capital for a 24-hour sitting to "look
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    Elton lives again the third time
    379 26  -  Music Box By Peter Ong ELTON John was bom a balladeer. But he died and got reincarnated as the rocker. That one died too. When disco boogied its way around the world, Elton John was revived as a disco king. But he didn't last.
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    363 26 Off the Record by CKT IT IS very much possible for a conductor or a musical work to be out of place, literally. when Zubin Mehta assumed musical directorship of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, it was not an appointment people thought was contrary to the order of
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    Veterans to take to the road
    462 27  -  Sports Nation starts on this page ATHLETICS Tan Kim Seng THE Singapore Association of Veteran Athletes, a newly formed organisation affiliated to the Singapore Amateur Athletics Associaion will be holding its first Open Road Running championships at Marine Parade on June 22. Said Mr
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    Is there no pride left?
    338 27  -  BASKETBALL Tony Koh THERE seems to be no pride left in donning National colours. This is what I found out after attending two "socalled" National training sessions at Chung Hwa Girls School on May 16 and 19. Believe it or not, on both occasions not
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    Local bowlers set for Golden day
    468 28  -  ALLEY CHAT Brian Miller IF things play up according to form, Singapore stand to reap in the lion share of awards when the Masters events at Johore's Golden Bowl tournament rolls off later today. Since the preliminaries began about a week ago, local bowlers
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    Lock icon Donna looks for her third tourney victory
    251 28 AFP DONNA Caponi-Young bogeyed her last hole to allow Barbara Barrow, who fired a four-under par 68, to tie her at 138 for the halfway lead in the Ladies Professional Golf Association's US$lOO,OOO Corning Classic here at New York. Donna Horton-White who, with
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    Lock icon When taking a ducking can be great fun
    584 29  -  Women in Sport Shirley Tan SEA expeditions by night, guided only by a pressure lamp at the head of the leader canoe, and paddling through Pulau Übin via its many rivers and swamps, were stories which attracted Chen Sean Jern to take
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    Getting more women out there on the court
    681 29  -  By RAY ANG IF EVER someone was asked why local women are nol receptive to tennis as their western counterparts, the answer will probably weave around female vanity. Yes, although tennis is the in-thing in the Republic, it somehow has failed in
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    Allegro set to take the last race
    475 30  -  By K. L. CHAN WALK out a winner today by backing ALLEGRO n in the last event for Class 3 Division 1 to be run over 1200 m at Penang. A consistent sort, he has not been out of board in all his
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    PENANG CARD AND FORM GUIDE FOR TODAY
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    Lock icon Cashin hits out at local 'superstars'
    552 31 RU6BY The Scrumhalves SINGAPORE Rugby Union president Howard Cashin has urged leading local Asian clubs, Blacks RFC, Police and Armed Forces to seriously consider playing in the SRU First Division League. As it is, the SRU First Division League is monopolised by expatriate teams
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    Don't Talk cruises home to silence the opposition
    1319 31  -  By TURF RAY DON'T TALK, who finished on board in three of his last four starts, broke through for a win when he beat stablemate, INTAN SARAWAK in Race 5 at Penang today. Well handled by jockey Alvin Tweedie, the Ivan Allan-trained
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    Lock icon Muki set for final berth
    478 32  -  SPORTS NATION By SHIRLEY TAN A TOUGH match is expected in this afternoon's playoffs if Muki Tan and Albert Teo, seeded four and five respectively, happen to meet in the semi-finals of the Fila Open Ranking tournament at Singapore Tennis Centre. Barring any upsets in
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